Under One Roof (1994 TV series)

Under One Roof
Singapore's Funniest Family
Created by	Andrea Teo Wee Thye Seah Simmon Tan Seah Chang Un
Starring	Moses Lim Koh Chieng Mun Vernetta Lopez Nicholas Lee Andrew Lim Selena Tan Zaibo Norleena Salim Daisy Irani
Country of origin	Singapore
No. of episodes	125 (137 , including the episodes aired during Channel 5's 40th anniversary in 2003)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Seah Chang Un Esan Sivalingam
Running time	30 minutes (including commercials)
Release
Original network	MediaCorp TV Channel 5
Original release	21 February 1995 – 15 July 2003

Under One Roof was an English Sitcom in Singapore.

First aired in 1995 (with studio recordings for the pilot episode starting in 1994), Under One Roof was the first locally produced English-language sitcom in Singapore. A critical and popular success, the show won the Best Comedy Programme or Series Award at the Asian Television Awards in both 1996 and 1997, a Best comedy actor award (Moses Lim in 1996),three best comedy actress awards (Koh Chieng Mun in 1996, Norleena Salim in 1997 and Vernetta Lopez in 2000) and was a finalist in the "Best Sitcom" category at the International Emmy Awards as well as the New York Festivals Awards.It paved the way for future sitcoms like Happy Belly, Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, Mr. Kiasu, and Living with Lydia.

It starred a multicultural cast reflecting the ethnic makeup of Singapore: Moses Lim (Tan Ah Teck), Koh Chieng Mun (Dolly), Vernetta Lopez (Denise), Nicholas Lee (Ronnie), Andrew Lim (Paul a.k.a. Wan Ah Teck), Selena Tan (Paul’s wife, Anita), Zaibo (Grandpa Yusof), Norleena Salim (Grandma Rosnah) and Daisy Irani (Daisy). In later seasons where Selena Tan's character made an appearance, Chinese-Hong Kong actor Richard Ng was cast to play Bobby, Anita's father.

Under One Roof has been exported to Australia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, France and Canada. It was the first local series to be aired in Canada and Australia on SBS.

Due to its use of Singlish, a pidgin English spoken in Singapore, the show came under pressure by the Singaporean government to use only "proper" English. This was mainly because of the worry that the younger school going viewers would start speaking Singlish more and bring down the standard of spoken English in Singapore. Another popular show that also received similar pressure was Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd where the lead character was criticised for speaking Singlish.