When Heaven Burns
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Promotional poster
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| Genre | Suspense drama |
| Written by | Chow Yuk-ming |
| Starring |
Bowie Lam Moses Chan Charmaine Sheh Maggie Shiu Kenny Wong Elaine Jin Chan Hung-lit Queenie Chu |
| Opening theme | "天與地" (Heaven and Earth) by Paul Wong |
| Ending theme | "年少無知" (Youthful Ignorance) by Bowie Lam, Moses Chan and Kenny Wong |
| Composer(s) | Paul Wong |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language(s) | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
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| Producer(s) | Jonathan Chik |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | TVB |
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| Original network | TVB Jade, HD Jade |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 21 November 2011 – 1 January 2012 |
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| Website | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 天與地 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 天与地 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Heaven and Earth" | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Tián Yú Dì |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Tin1 Jyu2 Dei6 |
When Heaven Burns is a 2011 Hong Kong television serial produced by TVB and starring Bowie Lam, Moses Chan, Charmaine Sheh, Maggie Shiu and Kenny Wong. First revealed during TVB's Sales Presentation 2009 in 2008, filming took place in late 2009 to early 2010, with the first episode airing both in Hong Kong and TVB's overseas affiliates and partners on the 21st of November 2011. On December 27, 2011, the show was blacklisted by the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television, making it the first Hong Kong television drama to be censored in Mainland China in more than two decades.
Despite being the second lowest-rated TVB drama of 2011, When Heaven Burns gained a strong cult following online and received critical acclaim in Hong Kong, winning Best Drama at the 2012 TVB Anniversary Awards.
Eighteen years after a tragic event drove them apart four friends reunite, and in coming to understand the strangers that they have become to each other and themselves, remember who they once were.
In their youth Joe (Bowie Lam), Angus (Moses Chan), Ronnie (Kenny Wong) and Ka Ming are good friends and band mates. During a mountaineering trip, the four are stranded on a snow bound mountain and Ka ming dies and gets eaten by the other three. This event has a traumatic effect on them, their friendship, and their friendship with Yan (Charmaine Sheh), Ka Ming's girlfriend, leading the previously close group to go their separate ways and abandon their friendship.
Eighteen years later, Yan remains haunted by the memory of Ka Ming, trying to regain what she had with him in part with her husband and in part with her lover, but finding neither a complete replacement for her lost love breaks with them both. Troubled she loses track of time while alone in the wilderness, sparking a missing persons alert which becomes the catalyst for the four friends to meet again. Though she was Ka Ming's girlfriend all four band mates were in love with her and the three survivors remain in love with her.
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