Recipe of Life

Yummy Yummy is an episodic drama filmed by Singapore's now defunct SPH MediaWorks and Hong Kong's Television Broadcasts Limited in a joint collaboration. It was released in August 2005. The series is notable for being one of the few Singaporean co-productions in a language other than English or Mandarin Chinese.

The Return of the Condor Heroes is a Singaporean television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. It was broadcast from 2 June to 27 July 1998 on TCS Eighth Frequency in Singapore and was later released on other Asian television networks.

The Unbeatables I is a Singapore drama series that was made by MediaCorp TV Channel 8. The popularity of the series led to the production of 2 follow-ups, The Unbeatables II and The Unbeatables III.

The Pupil is a Singaporean drama series on MediaCorp Channel 5. The show revolves around the legal profession. It gives us a sneak peek into the world of Singaporean lawyers and the cases they take on as civil litigators. The second season premiered on 18 August 2011.

Anya, abducted from wealth, endures life in a brothel. Xinniang, once a child beggar, blossoms into a refined lady. Anna, cast away as a jinx, returns to upend their lives. As secrets unravel, love and kinship are tested—will they rise above fate?

Beset with foreign threats and internal turmoil, China's concoction of woes compels its citizens to leave for Nanyang in search of a better life. When Shi Tou, manages to save enough money after years of working at a tin mine, he returns to marry his childhood sweetheart, Ya Zi. On the return trip, they cross paths with two penniless brothers, Zhang Tian Peng and Zhang Tian Ying with the former becoming Shi Tou's sworn brother out of gratitude. Framed for robbery and murder, Shi Tou is thrown behind bars while Ya Zi desperately seeks help. Feeling sympathetic towards them, Hui Niang and her stepbrother, Zhang Dong'en proves Shi Tou's innocence. When he returns back to the mine, Shi Tou is lured into a destructive spiral of gambling by his scheming boss and runs up a huge debt, while his supervisor, Hei Long lusts after Ya Zi's beauty and plots to ruin him.

The story centres round the inhabitants of small neighbourhood who work in an enrichment school and a minimart. From ex-criminal to middle-aged workers who lost their jobs to technology, and elderlies with a seemingly disillusioned life, can there still be hopes and dreams for these everyday folks who live at the edge of society ? A light-hearted drama bursting with colourful characters, watch how Zhong Ling the founder of Hope Training Centre, and Hong Da Cai the boss of ‘Tian Tian Lai’ minimart, deal with every day situation and at the same time manage their own love life.

Parental Guidance is a Singaporean drama produced by local TV station MediaCorp and airs on MediaCorp Channel 5 on Thursdays at 8.30pm starting on 8 February 2007 to 3 May 2007 for a total of 13 episodes.

TV series based on Gu Long's "Meteor Butterfly Sword" and Jin Yong's "Swordsman". Shen Chong (Li Nanxing), as the number one killer in the rivers and lakes, was tired of his killer career and took refuge in the Nangong family with a high status in the rivers and lakes. The Nangong family fought against Eagle Eagle for the Lotus Collection of Martial Arts Cheats. The young lady of Nangong family was severely controlled by her father Nangong Jun (Zhu Houren) and her brother Nangong Jian (Chen Tianwen). (Ya)) also entangled her, and Xiaodie committed suicide several times for this. Fortunately, she was rescued by Shen Chong, and the two were in love for a long time. Undead Bai Yuchuan provoked several times from it, and secretly colluded with Falcon Castle to get the secret. After the incident was revealed, Shen Chong smashed Bai Yuchuan with the help of his friend Ye Qun (Xie Shaoguang), but the Lotus Book also followed Bai Yuchuan's death has disappeared. Soon after, a mysterious main element of Dali County appeared in the rivers and lakes, and a bloody storm was coming.

Welcome to the realm of the unexplained, where things are not exactly what they seem and where one can get sucked into an alternative reality or a different dimension.

Set post-World War II Singapore, the story line spans the decade between the end of the Japanese occupation and the HDB's clearing of squatters during the late 1950s to early 1960s.

Lin He Xiang Niang raised four sons and two daughters on her own. Lin Shi Jie is the son of Xiang Niang's deceased eldest son. Shi Jie's wife Su Xian left him. Shi Jie then moved abroad with their son, Jia Yuan. When Jia Yuan returned to the ancestral house and witnessed how Xiang Niang's children eyed her inheritance, he worked hand in hand with Xiang Niang to bring the family back together. The third son Lin Xiao He is domineering towards his family and his wife adheres to all he says. Their only daughter, Lin Shi Hui performs well both in school and at work but shares a strained relationship with her father. She meets the young and promising Master's student Liu Xuan and they marry shortly despite her father's disapproval. The duo soon splits after realising their mismatch, however they still habour feelings for each other. The youngest son Lin Xiao Ping is a tailor. His son Lin Shi Jun is one who seeks to take shortcuts to success.

Famous celebrity, Gu Xin, unknowingly caused the death of three individuals who became wandering souls. These souls refuse to leave Gu Xin alone until she helps to reduce their "weight" by fulfilling their last wishes before they can head for reincarnation. Each soul must only weigh 21 grams before they are allowed to reincarnate and Gu Xin who is the only human who can see them becomes their last hope. Through the journey, the cold and aloof Gu Xin learns the true meaning of love and letting go.

The Golden Path is a 30-episode drama serial. Set in 1982 and spanning 25 years, it tells the story of a family embroiled in conflicts of interest, webs of deceit, love, hatred and vengeance. The drama was produced by MediaCorp in celebration of the company's 25 years of local Chinese drama production and incorporates scenes from past dramas such as The Seletar Robbery, The Flying Fish, Pretty Faces, Turn of the Tide, Finishing Lines, The Last Applause, Stepping Out, The Golden Pillow and Holland V. The serial was telecast on MediaCorp TV Channel 8, from 11 December 2007, weekdays at 9:00pm. The series finale aired on 21 January 2008.

The Dream Makers is a 30-episode drama serial that airs on MediaCorp Channel 8 from 24 June 2013, to 2 August 2013. It features Zoe Tay, Rui En, Jeanette Aw, Chen Liping, Qi Yuwu and Chen Hanwei in the main cast and is also the first such series to commemorate 50 years of local television.

Technology is both freeing and perilous, overflowing with digital content that fuels hidden desires and dangerous behavior. As cybercrime escalates, law enforcement races to stay ahead, navigating a landscape where every click can lead to exploitation—or expose the truth.

The owner of My One and Only, Ma Limin, aspires to become a real estate developer with her son Hao Renpin, offering one-stop services for property purchase and renovation with her husband Hao Haojian and interior designer Wan Defu, who run How Luck Renovation. Their interactions with their clients reveal stories about different types of families.

Yao Zong, an assistant horse trainer who is not doing well in his career, is inadvertently sucked into its realm. Despite being bullied at work, he puts up a brave front daily to preserve the respect from his family. But one night, in a drunken stupor, he bumps into an old woman who grants him three wishes. He is skeptical but uses them anyway when he faces difficulties in his life. When he realises that the wishes do indeed come true, he wants more. But this time, he has to pay a price for the next three wishes. Despite the warning, he uses them anyway and turns his family into instant millionaires from winning the lottery. But he pays with a high price - his daughter loses her legs as a result. Greed is then exemplified by his son, who uses the last wish to wish for three more wishes. In what seems like a never-ending cycle, Yao Zong looks desperately for the next person to take the three wishes away from him.

What happens when a straight-laced disciplinarian meets a single father of four? Each child having problems of their own and becoming increasingly estranged, how will she work to bring them together again?

Mistakes are part and parcel of life. Only when one realizes where his fault lies, is he deserving of a second chance. Those who were given a second chance are usually grateful and work harder. Take Zheng Mei Mei (Huang Biren) for example. After serving her jail term, she got to know Zhuang Ying Xiong (Thomas Ong) , a son of a wealthy man. And in a bid to win over his father’s trust, he invested into “Mei Mei’s Kitchen” for Mei Mei to run. With his backing and her hard work, the business took off. She also employed several ex-convicts to help out in the shop, giving them a second chance in life as they experience various setbacks that will test their limits.

Hong Daming is a positive and generous man. As his coffee shop and house number are both "118", the people around him gave him the nickname of "118" (or 要要发), much to his delight. Together with his wife, Liu Meimei, he makes a living by running the coffee-shop, and are well known in Tiong Bahru. Whenever someone is in need, they would always seek Daming for help. His family lives in a 3-room flat, which was built in pre-war years, above the coffee shop. He has 4 children. The children are named Hong Shunfeng, Hong Shunshui, Hong Jinzhi and Hong Yuye. Having 6 people living in a 3-room flat is cramped-up enough, yet he also rents out a room to "Ah Niang", a middle-aged man whose original name is Li Weiliang. Weiliang studied fashion design in France, but circumstances led him to simply run a stall in 118's coffee-shop, selling dumplings with the recipe that his mother left for him.

Your Hand In Mine was a long-running drama that was produced by Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It was the longest local drama that had been produced by Mediacorp to date, with 180 episodes. Originally dubbed as the 2010 version of the acclaimed 2003 serial Holland V, it starred the veterans Chen Liping and Huang Wenyong, as well as Yvonne Lim, Belinda Lee, Cai Peixuan and Joanne Peh.

Forced into prostitution, Nozomi, a young Japanese girl rises to become the top karayuki-san in Malaya while secretly working as a spy for Japan. She befriends Qing Ling, a young Chinese girl trying to escape from her life of oppressive luxury. Set in the 1920s, in a patriarchal British colony, Nozomi is caught in the crosshairs as British and Japanese intelligence lock horns while Qing Ling is betrayed by her lover and thrown into prostitution. How will the two girls support each other and make it out alive?

Patients entrust their health and lives to doctors, but doctors are human too, how do they learn to shoulder the weight of these lives? Journey with four young aspiring junior doctors into our first medical longform drama, where they learn to grow with senior specialists, as they face life and death and overcome challenges on their way to become professional doctors

The story starts in Dakota Crescent, an old estate which is going to be reclaimed by the authorities for redevelopment. The story centres around three protagonists living in Dakota Crescent, Zhou Fa Da, Ye Xiao Ying and Zhang Wei Xiong. Big Brother Fa Da, Wei Xiong and Xiao Ying are the three musketeers of the neighborhood, people often refer to them as "The Heroes". Within ten years, Wei Xiong has become a capable lawyer, Xiao Ying now has a wife. During these ten years, Big brother left Dakota Crescent without a word. Nobody knows of his whereabouts, not even Wei Xiong. This led the neighbours into making wild speculations about his disappearance. Some said he was involved in a kidnapping case, other said that he was in prison. Ten years later, Big brother is finally back. He still retains his strong sense of justice and is prone to impulsiveness, hence turning the neighborhood upside down. However, he refuses to reveal the reasons behind his disappearance.

Maggi & Me is a Singaporean fantasy situation comedy that airs on MediaCorp TV's Channel 5. The English-language series debuted 25 July 2006 and stars Fiona Xie and Adrian Pang in the title roles. The series wrapped up its season 1 finale on 17 October 2006 and the season 2 finale on 12 February 2008. The series title is a play on Maggimee, the nickname for Maggi's noodle products.

For decades, families have come and gone in a particularly strange house. But with every new family that moves in, someone doesn't make it out alive. Following the ghastly discovery of bodies, a mysterious narrator lets the audience in on secrets that the house has kept hidden over the years.

It is the beginning of a new day. Ziqiang, aka Fish Prince, is a fishmonger who gets along well with everyone. Niu Ji and Hao Ji are two rival fishball noodle stalls in the hawker centre. Business at Niu Ji is brisk because its fishballs are freshly made every day. Hao Ji is run by Hao Youcai and his wife, Luo Na. He is an honest man. An unreasonable woman, Luo Na often picks on Niu Wuyin of Niu Ji. A maid buys tofu from Amy and leaves her trolley at the stall. While she is in the toilet, an old lady claims to be her mistress and takes the trolley. Youcai, who helps the old lady with the trolley, is forced to compensate the maid. A psychotic man poses as a doctor and sneaks into Youcai’s house when Youcai’s mother leaves the door open. He is about to molest Youcai’s daughter, Meiying, when the telephone rings. Wuyin’s son, Shaowei, who is a real estate agent, is calling Meiying.

Centenarian Home is a nursing home and elderly day care centre managed by Aunty Shan (Sze Kei Lee). The residents come from all walks of life, each with their own stories to tell. What secrets does the model resident of the nursing home hide? Why is a cheeky grandfather with many grandchildren staying in the nursing home? What does a long lost son hope to gain from a father suffering from dementia? Why does an old architect with a seemingly good life keep telling lies? When Aunty Shan was diagnosed with a terminal illness, she decides to pass the management of her beloved nursing home to a newly recruited nurse Xin Xin (Rui En). Without much experience coupled with her own set of personal problems, can Xin Xin rise to the occasion and hold the fort until Aunty Shan is back?

Beautiful Connection is a Singaporean Chinese family drama serial. It was telecast in 2002. The show earned many nominations for the Star Awards including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best TV Drama, Best Theme Song, Best Director and many more. This drama repeated in Year 2007, on MediaCorp TV Channel 8, Mondays and Tuesdays, 10.30pm to 12.30am.