Hero (2016 TV series)

Hero 大英雄
Genre	Family
Written by	Ang Eng Tee 洪荣狄
Directed by	苏妙芳 Loo Yin Kam 卢燕金
Starring	Shaun Chen Jesseca Liu Chen Hanwei
Opening theme	格外精彩 by 閻奕格
Ending theme	1) 借你一点泪 by 动力火车 2) 等一等 by Bonnie Loo 3) 格外精彩 by 閻奕格
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language(s)	Chinese
No. of episodes	30 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Jasmine Woo 邬毓琳
Location(s)	Singapore
Running time	approx. 45 minutes (exc. advertisements)
Release
Original network	Mediacorp Channel 8
Original release	29 November 2016 – 9 January 2017
Chronology
Preceded by	You Can Be An Angel 2
Followed by	Home Truly
Related shows	Tiger Mum

Hero (Chinese: 大英雄) is a Singaporean blockbuster drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. The series consists of 30 episodes, and will begin its run from 29 November 2016. It is written by Ang Eng Tee and executive produced by Jasmine Woo. Set in the soon-to-be-demolished Dakota Crescent HDB estate, it stars Shaun Chen, Chen Hanwei, Jesseca Liu, Andie Chen, Sheila Sim, Ian Fang, Pan Lingling, Paige Chua, Bonnie Loo, Hor Ying Ying, Aileen Tan, Youyi, Jin Yinji, Brandon Wong, Chen Tianwen, Desmond Ng and Zhu Houren.

Plot

The story is set in the year 2013, at Dakota Crescent, a neighborhood which will soon become historical under the HDB's selective en-bloc redevelopment scheme (SERS). Dakota Crescent had been one of Singapore’s earliest HDB estates, built in 1958 by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT), which preceded the HDB. In 2014, it was decided that the government will redevelop the land and all residents would have to relocate by 2016.

Through the lives of Zhou Fa Da (Shaun Chen), Ye Xiao Ying (Chen Hanwei) and Zhang Wei Xiong (Jesseca Liu), three ordinary characters who grew up in this estate, a series of interesting, exciting and personal stories will unfold… Zhou Fa Da, also known as Big Brother, is a man with a strong sense of justice, loyalty and compassion. He always takes into his hands the problems of his neighbors, wanting to help them in times of need. But because of his overzealous and reckless character, his good intentions often turn out to cause more trouble than help. Ye Xiao Ying is Fa Da’s uncle, who always dreams of achieving phenomenal success in life, but he never did live up to his dreams as he is essentially just a slacker. He is very good at keeping out of trouble, by tactically avoiding tricky situations. His motto in life is: A man’s greatest power is not his fists, but his tongue. He believes that being good with words can help one sail through career and relationships smoothly, but the fact is, his career and love affairs are almost always on the rocks. Zhang Wei Xiong is a manly name, but the owner of the name is actually a cute girl. When her mother was pregnant with her, the ultrasound scan showed that it was a baby boy, so her father went to the fortune teller and got her this dashing manly name. Who would have expected that it was a baby girl! But they went along with the name “Wei Xiong” after all. Wei Xiong is just like her name; she has great ambitions and a gusty character, and people in the neighborhood see her as the future elite. Unfortunately, that is just her pretense. She is actually very timid and cowardly, but she believes that in order to survive in this dog-eat-dog world, you will have to “never say die”. So even though she is crumbling from fear inside, she would always put up a strong front, and her strong-headedness always gets her into trouble. If not for the help of Big Brother Fa Da, with this personality, she might have much consequences to suffer. This three characters, together known as “The Great Hero”, are the three musketeers of the neighborhood, and from them, we will get to know many other members of Dakota Crescent, and also their inspiring, interesting and heart-warming stories.

Cast

• To be updated as more information will be revealed when the shows airs on Channel 8

Zhou (Fada) family

Zhang (Zhiming) family

Ou (Sihai) family

Guan (Ah Li) family

Other characters

Cameo appearances

Development

This drama series will be produced to kick-start the 35 years of Chinese language drama being broadcast in Singapore. It will be set at the soon-to-be demolished Dakota Crescent housing estate. It was one of Singapore's oldest HDB estates, being built in 1958. It is also known that all the big stars of Mediacorp will be making cameo appearances in this drama, such as Paris and Milan character Auntie Lucy (played by Dennis Chew) and Liang Po Po (played by Jack Neo) of Comedy Night.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Imaging sessions were done in end-April and early-May 2016, while the first scene was shot on 23 May.^[9][10]

On 30 July 2016, in the nineteenth season of The Sheng Siong Show, it was also announced that Power Station will be performing the drama theme song. They were in Singapore to promote their "Next Station" world tour which will be held on 27 August.

Trivia

• This will be Peter Yu's comeback drama series.
• Shaun Chen, Jesseca Liu, Chen Hanwei and Youyi previously starred in Blessings (2014). Then, Shaun Chen was Chen Hanwei's younger "brother" and in love with Jesseca Liu, while Chen Hanwei was Youyi's admirer. For this drama, there is a reshuffle; Shaun Chen will still pair up with Jesseca Liu, while Chen Hanwei pairs up with Paige Chua, and Andie Chen pairs up with Youyi.
• This Is Shaun Chen and Jesseca Liu's second pair up after Blessings.
• This will be Chen Hanwei, Carrie Wong, Paige Chua, Youyi and Jin Yinji's second drama collaboration, after The Gentlemen.
• Chew Chor Meng, Pan Lingling, Dennis Chew, Ya Hui, Carrie Wong, Chen Tianwen, Zhu Houren, Chen Hanwei, Sheila Sim and Sora Ma were also involved in the concurrently-running 118 II, which also debuted on 29 November 2016.

See also

• List of MediaCorp Channel 8 Chinese Drama Series (2010s)

References