MediaCorp Channel 8

The Journey: A Voyage

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.

It's a Wonderful Life

Hao Huixian is a gambler. He wakes up startled after dreaming of cheating during a game with his neighbours Li Yunshun, Fan Wenxiang and Ma Lingshu (Potato). Yunshun and Wenxiang rented their HDB flat to their son, Siyuan, when they moved into their daughter, Si'en's condominium unit. Siyuan runs a tuition agency. As his wife, Isabella, needs to go on a business trip and the maid is on leave, he makes plans for his parents to take care of his son, Huanhuan. Wenxiang is unhappy Huanhuan is closer to his maternal grandmother, Elizabeth. Potato organises a wedding anniversary party, in the hope of earning some red packet money, but his neighbours prove too smart for him. Potato is tempted when Bai Baoxiang offers to get tenants for him. Unfortunately, his two rooms have already been rented out.

Beyond

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.

It Takes Two

It Takes Two is a Singaporean Chinese television drama that aired on MediaCorp Channel 8 from November 6 to December 21, 2012.

Game Plan

On her wedding day, Zhao Xintong learns her fiancé is a conman who disappeared with her money. Desperate to recover it, she seeks help from recently released scammer Zhen Haoren. As they team up, unexpected feelings emerge—complicating their mission and her heart.

Poetic Justice

It depicts the lives of a group of people doing investigative journalism. Unlike most locally produced series about crime, this series departs from the traditional police procedural style and focuses more on investigative journalism and the media.

Don't Stop Believin'

Don't Stop Believin' is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 14 August 2012. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes and was screened on weekdays at 9:00 pm. Don't Stop Believin became the top-rated 2012 on MediaCorp TV Channel 8, overtaking the previous record-holder Joys of Life. Its last episode also attracted more than 1 million viewers.

Joys of Life

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.

Yours Fatefully

Su Xiaoyi is a single professional photographer who lives with his sickly father afflicted with night blindness. As his siblings are married, the burden of taking care of his ailing father naturally falls on him.

Pillow Talk

What is the true meaning of marriage? Qiu Xue (Joanne Peh), a believer in romance, marries Ting Kai (Pierre Png), a conservative and practical man. However, the newlyweds are far from happy. Qiu Xue's parents get divorced and the couple is financially strapped when Tingkai gets retrenched. Will kinship and love overcome Ting Kai's sense of inferiority and Qiu Xue's pride? In the meantime, the married couple Qiu Yu (Thomas Ong)) and Chu Ning (Michelle Chia) has a six-year-old daughter, Duo Duo. Their previously sweet romance dampens over time and Qiu Yu gets entangled in an affair with his work partner Alice (Jacelyn Tay). Is there true love brewing beneath the affair? The marriage hits rock-bottom when Duo Duo is diagnosed with a hole in her heart. Marriage is about preserving a love long expired. What will it take for them to discover the love hidden in their marriages?

Unriddle 2

Unriddle 2 is a Singaporean Chinese drama. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes. It is a sequel to Unriddle, one of the first sequels in Mediacorp dramas in nearly 10 years. The sequel is also noted for its much darker tone as compared to the first series. As detective Xiaoman and her informant partner Zhengyi continue to solve bizarre crimes, the investigations become increasingly personal for the pair.

Rescue 995

Rescue 995 is a 20-episode drama serial which debuted on Singapore's free-to-air Chinese language channel, MediaCorp TV Channel 8 in February 2012. It revolves around the medical industry and the life of paramedics. This drama is sponsored by the Singapore Civil Defence Force, which has the real fire and ambulance vehicles and procedures.

Absolutely Charming

Absolutely Charming is a Singaporean Chinese fantasy drama which will be telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It will make its debut on Labour Day, 1 May 2012. The drama serial consists of 20 episodes, and will be screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm.

A Song to Remember

A Song to Remember is a MediaCorp Channel 8 historical-cum-musical drama which is set in the 1930s to 1940s in early Singapore before World War II. It debuted on Channel 8 on 22 November 2011 and was telecast every weekday night at 9.00 pm. This drama stars Qi Yuwu and Joanne Peh who had paired up thrice after The Little Nyonya and C.L.I.F., and Eelyn Kok, Julie Tan and Desmond Tan. Chen Hanwei plays a villain in this drama while Eelyn Kok is also another antagonist. Viewers can catch episodes on xinmsn catchup from 23 November 2011. It was reported that the scriptwriter Ang Ee Tee took several years to complete the script of this drama. Despite large amounts of resources and money pumped in for the production and promotion of this serial, the drama was not well received by the audience when it was broadcast. Many perceived the show to be boring and slow-paced, and the acting skills of some of the main cast members were heavily criticised.

The Oath

Two doctors with opposite approaches to treating patients clash on the job and must learn to trust each other's expertise, allowing love to bloom.

Devotion

Devotion is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 28 June 2011 and ended its run on 1 August 2011. This drama serial consists of 25 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9.00 pm. The storyline spans 40 years, and is also dubbed the mid-year blockbuster-cum-47th anniversary drama.

C.L.I.F.

C.L.I.F. is a police procedural series produced by MediaCorp Singapore in 2011 in collaboration with the Singapore Police Force. It was aired from 31 May - 27 Jun 2011 on free-to-air MediaCorp Channel 8 and consists of 20 episodes. The drama stars Tay Ping Hui, Qi Yuwu, Elvin Ng, Joanne Peh, Chris Tong and Tracy Lee in the main roles with a large ensemble supporting cast. It was directed by Chong Liung Man, who previously directed another award-winning police procedural C.I.D., which also starred Tay and Qi in the lead roles as police officers.

With You

The In-Laws

Lin Bao Zhu lost her husband at a young age, forcing her to run a food stall left behind by her husband while raising her two sons. Under the strict control of her mother-in-law Xiang Qin, not only did Bao Zhu raise her family well, but she also expanded and grew the business into a successful home delivery food service. When Xiang Qin makes Bao Zhu relinquish control of the business when her children are grown, Bao Zhu is happy that she can retire and swears not to meddle in her children's lives as Xiang Qin did in hers. However, Bao Zhu turns out to be just as manipulative as her mother-in-law, causing unhappiness to her daughters-in-law, and putting her sons in a tough spot. Will she realize her mistakes and truly relinquish her control of the family?

Be Happy

40-year-old Zhang Weijian is a copywriter in an advertising firm, whom suffers in silence under his abusive boss Ken all because he lacks paper qualifications. Having made plans for his retirement, he is penny-pinching and shuns credit cards. Weijian's nondescript life ends when he is diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and given less than a year to live. Rather than wasting time and money on painful treatments, he keeps his illness to himself and goes on a spending spree. While living the high life, Wei Jian meets the dauntless Big S...