House of Spirits | |
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一屋老友記 | |
Genre | Modern Drama, Comedy, Family, Supernatural |
Created by | Hong Kong Television Broadcasts Limited |
Written by | Ma Chun-wing (head writer), Au Yuk-han, Ho Ching-yi, Yeung Suet-Yee, Wong Sau-ching, Ma Ching-man |
Starring | Bobby Au-yeung Nancy Wu Helena Law Bowie Wu Joyce Tang Jonathan Cheung Lau Kong Koni Lui Bob Cheung |
Theme music composer | Alan Cheung |
Opening theme | "The Warmth of Love" (愛的溫暖) by Edwin Siu |
Country of origin | Hong Kong S.A.R. |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 31 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Catherine Tsang |
Producer | Dave Fong |
Production location | Hong Kong S.A.R. |
Editor | Ma Chun-wing |
Camera setup | Multi camera |
Running time | 45 minutes |
Production company | TVB |
Original release | |
Network | TVB Jade |
Release | 27 June 31 July 2016 | –
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Traditional Chinese | 一屋老友記 | ||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 一屋老友记 | ||||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Yātngūk Lóuhyáuhgei | ||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | "A House of Old Friends" | ||||||||||||||||
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House of Spirits (Chinese: 一屋老友記; Cantonese Yale: Yātngūk Lóuhyáuhgei; literally "A House of Old Friends[1]") is a 2016 Hong Kong television comedy, family, supernatural drama produced by Dave Fong for TVB, starring Bobby Au-yeung, Nancy Wu, Helena Law and Bowie Wu as the main cast. It premiered on Hong Kong's TVB Jade and Malaysia's Astro On Demand on June 27, 2016 airing Monday through Sunday during its 9:30-10:30 pm timeslot and concluding July 31, 2016 with a total of 31 episodes.[2]
Po Foon (Bobby Au-yeung) finds his heart-broken father Po Luk dead, while waiting for his grown children to come over for dinner. Foon makes a promise to fulfill his father's last wish of mending his bickering family together. As requested on Po Luk's will, all four of the Po siblings must live together in his rundown home for nine months, before they can sell it. At first, none of Foon's siblings, Po Yan (Joyce Tang), Anthony Po (Jonathan Cheung) and Po Yi (Bob Cheung) agree to live together, but after discovering the property's worth in the market, they all move in without hesitation.
Po Foon, the oldest of the four, is not respected by his younger siblings. He had walked out on the family during his youth, instead of contributing to his family when it was needed the most, he had decided to leave so he could seek his freedom and escape his father's abuse. The death of his father has finally made him realize the importance of unity and family, and makes him finally understand his father's words of "A bunch of chopsticks is stronger than one chopstick."
On the first day of moving into his father's home, Foon comes across a dusty antique umbrella and opens it in the balcony. As he turns to go back inside he sees an elderly couple suddenly inside the house watching television on his couch. They introduce themselves as Bak Wah (Bowie Wu) and Yi Lan (Helena Law), and claim that they live next door. However both Bak Wah and Yi Lan seem to not want to leave the Po home until Foon asks them to.
Foon then starts to notice something strange about the couple, as he and his niece Bianca seem to be the only two people who acknowledge their existence. The neighbors in the building tell Foon that the apartment the couple claim to live in has been vacant for many years, and that they do not know of such a couple in the building. However the Baks use an excuse, that they do not get along with the neighbors, as an explanation to Foon. After witnessing Bak Wah jump off the roof and then reappearing without a scratch, Foon realizes that the couple are indeed actually ghosts.
Meanwhile, Foon meets certified electrician Chu Chan-chan (Nancy Wu) when she approaches him in the middle of night after learning his building had a fire scare because of electrical problems. Foon wards Chan-chan off after thinking her estimated price for the repair work is too expensive, but she gets hired later by Yan who is also a former classmate of Chan-chan. When Foon tries to rid the Baks from his home they start playing tricks on him and soon Foon starts calling Chan-chan to do repair work as his thinks there are plumbing issues within his home.
Chan-chan's good deed to help Foon causes her to lose her job as she is forced to resign when she loses a huge client for the shop she works for. Due to a mean spirited former co-worker bad mouthing her she is unable to find employment elsewhere. However opportunity arises when a soon to retire shop owner is willing to sell his business to her. With the help of Yan's investment, Chan-chan becomes her own boss.
After Foon, who is a founder of a prestigious child learning center loses his job, he finds work at his friend's noodle shop, working the late shift. The noodle shop and Chan-chan's new shop happened to be right across from each other, because of this the two see each other everyday and besides bickering they also become closer.
When Foon realizes that the ghostly Baks cannot be rid, he forms a truce with them in order to co-habitat peacefully. After seeing that the Baks are friendly, peaceful ghost who will do no harm to the living, Foon and the Baks form a friendship. When the time comes that the Po home is to be sold, the Baks give in a helping hand.
Timeslot (HKT) | # | Day(s) | Week | Episode(s) | Average points | Peaking points |
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Mon - Sun (9:30-10:30 pm) 21:30–22:30 |
1 | Mon - Fri | 27 Jun - 01 Jul 2016 | 1 — 5 | 25 | 29 |
Sat | 02 Jul 2016 | 6 | -- | -- | ||
2 | Mon - Fri | 04 - 08 Jul 2016 | 7 — 11 | 27 | 30 | |
Sat | 09 Jul 2016 | 12 | -- | -- | ||
Sun | 10 Jul 2016 | 13 | -- | -- | ||
3 | Mon - Fri | 11 - 15 Jul 2016 | 14 — 18 | 28 | 30 | |
Sat | 16 Jul 2016 | 19 | -- | -- | ||
4 | Mon - Fri | 18 - 22 Jul 2016 | 20 — 24 | 29 | 31 | |
Sun | 24 Jul 2016 | 25 | -- | -- | ||
5 | Mon - Fri | 25 - 29 Jul 2016 | 26 — 30 | 29 | 30 | |
Sun | 31 Jul 2016 | 31 | 30 | 32 | ||
Total average | 27 | 32 |
July 3, 2016: No episode broadcast due to airing of Presumed Accidents final episodes.
July 17, 2016: No episode broadcast due to airing Sunday Stage Fight.
July 23, 2016: No episode broadcast due to airing TVB Most Popular TV Commercial Awards 2016 .
July 30, 2016: No episode broadcast due to airing Big Boys Club.
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee | Result |
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2016 | StarHub TVB Awards[6] | My Favourite TVB Drama | House of Spirits | Nominated |
My Favourite TVB Actor | Bobby Au-yeung | Nominated | ||
My Favourite TVB Supporting Actress | Joyce Tang | Nominated | ||
Koni Lui | Nominated | |||
My Favourite TVB Supporting Actor | Jonathan Cheung | Nominated | ||
My Favourite TVB Female TV Character | Joyce Tang | Nominated | ||
My Favourite TVB Male TV Character | Bobby Au-yeung | Won | ||
My Favourite Onscreen Couple | Bobby Au Yeung & Nancy Wu | Nominated | ||
My Favourite TVB Theme Song | "The Warmth of Love" (愛的溫暖) by Edwin Siu | Nominated | ||
TVB Star Awards Malaysia | My Favourite TVB Drama Series | House of Spirits | Nominated | |
My Favourite TVB Actor in a Leading Role | Bobby Au-yeung | Nominated | ||
My Favourite TVB Actress in a Supporting Role | Joyce Tang | Won | ||
Koni Lui | Nominated | |||
My Favourite TVB Most Improved Actor | Jonathan Cheung | Won | ||
My Favourite Top 16 TVB Drama Characters | Bobby Au-yeung | Won | ||
Joyce Tang | Won | |||
Jonathan Cheung | Nominated | |||
Koni Lui | Won | |||
Bowie Wu | Nominated | |||
Helena Law | Nominated | |||
2017 | Asian Television Awards[7] | Best Comedy Performance By An Actor/Actress | Bobby Au Yeung | Won |