Pillow Talk (Singaporean TV series)

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Pillow Talk
Pillow Talk (TV series) intertitle.jpg
再见单人床
GenreFamily
Romance
Written byRebecca Leow 洪汐
Directed byFoo Seng Peng 符之柄
Jasmine Woo 邬毓琳
Lin Mingzhe 林明哲
Starring Joanne Peh
Pierre Png
Thomas Ong
Michelle Chia
Jacelyn Tay
Opening theme伴 by Tiger Huang
Ending theme误点 by Tiger Huang
Country of origin Singapore
Original languageChinese
No. of episodes21
Production
ProducerChong Liung Man 张龙敏
Running timeapprox. 45 minutes
Original release
Network MediaCorp Channel 8
Release2 April (2012-04-02) 
30 April 2012 (2012-04-30)
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Pillow Talk (Chinese :再见单人床) is a Singaporean Chinese drama which will be telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It stars Joanne Peh, Pierre Png, Thomas Ong, Michelle Chia and Jacelyn Tay.

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Production

Mars vs Venus's Chinese name is 幸福双人床 (literally Lucky Double Bed), whereas this drama's is 再见单人床, which translates to "Seeing the Single Bed again". 再见单人床 can also be interpreted as saying goodbye to the single bed, implying one is going to get married.

This drama was planned to have 20 episodes, but added an episode due to overruns in filming.

Cast

CastRoleDescription
Joanne Peh
白薇秀
Zhang Qiuxue
张秋雪
  • Beauty salesgirl
  • He Tingkai's wife
  • Zhang Qian and Mao Yunling's daughter
  • Zhang Qiuyu's younger sister
Thomas Ong
王沺裁
Zhang Qiuyu
张秋雨
  • Banker
  • Liang Chuning's husband
  • Zhang Qiuxue's brother
  • Xiaoyun's father
Zhu Houren
朱厚任
Zhang Qian
张谦
  • Ex-actor
  • Mao Yunling's husband
  • Zhang Qiuyu and Zhang Qiuxue's father
Xiang Yun
向云
Mao Yunling
毛蕴玲
  • Zhang Qian's wife
  • Zhang Qiuyu and Zhang Qiuxue's mother
Pierre Png
方展发
He Tingkai
何廷凯
  • Zhang Qiuxue's husband
  • He Guangming and Lu Peifen's son
Chen Shucheng
陈澍城
He Guangming
何光明
  • Taxi driver
  • Lu Peifen's husband
  • He Tingkai's foster father
Hong Huifang
洪慧芳
Lu Peifen
卢佩芬
  • He Guangming's wife
  • He Tingkai's foster mother
Michelle Chia
谢韵仪
Liang Chuning
梁楚宁
  • Ex-accountant
  • Housewife
  • Zhang Qiuyu's wife
  • Xiaoyun's mother
Cai Rouying
蔡揉颖
Zhang Xiaoyun
张小云
  • Zhang Qiuyu's & Liang Chuning's Daughter
  • Zhang Qian's & Mao Yunling's Granddaughter
Jacelyn Tay
郑秀珍
Alice
  • Lawyer
  • Zhang Qiuyu's mistress

Overseas broadcast

Country of BroadcastBroadcasting NetworkDebutFinale
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Astro Shuang Xing 11 August 2012 at 5.30pm, weekends15 September 2012

Awards and nominations

Pillow Talk is nominated in nine categories, and won the year's Best Drama Serial.

Star Awards 2013

AccoladesNomineesAwardResult
Star Awards Rebecca Leow Best Screenplay Nominated
Steve Wong Kwok ChungBest Drama CameramanNominated
Xu Ying YingBest Costume and Image DesignNominated
Star Awards Joanne Peh Best Actress Nominated
Pierre Png Best Actor Nominated
Thomas Ong Nominated
Zhu Houren Best Supporting Actor Nominated
Xiang Yun Best Supporting Actress Nominated
Pillow Talk Best Drama Serial Won
Pillow TalkTop Rated Drama Serial 2012Nominated

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References

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Preceded by
On the Fringe
2011–12
Star Awards for Best Drama Serial
Pillow Talk
2012–13
Succeeded by
The Dream Makers (season 1)
2013–14