River of Wine | |
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九江十二坊 | |
Genre | Period drama |
Written by | Yuen Siu-na |
Starring | Bowie Lam Linda Chung Sunny Chan Elena Kong Nancy Sit Ngo Ka-nin Cilla Kung Lau Kong Evergreen Mak Sire Ma Alex Lam |
Theme music composer | Victor Chen |
Opening theme | Kam Chiu Yau Chau (今朝有酒) by Tai Chi |
Country of origin | Hong Kong |
Original language | Cantonese |
No. of episodes | 25 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Wong Wai-sing |
Production locations | Hong Kong Nanhai, Foshan, China |
Camera setup | Multi camera |
Production company | Television Broadcasts Limited |
Release | |
Original network | TVB Jade |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Original release | 29 August – 30 September 2011 |
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Traditional Chinese | 九江十二坊 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 九江十二坊 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | "The Twelve Mills of Jiujiang" | ||||||||||
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River of Wine is a 2011 Hong Kong period drama television series produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) under executive producer Wong Wai-sing. It stars Bowie Lam,Linda Chung and Sunny Chan as the main leads,with Elena Kong,Nancy Sit,Ngo Ka-nin and Cilla Kung as the major supporting cast. A costume fitting ceremony was held on 16 December 2010 at 12:30 PM. [1] [2] A blessing ceremony was held on 11 January 2011 2:00 PM where filming began. [3] Production was wrapped on 2 April 2011. The premiere episode aired on 29 August 2011.
The story takes place in the Qing Dynasty,revolving around the Sung and Leung family. Madam Leung (Nancy Sit) is the owner of a small business with eldest son Leung Ching-yiu (Bowie Lam),second son Leung Ching-hong (Sunny Chan),eldest daughter Leung Sau-man (Casper Chan) and youngest daughter Leung Sau-yin (Cilla Lok). Yiu originally was a worker at the Jiujiang brewery but due to a natural disaster,rewrote the lives of the Leung and Sung family.
Sung family’s daughter,Sung Chi-ching (Linda Chung),the third mistress Ting Kar-pik (Elena Kong) and eldest son Sung Chi-tsun (Ngo Ka-nin) were separated. The Sung family decided to adopt Yiu as their son and looked after the business. Hong thought Yiu became the Sung family's son for the sake of wealth.
Just when business for the Jiujiang wine brewery were going well,Sung family's long lost son returns and wants to claim back ownership of the business. This results in a major feud between the Leung and the Sungs.
Finally,when Yiu tied the marriage between Ching and Hong,he was ready to return ownership back to the Sungs. Sadly,Tsun's best friend Tsang Yuk-fong (Sire Ma)'s father Magistrate Tsang (Lau Kong) causes downfall to the family. The Sung family business is stolen,luckily Hong helps the family rebuild their business. The Sung and Leungs calm their feud.
The following is a table that includes a list of the total ratings points based on television viewership. "Viewers in millions" refers to the number of people,derived from TVB Jade ratings (including TVB HD Jade),in Hong Kong who watched the episode live. The peak number of viewers are in brackets.
# | Week | Episode(s) | Avg. points (peak) | Viewers in millions (peak) | Ref. |
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1 | 29 August —2 September 2011 | 1 —5 | 25 (29) | 1.59 ( —) | [4] |
2 | 5 —8 September 2011 | 6 —9 | 27 (30) | 1.72 ( —) | [5] |
3 | 12 —16 September 2011 | 10 —14 | 27 ( 30 ) | 1.72 ( ) | [6] |
4 | 19 —23 September 2011 | 15 —19 | 26 ( 30 ) | 1.66 ( —) | [7] |
5 | 26 —29 September 2011 | 20 —23 | 29 ( 33 ) | 1.84 ( 2.11 ) | [8] |
30 September 2011 | 24 —25 (finale) | 30 ( 34 ) | 1.91 (2.17) | [8] |
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