The Legend of the Condor Heroes (1994 TV series)

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The Legend of the Condor Heroes
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Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 射鵰英雄傳
Simplified Chinese 射雕英雄传
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Shè Diāo Yīng Xióng Zhuàn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping Se6 Diu1 Jing1 Hung4 Zyun6
Genre Wuxia
Based on The Legend of the Condor Heroes
by Louis Cha
Screenplay byWong Kwok-fai
Directed byLeung Tak-wah
Yuen Ying-ming
Lam Kin-lung
Yun Wai-yee
Kong Kam-hung
Lau Kwok-ho
Lam Dik-on (action director)
Starring Julian Cheung
Athena Chu
Gallen Lo
Emily Kwan
Theme music composer Joseph Koo
Hung King-fai
Opening theme"Unmatched Ultimate Moves" (絕世絕招) performed by Julian Cheung and Jacklyn Wu
Ending theme"Hard-to-Come-by Muddleheadedness" (難得糊塗) performed by Julian Cheung
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes35
Production
Executive producer Lee Tim-shing
Production locationHong Kong
Running time45 minutes per episode
Production company TVB
Original release
Network TVB Jade
Release3 October (1994-10-03) –
2 December 1994 (1994-12-02)
Related
The Condor Heroes 95 (1995)

The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a Hong Kong television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel of the same title. The series was first broadcast on TVB Jade in 1994.

Contents

Compared to its predecessor (1983 version), the series seems "inferior" in every way. First of all, the program has only about 35 episodes, so production costs are likely low. (Some behind-the-scenes footage had to be recorded in the studio.) The character's creation and success were overshadowed by the 1983 version.Despite this, the 1994 version still achieved good results, with a rating of 32 points, ranking third among the highest-rated TVB programs of that year. [1]

Cast

Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.

Reception

Although viewership ratings did not exceed the 1983 version, This series with an average viewership rating of 32 points. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Christopher. "歷代《射鵰英雄傳》電視劇 邊個是你的成長回憶？". hket.
  2. ↑ "Top TVB dramas, 1992 ~ 2007" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2010-09-15.
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