The Seasons (TVB Program)
Encyclopedia
The Seasons was a 389 episode drama series that was shown during Enjoy Yourself Tonight
on Hong Kong
TV station TVB
from 1987 to 1988. The show, being a section of the main program, Enjoy Yourself Tonight (EYT), meant that it was only 15 minutes long, a rarity in Hong Kong television drama programs. Another rarity is that each episode ends in the same shot: a flower being tossed into the water.
Second Generation
Other cast
. In a section of the film, Shum's character, along with her husband (portrayed by Bill Tung
, desperately needed money to return to Canada
. They returned to the Public Housing estate where they used to live, and try to find their old mahjong playing neighbors for emergency cash. When they arrived, they found these neighbors children playing mahjong, who said that their parents are watching The Seasons, and will not move or go anywhere unless a fire has started. This led to the couple screaming fire, resulting in everyone from the estate streaming out of their homes.
Enjoy Yourself Tonight
Enjoy Yourself Tonight or E.Y.T was a popular variety show in Hong Kong. It made its first broadcast on TVB on 20 November 1967. The show lasted 27 years with its last broadcast on Friday 7 October 1994...
on Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
TV station TVB
Television Broadcasts Limited
Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, is the second over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. It commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967...
from 1987 to 1988. The show, being a section of the main program, Enjoy Yourself Tonight (EYT), meant that it was only 15 minutes long, a rarity in Hong Kong television drama programs. Another rarity is that each episode ends in the same shot: a flower being tossed into the water.
Tong family
First Generation| Cast | Role | Description |
| Chu Sui-tong | Tong Tai 唐泰 |
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| Tang Pik-wan | Lee Suk-duk 李淑德 |
Tong Tai's wife |
| Sheung Kei | Leung Wing-kam 梁詠琴 |
Tong Tai's mistress |
| Lo Hoi-pang | Tong Yan 唐仁 |
Tong Tai's younger half brother |
| Chan Ka-yi | Lan | Tong Yan's wife |
| Angelina Lo | Tong Lai-chu 唐麗珠 |
Tong Tai's younger sister |
| Tam Ping-man | Lee Wing-leung 李永良 |
Lee Suk-duk's brother |
| Chong Ching-ching | Tam Fung-mei 譚鳳媚 |
Lee Wing-leung's second wife |
| Law Lan Law Lan Helena Law Lan is a Hong Kong actress. Law Lan is popularly cast as a type of mystic in many Hong Kong horror movies.-TV series:-Films:*The Kid *Story of the White-haired Demon Girl... |
Fong | Lee Suk-duk's maid |
Second Generation
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Samuel Kwok Samuel Kwok Samuel Kwok is a martial arts practitioner and teacher in the Chinese art of Wing Chun.-Biography:Samuel Kwok was born in Hong Kong in 1948, the son of a Church Minister. His interest in the martial arts started at an early age, his first experience was in White Crane Kung Fu, under the guidance of... |
Tong Gui-chuan 唐貴全 |
Tong Tai's illegitimate son |
| Johnny Ngan Johnny Ngan Johnny Ngan Kwok Leung is a Hong Kong film actor and television actor. He was an actor for ATV from 1980-1981 before joing TVB.-Acting career:... |
Tong Ka-wai 唐家偉 |
Tong Tai and Lee Suk-dak's eldest son |
| Lam Kin-ming | Wu Yuk-ho 胡玉河 |
Tong Ka-wai's wife |
| Gallen Lo Gallen Lo Gallen Lo Ka-leung is a Hong Kong actor and singer who primarily acts in television series. He is sometimes credited as King Gallen or Law Ka-leung.-Career:... |
Tong Ka-lai 唐家禮 |
Tong Tai and Lee Suk-dak's second son |
| Yiu Ching-ching | Tong Ka-man 唐嘉文 |
Tong Tai and Lee Suk-dak's daughter |
| Tony Leung Chiu-wai | 3d | Tong Tai and Lee Suk-dak's youngest son |
| Dickson Lee | Hong | Tong Yan's son |
| Yuen Chun-yu | Lee Chi-tim 李志添 |
Lee Wing-leung's son |
| Lee Ka-ting | Sing | Wu Yuk-ho's elder brother |
Other cast
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Kiki Sheung Kiki Sheung Kiki Sheung Tin Ngoh is a Hong Kong TVB actress. Kiki was originally with TVB, but moved over to rival station ATV in 1995, moving back to TVB once again in 2002... |
Chow Pui-ching 周珮青 |
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| Yu Chi-ming | ||
| Jamie Chik Jamie Chik Jaime Chik Mei-chun is a Hong Kong TVB actress. Since 1990 she has been married to actor Michael Miu.They have two children, a son and a daughter.-Filmography:-External links:... |
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| Carrie Ng Carrie Ng Carrie Ng is a Hong Kong actress best known for cult CAT III films Naked Killer and Sex and Zen. She won Best Supporting Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards for her performance in The Kid and Best Actress at the Golden Horse Film Festival awards for her performance in Remains of a Woman.-Awards... |
Hong Tsz-mei 康子媚 |
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| Yi Lei | ||
| Rebecca Chan Rebecca Chan Rebecca Chan Sau Chu is a TVB actress. She joined TVB in 1979, when she competed at the Miss Hong Kong 1979 pageant. She finished as a top 10 semifinalist.-Filmography:-Variety show :*1981: Sports World TVB... |
Yip Ching 葉青 |
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| Francis Ng Francis Ng -Career:Like so many of Hong Kong's actors, Ng has his roots in television. He graduated from TVB's training classes in 1985. He acted in minor roles working gradually upwards in the television hierarchy, but his looks did not fit in the conventional leading man role... |
Mr. Cheung | |
| Sandra Lang Sandra Lang Sandra Lang is a former Taishan Cantopop singer, active in the 1970s. - Career :During the late 1960s Sandra Lang's career began under the HK English pop group named The Chopsticks. The group did not last long, as Lang soon went solo for TVB.... |
Chow Pui-ching's mother | |
| Maria Cordero Maria Cordero Maria Cordero, MH is a singer, actress and chef from Macau. She also has her own cooking show, Maria's Kitchen on Cable TV. Her fans nicknamed her "Fat Mama" .- Biography :... |
Fillpino maid | |
| Margie Tsang | ||
| Kenneth Tsang Kenneth Tsang Kenneth Tsang Kong is a Hong Kong actor. Tsang's career has spanned 50 years and included a variety of acting roles.Tsang was born in Shanghai, China with family roots in Jida, Zhuhai, Guangdong. He attended high school in Wah Yan Hong Kong and then Wah Yan, Kowloon... |
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| Lydia Shum Lydia Shum Lydia Shum Din-Ha, also known as Lydia Sum , was a Hong Kong comedienne, MC, and actress known for her portly figure, signature dark rimmed glasses and bouffant hairstyle. She was affectionately known to peers and fans as Fei-fei... |
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| Elliot Ngok Elliot Ngok Elliot Ngok Wah, better known as Yueh Hua, is a former Shaw Brothers actor and veteran TVB actor.-Career:Elly was born Leung Lok Wah in Shanghai, with native Cantonese roots. He immigrated to Hong Kong in 1962. He joined Shaw Brothers and started his acting career in 1965. His breakout film role... |
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| Ellen Chan Ellen Chan Ellen Chan Ar-Lun is a Hong Kong actress who has appeared in a number of Hong Kong film productions.- Filmography :* Alibis * Grow Up in Anger * Fury * How To Pick Girls Up... |
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| Carol Cheng Carol Cheng Carol Cheng , commonly referred to as Do Do, is an actress and host from Hong Kong.-Biography:Cheng began her career in the 1970s working on a number of Television Broadcasts Limited series. She also hosted the Hong Kong version of the game show The Weakest Link from 2001-2002... |
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| Alex Man Alex Man Alex Man , Hong Kong actor who has played leading roles in numerous movies and television serials.Born in Hong Kong, Alex Man joined ATV in 1970s, casting some TV drama. He became popular when joining TVB in 1980s, in which he had been the main character of several TV drama with big production... |
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| Dominic Lam Dominic Lam Dominic Lam Ka-Wah is an actor in Hong Kong, and a disc jockey in both Vancouver, British Columbia and Toronto, Ontario.-Early Life in Hong Kong:... |
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| Ng Man Tat Ng Man Tat Ng Man Tat was born on 2 January 1952. He is a veteran actor in the Hong Kong film industry, with dozens of awards under his belt, including Best Supporting Actor at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards for his role in A Moment of Romance.-Biography:... |
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| Wayne Lai Wayne Lai Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung is a Hong Kong TVB actor.-Biography:Lai entered TVB in 1983 as a clerk in the business department. In 1985, he gave up the job and trained in the TVB Acting School. He starred in a few series in 1989. He started out in some minor roles, and took on some more significant roles... |
Chow Pui-ching's cousin | |
| Bobby Au-yeung Bobby Au-Yeung Bobby Au-yeung Tsan-wah is a Hong Kong actor best known for his comedic roles in many TVB television dramas. Au-yeung gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Ben Yu in the 1991 legal drama File of Justice, appearing in all five seasons of the drama... |
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| Tai Chi-wai | Yip Ching's husband | |
Background
In the 1980s. EYT was steadily losing viewers as other modes of entertainment becomes available. The program was conceived by EYT producers to counter the loss of viewership. The show, along with two other short-form programs (one was a mystery program, the other a comedy), did much to revive EYT, and allowed it to return to viewership supremacy.Reference in popular culture
Due to the immense popularity of the show, the show was referenced in the movie "It's a Mad Mad Mad World 2", starring fellow EYT alum Lydia ShumLydia Shum
Lydia Shum Din-Ha, also known as Lydia Sum , was a Hong Kong comedienne, MC, and actress known for her portly figure, signature dark rimmed glasses and bouffant hairstyle. She was affectionately known to peers and fans as Fei-fei...
. In a section of the film, Shum's character, along with her husband (portrayed by Bill Tung
Bill Tung
Bill Tung Biu was a Hong Kong actor and horse racing commentator. Tung started off as a horse jockey with his family racing horse stable. He was then recruited to become a horse racing commentator. Due to his fame, he was invited to act in many movies from 1949 to 1996, many of them with Jackie...
, desperately needed money to return to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. They returned to the Public Housing estate where they used to live, and try to find their old mahjong playing neighbors for emergency cash. When they arrived, they found these neighbors children playing mahjong, who said that their parents are watching The Seasons, and will not move or go anywhere unless a fire has started. This led to the couple screaming fire, resulting in everyone from the estate streaming out of their homes.