Under One Roof (Singapore TV series)

Under One Roof
Singapore's Funniest Family
Created byAndrea Teo
Wee Thye Seah
Simmon Tan
Seah Chang Un
Angelena Loh
Written byHEAD: Seah Chang Un
Simmon Tan
Angelena Loh
Esan Sivalingam
Tan Wei Lyn
Joanne Teo
Lynette Chiu
Lilian Wang
Directed byAndrea Teo
Wee Thye Seah
Colin Caines
Gim Hwee Chong
Khairul Anwar
Jennifer Tan
StarringMoses Lim
Koh Chieng Mun
Vernetta Lopez
Nicholas Lee
Andrew Lim
Norleena Salim
Zaibo
Daisy Irani
Rajiv Dhawn
Selena Tan
Country of originSingapore
No. of episodes137, including the episodes aired during Channel 5's 40th anniversary in 2003
Production
Executive producersAndrea Teo
Wee Thye Seah
Running time30 minutes (including commercials)
Original release
NetworkMediaCorp Channel 5
Release21 February 1995 (1995-02-21) –
15 July 2003 (2003-07-15)
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Under One Roof was an English-language sitcom in Singapore. First aired in 1995, it was the first locally produced sitcom in Singapore. A critical and popular success, the show won the Best Comedy Programme or Series Award at the Asian Television Awards in both 1996 and 1997, a Best comedy actor award (Moses Lim in 1996), three best comedy actress awards (Koh Chieng Mun in 1996, Norleena Salim in 1997, and Vernetta Lopez in 1999) and was a finalist in the "Best Sitcom" category at the International Emmy Awards as well as the New York Festivals Awards. It paved the way for future Singaporean local sitcoms such as Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd and Police & Thief. It was also one of the most popular sitcoms in Singapore just like the other 2 popular Singaporean local sitcom and drama Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd and Growing Up respectively.

It starred a multicultural cast reflecting the ethnic makeup of Singapore: Moses Lim (Tan Ah Teck), Koh Chieng Mun (Dolly Tan), Vernetta Lopez (Denise Tan), Nicholas Lee (Ronnie Tan), Andrew Lim (Paul Tan), Norleena Salim (Rosnah Hassan), Zaibo (Yusof Hassan), Daisy Irani (Daisy Matthews), Rajiv Dhawn (Michael Matthews) and Anita Chow (Paul's love interest, girlfriend and wife) (Selena Tan).