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| When Duty Calls | |
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| 卫国先锋 | |
| Genre | Contemporary Friendship Romance Military |
| Written by | Seah Choon Guan Tang Yeow |
| Directed by | Png Keh Hock Doreen Yap Martin Chan Khoo Khiang Ting |
| Starring | Desmond Tan Romeo Tan Pierre Png Paige Chua Felicia Chin |
| Opening theme | 以刚克刚 by Desmond Ng and Kenny Khoo |
| Ending theme | 1) 以为的以为 by Alfred Sim and Tay Kewei 2) 一直都在 by Alfred Sim 3) 关怀新方式 by Desmond Tan and Felicia Chin |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language | Chinese |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Chong Liung Man |
| Running time | approx. 45 minutes (excluding advertisements) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Mediacorp Channel 8 |
| Release | 31 July – 25 August 2017 |
| Related | |
| Honour and Passion (2007) When Duty Calls 2 (2022) | |
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When Duty Calls (Chinese: 卫国先锋) is a 20-episode Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8 in 2017. It was made to commemorate 50 years of National Service in Singapore. It is sponsored by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Home Affairs.
It stars Desmond Tan, Romeo Tan, Pierre Png, Paige Chua, and Felicia Chin as the main cast of the series.[1]
- ^ ""When Duty Calls" — Bringing NSmen's Lives to the Big Screen". Ministry of Home Affairs. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.[permanent dead link]