Old Time Buddy

Old Time Buddy
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難兄難弟
GenreComedy
Romance
Written byChiu Ting-yuen
Fong Sai-keung
Tsang Bo-wah
Dai Tak-gwong
Directed byChung Shu-kai
Mak Koon-chi
Chan Wai-koon
Cheng Gei-sing
Wong Ciu-ying
StarringGallen Lo
Francis Ng
Jessica Hsuan
Maggie Cheung
Theme music composerLincoln Law
Opening themeOld Time Buddy (難兄難弟) by Gallen Lo, Francis Ng, Jessica Hsuan and Maggie Cheung
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes25
Production
Executive producerTommy Leung
ProducerChung Shu-kai
Production locationHong Kong
EditorChiu Ting-yuen
Camera setupMulti camera
Running time45 minutes
Production companyTVB
Original release
NetworkTVB Jade
Release23 June (1997-06-23) –
26 July 1997 (1997-07-26)
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Old Time Buddy
Chinese難兄難弟
Literal meaning"Difficult Older Brother, Difficult Younger Brother"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinnàn xiōng nàn dì
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingnaan4 hing1 naan4 dai6

Old Time Buddy (Chinese: 難兄難弟; Jyutping: naan4 hing1 naan4 dai6) is a 1997 Hong Kong period comedy television drama created and produced by TVB. The Chinese title translates to "brothers in hardship."

Old Time Buddy is set primarily in the 1960s and tells the story of two struggling young actors who end up becoming Hong Kong's iconic film idols. It stars Francis Ng, Gallen Lo, Jessica Hsuan, and Maggie Cheung Ho-yee,[1] who portray characters based on screen idols Patrick Tse, Lui Kei, Josephine Siao, and Connie Chan respectively.

Original broadcast began on Hong Kong's TVB Jade channel from June 23 till July 26, 1997 every Monday through Friday during its 7:30pm to 8:30pm timeslot with a total of 25 episodes.

This drama is one of the three that witnessed the Hong Kong handover to China, the other two being A Kindred Spirit & Deadly Protection.

  1. ^ [1] Old Time Buddy spcnet page. Retrieved June 9, 2015