Old Time Buddy: To Catch a Thief

Old Time Buddy: To Catch a Thief
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Also known as	Old Time Buddy 2
難兄難弟之神探李奇
Genre	Period drama Romantic comedy Mystery
Written by	Bau Wai-chung Cheung Siu-fong Cat Kwan Tsang Bo-wah Chow Siu-fong Szeto Kam-Yuen
Directed by	Chan Wai-koon So Man-chung Wong Ciu-ying Mak Koon-chi Wong kwok-koon Man Wai-hung Chung Shu-kai
Starring	Gallen Lo Gordon Lam Maggie Cheung Elaine Ng
Theme music composer	Shunsuke Kikuchi
Opening theme	Se Ma Ru by Gallen Lo and Maggie Cheung
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language	Cantonese
No. of episodes	25
Production
Executive producer	Tommy Leung
Producer	Chung Shu-kai
Production location	Hong Kong
Editors	Bau Wai-chung Chow Yuk-ming
Camera setup	Multi camera
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	TVB
Original release
Network	TVB Jade
Release	3 August (1998-08-03) – 4 September 1998 (1998-09-04)
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Old Time Buddy
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Old Time Buddy: To Catch a Thief (Chinese: 難兄難弟之神探李奇; Jyutping: naan4 hing1 naan4 dai6 zi1 san1 taam1 lei5 kei4; literally "Difficult Older Brother, Difficult Younger Brother-Detective Lee Kei") is a 1998 Hong Kong period romantic comedy television drama created and produced by TVB, starring Gallen Lo, Gordon Lam, Maggie Cheung, Elaine Ng as the main cast.^[1] The series is an indirect sequel to 1997's Old Time Buddy. Filming took place in early 1998 entirely on location in Hong Kong. Original broadcast began on Hong Kong's TVB Jade channel August 3 till September 4, 1998 every Monday through Friday during its 7:30 to 8:30 pm timeslot with a total of 25 episodes.

Although it is the second installment of the Old Time Buddy series the story and characters have no connections to the first series. While the first series focuses on Hong Kong film industry in the 1960s, the second series is adapted from plots of 1960s Hong Kong detective mystery films such as The Black Rose (1965) starring the real life Connie Chan.