| Old Time Buddy | |
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| 難兄難弟 | |
| Genre | Comedy Romance |
| Written by | Chiu Ting-yuen Fong Sai-keung Tsang Bo-wah Dai Tak-gwong |
| Directed by | Chung Shu-kai Mak Koon-chi Chan Wai-koon Cheng Gei-sing Wong Ciu-ying |
| Starring | Gallen Lo Francis Ng Jessica Hsuan Maggie Cheung |
| Theme music composer | Lincoln Law |
| Opening theme | Old Time Buddy (難兄難弟) by Gallen Lo, Francis Ng, Jessica Hsuan 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 |
| Editor | Chiu Ting-yuen |
| Camera setup | Multi camera |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company | TVB |
| Original release | |
| Network | TVB Jade |
| Release | 23 June – 26 July 1997 |
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| Chinese | 難兄難弟 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Difficult Older Brother, Difficult Younger Brother" | ||||||||||
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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.