''118 II'' also known as (要要发 II) ran for 218 episode drama series produced by
MediaCorp Channel 8
Channel 8 ( zh, 8頻道) is a Singaporean free-to-air television channel, airing in Mandarin Chinese. It was created by Television Singapura on 31 August 1963 with experimental broadcasts, before going official on 23 November that year. The ch ...
. It stars
Chew Chor Meng
Chew Chor Meng (born 20 November 1968), better known as Zhou Chuming, is a Singaporean actor. He is one of the first batch of actors to receive the All-Time Favourite Artiste award with Zoe Tay & Li Nanxing.
Career
Chew started his career in ...
,
Pan Lingling
Phua Leng Leng (born 25 June 1970), better known as Pan Lingling, is a Singaporean actress.
Career
Pan entered the entertainment industry in 1988 after graduating from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's 8th Drama Artiste Training Course ...
,
Dennis Chew
Dennis Chew Chong Kheng (born 15 August 1973), also known as Zhou Chongqing, is a Singaporean radio deejay, actor, variety show host and singer. Chew is known for playing Aunty Lucy, a character which requires him to cross-dress as a middle-a ...
,
Ya Hui
Ya Hui (; born Koh Yah Hwee; 18 May 1987) is a Singaporean actress.
Early life
Ya Hui was born on 18 May 1987 in Singapore. She was educated at Manjusri Secondary School and Serangoon Junior College. She joined the Dance Team for her Co-Curri ...
,
Xu Bin
Xu Bin (; born 19 February 1989) is a Chinese actor based in Singapore. He is managed under NoonTalk Media and was named as one of the 8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill.
Life and career
Xu was born in Fuzhou, China, and moved to Singapore to pursue ...
,
Somaline Ang
Hong Ling (born Somaline Ang Ling; ; 16 August 1994) is a Singaporean actress.
Early life and education
Born to a Thai mother and a Singaporean Chinese father, Hong graduated from Fuchun Secondary School. She has two siblings, one of whom ...
,
Jeanette Aw
Jeanette Aw Ee-Ping (born 28 June 1979), better known by her stage name Ou Xuan (), is a Singaporean actress, filmmaker, businesswoman and writer. Aw was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006, after which she achieved wider ...
,
Elvin Ng
Elvin Ng Choon Siong (; born 23 December 1980) is a Singaporean actor and former model.
Early life
Ng attended Jurong Primary School, Catholic High School and National Junior College. He graduated with an honours degree in English litera ...
,
Bryan Wong
Bryan Wong Lok Kiang (, born on 30 January 1971) is a Singaporean television host and actor.
Career
Wong began his career as a child actor in 1981 and featured in several popular children's programmes on SBC. He began performing modelling ...
and
Ha Yu as the cast of the second series.
The show replaced the second half of the 7.00 pm drama timeslot, airing weekdays from November 29, 2016, 7.30 pm to 8.00 pm on weekdays making it the 4th long form half an hour drama and it is 1st drama having 2 seasons also airing together with news-current affairs programme
Hello Singapore
Hello Singapore ( Chinese: 狮城有约) is a news/current affairs programme produced by Mediacorp Channel 8.
History
The show replaced the current weekday broadcast of ''Singapore Today'' as well as half of the 7.00pm drama timeslot, airing week ...
at 6.30pm.
Cast
Hong (Daming) Family
Zhang (Tiancheng) Family
Li (Weiliang) Family
Li (Jinlong) Family
Liu (Dagong) Family
Zhang (Meiyou) Family
Deng (Bo) Family
Other characters
Cameo appearances
Marketing
Various roadshows to promote the series were done country wide.
The first roadshow was held at
Compass One
Compass One (formerly known as Compass Point) is a suburban shopping mall located in the town centre of Sengkang, Singapore. The mall was built as an integrated development together with a condominium, Compass Heights which is located adjacent to ...
on 19 November 2016 with artistes
Chew Chor Meng
Chew Chor Meng (born 20 November 1968), better known as Zhou Chuming, is a Singaporean actor. He is one of the first batch of actors to receive the All-Time Favourite Artiste award with Zoe Tay & Li Nanxing.
Career
Chew started his career in ...
,
Pan Lingling
Phua Leng Leng (born 25 June 1970), better known as Pan Lingling, is a Singaporean actress.
Career
Pan entered the entertainment industry in 1988 after graduating from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's 8th Drama Artiste Training Course ...
,
Elvin Ng
Elvin Ng Choon Siong (; born 23 December 1980) is a Singaporean actor and former model.
Early life
Ng attended Jurong Primary School, Catholic High School and National Junior College. He graduated with an honours degree in English litera ...
,
Ya Hui
Ya Hui (; born Koh Yah Hwee; 18 May 1987) is a Singaporean actress.
Early life
Ya Hui was born on 18 May 1987 in Singapore. She was educated at Manjusri Secondary School and Serangoon Junior College. She joined the Dance Team for her Co-Curri ...
,
Dennis Chew
Dennis Chew Chong Kheng (born 15 August 1973), also known as Zhou Chongqing, is a Singaporean radio deejay, actor, variety show host and singer. Chew is known for playing Aunty Lucy, a character which requires him to cross-dress as a middle-a ...
,
Xu Bin
Xu Bin (; born 19 February 1989) is a Chinese actor based in Singapore. He is managed under NoonTalk Media and was named as one of the 8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill.
Life and career
Xu was born in Fuzhou, China, and moved to Singapore to pursue ...
,
Sora Ma
Sora Ma (; born 22 January 1984) is a Malaysian actress based in Singapore. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2010 to 2017.
Career
Former commerce graduate, model and beauty queen-turned-artiste - Sora Ma, entered show busin ...
,
Chen Tianwen
Chen Tianwen (born 28 March 1963) is a Singaporean actor.
Career
Chen was educated at the now-defunct Serangoon Garden Secondary Technical School. He joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (now Mediacorp) after completing the 5th arti ...
,
Zhu Houren
Zhu Houren () is a Singaporean
Singaporeans, or the Singaporean people, refers to citizens or people who identify with the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual country. Si ...
,
Brandon Wong and
Jeanette Aw
Jeanette Aw Ee-Ping (born 28 June 1979), better known by her stage name Ou Xuan (), is a Singaporean actress, filmmaker, businesswoman and writer. Aw was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006, after which she achieved wider ...
. A second roadshow was held at
Bedok Point
Bedok Point was a four-storey mall (with 2 basement stories) located in the town center of Bedok along New Upper Changi Road, and near Bedok MRT station, and it was officially opened on 26 April 2011. The mall held its soft opening on 16 December ...
on 17 December 2016 with artistes
Bryan Wong
Bryan Wong Lok Kiang (, born on 30 January 1971) is a Singaporean television host and actor.
Career
Wong began his career as a child actor in 1981 and featured in several popular children's programmes on SBC. He began performing modelling ...
,
Pan Lingling
Phua Leng Leng (born 25 June 1970), better known as Pan Lingling, is a Singaporean actress.
Career
Pan entered the entertainment industry in 1988 after graduating from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's 8th Drama Artiste Training Course ...
,
Carrie Wong
Carrie Wong Si Tian (; born 1 January 1994) is a Singaporean actress. She was discovered through the reality television competition '' Hey Gorgeous''.
Early life
The only child of a housewife mother and father who works in a security firm, ...
,
Zhang Yaodong
Zhang Yaodong (, born Teoh Yeow Tong on 17 December 1977) is a Malaysian actor based in Singapore.
Career
Zhang entered the entertainment industry after finishing first runner-up in the Malaysian edition of talent-search contest Star Search ...
,
Dennis Chew
Dennis Chew Chong Kheng (born 15 August 1973), also known as Zhou Chongqing, is a Singaporean radio deejay, actor, variety show host and singer. Chew is known for playing Aunty Lucy, a character which requires him to cross-dress as a middle-a ...
,
Somaline Ang
Hong Ling (born Somaline Ang Ling; ; 16 August 1994) is a Singaporean actress.
Early life and education
Born to a Thai mother and a Singaporean Chinese father, Hong graduated from Fuchun Secondary School. She has two siblings, one of whom ...
,
Sheila Sim
Sheila Beryl Grant Sim, Baroness Attenborough (5 June 1922 – 19 January 2016) was an English film and theatre actress. She was also the wife of the actor, director and peer Richard Attenborough.
Career
Sheila Beryl Grant Sim was born in ...
,
Nick Teo
Nick Teo (), is a Singaporean television actor, host and model contracted under Mediacorp.
Acting career
In 2014, Teo made his acting debut in a half-hour long-running drama series produced by Mediacorp Channel 8, '' 118'', which made got him ...
,
Li Feihui
Roy Li Fey Huei, more commonly or affectionally known as Li Fei Hui (Traditional Chinese: 黎沸揮), is a singer from Singapore. He was dubbed as one of Singapore's brightest exports in Taiwan's music industry, back in the early 1990s. For th ...
,
Cavin Soh
Cavin Soh (, born 17 November 1970) (苏智诚/苏志诚 Su Zhi Cheng previous name) is a Singaporean actor, host, watch dealer and singer.
Career
Soh used to be a lead singer in the band Dreamz FM (梦飞船) and a radio deejay on MediaCorp ...
and Liu Lingling.
The third roadshow was held at Bishan North Shopping Mall on 19 February 2017 with artist
Ya Hui
Ya Hui (; born Koh Yah Hwee; 18 May 1987) is a Singaporean actress.
Early life
Ya Hui was born on 18 May 1987 in Singapore. She was educated at Manjusri Secondary School and Serangoon Junior College. She joined the Dance Team for her Co-Curri ...
,
Carrie Wong
Carrie Wong Si Tian (; born 1 January 1994) is a Singaporean actress. She was discovered through the reality television competition '' Hey Gorgeous''.
Early life
The only child of a housewife mother and father who works in a security firm, ...
,
Hayley Woo
Hayley Woo (born 27 December 1991) is a Singaporean actress. She was managed by JTeam JM Artiste Network from 2013 to 2017. She has an identical twin sister, Jayley Woo, who is also an actress.
Career
Woo and her sister joined The New Paper ...
,
Somaline Ang
Hong Ling (born Somaline Ang Ling; ; 16 August 1994) is a Singaporean actress.
Early life and education
Born to a Thai mother and a Singaporean Chinese father, Hong graduated from Fuchun Secondary School. She has two siblings, one of whom ...
,
Pan Lingling
Phua Leng Leng (born 25 June 1970), better known as Pan Lingling, is a Singaporean actress.
Career
Pan entered the entertainment industry in 1988 after graduating from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's 8th Drama Artiste Training Course ...
,
Sheila Sim
Sheila Beryl Grant Sim, Baroness Attenborough (5 June 1922 – 19 January 2016) was an English film and theatre actress. She was also the wife of the actor, director and peer Richard Attenborough.
Career
Sheila Beryl Grant Sim was born in ...
,
Chew Chor Meng
Chew Chor Meng (born 20 November 1968), better known as Zhou Chuming, is a Singaporean actor. He is one of the first batch of actors to receive the All-Time Favourite Artiste award with Zoe Tay & Li Nanxing.
Career
Chew started his career in ...
,
Elvin Ng
Elvin Ng Choon Siong (; born 23 December 1980) is a Singaporean actor and former model.
Early life
Ng attended Jurong Primary School, Catholic High School and National Junior College. He graduated with an honours degree in English litera ...
,
Brandon Wong,
Zhu Houren
Zhu Houren () is a Singaporean
Singaporeans, or the Singaporean people, refers to citizens or people who identify with the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual country. Si ...
&
Bryan Wong
Bryan Wong Lok Kiang (, born on 30 January 1971) is a Singaporean television host and actor.
Career
Wong began his career as a child actor in 1981 and featured in several popular children's programmes on SBC. He began performing modelling ...
with Bishan North Minister Mrs
Josephine Teo
Josephine Teo Li Min (née Yong; zh, s=杨莉明, t=楊莉明, poj=Iôⁿ Lī-bêng, p=Yáng Lìmíng; born 1968) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of the Cyb ...
. The fourth roadshow was held at OneKM Mall on 29 April 2017 with artist
Bryan Wong
Bryan Wong Lok Kiang (, born on 30 January 1971) is a Singaporean television host and actor.
Career
Wong began his career as a child actor in 1981 and featured in several popular children's programmes on SBC. He began performing modelling ...
,
Carrie Wong
Carrie Wong Si Tian (; born 1 January 1994) is a Singaporean actress. She was discovered through the reality television competition '' Hey Gorgeous''.
Early life
The only child of a housewife mother and father who works in a security firm, ...
,
Desmond Ng
Desmond Ng (Chinese: 黄振隆, pinyin: huáng zhèn lóng, born 5 October 1987) is a Singaporean singer, actor and presenter. He debuted in 2009 as a getai singer and in 2015, became the champion of the Mediacorp Getai Challenge. Ng then signed ...
&
Brandon Wong. The fifth roadshow was held at OneKM Mall on 30 April 2017 with artists
Pan Lingling
Phua Leng Leng (born 25 June 1970), better known as Pan Lingling, is a Singaporean actress.
Career
Pan entered the entertainment industry in 1988 after graduating from the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's 8th Drama Artiste Training Course ...
,
Chen Tianwen
Chen Tianwen (born 28 March 1963) is a Singaporean actor.
Career
Chen was educated at the now-defunct Serangoon Garden Secondary Technical School. He joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (now Mediacorp) after completing the 5th arti ...
,
Elvin Ng
Elvin Ng Choon Siong (; born 23 December 1980) is a Singaporean actor and former model.
Early life
Ng attended Jurong Primary School, Catholic High School and National Junior College. He graduated with an honours degree in English litera ...
,
Ya Hui
Ya Hui (; born Koh Yah Hwee; 18 May 1987) is a Singaporean actress.
Early life
Ya Hui was born on 18 May 1987 in Singapore. She was educated at Manjusri Secondary School and Serangoon Junior College. She joined the Dance Team for her Co-Curri ...
,
Somaline Ang
Hong Ling (born Somaline Ang Ling; ; 16 August 1994) is a Singaporean actress.
Early life and education
Born to a Thai mother and a Singaporean Chinese father, Hong graduated from Fuchun Secondary School. She has two siblings, one of whom ...
,
Nick Teo
Nick Teo (), is a Singaporean television actor, host and model contracted under Mediacorp.
Acting career
In 2014, Teo made his acting debut in a half-hour long-running drama series produced by Mediacorp Channel 8, '' 118'', which made got him ...
,
Sora Ma
Sora Ma (; born 22 January 1984) is a Malaysian actress based in Singapore. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2010 to 2017.
Career
Former commerce graduate, model and beauty queen-turned-artiste - Sora Ma, entered show busin ...
and
Jeremy Chan
Jeremy Chan Ming Yuew (; born 17 July 1981) is a Singaporean actor and host. He was awarded best comedy performance in AACA.
Early life
Chan was educated in Zhangde Primary School and Saint Thomas Secondary School. He graduated from ITE Col ...
.
Awards & Nominations
Star Awards 2018
Star Awards 2018 (also SA2018SG, Chinese: 红星大奖2018) is a television award ceremony which is held in Singapore. The Post Party and Ceremony Awards was broadcast live on 22 April 2018. A total of 15 awards were handed out during the cerem ...
118 II is up for 2 nominations as
Life Less Ordinary.
Original Sound Track
References
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2016 Singaporean television series debuts
2017 Singaporean television series endings
Singapore Chinese dramas
Singaporean comedy television series
Channel 8 (Singapore) original programming