''Always and Ever'' () is a 2013 Hong Kong

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television romance drama serial starring Bobby Au-yeung and

Esther Kwan Esther Kwan Wing-ho (), born 16 July 1964 is a Hong Kong retired actress formerly contracted to TVB and ATV. Career Kwan began her acting career after high school at ATV from 1988 to 1993. She moved over to TVB in 1993 and has been at the bro ...

and produced by

Chong Wai-kin Chong Wai-kin is a Hong Kong television producer and director. He first entered Asia Television (ATV) as a director and producer for the channel's television dramas. In 1989, he moved to Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) and has stayed in the ...

. The drama follows a love story which spans three lifetimes, from

Song dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...

in the 13th Century (Ep 1-13) to

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in the 1950s (Ep 13-30) and to modern Hong Kong (modern era, Ep 1, 30-31). It is the first on-screen pairing of Au-yeung and Kwan in ten years, with Kwan not frequently acting due to the personal implication of taking care of her daughter.

Plot Overview

During an operation, CIB officer, Circle Yuen (Bobby Au Yeung) accidentally kills his girlfriend, Phoenix Yeung (Esther Kwan). In his remorse, he finds himself mysteriously sent back in time to the Song Dynasty, where he is known as the imperial official Bao Zheng. He meets Han Sheung-Sheung (Esther Kwan), who looks exactly like Phoenix; despite Sheung-Sheung's reservations, they fall in love and agree to marry. However, Sheung-Sheung's childhood friend and adoptive brother, Ko Yiu-On (Ben Wong), out of ambition and jealousy that Sheung-Sheung refuses to marry him, forces her into casting a curse upon herself that she will always be killed by the man she loves. Soon afterward, Yiu-On orchestrates a situation where Bao Zheng is forced into executing Sheung-Sheung. When time shifts into the 1950s, Circle becomes Inspector Wah Lung-Piew and meets Tin Chau-Fung (Esther Kwan), the leader of a triad group who resembles Sheung-Sheung and Phoenix. However, their relationship inhibited by the fact that Chau-Fung mistakenly believes the inspector as her husband's murderer and has ordered a citywide chase for his head. While desperately trying to prove his innocence as Lung-Piew, he meets Lam Yim-Fong (Rebecca Zhu) and Yuen Kwai (Pierre Ngo), who will become Circle's parents, but is dismayed to find Yim-Fong falling in love with him as he tries to learn why his mother abruptly left his family. When fate intervenes and Lung-Piew accidentally kills Chau-Fung again, the cycle of her curse is finally broken and Circle returns to modern day Hong Kong where he is given a second chance to change his and Phoenix's fates.

Cast

Note: the names of most Song Chinese characters are transliterated by TVB according to their

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pronunciation; the

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pronunciation of those characters' names are provided in brackets for reference if it differs from the transliteration based on Cantonese Chinese pronunciation Main Characters * Bobby Au-yeung as Justice Pao Cheng (13th Century); Wah Long-Biu, an inspector (1950s); Circle Yuen, a police inspector from CIB (modern era) *

as Hon Seung-Seung (Han Shang-shang), a talented scholar (13th Century); Tin Chau-Fung, a popular triad leader (1950s); Phoenix Yeung, a reporter (modern era) 13th Century *

Ben Wong Ben Wong Chi-yin (born 20 October 1967) is a Hong Kong actor best known for his roles as Yung Heung-hoi in the long-running drama series '' A Kindred Spirit'' and Spicy Ginger in the crime drama ''Lives of Omission'', the latter garnering him ...

as Ko Kai-On (Kao Chi-an), Sheung-Sheung's childhood friend (13th Century) *

Ram Chiang Ram Chiang Chi-kwong (born 2 July 1961), Although TVB's website lists his birthday as July 1 Ram Chiang has gone on record saying that date is wron is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong actor and former singer-composer, currently under Television Bro ...

as Advisor Gongsun (Kung-sun), a famed political advisor for Justice Pao (13th Century) *

Benjamin Yuen Benjamin Yuen Wai-ho (Simplified Chinese: 袁伟豪; Traditional Chinese: 袁偉豪, born May 11, 1981) is a Hong Kong actor and singer contracted to TVB and Shaw Brothers Pictures. Yuen’s career started when he became the winner of Hong ...

as Chin Chiu (Chan Chao), a royal guard (13th Century) *

Christine Kuo Christine Kuo (; born 11 July 1983) is a Taiwanese-Canadian actress based in Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR) ...

Christine Kuo's voice was dubbed over by voice actress Yan Wong, allegedly due to Kuo's heavily accented Cantonese. as Princess Hing Sau (Princess Ching-shou) (13th Century) * JJ Jia as Consort Yin (13th Century) *

Vivien Yeo Vivien Yeo (; born 20 July 1984) is a Malaysian Chinese actress and businesswoman. She represented Malaysia at the 2004 Miss Chinese International Pageant and made her acting debut in the 2004 youth drama series ''Sunshine Heartbeat {{Infobox ...

as Consort Suk (Consort Shu) (13th Century) 1950s *

Mandy Wong Mandy Wong Chi-man (born 21 December 1982) is a Hong Kong actress contracted to TVB. Wong began her acting career by participating in the Miss Hong Kong 2007 beauty pageant, where she was placed among the top 5 finalists. She gained recognition w ...

as Tin Chau-Ngan, an exotic dancer who becomes a police officer in order to kill her sister Chau-Fung (1950s) * Pierre Ngo Ka-nin as Yuen Kwai, a police officer and radio broadcaster who becomes Circle's father (1950s, retired in modern era) *

Rebecca Zhu Rebecca Zhu (; born 2 December 1987) is a Hong Kong actress and a beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Hong Kong 2011. As a result of her pageant win, Zhu was offered a starring role in the 2012 TVB television drama '' Silver Spoon, St ...

as Lam Yim-Fong, an exotic dancer who eventually becomes Circle's mother (1950s) *

Derek Kok Derek Kok Jing-hung (, born 18 November 1964) is a Hong Kong actor who had worked for TVB from 1986 to 2015. He filmed over 70 dramas. He is specialised in action and Chinese Kung Fu performance. Career His career started when he entered the N ...

as Cho Pao (1950s) *

Sammy Sum Sammy Sum Chun-hin (born 4 May 1983) is an actor based in Hong Kong. Biography Sammy Sum speaks fluent Hong Kong Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, Canadian French and North American English. He was born in Hong Kong, but at the age of 10 Sum moved ...

as Lau Chuen, a police officer (1950s)

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External links

* K-TVB.net English Synopsis

References

{{Reflist TVB dramas Television series set in the Northern Song Television series set in the 1950s Television series set in the 2010s 2013 Hong Kong television series debuts 2013 Hong Kong television series endings Hong Kong time travel television series Fictional depictions of Bao Zheng in television