Baby Boom (我家四个宝) is a Singaporean TV series aired on

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 Mediacorp, Television Singapura on 31 August 1963 with experimental broadcasts, before going official on 23 November that ye ...

in 2003.

Synopsis

Tim and Kim are a

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married couple who would rather pursue a stylish lifestyle than start a family. They both have successful careers as a company executive and a

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respectively. However they discover that they are unable to connect with other family members and friends who are already married or have children. Kim later discovers she is expecting

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Cast

Li Nanxing Jonathan Lee Nam Heng (born 7 November 1964), better known as Li Nanxing (), is a Singaporean actor and was named as 'Ah-Ge' (大哥, "big brother") of Caldecott Hill. He is also a film director and producer. Li has acted in many Chinese-lang ...

as Tim *

Zoe Tay Zoe Tay (; born 10 January 1968) is a Singaporean actress and former model. She has been referred to as the "Queen of Caldecott Hill" and "Ah Jie" (Top Actress) by the local media since the rise of her popularity in the 1990s. She is one of th ...

as Kim *

Gurmit Singh Gurmit Singh Virk Chainchal Singh (born 24 March 1965; pa, ਗੁਰਮੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ, Gurmīt Siṅgh; ) is a Singaporean actor, comedian and television personality. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1994 to 2014. A f ...

as Adam *Mai Haowei as Kim's father *

Li Yinzhu Li Yinzhu (simplified Chinese: 李茵珠; born 14 September 1949) is a Singaporean actress. She has been in the entertainment industry since 1969 and has filmed more than 150 drama serials. Career In 1980, Li signed with Singapore Broadcasti ...

as Chen A-Mei 陈阿美, Kim's mother *

Zen Chong Zen Chong (; born on 15 August 1978) is a Malaysian actor who is based in Singapore and contracted artiste under MediaCorp. Career Chong joined MediaCorp in 2001 after finishing third in that year's Malaysian edition of Star Search Singapore. ...

as James, Kim's brother *

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 ...

as Lu Xiaofen 卢晓纷, Adam's wife *Liang Tian as Cai Mingzheng 蔡铭政, Tim's father *

Hong Huifang Hong Huifang (born Ang Hwee Fong on 7 January 1961) is a Singaporean actress. Career Hong joined the SBC during the mid-1980s after completing the 5th drama training course alongside Yang Libing and Chen Tianwen, at age 22. She is perhaps b ...

as Cai Jingwen 蔡静文, Tim's older sister * Li Wenhai as Song Junyu 宋君宇, Jingwen's husband *

Michelle Saram Michelle Alicia Saram () (born 12 December 1974) is a Singaporean actress & singer. Education Saram was educated at CHIJ Katong Convent, Temasek Junior College and Nanyang Technological University where she majored in Mass Communications. She w ...

as Kristen *

Zhu Houren Zhu Houren () is a Singaporean actor. Personal life Zhu was educated at Chung Cheng High School. In 2003, he made his directorial debut in the telefilm '' After School'', while taking on a role in the same film. During the Star Awards 2010 ...

as Colin

2003 Accolades

{, class="wikitable" , - ! Award !! Nominee !! Result , - ,

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最佳女主角 , ,

郑惠玉 , , , - , Most Popular Drama Serial
(Malaysia) , , ''Baby Boom'' , , , - , Best Theme Song
最佳主题曲 , , 《我家四个宝》, , , - , Best Cameraman , , Lee Heng Soon , , {{won

External links

''Baby Boom''
(English)
''Baby Boom''
(Chinese)
''Baby Boom''
(mewatch) Singapore Chinese dramas 2003 Singaporean television series debuts 2003 Singaporean television series endings 2000s Singaporean television series Channel 8 (Singapore) original programming