''Hotel'' (狂潮, literally ''The Ferocious Waves'') is a Hong Kong television series, which premiered on 1 November 1976 on

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and TVB ...

. The theme song "Hotel" (狂潮) was composed and arranged by

Joseph Koo Joseph Koo Kar-Fai, MBE, GBS (born 3 February 1933), is a Hong Kong composer, who is considered one of the most respected composers in Hong Kong. He used the pen name Moran (莫然) for Mandarin songs early in his career. Early life Koo has ...

with lyrics by

Wong Jim James Wong Jim (; 18 March 1941 – 24 November 2004, also known as "霑叔" or "Uncle Jim") was a Cantopop lyricist and songwriter based primarily in Hong Kong. Beginning from the 1960s, he was the lyricist for over 2,000 songs, collaborating ...

and was sung by

Susanna Kwan Susanna Kwan Kuk-ying (born May 3, 1958) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. Background She has recently been an actress for a number of TVB shows. Her nickname is "Big Doll" or "Small Sworn Mother" (as her performance in Wong Sau-kum of ''Heart ...

. ''Hotel'' was the first drama on TVB with a modern setting. The show's popularity was integral to the emergence of

Chow Yun-fat Chow Yun-fat (born 18 May 1955), previously known as Donald Chow, is a Hong Kong actor. He is perhaps best known for his collaborations with filmmaker John Woo in the five Hong Kong action heroic bloodshed films: ''A Better Tomorrow'', ''A Be ...

's career. It is considered one of the most popular series in Hong Kong television history, and had about 1.9 million viewers. Hong Kong government figures show at the time, the city’s population was 4.551 million.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hotel (Hong Kong Tv Series) 1970s Hong Kong television series 1976 Hong Kong television series debuts 1977 Hong Kong television series endings Cantonese-language television shows TVB dramas