''If Only I Could'' (Chinese: 十年…你还好吗?) is a Singaporean drama produced and telecast 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 Television Singapura on 31 August 1963 with experimental broadcasts, before going official on 23 November that year. The ch ...
. The time-travelling series, which consists of 20 episodes, The show aired at 9pm on weekdays and had a repeat telecast at 8am the following day and it stars
Rui En
Loh Rui En (born 29 January 1981), better known by her stage name Rui En (瑞恩), is a Singaporean actress and was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006. She was under contract of MediaCorp and managed under Hype Records. ...
,
Paige Chua
Paige Chua Qi Hui (; born 25 June 1981) is a Singaporean actress.
Early life
Chua was born in Singapore on 25 June 1981. She attended Mayflower Secondary School and Serangoon Junior College before graduating from the National University of S ...
,
Andie Chen
Andie Chen () is a Singaporean actor, host and vlogger. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artist from 2007 to 2017 but continues to film on an ad hoc basis.
Career
Chen's first appearance on television was in the Channel 5 series '' Grow ...
and
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 ...
as the main characters of the series, will begin its run from 31 May 2016. The drama will be re-aired again, starting on 8 December 2018 at 4:30pm.
Plot
Chen Zhenhao (
Rui En
Loh Rui En (born 29 January 1981), better known by her stage name Rui En (瑞恩), is a Singaporean actress and was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006. She was under contract of MediaCorp and managed under Hype Records. ...
) struggles to keep her family together despite a disapproving mother-in-law, an easygoing husband too generous with his meagre earnings (
Andie Chen
Andie Chen () is a Singaporean actor, host and vlogger. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artist from 2007 to 2017 but continues to film on an ad hoc basis.
Career
Chen's first appearance on television was in the Channel 5 series '' Grow ...
), and a son with hyperactivity.
Huo Xiwen (
Paige Chua
Paige Chua Qi Hui (; born 25 June 1981) is a Singaporean actress.
Early life
Chua was born in Singapore on 25 June 1981. She attended Mayflower Secondary School and Serangoon Junior College before graduating from the National University of S ...
) endures marital problems with her husband Huang Degang (
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 ...
) and suffers a miscarriage after an accident.
Zhenhao is later diagnosed with breast cancer, and together with her former schoolmate and rival, Xiwen, who’s also seen her share of misfortune, the pair travel back in time to start their lives over and avoid all the mistakes they’ve made. But the two long-suffering wives realise they’re worse off than before.
Cast
Main cast
Supporting cast
Cameo/special appearance
''Note: Only credited cameos are mentioned.''
Original soundtrack
Awards and nominations
Star Awards 2017
''If Only I Could'' was nominated for 5 categories; the series won only the
Best Theme Song. Said award was later nominated in the Asian Television Award but did not win.
Asian Television Award
Trivia
*This was
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 ...
's second villainous role since ''The Ultimatum'' (2009).
*
Rui En
Loh Rui En (born 29 January 1981), better known by her stage name Rui En (瑞恩), is a Singaporean actress and was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006. She was under contract of MediaCorp and managed under Hype Records. ...
's first role as an aunt. She puts on 4 kg just for this role to make her role looked more realistic.
*
Rui En
Loh Rui En (born 29 January 1981), better known by her stage name Rui En (瑞恩), is a Singaporean actress and was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006. She was under contract of MediaCorp and managed under Hype Records. ...
,
Paige Chua
Paige Chua Qi Hui (; born 25 June 1981) is a Singaporean actress.
Early life
Chua was born in Singapore on 25 June 1981. She attended Mayflower Secondary School and Serangoon Junior College before graduating from the National University of S ...
,
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 ...
and
Andie Chen
Andie Chen () is a Singaporean actor, host and vlogger. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artist from 2007 to 2017 but continues to film on an ad hoc basis.
Career
Chen's first appearance on television was in the Channel 5 series '' Grow ...
previously starred in ''
Code of Honour
Code of Honour (Chinese: 正义武馆) is a Malaysian-Singaporean television drama series and the fifth production by MediaCorp Studios Malaysia Sdn Bhd. It stars Elvin Ng , Rui En, Andie Chen , Paige Chua , Zheng Geping , Chris Tong
& Tiffan ...
'' (2011). Then, Rui En was Andie Chen's younger sister and in love with Elvin Ng, while Paige Chua was Chen's admirer. For this drama, there is a reshuffle; Paige Chua pairs up with Elvin Ng, while Rui En pairs up with Andie Chen. This also marks the second time the "RuiVin" pair do not play an onscreen couple, after ''
C.L.I.F. 3
''C.L.I.F. 3'' (''Courage, Loyalty, Integrity, Fairness'', or 警徽天职3) was a police procedural series produced by MediaCorp Singapore in 2014 in collaboration with the Singapore Police Force. It was broadcast from 9 April to 13 May 2014 on ...
'' - Then, Rui En was paired up with
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 ...
, while Elvin Ng was paired up with
Tracy Lee first, then
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 ...
.
*This was
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 ...
and
Tracy Lee's fourth collaboration after ''
No Limits'', ''
C.L.I.F.
''C.L.I.F.'' (''Courage, Loyalty, Integrity, Fairness'', or 警徽天职, commonly pronounced as cliff) is a police procedural series produced by Mediacorp Singapore in 2011 in collaboration with the Singapore Police Force. It was aired from 31 M ...
'' and ''
C.L.I.F. 3
''C.L.I.F. 3'' (''Courage, Loyalty, Integrity, Fairness'', or 警徽天职3) was a police procedural series produced by MediaCorp Singapore in 2014 in collaboration with the Singapore Police Force. It was broadcast from 9 April to 13 May 2014 on ...
''.
*This was
Tracy Lee's first drama in terms of filming schedule (second chronologically, after ''
Peace & Prosperity
''Peace & Prosperity'' (Chinese: 富贵平安) ran for 170 episodes series produced by Mediacorp Channel 8. It stars Xiang Yun, Desmond Tan, Belinda Lee, Tong Bingyu, Dawn Yeoh, Tracy Lee, Julie Tan, Michelle Wong and Zhang Wei as the casts ...
'') after converting her full-time Mediacorp contract to a per-project one. This move is to allow her to study
early childhood education
Early childhood education (ECE), also known as nursery education, is a branch of education theory that relates to the teaching of children (formally and informally) from birth up to the age of eight. Traditionally, this is up to the equival ...
.
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*This was Malaysian singer
Rynn Lim
Rynn Lim Yu Zhong () is a Malaysian singer and actor. He acted various roles in dramas from Malaysia, Singapore, China and Taiwan. He also once in a first collaboration drama of Malaysia Media Prima Berhad and Singapore MediaCorp Studios Pte ...
's second Singaporean drama since
The Beginning (2007).
*This was the first instance of which a theme song is arranged at the end of each episode during the credits. There are two ending sequences in this series - one that begins with Xiwen and another that begins with Daxian. Excluding the first episode, this was the 14th series where ''News Tonight'' commentaries are not announced.
*The Series reran on weekdays on 5.30pm at
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 ...
, succeeding ''
The Dream Makers II
The Dream Makers II (Chinese: 志在四方II, often abbreviated as ZZSF2) is a 32-episode Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. The show served as the year-end blockbuster for Channel 8 in 2015. The show aired at 9pm on ...
''.
*The title card, as well as shots from the time-traveling tunnel, was shot at the tunnel near
Alexandra Technopark.
See also
*
List of programmes broadcast by Mediacorp Channel 8
This is a list of Chinese-language television programme broadcast on Mediacorp Channel 8, a television channel in Singapore.
The years stated in the list are the years in which the programmes were first aired on the channel.
Current programmi ...
*
List of ''If Only I Could'' episodes
References
Singapore Chinese dramas
2016 Singaporean television series debuts
2016 Singaporean television series endings
Channel 8 (Singapore) original programming
Singaporean time travel television series
Television series about dysfunctional families
Adultery in television
Television series about cancer
Television series set in 2006
Television series set in 2016