''Raising the Bar'' () is a 2015

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series produced by

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. It stars

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 ...

Louis Cheung Louis Cheung (; born 11 January 1980) is a Hong Kong singer, songwriter, and actor. He is an alumnus of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in acting. His first play was in 1997, and he has performed in a total of more than 20 ...

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 ...

and

Grace Chan Grace Chan (born 23 June 1991) is a Hong Kong-born Canadian actress, television host, and beauty pageant titleholder. She was the winner of Miss Hong Kong 2013 and Miss Chinese International 2014. Early life Grace Chan was born in Hong Kong and ...

as the main leads, with

Elaine Yiu Elaine Yiu (born 21 November, 1980 in British Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong actress and television host contracted to TVB. Career Elaine Yiu entered the entertainment industry after winning the TVB8 Presentator Contest in 2002, subsequently signing ...

Jeannie Chan Jeannie Chan (; born October 22, 1989) is a Canadian-born Hong Kong actress and model. She is currently signed to Shaw Brothers management and has an artiste contract with TVB. Early life Jeannie Chan was born in Toronto, Ontario, but moved to ...

Stephanie Ho Stephanie Ho ( Chinese; 何雁詩, born 2 November 1992) is a Hong Kong singer, actress and golfer. Early life Stephanie Ho was born in San Jose, California, but she grew up in Hong Kong with her parents. Her father is a businessman. Since a ...

, Timothy Cheng and

Moon Lau Moon Lau Pui-yuet (, born 9 September 1989) is a Hong Kong actress under Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) management. She also holds the second runner-up title of the 2013 Miss Hong Kong Pageant. Early and personal life Moon Lau was born in H ...

as the major supporting cast.

Natalie Tong Natalie Tong Sze-wing (born 3 May 1981) is a Hong Kong actress and model previously contracted to TVB. Career Before becoming an actress, Natalie Tong was a full-time model. She once studied in Methodist College. Tong gained popularity after ...

and

Elena Kong Elena Kong May Yee (born 20 September 1971) is a Hong Kong actress, radio DJ, and television host. Career Elena Kong started off her career in the entertainment industry as a model after being scouted and appeared in many television commercial ...

guest star this series. Filming of the series took place from June till September 2014. The series began airing 26 January 2015 and ended its run on 27 February 2015. It was broadcast on weekdays, Monday to Friday, by TVB's Jade channel in the 8:30–9:30 pm timeslot.

Synopsis

A group of barristers and trainee lawyers vow to pursue justice and ideals, but the process is fraught with difficulties. Regarded as the "Condor Heroes" of the legal world, barristers Marcus Fan (

) and his wife Vivian Cheung (

) have taught many students. Among them, Giselle Tong (

), Brittany Fok (

) and Quinton Chow (

) are Marco's favourites. Giselle's classmate, Holly Tsang (

), is a trainee solicitor at Vivian's law firm, while Chris Yiu (

) trains under barrister Duncan Yam (Timothy Cheng). Brittany's elder half-sister, Ashley Cheng (

), has an affair with the married Duncan and later switches over to work for Marcus. With each of them using their own methods, how do these rookies become qualified legal practitioners, in a journey that is full of struggle, doubt and tough choices about their future? Theory turns into practice as they handle tricky cases and experience success and failures, while also dealing with love, family and friendship problems every day. Their biggest test arrives when legal standards challenge their personal orientations.

Main Cast

(黃智賢) as Marcus Fan Chi-ngai (范智毅) *

(張繼聰) as Quinton Chow Tsz-pok (周梓博) *

(蔣志光) as Woody Lam Sam-muk (林森木) *

(陳凱琳) as Giselle Tong Ching-chi (唐靖姿)

Guest Cast

(唐詩詠) as Ashley Cheng Cheuk-tung (鄭妁彤) *

(江美儀) as Judge Amanda Lui (呂官)

Recurring Cast

(姚子羚) as Vivian Cheung Wai-wan (張慧芸) *

(陳瀅) as Brittany Fok Chi-ying (霍紫凝) *

(何雁詩) as Chris Yiu Chui-fa (姚翠花) *Timothy Cheng (鄭子誠) as Duncan Yam Suen-yip (任雋燁) *

(劉佩玥) as Holly Tsang Ho-yan (曾可欣) *King Lam (林景程) as Lincoln Chai On-kui (齊安居) *Sunny Dai (戴耀明) as Kuk Tat-kan (谷達勤) *Andy Siu (邵卓堯) as Paul *

Matthew Ho Matthew Ho Kwong-pui (born 3 August 1988) is a Hong Kong people, Hong Kong actor and television presenter contracted to TVB. He had asthma when he was young. Ho won the Most Improved Male Artiste award at the 2018 TVB Anniversary Awards. Ea ...

(何廣沛) as Max Kwong *Sam Tsang (曾航生) as Don Chu Yiu-lik (朱耀力) *Hugo Wong (黃子恆) as Hanson Chui Yin-chit (崔賢哲) *Alex Tsui (徐家傑) as Fok Koon-tung (霍貫東) *

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(李成昌) as Chan Keung (陳強) *

Mimi Chu Mimi Chu (), born Choo Yit Mei () is a Malaysian-born Hong Kong actress and singer. She lived in Singapore before moving to Hong Kong. She has appeared at many events. As an actress, she is a recognised face in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia hav ...

(朱咪咪) as Ng Suk-fan (吳淑芬) *Chun Wong (秦煌) as Chow Chung-cheung (周忠祥) *Hinson Chou (周子揚) as Jaydon Ngai Chung-hang 危仲衡 *MoMo Wu (吳沚默) as Lee Dan (李丹) *

Ali Lee Ali Lee Kai-sum ( Chinese: 李佳芯; Jyutping: Lei5 Gaai1 Sam1; born 27 November 1982) is a Hong Kong actress and television host contracted to TVB. Lee first received attention as a television presenter for Cable TV Hong Kong's entertainment ...

(李佳芯) as Shum Lai-ching (岑麗清) *

Skye Chan Skye Chan (; Pinyin: Chén Qiànyáng; Yale: Chan4 Sin6 Yeung4) (born October 13, 1983) is a Hong Kong actress and Miss Hong Kong 2008 first runner-up. She represented Hong Kong in Miss World 2008 where she did not place, and in Miss Chinese In ...

(陳倩揚) as Sabrina Fong Tin-na (方天娜) *

Stefan Wong Stefan Wong (born 22 September 1978) is a former Mr. Hong Kong contestant, and is currently an actor with Hong Kong's TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operat ...

(黃長興) as Kelvin *Gary Chan (陳嘉輝) as Judge Ho (何官) *Wendy Hon (韓毓霞) as Judge Wong (王官) *Joseph Yeung (楊瑞麟) as Judge Chan (陳官) *Eddie Li (李岡龍) as Judge Lai (賴官) *Dolby Kwan (關浩揚) as Roy *

Mary Hon Mary Hon is an actress from 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 ...

(韓馬利) as Holly's mother (曾可欣之媽) *Steve Lee (李家鼎) as Holly's father (曾可欣之爸) *Helen Ng (吳香倫) as Lam Mui (林梅) * Johnson Law (羅莽) as Sit Kim (薛劍) *Judy Tsang (曾敏) as Yeung Lau (楊柳) *Snow Suen (孫慧雪) as KeiKei (淇淇) *

Suet Nei Hung Suet-nei (Chinese: 熊雪妮), known as Suet Nei or Suet Nay (Chinese: 雪妮) is a Hong Kong actress born in 1945, Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Rep ...

(雪妮) *Jacquelin Chong (莊思敏) as Lawyer Yiu (姚律師) *Jack Hui (許家傑) as Alex Lam Chin-sum (林展信)

Alternate ending

An alternate ending was shown for the overseas broadcast of the drama. The scene depicts the lawyers in a silent protest in support of Hong Kong's continued judicial independence. The scene is in reference to the real life event that happened in Hong Kong during the "White Paper" protest in June 2014.

Development

*Filming of the series took place from June till September 2014. *The costume fitting ceremony was held on 7 June 2014 12:30 p.m. at Tseung Kwan O TVB City Studio One. *The blessing ceremony was held on 26 June 2014 2:00 p.m. at Tseung Kwan O TVB City.
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Awards and nominations

References

External links

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