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| Genre: | Historical drama | ||||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Petrina Fung Tony Liu Savio Tsang Lo Chun-shun Pat Poon Lau Hung-fong | ||||||||||||||||
| Theme Music Composer: | Kwan Sing-yau | ||||||||||||||||
| Opentheme: | Chi Ngo Mou Ching Yau Ching (知我無情有情) performed by Cheung Nam-ngan | ||||||||||||||||
| Endtheme: | hung guk juei yam (空谷足音) performed by Cheung Nam-ngan | ||||||||||||||||
| Country: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||
| Language: | Cantonese | ||||||||||||||||
| Num Episodes: | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| Executive Producer: | Lee Siu-wah | ||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 45 minutes per episode | ||||||||||||||||
| Company: | ATV | ||||||||||||||||
| Channel: | ATV Home |
Empress Wu is a 1984 Hong Kong television serial based on the biography of Wu Zetian (Cantonese: Mou Zak-tin), the only woman in Chinese history to assume the title of "Empress Regnant", starring Petrina Fung as the title character. The serial was produced by ATV and was first aired in Hong Kong on ATV Home from 6 August to 28 September 1984.[1]
It was shown with English subtitles in Australia on SBS from 1987 to 1990.[2]
A dubbed English version of the serial was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in sixty-five weekly 30-minute episodes from 4 October 1987 to 21 January 1989.[3]
Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.