Pillow Talk (Singaporean TV series) explained

Native Name:再见单人床
Genre:Family
Romance
Runtime:approx. 45 minutes
Director:Foo Seng Peng 符之柄
Jasmine Woo 邬毓琳
Lin Mingzhe 林明哲
Producer:Chong Liung Man 张龙敏
Starring:Joanne Peh
Pierre Png
Thomas Ong
Michelle Chia
Jacelyn Tay
Opentheme:伴 by Tiger Huang
Endtheme:误点 by Tiger Huang
Country:Singapore
Language:Chinese
Network:MediaCorp Channel 8
Num Episodes:21

Pillow Talk is a Singaporean Chinese drama which will be telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It stars Joanne Peh, Pierre Png, Thomas Ong, Michelle Chia and Jacelyn Tay.

Production

Mars vs Venus's Chinese name is 幸福双人床 (literally Lucky Double Bed), whereas this drama's is 再见单人床, which translates to "Seeing the Single Bed again". 再见单人床 can also be interpreted as saying goodbye to the single bed, implying one is going to get married.

This drama was planned to have 20 episodes, but added an episode due to overruns in filming.

Cast

Cast Role Description
Joanne Peh
白薇秀
Zhang Qiuxue
张秋雪
  • Beauty salesgirl
  • He Tingkai's wife
  • Zhang Qian and Mao Yunling's daughter
  • Zhang Qiuyu's younger sister
Thomas Ong
王沺裁
Zhang Qiuyu
张秋雨
  • Banker
  • Liang Chuning's husband
  • Zhang Qiuxue's brother
  • Xiaoyun's father
Zhu Houren
朱厚任
Zhang Qian
张谦
  • Ex-actor
  • Mao Yunling's husband
  • Zhang Qiuyu and Zhang Qiuxue's father
Xiang Yun
向云
Mao Yunling
毛蕴玲
  • Zhang Qian's wife
  • Zhang Qiuyu and Zhang Qiuxue's mother
Pierre Png
方展发
He Tingkai
何廷凯
  • Zhang Qiuxue's husband
  • He Guangming and Lu Peifen's son
Chen Shucheng
陈澍城
He Guangming
何光明
  • Taxi driver
  • Lu Peifen's husband
  • He Tingkai's foster father
Hong Huifang
洪慧芳
Lu Peifen
卢佩芬
  • He Guangming's wife
  • He Tingkai's foster mother
Michelle Chia
谢韵仪
Liang Chuning
梁楚宁
  • Ex-accountant
  • Housewife
  • Zhang Qiuyu's wife
  • Xiaoyun's mother
Cai Rouying
蔡揉颖
Zhang Xiaoyun
张小云
  • Zhang Qiuyu's & Liang Chuning's Daughter
  • Zhang Qian's & Mao Yunling's Granddaughter
Jacelyn Tay
郑秀珍
Alice
  • Lawyer
  • Zhang Qiuyu's mistress

Awards and nominations

Pillow Talk is nominated in nine categories, and won the year's Best Drama Serial.

Star Awards 2013

AccoladesNominees Award Result
Star Awards 2013 Show 1
红星大奖2013 亮闪八方
Rebecca Leow
洪汐
Best Screenplay
最佳剧本
Steve Wong Kwok Chung Best Drama Cameraman
Xu Ying Ying Best Costume and Image Design
Star Awards 2013 Show 2
红星大奖2013
Joanne Peh
白薇秀
Best Actress
最佳女主角
Pierre Png
方展发
Best Actor
最佳男主角
Thomas Ong
王沺裁
Zhu Houren
朱厚任
Best Supporting Actor
最佳男配角
Xiang Yun
向云
Best Supporting Actress
最佳女配角
Pillow TalkBest Drama Serial
最佳电视剧
Pillow TalkTop Rated Drama Serial 2012

See also

References

Joanne Peh is the celeb blogger on the Pillow Talk posts.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.today/20120708092601/http://blogs.xin.sg/baguatv/%E5%88%B6%E4%BD%9Cing/pillow-talk-%E5%86%8D%E8%A7%81%E5%8D%95%E4%BA%BA%E5%BA%8A%E4%B9%8B%EF%BC%8D-%E8%B0%81%E6%98%AF%E8%B0%81%EF%BC%9F/ Pillow Talk <再见单人床>之- 谁是谁?