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DeutschMasters of the Sea (TV series)
| Masters of the Sea | |
|---|---|
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| Created by | Joanne Brough[1] |
| Based on | The Bold and the Beautiful |
| Written by | Joash Moo[1] |
| Starring | Wong Li-Lin Ng Chin Han Irene Ng Bryan Wong Lim Kay Tong Donald Li |
| Theme music composer | Choo Hoey (Singapore Symphony Orchestra) |
| Opening theme | "Masters of the Sea" |
| Ending theme | "Masters of the Sea" |
| Composer | Choo Hoey (Singapore Symphony Orchestra) |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language | Singapore English/Singlish |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Production location | Singapore |
| Running time | 30 minutes (10:00pm-10:29pm Singapore Time) (before News 5 Tonight) |
| Production company | Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) Channel 5 |
| Release | 12 October 1994 – 5 April 1995 |
Masters of the Sea was a 1994 television drama series produced by the Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) based on The Bold and the Beautiful series from United States.[2] It was the very first full-length Singapore English television drama series to be produced in Singapore. It was first broadcast from Wednesday, 12 October 1994 to Wednesday, 5 April 1995. This drama serial consists of 26 episodes. Production began on 1 March 1994 and completed on 30 June 1994, lasting 4 months. This drama was aired on Singapore's national free-to-air terrestrial channel by Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) Channel 5 every Wednesday from 10:00pm to 10:30pm Singapore Time, with a duration of 30 minutes, before News 5 Tonight, with audio language localised into Singapore English/Singlish dubbed. The series starred Wong Li-Lin, Ng Chin Han, Irene Ng, Bryan Wong, Lim Kay Tong and Donald Li.
Reception
[edit]Masters of the Sea was derided by some as "fairly disastrous".[citation needed] One of the criticisms was that it portrayed an elderly Chinese Singaporean and Malay Singaporean woman wearing the wrong costumes and ornaments and speaking the wrong phrases. The soap opera was accused of plagiarizing American television soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.
The creator of Masters of the Sea, Joanne Brough, mentioned in 1995 that it was "too ambitious for a first effort", due to having a larger cast and not enough time to develop plots in a limited 30-minute episode.[3] TCS executive Daniel Yun said in 1997 that the failure was because the foreign consultants did not understand the local context, and called it a "half-baked Singaporean attempt". Despite that, the experiences helped TCS to produce later serials, including Triple Nine[3] and Growing Up.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "A recipe for success". 3 October 1994 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ "Debut show uses talent from Singapore stage and overseas". The Straits Times. 1 October 1994. Retrieved 28 April 2023 – via NewspaperSG.
- ^ a b "She's leaving with a Masters". The Straits Times. 19 November 1995. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Channels 5 and 8 will become very S'porean". The Straits Times. 19 October 1997. Retrieved 11 December 2023.