Off Pedder is a TVB modern drama series broadcast since October 2008 and ended on 12 February 2010.

The sitcom is about office politics in a magazine company, as well as family and romantic relationships amongst the characters, with the majority of the cast from Best Selling Secrets

Best Selling Secrets

Best Selling Secrets is a TVB modern sitcom series broadcast from March 2007 to August 2008.The sitcom is about office politics in an advertisement company, as well as family and romantic relationships amongst the characters....

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Synopsis

Chao (潮) Magazine is part of the Gambo Corporation, and has its offices on Pedder Street in Hong Kong (thus giving rise to the name of the series). The show centres on the politics of the Chao (潮) and Gambo office, and the lives of the characters who work in this office.

Central to the plot are Yan Seung (Teresa Mo

Teresa Mo

Teresa Mo Sun-kwan is a Hong Kong actress. She started her career in 1970s, and joined TVB in 1981. She became famous for being cast in The Justice of Life, which was based on Stephen Chow's works...

), who takes up a position early on in the series as editor of Chao (潮). The initial plot focused on her rivalry with the Head of Sales, Susan Ka So-Shan (Elaine Jin

Elaine Jin

Elaine Jin or known as Yanling Jin, Elaine Kam is a famous Taiwanese actress.She has been nominated five times in the Hong Kong Film Awards and won two for her supporting roles in Love Unto Waste and People's Hero...

). As more characters were introduced, the plot expanded to focus on Yim Yue Tai (Stephen Au

Stephen Au

Stephen Au Kam-tong is a Hong Kong actor for TVB . He was formerly an actor for ATV .He played David Mo in TVB sitcom Best Selling Secrets...

) and Yu Ka Sing (Wayne Lai

Wayne Lai

Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung is a Hong Kong TVB actor.-Biography:Lai entered TVB in 1983 as a clerk in the business department. In 1985, he gave up the job and trained in the TVB Acting School. He starred in a few series in 1989. He started out in some minor roles, and took on some more significant roles...

). How will these four individuals affect Pedder Street and who will become the ultimate leader of Chao (潮) Magazine...?

Editorial Department

Cast	Role	Description
Teresa Mo Teresa Mo Teresa Mo Sun-kwan is a Hong Kong actress. She started her career in 1970s, and joined TVB in 1981. She became famous for being cast in The Justice of Life, which was based on Stephen Chow's works...	Yan Seung (Ivy) 殷賞	Age 38 Chao Magazine Chief Editor Yan Dai-Dak's daughter. Yim Yue-Tai's ex-wife. Bao Kwok-Yan's landlady Landlord A landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called a tenant . When a juristic person is in this position, the term landlord is used. Other terms include lessor and owner...
Aimee Chan Aimee Chan Aimee Chan or Aimee Chan Yan Mei , born on 1 April 1981 in Toronto. She was Miss Hong Kong 2006.-Biography:Aimee was born in Toronto, Canada. Her parents were born in Hong Kong. She began her modeling career at the age of 16. She attended Woodbridge College Secondary School in Woodbridge, Ontario...	Chan Bo Lai (Paula) 陳寶拉	Age 23 Chao Magazine Reporter Undercover agent
Jim Tang Jim Tang Jim Tang Wing Kin is a Hong Kong actor.Jim was a clown entertainer before he became an actor. He graduated from 20th TVB Artist Training Course in 2006 and he made his first appearance in The Price of Greed on TVB in 2006. He had starred in numerous MTVs and played different roles in TVB series...	So Tung Wo (Gary) 蘇同和	Age 25 Chao Magazine Reporter
Joyce Cheng Joyce Cheng Joyce Cheng Yan-yee with family root in Taishan is a Hong Kong singer, writer, actress and performer. She is the daughter of Hong Kong comedian Lydia Shum and actor Adam Cheng....	Yu Lok Yee (Joyce) 余樂兒	Age 23 Chao Magazine Sales Clerk Yu Ka-Sing's younger sister. Transferred to Editorial Department in episode 111
Wong Cho Lam Wong Cho Lam Wong Cho Lam is a Hong Kong artiste currently working for TVB. He works as a stage actor, stage director, television actor, voice actor , DJ, television host, composer, lyricist, and singer. He graduated from The Hong Kong Academy For Performing Arts in 2003 with First Honors in Bachelor of Arts...	Tang Lai Kwan 鄧勵軍	Age 25 Chao Magazine Reporter Trainee Leaves for Switzerland in episode 253

Sales and Marketing Department

Cast	Role	Description
Wayne Lai Wayne Lai Wayne Lai Yiu-cheung is a Hong Kong TVB actor.-Biography:Lai entered TVB in 1983 as a clerk in the business department. In 1985, he gave up the job and trained in the TVB Acting School. He starred in a few series in 1989. He started out in some minor roles, and took on some more significant roles...	Yu Ka Sing 余家昇	Age 42 Chao Magazine Director Yu Lok-Yee's older brother. Yan Seung's husband Undercover Agent
Elvina Kong Elvina Kong Elvina Yan-Yin Kong is a Hong Kong television actress and presenter currently under contract to TVB. Currently she has been acting in the Cantonese sitcom of Off Pedder in 2008...	Gam Yiu Kin 金堯堅	Age 33 Chao Magazine Sales Department Secretary Leaves in episode 107 with Richard to Brunei to be his secretary Returns to her old position in episode 129 after arbitrarily resigning her position with Richard. Bao Kwok-Yan's lover
Raymond Chiu (趙永洪)	Mok Dik Ko (Marco) 莫迪高	Age 29 Chao Magazine Sales Clerk Yip Chee Yeou's (Suki's) boyfriend
Tsui Wing Tsui Wing Tsui Wing is a Hong Kong actor from TVB.-Television series:-Reference:... (徐榮)	Bao Kwok Yan 包國仁	Age 37 Chao Magazine Assistant Chief Editor Truck Driver Ex-Gangster Transferred to Sales Department in episode 113 Gam Yiu-Kin's boyfriend
Celine Ma (馬蹄露)	Lee Yee Kam 李綺琴	Gam Bor (金波) Corporation Accounting Clerk Ko Wai-Ling's cousin. Gam Yiu-Kin's good friend

Design Department

Cast	Role	Description
Law Tin Chi (羅天池)	Lu So Oak 勞素岳	Chao Magazine" Design Department Head. Lemon's Boyfriend.

Kam Bo (金波) Corporation

Cast	Role	Description
Chan Hung Lit Chan Hung Lit Chan Hung-lit , also known as Chen Hung-lieh and Golden Chan, was a Shaw Brothers actor famous for portraying villains from the 1960s to 1980s. In his acting hiatus, Chan was involved in the garment industry. He later resumed his acting career by joining TVB in 1995, left the following year and did... (Died during production)	Yim Hei (Joe) 閆器	Age 66 Kam Bor (金波) Corporation President Yim Yue-Tai's father. Wong Lai-Mei's foster father. Died during his business trip to USA (Episode 310)
Stephen Au Stephen Au Stephen Au Kam-tong is a Hong Kong actor for TVB . He was formerly an actor for ATV .He played David Mo in TVB sitcom Best Selling Secrets...	Yim Yu Tai 閆汝大	Age 44 Gam Bor (金波) Corporation Vice President Chao (潮) Magazine Photographer Yim Hei's son. Wong Lai-Mei's stepbrother. Yan Seung's ex-husband.
Florence Kwok Florence Kwok Florence Kwok Siu-Wan, born 25 August 1970 in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong film and voice actress. She entered TVB after participating in Miss Hong Kong Pageant 1992....	Wong Lai Mei (Tina) 王麗薇	Age 34 Kam Bor (金波) Corporation Vice-President Yim Hei's foster daughter. Yim Yue-Tai's stepsister.
Elaine Jin Elaine Jin Elaine Jin or known as Yanling Jin, Elaine Kam is a famous Taiwanese actress.She has been nominated five times in the Hong Kong Film Awards and won two for her supporting roles in Love Unto Waste and People's Hero...	Ka So San (Susan) 賈素珊	Age 46 Chao Magazine ex Sales Manager Later becomes Kam Bor (金波) Corporation shareholder.
Lau Kong Lau Kong Lau Kong is a Hong Kong actor who works on the network TVB.-Biography:Little is known of Lau's private life, but he has been acting since 1976, when he first joined the now defunct network Commercial Television, he later joined RTV Lau Kong (劉江) is a Hong Kong actor who works on the network...	Luk Wan Ting 陸雲廷	Kam Bor (金波) Corporation shareholder. Chairman of Luk Gao Kam (六舊金) Corporation Ka So-Shan's boyfriend. Father of Luk Bing Bing.
Lee Yee Man (李綺雯)	Luk Bing Bing (Icy) 陸冰冰	Age 24 Chao Magazine ex Sales Clerk Left in episode 127 to study at Tsinghua University in Beijing, after meeting David Yeung on Lamma Island Appearance in episode 300
Chang Tse Sheng	Chow Ching Ming (Ryan) 周政名	. Former American businessman. Legal Counsel of Kam Bor (金波) Corporation. Personal Assistant of Wong Lai-Mei.
Yvonne Ho (何綺雲)	Mak Chau Kuen (June) 麥秋娟	Yim Hei's secretary.
Queenie Chu Queenie Chu Queenie Chu or Queenie Chu Wai Man , born in Hong Kong, on April 22, 1981 with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong, China, is a Hong Kong television presenter and actress affiliated with TVB. She was also Miss Hong Kong 2004 1st runner-up.-Biography:Queenie studied in University of Washington,...	Ko Ling 高慧玲	Wong Lai Ming's secretary. Lee Yee-Kam's cousin.
Zoey Sham (岑潔儀)	Apple	Kam Bor (金波) Corporation Richard's secretary; replaces Kin in episode 107 as Chao magazine secretary; then becomes Herman's secretary upon Kin's return in episode 129. Herman's girlfriend.
Helena Wong (黃卓慧)	Mango	Kam Bor (金波) Corporation secretary.
Karen Lee(李焯寧)	Lemon	Kam Bor (金波) Corporation Yim Yu Tai's secretary. Lo So Oak's girlfriend.

Yip (葉氏) Family

Cast	Role	Description
Yu Chi Ming (餘子明)	Yip Sing Kuen 葉盛權	Ben And Suki's Father. Gam Bor (金波) Corporation shareholder.
Geoffrey Wong  (黃子雄)	Yip Bun (Ben) 葉斌	Gam Bor (金波) Corporation shareholder. Yip Sing Kuen's Son. Wong Lai-Mei's Boyfriend. Suki's Big Brother.
Lily Ho  (何傲兒)	Yip Chee Yeou (Suki) 葉志如	葉盛權Daughter. Charity Club Holder. Yip Bun's Sister. Mok Dik-Ko's Girlfriend

Happy Bar

Cast	Role	Description
Ivan Ho (何守信)	Yan Dai Dak (George) 殷大德	Age 58 Happy Bar (好玩吧) Owner/Bartender Yan Seung's father.
Gregory Lee (李泳豪)	Alex	Happy Bar (好玩吧) Bartender
Mikako Leung (梁珈詠)	Cheung Wai-Miu 章慧妹	Happy Bar (好玩吧) Bartender

Other cast

Cast	Role	Description
Ng Kwun Lai (吳君麗)	Chung Wan Gai-Ho 鍾溫繼好	Age 60 Yu Lok-Yee and Yu Ka-Sing's aunt. Yan Seung's maid.
Wu Fung Wu Fung Bowie Wu Fung is a former TVB actor and director. Wu was most famous for his role in Looking Back In Anger, one of TVB's most popular dramas ever and was also with GDTV in its early days.-Filmography:*Tears For An Absent Love...	Wu Fung-soul/Chung Tao-chun 胡楓修／鍾濤鎮	Chung Wan Gai-Ho's husband
Susan Tse Susan Tse Susan Tse was a former famous Chinese opera actress in Hong Kong. She is the 76th generation descendant of Confucius. This was confirmed by China's family tree study of Confucius according to her appearance on the TVB show Be My Guest....	Chow Fung-yee 周鳳儀	Yan Sheung's mother
Joyce Koi (蓋鳴暉)	Chan Tak Hei (Linda) 陳得喜	Yu Ka-Sing's friend. Police
Lo Chun Shun (魯振順)	Sung Lei-Chung 宋理忠	Bao(暴) Magazine Editor Chao (潮) Magazine Ex-Sales Manager
Mary Hon Mary Hon Mary Hon is an actress from TVB in Hong Kong. She has appeared in many television series, such as Beyond the Realm of Conscience.-TV series:-External links:...	Law Suet-sin 羅雪仙	Yim Hei's childhood crush. Owner of a Peking Opera studio.
Ching Hor Wai	Luk See-hing 陸詩卿	Superior Officer of Chan Bo-Lai.
Chuk Man Kwan		Regional Manager of Brand Name Boutique.
Raymond Cho	Heung Chong-yan (Chris) 向眾仁	Former Professional CPR Trainer. Medical Doctor Gam Yiu-Kin's former boyfriend.
Lee Kwok Lun (李國麟)	Yu Kam-tim 余錦添	Former Chief Financial Officer of Kam Bor (金波) Corporation Fugitive
Felix Lok	So Si-fu 蘇思富	Gary So's father
Rosanne Lui	Chan Cho 陳祖	Gary So's mother
Chow Chung (周驄)	Yim Ying 閆營	Yim Hei's elder brother

Production notes

• On November 24, 2009, actor Chan Hung Lit
  Chan Hung Lit
  Chan Hung-lit , also known as Chen Hung-lieh and Golden Chan, was a Shaw Brothers actor famous for portraying villains from the 1960s to 1980s. In his acting hiatus, Chan was involved in the garment industry. He later resumed his acting career by joining TVB in 1995, left the following year and did...
  
   had a heart attack after filming an episode. He was transported to the Tseung Kwan O Hospital where he died at 7:11 p.m. at the age of 66
• On November 24, 2009 before airing episode 279, there was a ten second black and white tribute clip for Chan with the captions, "親愛的鴻烈大哥　謝謝您的一切　我們永遠懷念您" ("Dearest Brother Hung Lit. Thank you for everything. We will always miss you.").
• On November 26, 2009, TVB held a meeting and decided Chan's character "Yim Hei" would die of a heart attack like Chan did in real life.
• On December 8, 2009, production was halted for the cast to attend Chan Hung Lit's funeral.
• On January 6, 2010, the tribute episode 310 for Chan entitled "我們的大閆生" ("Our Mr. Yim") was aired.
• On January 7, 2010, Chan Hung Lit was removed from the title sequence.

Award nominations

TVB Anniversary Awards (2009)

TVB Anniversary Awards (2009)

TVB Anniversary Awards 2009 is an award ceremony that celebrates the best in TVB programming of 2009. The award ceremony took place on December 4, 2009.-Best Drama:...

Won:

• Most Improved Actress (Aimee Chan)

Nominated:

• Best Drama
• Best Actress (Teresa Mo) Top 5
• Best Supporting Actor (Stephen Au) Top 15
• Best Supporting Actor (Tsui Wing) Top 15
• My Favourite Female Character (Teresa Mo) Top 5
• Most Improved Actor (Raymond Chiu) Top 5
• Most Improved Actor (Jim Tang) Top 5
• Most Improved Actress (Queenie Chu) Top 5

14th Asian Television Awards

Asian Television Awards

The Asian Television Awards is an appreciation to recognize and reward programming and production excellence in the Asian television industry. Held every December, the Awards draws about 1,400 entries each year from a wide range of broadcasters, including free-to-air TV stations and pay-TV...

(2009)
Nominated

• BEST COMEDY PROGRAMME

Minpao Weekly Awards 2010
Nominated

• Most Outstanding Actor: Wayne Lai for Yu Ka Sing

Viewership ratings

	Week	Episode	Average Points	Peaking Points	References
1	October 20–24, 2008	1 — 5	26	28
2	October 27–31, 2008	6 — 10	25	27
3	November 3–7, 2008	11 — 15	24	—
4	November 10–14, 2008	16 — 20	24	—
5	November 17–21, 2008	21 — 25	25	—
6	November 24–28, 2008	26 — 30	25	—
7	December 1–5, 2008	31 — 35	26	—
8	December 8–12, 2008	36 — 40	26	—
9	December 15–19, 2008	41 — 45	23	—
10	December 22–26, 2008	46 — 50	23	—
11	December 29, 2008 - January 2, 2009	51 — 55	26	—
12	January 5–9, 2009	56 — 60	26	—
13	January 12–16, 2009	61 — 65	26	—
14	January 19–23, 2009	66 — 70	24	—
15	January 26–30, 2009	71 — 73	22	—
16	February 2–6, 2009	74 — 78	27	—
17	February 9–13, 2009	79 — 83	26	—
18	February 16–20, 2009	84 — 88	26	—
19	February 23–27, 2009	89 — 93	26	—
20	March 2–6, 2009	94 — 98	27	29

	Week	Episode	Average Points	Peaking Points	References
21	March 9–13, 2009	99 — 103	26	—
22	March 16–20, 2009	104 — 108	25	—
23	March 23–27, 2009	109 — 113	26	—
24	March 30 - April 3, 2009	114 — 118	25	—
25	April 6–10, 2009	119 — 123	23	24
26	April 13–17, 2009	124 — 128	25	—
27	April 20–24, 2009	129 — 133	24	—
28	April 27 - May 1, 2009	134 — 138	25	—
29	May 4–8, 2009	139 — 143	24	—
30	May 11–15, 2009	144 — 147	25	—
31	May 18–22, 2009	148 — 152	25	27
32	May 25–29, 2009	153 — 156	24	—
33	June 1–5, 2009	157 — 161	25	—
34	June 8–12, 2009	162 — 166	25	—
35	June 15–19, 2009	167 — 171	25	27
36	June 22–26, 2009	172 — 176	25	—
37	June 29 - July 3, 2009	177 — 181	24	26
38	July 6–10, 2009	182 — 186	25	—
39	July 13–17, 2009	187 — 191	26	—
40	July 20–24, 2009	192 — 196	25	—

	Week	Episode	Average Points	Peaking Points	References
41	July 27–31, 2009	197 — 201	26	—
42	August 3–7, 2009	202 — 206	28	—
43	August 10–14, 2009	207 — 211	26	—
44	August 18–21, 2009	212 — 215	25	—
45	August 24–28, 2009	216 — 220	27	—
46	August 31 - September 4, 2009	221 — 225	28	—
47	September 7–11, 2009	226 — 230	28	—
48	September 14–18, 2009	231 — 235	28	—
49	September 21–25, 2009	236 — 240	26	—
50	September 28–30, 2009	241 — 243	25	—
51	October 5–9, 2009	244 — 248	27	—
52	October 12–16, 2009	249 — 253	27	—
53	October 20–23, 2009	254 — 257	25	28
54	October 26–30, 2009	258 — 262	27	—
55	November 2–6, 2009	263 — 267	26	—
56	November 9–13, 2009	268 — 272	27	—
57	November 16–20, 2009	273 — 277	27	—
58	November 23–27, 2009	278 — 282	27	—
59	November 30 - December 4, 2009	283 — 287	27	—
60	December 7–11, 2009	288 — 292	26	—

	Week	Episode	Average Points	Peaking Points	References
61	December 14–18, 2009	293 — 297	26	—
62	December 21–25, 2009	298 — 302	23	—
63	December 28, 2009 - January 1, 2010	303 — 307	25	—
64	January 4–8, 2010	308 — 312	26	—
65	January 11–15, 2010	313 — 317	27	—
66	January 18–22, 2010	318 — 322	26	—
67	January 25–29, 2010	323 — 327	27	—
68	February 1–5, 2010	328 — 332	26	—
68	February 8–12, 2010	333 — 337	24	—

External links

• TVB.com Off Pedder - Official Website
• Wong Cho Lam's Blog @ TVB.com Off Pedder - Information and Costume Fitting Ceremony Pictures
• BATGWA.com Off Pedder - News on Costume Fitting Ceremony