Return of the Cuckoo is a 20-episode TVB drama broadcast between July 2000 and August 2000. It was originally produced to be a sitcom, however later edits made the production into a regular drama.

Synopsis

As a child, Man Cho (Julian Cheung

Julian Cheung

Julian Cheung Chi-lam , better known as Chilam, is an award-winning Hong Kong singer and actor. Cheung is popularly known for his role as Guo Jing in the 1994 TV series adaptation of the Wuxia novel, The Legend of the Condor Heroes and also as Chi-Kin from the TVB drama Cold Blood Warm Heart...

) was rendered mute as a result of the cruel actions of his mother and was adopted by the kind-hearted Ah Kiu (Nancy Sit

Nancy Sit

Nancy Sit Ka Yin is a Hong Kong actress on the TVB network. Her acting career dated back to the 1960s, when she was a popular teen idol alongside Connie Chan Po-chu, and Josephine Siao...

). Man Cho grew up with Ah Kiu's daughter Kwan-Ho (Charmaine Sheh

Charmaine Sheh

Charmaine Sheh Sze-man is a Hong Kong TVB actress.Sheh is best known for her roles in TVB dramas, including Return of the Cuckoo, Country Spirit, Perish in the Name of Love, Angels of Mission, War and Beauty, The Dance of Passion,The Drive of Life, Maidens' Vow, Forensic Heroes II,Beyond the Realm...

), and the two eventually develop romantic feelings for one another. Man Cho is extremely self-sacrificing, has an inferiority complex due to his disability, and therefore feels unworthy for Kwan-Ho. Ah Kiu is also against their relationship and things are further complicated when Szto Lai-Sun (Steven Ma

Steven Ma

Steven Ma Chun-wai is a Hong Kong actor and singer. In 1993, Ma won a record deal after winning first place at an annual singing contest in Hong Kong, later releasing his debut album, Lucky for Meeting You , that December...

) enters the picture after falling for Kwan-Ho too.

Cast

• Julian Cheung
  Julian Cheung
  Julian Cheung Chi-lam , better known as Chilam, is an award-winning Hong Kong singer and actor. Cheung is popularly known for his role as Guo Jing in the 1994 TV series adaptation of the Wuxia novel, The Legend of the Condor Heroes and also as Chi-Kin from the TVB drama Cold Blood Warm Heart...
  
   as Man Cho 文初 (age 23)
• Nancy Sit
  Nancy Sit
  Nancy Sit Ka Yin is a Hong Kong actress on the TVB network. Her acting career dated back to the 1960s, when she was a popular teen idol alongside Connie Chan Po-chu, and Josephine Siao...
  
   as Chu Sa-Kiu or Kiu Yee
• Charmaine Sheh
  Charmaine Sheh
  Charmaine Sheh Sze-man is a Hong Kong TVB actress.Sheh is best known for her roles in TVB dramas, including Return of the Cuckoo, Country Spirit, Perish in the Name of Love, Angels of Mission, War and Beauty, The Dance of Passion,The Drive of Life, Maidens' Vow, Forensic Heroes II,Beyond the Realm...
  
   as Chuk Kwan-Ho 祝君好 (age 22)
• Steven Ma
  Steven Ma
  Steven Ma Chun-wai is a Hong Kong actor and singer. In 1993, Ma won a record deal after winning first place at an annual singing contest in Hong Kong, later releasing his debut album, Lucky for Meeting You , that December...
  
   as Szto Lai-Sun
• Michael Tong
  Michael Tong
  Michael Tong Man Lung is a Hong Kong actor.-TV series:*Return of the Cuckoo *In a Realm of Success...
  
   as Kam Sing 金勝 (age 25)
• Sherming Yiu as Kong Yi-Man
• Johnny Ngan
  Johnny Ngan
  Johnny Ngan Kwok Leung is a Hong Kong film actor and television actor. He was an actor for ATV from 1980-1981 before joing TVB.-Acting career:...
  
   as Chuen Hoi-King
• Irene Wong as Wong Hoi-Lam

Award achievements

TVB Anniversary Awards (2000)

• "Favorite On-screen Partners" (Julian Cheung and Charmaine Sheh – Man Chor and Chuk Kwan-Ho)
• "Top 10 Favorite Television Characters" (Julian Cheung – Man Chor)
• "Top 10 Favorite Television Characters" (Nancy Sit – Chu Sa-Kiu)
• "Top 10 Favorite Television Characters" (Charmaine Sheh – Chuk Kwan-Ho)