A Bride for a Ride

A Bride for a Ride is a 2009 Hong Kong television series based on the traditional Pingtan story of the same name. Set during the prosperous Ming Dynasty of China, the drama revolves around the rich and influential Wong family and their comedic ties with Chow Man-bun, a young and handsome scholar who has a specialty in cross-dressing. To prove his worth to Wong Sau-ying, his ideal lover, he cross dresses as a beauty in a lantern festival so he can get closer to her. Sau-ying's older brother, Tiger Wong, sees Man-bun's beauty and kidnaps him home. A Bride for a Ride consists of elements of Cantonese opera. Chin Kar-lok, who stars as Tiger Wong, is also the drama's action choreographer.

A Bride for a Ride
王老虎搶親
A Bride for a Ride official poster
GenreCostume drama
Comedy
Action
Written byChan Kam-ling
Choi Suk-yin
StarringChin Kar-lok
Sammul Chan
Louisa So
Nancy Wu
Gigi Wong
Rain Lau
Joseph Lee
Mimi Chu
Cheung Kwok-keung
Opening themeHap Fat Cheung Chan (合法搶親)performed by Chin Kar-lok, Sammul Chan, Wong Cho-lam
ComposerChow Wing-hang
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No. of episodes21
Production
Executive producerPoon Ka-tak
Production locationHong Kong
Camera setupMulti camera
Running time45 minutes (per episode)
Production companyTVB
Release
Original networkTVB Jade
Picture format576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release13 July 
9 August 2009 (2009-08-09)
External links
Website
A Bride for a Ride
Traditional Chinese王老虎搶親
Simplified Chinese王老虎抢亲
Literal meaning"Tiger Wong Snatches a Bride"

Synopsis

Foolhardy Tiger Wong (Chin) is annoyed with his mother (Wong) for consistently pressuring him to get married. He therefore snatches Chow Man-bun (Chan) who is in female disguise to be his bride and arranges for Man-bun to stay at his younger sister Sau-ying's (Wu) chamber for the night. After this, Tiger has no choice but to marry Sau-ying to Man-bun while setting up strict rules to torture Man-bun in the house. Clever Man-bun makes use of the chivalrous woman Mo Sam-leung (So) to control Tiger and misleads Sam-leung that Tiger is her long lost rescuer. Using tricks to upset Tiger, he makes Tiger marry Sam-leung. Since then, Sam-leung tries every means to domesticate her husband and that almost drives him insane. Man-bun is relieved to escape Tiger’s manipulation but he carelessly causes much trouble elsewhere. A Bride for A Ride brings you a modern perspective of this traditional tale and you'll surely be surprised with its astonishing approach.

Cast

Note: Some of the characters' names are in Cantonese romanisation.

Viewership ratings

The following is a table that includes a list of the total ratings points based on television viewership. "Viewers in millions" refers to the number of people, derived from TVB Jade ratings (not including TVB HD Jade), in Hong Kong who watched the episode live. The peak number of viewers are in brackets.

Week Episode(s) Average points Peaking points Viewers (in millions) AI References
1
1 — 5
30
34
1.92 (2.17)
2
6 — 10
29
32
1.85 (2.04)
83%
3
11 — 15
29
1.85 ( — )
81%
4
16 — 20
31
33
1.98 (2.10)
82%
21
31
32
1.98 (2.04)

Awards and nominations

TVB Anniversary Awards (2009)

  • Best Drama
  • Best Actor (Chin Kar Lok)
  • My Favourite Male Character (Chin Kar Lok)

References

    • TVB.com A Bride for a Ride - Official Website (in Chinese)
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