Mrs P.I.

Mrs P.I. (Chinese: 查某人) is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It stars Michelle Chong , Cynthia Koh , Apple Hong , Zhang Zhenhuan , Zheng Geping , Yao Wenlong & Cavin Soh as the casts of the series. It made its debut on 8 November 2010 and ended on 3 December 2010. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm. The encore is being made from 2 November 2011 to 29 November 2011 at every weekday at 5:30pm.

Mrs P.I.
查某人
GenreWomen
Investigations
Idol drama / Comedy
StarringMichelle Chong
Cynthia Koh
Apple Hong
Zhang Zhenhuan
Zheng Geping
San Yow
Cavin Soh
Opening theme等 Wait by Liu Hui Qi & Wang Min Hui
Ending theme后退 Retreat by Liu Hui Qi
Country of originSingapore
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes20
Production
Running timeapprox. 45 minutes
DistributorMediaCorp TV
Release
Original networkMediaCorp Channel 8
Picture format16:9 HDTV
Original release8 November (2010-11-08) 
3 December 2010 (2010-12-03)
Chronology
Preceded byThe Score
Followed byBreakout
External links
Website

The series title (pronounced "zha boh lang") is the Teochew word and Singlish colloquialism for "woman".

Synopsis

At the funeral of a woman who has mysteriously fallen to her death, three housewives become acquainted with each other. Dai Xiumei is an ex-policewoman who has a penchant for serving the neighbourhood, Yun Feixue is just an ordinary "auntie" and Phyllis is part-timing in cosmetics sales. The trio finds the woman's death suspicious and decides to investigate further.

Xiumei then decides to start a private investigative (P.I.) agency and ropes Feixue and Phyllis in to help her. Together, the trio opens for business and began to solve cases of neighbourly issues.

Cast

Main Cast

Cast Role
Michelle ChongDai Xiu Mei
Cynthia KohYun Fei Xue
Apple HongQiu Shuang Xi (Phyllis)
Zheng GepingXiu Mei's husband
Zhang ZhenhuanFly (Gao Xiang)
Yao WenlongChen Wei Zhong
Cavin SohYong Jun

Other Cast

Cast Role
Alan TernZhang Jia Qiang (ep 1-4)
May PhuaTiffany
Joey FungNarong (You You)
Zhang WeiChen Cai Fa
Kimberly ChiaJia Xin
Zong ZijieTian Yang

Star Awards 2011

AwardNominee(s)Result
Most Favourite On-screen couple 最喜爱银幕情侣 Yao Wenlong 姚彣隆 & Cynthia Koh 许美珍 Nominated

Trivia

  • Although its daily average viewership is 830,000, this drama was only nominated for one award in the Star Awards 2011.
  • This drama's original name was Goddesses of Justice (simplified Chinese: 正义女神).
  • Zhang Jiaqiang's lover's name, Pan Lingling, comes from the TV artiste.
  • The series is used as television broadcast in other drama series. For instance, in episode 10 of 118, Chen Tianwen commented how the lines were so similar, he can write these lines for other drama series.

See also

  • List of programmes broadcast by MediaCorp Channel 8
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