Singapore's first English sitcom birthed an entire TV revolution. Icon behavior only.
Season 7 • Episode 12
LatestTeck drawing inspiration from a dream, creates a mouth-watering dish aptly called 'Teck Mee', which is welcomed by all, convincing Teck to take part in the Bishan Communiy Centre Cooking competition. The trust between Yusof and Teck breaks when Teck reveals a deep, dark secret from Yusof's past and Yusof enters the cooking competition hoping to get even with Teck by beating him at the contest. Meanwhile, Dolly has been bringing Denise lunch and cleaning up the place at the Counseling Centre which Denise is still able to tolerate until Dolly starts assisting Denise with her counseling. Ronnie, on the other hand is on an all time high. He thinks he has found the perfect woman but there's a slight glitch - she absolutely forbids him to even peek at another woman. Will Ronnie be able to do it?
Under One Roof was a television programme in Singapore. First aired in 1995, Under One Roof was the first locally-produced English-language sitcom in Singapore. A critical and popular success, the show won the Best Comedy Programme or Series Award at the Asian Television Awards in both 1996 and 1997, a Best comedy actor award,three best comedy actress awards and was a finalist in the "Best Sitcom" category at the International Emmy Awards as well as the New York Festivals Awards.It paved the way for future sitcoms like Happy Belly, Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, Mr. Kiasu, and Living with Lydia. It starred a multicultural cast reflecting the ethnic makeup of Singapore: Moses Lim, Koh Chieng Mun, Vernetta Lopez, Nicholas Lee, Andrew Lim, Selena Tan, Zaibo, Norleena Salim and Daisy Irani. In later seasons where Selena Tan's character made an appearance, Chinese-Hong Kong actor Richard Ng was cast to play Bobby, Anita's father.
Acting
Moses Lim's patriarch energy is permanently unmatched.
Writing
Code-switching dialogue that actually feels lived-in.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Created during Singapore's Speak Good English Movement, the show paradoxically celebrated the very Singlish it was supposed to discourage. Subversive king behavior.
Finalist for International Emmy Best Sitcom in 1998 — lost to British juggernaut but put Singaporean TV on global radars for the first time.
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