Serangoon Road is an Australian-Singaporean television drama series which premiered on 22 September 2013 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and HBO Asia. It is a detective noir drama set in the 1960s, revolving around Serangoon Road in Singapore. The 10-part series is a collaboration between ABC and HBO Asia and was filmed largely in Singapore.[1] It was created by Paul D. Barron and directed by Peter Andrikidis and Tony Tilse.[2]

Serangoon Road
Genre	Period drama Film noir
Created by	Paul D. Barron
Written by	Michaeley O'Brien Christopher D Hawkshaw Tony Morphett
Directed by	Peter Andrikidis Tony Tilse
Starring	Don Hany Joan Chen Alaric Tay Michael Dorman Pamelyn Chee et al.
Theme music composer	Cezary Skubiszewski Jan Skubiszewski
Country of origin	Australia Singapore
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producers	Carole Sklan Greeg Simpkin Sue Masters Erika North Saralo MacGregor Mike Wiluan Michael O'Donnell
Producers	Paul Barron Nick North
Production locations	Singapore (setting) Batam, Indonesia (filming)
Running time	55 minutes
Release
Original network	ABC HBO Asia RED by HBO
Original release	22 September (2013-09-22) – 29 November 2013 (2013-11-29)

The final episode of the series aired on 29 November 2013.[3] Though the series received encouraging ratings, HBO has no plans for a second season.[4]

Plot

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The series is set in Singapore during the mid-1960s, a tumultuous time in the island's history. The island state is at a crossroads as it is about to break away from Malaysia and become an independent country. The British colonial rulers are gradually pulling out of the country, while racial and political tensions are running high and the ensuing riots are threatening national security. Communist insurgency movements are active in neighbouring countries and trying to push into Singapore.

The protagonist Sam Callaghan is an Australian living in Singapore. As a child, he was interned in Changi Prison by the occupying Japanese and later joined the military, serving in Malaya. He now runs an import/export business with his partner Kang. Sam agrees to help neighbour Patricia Cheng at her detective agency after her husband is killed while working on a case.[5]

Cast

• Don Hany as Sam Callaghan
• Joan Chen as Patricia Cheng, runs the Cheng Detective Agency after the death of her husband.
• Michael Dorman as Conrad Harrison, young American CIA agent.
• Maeve Dermody as Claire Simpson, married to Frank, and having an affair with Sam.
• Rachael Blake as Lady Tuckworth
• Ario Bayu as Inspector Amran
• Tony Martin as Macca, Australian journalist.
• Nicholas Bell as Maxwell Black
• Jeremy Lindsay Taylor as Frank Simpson, expat businessman, Claire's husband.
• P.J. Lane
• Pamelyn Chee as Su Ling
• Chin Han as Kay Song
• Alaric Tay as Kang
• Cleave Williams as Nate Crosby
• Shane Briant as Major Miller
• Valentine Payen as Young Sam's Mother
• Edmund Chen as James Lim
• Russell Wong as Winston Cheng
• Christian Matthew Wong as XiaoQiang

Episodes

International broadcasts

Country/Region	Network	Premiere date	Ref.
Gibraltar	GBC TV	25 March 2014
United Kingdom	Sony Channel	9 April 2014
Brazil	Max Prime	30 June 2014
France	France Ô	30 August 2014	[6]

References

External links

• Serangoon Road – HBO
• Serangoon Road at IMDb