For those who love the classic TVB Hong Kong series, there are a handful of dramas available on their YouTube channel for a limited time. It is available with Bahasa subtitles for those who don’t understand Cantonese, and also Mandarin dubs for those who prefer to watch it that way.
Let’s get started with my personal favorite, a drama that withstand time and never gets sick watching and re-watching it.
Moonlight Resonance
No. of episodes: 40
Genre: Family, Drama, Business
Native title: 溏心風暴之家好月圓
The second instalment from the Heart of Greed series, but a different storyline in each of the season.
The drama beings when Chung Siu Hor (Louis Lee) and her husband Kam Tai Jo (Ha Yu) divorce and separated their 6 children along with the bakery they work hard together with. Time flies and decades later, all of them are adults.
Healing Hands
No. of episodes: 32
Genre: Medical, Drama
Native title: 妙手仁心
Aired back in 1998, Healing Hands is the first of the three seasons of medical drama. The drama sets in Yan Oi Hospital, Dr Paul Ching (Lawrence Ng) is a neurosurgeon and the main anchor is Dr Henry Lai (Bowie Lam) who is a doctor at A&E and friends with Paul.
Armed Reaction
No. of episodes: 20
Genre: Police, Investigation, Action
Native title: 陀槍師姐
Don’t mixed them up with the ongoing drama, Armed Reaction 2021. Armed Reaction is the first season of police investigation drama that sets in the perspective of female police officers. Starring Bobby Au Yeung, Joyce Tang, Esther Kwan, Marco Ngai, Mimi Chu and more.
Line Walker
No. of episodes: 31
Genre: Undercover, Police, Triad, Crime, Investigation
Native title: 使徒行者
Even though there are three seasons of the Line Walker series, but the first one is the classic and best among all.
The drama revolves around Hong Kong’s Criminal Intelligence Bureau. The mysterious death of a close colleague made Cheuk Hoi (Michael Miu) start to suspect people around them. He inherited the 5 undercovers that his late colleague sent out but it is quite a journey to find them as their records are erased from the system.
Survivor’s Law
No. of episodes: 25
Genre: Legal, Investigation, Romance
Native title: 律政新人王
The 2003 drama is set in a legal firm own by Hung Ting Wai (Felix Lok) who got his license revoked due to the offensive behavior to the judge. Out of no choice, he recruits a group of fresh law graduates to revamp the firm. Ben Lok (Raymond Lam), Vincent Cheuk Wai Ming (Sammul Chan), Jessica Chiang Si Ka (Bernice Liu) and Chung Ching Ling (Myolie Wu) joined the firm as freshies.
The Mysteries of Love
No. of episodes: 25
Genre: Police, Investigation, Romance, Legal
Native title: 談情說案
The drama is a love story between people from two different backgrounds (brought by differently), Professor Kingsley King (Raymond Lam) and a police officer Tsui Siu Lai (Tavia Yeung). Kingsley is born in a silver spoon, a prestigious family that dislikes and objects to his relationship with an average family daughter who is also a police officer.
Gods of Honour
No. of episodes: 40
Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Supernatural
Native title: 封神榜
2001, the drama turns 20 years old in 2021. The ever classic and probably one of the best version.
The drama is about the immemorial times of the History of China, the record of the beginning of the immortal gods. Na Ja (Benny Chan), Yeung Jin (Kar Lok Chin), Lei Ching (Yuen Wah), Yan Sap Neung (Kingdom Yuen), and more.
My Sister of Eternal Flower
No. of episodes: 20
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Native title: 花花世界花家姐
Jojo Fa Lai Chu (Charmaine Sheh) is a kind and innocent woman with the IQ of a 10-year-old. She carry the weigh of raising her two younger siblings after their parents passed away. Even though she can’t provide the best, but she did her best to protect them. Hugo Tseung Yik (Raymond Lam) is a born with silver spoon, a playboy that bubbles romance with Jojo.
A Journey Called Life
No. of episodes: 20
Genre: Sports, Drama
Native title: 金石良缘
The drama started when a troubled young adult Sze Ka Ka (Linda Chung) met the down-to-earth Shing Yat On (Steven Ma). Yat On is a marathon runner train by Kam Shek (Kent Cheng) who is his boss at their actual job.