# Off Pedder

Off Pedder (Traditional Chinese: 畢打自己人) is a TVB modern drama series broadcast since October 2008 and ended on 12 February 2010.
The sitcom is about office politics in a magazine company, as well as family and romantic relationships amongst the characters, with the majority of the cast from Best Selling Secrets.

## Synopsis

Chiu (潮) Magazine is part of the Kam Bo Corporation, and has its offices on Pedder Street in Hong Kong (thus giving rise to the name of the series). The show centres on the politics of the Chiu (潮) and Kam Bo office, and the lives of the characters who work in this office.
Central to the plot are Yan Seung (Teresa Mo), who takes up a position early on in the series as editor of Chiu (潮). The initial plot focused on her rivalry with the Head of Sales, Susan Ka So-Shan (Elaine Jin). As more characters were introduced, the plot expanded to focus on Yim Yue Tai (Stephen Au) and Yu Ka Sing (Wayne Lai). How will these four individuals affect Pedder Street and who will become the ultimate leader of Chiu (潮) Magazine...?

## Episode Guide

| Episode Number | Title | Description |
| 1 | Looking for a job | Seung is hired as the chief editor of Chao Magazine. Her first interview is with Susan, who later takes up a job at Chao as director of sales. |
| 2 | First day at work | Seung resigns after her first article for Chao whilst Susan goes to work for the first time and meets Joyce, Marco and Kin. Many workers resign because of Susan. |
| 3 | Our Saviour | George begs his daughter Seung to save Chao. She finally agrees and hires a famous writer. However, Susan tries to stop the writer from working at Chao. |
| 4 | Around the clock | With one day to the release of a new edition of the magazine, the whole teamwork through the night. Bao goes to order food, meeting Gary, a fashion enthusiast. Seung asks him to be Chao's fashion editor. |
| 5 | Fake Calls & Handbags | Susan wants to celebrate the new edition by asking Yim to invite them to dinner, but Yim fakes a phone call to leave. The team writes an article on a shop selling fake handbags with Bao going to investigate. |
| 6 | Meeting the Gangster | Seung hires Bao Kwok Yan as an assistant. The team goes out for dinner, Yim takes the leftovers and Bao is responsible for paying. However, in the end he uses the money to help his friends instead. |
| 7 | We are Hiring | Both the editorial and sales departments have advertised positions. Susan hires Icy as a sales clerk whilst Seung hires Paula and Tang, both of whom were rejected by Susan. |
| 8 | The love of food | Susan applies "legislation 30" to her team. Seung wants to write a health article, but Susan wants to advertise fatty foods. Susan throws out Seung's work documents, Joyce tries to return them, but sees Susan so says she has found tissues. Yim claims they are his. |
| 9 | One of a kind | Susan helps Kerry write an article on a world-famous ring as there is only one in the world. However, she breaks it and blames Kerry. Bao, who is in charge of the editorial (whilst Seung is overseas), goes to return the ring. |
| 10 | Camera Business | Dang and Paula go to do an interview together because they need the same camera. |
| 11 | Money Allowance | Bao meets with the office workers to try to increase the department's money allowance, but realises that the only way to do this is to befriend Kin, but instead he makes mistake causing the department's budget to be reduced. |
| 12 | Love for George | Susan stalks George in order to get Jim's record disc, as she is on the front cover, but she fails and the record disc is used in the newest article. |
| 13 | All about Marco | Bao needs to rent out his empty room in his house to get money to pay the rent for his house. He ends up renting his room to Marco. Icy says that guy only says “hello, time to see customer and bye”. Bao sleeps during the day because of this and his mates prank him. |
| 14 | On line Date | Kin meets an online guy who is interested in her, Bao helps him to chat with her but in the end finds out that he is a con man, who is trying to steal people's money. |
| 15 | Addicted to shops | Seung loves shopping and bets George that if she doesn't buy anything for a week George will get the money to buy a new audio system for his bar. However, Yim sends her to a fashion conference, meaning she loses, making George really happy. |
| 16 | Joyce gets promoted | The boys try to prank Susan, but make Joyce carry it out. Susan steals a necklace and blames it on Joyce. Later she promotes Joyce |
| 17 | George's watch and CoCo | George blames his maid for stealing his watch and kicks her out, however, she later reveals it was a girl named CoCo had taken her home and George had given her his watch. |
| 18 | Famous Singer of the 80s | Seung's maid ruins a chance to interview with a famous singer since they once had hated each other. |
| 19 | Scandal | Marco wants a famous company to advertise at Chao. However, Gary wants to expose a scandal about the owner. |
| 20 | Ben & Jim | George meets with his friends Ben & Jim and Susan ends up hiring them to do an advertisement. |
| 21 | Yim's Birthday | Seung takes Yim out for his birthday and he recounts of the time his son taught him a lesson in being cheap. |
| 22 | Return it | Yim Yu Tai wants what he owns. Yim keeps on thinking it is the watch he gave him. Turns out he sent the text to the wrong person. Yim wants to celebrate but tells Seung to pay. Seung tells Bao to pay instead. |
| 23 | Paula vs Tang | Tang and Paula go to interview an old lady. Tang fails first, so Paula goes. She later accuses him of stealing her microchip with the photos. |
| 24 | New mates | Gary moves into Bao's house and Tang is paid by the 3 guys (Bao, Gary and Marco) to do the house chores |
| 25 | Tina vs Seung | Tina is trying to make Seung lose her job, so she comes up with a vicious plan. Kin makes Seung sign a contract used as evidence, planned by Tina. Herman helps Seung by texting her a computer file. |
| 26 | New camera man | Yim Yu Tai, Yim's son is hired to be the new photographer for Chao. The team test him out for a week. Whilst, Yim and Seung hide overseas for the week, leaving Susan to interview Yu Tai. |
| 27 | Yim's Plan | Yu Tai goes to work for the first day and meets his dad, Yim invites Yu Tai, Seung, her dad and also Tina together. Yim tricks Yu Tai into moving in and living with him. |
| 28 | Conflict with the camera man | Yu Tai keeps on losing his ID card in order to get Yim to remove the strict ID card rule for employees. |
| 29 | Tina vs Kin | The office employees try to make Kin work for them, but fail to get her to join their side. |
| 30 | Ella | Susan and George are rumoured to have a daughter Ella together, Seung investigates but will she find out the truth? |
| 31 | Exposing the restaurant | Susan helps Paula to make an interview to a restaurant owner. However, Paula wants to review the truth behind the dirty restaurant. Gary pranks Susan in not handing in his work and Marco doesn't finish his on time blaming Joyce for losing his USB. Paula sees this and tries to help Joyce. |
| 32 | Gambling is always bad | The 4 boys (Marco, Tang, Bao, Gary) gamble with a man living in Tang's apartment, making the old man lose terribly, but turns out he was a journalist for another magazine trying to steal information. |
| 33 | Tang and Kam | Tang makes friends with Lee Yee Kam and Ko Ling. The boys are angry with his relationship and tell Tang to invite the office workers to a party, but Tang pranks them inviting Kam and the older secretaries which shocks everyone. |
| 34 | Joyce loses Yim's money | Yim fakes another phone call when the workers decide to have a dinner party, however, Yu Tai uncovers the fake call, meaning Yim ends up paying. Joyce loses the envelope with the money in it and they are unable to get the food in time, but Icy ends up helping them. |
| 35 | Suki and the photos | Yip Chee Yeou (Suki), a famous model with Yu Tai taking photos for this edition, however she doesn't let him take them. Later, Seung tells her Yu Tai relationship with his “old wife” and she overhears secretaries talking about his relationship with Yim, prompting Suki to accept taking the photos. Yu Tai says he is still in love with Seung to get Suki to leave. |
| 36 | Susan's Ex | Susan gets into a fight with her ex-husband and new girlfriend over the house she is living in. |

## Cast
### Chiu(潮) Magazine
#### Editorial Department

| Cast | Role | Description |
| Teresa Mo | Yan Seung (Ivy) 殷賞 | Age 38 Chiu Magazine Chief Editor Yan Dai-Dak's daughter. Yim Yue-Tai's ex-wife. Bao Kwok-Yan's landlady |
| Aimee Chan | Chan Bo Lai (Paula) 陳寶拉 | Age 23 Chiu Magazine Reporter Undercover agent |
| Jim Tang | So Tung Wo (Gary) 蘇同和 | Age 25 Chiu Magazine Reporter |
| Joyce Cheng | Yu Lok Yee (Joyce) 余樂兒 | Age 23 Chiu Magazine Sales Clerk Yu Ka-Sing's younger sister. Transferred to Editorial Department in episode 111 |
| Wong Cho Lam | Tang Lai Kwan 鄧勵軍 | Age 25 Chiu Magazine Reporter Trainee Leaves for Switzerland in episode 253 |

#### Sales and Marketing Department

| Cast | Role | Description |
| Wayne Lai | Yu Ka Sing 余家昇 | Age 42 Chiu Magazine Director Yu Lok-Yee's older brother. Yan Seung's husband Undercover Agent |
| Elvina Kong | Gam Yiu Kin 金堯堅 | Age 33 Chiu Magazine Sales Department Secretary Leaves in episode 107 with Richard to Brunei to be his secretary Returns to her old position in episode 129 after arbitrarily resigning her position with Richard. Bao Kwok-Yan's lover |
| Raymond Chiu (趙永洪) | Mok Dik Ko (Marco) 莫迪高 | Age 29 Chiu Magazine Sales Clerk Yip Chee Yeou's (Suki's) boyfriend |
| Tsui Wing (徐榮) | Bao Kwok Yan 包國仁 | Age 37 Chiu Magazine Assistant Chief Editor Truck Driver Ex-Gangster Transferred to Sales Department in episode 113 Gam Yiu-Kin's boyfriend |
| Celine Ma (馬蹄露) | Lee Yee Kam 李綺琴 | Kam Bo (金波) Corporation Accounting Clerk Ko Wai-Ling's cousin. Gam Yiu-Kin's good friend |

#### Design Department

| Cast | Role | Description |
| Law Tin Chi (羅天池) | Lu So Oak 勞素岳 | Chao Magazine Design Department Head. Lemon's Boyfriend. |

### Kam Bo (金波) Corporation

| Cast | Role | Description |
| Chan Hung Lit (Died during production) | Yim Hei (Joe) 閆器 | Age 66 Kam Bor (金波) Corporation President Yim Yue-Tai's father. Wong Lai-Mei's foster father. Died during his business trip to USA (Episode 310) |
| Stephen Au | Yim Yu Tai 閆汝大 | Age 44 Gam Bor (金波) Corporation Vice President Chao (潮) Magazine Photographer Yim Hei's son. Wong Lai-Mei's stepbrother. Yan Seung's ex-husband. |
| Florence Kwok | Wong Lai Mei (Tina) 王麗薇 | Age 34 Kam Bor (金波) Corporation Vice-President Yim Hei's foster daughter. Yim Yue-Tai's stepsister. |
| Elaine Jin | Ka So San (Susan) 賈素珊 | Age 46 Chao Magazine ex Sales Manager Later becomes Kam Bor (金波) Corporation shareholder. |
| Lau Kong | Luk Wan Ting 陸雲廷 | Kam Bor (金波) Corporation shareholder. Chairman of Luk Gao Kam (六舊金) Corporation Ka So-Shan's boyfriend. Father of Luk Bing Bing. |
| Lee Yee Man (李綺雯) | Luk Bing Bing (Icy) 陸冰冰 | Age 24 Chao Magazine ex Sales Clerk Left in episode 127 to study at Tsinghua University in Beijing, after meeting David Yeung on Lamma Island Appearance in episode 300 |
| Chang Tse Sheng | Chow Ching Ming (Ryan) 周政名 | . Former American businessman. Legal Counsel of Kam Bor (金波) Corporation. Personal Assistant of Wong Lai-Mei. |
| Yvonne Ho (何綺雲) | Mak Chau Kuen (June) 麥秋娟 | Yim Hei's secretary. |
| Queenie Chu | Ko Ling 高慧玲 | Wong Lai Ming's secretary. Lee Yee-Kam's cousin. |
| Zoey Sham (岑潔儀) | Apple | Kam Bor (金波) Corporation Richard's secretary; replaces Kin in episode 107 as Chao magazine secretary; then becomes Herman's secretary upon Kin's return in episode 129. Herman's girlfriend. |
| Helena Wong (黃卓慧) | Mango | Kam Bor (金波) Corporation secretary. |
| Karen Lee (李焯寧) | Lemon | Kam Bor (金波) Corporation Yim Yu Tai's secretary. Lo So Oak's girlfriend. |

### Yip (葉氏) Family

| Cast | Role | Description |
| Yu Chi Ming (餘子明) | Yip Sing Kuen 葉盛權 | Ben And Suki's Father. Gam Bor (金波) Corporation shareholder. |
| Geoffrey Wong (黃子雄) | Yip Bun (Ben) 葉斌 | Gam Bor (金波) Corporation shareholder. Yip Sing Kuen's Son. Wong Lai-Mei's Boyfriend. Suki's Big Brother. |
| Lily Ho (何傲兒) | Yip Chee Yeou (Suki) 葉志如 | 葉盛權Daughter. Charity Club Holder. Yip Bun's Sister. Mok Dik-Ko's Girlfriend |

### Happy Bar

| Cast | Role | Description |
| Ivan Ho (何守信) | Yan Dai Dak (George) 殷大德 | Age 58 Happy Bar (好玩吧) Owner/Bartender Yan Seung's father. |
| Gregory Lee (李泳豪) | Alex | Happy Bar (好玩吧) Bartender |
| Mikako Leung (梁珈詠) | Cheung Wai-Miu 章慧妹 | Happy Bar (好玩吧) Bartender |

### Other cast

| Cast | Role | Description |
| Ng Kwun Lai (吳君麗) | Chung Wan Gai-Ho 鍾溫繼好 | Age 60 Yu Lok-Yee and Yu Ka-Sing's aunt. Yan Seung's maid. |
| Wu Fung | Wu Fung-soul/Chung Tao-chun 胡楓修／鍾濤鎮 | Chung Wan Gai-Ho's husband |
| Susan Tse | Chow Fung-yee 周鳳儀 | Yan Sheung's mother |
| Joyce Koi (蓋鳴暉) | Chan Tak Hei (Linda) 陳得喜 | Yu Ka-Sing's friend. Police |
| Lo Chun Shun (魯振順) | Sung Lei-Chung 宋理忠 | Bao(暴) Magazine Editor Chao (潮) Magazine Ex-Sales Manager |
| Mary Hon | Law Suet-sin 羅雪仙 | Yim Hei's childhood crush. Owner of a Peking Opera studio. |
| Ching Hor Wai | Luk See-hing 陸詩卿 | Superior Officer of Chan Bo-Lai. |
| Chuk Man Kwan | | Regional Manager of Brand Name Boutique. |
| Raymond Cho | Heung Chong-yan (Chris) 向眾仁 | Former Professional CPR Trainer. Medical Doctor Gam Yiu-Kin's former boyfriend. |
| Lee Kwok Lun (李國麟) | Yu Kam-tim 余錦添 | Former Chief Financial Officer of Kam Bor (金波) Corporation Fugitive |
| Felix Lok | So Si-fu 蘇思富 | Gary So's father |
| Rosanne Lui | Chan Cho 陳祖 | Gary So's mother |
| Chow Chung (周驄) | Yim Ying 閆營 | Yim Hei's elder brother |

## Production notes

* On November 24, 2009, actor Chan Hung Lit had a heart attack after filming an episode. He was transported to the Tseung Kwan O Hospital where he died at 7:11 p.m. at the age of 66
* On November 24, 2009 before airing episode 279, there was a ten-second black and white tribute clip for Chan with the captions, "親愛的鴻烈大哥　謝謝您的一切　我們永遠懷念您" ("Dearest Brother Hung Lit. Thank you for everything. We will always miss you.").
* On November 26, 2009, TVB held a meeting and decided Chan's character "Yim Hei" would die of a heart attack like Chan did in real life.
* On December 8, 2009, production was halted for the cast to attend Chan Hung Lit's funeral.
* On January 6, 2010, the tribute episode 310 for Chan entitled "我們的大閆生" ("Our Mr. Yim") was aired.
* On January 7, 2010, Chan Hung Lit was removed from the title sequence.

## Award nominations

TVB Anniversary Awards (2009) Won:
* Most Improved Actress (Aimee Chan)
Nominated:
* Best Drama
* Best Actress (Teresa Mo) Top 5
* Best Supporting Actor (Stephen Au) Top 15
* Best Supporting Actor (Tsui Wing) Top 15
* My Favourite Female Character (Teresa Mo) Top 5
* Most Improved Actor (Raymond Chiu) Top 5
* Most Improved Actor (Jim Tang) Top 5
* Most Improved Actress (Queenie Chu) Top 5
14th Asian Television Awards (2009) Nominated
* BEST COMEDY PROGRAMME
Minpao Weekly Awards 2010 Nominated
* Most Outstanding Actor: Wayne Lai for Yu Ka Sing

## Viewership ratings

| | Week | Episode | Average Points | Peaking Points |
| 1 | October 20–24, 2008 | 1 – 5 | 26 | 28 |
| 2 | October 27–31, 2008 | 6 – 10 | 25 | 27 |
| 3 | November 3–7, 2008 | 11 – 15 | 24 | — |
| 4 | November 10–14, 2008 | 16 – 20 | 24 | — |
| 5 | November 17–21, 2008 | 21 – 25 | 25 | — |
| 6 | November 24–28, 2008 | 26 – 30 | 25 | — |
| 7 | December 1–5, 2008 | 31 – 35 | 26 | — |
| 8 | December 8–12, 2008 | 36 – 40 | 26 | — |
| 9 | December 15–19, 2008 | 41 – 45 | 23 | — |
| 10 | December 22–26, 2008 | 46 – 50 | 23 | — |
| 11 | December 29, 2008 – January 2, 2009 | 51 – 55 | 26 | — |
| 12 | January 5–9, 2009 | 56 – 60 | 26 | — |
| 13 | January 12–16, 2009 | 61 – 65 | 26 | — |
| 14 | January 19–23, 2009 | 66 – 70 | 24 | — |
| 15 | January 26–30, 2009 | 71 – 73 | 22 | — |
| 16 | February 2–6, 2009 | 74 – 78 | 27 | — |
| 17 | February 9–13, 2009 | 79 – 83 | 26 | — |
| 18 | February 16–20, 2009 | 84 – 88 | 26 | — |
| 19 | February 23–27, 2009 | 89 – 93 | 26 | — |
| 20 | March 2–6, 2009 | 94 – 98 | 27 | 29 |
| | Week | Episode | Average Points | Peaking Points |
| 21 | March 9–13, 2009 | 99 – 103 | 26 | — |
| 22 | March 16–20, 2009 | 104 – 108 | 25 | — |
| 23 | March 23–27, 2009 | 109 – 113 | 26 | — |
| 24 | March 30 – April 3, 2009 | 114 – 118 | 25 | — |
| 25 | April 6–10, 2009 | 119 – 123 | 23 | 24 |
| 26 | April 13–17, 2009 | 124 – 128 | 25 | — |
| 27 | April 20–24, 2009 | 129 – 133 | 24 | — |
| 28 | April 27 – May 1, 2009 | 134 – 138 | 25 | — |
| 29 | May 4–8, 2009 | 139 – 143 | 24 | — |
| 30 | May 11–15, 2009 | 144 – 147 | 25 | — |
| 31 | May 18–22, 2009 | 148 – 152 | 25 | 27 |
| 32 | May 25–29, 2009 | 153 – 156 | 24 | — |
| 33 | June 1–5, 2009 | 157 – 161 | 25 | — |
| 34 | June 8–12, 2009 | 162 – 166 | 25 | — |
| 35 | June 15–19, 2009 | 167 – 171 | 25 | 27 |
| 36 | June 22–26, 2009 | 172 – 176 | 25 | — |
| 37 | June 29 – July 3, 2009 | 177 – 181 | 24 | 26 |
| 38 | July 6–10, 2009 | 182 – 186 | 25 | — |
| 39 | July 13–17, 2009 | 187 – 191 | 26 | — |
| 40 | July 20–24, 2009 | 192 – 196 | 25 | — |
| | Week | Episode | Average Points | Peaking Points |
| 41 | July 27–31, 2009 | 197 – 201 | 26 | — |
| 42 | August 3–7, 2009 | 202 – 206 | 28 | — |
| 43 | August 10–14, 2009 | 207 – 211 | 26 | — |
| 44 | August 18–21, 2009 | 212 – 215 | 25 | — |
| 45 | August 24–28, 2009 | 216 – 220 | 27 | — |
| 46 | August 31 – September 4, 2009 | 221 – 225 | 28 | — |
| 47 | September 7–11, 2009 | 226 – 230 | 28 | — |
| 48 | September 14–18, 2009 | 231 – 235 | 28 | — |
| 49 | September 21–25, 2009 | 236 – 240 | 26 | — |
| 50 | September 28–30, 2009 | 241 – 243 | 25 | — |
| 51 | October 5–9, 2009 | 244 – 248 | 27 | — |
| 52 | October 12–16, 2009 | 249 – 253 | 27 | — |
| 53 | October 20–23, 2009 | 254 – 257 | 25 | 28 |
| 54 | October 26–30, 2009 | 258 – 262 | 27 | — |
| 55 | November 2–6, 2009 | 263 – 267 | 26 | — |
| 56 | November 9–13, 2009 | 268 – 272 | 27 | — |
| 57 | November 16–20, 2009 | 273 – 277 | 27 | — |
| 58 | November 23–27, 2009 | 278 – 282 | 27 | — |
| 59 | November 30 – December 4, 2009 | 283 – 287 | 27 | — |
| 60 | December 7–11, 2009 | 288 – 292 | 26 | — |
| | Week | Episode | Average Points | Peaking Points |
| 61 | December 14–18, 2009 | 293 – 297 | 26 | — |
| 62 | December 21–25, 2009 | 298 – 302 | 23 | — |
| 63 | December 28, 2009 – January 1, 2010 | 303 – 307 | 25 | — |
| 64 | January 4–8, 2010 | 308 – 312 | 26 | — |
| 65 | January 11–15, 2010 | 313 – 317 | 27 | — |
| 66 | January 18–22, 2010 | 318 – 322 | 26 | — |
| 67 | January 25–29, 2010 | 323 – 327 | 27 | — |
| 68 | February 1–5, 2010 | 328 – 332 | 26 | — |
| 68 | February 8–12, 2010 | 333 – 337 | 24 | — |