# Breakout (Singaporean TV series)

Breakout (Chinese: 破天网) is a Singaporean Chinese drama television series which was broadcast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. The series starred Jeanette Aw, Elvin Ng, Zhou Ying, Christopher Lee, Dai Xiangyu and Guo Liang. It debuted on 6 December 2010 and ended on 7 January 2011.
It won Best Drama Serial in 2010 at Star Awards.

## Title

The drama's title translates to the Technical Analysis term in financial markets, referring to super-villain Yang Tianwei's attempt to trade using that strategy so as to get rich quickly enough to seek revenge for his murdered son rather than wait for justice to be meted out.

## Cast
### Yang family

| Artiste | Character | Description |
| Jeanette Aw 欧萱 | Yang Nianqing 杨念青 | Yang Tianwei's daughter Yang Zhenfeng's younger sister Originally named Yang Minhui, but changed name to Yang Nianqing in remembrance of Ye Ziqing Situ Dongcheng's lover Suffered from schizophrenia Drown together with Situ Dongcheng in episode 25 (deceased) |
| Jeanette Aw 欧萱 | Ye Ziqing 叶子青 | Yang Tianwei's wife (deceased) Tang Yaozu's ex-lover Nianqing and Zhenfeng's mother |
| Guo Liang 郭亮 | Yang Tianwei 杨天威 | Main Villain Ziqing's husband Zhenfeng and Nianqing's father Killed by Yang Nianqing in episode 25 (deceased) |
| Jerald Tan 陈杰乐 | Chris Yang Zhenfeng 杨振锋 | Younger (episode 1) |
| Dai Xiangyu 戴向宇 | Chris Yang Zhenfeng 杨振锋 | Older Second Villain Killed by Situ Zhongcheng with two gunshots in episode 25 (deceased) |

### Tang family

| Artiste | Character | Description |
| Zheng Geping 郑各评 | Tang Yaozu 汤耀祖 | Tang Ying's father Murdered by car accident |
| Regene Lim 林咏谊 | Tang Ying 汤颖 | Younger (episodes 1) |
| Zhou Ying 周颖 | Tang Ying 汤颖 | Older |
| Liu Yu 刘羽 | Tang Kai 汤凯 | Tang Ying's brother (episode 1) Killed in the car accident |
| Yan Bingliang 严丙量 | Tang Yaozong | Tang Ying's uncle Tang Yaozu's older brother Severed all relations with Tang Ying |

### Zou Jieming's family

| Artiste | Character | Description |
| Elvin Ng 黄俊雄 | Zou Jieming 邹杰明 | Bai Huahua's son Xu Changgen's step-son Xu Chunli's step-brother Has autism, but is highly intelligent Shot by Yang Zhenfeng while saving Tang Ying in episode 25, recovered in the end |
| Lin Meijiao 林梅娇 | Bai Huahua 白花花 | Zou Jieming and Xu Chunli's mother Bee hoon stall owner |
| Bryan Chan 陈国华 | Xu Changgen 许长根 | Bai Huahua's husband Zou Jieming's stepfather Xu Chunli's father Ex-gambling addict |
| Ya Hui 雅慧 | Xu Chunli 许春丽 | Xu Changgen and Bai Huahua's daughter Zou jieming's step-sister |

### Other characters

| Artiste | Character | Description |
| Christopher Lee 李铭顺 | Situ Dongcheng 司徒东城 | Former lawyer ruined by Yang Zhenfeng Released from prison in episode 2 Nianqing's lover Shot and killed Yang Zhenfeng in Episode 25 Drowned together with Yang Nianqing in Episode 25 (Deceased- Episode 25) |
| Pan Lingling 潘玲玲 | Cai Siling 蔡思灵 | Yang Tianwei's ex-lover |
| Desmond Tan 陈泂江 | Cai Haoyu 蔡浩宇 | Cai Siling's younger brother Dentist |
| Darren Lim 林明伦 | Wang Lianzhou 汪连州 | Situ Dongcheng's former colleague and rival |
| Christina Lim 林佩芬 | Fan Meiqi 范美琪 | Situ Dongcheng's ex-girlfriend |
| Belinda Lee 李心钰 | Ya Lina 雅丽娜 | A witch from the Yiluo tribe |
| Adam Chen 詹金泉 | Alex | Nianqing's ex-boyfriend Undercover Interpol officer Later murdered by Zhenfeng |
| Richard Low 刘谦益 | Jimmy Zhang | Detective hired as a PI to investigate the Yangs' criminal activities |
| Rebecca Lim 林慧玲 | Suying 素英 | Zhenfeng's ex-girlfriend |
| Chen Huihui 陈慧慧 | Miss Wong | Tang Ying's nurse |
| Li Wenhai 李文海 | Kun 坤哥 | |

## Broadcast

It was the tenth Channel 8 drama to be fully filmed in HD and the first to be filmed in Dolby Digital.
This drama was encored from 30 November 2011 to 3 January 2012 at midnight, from 28 September 2022 to 25 October 2022 Tue to Sat 12AM, and was now rated as PG for violence, similar to The Ultimatum. As a result, The Family Court and The Score were not being broadcast at midnight, but at 5.30pm instead and once more from 23 December 2024 Monday 12 AM Replay programme.

## Awards and nominations

Breakout lead the nominations for, and won the most awards for acting and technical categories in the 2011 Star Awards ceremony. It also won three nominations and commendations at the 2011 Asian Television Awards.

### Star Awards 2011

| Accolades | Award | Nominee(s) | Results |
| Star Awards | Young Talent Award | Jerald Tan | Nominated |
| Star Awards | Best Theme Song | "网" by Jeff Chang | Won |
| Star Awards | Best Director | Chong Liung Man | Won |
| Star Awards | Best Screenplay | Ang Eng Tee | Nominated |
| Star Awards | Best Costume Designer | Xu Yingying | Nominated |
| Star Awards | Best Sound/Music Design | Long Soo Ming/Zheng Kaihua | Won |
| Star Awards | Best Drama Serial | — | Won |
| Star Awards | Top Rated Drama Serial | — | Nominated |
| Star Awards | Star Awards for Favourite Male Character | Elvin Ng | Won |
| Star Awards | Star Awards for Favourite Female Character | Jeanette Aw | Nominated |
| Star Awards | Star Awards for Favourite Female Character | Zhou Ying | Nominated |
| Star Awards | Most Favourite On-screen couple | Jeanette Aw & Christopher Lee | Won |
| Star Awards | Most Favourite On-screen couple | Elvin Ng & Zhou Ying | Nominated |
| Accolades | Award | Nominee(s) | Results |
| Star Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Darren Lim | Nominated |
| Star Awards | Best Actor | Christopher Lee | Nominated |
| Star Awards | Best Actor | Elvin Ng | Nominated |
| Star Awards | Best Actress | Jeanette Aw | Nominated |
| Star Awards | Best Actress | Zhou Ying | Nominated |
| Star Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Lin Meijiao | Nominated |
| Star Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Pan Lingling | Won |

### Asian Television Awards

| Award | Nominee(s) | Result |
| Best Actor | Christopher Lee | Nominated (Highly commended) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Pan Lingling | Nominated (Highly commended) |
| Best Screenplay | Ang Eng Tee | Nominated (Highly commended) |

### Parody

During the awards ceremony, Christopher Lee, Huang Wenyong, Ben Yeo and other actors performed a parody of the series. Lee, portraying Breakout director Chong Liung Man, and his "camera crew" (played by Huang and Yeo) were filming a scene on the harbour. Veteran radio deejay Dennis Chew played Yang Tianwei, ceremony co-host Quan Yi Fong played Yang Nianqing, popular television host Lee Teng played Yang Zhenfeng, award nominee Zhou Ying reprised her role as Tang Ying and Quan's co-host Guo Liang played Zou Jieming.