Wikipedia / The Charm Beneath
Wikipedia / The Charm Beneath
The Charm Beneath (Traditional Chinese: 胭脂水粉) is a TVB period drama series broadcast in October 2005. The series was shown to celebrate TVB's 38th Anniversary.
Sheren Tang and Bobby Au-Yeung were originally cast in this series instead of Gigi Lai and Moses Chan when the teaser trailer premiered in the TVB sales presentation in 2005.
Synopsis
They hide a dagger in a smile,
Are they driven by desire for power,
Or is it their only way to survive?
Cast
The Chuk family
Cast | Role | Description |
Chuk Moon-Shan 祝滿山 | Geng Fa Tong (鏡花堂) Founder Chuk Moon-Tin's older brother. Chuk Yau-Shing, Chuk Yau-Yip, Chuk Ming-Man's father. Died in episode 19 by Heart Failure | |
Lo Siu Ngan 路笑顏 | Chuk Yau-Shing, Chuk Yau-Yip, Chuk Ming-Man's mother. | |
Chan Ying-Hung 陳影紅 | Chuk Ming-Wai and Ling Tin-Long's mother. | |
Chuk Yau-Shing 祝有成 | Sung Wan-Seung's husband. Chuk Moon-Shan's eldest son.-Died in episode 3 probably by internal bleeding | |
Sung Wan-Seung 宋雲裳 | Chuk Yau-Shing's wife. Probably dead in episode 30 by drowning | |
Chuk Yau-Yip 祝有業 | Wong Hiu-Ching's boyfriend. Chuk Moon-Shan's son. | |
Chuk Ming-Wai 祝明蕙 | Lai Kwok-Cheung's wife. Chuk Moon-Shan and Chan Ying-Hung's daughter. | |
Lai Kwok-Cheung 黎國昌 | Chuk Ming-Wai's husband. | |
Chuk Ming-Man 祝明敏 | Chuk Moon-Shan's daughter. | |
Ling Tin-Long 寧天朗 | Chan Ying-Hung's son. Chuk Ming-Wai's step brother. | |
Chuk Moon-Tin 祝滿田 | Li Ah-Sin's husband. Chuk Moon-Shan's younger brother. Chuk Yau-Bong's father. Jailed for attempted murder in episode 30 | |
Li Ah-Sin 李雅仙 | Chuk Moon-Tin's wife. Chuk Yau-Bong's mother. | |
Chuk Yau-Bong 祝有邦 | Chuk Moon-Tin and Li Ah-Sin's son. Died in episode 22 by brain damage or severe head injury |
The Ng family
Cast | Role | Description |
Mr. Ng | Ng Yi-Fong and Ng Yi-Ching's father. Deceased. | |
Ng Lo Siu-Yung 吳路笑容 | Ng Yi-Fong and Ng Yi-Ching's mother. | |
Ng Yi-Fong 吳以方 | Ng Lo Siu-Yung's daughter. Ng Yi-Ching's older sister. | |
Ng Yi-Ching 吳以正 | Ng Lo Siu-Yung's son. Ng Yi-Fong's younger brother. |
The Wang family
Cast | Role | Description |
Wong Hiu-Fai 汪曉暉 | Wong Hiu-Ching's older brother. Died in episode 25 by murder | |
Wong Hiu-Ching 汪曉晴 | Wong Hiu-Fai's younger sister. Chuk Yau-Yip's girlfriend. |
Reception
With the grand production title and boasted a very impressive casts, TVB Had spent the amount of money and highly promotion into the production, likely to granted out Anniversary Series as well as set out to create a 1930s version of successful's War and Beauty but returned the disappoint rating then they been expected due to the various of reason about viewers' taste and the way the drama portray different so far from War's Darken plot, making the grand production which failed. Began with 27 average point and minor growth in the following, praised the cast and producer an unhopeful high rating already. The Drama ended up with a bit better result with 32 average point with highest peak at 36 although it still couldn't compare to War and Beauty's final rating.
Despite the loss in the terms of rating, The Charm Beneath pressed out with a majority of positive reviews, began critical acclaims. one of the Outstanding drama of 2005 already considered in some reviews, deemed it classics. The Drama had memorable with Anne Heung's villain. Other began with cast's Disturbing acting and well script. Its theme song also recognized well into its story line with the quiet but breathtaking sound. After all, The Drama garner enough for two female nomination at TVB's 38th Anniversary award with Gigi Lai for Best Actress and Kiki Sheung for Best Supporting actress.
Viewership ratings
Week | Episode | Average Points | Peaking Points | References |
1 | October 17–21, 2005 | 1 — 5 | 27 | — |
2 | October 24–28, 2005 | 6 — 10 | 27 | — |
3 | October 31 - November 4, 2005 | 11 — 15 | 28 | — |
4 | November 7–11, 2005 | 16 — 20 | 29 | — |
5 | November 14–18, 2005 | 21 — 25 | 31 | — |
6 | November 21–25, 2005 | 26 — 30 | 32 | 36 |
References
External links
TVB.com The Charm Beneath - Official Website