The Day It Rained on Our Parade

Summary

The Day It Rained on Our Parade (Chinese: 那一年我们淋着雨) is a 4-part Singaporean Chinese drama produced in conjunction with National Day and the 47th anniversary of independence from the British. It starred Eelyn Kok, Cynthia Koh, Pan Lingling, Chew Chor Meng, Aileen Tan, Priscelia Chan & Ng Hui as the casts of the series. It was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It debuted on 4 August 2012, and screened every Saturday night at 10:30 pm,[1] with a repeat telecast at Sunday afternoons at 12:00pm. The series was dubbed in English, Malay and Tamil and aired on Channel 5, Suria and Vasantham.

The Day It Rained on Our Parade
那一年我们淋着雨
GenreNational Day
Historical
StarringEelyn Kok
Cynthia Koh
Pan Lingling
Chew Chor Meng
Aileen Tan
Priscelia Chan
Ng Hui
Country of originSingapore
Original languageChinese
No. of episodes4
Production
Running timeapprox. 45 minutes
Original release
NetworkMediaCorp Channel 8
Release4 August (2012-08-04) –
25 August 2012 (2012-08-25)

Cast edit

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Plot edit

The story is about the 1968 National Day Parade and the characters, though fictional, and events are based on eyewitness accounts.

Episodes edit

Episode Title Original airdate Encore date
1"Episode One"4 August 2012 (2012-08-04) PG5 August 2012 PG
2"Episode Two"11 August 2012 (2012-08-11) PG12 August 2012 PG
3"Episode Three"18 August 2012 (2012-08-18)19 August 2012
4"Finale"25 August 2012 (2012-08-25) PG26 August 2012 PG

Production edit

To celebrate Singapore's 47th National Day, MediaCorp produced a drama based on the 1968 National Day Parade (NDP). As the 1968 NDP was held on a rainy day, the drama was named after the rainy day.[1][3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Mediacorp to produce 4-episode national day drama". sg.news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ^ "The Day It Rained on Our Parade《那一年我们淋着雨》 – on bagua8". Archived from the original on 27 June 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  3. ^ "The rugged society's day..." eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 9 March 2019.