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On the Fringe (2011 TV series)

Singaporean television series

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On the Fringe (simplified Chinese: 边缘父子) is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. The show's main cast were Li Nanxing, Fann Wong, Rui En and Zhang Yaodong. The show which lasted 20 episodes premiered on 2 August 2011 and ended on 29 August 2011. This drama is a remake from the 1987 series of the same name, which also stars Li and features ex-prisoners and similar antiheroes.

Yao Zhiyong and his group of friends are a gang of rebellious teenagers who call themselves the WCS. They regularly get into fights with rival gangs. On one such occasion, Zhiyong and his friends had a close brush with the law when the police were called in. At home, he has been walking the thin line by trying to keep his "extracurricular activities" away from his mother.

Meanwhile, Tian Yibang is nearing the end of his jail sentence and reminisces about his old life. Before going to jail, he had been happily married and had a baby son. He refused to change to his old ways and the police soon caught up with him. His wife later came to prison and told him that she was taking away their son and raise him herself without acknowledging him as the birth father. Heartbroken, Yibang resolves to change his life around.

Yibang is released from prison and tries to find some work. At the same time, Zhiyong has been getting into trouble and by chance, their paths cross. Yibang sees his old self in Zhiyong and attempts to help Zhiyong before he goes on the road of no return. To his shock, he later discovers that Zhiyong is his long-lost biological son. Can Yibang help Zhiyong before it is too late?

• Li Nanxing as Tian Yibang 田一邦
• Fann Wong as Liu Jiali 刘佳丽, the successor leader of the gang after the gang leader was killed : Fann was initially cast in the role of the gang leader but was unavailable as she expected to act in a film in China. Chen Liping was then cast for the role which she accepted. Chen subsequently declined the role for health reasons and Fann was cast for the role again and had to refuse the acting engagement in China.^[1][2]
• Yao Wenlong as Four-eyed Chicken 四眼鸡
• Brandon Wong as Ah Qing 阿清
• Cansen Goh 吴开深 as Mo Da 莫达
• Rayson Tan as Yao Guo Hua 姚国华
• Pan Lingling as Hua Hua 花花
• Alan Tern as Jack
• Eelyn Kok as Ivy
• Rui En 瑞恩 as Lin Shasha 林莎莎^[3]
• Zhang Yaodong as Leo^[3]
• Kate Pang as Zhong Ling 鐘玲
• Chen Tianwen as Luo Biao 罗标
• Constance Song as Nancy
• Jeremy Chan as Ah Dang 阿当
• Bryan Chan as Shortie Hong 矮仔洪
• Ian Fang as Jason Liu 刘杰生
• Edwin Goh as Yao Zhiyong 姚志勇
• Kimberly Chia as Ah Ya 阿雅
• Gabriel Lee 李正豪 as Ah Dong 阿东
• Elizabeth Lee 李巧儿 as Joey 祖儿
• Phua Yida 潘昱达 as Tomato

The show received 12 nominations in the 2012 Star Awards ceremony, which tied another drama (Devotion) for its most nominations for a ceremony. The series won three awards (which also tied with two other dramas, A Tale of 2 Cities and Love Thy Neighbour) as the largest count of awards for a ceremony; with the show winning the year's Best Drama Serial, this show became the first television remake to win the Drama Serial award.