The Charm Beneath

The Charm Beneath (Traditional Chinese: 胭脂水粉) is a TVB period drama series broadcast in October 2005. The series is shown to celebrate TVB's 38th Anniversary.

The Charm Beneath
胭脂水粉
The Charm Beneath poster
GenrePeriod Drama
StarringMoses Chan
Gigi Lai
Yoyo Mung
Anne Heung
Opening theme"鏡花" by
Gigi Lai
Ending theme"痕跡" by
Moses Chan
Country of originHong Kong
Original language(s)Cantonese
No. of episodes30
Production
Running time45 minutes (approx.)
Release
Original networkTVB
Original releaseOctober 17 –
November 25, 2005
External links
Website

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
CastRoleDescription
Chan Hung LitChuk 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.
Mary Hon (韓馬利)Chan Ying-Hung
陳影紅		Chuk Ming-Wai and Ling Tin-Long's mother.
Savio Tsang (曾偉權)Chuk Yau-Shing
祝有成		Sung Wan-Seung's husband.
Chuk Moon-Shan's eldest son.-Died in episode 3-
Anne HeungSung Wan-Seung
宋雲裳		Chuk Yau-Shing's wife.
Moses ChanChuk Yau-Yip
祝有業		Wong Hiu-Ching's boyfriend.
Chuk Moon-Shan's son.
Gigi LaiChuk Ming-Wai
祝明蕙		Lai Kwok-Cheung's wife.
Chuk Moon-Shan and Chan Ying-Hung's daughter.
Ram ChiangLai Kwok-Cheung
黎國昌		Chuk Ming-Wai's husband.
Mandy ChoChuk Ming-Man
祝明敏		Chuk Moon-Shan's daughter.
Fred ChengLing Tin-Long
寧天朗		Chan Ying-Hung's son.
Chuk Ming-Wai's step brother.
Li Kwok Lun (李國麟)Chuk Moon-Tin
祝滿田		Li Ah-Sin's husband.
Chuk Moon-Shan's younger brother.
Chuk Yau-Bong's father.
Kiki Sheung (商天娥)Li Ah-Sin
李雅仙		Chuk Moon-Tin's wife.
Chuk Yau-Bong's mother.
Ngo Ka-ninChuk Yau-Bong
祝有邦		Chuk Moon-Tin and Li Ah-Sin's son.

The Ng family
CastRoleDescription
Chan Lit Hung (盧宛茵)Ng Lo Siu-Yung
吳路笑容		Ng Yi-Fong and Ng Yi-Ching's mother.
Yoyo MungNg Yi-Fong
吳以方		Ng Lo Siu-Yung's daughter.
Ng Yi-Ching's older sister.
Oscar Leung (梁烈唯)Ng Yi-Ching
吳以正		Ng Lo Siu-Yung's son.
Ng Yi-Fong's younger brother.

The Wang family
CastRoleDescription
Michael TongWong Hiu-Fai
汪曉暉		Wong Hiu-Ching's older brother.
Sharon ChanWong 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,[1] 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.[2] The Drama had memorable with Anne Heung's villain.[3][4] 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.[5] 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 — [6]
2 October 24–28, 2005 6 — 10 27 — [7]
3 October 31 - November 4, 2005 11 — 15 28 — [8]
4 November 7–11, 2005 16 — 20 29 — [9]
5 November 14–18, 2005 21 — 25 31 — [10]
6 November 21–25, 2005 26 — 30 32 36 [11]
gollark: What if we ask GPT-3?
gollark: What if we ask that octahedral writer who came up with those random grammar rules in English last century?
gollark: What if we ask someone missing, what is it, Wernicke's area, which is the bit of the brain doing language processing?
gollark: What if we ask speakers of more tightly controlled languages like French?
gollark: What if we ask someone who has somehow not been exposed to the idea of "grammar" and doesn't understand the question?

References
  1. of “war and beauty”
  2. Hall of Fam
  3. desperate widow no. 1 (finale)
  4. The Anniversary Series:
  5. deciphering themesongs #3
  6. Week 1 Ratings
  7. Week 2 Ratings
  8. Week 3 Ratings
  9. Week 4 Ratings
  10. Week 5 Ratings
  11. Week 6 Ratings
  • TVB.com The Charm Beneath - Official Website (in Chinese)
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