

A Chip Off the Old Block
2009-11-30 · 45 min / episode · Not rated
A Chip Off the Old Block is a 2009 TVB television drama from Hong Kong produced and created by Poon Ka Tak. The original broadcast was on the TVB Jade with approximately 45-minute long episodes airing five days a week. The final two episodes were an hour and a half long each, which aired during the weekends. A Chip Off the Old Block tells the story of the articulate businessman Chor Chi, who accidentally travels back in time to the 1960s and meets his younger father, Chor Fan.
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- Poon Ka-Tak
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- TVB
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- Hong Kong
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- Ended
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Nancy Wu Ting-Yan
Sunny Chan Kam-Hung
Myolie Wu Hang-YeeSo Fung-nei
Ron Ng Cheuk-Hai
Shirley Yeung Sze-Kei
David Chiang Da-Wei
Gigi Wong
Louis Yuen Siu-Cheung
Carlo Ng Ka-Lok
Mandy Wong
Teresa Lee Fung
Chun Wong
Henry Lo Chun-Shun
Chan Wing-Chun
Lily Lai-Lai Liu
Lau Gwai-Fong
Samuel Kwok Fung
Quinn Ho
So Lai Ming
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