Double Happiness (TV series)
# Double Happiness (TV series)

Double Happiness (Chinese: 喜临门) is a Chinese drama serial on MediaCorp Channel 8 in Singapore which was screened in 2004 and ended in Jan 2005. It stars Ivy Lee , Xie Shaoguang , Edmund Chen , Vivian Lai & Zhang Wei as the casts of this series. It consists two parts, with 70 episodes in this part of the show. It is about a family who sells fish and chips in a renowned restaurant in East Coast Road called Happy Fish. The restaurant has its ups and downs, but eventually it will come out strong, but not without tragedies and lessons learnt.

In 2007 MediaCorp sold its rights to Chinese broadcaster CCTV8 and it was broadcast in China in 5 parts. It also had a rerun on Channel 8 in August 2012 to March 2013 for both seasons. The latest rerun was in Jan 2020 to Sep 2020 on weekends 7.30am.

## Synopsis

The main female character in the show is Yaxi, who has to struggle with the Luo family for the control of Happy Fish, a Fish and Chips Restaurant. Yaxi, who is married to the Luos' second son Jiaqi, is a career woman who had hardly frequents a kitchen and is asked to look after Happy Fish by her dying mother-in-law.

## Cast

* Ivy Lee as Situ Yaxi, Jiaqi's wife
* Edmund Chen as Luo Jiaqi, Situ Yaxi's husband
* Xie Shaoguang as Luo Jialong, Yaxi's brother in law and Meili's husband
* Patricia Mok as Su Meili, Jialong's wife
* Xiang Yun as Luo Jiaxi, Jialong first younger sister, Xuezhi's wife
* Huang Yiliang as Lin Xuezhi, Jiaxi's husband
* Li Xianmin as Lin Wenwen, Jiaxi and Xuezhi's daughter
* Aileen Tan as Luo Jiayu
* Rayson Tan as Huang Yaozu, Jiayu's husband
* Kimberly Wang as Lana, Yaozu and Jiayu's daughter
* Clarence Neo Jia Jun as Patrick, Yaozu and Jiayu's son
* Vivian Lai as Luo Jiaqian
* Alan Tern as Wenjie/Wenxiong (Dual Role)
* Priscelia Chan as Lin Meijiao, later Shirley
* Jin Yinji as Mrs. Luo/Ah Feng (Dual Role)
* Zhang Wei as Luo Kaijin
* Hong Huifang as Luo Kaiyin, Kaijin's younger sister
* Henry Thia as Gao Ah Peng, Meijiao's former husband
* Jeff Wang as Luo Jiafu
* Chen Tianwen as William
* Yao Wenlong as Tang Jiaming

### Guest cast

* Moses Lim
* Brandon Wong

## Accolades

| Ceremony | Award | Nominees | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| Star Awards 2004 Show 1 | Young Talent Award | Li Xianmin 李咸慜 | Won |
| Star Awards 2004 Show 1 | Best Screenplay | Ang Eng Tee | Won |
| Star Awards 2004 Show 2 | Best Actor | Xie Shaoguang | Won |
| Star Awards 2004 Show 2 | Best Actress | Ivy Lee | Won |
| Star Awards 2004 Show 2 | Best Actress | Xiang Yun | Nominated |
| Star Awards 2004 Show 2 | Best Supporting Actor | Jeff Wang | Nominated |
| Star Awards 2004 Show 2 | Best Supporting Actress | Hong Huifang | Nominated |
| Star Awards 2004 Show 2 | Best Supporting Actress | Vivian Lai | Nominated |
| Star Awards 2004 Show 2 | Best Drama Serial | — | Nominated |
| Star Awards 2007 | Favourite On-screen Partners 最佳荧幕搭档 | Edmund Chen and Ivy Lee (as Luo Jiaqi and Situ Yaxi) | Top 5 |
