Thursday, May 24, 2012

One Scoop of Porridge

Posted by noelbynature

Chun See of Good Morning Yesterday reflects on the Cantonese radio dramas of yesteryear.


In the early sixties, when television was not yet widely available because of the high cost of owning a tv set as well as the short transmission hours, our main form of news and entertainment was the radio. Unlike my friend Victor who lived in town, we did not have rediffusion in our kampong. Our favourite programme was the wuxia (Chinese pugilistic) stories told by the late story-teller Lee Dai Soh. But did you know that besides such stories, we also had radio dramas. These were usually in Cantonese and broadcast in the afternoon at around 2 pm, whilst Lee Dai Soh’s programme came on at around 6 pm. My siblings and followed these mini-series faithfully.

Read more about the radio dramas on Good Morning Yesterday.

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