Under One Roof (1995)
Under One Roof was a television programme in Singapore. First aired in 1995, Under One Roof was the first locally-produced English-language sitcom in Singapore. A critical and popular success, the show won the Best Comedy Programme or Series Award at the Asian Television Awards in both 1996 and 1997, a Best comedy actor award,three best comedy actress awards and was a finalist in the "Best Sitcom" category at the International Emmy Awards as well as the New York Festivals Awards.It paved the way for future sitcoms like Happy Belly, Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, Mr. Kiasu, and Living with Lydia. It starred a multicultural cast reflecting the ethnic makeup of Singapore: Moses Lim, Koh Chieng Mun, Vernetta Lopez, Nicholas Lee, Andrew Lim, Selena Tan, Zaibo, Norleena Salim and Daisy Irani. In later seasons where Selena Tan's character made an appearance, Chinese-Hong Kong actor Richard Ng was cast to play Bobby, Anita's father.
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Episode 1 - Thirty Old Man
Release Date: 1998-01-01The team is back with another season of exciting happenings.
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Episode 2 - Basketball Blues
Release Date: 1998-01-08Yusof neglects Rosnah as he practises hard for a slamdunk victory over his old nemesis, the Kaki Bukit Boys. At the Tan household, Denise and Adam have their first lover's tiff while Ronnie becomes the target of feminine attention.
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Episode 3 - Buddy Boss
Release Date: 1998-01-15Ronnie meets the CEO of an advertising and marketing company and gets hired. Daisy hunts for a tenant for one of the rooms while Denise brings a stray puppy home.
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Episode 4 - Revenge Of The Brothers Wong
Release Date: 1998-01-22The moral of the story is...Well, Tan Ah Teck's fave line might find itself in print soon, as money-minded Ronnie is planning to publish a book out of the former's many stories. Meanwhile Paul and Denise run into problems of the heart.
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Episode 5 - Water Gets In Your Ears
Release Date: 1998-01-29Dolly's matchmaking instincts go into overdrive as she sets Paul up with her mahjong kaki's daughter. Teck takes a dip at the neighbourhood pool and gets water trapped in his ears.
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Episode 6 - The Magic Stone
Release Date: 1998-02-05Better titled Neighbourhood Watch. Dolly and Rosnah go undercover to nab a con men selling magic stones. Meanwhile, Paul thinks of a career change and possibly starting a business. Pharmaceutical perhaps?
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Episode 7 - The Great Golf Gladiators
Release Date: 1998-02-12Singapore's nuttiest family hops back on our screens for a fourth season - Teck suffers a mid-life crisis. Dolly and Rosnah go crime-busting. Paul returns to the fold, Ronnie goes job-hunting and Denise goes to university.
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Episode 8 - The Visiting Niece
Release Date: 1998-02-19Rosnah's niece breaks her engagement after listening to Rosnah and Yusof's pep talk. Ronnie gets Paul to help him sing a song to impress a girl and Teck keeps getting parking fines.
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Episode 9 - Just Friends
Release Date: 1998-02-26Is Paul a full-timer? Is that money-minded Ronnie, a university graduate, penniless? and is Ah Teck a romantic at heart?
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Episode 10 - Teck & The Harley
Release Date: 1998-03-05Teck wants to own a motorbike, thinking he can beat the traffic congestion, but first he must get the green light from Dolly. Meanwhile, Denise tries her best to shed her goody-two-shoes image. Rosnah and Yusof plan to have a perfect holiday in London until...
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Episode 11 - Madam Mahjong
Release Date: 1998-03-12Dolly takes part in an inter-constituency mahjong championship, while Denise and Adam face a dilemma as the latter is awarded a scholarship to Canada.
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Episode 12 - Who Am I?
Release Date: 1998-03-19Unable to recall a friend's name, or the fact that she owes her friend mahjong money, Dolly is worried that she is losing her memory. Paul has a hot date at a restaurant until he bumps into an old flame who works there. Meanwhile, Ronnie is hard-hit by the economic crisis as he has difficulty finding a job.
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Episode 13 - Lights, Camera, Rejection
Release Date: 1998-03-26The series continues with a load of happenings
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Episode 14 - Like Father, Unlike Son
Release Date: 1998-04-02Two women make a minimart: Dolly and Rosnah are constantly bickering at each other when Dolly reveals the latter's age. Meanwhile, Paul sets up a stall inside Ah Teck's minimart selling vitamin pills. All's well till he messes up Ah Teck's fave past time, eating.
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Episode 15 - The Rookie
Release Date: 1998-04-09Ronnie becomes a photo journalist but finds himself attached to an obnoxious reporter. Denise is all set for her first moot session in NUS. Meanwhile, Dolly and Rosnah have a tiff over a set of microwave bowls.
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Episode 16 - Very Few Good Men
Release Date: 1998-04-16Michael returns from down under and turns things upside down at Daisy's house. Rosnah gives Yusof the cold shoulder until the latter remembers what he has done wrong. And on her first day at law school, Denise finds a handphone and trouble comes a calling.
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Episode 17 - Truly, Madly, Deeply
Release Date: 1998-04-23When a neighbour moves into the flat upstairs, Rosnah and Dolly are convinced he's a robber and kidnapper. Yusof takes up magic as a new hobby, but his hocus pocus is out of focus and it ties up more of his time than he expected. Ronnie gets his first paycheck but he spends it all instead of paying Teck the money he owes. Ronnie tries writing a freelance article for his magazine to help pay up the money.
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Episode 18 - Children Of A Lesser Minimart Owner
Release Date: 1998-04-30Pandemonium arises when Ah Teck decides to retire and let his children run the mini-mart.
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Episode 19 - Ping Pong Pal
Release Date: 1998-05-07Denise befriends a student from China who's a table tennis fanatic, but the latter's obsession with the game drives her up the wall. Meanwhile, Ah Teck receives a summons from the traffic police.
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Episode 20 - Long Before Your Time
Release Date: 1998-05-14The final act: Ah Teck the storyteller spins one of his greatest yarns - a tale that brings us back to ancient China, and acted by the Tans and their neighbours! Singapore's first English sitcom in epic Chinese opera style?