Chung Seung Wan Siu

RATINGS:
Episodes 1-5 (31 points)
Episodes 6-10 (31 points)
Episodes 11-15 (32 points)
Episodes 16-19 (33 points)
Episodes 20-24 (33 points)
Episodes 25-29 (33 points)
Episodes 30-34 (33 points)
Episodes 35-39 (32 points)
Episode 40 (34 points)

CAST:
Tong Yik Sum - Francis Ng Chun Yu
Ling Wan Chi - Joe Ma Tak Chung
Lok Yi Shan - Flora Chan Wai Shan
So Yee - Myolie Wu Hang Yee
Tong Yik Fung - Ron Ng Cheuk Hai
Tung Hei Yan - Michelle Ye Xuan
Man Ho Chung - Sammul Chan Kin Fung
Tse Lap Ho - Bosco Wong Chung Chak
Ko Chi Wang - Kenneth Ma Kwok Ming
Tong ??? - Shek Sau
Ying Shi Mei - Mary Hon Ma Lei
Ling Cheuk Ji - Woo Ding Yan
Tung Ting - Rebecca Chan Sau Chu
Kam Chak Tai - Lok Ying Kwan
Ching Yat Tung - Tang Chi Fung
Yau Wai Kei - Margaret Chung Lai Kei
Bui Ka Lo - Louisa So Yuk Wah
Szeto Hin - Edmond So Chi Wai
Tang Wai Nei - Natalie Wong Kei Ying
Chee Sheung Man - Deno Cheung Chung Chi
Tong Wan Miu - Fung Hiu Man
Chow Wan Tin - Lau Wing Kin
Jerry Lam

GUEST STARS:
Charlene Choi (Episode 6)
Gillian Chung (Episode 6)
Eason Chan (Episode 29)
Joey Yung
Nancy Wu (Episode 9...)
Dave Wong (Episode 32)
Winnie Yeung (Episode 4)
Lee Kwok Lun (Episode 4)
Miriam Yeung
Eileen Yeow (Episode 2...)
Griselda Yeung (Episode 17...)
Cerina de Graca (Episode 37-39)

EPISODES: 40 (Chinese) 60 (Viet)

GENRE: Modern Drama

STORY OVERVIEW:
The old Hong Kong Airport area was where the star of our story Tong Yik Sum grew up and with the aeroplanes flying over his head every day made him fall in love with them. Later, due to a breakdown between his parent's personalities, his mother left him for a faraway place, leaving Sum with a wish to become a pilot to be able to bring back his mother and reunite his family. His family background caused the intelligent and sensible Sum to become even more responsible and from a young age, he is able to look after his father. Through this hard work, he gradually reaches his goal in becoming an airline pilot.

As a senior first officer, Sum's wish all along is to become the first Chinese captain and thus is very strict with his work, with very high expectations from himself and because of this, he is highly respected in his work. As far as Sum is concerned, when flying a plane, to follow every process and procedure is not a difficult thing and with experience it has become second nature to him; conversely, on his communication skills with other people, he finds it hard to grasp, especially when it comes to affairs of the heart, proving the separation of his parents had a deep and lasting effect.

Sum's childhood friend Ling Wan Chi became an aircraft enthusiast with him and then went on to become a pilot as well, but Chi has a different philosophy on love. Chi tells Sum that they should seek out true love, but he will not take things a step at a time like Sum and lose out on some golden opportunities. He will take the driving action and even though others see him as the flirtatious pilot, he has his principle in that he is flirtatious but not rude, he takes this 'branding' in his stride. In the same airport, flight attendant Lok Yi Shan also has the dream of finding true love, but her fate is that she has not yet met with it. Until Shan meets obstacles with her work and decides to resign and take a holiday, where she meets Sum and Chi under the arrangement of destiny and starts a journey where they all seek out their true love...

Rome, Italy. A lively and romantic city that seems to suggest that a hot romantic love affair is about to begin. Sum arrives in Rome through work and a Chinese person in a foreign place will have special memories of everything he meets. Sum and Shan meet by coincidence and the sentimental Shan sees this as the arrival of her destiny, with Sum also developing an unusual feeling for her. In the bustling romantic atmosphere of a foreign land, the two spark off a heated love affair and experience for the first time a taste of passion and a promise of love. However a great misunderstanding causes Sum and Shan to believe that they have been deeply misled and what started as a love sent from the heavens has become a great disappointment. Sum returns to Hong Kong with his colleagues deeply upset and hurt and the sensitive Shan is left alone in the foreign place, feeling very sorry for herself. At this point, she meets with Chi who has arrived later and under his enthusiastic pursuance, Shan overcomes her unhappiness. In the words of Chi, Shan's appearance is a blessing, a confirmation and he quickly chooses her as a target, selecting her to be his partner for life.

During the short time that Sum was in Rome, the most memorable thing for him, apart from Shan was a youth - Ying Fung. In an incident, Sum developed a very strong dislike towards Fung and felt that he was always lazing about and not serious at all. Altogether, this trip to Rome was a terrible experience for Sum and moreover, his bad times created a chance for his good friend Chi to meet and start a love affair with Shan. The reunification of his parents reveals to Sum that when his mother left all those years ago, she was carrying his younger brother Tong Yik Fung when she left and what is more surprising is that Yik Fung is the Ying Fung that he met a year ago in Rome.

When he hears that Shan is to transfer from the Australian base back to Hong Kong, Chi shares this with Sum and Shan meets him again as Chi's fiancée and the forgotten memories once again stimulate their hearts and feelings. Sum offers his sincere congratulations to Chi and Shan in order to allow Shan to relish in Chi's love. During this time, Fung starts to fall in love with So Yee who works in the aviation authorities, but during his chase, he finds that So Yee only has feelings for his big brother Sum, however he only sees her as a little sister and does not care for her love. As a result, Yee becomes another obstacle in the relationship between the two brothers.

Applying for the pilot's school with Fung and also full of confidence, externally bold but internally sensitive is Tung Hei Yan. Yan has little confidence in love and men and has a rather rebellious nature, wanting to do better than men in everything and causing some friction with Fung. With a simple and naive outlook on life and having been showered with love from his rich parents who are directors in a large enterprise, Man Ho Chung develops love at first sight with Yan and her rejections only spur his desires on even more, even making him apply to become a trainee pilot to be near her. After many examinations and as she is waiting for the results as to whether she will be selected for training in Australia, Yan finds some clues about her father's identity and heads to Japan to search for him. In order to prove his commitment to her, Chung and some friends go with her and as Fung is at a rough patch with his family, he decides to go along as well.

Originally thinking that he could put the Rome incident behind him after Chi and Shan's wedding, Sum finds that destiny is taunting him and the road towards a perfect wedding is a complicated triangular love affair. The misunderstanding between Sum and Shan is discovered by Fung and he finally decides to let them overcome their differences and let Shan make a fair choice between him and Sum. Shan's decision brings much relief to Chi, but the experience leaves a thorn in the relationships between the three waiting for the sensitive one to feel the pain and that person is Chi. After this incident, the relationships between the three become even more confusing as Shan and Chi bring together the love between Yee and Sum. With the addition of Yee, this four-person affair becomes an even more difficult situation.

During the training in Australia, Sum and Fung's brotherly relationship develops into a teacher-student situation. Sum returns to Hong Kong to continue his piloting work and the brothers have a chance to work together. As a group of young pilots take to the skies, Sum and Chi are also affected by their spirit and together they work towards their most important examination. At this vital point, Sum finds out that he has a condition that will affect his ability to continue flying and he is plunged into hesitation and despair as he worries about his career. Fung senses something is wrong and finds out about Sum's illness, he decides that this should not be allowed to continue and using the safety of the aircraft as a reason, he reports Sum to the authorities, saying he can no longer be a pilot. Just as everyone is celebrating Chi's success at becoming the first Chinese captain, the announcement is made that Sum is to be transferred into customer services. The ups and downs of flying are like those in life and to continue to pursue one's goals even at the bottom of a valley, there is a belief that there will be a day when you can fly high again.

Sum faces the challenges of his new work with optimism and positivity. At this time Yee's concern and support for him touches him deeply, consolidating his love for her. Originally their pairing was the wish of Chi and Shan, but when Shan sees Sum and Yee acting so lovingly together, she starts to feel jealous and this is discovered by the sensitive Chi. Finally, Chi makes a decision to return to his home in Australia in the hope that Shan can make her decision again. On the other hand: Fung, Yan and Chung's friendship is tested. Chung is still madly in love with Yan, but Yan's relationship with Fung has developed from antagonism to that of affection resulting in an awkward triangular affair. An incident occurs that shows Fung his care for Yan is nowhere near that of Chung and together with Chung's inadvertant pressure on him, this makes him decide to fade out and distance himself from the others.

At this time, Sum and Shan's path appears to be smooth and free from obstacles, however Shan finds out that the more she gives to Sum, the greater she feels the love that Chi gave to her and this is something that Sum can never offer her. Who is the one she loves the most, who is the one who loves her the most, will there be a fruitful result for the love between Shan and Sum? When Fung sees Yee sacrificing herself but pulling back from Sum, will there be more conflict between him and his brother? With Fung, Yan and Chung's love affairs and friendship in a stalemate position, will there be a new development?

Thanks to Em for translating

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joey yung isnt a special guest on this show.

Both Joey n Miriam werent guests in it....i neva saw them....

Out of all the TVB series i have watched, this series waz the most perfect ending!!

Triumph In The Skies is so cool at da last episode Lai Lok Ye is in it!!

they had a good cast for this serie.. wich make it good and many special guests !

they gonna have anotha show thingy or whatever . it'll be 45 mins long but different storyline , same casts

i think around March it will start filmin not sure though

I enjoyed the Eason episode. It was funny, especially when Francis was trying to get his autograph, haha.

They're are going to start filming the 45 mins special edition for Triumph in the Skies in March.

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"Triumph in the Skies" to film Special Edition

[Oriental Daily]

TVB's anniversary series "Triumph in the Skies" cannot be put down as the good reviews have been endless since its airing, when it immediately rescued TVB's dwindling ratings attracting an average of 2 million viewers to tune in and gaining sixth position in the ratings table for 2003. As a result, TVB have decided to film one special edition episode. Reports indicate that this was a request from the show's sponsors, because since the show was aired, this has raised sales for them and with the power of the show to attract high spending customers, it puts it apart from other series.

As for this special show, it has been pencilled in to begin filming in March and will be 45 minutes long. Although it is a special for "Triumph in the Skies", the storyline will be completely different with only the cast being kept the same. The story will still revolve around pilots and flight crew and will be a small romance plotline.

In response to this, Francis Ng is very interested in taking part, because he feels that the cast of "Triumph" was able to create a trend and there will be a definite attraction in filming the special. However he is unsure as to whether he will have the time in his schedule to film the show. He is most worried about his hair and whether he will be able to recreate the original effect because of continuity with his other movie commitments.

Joe Ma was very happy to hear about the special edition because his character has died in the series, so he can 'come back to life' in a new character. To be able to work with the original cast again, Joe feels that this is invaluable and he hopes that this proposal will be able to go ahead.

From: http://tvbspacenews.blogspot.com

the themesong is pretty nice and cant believe that vincent died and it was unexpected. and the ending was pretty good 2

Triumph in the skies is a cool series.. michelle was good and so was myolie....

i really lieked michelle in dis series...i loooooove da themesong by Eason..i also liek da subsong by Flora!! ;DDD i hate the ending though..because Flora nd Francis didnt end up together...=[

i loooooved the ending! *spoilers below*

i was really impressed with S4 (sammul, ron, kenneth, bosco) and their chemistry. i'm glad that michelle didn't just pick a guy because there's no way i would've been able to pick between ron and sammul.

myolie and francis were definitely the cutest ever! i started out wanting francis to be with flora but myolie definitely won me over in the end.

another factor that i LOVED was sek sau's character of phillip tong. he was toooo hilarious...talk about comedic relief!

YUP! now you're being realistic!
glad ya liked the ending hehe

I agree with you. I thought Francis and Myolie made a cute couple. When I first started watching, I thought fate was going bring Francis and Flora back together somehow, but I'm glad how things turned out. Although, it was a shame that Joe had to die. It wasn't necessary, but I guess that's the only way that Flora will be able to choose between the two. In the end, they just weren't meant to be. Hmm..I thought Sek Sau's character was kind of annoying. I mean, Phillip and Cammy kept doing all these lovey dovey scenes, which I find to be very corny, but that's just my opinion.

Triumph in the Skies Poll:

Who did you want Sam (Francis) to end up with?
->Zoe (Myolie)
->Belle (Flora)
->No one

I choose Zoe.

hmm.. i dont know, i liked him with both. him and belle.. their relationship was just wow. =] but i dunno, i get this feeling about him and zoe that they're meant to be ^^

what about donald, zita & isaac? who do you think zita should have ended up with (even tho she didnt end up with anyone)?

i dunno i think it was best that zita picked no one because i think shes rite. choosing 1 would just hurt the other, so y not just all b friends?

Ron liked myolie in it?? I never realized that i thought he was just nice to people.

why are ron, sammul, bosco and kenneth called S4?

yeh.. i always get the answers.. but i dont really know.. i think
its osmething to do wit them being a pilot team ... S4 is so popular now..
like everyone knows who S4 is.. we automatically kow its sammul, ron, bosco,
kenneth lol

They answered that in one of Entertainment news from tvb.

S4 stands for Solar (airways) 4, but sammul also says that it stands for Stupid 4

You remember their company's name? Solar Airways? Hence Solar 4

triumph in the skies mag scans

I want to see this series so badly, hope it will be out in Viet next week.

i noe i wanna see it too.. blehh... hahaha.. sammulz soo funnie.. S4 stands fo stupid 4..hehe...

Triumph in the skies was a great series...it was da best..michelle and ron were great... wish they were 2gether in this series...

those scans just make me wanna watch TTS more and more!!

TITS was a great series. for those who haven't seen. i promise u'll have a great time watching it!!! i know i did. everyone in the show was great! i can't wait for the special 45min presentation they're about to film. and joe's gonna come back to life. how cool is that. he might end up with flora again! yay!!!

those scans sure take a long time to load ^^; hehe
but they were worth the wait. thanks for posting 'em!

this is a great series!!! muahahaha...i feel so happy for zoe at the end!!! hmm..i heard they're gonna film a 45 minute triumph..is that confirmed??

aahh!! hoo does sammul end up with?? no wun?? =( awww... Whie!! Whie kahn he jush be the freakkin main character for wunce??? grr...!!!

is this series gonna come out next week?

i just finished this series today. and i think it is really good! and the ending is really good! but too bad michelle and sammul didnt end up together

i am dyin to c diz...juz 2 more daze...!!...cant sleep b.c of diz...i thot i wudn't watch diz...but now dat im so addicted to ron...wanna watch it so bad...n i luv deze kinda series u getta know places around da world..i like ups n downs in da sea of love also...hehe...ships n planes..hehe

i think that how they had the topic of airplanes and pilots was very refreshing and ineresting to watch. this series' topic totally grabbed my attention, and the pilot school and the flying the airplane was really interesting and fun to watch. and also this series has a really good cast. My three top favorite actors/actresses was in this series! Which that is michelle, sammul and bosco. And i find that the friendship between S4 is really good. It's really fun to watch them. They are really funny. Sometimes when i watch them play, it makes me feel like that i want to join them too. that is what make a series a good series. This series was a real success. It would be totally cool if they make a Triumph in the SKies II. That would be like perfect!

mmhmm, i agree. S4 + michelle was the best. they're so funny and it was great watching them

I like the themesong. I wonder who sing it?

Eason sang it and Flora sang da sub-song!!!

ne1 have da themevideo? i noe derez 1 @ tvb but itz bad quality

i thought kenneth was alright....but i agree, raymond would make a nice addition

yea i agree , but i don't like kenneth . he ain got the skills nor look . raymond shud be in there

if u guys wanna talk about s4 u can go to the new S4 thread.
S4 thread!

no , viet name for this series is Bao la vùng trời

it iz vung troi bao la

styll haven't watched it yet afta 2 daiz...da store gave me crappy tape arghh

[Oriental Daily]

The continuation to "Triumph in the Skies" is to be filmed at the request of the show's sponsors, but since the reports came out about this show's conception, there have been many other sponsors eager to pay large sums of money to become an exclusive sponsor for the show. After much negotiation, reports indicate that the contract has been won by a real estate company in Hong Kong, but they have also set criteria for the cast, indicating that Francis Ng must be in the cast. Originally, Francis had showed some interest in filming this show, but there are rumours that when he found out TVB stood to make a large amount of money by using his name as a selling point, he was not very happy about this, and as he is currently filming another advertisement, he has turned down the job.

When Francis was called and asked whether he was aware that the sponsorship contract had been won by a real estate company and whether or not he had pulled out of the filming, Francis seemed rather surprised as he responded: "Ha? Really? The reason I cannot film is because I have an advertisement for Sprite in China and I have to film there." Francis emphasises that he had already filmed part of this advertisement contract before he filmed "Triumph" and the results after its release was good, so the sponsors have extended his contract for him to film a fresh set of ads for them. Francis says candidly: "The salary for making adverts is obviously higher, it is all money!"

Despite the popularity of "Triumph" bringing fame to the cast members, it has not brought much in the way of material rewards for Francis. He says: "'Triumph in the Skies' has not brought me any more advertisement contracts, just that the sponsors have won the acceptance of the viewers. I had already negotiated this drinks commercial before the show, so don't think that I got the job because of "Triumph". It is because of this ad that I am not filming the continuation."

In response to this, producer Poon Ka Tak reacts excitedly: "Francis is not that kind of person, he will not be that materialistic. Artistes filming shows for TVB receive a set fee, for the company to then sell the show onto the sponsors is a different policy and a matter between the company and the sponsor. There are no conflicts of interests between the two. This is a sequel and not an advertising feature, the sponsors just buy the commercial break and will have no influence over the production."

With regards to Francis not being able to take time from his schedule to film, Poon says: "We don't know the broadcast date at the moment anyway and the time to film the show will only be about five to seven days. We have to decide the air date before we set the filming dates and I am busy filming my new show 'Family of Five', so I have to complete this before I start on the continuation piece. Of course, I would hope that all the original cast will appear and we will try our best to work around Francis. If we really can't do it, then there will still be many original cast members who will appear and there are many other story leads we can follow."

creds-tvbspacenews.blogspot

it's be a shame that francis isn't going to be in the next one....but i'm still looking forward to it!