Triple Nine

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Triple Nine is an English language television drama telecast on what was then the Television Corporation of Singapore's Channel 5 (today's MediaCorp TV Channel 5) from 1995 to 1999. The station's earliest attempt in an action-based drama series, it revolved around the lives of a group of police officers, namely Inspector Mike Chin (James Lye), Inspector Elaine Tay (Wong Li Lin), and Sergeant Alan Leong (Lim Yu Beng) from the Special Investigation Section of the Criminal Investigation Department. The cast changed in subsequent seasons, notably with the inclusion of Inspector Sean Han (Robin Leong), Inspector Herbert de Souza (Mark Richmond), and Sergeant Yeo Lay Kim (Chong Chia Suan) from the third season.

1 Episodes
2 Trivia
3 External links

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1

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Silent Victims
Missing Children
Singthroat
Movie Madness
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Misfortune Teller
A Long Wait, A Slow Kill
Babies for Sale - Dead or Alive
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Skin Deep
Hell for Elaine

[edit] Season 2

Rest in Peace ASP Ganesh
Right Time to Die
Tough Choices
None so Blind
Terminal Death
A Time to Kill
Acid Justice
If Looks could Kill
Backfire
Till death do us part
All I want for Christmas
Resort to Murder
Silent Witness
Sins of the Father
Crazy for You
Recipe for Murder
Surf for a Kill
Death of a Lion
Death before Dishonour
It happened one hot day
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Dead Man's Hand

[edit] Season 3 (Tuesday, 8.30 pm)

(21 July 1998):
Parental Guidance
Stab in the Dark
Face of Horror - Part 1
Face of Horror - Part 2
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Mind Games - Part 1
Mind Games - Part 2
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Unreasonable Sacrifices
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Red Debts - Part 1
Red Debts - Part 2
With Friends Like These...
...Who Needs Enemies
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[edit] Season 4

[edit] Trivia

The writers couldn't agree on a standard spelling of Elaine Tay's surname. Depending on which script it was, her surname was sometimes spelt "Tay" and sometimes "Teh".
The highest rated episode was in Season 2. It was entitled "Resort to Murder". Written by Andy Logam-Tan, it featured the cast on the island of Batam with a story line that paid homage to the classic boardgame "Cluedo". In fact, the suspects were dressed in the colours of the game tokens and their names also reflected the token colours. The ratings for that episode achieved an unheard-of (for that time) 18% reach for Channel 5.
Most of the scripts from Season 3 onwards were written with Scriptware, a scriptwriting software.
Before Chong Chia Suan auditioned and won the role of Sgt Yeo Lay Kim, she was the weather girl on Channel 5 news. Other actresses who auditioned for the role of Sgt Yeo were Lisa Ang, Melody Chen and Tammy Wong.
Mark Richmond's character, Herbert de Souza, originally had the nickname "Mouth" because he couldn't stop talking. His initial episodes were filled with diatribes and monologues which were eventually shortened.