Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles
Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles
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Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles

6.0 / 10
2012
1 season
40 episodes
Drama

The 1930s Hong Kong is the time of the East and West cultural shock. Women started fighting for their rights and status, changing the 'men superior to women' image. Famous barrister Sir Arthur Chung studied in England and lives a British lifestyle, but inside he's actually a traditional Chinese man. He married several wives to show off his power and upper-class status. First wife Koo Sam-lan was a rich girl; second wife is former Qing dynasty princess Aisin Gioro Yee-yin; third wife came from a family that owned banks Yvonne Yik; fourth wife is a famous Peking opera singer Hong Tsz-kwan; and the fifth wife Chui Dan-dan, a vanity admiring woman. Because Sir Arthur Chung is a strict and authoritarian father, his two sons Charles Chung and Jimmy Chung eventually start going against him. This wealthy and prominent family may seem warm on the surface, but in reality, they are scattered and disunited.

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TVB 45 周年台慶劇《名媛望族》 - 10 月 22 日晚上 8:30 兩小時首播

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Episode 1

    22-10-201244m

    Hong Kong Chinese barrister CHUNG CHEUK-MAN is well renowned in the legal field as well as in the local community. With his special status in Hong Kong, even the newly appointed C...

  • Ep 2

    2.Episode 2

    23-10-201244m

    YIN and MAN talk about KWAN on their way home. YIN knows MAN so well that she can almost tell at once why he has to invite KWAN to perform in Hong Kong. HANG sends KWAN to Man Mo...

  • Ep 3

    3.Episode 3

    24-10-201243m

    With barrister FOK BAK-CHEUNG as her defence counsel, KWAN is only sentenced to a fine, and will need to return to HANG’s mansion with the old man upon her release. HANG orders hi...

  • Ep 4

    4.Episode 4

    25-10-201244m

    MAN learns from SUN and SHUI that HANG has been actively involved in smuggling. MAN claims to HANG that he has found out about his illegal dealings, following which he also announ...

  • Ep 5

    5.Episode 5

    26-10-201244m

    MAN and YIN go dancing together, during which MAN takes out a brooch that he gave her ten odd years ago. Although not accepted at that time, the brooch is now surprising enough to...

  • Ep 6

    6.Episode 6

    29-10-201244m

    MAN and KWAN go dancing together at a cafe, during which he invites her to his celebration party. YIN is hesitant about attending the party, but WAN-SIN seriously warns her about...

  • Ep 7

    7.Episode 7

    30-10-201244m

    SUN sends SHUI to hospital and offers to pay the medical bill for him, but SHUI promises to give him back the money later when he is financially capable. FONG holds a charity even...

  • Ep 8

    8.Episode 8

    31-10-201244m

    FAI spots YIN and runs after her to get a chat. With nowhere to escape, YIN finally comes face-to-face with FAI outside the ballroom. KWAN who comes to attend the cocktail as CHE...

  • Ep 9

    9.Episode 9

    01-11-201244m

    MAN would like to see KWAN but is rejected. He keeps waiting outside the door until she finally comes out and leaves the theatre with CHEUNG. SUN has won the case for FOON and Un...

  • Ep 10

    10.Episode 10

    02-11-201244m

    As instructed by the troupe leader, YAU delivers a platter of assorted dim sum to MAN, who in turn asks her to take the food to SUN instead. YAU enters SUN’s office when he and AL...

  • Ep 11

    11.Episode 11

    05-11-201244m

    MAN reveals to LAN his decision to marry KWAN. This has come as a crushing blow to LAN while FONG has also raised her objection at once. Despite all the responses he has received...

  • Ep 12

    12.Episode 12

    06-11-201244m

    MAN takes YIN to Gold Theatre to enjoy KWAN’s farewell performance, which LAN and FONG mean not to attend. YIN puts KWAN to the test by asking her to drink a cup of tea which has...

  • Ep 13

    13.Episode 13

    07-11-201244m

    MAN would like to bring the kids back to his mansion, but is rejected by FONG. FONG can no longer hold her temper and finally takes all her anger out on MAN. MAN decides to hold...

  • Ep 14

    14.Episode 14

    08-11-201244m

    YEE goes to see MAN in his study room, and reveals to him how KWAN got insulted earlier in the day. YEE points out that KWAN has left the whole family in dismay, and MAN apologize...

  • Ep 15

    15.Episode 15

    09-11-201244m

    YIP withdraws his accusation against SHUI. PING reveals to SHUI that YUK, born KWAI SIU-YU, is found seriously injured after the arrival of YAU and SUN at the brothel. HAI points...

  • Ep 16

    16.Episode 16

    12-11-201244m

    The doctor points out that YU’s condition is improving and deemed to be stable. SHUI goes to attack a Caucasian as instructed, but is later arrested by CHI and FUN on his way to S...

  • Ep 17

    17.Episode 17

    13-11-201244m

    ALI has found some new evidence, so SUN tries to convince SHUI to revoke his previous statements, but in vain. SHUI is scheduled to be executed the following Wednesday, but SUN is...

  • Ep 18

    18.Episode 18

    14-11-201244m

    The police cannot find SHUI’s body despite the painstaking search. YAU is so worked up that she finally falls down in a faint. KWAN would like to pay YAU a visit but is stopped b...

  • Ep 19

    19.Episode 19

    15-11-201244m

    YU is discharged from hospital. SUN and YEE go to see YU at CHI’s residence, but YAU is so aloof to them and forbids YEE to teach YU any sign language. SUN reads out the contract...

  • Ep 20

    20.Episode 20

    16-11-201244m

    SUN introduces KWAN to Father ANDREW and Sister MARY, following which KWAN decides to share with the public her experience as a domestic slave. LAN is outraged when she reads the...

  • Ep 21

    21.Episode 21

    19-11-201244m

    YAU is going on a blind date with an old Chinese American, so SUN rushes to stop her and even makes a declaration of love afterwards. SUN reveals to MAN his decision to marry YAU,...

  • Ep 22

    22.Episode 22

    20-11-201244m

    MAN announces to the family the marriage between SUN and YAU. KWAN would like to share the good news with YIN and suggests bringing her back home for her own good, to which MAN do...

  • Ep 23

    23.Episode 23

    21-11-201244m

    YIN goes to question HEI about the dispute. She reveals that MAN is suspicious of her relationship with FAI and blames her for shielding HEI all along. Accompanied by YEE and SUN...

  • Ep 24

    24.Episode 24

    22-11-201244m

    HANG claims that MAN has threatened his interests in the Causeway Bay Re-development Project, while CHEUNG is also resolved to kick MAN out of the investment project. KWAN is plan...

  • Ep 25

    25.Episode 25

    23-11-201244m

    SHUI is sent to hospital for further check-ups, following which the attending doctor points out that he has suffered a severe head injury and will remain in a coma for an unpredict...

  • Ep 26

    26.Episode 26

    26-11-201244m

    MAN takes KWAN to a knitting factory, which hopefully will serve as the new workplace for those who get liberated from slavery. MAN reveals to LAN that he will benefit a lot from...

  • Ep 27

    27.Episode 27

    27-11-201244m

    SUN and YAU take SHUI to the hut in the garden. Later YAU feeds SHUI with rice porridge, and they just manage to spend a nice time together in the moonlight. MAN goes to see YIN...

  • Ep 28

    28.Episode 28

    28-11-201244m

    MAN and SUN are shocked to learn about the secret meeting between YIN and FAI upon their return home. MAN gives KWAN a terrible telling-off for defying him while KWAN also rebukes...

  • Ep 29

    29.Episode 29

    29-11-201244m

    KWAN puts on a glamorous dress of her choice and goes straight to the grand opening of the knitting factory. MAN gets a little irked when he realizes that KWAN is not wearing the...

  • Ep 30

    30.Episode 30

    30-11-201244m

    SUN reveals that the knitting factory is making profits and that the female workers will all be able to make a living very soon. KWAN finds the news very encouraging, as females c...

  • Ep 31

    31.Episode 31

    03-12-201244m

    CHI goes to the CHUNGs’ mansion and makes a formal apology, following which he plucks up his courage to ask MAN for YEE’s hand in marriage. Now that CHI has given in and come to t...

  • Ep 32

    32.Episode 32

    04-12-201244m

    KWAN almost twists her ankle in the street, and CHEUNG who passes by has just caught the entire scene. CHEUNG comes over to KWAN and asks her to attend a party with him as his par...

  • Ep 33

    33.Episode 33

    05-12-201244m

    SHUI takes YAU to a hotel. He points out to YAU that SUN has been scheming to separate her from him. YAU explains that she does not get with SUN for love but for responsibility,...

  • Ep 34

    34.Episode 34

    06-12-201244m

    FONG tries to drive out of the mansion but almost has a crash along the way. SHUI who has witnessed the whole scene gives FONG a good telling-off for driving so dangerously. Late...

  • Ep 35

    35.Episode 35

    07-12-201244m

    KWAN manages to steal MAN’s secret transaction records, with which CHEUNG is hatching a plot against MAN. A large crowd of journalists come to ROBERTSON’s birthday party all of a...

  • Ep 36

    36.Episode 36

    10-12-201244m

    KWAN runs into DAN again. DAN reveals to KWAN how she is getting along with MAN all these days, hoping that the couple can patch up their relationship somehow with the truth unvei...

  • Ep 37

    37.Episode 37

    11-12-201244m

    After YIN’s departure, MAN goes to her room to reminisce about the past. MAN returns home and is shocked to see SHUI lingering outside his mansion. They have a bitter quarrel ove...

  • Ep 38

    38.Episode 38

    12-12-201244m

    MAN goes to confide in KWAN, and KWAN tells him that he will be more than welcome to come again if he needs a sympathetic ear. FEI asks KWAN why she does not reveal her pregnancy...

  • Ep 39

    39.Episode 39

    13-12-201244m

    FONG has finally won the case. This is the first time that MAN has lost a case in court, but he is happy that he is defeated by his own son. He points out that both SUN and himse...

  • Ep 40

    40.Episode 40

    14-12-201244m

    Following LAN’s burial, SUN, YAU and CHI head for the restaurant for the post-funeral feast, but their car breaks down along the way. In a split second, SHUI turns up and holds YA...

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