Witness to a Prosecution
Witness to a Prosecution
TV ShowEnded

Witness to a Prosecution

8.4 / 10
1999
2 seasons
44 episodes
Crime

Witness to a Prosecution is a Hong Kong television series produced by TVB. The original broadcast was on the TVB Jade network with 45-minute episodes airing five days a week from 20 December 1999 to 16 January 2000. The drama stars Bobby Au-yeung as the famous historical forensic medical expert Song Ci. Set during the Southern Song Dynasty of Mid-Imperial China, Witness to a Prosecution tells a fictionalised account of Chee's modest beginnings and the events leading to the creation of his book Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified, the world's earliest documentation of forensic science.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Episode 1

    20-12-199946m

    SUNG CHI was born right after his mother had died. The villagers regard him as an unlucky person and give him the nickname, `coffin boy`. CHI has two good friends, named CHA SIU CH...

  • Ep 2

    2.Episode 2

    21-12-199946m

    DAN and CHAN pay respect to CHI`s dead body and discovers that he is still alive. They are very glad. KWAI finds out that the headman had died of tetanus. DAN reports the case to t...

  • Ep 3

    3.Episode 3

    22-12-199946m

    CHI knows that SZE is an orphan. He sympathizes with her and decides to marry her. The headman`s wife eventually agrees to carry out a forensic check a minute before the execution....

  • Ep 4

    4.Episode 4

    23-12-199946m

    SZE and LING quarrel. However, they pretend to cope with each other harmoniously on the surface. CHAN is glad. One day, the loan shark again bothers SZE. SZE shirks the responsibil...

  • Ep 5

    5.Episode 5

    24-12-199946m

    TIP is being kidnapped and KWAN is killed. TAO thinks that CHI is the murderer. Fortunately, CHAN and DAN prove that CHI is with them during the murder. YIK orders CHI to resume du...

  • Ep 6

    6.Episode 6

    27-12-199946m

    YIK discovers a thief at home. In fact, this thief is the real YIK. The false YIK`s real name is FONG CHUN. His family has gone bankrupt. He met YIK whose appearance assembles him...

  • Ep 7

    7.Episode 7

    28-12-199946m

    SZE places the rabbit in CHI`s home temporarily. When CHAN comes to propose a marriage between CHI and SZE. CHI thinks that it is regarding the rabbit. CHI agrees. CHI investigates...

  • Ep 8

    8.Episode 8

    29-12-199946m

    CHI and the others suspect that YEUNG is good at marital art and he might be related to KWAN`s murder case. They then focus on investigating YEUNG and CHING. However, they have no...

  • Ep 9

    9.Episode 9

    30-12-199946m

    SZE intends to express her love to YIK. However, she is very disappointed when she finds out that YIK and FUNG has fallen in love. CHI thinks that YIK has refused SZE in person, CH...

  • Ep 10

    10.Episode 10

    31-12-199946m

    CHI concerns SZE a lot but SZE does not thank him at all. SHING and his wife set up a shop selling rice. They convince CHAN to help them manage the rice shop. TIP falls into a pond...

  • Ep 11

    11.Episode 11

    03-01-200046m

    CHI is very upset because of KWAI`s death. He disappears for three days. CHOI rewards YIK who has found KWAI and bestows him a gold plate for exclusive use. CHAN and DAN ask YAN to...

  • Ep 12

    12.Episode 12

    04-01-200046m

    One day, CHI saves CHOI. CHOI then appreciates CHI. CHOI and the concubine, WING, have an affair. WING knows that CHOI likes SZE. She then arranges CHOI to have SZE. Fortunately, C...

  • Ep 13

    13.Episode 13

    05-01-200046m

    YIK was teased by the public regarding how he handles the navigation problem. TIP makes use of her family's wealth to help YIK. YIK has an appointment with FUNG. On the way he meet...

  • Ep 14

    14.Episode 14

    06-01-200046m

    An unidentified skeleton was found in town. CHI invents a new method of forensic check by painting ink on top of the bone. SZE records all the procedures. TIP is born unreasonable...

  • Ep 15

    15.Episode 15

    07-01-200046m

    With CHI`s help, the cops could easily arrest the murderer. SZE arrives HONG`s place and finds out that HONG has already died. HONG`s concubine promises SZE that they would restore...

  • Ep 16

    16.Episode 16

    10-01-200046m

    CHI risks his life to go to the tomb to find CHUNG. However, HONG`s concubine stops CHI. She intends to kill SZE and CHI. Fortunately, YU saves them in time. YU brings SZE her parc...

  • Ep 17

    17.Episode 17

    11-01-200046m

    YIK always speaks sweet words. He made CHI trusts him and confirms that he is not the one who betrayed him. CHI is very sick. His life is at stake. Fortunately, FUNG discovers a ne...

  • Ep 18

    18.Episode 18

    12-01-200046m

    YIK listens to FA`s words and believes that CHI and TIP do have an affair. TIP and YIK quarrel with each other. SZE is very upset to see FUNG and CHI so intimate. YIK is the one in...

  • Ep 19

    19.Episode 19

    13-01-200046m

    YIK discovered that FA suspects him. He then poisons FA to death. TIP tells CHI her grievance. They spend one night on the boat because it rains heavily. CHAN saw them. CHI carries...

  • Ep 20

    20.Episode 20

    14-01-200046m

    The judge dismisses CHI. SZE writes a letter to the criminal court in begging them to release CHI. However, the court requires CHI to find out the truth within one month. CHAN clai...

  • Ep 21

    21.Episode 21

    17-01-200045m

    TIP attempts to kill herself. Fortunately, FUNG saves her in time. FUNG goes to see CHI in the funeral parlour. SZE invites YIK to go out so as to console him. CHI is enlightened a...

  • Ep 22

    22.Episode 22

    18-01-200047m

    All risk their lives to save CHI. CHI flees to the funeral parlour and discovers new evidence. However, CHI does not want to involve his friends into trouble, he returns to the pri...

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