True Files
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True Files (Chinese: 真实档案) is an English language television docu-drama telecast on MediaCorp Channel 5, with each episode (except the last episode of Season 3, The Unsolved) re-enacting major court proceedings, mostly of murder, in Singapore. When the inaugural season was telecast in 2002, its first episode was re-slotted to be telecast later, when numerous public feedback was received by the station complaining that it was too graphic after watching trailers for the pilot episode. The show was also pushed back to a 10 p.m. time slot from the fourth episode onwards as a result. Nonetheless, the hype helped the show to enjoy favourable viewership ratings. Over five years, a total of five seasons had been telecasted, with the final season airing in 2007.
True Files | |
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真实档案 | |
Genre | Crime |
Starring | Lim Kay Tong Tay Ping Hui |
Country of origin | Singapore |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 62 |
Production | |
Running time | approx. 20 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | MediaCorp |
Release | 22 April 2002 (2002-04-22) – 18 March 2007 (2007-03-18) |
Related | |
True Courage |
The show was hosted and narrated by veteran actor Lim Kay Tong from Seasons 1 to 4. In Season 5, the host is Tay Ping Hui, and the narration is done by Brian Richmond.
Currently, the show is viewable on meWATCH (previously named Toggle). 60 out of 62 episodes (except for The Bukit Merah Maid Trial and Girl Thrown To Her Death episodes) is available on the said website from 5 February 2016 onwards.[1][2][3][4][5]