True Files

Infobox Television
show_name = True Files
(真实档案)


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genre = Crime
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runtime = approx. 20 minutes
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starring = Lim Kay Tong
Tay Ping Hui
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country = Singapore
language = English
network = MediaCorp
first_aired = 22 April 2002
last_aired = 18 March 2007
num_seasons = 5
num_episodes = 62
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related = True Courage
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"True Files" (Chinese: 真实档案) is an English language television docu-drama telecast on MediaCorp TV Channel 5, with each episode re-enacting some major cases of crime in Singapore. When the inaugural season was telecast in 2002, its first episode was re-slotted to be telecast last, 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 second episode onwards as a result. Nonetheless, the hype helped the show to enjoy favourable viewership ratings, and so far, five seasons of this programme have been telecast.

The show was hosted by veteran actor Lim Kay Tong from Season 1 to Season 4. In Season 5, the host is Tay Ping Hui, and the narration by Brian Richmond.

The programme also had some episodes telecast in the Chinese version on MediaCorp TV Channel 8, with cases in the first three seasons hosted by Edmund Chen, and the cases in season 4 and 5 hosted by Chew Chor Meng.

Episodes

eason 1 ( 10.00 p.m. (8:30 p.m. for first episode)

*1. (22 April 2002): Gold Bars Triple Murders
*2. : The Trial of Mimi Wong
*3. : Cries of a Child
*4. : The Trial of Adrian Lim
*5. : Who Killed Winnie Spencer
*6. : Killer Tenant
*7. : The Trial of Sunny Ang
*8. : The Sentry
*9. : The Paedophile
*10. : The Horror!
*11. : Trusting Your Killer
*12. : Murder For Coins
*13. :

eason 2 (Tuesdays, 10.00 p.m.)

*1. (26 August 2003): Murder He Wrote
*2. (2 September 2003): Triple Murder
*3. (9 September 2003): Maid Abused to Death
*4. (16 September 2003): The School Bus Driver
*5. (23 September 2003): Murder of Inspector T Maniam
*6. (30 September 2003): The Duck Den Murder
*7. (7 October 2003): Murder of her Landlady
*8. (14 October 2003): Murder of the Italian Lady
*9. (21 October 2003): Found Insane
*10. (28 October 2003): Raped By Mother’s Boyfriend
*11. (4 November 2003): Jealousy Knows No Limit
*12. (11 November 2003): Male-Woman
*13. (18 November 2003): Pardoned by the President

eason 3 (Mondays, 10.00 p.m.)

*1. (25 October 2004): The Pulau Senang Trial
*2. (1 November 2004): Rich Man, Poor Man
*3. (8 November 2004): The Fiancée’s Father
*4. (15 November 2004): The Trial of Father Joachim Kang
*5. (22 November 2004): Killed by his Mother's Lover (murder of Kevin Wong)
*6. (29 November 2004): Death on Pulau Ubin (murder of Poon Sai Im)
*7. (6 December 2004): Tooth Fragment
*8. (13 December 2004): Kidnapped and Killed (murder of Benny Ong)
*9. (20 December 2004): Girl thrown to her Death
*10. (27 December 2004): Rage
*11. (3 January 2005): Fatal Step (Oriental Hotel Murders)
*12. (10 January 2005): The Unsolved (Special finale)
*13. (17 January 2005): Killed by his Mother's Lover (encore telecast)

eason 4 (Sundays 10.00 p.m.)

*1. (2 Apr 2006): The Bukit Merah Maid Trail
*2. (9 Apr 2006): The Serial Rapist (Trail of Suresh Nair Vellayutham)
*3. (16 Apr 2006): Itch To Kill (Murder of Ng Gee Seh)
*4. (23 Apr 2006): Baby Killer
*5. (30 Apr 2006): Bungled Burglary
*6. (7 May 2006): Headless Corpse
*7. (14 May 2006): Murder of the Caretaker
*8. (21 May 2006): Deaf Mute Dead
*9. (28 May 2006): The Transvestite
*10. (4 June 2006): Death in the Bath
*11. (11 June 2006): Fall Of Death
*12. (18 June 2006): Car Boot Murder
*13. (25 June 2006): Footballer Killed

eason 5 (Sundays, 10.00 p.m.)

*1. (7 January 2007): The Peeping Tom Trial
*2. (14 January 2007): Murder by Car
*3. (21 January 2007): Gun Siege
*4. (28 January 2007): Death at 13
*5. (5 February 2007): Strangled by Saree
*6. (11 February 2007): The Orchard Towers Double Murder
*7. (25 February 2007): Thai Pimp Killed
*8. (4 March 2007): The Shenton Way Shootout
*9. (11 March 2007): Morbid Jealousy
*10. (18 March 2007): Maid Killer

External links

* [http://ch5.mediacorptv.com/shows/drama/view/411/1/.html True Files Season Two]
* [http://ch5.mediacorptv.com/shows/drama/view/770/1/.html True Files Season Three]
* [http://ch5.mediacorptv.com/wassup/interviews/view/46/1/.html Interview with Lim Kay Tong]
* [http://ch5.mediacorptv.com/shows/drama/view/1178/1/.html True Files Season Four]
* [http://ch5.mediacorptv.com/shows/drama/view/1388/1/.html True Files Season Five]
* [http://ch5.mediacorptv.com/wassup/interviews/view/45/1/.html Behind the scenes (Season 1)]