True Files

True Files
(真实档案)
Genre Crime
Starring Lim Kay Tong
Tay Ping Hui
Country of origin Singapore
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 62
Production
Running time approx. 20 minutes
Release
Original network MediaCorp
Original release 22 April 2002 – 18 March 2007
Chronology
Related shows True Courage

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 High Court cases of crimes, mostly 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 second 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.

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.

Episodes

Season 1 (Tuesdays, 10.00 p.m. (8:30 p.m. for first episode))

Screenshot showing the body of Lee Kim Lai found on 25 April 1978 in the backseat of a taxi in a re-enactment of his murder on True Files, MediaCorp Channel 5 in the episode entitled "The Sentry". The Chinese subtitle partly translates the English narration, which went "The sentry, Lee, suffered a total of 15 cut and stab wounds, with the fatal wound being a double stab wound in the neck"

Season 2 (Tuesdays, 10.00 p.m.)

Season 3 (Mondays, 10.00 p.m.)

Season 4 (Sundays 10.00 p.m.)

Season 5 (Sundays, 10.00 p.m. (Monday for fifth episode))

Trivia

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