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Draft:Miss S (TV series)


Miss S
Chinese name
Chinese旗袍美探
GenreRomance
Based onMiss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
StarringMa Yili
Weiguang Gao
Guanjin Bu
Shaoying Xu
Yihang Liu
Qiucheng Guo
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes30
Production
Production locationShanghai
Original release
ReleaseAugust 28, 2020 (2020-08-28)

Miss S (Chinese: 旗袍美探; pinyin: Qípáo měi tàn: literally "Cheongsam Beauty Detective".[1]) is a 2020 Mandarin-language detective television series based on the Australian series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, which in turn was based on the Phryne Fisher novels by Kerry Greenwood.
The series was commissioned as an HBO Asia Original, and was made available in China via Tencent Media and Beijing TV. Outside of China it was distributed by HBO and WarnerBrothers/Discovery's other distribution partners.
Although the stories of the series are based on individual stories of the source material, the setting of the drama is 1930s Shanghai. The 30-part series largely consisted of 2-part stories, each of which had a 50 minute runtime.

Synopsis edit

Su Wenli is a wealthy socialite who returns to Shanghai from Paris in the 1930s. She becomes involved in murder investigations connected to people in her circle, and establishes a Detective Agency. She often works alongside local police inspector Luo Qiuheng, who values her contributions but also bristles at the irregularity of her involvement.

Cast edit

Main edit

  • Ma Yili as Su Wenli, a socialite who has returned to Shanghai from Paris, and becomes involved in solving murder cases
  • Weiguang Gao as Luo Qiuheng, the serious police inspector who reluctantly allows Su Wenli to assist in police work
  • Guanjin Bu as Xiao Tao Zi, a young assistant whom Su Wenli hires
  • Haochen Wu as Shen Xiao An, a junior police officer
  • Shaoying Xu as Lao Song, Su Wenli's assistant
  • Yihang Liu as Xiao Tan, Su Wenli's driver
  • Qiucheng Guo as Uncle Xiang, Su Wenli's butler

Supporting edit

  • Niu Tieng as Han Rong
  • Xuan Dong as Liu Ru Qing

Reception edit

The series has an average IMDb score of 7.0. Anthony Morris, writing for SBS, noted that "While Ma Yili’s performance is maybe a little more arch than Essie Davis’ work in the original, she has plenty of flirty charm while still having enough backbone to be believable as a professional private eye", but that in comparison to the source work, "this version tones down the more overt sexiness somewhat"[2]

Awards and nominations edit

Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
2021 Television Series of China Quality Ceremony Jury Award: Actors of media attention Yuqi Zhang Won
2020 Huading Awards Best Performance by an Actress In Contemporary Television Series Ma Yili Won [3]
2020 Domestic TV series Ceremony, China Jury Award: Best Leading Actress Ma Yili Won [4]
2020 China Television Drama Production Industry Association Awards Outstanding Young Director Deng Ke Nominated

International broadcast edit

This HBO Asia Original was made available on HBO Go and WarnerMedia's other platforms throughout Asia[5]. In Australia, Miss S aired on SBS, and on Apple TV Australia.

References edit

  1. ^ "八月观剧：《旗袍美探》上演民国福尔摩斯《幸福还会来敲门》聂远吴谨言再合作". Sohu Entertainment. Retrieved 17 Jan 2024.
  2. ^ "Miss S vs Miss F". SBS What's On. 28 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Huading Awards 2020". IMDb. Retrieved 17 Jan 2024.
  4. ^ "Domestic TV series Ceremony 2020". IMDb. Retrieved 17 Jan 2024.
  5. ^ "NEW HBO ASIA ORIGINAL 'MISS S' TO PREMIERE LATER THIS YEAR". WarnerBrothersDiscovery. August 27, 2020.

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