The Life and Times of a Sentinel
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The Life and Times of a Sentinel promo poster
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| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Written by | Ng Siu-tung Sit Kar-wah |
| Starring |
Steven Ma Kenneth Ma Natalie Tong Sunny Chan Power Chan Ching Hor-wai Selena Li Elaine Yiu Mak Cheung-ching Ben Wong Lai Lok-yi |
| Theme music composer | Yip Siu-chung |
| Opening theme | Bin Tin (變天) by Steven Ma |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language(s) | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 26 (total) 25 (with 2-hour finale) |
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| Producer(s) | Leung Choi-yuen |
| Location(s) | Hong Kong |
| Camera setup | Multi camera |
| Running time | 45 minutes (per episode) |
| Production company(s) | TVB |
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| Original network | TVB Jade |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 25 July – 26 August 2011 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Wax and Wane |
| Followed by | River of Wine |
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| Website | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 紫禁驚雷 | ||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 紫禁惊雷 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "Frightening Thunder of the Purple Forbidden (City)" | ||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zijin Jingléi |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Zi2Gam3 Geng1leoi4 |
The Life and Times of a Sentinel (Traditional Chinese: )is a 2011 Hong Kong historical-fiction television drama produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), with Leung Choi-yuen serving as the executive producer.
Set in the late 17th century, during the early years of the Kangxi Emperor's reign over Qing China, the drama stars Nip Dor-po (Steven Ma), a third-grade imperial bodyguard. He is used by both the Kangxi Emperor (Power Chan) and Prince Yu (Kenneth Ma) to pit against each other, conflicting Dor-po's loyalty for both.
The sudden death of the young Shun-chi Emperor (Shunzhi) shocked the whole empire. The second prince Fuk-tsuen, was originally the successor for the throne, but Empress Dowager Hao-chong (Xiaozhuang) changed the successor to the third prince Yuen-yip, who subsequently becomes the Hong-hei Emperor (Kangxi). Angry with this, Fuk-tsuen dispatchs a spy, Nip Dor-po, and instructs him to gain Hong-hei's trust.
The following is a table that includes a list of the total ratings points based on television viewership. "Viewers in millions" refers to the number of people, derived from TVB Jade ratings (not including TVB HD Jade), in Hong Kong who watched the episode live. The peak number of viewers are in brackets.
*The highest rating per minute.
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