Fighting Spiders is a blockbuster

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 drama

Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

 television program

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 from Singapore

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 that premiered on MediaCorp Channel 5 on April 14, 2009. The show was created by Ngin Chiang Meng and Jenny Lim.

The main characters are Tony Lee (Andie Chen), Soon Lee (Edwin Goh), Charlie (Liang Shijie Jason), Peter (Frederick Fielding), Susie (Rebecca Lim

Rebecca Lim

*Rebecca Lim is a Singaporean actress who has acted in both Chinese and English dramas in Mediacorp, most notably as Wendy Lim in the highly-acclaimed MediaCorp Channel 5 TV Series - The Pupil, which she won the Best Actress Award at the 15th Asian Television Awards, 2010.She was the 4th runner-up...

), Annie (Ezann Lee) and Sam the Tomboy (Siona Wu Murphy).

Plot

Fighting Spiders is the story of three boys in the 1960s — Soon Lee (Edwin Goh), Charlie (Liang Shijie Jason) and Peter (Frederick Fielding) — and their adventure to find the King Spider and return back with it. Also featured, amateur boxer

Boxing

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 Tony Lee (Andie Chin), Soon Lee's older brother is forced to be part of a gang to support his mother, while balancing his relationships with cellist Annie (Ezann Lee) and prostitute Susie (Rebecca Lim), as does Peter and Soon Lee fall for Sam in this epic drama series.