Every Singaporean Son
Every Singaporean Son is a Singaporean documentary released in 2010. It serves as an education tool for all pre-enlistees during their Basic Military Training in Singapore. Most of the episodes were filmed at Pulau Tekong. 18 episodes were released. The first episode airs on 7 July 2010 on YouTube, subsequent episodes were released on every Tuesday, each clip lasted for 6 to 8 minutes.
Every Singaporean Son | |
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Country of origin | Singapore |
No. of episodes | 18 episodes (Cyberpioneer, YouTube and National Geographic Channel) 7 episodes (Mediacorp Channel 5) |
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Running time | 6-8 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | YouTube National Geographic Channel Mediacorp Channel 5 |
Original release | July 7 – November 1, 2010 |
Related | |
Every Singaporean Son – Epilogue Every Singaporean Son II - The Making of an Officer |
The 18-part series was filmed between 5 February 2010 to 8 April 2010.
National Geographic Channel ordered the series and it will be aired in six episodes (30 minutes per episode) from 8 March 2011.
In August 2011, the season branched out to another 6-part series named: Every Singaporean Son – Epilogue.
The documentary was nominated for "Best Cross-Platform Content" at the 16th Asian Television Awards 2011,[1] but the series lost to the Indian series The CJ Show.[2]
On 16 August 2012, the series branched out to its second season of Every Singaporean Son, premiering every Thursday of the week. It was named: Every Singaporean Son II - The Making of an Officer. The series concentrated on a batch of cadets training to be officers in OCS Officer Cadet School and lasted 21 episodes.
The show aired on Mediacorp Channel 5 on Mondays at 7pm from 31 March 2014 to 5 May 2014, each episode lasted for 30 minutes (including commercial breaks), the 18 short episode series was compacted into 7 episodes.
Plot
In nine weeks, 15 young men from different backgrounds came together for the rite of passage that every Singaporean son must experience, which is to survive the 9 weeks of Basic Military Training. The documentary is split into 18 episodes allowing all pre-enlistees and parents understand the life in BMT.
Cast
Recruits
All the recruits were from the BMTC School 2 Orion Company Platoon 1 Section 4.
- REC Muhd Nabil
- REC Loh De Wei
- REC Muhd Syabil
- REC Dudley Lin
- REC Chandra Thiaghu
- REC Kenneth Ng
- REC Justin Mark
- REC Goh Qingwei
- REC Danial Hakim
- REC Douglas Wong
- REC Lemuel Teo
- REC Huang Guoquan
- REC Daryl Lim
- REC Shawn Lee
- REC Dom Ang (Shaoquan)
Superiors
- CPT Roger Chen - Officer Commanding
- 2LT Shamsul - Platoon Commander
- 3SG Glen Liang - Section Commander
- 2SG Hanafee - Platoon Sergeant
Episodes
Episode No. | Episode Title | Original air date |
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1 | "My Buddy[3]" | July 7, 2010 |
2 | "Where I Stand[4]" | July 12, 2010 |
3 | "Strip[5]" | July 19, 2010 |
4 | "R&R - Run & Rehab[6]" | July 26, 2010 |
5 | "How Far?[7]" | August 2, 2010 |
6 | "Sharpshooter[8]" | August 9, 2010 |
7 | "Field Discipline[9]" | August 16, 2010 |
8 | "Cover Me[10]" | August 23, 2010 |
9 | "Breaking Point[11]" | August 30, 2010 |
10 | "Grenade![12]" | September 6, 2010 |
11 | "Step Up![13]" | September 13, 2010 |
12 | "The Not-So-Low Wall[14]" | September 20, 2010 |
13 | "Too Fast Too Furious[15]" | September 28, 2010 |
14 | "Book Out![16]" | October 4, 2010 |
15 | "Personal Triumphs And Defeats[17]" | October 11, 2010 |
16 | "Island Party[18]" | October 18, 2010 |
17 | "Brothers In Arms[19]" | October 25, 2010 |
18 | "We Are Soldiers[20]" | November 1, 2010 |
References
- "Nomination List 2011". Asian Television Awards 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-29. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
- "Winner List 2011". Asian Television Awards 2011. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2011.
- "My Buddy". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved July 7, 2010.
- "Where I Stand". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
- "Strip". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- "R&R - Run & Rehab". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved July 26, 2010.
- "How Far?". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
- "Sharpshooter". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
- "Field Discipline". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- "Cover Me". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
- "Breaking Point". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved August 30, 2010.
- "Grenade!". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved September 6, 2010.
- "Step Up!". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
- "The Not-So-Low Wall". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- "Too Fast Too Furious". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
- "Book Out!". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
- "Personal Triumphs And Defeats". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
- "Island Party". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
- "Brothers In Arms". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- "We Are Soldiers". CyberpioneerTV. Retrieved November 1, 2010.