7 Days in Life


7 Days in Life is a Hong Kong television comedy drama produced by Television Broadcasts Limited. The drama's broadcast was on TVB's television channels Jade and HD Jade from 24 January to 18 February 2011, consisting of 20 episodes. The two final episodes were aired back to back on 18 February 2011.
7 Days in Life is produced by Leung Choi-yuen and stars Steven Ma, Sonija Kwok, Bosco Wong and Joyce Cheng. The drama is a fictional telling of a group of different people residing in a hotel during a true event that occurred in May 2009, when the first reported case of a person carrying the H1N1 virus in Hong Kong stayed in a hotel in Wanchai, resulting in the hotel to be sealed off for 7 days.

Plot

Calvin and Christy, a pair of professional thieves, are quarantined in Wonderful Harbour Hotel for 7 days after the Hong Kong government discovers a guest at the hotel who is diagnosed with H1N1. The couple encounters a cop, a bellboy, a prostitute, a news reporter, a legendary thief, and several other rich and poor hotel guests and employees whom reluctantly bond together during their stay in the hotel.

Cast and characters

Filming commenced in March 2010 and completed in May 2010.

Pre-production trailer

A pre-production sales presentation trailer was filmed in late 2009, which starred a star-studded cast. Bobby Au-yeung was introduced as a bankrupt police officer who plans to commit suicide in the hotel. Yoyo Mung portrays his wife. Bowie Lam and Kristal Tin are portrayed as a falling out couple, in which the husband discovers his wife having an affair with his boss at the hotel. Myolie Wu portrays a high prostitute who develops a relationship with the hotel bellboy portrayed by Sammul Chan. Her client drops dead in the hotel room and the bellboy helps her dispose the body, only to find out later that the client only fainted. Only Kwok, who presented herself in the trailer as a professional thief, and Mak, are not replaced.
The trailer aired on TVB Jade and TVB HD Jade on 9 December 2009 with enthusiastic reviews.

Reception

Broadcast

Over 2 million people watched the Hong Kong TVB Jade premiere, which aired on 24 January 2011, Monday night.

Critical reception

The critical response to 7 Days of Life was generally positive. Many Hong Kong netizens expressed the first episode to be "humorous and enjoyable." The scriptwriting to the drama was also well received, praising its fresh characters and fast-paced storyline.

Awards and nominations

45th TVB Anniversary Awards 2011

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 average ratings, in Hong Kong who watched the episode live. The peak number of viewers are in brackets.
WeekEpisodeAverage pointsPeaking pointsViewers AIReferences
1
1
32
35
2.07
1
2 – 5
30
36
1.91
2
6 – 9
28
30
1.79
3
10 – 14
30
34
1.92
4
15 – 20
32
35
2.08
4
20
33
35
2.14
Average
Esp 1 – Esp 20
30
36
1.92