While We Are Young

While We Are Young is a 20 episode Singaporean drama produced and telecast on MediaCorp Channel 8. The show aired at 9 pm on weekdays and had a repeat telecast at 8 am the following day.
The drama series is a production to commemorate 35 years of locally produced Chinese-language dramas and in appreciation to the local educators in celebration of Teacher's Day. It stars Zoe Tay, Rebecca Lim, Zhang Zhenhuan, Terence Cao, Denise Camillia, Zong Zijie and Chantalle Ng.
The show featured several "second-generation" stars who are children of veteran artistes, including Calvert Tay, Chantalle Ng, Chen Yixin, Marcus Guo, and Shalynn Tsai.

Cast

Generation X/Y

Zoe Tay as Fang Ting 方廷

For the first time in 29 years, Tay played the role of a teacher which incidentally has been her childhood dream. She had previously taken on a variety of roles, but never those of a teacher.

* Alicia Lo as young Fang Ting
Rebecca Lim as Zhong Ai 钟爱
Zhang Zhenhuan as Tang Yiwei 汤一伟
Terence Cao as Bai Jinshun 白金顺
* Chen Xi as young Bai Junshun
Denise Camillia Tan as Zheng Jiayi 郑嘉怡
Generation Z
Calvert Tay 郑凯介 as Tang Yijie 汤一杰, Fang Ting's son

Cast	Character	Description
Zong Zijie	Yang Xiaoshuai 杨小帅	Younger version portrayed by Perez Tay Ex-convict Yang Shanhe's son Ben's nephew Zhong Ai's adopted son Huang Li Bai Yun's love interest Tang Yijie's rival in love Dream is to be a professional Swimmer
Chantalle Ng	Huang Li Bai Yun 黄李白云	Alan's stepdaughter Fu Xiuqin's daughter Bai Jinshun's niece In love with Yang Xiaoshuai Tang Yijie's love interest Dream is to be a Television director
Joanna Theng 唐舒恩	Zhou Xuanxuan 周轩轩	Junior College Student Year 2 In love with Tang Yijie Dream is to be a Theater Performer
Marcus Guo 郭麦洋	Kang Lele 康乐乐	Junior College Student Dream is to be a PE Teacher
Shalynn Tsai 蔡绮耘	Luo Yiling 罗依玲	Junior College Student In love with Tang Yijie Suffered from hurtful comments given by Tang Yijie and Xu Tiancai and attempted suicide
Gary Tan 陈毅丰	Lin Junkai 林俊凯	Dream is to be a blogger
Chen Yixin 陈一心	Hong Yuanyuan 洪媛媛	Dream is to be a Singer
Shanice Koh 许舒宁	Ren Youwan 任游玩	Ren Chuan and Li Xue's daughter Junior College Student Dream is to be a Model Suffered from stress disorder and begin to self-harm
Li Decheng 李德承	Xu Tiancai 许天才	Yu Feng's son Junior College Student Dream is to be a Gamemaker

Zhou Yue Junior College Staff(s)

Other Casts

Original Sound Track (OST)

Awards and nominations

Production

Filming began in May and wrapped in July 2017, with the major scene taken at Nanyang Junior College. The series is the first to cover Singapore's post-secondary education landscape.