A War Diary is a 2001 Singaporean television series produced by Dream Forest Production. Set in the time of World War II, the series depicts the Battle of Singapore and life in Japanese-occupied Singapore from the point of view of an ethnic Chinese family. The dialogue, however, is primarily in English as the series was aired on the English-language television channel MediaCorp Channel 5. The series was nominated for four Asian Television Awards in 2002, including Best Drama Series.

A War Diary
GenrePeriod drama
StarringTay Ping Hui
James Taenaka
Winston Chao
Tan Kheng Hua
Fiona Xie
Carole Lin
Country of originSingapore
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producerKenneth Liang
ProducerJenny Lim
Production locationSingapore
Running time46 minutes per episode
Production companyDream Forest Production
Original release
NetworkMediaCorp Channel 5
Release15 August 2001 (2001-08-15)
Related
The Price of Peace (1997)
In Pursuit of Peace (2001)

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