Singapore / SEASON

Season 1

15 listed episodes · First aired October 7, 2019

Season overview

128 CIRCLE tells the stories of hawkers at a Food Centre in Singapore that has been at the heart of the community’s lives for almost four decades. These are the people – the human faces – behind the familiar food staples we have grown up with, and grow old with, in our neighbourhood. And these are stories of the ups and downs, the inspiration and the perspiration, of the challenges and the joys of being at the beating heart of a cultural heritage that has endured from the early days of Singapore’s history.

EPISODE GUIDE

Episodes

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E1Wake Up, Halim

128 Circle Food Centre becomes the centre of national attention when a news crew does a fortieth anniversary piece on it. Underneath the happy veneer, however, is a dark cloud – the hawker centre is facing permanent clo…

E2How Come the Mee Rebus Stall is Closed?

Larry and his stall become the target of unrelenting harrassment from a gangster, Ah Seng, who wants to collect a forty-year-old debt on behalf of his dead father. Unable to cope with the untimely death of her husband, …

E3No One is Scared of You Anymore

Dominic starts a petition to stop 128 Circle Food Centre from closing down. But not everyone is on his side. Audrey receives a marriage proposal she can’t refuse… except she does. Chandra has to return to India suddenly…

E4You Really Think This Will Work?

Aishah and Nurul discover that working together is a whole different ball game. Audrey and Yi Kai go out for a different kind of dessert but end up fleeing the stall together when Audrey insults thugs. Rani frets when C…

E5It's Going To Be A Long Month

Larry and Ah Gek juggle the running of their stall with looking after their granddaughter, Michelle. Rani and Arun are visited by a mysterious stranger, Prakash, who claims to be Chandra’s son. And Yi Kai is visited at …

E6I'm Looking For My Father

Mr Owyang, a wealthy business mogul, visits 128 Circle Food Centre, sparking rumours that he might be buying it over. Dominic and Sherry are involved in an altercation at their stall that will have far-reaching conseque…

E7You Think I Should Get A Lawyer?

Prakash helps out at the food stall and wins over customers and stallholders alike, except for one - Arun, who resents the presence of his unexpected stepbrother. Michelle has a dangerous encounter with an old enemy of …

E8Leave My Family Alone

Sherry is heartbroken when she finds out the truth behind why Dominic asked her to run the hot dog stall with him. A hawker-centre-wide search is launched when Michelle goes missing at 128 Circle. Did Ah Seng's men kidn…

E9Have A Nice Day Everyone

Chandra returns home, but the atmosphere is tense. When Sherry refuses to show up at work, Dominic is forced to hire help in the form of Mrs. Gan, a senior citizen. Nurul's new 'boyfriend' Aaron disappears, along with t…

E10I Gave Everything to that Crook!

Rani and Arun confront Chandra about his betrayal of the family, as tension mounts at the Indian food stall. Meanwhile, Audrey confronts Yi Kai about the money he received from Julian to leave her alone. Aishah and Nuru…

E11I Might Lose My Daughter!

To Aishah's chagrin, Nurul sets up her own mee rebus stall... on the same row as hers. Rani discovers a revelation about Chandra's relationship in India that shatters her. Meanwhile, Larry - desperate for money to help …

E12He's Doing This for Revenge

Dominic struggles to run his hot dog stall after Sherry quits to work for a café. To make matters worse, his altercation with a customer has gone viral and he has become the public enemy of 128 Circle. Chandra encounter…

E13How Can You Sabotage Your Own Brother?

Audrey gives Yi Kai a makeover and tries to make him fit in at a company function. Chandra's problems with the stall are compounded when his stall is shut down by the management for closing without permission. The polic…

E14Food Poisoning?

A case of food poisoning at 128 Circle puts both Aishah and Nurul's mee rebus stalls under scrutiny. Unable to bear the brunt of the upheavals, Chandra lands himself in hospital. The dessert stall closes down as Yi Kai …

E15Bye Uncle Larry, Bye Aunty Gek

Larry and Ah Gek prepare to close their stall for the first time in forty years, as the other hawkers – Dominic, Aishah, Nurul as well as Chandra and his family – contemplate life-changing decisions of their own. Is the…