The Little Nyonya

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The Little Nyonya
Theatrical Poster
小娘惹
Genre	Period drama
Written by	Ang Eng Tee
Directed by	Chong Liung Man Tay Peck Choo Chia Mien Yang Loo Yin Kam
Starring	Jeanette Aw Qi Yuwu Pierre Png Joanne Peh
Opening theme	如燕 by Olivia Ong
Ending theme	保温 by Bevlyn Khoo 需要 by JS
Country of origin	Singapore
Original languages	Mandarin (with partial English, Malay, Japanese and Hokkien)
No. of episodes	34
Production
Producer	Chia Mien Yang
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Original release
Network	MediaCorp TV Channel 8
Release	25 November 2008 (2008-11-25) – 5 January 2009 (2009-01-05)
Related
Precious (2011) The New Little Nyonya (2020) The Little Nyonya II: Emerald Hill [zh] (2025)
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The Little Nyonya (Chinese: 小娘惹) is a 2008 drama serial on Singapore's free-to-air MediaCorp TV Channel 8. It stars Jeanette Aw, Qi Yuwu, Pierre Png and Joanne Peh as the main casts of the series. The storyline, which circles around the biographical flashback of an extended Peranakan Chinese family in Malacca, Malaysia, is set in the 1930s and spans to over 70 years and several generations of three families.

It debuted on 25 November 2008 and concluded its run on 5 January 2009. It was shown on weekdays at 9 pm. The series was partly sponsored by the Media Development Authority of Singapore.

Produced by MediaCorp in commemoration of Channel 8's 45th anniversary, the drama series is widely regarded as one of the greatest television series on MediaCorp Channel 8. It has been acclaimed by viewers and critics, and ranked the highest viewership in the country in 14 years. The success of this drama series has led to the show being broadcast internationally. In December 2016, the subscription-based streaming service Netflix acquired broadcasting rights for the series.^[1] The series spawned a Chinese remake of the same name broadcasting on CCTV, which aired for 45 episodes beginning 28 June 2020 and ended on 20 July. Singapore aired the remake from 5 January 2021 until 10 March 2021.