Forensic Heroes III is a 2011 police procedural television drama serial set and filmed in Hong Kong. Produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), Mui Siu-ching serves as the drama's executive producer with Choi Ting-ting and Leung Man-wah as the executive writers and editors. The drama closely follows a team of technicians and professionals from the Forensic Science and Forensic Pathology departments of the Hong Kong General Laboratory. Working closely with the Kowloon West District Crime Unit, they use high modern technology and scientific analyses to solve crime. Forensic Heroes III is a reboot of the Forensic Heroes franchise, which was in turn inspired by Hong Kong's 2002 costume drama Witness to a Prosecution and the CBS on-going television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
Forensic Science Division
Jack Po
Portrayed by Wayne Lai
Episodes: 01—present
Dr. Jack Po Kwok-tung (布國棟), better known as Pro Sir, is a Senior Chemist and the laboratory supervisor from the Forensic Science Division of the Hong Kong General Laboratory. Before becoming a chemist, he worked as a Firearms Analyst at the Forensic Firearms Examination Bureau. He lives with his father Shun-hing, his wife Eva Chow, and their daughter Ka-man. Pro Sir is extremely close friends with Mandy Chung, a senior pathologist under the Forensic Pathology Division. Due to their similar personalities and interests, the two share impeccable chemistry at work.
Pro Sir comes from a single-parent household. His mother died young, and his father worked as a massage therapist with low pay, who spent all of the money he earned to Pro Sir's education. Through Pro Sir's hard work and intelligence, he got accepted to one of the most prestigious colleges in the world. His father's strong sense of justice influenced Pro Sir to be a forensic chemist. Pro Sir is educated and consistently receives learning in many other professional subjects such as firearms forensic. His knowledge earns him the nickname "the human encyclopedia" by his co-workers and friends. Courteous and polite, Pro Sir is outgoing and is friends with a lot of people in the forensic department.
Later, due to their disagreements, he gets divorced with Eva, and eventually develops a relationship with Mandy Chung.
Angel Chiang
Portrayed by Aimee Chan
Episodes: 01—29
Angel Chiang Cheuk-kwan (蔣卓君) is a Forensic Technician from the Forensic Science Division of the Hong Kong General Laboratory. Angel is a Chinese American, and previously worked in New York City, United States as crime scene investigator (CSI). Angel decided to work in Hong Kong after she lost out to a less-outstanding Caucasian co-worker in a promotion opportunity, believing that her loss was due to racial discrimination by the review board. After joining the Forensic Science Division of the HK Police Department, Angel often complains of her "boring" work in Hong Kong, where she is unable to use a gun or get hands-on crime solving experience like New York. Ken Ho takes pleasure in frequently reminding Angel that she's in Hong Kong and must follow Hong Kong's rules, often annoying Angel.
Through their constant bickering, Angel and Ken eventually become close partners at work. Ken also gives Angel her first kiss on the lips. In Episode 8, Angel accidentally spills coffee on herself and is forced to wash up in the Gents, as the Ladies was under maintenance. Ken barges in by accident and sees a near topless Angel. That following night, Angel mistakenly thinks Ken was talking about their restroom encounter to their colleagues, and decides to spike Ken's drink with some Long Island Iced Tea to get him intoxicated. Ken gets drunk and kisses Angel on the lips.
Angel and Ken started dating and was thinking of going on a vacation. Angel was shot in episode 29 and died in episode 30.
Ken Ho
Portrayed by Edwin Siu
Episodes: 01—present
Ken Ho Ching-man (何正民) is a Forensic Technician from the Forensic Science Division of the Hong Kong General Laboratory. He has a master's degree in forensic chemistry and has an interest in computer technology. He is self-disciplined, articulate, and has strong work ethic. Ken gets rather annoyed with Angel Chiang, a new addition to the forensics team, who often finds Hong Kong forensic work as "boring" in comparison to those in New York City, where she used to work as a crime scene investigator (CSI).