On the Fringe (Chinese: 边缘少年) is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecast on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8.
This drama serial consists of 25 episodes,[1] and was screened on every weekday night at 9.30 pm.
The drama's script is based on research from newspaper reports and interviews with students, teachers, social workers and probation officers.
[1] The drama's theme song is 'On the Fringe' sung by Thomas Teo.
[3] The drama received both positive and negative feedback from the public, warning that "this drama serial, to a large extent, glamorises gangs and gangsterism"[4] while some said that it "enables adult viewers to understand the underlying cause... younger viewers realise the danger of hanging out with wrong people"[5] and "unveiling the problems of these teenagers... deterring them from getting involved with gangsterism".