Hong Kong’s Beloved Bulldog, Companion of Chimp in Overalls, Has Died
James, of television fame, passed away at 12 years old.

A 12-year-old bulldog known to many TVB viewers as James has passed away, sparking an outcry of grief on social media across Hong Kong.
"The Adventure of Pan and James" was broadcasted on from 2006 to 2007 and dubbed by the local boy band I Love U Boyz. It was a variety show featuring a chimpanzee in overalls, Pan, dragging James behind him as they ran special errands from delivering lunch boxes to buying train tickets. The episodes often took place in Japan.
The weekend show had over a million viewers and was considered an enormous success when compared to other programs at the time—though, it did raise controversy over animal rights. The show became so popular that even Buzzfeed wrote about it in 2011. The owner of duo Pan and James, Aso Cuddly Dominion Zoo, announced James’s death on its official Facebook page on March 9. He died on March 8.
The image of a mischievous Pan tugging a clumsily toddling James is a collective Hong Kong memory. One of the voiceover actors, Donald Tong Kim-hong, expressed his grief during an interview with Apple Daily: “The program brought family members together on weekends. Thank you for bringing so much laughter to us James. Rest in peace.”