苗翠花（关咏荷 饰）到广州探望父亲，生性好强的她与当地首富方德（江华 饰）多次结怨。翠花误伤了漕督大人的儿子，使之变成了白痴。愤怒的漕督扬言要找翠花报仇，与翠花父亲甚有交情的方德出面相救，冒险认了翠花是自己的四姨太，以方德与恭亲王的交情保住了翠花的性命。
而翠花更将错就错嫁入了方家，引起了方家妻妾的不满，翠花更多次违反方家的家规，与方德的冲突不断。但在往后的日子里，两人共同面对了许多的患难，当二人情愫渐生的时候，方德因为帮助反清义士而被捕了……

南宋年间，全真教道士丘处机与江南七怪武功不相上下，两方决定各培养一个徒弟，日后比武来决定双方武功高低。丘处机的徒弟是金国小王子杨康（苗侨伟 饰），江南七怪的徒弟则是自小随母亲在蒙古生活的郭靖（黄日华 饰）。从蒙古来到中原的郭靖，邂逅了“东邪”黄药师（曾江 饰）的女儿黄蓉（翁美玲 饰）。后又遇见义弟杨康，卷入了杨康一家的纠纷中还有杨康与穆念慈（杨盼盼 饰演）的感情纠葛。在郭靖和黄蓉两人的各种冒险中，两人又结识了“北丐”洪七公（刘丹 饰）、“西毒”欧阳锋（杨泽霖 饰）、“南帝”一灯大师（刘兆铭 饰）、“老顽童”周伯通（秦煌 饰）等武林奇人，经历了丐帮、铁掌帮、争夺武穆遗书等种种事件，两人的爱情也遭遇了许多考验。后郭靖又接到成吉思汗命令，令其率兵攻打南宋。郭靖终逃离蒙古，和冰释前嫌的黄蓉共同保卫襄阳。
香港TVB83版《射雕英雄传》根据金庸同名小说改编，被广泛认为是改编最成功的一版，真实再现了金庸笔下那个充满传奇的武侠世界。

During the Northern Song Dynasty, foreign tribes coveted the territory of the Great Song, creating a confrontational situation between the Han and non-Han ethnic groups. Qiao Feng (portrayed by Felix Wong), the leader of the Beggars' Sect, was falsely accused of being a descendant of the Khitans as revenge for rejecting the love of Kang Min (portrayed by Yim Wai-ming), the wife of the deputy leader. He was despised by martial artists in the Central Plains. Determined to clear his name, Qiao Feng searched everywhere for clues about his origin. During this period, he met Duan Yu (portrayed by Benny Chan), the prince of Dali, and the monk Xu Zhu (portrayed by Fan Siu-wong), and they became sworn brothers.