The Chinese Detective

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The Chinese Detective is a British television police procedural drama series, first transmitted by the BBC between 1981 and 1982. The series was created by Ian Kennedy Martin, who had previously devised The Sweeney and Juliet Bravo.read more

The Chinese Detective is a British television police procedural drama series, first transmitted by the BBC between 1981 and 1982. The series was created by Ian Kennedy Martin, who had previously devised The Sweeney and Juliet Bravo. The series starred British Chinese actor David Yip as Detective Sergeant John Ho, the first Chinese lead actor in a British television drama series. The series offered traditional police procedural storylines in a setting of occasional prejudice and distrust within the police force, and the prejudice displayed by those Ho encounters whilst doing his job. Like many other television detectives of the time, Ho was something of a maverick, often using unorthodox methods to solve crimes. The series was set in and around London's docklands, before redevelopment began in the 1980s.

Original Release

04/30/1981 on BBC

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Cast

(see additional cast & crew)
# Title Air Date
1 Trials Friday, 10 September 1982
2 Oblomov Friday, 17 September 1982
3 Wheels Between Wheels Friday, 24 September 1982
4 Tapdancer Friday, 01 October 1982
5 Bounty Hunter Friday, 15 October 1982
6 Chorale Friday, 22 October 1982
7 Pasts Friday, 29 October 1982
8 Secret State Friday, 05 November 1982
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Directors

Ian Toynton, Terry Green, Tom Clegg, Terence Williams, Brian Lighthill, David Green, Laurence Moody, Jeremy Summers, Leonard Lewis

Writers

Ian Kennedy Martin, Edward Boyd

Creators

Ian Kennedy Martin

Cast

Producers

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