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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. 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
Name | Character |
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David Yip | Detective Sergeant John Ho |
Derek Martin | Detective Chief Inspector Berwick / D.C.I. Berwick / Det. Chief Insp. Berwick |
Arthur Kelly | Detective Sergeant Donald Chegwyn / Det. Sgt. Chegwyn |
Larrington Walker | Ezra |
Robert Lee | Joe Ho |
Richard Rees | Dr. David Li |
John Bott | Det. Chief Supt. Halsey / Detective Chief Superintendent Halsey |
Allan Surtees | Ex Detective Chief Inspector Marley-Harris / Ex. Det. Chief Insp. Marley-Harris |
Albert Moses | Mr. Patel / Mr. Banerjee |
Vincent Wong | Mr. Hong |
# | Title | Air Date |
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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
Cast
Name | Character |
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David Yip | Detective Sergeant John Ho |
Derek Martin | Detective Chief Inspector Berwick / D.C.I. Berwick / Det. Chief Insp. Berwick |
Arthur Kelly | Detective Sergeant Donald Chegwyn / Det. Sgt. Chegwyn |
Larrington Walker | Ezra |
Robert Lee | Joe Ho |
Richard Rees | Dr. David Li |
John Bott | Det. Chief Supt. Halsey / Detective Chief Superintendent Halsey |
Allan Surtees | Ex Detective Chief Inspector Marley-Harris / Ex. Det. Chief Insp. Marley-Harris |
Albert Moses | Mr. Patel / Mr. Banerjee |
Vincent Wong | Mr. Hong |
Troy Foster | Eli |
John Judd | Roy Kinnock |
Helen Keating | Sandra Beatty |
Dana Michie | Hatman |
Alan Ford | Jack Arthur Bross |
Brian Croucher | Jack Mangan |
Peter Dean | Greg |
Michael Melia | Milner |
Paul Antrim | Chief Insp. Seddon |
Carrie Jones | Dora |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Terence Williams | Producer |