The Chinese Detective

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The Chinese Detective is a British television crime drama series from the 1980s that follows a British-Chinese police detective navigating racism and bureaucracy while solving cases in London.

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The Chinese Detective canonical 2

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instanceOf British television series ⓘ
addressesIssue cultural identity in Britain ⓘ
racial prejudice in the workplace ⓘ
broadcastIn United Kingdom ⓘ
character Detective Inspector Berwick ⓘ
Detective Sergeant John Ho ⓘ
composer Harry South ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Ian Kennedy Martin ⓘ
decadeOfRelease 1980s ⓘ
depicts Metropolitan Police work in London ⓘ
executiveProducer Jonathan Alwyn ⓘ
featuresProtagonist John Ho ⓘ
filmingLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
firstAired 1981 ⓘ
format live-action television series ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ
hasEpisodeRuntimeApprox 50 minutes ⓘ
hasProtagonistBackground second-generation immigrant ⓘ
lastAired 1982 ⓘ
leadActorPlays David Yip as Detective Sergeant John Ho ⓘ
mainCharacterEthnicity British Chinese ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation police detective ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 14 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 2 ⓘ
numberOfSeries 2 ⓘ
originalChannel BBC One ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyBroadcastBy BBC ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC One ⓘ
portrays experiences of a British-Chinese detective in London ⓘ
producer Geraint Morris ⓘ
productionCompany BBC ⓘ
settingLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
starring Arthur Kelly ⓘ
David Yip ⓘ
Derek Martin ⓘ
Elizabeth Cassidy ⓘ
Robert Lee ⓘ
theme crime investigation ⓘ
institutional bureaucracy ⓘ
racism in policing ⓘ

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George Harris → notableWork → The Chinese Detective ⓘ
Tsai Chin → notableWork → The Chinese Detective ⓘ