The Chinese Detective

📊 Series Specifications

Network BBC One
Episode Runtime ~60 min
Total Seasons 2
Total Episodes 14
Original Language EN
Creator Ian Kennedy Martin

The Chinese Detective (1981)

Created by Ian Kennedy Martin
⭐ 3.6 / 5 (5 votes) 🎬 2 Seasons 📼 14 Episodes 🏷️ Drama 📡 Ended
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Series Status:

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Synopsis

Chinese British Detective Sergeant John Ho solves cases in the East End of London. Ho fits the pattern of the maverick detective, prepared to use unorthodox methods to solve his cases, which emerged in series like Z Cars and The Sweeney.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 Release

A released prisoner, a smashed window, and a terrified wife: Detective Sergeant John Ho discovers that past crimes breed present strife and future violence.

E2 Hammer and Nails

The murder of a Chinese club owner sets John Ho in the middle of a gangland struggle for power—and into the bad books of Chief Inspector Berwick.

E3 The Four From Fulham

Mr Hong holds the key to a big prize which the Fulham gang are desperate to win. John Ho observes them all, and witnesses the evil result of ambition and greed.

E4 Income Tax

An-ex villain wants to put his dishonest ways behind him, so is not best pleased to be reminded of his past by the tax man and John Ho.

E5 Washing
E6 Ice and Dust
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