The Chinese Detective

The Chinese Detective was a English television series, broadcast by the BBC between 1981 and 1982. The detective series was created by Ian Kennedy Martin.

The main character in the series is the British-born Chinese actor David Yip as Detective Sergeant John Ho onorthodoxse methods which with rather doing his job.

His boss in the police force was Det. insp. Berwick (Derek Martin); Ho also often went with his father Joe (Robert Lee) along for advice.

The Chinese Detective is the first – and only – British television series in which a leading British-Chinese figure so strong and sympathetic occurs. ==Episodes[ Edit] ==
 * Release – 1981
 * Hammer And Nails- 1981
 * The Four From Fulham- 1981
 * Income Tax- 1981
 * Washing- 1981
 * Ice And Dust- 1981
 * Trials- 1982
 * Oblomov- 1982
 * Wheels Within Wheels- 1982
 * 1982 -Tapdancer
 * Bounty Hunter- 1982
 * Chorale- 1982
 * Pasts- 1982
 * Secret State – 1982