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The Chinese Detective - Series 1 And 2 - Complete [1981]
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Product details

Actors: David Yip, Derek Martin, Arthur Kelly
Directors: Ian Toynton
Format: PAL
Region: Region 2 ( DVD formats.)
Number of discs: 4
Classification:
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
DVD Release Date: 14 April 2008
Run Time: 700 minutes

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DVD Features:
ASIN: B0015083NA
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 24,744 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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DVD Description
The Chinese Detective (BBC, 1981-82) provided the first lead role for a Chinese actor on British television. Written by Ian Kennedy Martin, creator of The Sweeney (ITV, 1975-78), the series remains the only British television drama to feature a Chinese lead.

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.

British-born Chinese actor David Yip plays Ho and instead of the barely intelligible English typically spoken by Chinese actors in British drama, Yip's accent has a strong Cockney influence.

The series was influenced by the internationally successful Charlie Chan detective films of the 1930s and '40s, but in line with industry attitudes of the time, that particular Chinese detective was invariably played by a white actor in 'yellow-face'.

Both series 1 and 2 feature on this DVD.

Synopsis
Influenced by the phenomenally-successful Charlie Chan films of the 30s, The Chinese Detective follows Detective Sergeant John Ho - a Cockney law enforcer of Chinese descent and the way in which he employs unorthodox methods to solve his cases.