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TV series · 1981

The Chinese Detective

First aired 30 April 1981 Drama TMDB ↗

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.

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Derek Martin
as D.C.I. Berwick
48
David Yip
as Detective Sergeant John Ho
29
Everyone else (25) ↓
Leslie Sarony
84
Maurice Denham
71
Peter Copley
65
Tony Melody
58
Lee Montague
as Reg Purnell
53
Bill Treacher
50
Michael Robbins
50
Ian Hendry
50
George Baker
50
Edward Hardwicke
48
Ray Marioni
48
Maurice Roëves
44
John Savident
as Don Liddell
43
Alan Ford
43
Albert Moses
43
Bryan Marshall
42
Rudolph Walker
as Terence Villiers
41
Peter Dean
41
Shirley Stelfox
40
Paul Antrim
36
Michael Melia
35
John Judd
34
Larrington Walker
as Ezra
34
Roger Sloman
34
Jackie Chan
27
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