The Chinese Detective

*The Chinese Detective*
The Chinese Detective
Genre	Police procedural
Created by	Ian Kennedy Martin
Written by	Ian Kennedy Martin; Edward Boyd
Starring	David Yip; Derek Martin; Arthur Kelly; Larrington Walker; Robert Lee; Allan Surtees; John Bott; Richard Rees
Composer	Harry South
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	14 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE.
Production
Producer	Terence Williams
Cinematography	Peter Chapman
Editor	Bill Wright
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	BBC Studios
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	30 April 1981 –; 5 November 1982
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The Chinese Detective is a British television police procedural drama series, first transmitted by the BBC between 1981 and 1982. The series was created by Ian Kennedy Martin, who had previously devised The Sweeney and Juliet Bravo.^{[citation needed]}