The Chinese Detective: Tapdancer (S2EP4 BBC One 1 Oct 1982, Edward Hardwicke)

Tapdancer: A mother’s cry for help sends John Ho in search of a missing boy. With his tapshoes and cassette player Tommy Mancey’s no ordinary kid. But then John Ho’s no ordinary cop.

Regular Cast: David Yip (Detective Sergeant John Ho), Derek Martin (Detective Chief Inspector Berwick), Arthur Kelly (Detective Sergeant Donald Chegwyn), Robert Lee (Joe Ho),

Guest Cast: Edward Hardwicke (Detective Chief Inspector Lowell), Bryan Marshall (George Bourne), Marc Gilbey (Tommy Mancey), Ben Howard (Dave Mancey), Charles Cork (Bernard Hailey), Terry Cowling (Higgins), Sam Cox (The Epping Detective), Joseph Iles (Ollie Covill), Leslie York (Elton Morley), John Bott (Detective Chief Superintendent Halsey), Ron Emslie (Detective Sergeant George Whatley), Linda Marlowe (Greta Mancey), Alexander John (The Desk Sergeant), Pam St Clement (Aunt Daisy), Larrington Walker (Ezra), Malcolm Fredericks (The Man In The Club), David Auker (Sergeant Western)

Writer: Ian Kennedy Martin / Director: Ian Toynton

Airdate: 1 Oct 1982 on BBC One

Series: The Chinese Detective Season 2 Episode 4

Show Info: Crime drama series. A Chinese copper faces prejudice as he tackles his cases in London’s Limehouse district. His real motivstion though is trying to clear his father’s name. His father was convicted of a crime he didn’t commit.

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