The Inspector Chen Mysteries: Red Mandarin Dress. BBC RADIO DRAMA

BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations of the crime novels of Qiu Xiaolong, set in Shanghai. Starring Jamie Zubairi as Chief Inspector Chen Cao, an astute young policeman with twin passions for food and poetry.

Through thrilling crime drama, these ten mysteries paint a portrait of modern life in communist China, depicting traditional Shanghai life amidst the old alleyways and how it is rapidly changing with modernisation.

5. Red Mandarin Dress: A serial killer is loose on the streets of Shanghai, but Chen is otherwise engaged on a high-level corruption case. With bodies appearing at the rate of one a week, the homicide team is in desperate need of help.
Cast:
Chen - Jamie Zubairi
Yu - Dan Li
Party Secretary Li - Daniel York
Detective Hong - Vera Chok
Jia Ming - Nicholas Murchie
White Cloud - Elizabeth Chan
Xia - Natasha Cowley
Comrade Fan - John Bowler
Kong - Alison Belbin
Sergeant Qi - Gavi Singh Chera
Shen Wenchang - David Sterne
Director Zhong - John Dougall
Hotel Manager - Finlay Robertson
Receptionist- Catriona McFarlane

Author: Qiu Xiaolong
Adaptor: Joy Wilkinson
Director: Toby Swift

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