Inspector Chen: Don’t Cry, Tai Lake

Original version

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

Drama on 4

Drama

Drama from BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra.

BBC Radio 4 LW

Jamie Zubairi

Elizabeth Tan

Andrew Leung

Neil McCaul

Alice Hewkin

Clive Hayward

Luke Bailey

Rupert Holliday Evans

Ryan Early

Qiu Xiaolong

Joy Wilkinson

Toby Swift

Drama on 4: Inspector Chen Novels: Don't Cry, Tai Lake

Inspector Chen Novels

Don't Cry, Tai Lake

BBC Radio 4 - Drama on 4, Inspector Chen Novels, Don't Cry, Tai Lake

Crime drama set in modern China. The director of a chemical company has been murdered.

Another murder case for Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police Bureau. Qiu Xiaolong's academic-turned-detective is drawn into the deadly affairs of a polluting chemical company.

Poet and gourmand Inspector Chen of the Shanghai Police Bureau returns in another drama based on Qiu Xiaolong's crime novels. Chen's lakeside holiday is interrupted by the violent death of the boss of the Wuxi Number One Chemical Company. Will his blossoming relationship with a young environmental engineer compromise his covert investigation? Dramatised by Joy Wilkinson.

Song composed by Neil Brand
Directed by Toby Swift

'Don't Cry, Tai Lake' is the seventh of Qiu Xiaolong's Inspector Chen novels, all 10 of which have been dramatised for BBC Radio 4. They have sold over 1m copies and been translated into 20 languages. 
"Witty and thrilling" The Daily Telegraph.
"A welcome alternative to Scandi-noir" The Observer.

Drama on 4: Inspector Chen Novels

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Dramatisations of the mystery novels of Qiu Xiaolong, set in Shanghai

Dramatisations of the mystery novels of Qiu Xiaolong, set in Shanghai and featuring poet and translator-turned-detective Chen Cao.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Drama on 4

Inspector Chen Novels

Don't Cry, Tai Lake

Contributors

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4