Inspector George Gently

Inspector George Gently In 1960s Britain, an upstanding detective takes on a dangerous world

Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.

Mystery

Crime

Inspector George Gently In 1960s Britain, an upstanding detective takes on a dangerous world

Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.

Mystery

Crime

Created By
First Aired on: Apr 08, 2008
Popularity: 53.0706: 57 votes
Networks: (GB)
Production: BBC (GB)Company Pictures (GB)Element Pictures (IE)
Status: Ended: Show Ended

Seasons & episodes

Total 8 seasons, 25 episodes

Specials

Aired 18 years ago

2 Episodes

Episode 1Gently Go Man (Pilot)90 min
Original pilot TV film. Following the murder of his wife by notorious gangster Joe Webster, Inspector George Gently is pondering retirement. When he hears about a murder in Northumberland that sounds like Webster's handiwork, he delays his retirement to take on this one last case. Paired with local detective DS John Bacchus, he must track down Webster, while at the same time trying to deal with his headstrong young assistant and keep him on the straight and narrow.
Episode 2Behind the scenes90 min
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