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Inspector George Gently

Series 5

Episode 1: Gently Northern Soul

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

As Enoch Powell delivers his Rivers of Blood speech, disillusioned young people, black and white, come together to dance the night away to Northern Soul music at all-nighters. In Newcastle, their haven of equality is destroyed when a young black girl is murdered. Gently and Bacchus have their eyes opened to the shocking consequences of casual racism as racial tension spirals out of control, leaving a path of destroyed friendships, love affairs and families in its wake. Show less

Contributors

George Gently:
Martin Shaw
John Bacchus:
Lee Ingleby
Ambrose Kenny:
Eamonn Walker
Carol Morford:
Lenora Crichlow
Matilda Braithwaite:
Maggie O'Neill
Dolores Kenny:
Pippa Bennett-Warner
Gary Watts:
Craig Conway
Charlie Watts:
Philip Correia
Joseph Kenny:
Gary Carr
PC Taylor:
Simon Hubbard
Alfred Braxton:
Cliff Lee
Bernie Watts:
John Bowler
Mrs Stubbs:
Tracy Whitwell
Producer:
Faye Dorn
Writer:
David Kane

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