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Inspector George Gently

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Crime drama about an old-school detective trying to cope with Britain in the 1960s.

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.

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Inspector George Gently: Series 5

Martin Shaw

Lee Ingleby

Eamonn Walker

Lenora Crichlow

Maggie O'Neill

Pippa Bennett-Warner

Craig Conway

Philip Correia

Gary Carr

Simon Hubbard

Cliff Lee

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David Kane

Inspector George Gently: Series 5: Episode 1: Gently Northern Soul

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Episode 1: Gently Northern Soul

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Gently Northern Soul

BBC One - Inspector George Gently, Series 5, Gently Northern Soul

Gently and Bacchus awaken to the consequences of racism when a young girl is murdered.

Detective drama set in 1968. Gently and Bacchus awaken to the consequences of casual racism after a young girl is murdered at a Northern Soul all-nighter.

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.

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