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Inspector George Gently: Series 7

Martin Shaw

Lee Ingleby

Lisa McGrillis

Jody Latham

Elizabeth Carling

Simon Hubbard

Danny Cunningham

Patrick McNamee

Annabel Scholey

Tom Hutch

Emma Lundy

Rosie Wyatt

Lucian Msamati

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Inspector George Gently: Series 7: Episode 4: Son of a Gun

Son of a Gun

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Episode 4: Son of a Gun

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BBC One - Inspector George Gently, Series 7, Son of a Gun

Gently's latest investigation takes him into the world of skinheads.

Detective drama set in 1969. Gently is enjoying the festive cheer on Christmas Eve, until he gets news. A bank has been hit, and there's work to be done.

It's 1969, and on Christmas Eve Gently is enjoying the festive cheer, until he gets news. A bank has been hit, and there's work to be done. Gently's hunt for the gunmen takes him into the world of skinheads. Gently has little fear, but the world is changing around him. 

Gently is later faced with a difficult dilemma. Does the law always have to be so cruel? Can he bend it just this once?

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Crime drama about an old-school detective coming to terms with 1960s Britain.

Crime drama about an old-school detective coming to terms with 1960s Britain. Starring Martin Shaw

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