George Gently: Series 3

Tony®-nominated actor Martin Shaw (Judge John Deed) returns in a pair of new feature-length mysteries as Inspector George Gently, a grizzled London detective and grieving widower who finds a new purpose-in Britain's windswept Northumberland. It's the mid-1960s, and this once tranquil place is just beginning to feel the effects of cultural change and social upheaval. Teamed with brash young sergeant John Bacchus (Lee Ingleby, Nicholas Nickleby), Gently delves into a family's dark secrets and a university's chaotic campus to uncover motives for murder.

Disc 1
Gently Evil
Called to a crime scene at a working-class boarding house, Gently and Bacchus find a woman horribly beaten to death, her eyes covered discreetly with a handkerchief. The victim also carried her daughter's birth certificate, with the name of the child's father crossed out and "satan" penciled in. Following this lead, Gently and Bacchus probe the twisted secrets of a family that seems to harbor pure evil.

Disc 2
Peace & Love
When nuclear submarines plan to dock at the local naval base, young peace protesters from Durham University clash with the police. The next morning, the demonstrators' fiery leader, faculty member Fraser Barratt, turns up dead at the dockside. The investigation takes Gently and Bacchus to the campus, where big changes are blowin' in the wind-and the social, political, and sexual tumult brings little peace.

Directed by Ciaran Donnelly, Daniel O'Hara
Written by Peter Flannery, Alan Hunter, Mick Ford,
Produced by Johann Knobel, Jake Lushington
Executive Produced by George Faber, Peter Flannery, Polly Hill, Andrew Lowe, Charles Pattinson, Suzan Harrison
Original Music by Ray Harman
Cinematography by Peter Robertson
Film Editing by Stephen O'Connell, Ray Roantree, Isobel Stephenson
Costume Design by Susan Scott, Lorna Marie Mugan

"Great, bordering on brilliant" -Esquire.com

"Great performances and superb characterizations" -San Francisco Chronicle