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In 1960s Britain, an upstanding detective takes on a dangerous world. Award-winning actor Martin Shaw (JUDGE JOHN DEED, THE PROFESSIONALS) is back with new episodes as Commander George Gently – an incorruptible, uncompromising cop transplanted from London’s Scotland Yard to England’s North Country in the mid-1960s.
EPISODE GUIDE:
Episode 1: "Gently Northern Soul" airs Thursday, July 16 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / Encore Sunday, July 19 at Noon on KPBS TV - 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.
Episode 2: "Gently With Class" airs Thursday, July 23 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encore Sunday, July 26 at Noon on KPBS TV - Detective drama set in 1968. Chief inspector George Gently and Sergeant John Bacchus investigate the death of a beautiful young girl in a car belonging to local aristocrats.
Episode 3: "The Lost Child" airs Thursday, July 30 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encore Sunday, August 2 at Noon on KPBS TV - Detective drama set in 1968. When the adopted child of a middle-class couple is kidnapped, suspicion falls upon the baby's birth mother.
Episode 4: "Gently in the Cathedral" airs Thursday, August 6 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV - Detective drama. A vicious career criminal who Gently sent down years ago is released, on the grounds that Gently fabricated the evidence against him.
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