Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Thursdays, Sept. 10 - Oct. 1, 2026 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encores Sunday, Sept. 13 - Oct. 4 at Noon on KPBS TV. This British crime drama series is loosely based on the novels written by Alan Hunter. Martin Shaw stars as Inspector George Gently, an incorruptible cop transplanted from London to the North East of England in the mid-1960s. Lee Ingleby stars as DS John Bacchus, Gently’s young protégé.