Inspector George Gently, The Complete Series

Following the murder of his wife by notorious gangster Joe Webster, Inspector George Gently is pondering retirement. When he hears about a murder in Northumberland that sounds like Webster's handiwork, he delays his retirement to take on this one last case. Paired with local detective DS John Bacchus, he must track down Webster, while at the same time trying to deal with his headstrong young assistant and keep him on the straight and narrow.

When a badly-burned body discovered near an RAF base is suspected to be an IRA murder, Special Branch get involved.

When a German businessman is found dead in the sea just off the coast Gently and Bacchus get involved to find the killer and Bacchus, while having money problems, is put in a dilemma when offered a bribe by a suspect.

Gently and Bacchus stumble upon a world which is beyond their comprehension and belief.

Gently and Bacchus investigate the death of a young woman whose body is found in a church.

Gently and Bacchus investigate the rape and murder of a young woman.

When a body is found in a local mill, Gently and Bacchus go on to uncover a web of local corruption, blackmail, fraud and robbery.

Northumberland, 1966 - a young woman's body is found, months later a child disappears. Gently and Bacchus uncover the shocking connections between these events.

In the summer of 1966, the Northumbrian police come under increasing media scrutiny, as Sunderland prepares to host a World Cup match involving the USSR, while campaigners protest against the proposed landing of the Polaris nuclear submarine at Jarrow docks. When an academic is found dead after a CND rally, Gently and Bacchus are dispatched to Durham University to investigate his background - and find themselves in the midst of a wave of social and sexual rebellion.

When the body of missing school-girl, Mary, is discovered in a shallow grave in Pinnock Woods Gently and Bacchus are thrown into the new world of pop and media celebrity. The dead girls best friend, Hazel, is the rising star of the popular weekend show 'Upside Down', much to the chagrin on its old-timer presenter, Tony. The show's producer Hogge wants out with the old and in with the new and Hazel's just what they're looking for. But her father, the deputy head teacher of the girls' school, is not keen on her new career aspirations.

Gently and his sidekick Bacchus investigate the suspicious death of Gently's ex-snout, China. The Coroner's verdict was China was a drunk vagrant who died after a fall. But when Gently speaks to the nurse who tended to him before dying, he gets a very different story and with her husband a local copper it seems the police are hiding something.

In Newcastle, the haven of equality found at the Carlton Ballroom all-nighter is destroyed when a young black girl, Dolores Kenny, is murdered, leading Gently to uncover a disturbing and racialist undercurrent growing within the local community.

The indefatigable Chief Inspector George Gently and Detective Sergeant John Bacchus experience the inflated authority of their ‘social betters’ first hand, when a beautiful young girl called Ellen Mallam is found dead in the passenger seat of an upturned car registered to local aristocrats.

Gently and Bacchus are thrown into an emotionally-wrought case when a middle class couple’s adopted child is kidnapped. It takes them to a Mother and Baby home where young single mothers are forced to give up their babies - where the shame of illegitimacy still burns the cheeks of single mothers.

Gently finds himself suspended from duty – powerless, unprotected and persecuted. Gently must confront his deepest fears and fight to the death.

Gently is taken by surprise when he learns of Bacchus’s resignation, until he realises that his sergeant has lost his confidence. Still suffering his own scars from the Cathedral, Gently sets about fixing Bacchus and insists that he help him investigate a death in custody – a case that will have both Gently and Bacchus questioning what it means to be a police officer at a time when attitudes to the police are changing.

The body of a girl washed up by a pier leads Gently and Bacchus to investigate the staff and holidaymakers at a family holiday camp. Whilst investigating the death, Gently and Bacchus uncover a story of fame-seeking, sex and the dark underbelly of the permissive society.

In the late 60’s an article in The Times confirmed that the MOD had tested the effects of LSD on volunteer servicemen at Porton Down. Gently and Bacchus delve into this world of army secrets when a young former soldier commits a murder and Gently finds some uncomfortable truths in what it means to serve one’s Queen and Country.

Throughout the sixties, the Northumberland coal mining was decimated, as competition from oil, gas, cheap imports and nuclear power led to the closure of dozens of collieries. Communities were crushed; with the young moving on to new, lives while the old were left behind to haunt ghost towns. Burnsend is one such community. Once a thriving colliery town the future of the pit hangs in the balance as the National Coal Board (NCB) consider closing it. A mysterious death in the mine leads Gently and Bacchus to explore the tensions and relationships in the community. They encounter families riven by politics and caught in grudges that date back to the Second World War.

A woman’s body is found, brutally attacked. Gently wants to catch the killer and stop him attacking again. Worried that mistakes made have been down to one Inspector, he becomes keen to get to the bottom of another mystery that is unfolding within the force.

Inspector Gently is intrigued as to why a woman has tragically committed suicide. There are too many details that don’t add up, and he suspects murder. Why did this woman, a GP, want to end her life? Gently’s investigation leads him and his team to the discovery of a bigger industrial crime, more murders and more victims. Gently puts his career on the line to uncover who is really to blame.

A man has thrown himself off the Tyne Bridge and is found dead, landed on a pile of rubbish. Or so it seems. Gently, knows it’s murder, and believes it’s one involving lifelong friends. Who would want to kill a man who was apparently loved by all?

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?

Newcastle 1970. DCI Gently re-opens Bacchus’ old case of a woman convicted of her husband’s murder. Will he expose a miscarriage of justice or jeopardise his reputation?

Newcastle, 1970. DCI Gently’s last case leads to political intrigue, corruption – and tests him to his core. When the team faces mortal danger, how will they survive?