3.390 minSeason 8 • Episode 2
LatestDCI Gently is set for retirement, but when DI Lister, the head of a new covert special investigations unit, presents him with an unsolved case, Gently can't resist one more intriguing offer. The case leads to political intrigue and corruption - and tests Gently to his core. When the team faces mortal danger, how will they survive?
Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.
Acting
Martin Shaw's eyebrows deserve their own BAFTA.
Production
Newcastle never looked this grimy-gorgeous.
Writing
Bacchus evolves from punchable to precious.
Creator
Peter Flannery
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