Returning: Inspector George Gently

In December ABC screens the last ever instalment of Inspector George Gently starring Martin Shaw.

The series, which began in 2007, concluded in the UK last month.

Company Pictures CEO Michele Buck said: “We felt the character was coming to natural end, and wanted to bring the audience an ambitious and exciting conclusion to such a well-loved show.

The final film in the series – Gently And The New Age – is set in 1970, when there is great
change in the air…. The start of a new decade…. Heath has just won a narrow victory for the Conservatives at the General Election on a platform of peace and prosperity by taking them into Europe… But there’s radical change for women, political paranoia in the Cold War – and industrial unrest in the air…..

Gently (Martin Shaw) is giving evidence at The Old Bailey against corrupt police officers in the Met – his old enemies. It should be the final significant act and pinnacle of his career before retirement, but when DI Lister, the head of a new covert Special Investigations Unit, offers him an unsolved case, Gently can’t resist…

His task is to reinvestigate the murder of young secretary, Lesley Pierce. No one was ever charged, and there are now hints that someone powerful was protected from prosecution by The Establishment. Gently’s enquiries lead him to investigate North Eastern MP, Michael Clements – a charismatic idealist – tipped to be Wilson’s successor as the leader of the Labour Party and potentially the next Prime Minister. Clements has secured funding for his passion project, Marwick Point – designed to reinvigorate the North and cement links with Europe. When Gently links Lesley and the MP, Clements does everything in his power to protect his ambitions. So how will Gently uncover the truth?

8:30pm Sunday December 10 on ABC.