Peter Flannery
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Gently evil: Called to a crime scene at a working-class boarding house, Gently and Bacchus find a woman horribly beaten to death, her eyes covered discreetly with a handkerchief. The victim also carried her daughter's birth certificate, with the name of the child's father crossed out and "satan" penciled in. Following this lead, Gently and Bacchus probe the twisted secrets of a family that seems to harbor pure evil.
Peace & love: When nuclear submarines...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (354 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Actor Martin Shaw stars as the principled detective George Gently in these four feature-length mysteries. These dramas unfold against the beautiful backdrop of rural Britain during the tumultuous 1960s. Based on the long-running series of books by Alan Hunter
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 178 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A former Scotland Yard sleuth now tracking murders in Britain?s North Country, George Gently (Tony nominee Martin Shaw) is an old-time copper in the rapidly changing 1960s. In these two feature-length mysteries, Gentry and Bacchus investigate the suspicious death of an ex-informant facing a seemingly hopeless future, as well as the murder of a young woman poised on the brink of an exciting new chapter in her life.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (186 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The eight season moves into the 1970s, with DCI George Gently facing retirement. In the opening episode Gently discovers the victim's wife was convicted of the murder eight years ago, he decides to re-open the case; a controversial move. But DI Bacchus opposes Gently's decision, not least because he worked as a DS on the original investigation and putting mentor and protâegâe at complete odds.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 369 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Detective Chief Inspector George Gently ... returns to the job six months after he and his sergeant, John Bacchus ... were gravely injured in the line of duty. Both officers appear to be on the mend, physically at least. ... At a time of changing attitudes and values in Britain, Gently and Bacchus are undergoing transitions of their own ... set in 1969"--Container.
Author
Series
George Gently volume 2
Description
A doctor's seeming suicide by lethal injection has Gently wondering why she has a bruise on the side of her face. Even the discovery of a suicide note leaves him unconvinced.
Author
Series
George Gently volume 1
Description
To Coles' disgust, Bacchus and his male colleagues are dismissive of a prostitute's claims she was raped and urge her to drop the charges.
Author
Series
George Gently volume 3
Description
When an adopted baby is snatched from her crib, suspicion initially falls on the birth mother, who may be having second thoughts about giving up her child. But after a ransom demand turns out to be blackmail, Gently turns his attentions closer to home.
Author
Series
George Gently volume 4
Description
Upon his release from prison, a vicious career criminal from Gently's London days seeks revenge on the detective. Allegations about the inspector start to fly and many people-Bacchus among them-are all too ready to believe the worst.
Author
Series
George Gently volume 2
Description
After a car turns up in a river with a drowned young woman in the passenger seat but no driver, the detectives follow the trail to the home of local aristocrats. Bacchus resents the family, and Gently suspects his sergeant may be crossing a line to get a conviction.
Author
Series
George Gently volume 3
Description
When the body of a cash-strapped property developer is found beneath Newcastle's Tyne Bridge, Gently again suspects a murder dressed up as a suicide. The death followed a fight with two childhood friends, one a union organizer, the other a restaurateur.