Inspector George Gently

SYNOPSIS

One-off drama set in 1964 about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred, when the proliferation of drugs is about to change the face of policing for ever and when Britain's youth stand on the brink of a social and sexual revolution. George Gently vows to avenge his wife's death at the hands of notorious gangster Joe Webster, but his efforts are hampered by corrupt senior Met officers protecting Webster.