TV series
Inspector George Gently
Overview
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.
Details
- First air date
- 2008-04-08
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 8 seasons
- Episodes
- 25 episodes
- Genres
- Mystery, Crime
- Network
- BBC One
- Production
- BBC, Company Pictures, Element Pictures
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Martin Shaw as George Gently
- Lee Ingleby as John Bacchus
- Simon Hubbard as PC Taylor
- Tony Rohr as China
- Lisa McGrillis as WPC (then Sergeant) Rachel Coles
- Richard Armitage
- Christian Oliver
- Charlotte Riley
- Tim Healy
- Paul Copley
- Shaun Evans
- Phil Davis
Creators and crew
- Peter Flannery - Creator
- Andrew Lowe - Executive Producer
- Peter Flannery - Producer
- Matthew Bird - Producer
- Dominic Barlow - Producer
- Ciarán Donnelly - Director
Seasons
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