NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - Son of a Gun
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 5/20/2015
Following an armed robbery, Gently seeks to find the armed gang and bring them to justice before more innocent people are shot.
Director: Tim Whitby
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - Gently Liberated
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 5/21/2017
In Newcastle in 1970, DCI Gently re-opens Bacchus's old case of a woman convicted of her husband's murder. Will he expose a miscarriage of justice or jeopardise his reputation?
Director: Bryn Higgins
Writer: N/A
1.0/101 votesLoading...#3 - Gently with the Women
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 4/29/2015
A woman’s body is discovered having been brutally attacked. Gently is determined to catch the killer and stop him attacking anyone else. Worried that mistakes could have been down to one inspector, he is determined to get to the bottom of another mystery that is happening within the police force.
Director: Roger Goldby
Writer: N/A
1.0/101 votesLoading...#4 - Gently Among Friends
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 5/13/2015
A man has thrown himself off the Tyne Bridge and is found dead, landed on a pile of rubbish. Or so it seems. Gently knows it's murder and believes it's one involving lifelong friends. Who would want to kill a man who was apparently loved by all?
Director: Tim Whitby
Writer: N/A
1.0/101 votesLoading...#5 - Gently and the New Age
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 10/30/2017
DCI 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?
Director: Bryn Higgins
Writer: N/A
4.0/102 votesLoading...#6 - Peace and Love
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2010
Gently and Bacchus investigate the murder of a well-known left-wing academic.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
4.0/102 votesLoading...#7 - The Lost Child
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/9/2012
Gently and Bacchus are thrown into an emotionally-wrought case when a middle class couple’s adopted child is kidnapped. It takes them to a mother and baby home where young single mothers are forced to give up their infants, where the shame of illegitimacy still burns the cheeks of single mothers.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
4.0/102 votesLoading...#8 - Gently with Honour
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 2/20/2014
When two deaths connect in an unexpected way, Gently finds himself drawn into the world of drugs and LSD, and considering a Cold-War conspiracy. In the process of his investigation Gently relies on the help of an old friend – and as they begin to dig into the case, old feelings begin to stir for Gently.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
4.5/102 votesLoading...#9 - Goodbye China
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/11/2011
Gently and his sidekick investigate the suspicious death of Gently's ex-snout, China.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Writer: Peter Flannery
5.3/103 votesLoading...#10 - Gently Go Man (Pilot)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/2008
Original pilot TV film. Following the murder of his wife by notorious gangster Joe Webster, Inspector George Gently is pondering retirement. When he hears about a murder in Northumberland that sounds like Webster's handiwork, he delays his retirement to take on this one last case. Paired with local detective DS John Bacchus, he must track down Webster, while at the same time trying to deal with his headstrong young assistant and keep him on the straight and narrow.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Flannery
5.3/103 votesLoading...#11 - Gently in the Night
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 5/10/2009
Gently and Bacchus investigate the murder of a young woman whose body is found in a local church. They discover that the girl was a 'Fox', a waitress working at the first hostess club in Newcastle.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Flannery
5.3/103 votesLoading...#12 - Gently Through the Mill
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 5/24/2009
When a body is found in a local mill, Gently and Bacchus go on to uncover a web of local corruption, blackmail, fraud and robbery.
Director: Ciaran Donnelly
Writer: Mick Ford
5.8/104 votesLoading...#13 - Gently Evil
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2010
Gently and Bacchus find themselves investigating a family with unimaginable secrets.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/102 votesLoading...#14 - Gently with Class
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/2/2012
The indefatigable Chief Inspector George Gently and Detective Sergeant John Bacchus experience the inflated authority of their "social betters" first hand, when a beautiful young girl called Ellen Mallam is found dead in the passenger seat of a an upturned car registered to local aristocrats.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votesLoading...#15 - Gently Going Under
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 2/27/2014
A suspicious death in the mine in Burnsend leads Gently and Bacchus to explore the tensions and relationships in a community whose seams have been ripped wide open by politics – and discover grudges that date back to the Second World War.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/101 votesLoading...#16 - Breathe in the Air
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 5/6/2015
Inspector Gently is intrigued as to why a woman has tragically committed suicide. There are too many details that don't add up, and he suspects murder. Why did this woman, a GP, want to end her life? Gently's investigation leads him and his team to the discovery of a bigger industrial crime, more murders and more victims. Gently puts his career on the line to uncover who is really to blame.
Director: Roger Goldby
Writer: N/A
7.5/102 votesLoading...#17 - The Burning Man
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/13/2008
When a badly-burned body discovered near an RAF base is suspected to be an IRA murder, Special Branch get involved.
Director: Ciaran Donnelly
Writer: Peter Flannery
7.5/102 votesLoading...#18 - Bomber's Moon
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 7/20/2008
When a German businessman is found dead in the sea just off the coast Gently and Bacchus get involved to find the killer and Bacchus, while having money problems, is put in a dilemma when offered a bribe by a suspect.
Director: Ciaran Donnelly
Writer: Peter Flannery
7.5/102 votesLoading...#19 - Gently in the Blood
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 5/17/2009
When a young woman is raped and murdered, Gently and Bacchus are thrown into a world of racial intolerance, sexual jealousy and turf warfare.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Flannery
7.5/104 votesLoading...#20 - Gently Upside Down
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/2011
Gently and Bacchus investigate when a schoolgirl's body is discovered in a shallow grave.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/102 votesLoading...#21 - Gently Between the Lines
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 2/6/2014
Gently is surprised after he receives Bacchus’s resignation, and he soon works out that he has lost his confidence. Attempting to help Bacchus, Gently insists that he needs him to help investigate a death in custody.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/102 votesLoading...#22 - Blue for Bluebird
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 2/13/2014
Gently and Bacchus make their way to a family holiday camp to investigate both the staff and holidaymakers after a body of one of the greencoats is discovered nearby. Gently and Bacchus soon discover a story of jealousy, ambition and the dark side of a permissive society.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/103 votesLoading...#23 - Gently with the Innocents
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 5/3/2009
Investigating the murder of an old man in his dilapidated mansion, Gently and Bacchus discover a world which is beyond their comprehension.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Flannery
8.0/101 votesLoading...#24 - Gently Northern Soul
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 8/26/2012
In Newcastle, the haven of equality found at the Carlton Ballroom all-nighter is destroyed when a young black girl, Dolores Kenny, is murdered, leading Gently to uncover a disturbing and racist undercurrent growing within the local community.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/101 votesLoading...#25 - Gently in the Cathedral
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 9/16/2012
Gently finds himself suspended from duty – powerless, unprotected and persecuted. Gently must confront his deepest fears and fight to the death…
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Inspector George Gently
Every episode of Inspector George Gently ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Inspector George Gently!
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...
Genres:MysteryCrime
Network:BBC One
Worst Episodes Summary
"Son of a Gun" is the worst rated episode of "Inspector George Gently". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Tim Whitby and written by N/A, it aired on 5/20/2015. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Gently Liberated".