The Best Episodes Written By Peter Flannery

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.3/10(3 votes)

   #1 - Son of a Gun

   S7:E45/20/2015

   Following an armed robbery, Gently seeks to find the armed gang and bring them to justice before more innocent people are shot.

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   8.8/10(4 votes)

   #2 - Gently Liberated

   S8:E15/21/2017

   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?

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   8.8/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Breathe in the Air

   S7:E25/6/2015

   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.

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   8.0/10(20 votes)

   #4 - Third Girl

   S11:E39/28/2008

   Three single girls share a London flat. The first works as a secretary; the second is an artist; the third, who comes to Poirot for help, disappears believing she is a murderer.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #5 - Bomber's Moon

   S1:E37/20/2008

   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.

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   8.0/10(6 votes)

   #6 - Gently with the Innocents

   S2:E15/3/2009

   Investigating the murder of an old man in his dilapidated mansion, Gently and Bacchus discover a world which is beyond their comprehension.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #7 - Gently in the Blood

   S2:E35/17/2009

   When a young woman is raped and murdered, Gently and Bacchus are thrown into a world of racial intolerance, sexual jealousy and turf warfare.

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   6.8/10(6 votes)

   #8 - The Burning Man

   S1:E27/13/2008

   When a badly-burned body discovered near an RAF base is suspected to be an IRA murder, Special Branch get involved.

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   6.1/10(7 votes)

   #9 - Goodbye China

   S4:E29/11/2011

   Gently and his sidekick investigate the suspicious death of Gently's ex-snout, China.

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    6.1/10(8 votes)

    #10 - Gently Go Man (Pilot)

    S1:E14/8/2008

    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.

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - 1966

    S1:E21/15/1996

    The year is 1966. Nicky is now working as Austin Donohue's PR man, but is unhappy with his work duties and Austin's ethics. Mary and Tosker are living in a hastily made tower block development built by John Edwards, a friend of Austin. Mary is unhappy in her marriage, whilst Tosker is trying his hand at a music career. Meanwhile in London, Geordie is working for Benny Barratt, a nightclub manager who also runs some sex shops. Barratt is having difficulties with the Metropolitan Police...

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    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - 1964

    S1:E11/15/1996

    The year is 1964. Nick Hutchinson returns from America, where he has been involved in civil rights movements, to his parent's home in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. There he catches up with his girlfriend Mary Soulsby and his best mate Geordie Peacock. Geordie is keen that Nicky forms a band with him and his friend Tosker Cox. However, Nicky is more interested in taking part in the run-up to the 1964 General Election, helping one of his father's old friends, Eddie Wells. Mary tires of Nicky's lack of attention and becomes involved with Tosker. Geordie meanwhile gets a girl pregnant and decides to leave Newcastle for London...

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    5.7/10(7 votes)

    #13 - Gently in the Night

    S2:E25/10/2009

    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.

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    5.4/10(5 votes)

    #14 - Gently and the New Age

    S8:E210/30/2017

    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?

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    5.4/10(5 votes)

    #15 - Gently Among Friends

    S7:E35/13/2015

    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?

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    5.4/10(5 votes)

    #16 - Gently with the Women

    S7:E14/29/2015

    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.

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