Radio Times: Review by:; David Butcher

Gently veers into Morse and Lewis territory in this episode, with a visit to the dreamy quads of Durham University, where a lecturer has been murdered.

If you’ve ever wondered what a posh northern university looked like in the 60s, here’s your answer: the students dress in paisley and talk like Austin Powers – the “guys and chicks” are all “far out” and into “free love”. Anyone would think it was San Francisco in 69.

Oh, and in those days Durham was by the sea and had a naval dockyard... Get past these trifling irregularities and you’ll enjoy an intriguing tale of peace activists and secret nightclubs.

About this programme

2/2. In the summer of 1966, the Northumbrian police come under increasing media scrutiny as Sunderland prepares to host a World Cup match involving the USSR, while campaigners protest against the proposed landing of the Polaris nuclear submarine at Jarrow docks. When an academic is found dead after a CND rally, Gently and Bacchus are dispatched to Durham University to investigate his background - and find themselves in the middle of a wave of social and sexual rebellion. Drama, starring Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby, with Sarah Lancashire and Warren Clarke.