About this programme
1/2. After an unidentified burnt body is found near an RAF base, Gently works alongside Special Branch officers who suspect the victim was involved with the IRA. However, the discovery that a large cache of guns has gone missing turns the case into a hostage situation. Feature-length episode starring Martin Shaw as the 1960s Northumberland detective, with Lee Ingleby and Robert Glenister.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Inspector George Gently
- Martin Shaw
- DS John Bacchus
- Lee Ingleby
- China
- Tony Rohr
- PC Taylor
- Simon Hubbard
- Superintendent Empton
- Robert Glenister
- Wanda Lane
- Pooky Quesnel
- Doyle
- John Kavanagh
- Carmel O'Shaugnessy
- Charlotte Riley
- O'Shaugnessy
- Deka Walmsley
- Rauri O'Connell
- Finbar Lynch
- Madson
- Tony Maudsley
- Campling
- Tom Beard
- Podmore
- Paul Wyett
- Adjutant
- Liam Hourican
- Receptionist
- Michael Winder
- Billy
- Colin MacLachlan
- Customer
- Rory James Wilson
Crew
- Director
- Ciaran Donnelly
- Producer
- Jake Lushington
- Writer
- Peter Flannery
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