Martin Shaw

A tough, idealistic judge with a passionate belief in justice makes powerful enemies in the British government.

Actor Martin Shaw stars as the principled detective George Gently in these four feature-length mysteries. These dramas unfold against the beautiful backdrop of rural Britain during the tumultuous 1960s. Based on the long-running series of books by Alan Hunter

Deed must deal with corruption within the jury, the suspected murder of a barrister, and a case connected to a lucrative government deal with a foreign country during which finalizing the contract seems to some more important than seeing justice is done. Subsequent episodes raise other important questions of justice: a man with the mental age of 13 on trial for murder; the uncovering of a massive mortgage fraud perpetrated by lawyers with the connivance...

Gently evil: Called to a crime scene at a working-class boarding house, Gently and Bacchus find a woman horribly beaten to death, her eyes covered discreetly with a handkerchief. The victim also carried her daughter's birth certificate, with the name of the child's father crossed out and "satan" penciled in. Following this lead, Gently and Bacchus probe the twisted secrets of a family that seems to harbor pure evil. Peace & love: When nuclear submarines...

Grant plays the dashing 18th century hero who poses as a member of the revolution to snatch imprisoned noblemen from the jaws of the guillotine and spirit them to safety in England.

Chief Inspector George Gently and Detective Sergeant John Bacchus investigate crimes.

Commander Dalgliesh undertakes a highly sensitive murder investigation at the Dupayne Museum. The circumstances of the case bear an unsettling similarity to the historical cases commemorated in the museum's notorious Murder Room.

Louis Capet, heir to the French throne, is kidnapped by a masked intruder. To save the Dauphin, Blakeney and his wife stage a public break-up, allowing her to get close to Robespierre and the Republic's authorities. She then regains the confidence of Chauvelin, her adversary and former lover, to help the Pimpernel unravel this mystery.

Inspector George Gently in these feature-length mysteries set in the North East of England during the social upheaval of the 1960s. These episodes follow Gently and his partner as they solve four grisly murders.

"Detective Chief Inspector George Gently ... returns to the job six months after he and his sergeant, John Bacchus ... were gravely injured in the line of duty. Both officers appear to be on the mend, physically at least. ... At a time of changing attitudes and values in Britain, Gently and Bacchus are undergoing transitions of their own ... set in 1969"--Container.