The BEST episodes written by Peter Flannery

Goodbye China
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8.23
117 votes

#1 - Goodbye China

Inspector George Gently - Season 4 - Episode 2

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

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Breathe In the Air
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8.09
115 votes

#2 - Breathe In the Air

Inspector George Gently - Season 7 - Episode 2

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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Gently in the Blood
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8.07
194 votes

#3 - Gently in the Blood

Inspector George Gently - Season 2 - Episode 3

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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Gently in the Night
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7.97
218 votes

#4 - Gently in the Night

Inspector George Gently - Season 2 - Episode 2

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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The Burning Man
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7.90
237 votes

#5 - The Burning Man

Inspector George Gently - Season 1 - Episode 1

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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Bomber's Moon
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7.82
175 votes

#6 - Bomber's Moon

Inspector George Gently - Season 1 - Episode 2

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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Gently Upside Down
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7.76
120 votes

#7 - Gently Upside Down

Inspector George Gently - Season 4 - Episode 1

Gently and Bacchus investigate when a schoolgirl's body is discovered in a shallow grave.

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Part Four
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7.73
48 votes

#8 - Part Four

The Devil's Whore - Season 1 - Episode 4

The final episode of the Civil War drama. Sexby returns to England, convinced that Cromwell was responsible for the murder of Rainsborough, and hatches a suicidal scheme to assassinate him.

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Third Girl
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7.68
507 votes

#9 - Third Girl

Agatha Christie's Poirot - Season 11 - Episode 3

An heiress tells Poirot she may have killed someone, but Poirot uncovers a conspiracy.

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Gently with the Innocents
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7.68
165 votes

#10 - Gently with the Innocents

Inspector George Gently - Season 2 - Episode 1

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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Gently Among Friends
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7.60
137 votes

#11 - Gently Among Friends

Inspector George Gently - Season 7 - Episode 3

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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Part One
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7.33
229 votes

#12 - Part One

New Worlds - Season 1 - Episode 1

The story begins in Hadley, Massachusetts, where Ned Hawkins is warning the townsfolk to keep up with the rents owed to his father's company, when they are interrupted by a Native American attack. Ned fights alongside Hope Russell, the daughter of the town's pastor, but it's only when Colonel William Goffe arrives that Hadley is saved. Goffe is a fugitive - one of the last remaining men who signed the death warrant of Charles I. Led by Ned and Hope he flees into the wilderness.

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Part Three
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7.27
51 votes

#13 - Part Three

The Devil's Whore - Season 1 - Episode 3

The country is in shock and divided as Oliver Cromwell (Dominic West) puts the King (Peter Capaldi) on trial for treason and becomes the first head of the Republican Government.

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Part One
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7.18
79 votes

#14 - Part One

The Devil's Whore - Season 1 - Episode 1

First in a four-part drama telling the story of the English Civil War through the eyes of a spirited aristocratic woman (Andrea Riseborough) with John Simm, Dominic West and Peter Capaldi.

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