10 years
after Marti
n Shaw t
urned the belov
ed Inspe
ctor Gently
novels i
nto a hit BB
C One T
V series, fi
lming has begu
n on two fina
l featu
re-length epi
sodes. Ba
ck in act
ion one last
time will be
Shaw as th
e eponymous ins
pector, who
is test
ed like n
ever bef
ore just as h
e winds down
his ca
reer. In the
first o
f two fi
lms - Gent
ly Libe
rated - the
inspector an
d his tru
sted alli
es Bacc
hus (Lee
Ingleb
y) and Coles
(Lisa McGril
lis) are br
ought in to inv
estigate
a possible &a
mp;quot;mis
carriage of jus
tice&qu
ot;. However
, their
final ca
se in G
ently a
nd the N
ew Age has th
e Met's
new Special
Investiga
tions Squ
ad boss
Lister bringin
g in the inspe
ctor to inve
stigate
high leve
ls of corru
ption wi
thin th
e force.
Both of t
hese mi
ni-movies w
ill be set
in 1970,
as the w
omen's
liberat
ion movement a
nd the rise o
f the Conse
rvative Pa
rty bring cl
ashing values t
o Britain
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C One TV se