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* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: The VictimOfTheWeek in "Gently Among Friends" is down in by a chair to the head, aided by some judicious kicking once he is down on the ground.
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* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: The VictimOfTheWeek in "Gently Among Friends" is down done in by a chair to the head, aided by some judicious kicking once he is down on the ground.
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* TheGamblingAddict: The wife of the VictimOfTheWeek in "Gently Among Thieves". Deeply in dept to {{Loan Shark}}s, they come to an 'arrangement' with her that essentially amounts to prostitution.
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* LoanShark: A pair of loan sharks force a woman who is TrappedByGamblingDebts into prostitution in "Gently Among Friends". Bacchus deals out a little street justice to scare them off.
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* UnconfessedUnemployment: More like 'Unconfessed Bankruptcy', but the VictImOfTheWeek in "Gently Among Friends" is hiding the extent of his financial troubles from his wife, even while he is pawning their belongings and passing their disappearance of as theft.
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* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: The VictimOfTheWeek in "Gently Among Friends" is down in by a chair to the head, aided by some judicious kicking once he is down on the ground.
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* CharacterNameAlias: The VictimOfTheWeek in "Gently Among Friends" uses the aliases 'T. Dan Smith' and 'Richard Grainger': two prominent figures in the history of Newcastle who both had the nickname 'Mr Newcastle'.
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* In [[spoiler:"Breathe in the Air"]], an apparent suicide turns out to be actual suicide. However, there were enough suspcious circumstances for Gently to investigate and in doing so her uncovers a criminal conspiracy, and the VictimOfTheWeek was DrivenToSuicide.
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* In [[spoiler:"Breathe in the Air"]], an apparent suicide turns out to be actual suicide. However, there were enough suspcious circumstances for Gently to investigate and in doing so her he uncovers a criminal conspiracy, and the VictimOfTheWeek was DrivenToSuicide.
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* NeverSuicide: In "Gently with Honour", Gently and Bacchus return to a psychiatrist with a warrant for the medical files of one his patients and find the psychiatrist hanged; an apparent suicide. Gently's suspicions are immediately raised, especially when he finds the medical file he was after is missing. It is later discovered that the psychiatrist's neck had been snapped and he was then strung up to make it look like he hanged himself.
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* NeverSuicide: NeverSuicide:
** In "Gently with Honour", Gently and Bacchus return to a psychiatrist with a warrant for the medical files of one his patients and find the psychiatrist hanged; an apparent suicide. Gently's suspicions are immediately raised, especially when he finds the medical file he was after is missing. It is later discovered that the psychiatrist's neck had been snapped and he was then strung up to make it look like he hanged himself.
** In "Gently with Honour", Gently and Bacchus return to a psychiatrist with a warrant for the medical files of one his patients and find the psychiatrist hanged; an apparent suicide. Gently's suspicions are immediately raised, especially when he finds the medical file he was after is missing. It is later discovered that the psychiatrist's neck had been snapped and he was then strung up to make it look like he hanged himself.
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* In [[spoiler:"Breathe in the Air"]], an apparent suicide turns out to be actual suicide. However, there were enough suspcious circumstances for Gently to investigate and in doing so her uncovers a criminal conspiracy, and the VictimOfTheWeek was DrivenToSuicide.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In "Breathe the Air", a Swiss corporation is covering up the fact that they knew that asbestos was giving their workers cancer years before they shut down their factory. Their ruthless cover-up drives a doctor to suicide.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In "Breathe in the Air", a Swiss corporation is covering up the fact that they knew that asbestos was giving their workers cancer years before they shut down their factory. Their ruthless cover-up drives a doctor to suicide.
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* DrivenToSuicide: The VictimOfTheWeek in [[spoiler:"Breathe in the Air"]] is a doctor who was driven to suicide as a result of harassment from a corporation when she attempted to expose their corrupt practices that were given their workers cancer.
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* ManOnFire: How the VictimOfTheWeek is killed in "The Burning Man".
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: In "Breathe the Air", a Swiss corporation is covering up the fact that they knew that asbestos was giving their workers cancer years before they shut down their factory. Their ruthless cover-up drives a doctor to suicide.
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* PursuedProtagonist: "Gently With the Women" opens with a young woman being chased the river in Durham by her eventual killer.
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* ImpairmentShot: There is a shot from Gently' POV that goes blurry just before he passes out in the boxing ring in "Gently With the Women".
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* HeyYouHaymaker: Gently delivers one a rapist and murderer in "Gently With the Women".
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Based on the 1960s novels by Alan Hunter, but moving the setting from Norfolk to [[OopNorth Northumberland and County Durham]], this crime series set in TheSixties involves two detectives: Detective Chief Inspector George Gently, formerly of the London Police, and Detective Sergeant John Bacchus, his hothead trainee.
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Based on the 1960s novels by Alan Hunter, but moving the setting from Norfolk to [[OopNorth Northumberland and County Durham]], this crime series set in TheSixties involves two detectives: Detective Chief Inspector George Gently, Gently (Shaw), formerly of the London Police, and Detective Sergeant John Bacchus, Bacchus (Lee Ingleby), his hothead trainee.
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* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: The mentally handicapped boy in "Goodbye China". He's a fairly hefty teenager with the mind of a four year old. [[spoiler: It ends tragically for just about everyone concerned.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: Gently Northern Soul. George and Joseph Kenny persuade Ambrose not to kill Bernie, and it's pretty clear that the actual killer will be charged for what he's done. However, at the end of the episode we see a racist old lady hanging up a union jack flag, showing that while the potential race riots have been averted the prejudice still lingers.
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** Double subverted in "The Lost Child." The case turns out to be a kidnapping, not a murder, and the baby is eventually returned to her family [[spoiler:albeit the birth mother who was tricked into giving her up, not the adoptive parents she was kidnapped from.]] However there is an AccidentalMurder midway through the episode - [[spoiler:committed by Sargeant Bacchus, no less.]]
* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead]]: China, Gently's informant who disappeared after the first season, in "Goodbye China."
* BittersweetEnding: Many episodes.
** Gently With the Innocents. Harry Carson is saved from the gallows, and the man who [[spoiler:ran a children's home so the children could be sexually abused]] is dead, but the wife and doctor who [[spoiler: ignored or abetted it]] get away with it, because it's not clear what they could be charged with and Gently can't stand the thought of dragging the victims through the courts.
** Gently Northern Soul. George and Joseph Kenny persuade Ambrose not to kill Bernie, and it's pretty clear that the actual killer will be charged for what he's done. However, at the end of the episode we see a racist old lady hanging up a union jack flag, showing that while the potential race riots have been averted the prejudice stilllingers.lingers.
** Gently in the Blood. Jimmy is reconciled with [[spoiler:his son and father]], and embraces [[spoiler:his Arabic heritage, calling himself his full name, Jamil.]] However the baby's white grandparents [[spoiler:refuse to even shake the baby's Arab grandfather's hand, and he is denied board for his skin colour.]]
** The Lost Child. Faith is reunited with her mother [[spoiler:biological, that is]], the Groves' marriage seems to be healing, as is Bacchus's relationship with his father. However, [[spoiler:the Groves have lost both their children, and Bacchus is devastated at having killed a man.]]
* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead]]: China, Gently's informant who disappeared after the first season, in "Goodbye China."
* BittersweetEnding: Many episodes.
** Gently With the Innocents. Harry Carson is saved from the gallows, and the man who [[spoiler:ran a children's home so the children could be sexually abused]] is dead, but the wife and doctor who [[spoiler: ignored or abetted it]] get away with it, because it's not clear what they could be charged with and Gently can't stand the thought of dragging the victims through the courts.
** Gently Northern Soul. George and Joseph Kenny persuade Ambrose not to kill Bernie, and it's pretty clear that the actual killer will be charged for what he's done. However, at the end of the episode we see a racist old lady hanging up a union jack flag, showing that while the potential race riots have been averted the prejudice still
** Gently in the Blood. Jimmy is reconciled with [[spoiler:his son and father]], and embraces [[spoiler:his Arabic heritage, calling himself his full name, Jamil.]] However the baby's white grandparents [[spoiler:refuse to even shake the baby's Arab grandfather's hand, and he is denied board for his skin colour.]]
** The Lost Child. Faith is reunited with her mother [[spoiler:biological, that is]], the Groves' marriage seems to be healing, as is Bacchus's relationship with his father. However, [[spoiler:the Groves have lost both their children, and Bacchus is devastated at having killed a man.]]
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**A suspect dies like this in "The Lost Child" [[spoiler:after Bacchus hits him.]]
* DownerEnding: in "Goodbye China", Gently chooses to arrest the man [[spoiler:kidnapped and tortured two boys until one committed suicide, and the other was mentally destroyed, in revenge for them having caused his mentally disabled son to kill China.]] He does this despite knowing that [[spoiler:it will get the son institutionalised.]] Ultimately justice is done, but it's hard to say anyone is better off for it.
* DownerEnding: in "Goodbye China", Gently chooses to arrest the man [[spoiler:kidnapped and tortured two boys until one committed suicide, and the other was mentally destroyed, in revenge for them having caused his mentally disabled son to kill China.]] He does this despite knowing that [[spoiler:it will get the son institutionalised.]] Ultimately justice is done, but it's hard to say anyone is better off for it.
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* TheCoronerDothProtestTooMuch: In "Goodbye China", the coroner's officer rules the death of Gently's old mate an accident: [[DeathByFallIngOver a fall caused by him being drunk]]. Gently is suspicious because China would have had to fallen in such a way as to both break his nose and smash the back of his skull. And leave no blood at the scene of the 'accident'.
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* DeathByFallingOver: This is how the BodyOfTheWeek in "Blue for Bluebird" was killed; falling backwards and hitting her head on the edge of a table.
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** What ultimately caused China's death in "Goodbye China".
** This is how the BodyOfTheWeek in "Blue for Bluebird" was killed; falling backwards and hitting her head on the edge of a table.
** What ultimately caused China's death in "Goodbye China".
** This is how the BodyOfTheWeek in "Blue for Bluebird" was killed; falling backwards and hitting her head on the edge of a table.
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* TheJailer: In "Goodbye China", Gently uncovers a pair of police officers running an off-the-books detention centre for young offenders where they attempt to beat some respect for the law into them.
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* TeacherStudentRomance: In "Gently Upside Down", Gently investigates the murder of a 17 year old schoolgirl and discovers that she was having an affair with one of her teachers (who happens to be the father of one of her best friends). It turns out the teacher has a history of this.
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* GeneralRipper: [[spoiler:Colonel Darwin]] in "Gently with Honour". He is so obsessed with defeating the communists that he is subjects his men to unauthorised drug experiments, tortures and murders them, and then commits further murders to cover up his crimes.
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Not too bad, but 90-minute stories with no ad-breaks do have an inherent dragging tendency.
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* MistakenForPedophile: Played for drama in "Gently Between The Lines". A local decides that a squatter living in an empty house is a pedophile because of his interest in a young boy (he is actually teaching the working class boy about poetry). This has tragic consequences.
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Based on the 1960s novels by Alan Hunter, but moving the setting from Norfolk to [[OopNorth Northumberland and County Durham]], this crime series set in TheSixties involves two detectives, Detective Chief Inspector George Gently and his trusty sidekick Detective Sergeant John Bacchus.
The 2007 pilot and 2008 first season (just called ''George Gently'') were rather dark affairs. The second season is somewhat lighter in tone- the stories are still fairly dark, but there are new "Sixties-style" opening titles and more comedy.
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Based on the 1960s novels by Alan Hunter, but moving the setting from Norfolk to [[OopNorth Northumberland and County Durham]], this crime series set in TheSixties involves two detectives, detectives: Detective Chief Inspector George Gently Gently, formerly of the London Police, and his trusty sidekick Detective Sergeant John Bacchus.
Bacchus, his hothead trainee.
The 2007 pilot and 2008 first season (just called ''George Gently'') were rather darkaffairs.affairs; a battle for the soul of Bacchus waged between Gently and the corrupt police force. The second season is somewhat lighter in tone- the stories are still fairly dark, but there are new "Sixties-style" opening titles and more comedy.
The 2007 pilot and 2008 first season (just called ''George Gently'') were rather dark
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* ChocolateBaby: In "Gently in the Blood", the VictimOfTheWeek is a single mother with a dark-skinned baby. Attempting to ascertain the identity of the father forms a major part of the investigation. It ultimately turns out to be her boyfriend, who dumped her after the baby was born, not believing it to be his. The father was actually half-Arab, but unaware of this.
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: In keeping with the original novels, most episodes (even those not based on a novel) are named along the lines of "Gently Goes ____", "Gently With ____", "Gently in the ____" etc.
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* {{Jerkass}}: The fact that Bacchus often reflects the [[DeliberateValuesDissonance prejudices of his era]] is unfortunate but understandable. The fact that he frequently takes every opportunity to be a complete tool about it, less so.
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* {{Jerkass}}: The fact that Bacchus often reflects the [[DeliberateValuesDissonance prejudices of his era]] is unfortunate but understandable. The fact that he frequently takes every opportunity to be a complete tool about it, less so. [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold He's not without his better side, though]].
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* {{Jerkass}}: The fact that Bacchus often reflects the [[DeliberateValuesDissonance prejudices of his era]] is unfortunate but understandable. The fact that he frequently takes every opportunity to be a complete tool about it, less so.
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** He does undergo some character development in Gently Norther Soul (he does develop a sense of empathy for the black community whereas before he just saw the victim as an "exotic"
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** Bacchus is also extremely dismissive of Gently's young protege Rachel Coles, insisting that women have no place in the force generally, and in CID in particular. He opposes Coles being made Acting Sergeant and it's only once he gets his own promotion to Inspector that he starts to see her as less of a threat and begins to accept her as a capable detective.
** Bacchus is also extremely dismissive of Gently's young protege Rachel Coles, insisting that women have no place in the force generally, and in CID in particular. He opposes Coles being made Acting Sergeant and it's only once he gets his own promotion to Inspector that he starts to see her as less of a threat and begins to accept her as a capable detective.
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* HoneyTrap: Bacchus, in a few episodes.
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* HoneyTrap: Bacchus, Bacchus in a few episodes.episodes, and Coles in "Son of a Gun".
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: After attempting to blackmail a reluctant associate into reconditioning more guns for him, the particularly nasty gang leader in "Son of a Gun" attempts to shoot him with an unfinished gun - which ''literally'' backfires on him.
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* NeverSuicide: In "Gently with Honour", Gently and Bacchus return to a psychiatrist with a warrant for the medical files of one his patients and find the psychiatrist hanged; an apparent suicide. Gently suspicions are immediately raised, especially when he finds the medical file he was after is missing. It is later discovered that the psychiatrist's neck had been snapped and he was then strung up to make it look like he hanged himself.
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* NewYearHasCome: In "Son of a Gun", the perpetrator is apprehended just before midnight on 31 December 1969.
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* TheSixties: 1964 to begin with, but moves on roughly in real time just as the books do.
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* TheSixties: 1964 to begin with, but moves on roughly in real time just as the books do.do, and reaches TheSeventies at the end of season 7. The meaningful date of 1 January 1970 is when Rachel Coles' promotion to Detective Sergeant becomes official.
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* TwistedChristmas: "Son of a Gun" begins on Christmas Eve and ends on New Year's Day. Gently, Bacchus and Coles spend much of Christmas Day itself doing a street-by-street search for an abandoned getaway car, and find it - complete with the gruesomely-mangled corpse of the driver.
