Bringing an air of world-weary dignity to his role, Martin Shaw (Judge John Deed, the Professionals) returns as Inspector George Gently, a former Scotland Yard sleuth now tracking murderers in Britain's North Country. Far from London, these once-quiet counties are just beginning to feel the social and political changes of the 1960s. The menacing crimes test even Gently's big-city experience and hard-won wisdom. And his impulsive young protege, Sergeant John Bacchus (Lee Ingleby, Nicholas Nickleby), tests nearly all of his patience.