Detective drama fans admitted they couldn’t stop watching this “gem” after it “got under their skin”.
07:00, 28 Jul 2026
A “very addictive British cop show” that will “blow you away” is now on Netflix.
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After his wife is killed in a hit-and-run, an old-school Scotland Yard veteran detective is transferred to the North East of England as he’s determined to avenge his wife whose death is linked to a criminal he pursued.
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While working on this personal mission, the detective also has his day job to contend with, investigating complex crimes in the north.
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Set in the 1960s and 1970s around Newcastle, Northumberland and County Durham, Inspector George Gently ran for 10 years on BBC One before it reached its conclusion in 2017.
Now detective crime drama fans can relive every moment of this “brilliant” show with all eight seasons ready to stream on Netflix.
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“This show has to be, without a doubt, one of the best crime/drama shows ever written and portrayed by a cast of fantastic actors”, someone exclaimed on IMdB.
Another described it as “wonderful”, before stating: “I found it difficult to stop watching the show as the characters get under your skin.”
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While someone else echoed: “This show is beyond any genre.
“I can easily tell you how brilliant the stories are, how brilliant the acting is, and how natural the writing is, but I could not do this masterpiece justice.”
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A fellow fan added: “Sometimes [it] doesn’t end happily.
“That’s what makes this show different for me: it isn’t afraid to go there, and when it does, it blows you away.”
At the heart of Inspector George Gently is actor Martin Shaw, originally famed for starring as Ray Doyle in the ITV crime series The Professionals, as well as The Chief and Judge John Deed.
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Gently’s right-hand man Detective Inspector John Bacchus is portrayed by actor Lee Ingleby who was Paul Hughes in The A Word and Tony Myerscough in Netflix’s Criminal: UK.
They are joined by other familiar faces including The Pass actress Lisa McGrillis, Emmerdale’s Tom Hutch and Being Human actress Annabel Scholey.
Inspector George Gently is available to watch on Netflix.