The episode highlights the "shadowy world" of mid-1960s espionage and the internal tensions within the British security services during that era. Series Background

Gently finds himself in direct opposition with a ruthless Special Branch officer , Commander Empton, whose arrival complicates the investigation.

It frequently addresses racism, police corruption, and class divides in the North of England. Cast and Production

Feature-length 90-minute episodes that function like standalone films.

Meticulous recreation of the "Swinging Sixties" and post-war Britain.

Martin Shaw (George Gently) and Lee Ingleby (John Bacchus).

The discovery of an unidentified, badly burnt body near an RAF base draws Gently and Bacchus into a complex case involving IRA gun-running .