Inspector George Gently.

Teetime

Ok ladies, form an orderly queue.

No problem there Teetime, it would match my, er.....chunkiness!

Yes I'd be glad to 'see him in his chambers'.

Just seen last night's IGG- he is good isn't he? A little bit chunky in his later years but that's OK.

OOOh yes teetime! If he was a judge I reckon there could be a crimewave by Grans!

Me too grey I like this but LOVED him as the randy Judge John Deed.

My son texted me last night to ask if I was watching this. I said I would happily watch Martin Shaw tying his shoe laces for an hour and a half, never mind being George Gently!

TriciaF that is what it looks like. I wonder if this will be the last series because of his diagnosis.

We recorded it and watched last night - it was excellent! I especially liked the familiar settings, I was a student in Durham for 3 years and walked across that bridge (?Prebends?) many times. The acting was good, especially Lee Ingleby.
It was a sad ending though - did it really mean that GG has the beginnings of MS?

According to Wiki, yellow number plates were compulsory on all vehicles manufactured from 1st January 1973; they had been available as an option since 1968.
From the Wiki 'Inspector George Gently' page: As the series begins, the death penalty is still in effect in Britain, and a trip to the gallows ends some early episodes (capital punishment for murder was abolished in 1964).
So it's just feasible that, 8 years on from that first series in 2007, GG is now in the late 60's, so maybe the yellow plate isn't an anachronism.

I missed the yellow number-plate. That would definitely have annoyed me! I'm pleased to see that I'm not the only one who puts more energy into trying to identify the locations than into following the programs.

When I was working, our offices were in a part of Cardiff frequently used for filming Dr Who and Torchwood. I could never watch either program without "location spotting".

Definitely noticed the mistake with the registration number on the Zephyr. (a car I would love to own). Had to double check via iplayer! As a car pedant I shouted at the TV. Also noticed a car with a reflective yellow number plate. Can't remember what year they came in, although thought it was the early '70s.

The pier, shrouded in fog, was the same one they used in Vera the week before. I think it was Northumberland.
I think this series is way better than the previous ones.

There certainly were good officers trying to make a difference, and as things have improved significantly, they were eventually listened to.

Coolgran - interesting that those of us with loved ones who worked during the period in question are aware the stereotypes are just that, stereotypes Not to say there weren't racist, sexist individuals but the police are representative of the society in which they live. i stand by the positive comments about my dad, and the men he worked with who were regular neighbours or visitors - kind is the word that springs to mind.

Stansgran; I was trying to place the seaside pier, shrouded in fog. The only place I could think of was Saltburn. But somehow it didn't really look like there. x

I spent most of it trying to identify places in Durham. It was good fun. I don't remember this episode in any of the books.

I got quite annoyed at the attitude of the police - and most of the time I could slap the young Sergeant anyway.
My dh was in the force most of his working life and he was cross at it.

Forgot to say that I too enjoy George Gently, one of the nice civilised programmes on t.v. at the moment.

I agree with you there pompa and it was the same wherever you went, or worked,it has taken a very long time for things to be as they are at the moment, not perfect yet, but with the multi-cultural country we live in now, things had to change, didn't they?

I'm of the opinion that much of the police were both s exist and racist at that time. I guess their were some good guys, but they were ignored.

I enjoyed last night's episode and I think Eloethan is right, that attitudes to rape within what where then largely male/macho teams of detectives were less than sympathetic.
My dad was a CID inspector during the period when this series is set. He died several years ago, but I confess last night to seeing him in the Gently role. I remember him talking with real admiration and affection for the woman who was his sergeant in the late 60's and early 70's. He hadn't been overly keen on women in CID but was a total convert within a short period of time. I came across her years later when she was working at the police training college, where I was a tutor on the 10 day courses for sw/police involved in specialist interviews of children who had made allegations of abuse. I have kept my maiden name, which isn't that common and she mentioned she'd worked with a "lovely cid boss with the same name as you". It was very good to meet this woman about whom I'd heard such positive things. We did a lot of work together and I shared dad's admiration for her.

I have never watched this, but a couple of days ago decided to record episodes, from the trailers it looks as if it's set in the 60's.
I really like Foyle's War as well.

I thought it was a very good programme last night - and quite relevant to some of our own discussions in that it shone a light on the sort of attitude and behaviour towards women that was prevalent in those days. I expect many people then thought that those who complained about inequality issues were making a lot of fuss about nothing.

I wonder if there really were such progressive police officers as Insp. Gently in those days? I suppose there were, but I should imagine they were pretty thin on the ground.

I like Martin Shaw in it, even if his accent does slip from time to time. But Lee Ingleby seems all wrong to me - much too young to be a Det. Sergeant.

Fat finger syndrome this morning....sorry for typos!