Gillies MacKinnon

Actor Martin Shaw stars as the principled detective George Gently in these four feature-length mysteries. These dramas unfold against the beautiful backdrop of rural Britain during the tumultuous 1960s. Based on the long-running series of books by Alan Hunter.

After the body of a missing teenager is found in a shallow grave, Gently and Bacchus quickly zero in on her relationship with two men: her schoolteacher and her violent, short-tempered father. The detectives enter a confusing new world of pop culture as they try to separate fact from fantasy in the young woman's life, and in the process discover others who might have had a motive to kill.

The murder of a black teenager has Gently and Bacchus seeking her killer in a community where racism is never far from the surface. The detectives encounter local prejudice and anti-immigrant sentiment but discover that there may have been other motivations for the crime.

Viewed by his neighbors as a recluse with a mysterious past, cabinet maker Michael McCann has withdrawn from society to lead a solitary, unencumbered life. One fateful winter's night, the beguiling baby daughter of a young mother who has succumbed in the cold and snow wanders into Michael's secluded cabin. As a result, his life changes forever. The strong attachment that immediately develops between Michael and little Mathilda leads the once-morose...

The turbulent and bloody reigns of Mary, Queen of Scots and her son King James VI of Scotland, who would become King of England and foil the Gunpowder Plot. A BBC series.