The return of this 1960's set police drama for its forth series starts with the body of a gifted seventeen year old school girl being found in the woods. Inspector Gently and Sergeant Bacchus are soon on the case and it soon becomes apparent that she had been involved with an older man. They will have their work cut out though as there are plenty of suspects; her friends suggest it may be her music teacher or it could be the host of a local television music programme who had taken her for a drink at least once or it could even be her father. As the case progresses it is discovered that she was pregnant and that the music teacher isn't the only member of her school's staff who had been involved with a pupil.
This was an interesting story that has plenty of twists and turns before it finishes and more potential suspects than most programmes of this type; in fact much of the non-regular cast could be considered a suspect at one time or another! Martin Shaw does a fine job as Gently and Lee Ingleby is great as his sergeant. The guest actors also do a good job; I especially liked seeing former 'Men Behaving Badly' star Neil Morrisey playing the TV host trying to be cool with the kids when they just thought he was a sad old letch. If you've enjoyed other stories in the series I'm sure you'll enjoy this, and if you are new to the series it isn't exactly difficult to pick up as each episode is an individual story.
This was an interesting story that has plenty of twists and turns before it finishes and more potential suspects than most programmes of this type; in fact much of the non-regular cast could be considered a suspect at one time or another! Martin Shaw does a fine job as Gently and Lee Ingleby is great as his sergeant. The guest actors also do a good job; I especially liked seeing former 'Men Behaving Badly' star Neil Morrisey playing the TV host trying to be cool with the kids when they just thought he was a sad old letch. If you've enjoyed other stories in the series I'm sure you'll enjoy this, and if you are new to the series it isn't exactly difficult to pick up as each episode is an individual story.