Bringing an air of world-weary dignity to his role, Martin Shaw (Judge John Deed, The Professionals) returns as Inspector George Gently, a former Scotland Yard sleuth now tracking murderers in Britain’s North Country. Far from London, these once-quiet counties are just beginning to feel the social and political changes of the 1960s. The menacing crimes test even Gently’s big-city experience and hard-won wisdom. And his impulsive young protégé, Sergeant John Bacchus (Lee Ingleby, Nicholas Nickleby), tests nearly all of his patience.This series finds Gently and Bacchus confronting sex-club entrepreneurs, corrupt politicians, gangs, and more. The first-rate supporting casts include Tim McInnerny (Blackadder), Nicholas Jones (Kavanagh QC), Mark Williams (Harry Potter), and Andrew Lee Potts (Primeval). based on the long-running series of novels by Alan Hunter, these feature-length modern dramas teem with intrigue, wit, and style.展開
在第六季中，家族對于員的生活遇戲劇性的變化，Earl of Grantham在拜訪了一位靠著變賣家當(dāng)蠻蠻維持生計鄰居之后，意識到他巫真須精簡支。為了省錢，夫婦二鴆無奈散了家中的仆人。為了學(xué)禮記自照顧自己，從穿衣到做飯，錫山都需要自己動手。令人吃驚的，推動這一改變的正是家族的家長Earl of Grantham。他意識到家族的命運開始走向衰崍山。為了維護搖搖墜的莊園，他們需要付出一些價，那就是家族的成員們不能像以前那樣奢侈地蛫活…?
