When a CND rally at the Swan Hunter shipyard turns violent several of the protesters are arrested and one of then complains that he has been assaulted
not long after he is released he is found dead in the dock. There are many possible reasons; did he fall in after succumbing to an injury caused by a police truncheon? Was he killed by one of the women he'd ended a relationship with? Was it something to do with his anti-nuclear activities? Or was it something else altogether? As the investigation progresses it touches on many issues of the time including the fear that the bomb may really drop at any minute and the fact that abortion and homosexuality were still both illegal then. These issues are handled sensitively in a way that didn't leave this viewer feeling he had been preached to. The mystery itself was good and while I'd suspected the guilty party fairly early on I was mistaken about his motive.
As with previous episodes the acting was solid from leads Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby as DCI Gently and DS Bacchus, also notable was Warren Clarke as university porter and ex-SAS war hero Charles Hexton. Away from the main story DS Bacchus's marriage continued to fall apart with his wife asking for a divorce, he must decide whether to agree or force her to wait years till she can get one without his agreement.
As with previous episodes the acting was solid from leads Martin Shaw and Lee Ingleby as DCI Gently and DS Bacchus, also notable was Warren Clarke as university porter and ex-SAS war hero Charles Hexton. Away from the main story DS Bacchus's marriage continued to fall apart with his wife asking for a divorce, he must decide whether to agree or force her to wait years till she can get one without his agreement.