This episode sees the racial unrest that is sweeping the United States reach British shores as Enoch Powell launches his tirade against immigration. But racial harmony can be found at the 'all-nighters' that take place in 1968, where disillusioned young people, black and white, escape the boredom of factory life to dance the night away to imported soul music. In Newcastle, the haven of equality found at the Carlton Ballroom all-nighter is destroyed when a young black girl, Dolores Kenny, is murdered, leading Gently to uncover a disturbing and racialist undercurrent growing within the local community. Written by
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Did You Know?
The quotation cited during the episode, "Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad" was first spoken in English by Prometheus Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "The Masque of Pandora" (1875). See more
During the chase scene Charlie runs into a scrap trailer and passes under a yellow crane arm. A few moments later the shot is re-used and cut at a different point. See more
Gary sells fish. He sells sole - just the wrong kind.
Lean On Me
Written and performed by Bill Withers See more