<P> After fair ratings for the first three series , it was announced in January 2010 that the BBC had secured funding from the North East Content Fund to produce further episodes of the series . The fourth series was filmed from January to June 2011 , and was broadcast that autumn . On 26 March 2012 the BBC announced that four new feature - length episodes were being produced to air later the same year . The fifth series ended on a dramatic cliffhanger , with the fate of both leading characters uncertain . However , in September 2012 , lead writer Peter Flannery confirmed that a sixth series consisting of four episodes had been commissioned . The sixth series aired in February 2014 . A seventh series of four episodes was subsequently commissioned , and began airing in April 2015 . The eighth and final series is set to broadcast in 2017 . </P>
<P> After fair ratings for the first three series , it was announced in January 2010 that the BBC had secured funding from the North East Content Fund to produce further episodes of the series . The fourth series was filmed from January to June 2011 , and was broadcast that autumn . On 26 March 2012 the BBC announced that four new feature - length episodes were being produced to air later the same year . The fifth series ended on a dramatic cliffhanger , with the fate of both leading characters uncertain . However , in September 2012 , lead writer Peter Flannery confirmed that a sixth series consisting of four episodes had been commissioned . The sixth series aired in February 2014 . A seventh series of four episodes was subsequently commissioned , and began airing in April 2015 . The eighth and final series is set to broadcast in 2017 . </P>
when is the next episode of george gently being shown
when is the next episode of george gently being shown
2017
2017