The Gentle Touch
Notable as the first British series to feature a female police officer (predating Juliet Bravo by four months), Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes raises her teenage son while navigating a male-dominated police force following the murder of her police commissioner husband.
Cast
Jill Gascoine
DI Maggie Forbes
William Marlowe
DCI Bill Russell
Paul Moriarty
DS Jake Barratt
Seasons
E1Killers (1)
Apr 11, 1980
E2Recoil (2)
Apr 18, 1980
E3Help
Apr 25, 1980
E4Shock
May 2, 1980
Maggie is assigned to investigate the death of a woman discovered in a love nest.
E5Blade
May 9, 1980
E6Rogue
May 16, 1980
E7Melody
May 23, 1980
E1Something Blue
Sep 5, 1980
E2Decoy
Sep 12, 1980
E3Break-In
Sep 19, 1980
E4Menaces
Sep 26, 1980
When Ivor Stocker, a J.P. and successful businessman, rteceives a blackmail threat, it becomes a case for Det-Insp. Maggie Forbes...
E5Hammer
Oct 3, 1980
A series of robberies with violence have been reported. All have a similar pattern, and all are carried out by women. Maggie Forbes and her police team are puzzled to know who these women are. Or could it be one woman in many disguises.
E6Chance
Oct 10, 1980
Det.-Insp. Maggie Forbes spends a frustrating day at the law courts. She feels she would be much usefully employed trying to solve the criminal cases that keep arriving on her desk.
E7Loyalties
Oct 17, 1980
E8Maggie's Luck
Oct 24, 1980
E9Shame
Oct 31, 1980
E10The Ring
Nov 7, 1980
E1Gifts
Nov 6, 1981
E2Doubt
Nov 13, 1981
E3The Hit
Nov 20, 1981
Detective Inspector Forbes has a marksman with a high-powered rifle loose on her patch.
E4Scapegoat
Nov 27, 1981
E5Knife
Dec 4, 1981
E6Protection
Dec 11, 1981
E7Paint It Black
Dec 18, 1981
E8Affray
Jan 1, 1982
E9Black Fox, White Vixen
Jan 8, 1982
A famous television actress received death threats.
E10One of Those Days
Jan 15, 1982
E11Vigil
Jan 22, 1982
E12Damage
Jan 29, 1982
E13Solution
Feb 5, 1982
E1Right of Entry
Oct 22, 1982
E2Be Lucky Uncle
Oct 29, 1982
E3Cause and Effect
Nov 5, 1982
An articulate, well-educated young black man confesses to a crime that he did not commit. As her son Steve seeks advice which only a father can give, Maggie's problems go from bad to worse.
E4Auctions
Nov 12, 1982
E5Danny
Nov 19, 1982
E6Victims
Nov 26, 1982
E7The Meat Rack
Dec 3, 1982
E8Joker
Dec 10, 1982
E9Tough, Mrs. Rudge
Dec 17, 1982
E10Private Views
Jan 7, 1983
E11Pressures
Jan 14, 1983
Maggie suffers severe stress when faced with a bloody multiple murder.
E12Weekend
Jan 21, 1983
E13Who's Afraid of Josie Tate?
Jan 28, 1983
When a loyal wife is determined to help her jailed husband get justice, Maggie is Forced to review the evidence.
E1Finders, Keepers (1)
Sep 1, 1984
E2Losers, Weepers (2)
Sep 8, 1984
E3Do It Yourself
Sep 15, 1984
E4The Conference
Sep 22, 1984
E5The Good, the Bad and the Rest
Sep 29, 1984
E6Mad Dog
Oct 6, 1984
When animal rights campaigners free some dogs from a labratory, but fail to realise that one of the animlas is dangerously ill, a children's birthday party becomes a terrible nightmare for Maggie Forbes.
E7Wise Child
Oct 13, 1984
E8Appearances Can Be Deceptive
Oct 20, 1984
E9Secrets
Oct 27, 1984
Her name is Cecily. She's sophisticated well-liked - and dangerous, as DI Maggie Forbes will soon find out when she makes enquiries at Cecily's elegant flat, a place which conceals a grim secret.
E10Fox and Hounds
Nov 3, 1984
E11Cure
Nov 10, 1984
E12A Woman's Word
Nov 17, 1984
E13Exit Laughing
Nov 24, 1984
A minor civil servant is found dead in exotic circumstances, and Maggie tries to protect his widow from publicity.
Storyline
Notable as the first British series to feature a female police officer (predating Juliet Bravo by four months), Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes raises her teenage son while navigating a male-dominated police force following the murder of her police commissioner husband.
