CrimeDrama

The Gentle Touch

7.2(8)

First Aired:April 11, 1980

Seasons:5 seasons

Episodes:56

Status:Ended

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.

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Cast

Jill Gascoine

DI Maggie Forbes

William Marlowe

DCI Bill Russell

Paul Moriarty

DS Jake Barratt

Seasons & Episodes

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.