The Gentle Touch (1980)
Synopsis
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.
First Air Date: 1980-04-11
Last Air Date: 1984-11-24
Number of Seasons: 5
Number of Episodes: 56
Created By: Terence Feely
Networks: ITV1
Top Cast
- Jill Gascoine as DI Maggie Forbes
- William Marlowe as DCI Bill Russell
- Paul Moriarty as DS Jake Barratt
- Brian Gwaspari as DI Bob Croft
- Nigel Rathbone as Steve Forbes
- Derek Thompson as DS Jimmy Fenton
- Kevin O'Shea as DS Peter Phillips
- James Ottaway as George Taylor
- Bernard Holley as DI Mike Turnbull
- Michael Graham Cox as DI Jack Slater
Seasons
Series 1 (1980)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Killers (1)
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Ep. 2: Recoil (2)
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Ep. 3: Help
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Ep. 4: Shock
Maggie is assigned to investigate the death of a woman discovered in a love nest.
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Ep. 5: Blade
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Ep. 6: Rogue
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Ep. 7: Melody
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