The Gentle Touch

The Gentle Touch

  • 1980
  • 5 Seasons
  • 56 Episodes
  •  7.2  (8)
  •   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.

The Gentle Touch
Seasons
Exit Laughing
13. Exit Laughing
November 24, 1984
A minor civil servant is found dead in exotic circumstances, and Maggie tries to protect his widow from publicity.
Secrets
9. Secrets
October 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.
Appearances Can Be Deceptive
8. Appearances Can Be Deceptive
October 20, 1984
Mad Dog
6. Mad Dog
October 06, 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.
The Good, the Bad and the Rest
5. The Good, the Bad and the Rest
September 29, 1984
Losers, Weepers (2)
2. Losers, Weepers (2)
September 08, 1984
Finders, Keepers (1)
1. Finders, Keepers (1)
September 01, 1984
Description
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.
  • Premiere Date
    April 11, 1980
  • Rating
    7.2  (8)