The Gentle Touch

The Gentle Touch

161980•50m•7.2/10

CrimeDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.2/10(8)

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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Production

ITV, LWT

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

April 11, 1980

Last Aired

November 24, 1984

Networks

ITV1

Created By

Terence Feely

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

E1

Killers (1)

Air date: 1980-04-11

E2

Recoil (2)

Air date: 1980-04-18

E3

Help

Air date: 1980-04-25

E4

Shock

Air date: 1980-05-02

Maggie is assigned to investigate the death of a woman discovered in a love nest.

E5

Blade

Air date: 1980-05-09

E6

Rogue

Air date: 1980-05-16

E7

Melody

Air date: 1980-05-23

Cast

Jill Gascoine

Jill Gascoine

DI Maggie Forbes

William Marlowe

William Marlowe

DCI Bill Russell

Paul Moriarty

Paul Moriarty

DS Jake Barratt

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