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The Gentle Touch

The Gentle Touch

★ 7.2/10•1980•50m•16•Crime•Drama
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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.

StatusEnded
Runtime50m
LanguageEN
First Air DateApr 11, 1980

Episodes

E1

Killers (1)

Apr 11, 1980

E2

Recoil (2)

Apr 18, 1980

E3

Help

Apr 25, 1980

E4

Shock

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

May 2, 1980

E5

Blade

May 9, 1980

E6

Rogue

May 16, 1980

E7

Melody

May 23, 1980

Actors

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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