The Gentle Touch

7.2 IMDb 6.6 (356) Apr 1980 5 Seasons 56 Episodes 50m/ep

Ended

Overview

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.

Created by Terence Feely

ITV · LWT

🇬🇧 United Kingdom · English

Cast

Jill Gascoine

Det. Insp. Maggie Forbes

Derek Thompson

Detective Sergeant Jimmy Fenton

William Marlowe

DCI Bill Russell

Paul Moriarty

DS Jake Barratt

Brian Gwaspari

Det. Insp. Bob Croft

Kevin O'Shea

Det. Sgt. Peter Phillips

Nigel Rathbone

Steve Forbes

Peter Spraggon

Station Officer

Leslie Schofield

Key Crew

Tony Wharmby

Director

Peter Moffatt

Director

David Askey

Director

John Reardon

Director

Christopher Hodson

Director

Paul Annett

Director

Terence Feely

Writer

Roger Marshall

Writer

Brian Finch

Writer

Mad Dog

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.

Oct 6, 1984

Wise Child

Oct 13, 1984

Appearances Can Be Deceptive

Oct 20, 1984

Secrets

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.

Oct 27, 1984