The Gentle Touch

The Gentle Touch

The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female police detective as its leading character, ahead of the similarly themed BBC series Juliet Bravo by four months.

CrimeDrama

Seasons

1. Killers (1)

Air Date: 1980-04-11

2. Recoil (2)

Air Date: 1980-04-18

3. Help

Air Date: 1980-04-25

4. Shock

Air Date: 1980-05-02

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

5. Blade

Air Date: 1980-05-09

6. Rogue

Air Date: 1980-05-16

7. Melody

Air Date: 1980-05-23

1. Something Blue

Air Date: 1980-09-05

2. Decoy

Air Date: 1980-09-12

3. Break-In

Air Date: 1980-09-19

4. Menaces

Air Date: 1980-09-26

When Ivor Stocker, a J.P. and successful businessman, rteceives a blackmail threat, it becomes a case for Det-Insp. Maggie Forbes...

5. Hammer

Air Date: 1980-10-03

A series of robberies with violence have been reported. All have a similar pattern, and all are carried out by women. Maggie Forbes and her police team are puzzled to know who these women are. Or could it be one woman in many disguises.

6. Chance

Air Date: 1980-10-10

Det.-Insp. Maggie Forbes spends a frustrating day at the law courts. She feels she would be much usefully employed trying to solve the criminal cases that keep arriving on her desk.

7. Loyalties

Air Date: 1980-10-17

8. Maggie's Luck

Air Date: 1980-10-24

9. Shame

Air Date: 1980-10-31

10. The Ring

Air Date: 1980-11-07

1. Gifts

Air Date: 1981-11-06

2. Doubt

Air Date: 1981-11-13

3. The Hit

Air Date: 1981-11-20

Detective Inspector Forbes has a marksman with a high-powered rifle loose on her patch.

4. Scapegoat

Air Date: 1981-11-27

Knife

5. Knife

Air Date: 1981-12-04

6. Protection

Air Date: 1981-12-11

7. Paint It Black

Air Date: 1981-12-18

8. Affray

Air Date: 1982-01-01

9. Black Fox, White Vixen

Air Date: 1982-01-08

A famous television actress received death threats.

10. One of Those Days

Air Date: 1982-01-15

11. Vigil

Air Date: 1982-01-22

12. Damage

Air Date: 1982-01-29

13. Solution

Air Date: 1982-02-05

1. Right of Entry

Air Date: 1982-10-22

2. Be Lucky Uncle

Air Date: 1982-10-29

3. Cause and Effect

Air Date: 1982-11-05

4. Auctions

Air Date: 1982-11-12

5. Danny

Air Date: 1982-11-19

6. Victims

Air Date: 1982-11-26

7. The Meat Rack

Air Date: 1982-12-03

8. Joker

Air Date: 1982-12-10

9. Tough, Mrs. Rudge

Air Date: 1982-12-17

10. Private Views

Air Date: 1983-01-07

11. Pressures

Air Date: 1983-01-14

Maggie suffers severe stress when faced with a bloody multiple murder.

12. Weekend

Air Date: 1983-01-21

13. Who's Afraid of Josie Tate?

Air Date: 1983-01-28

When a loyal wife is determined to help her jailed husband get justice, Maggie is Forced to review the evidence.

1. Finders, Keepers (1)

Air Date: 1984-09-01

2. Losers, Weepers (2)

Air Date: 1984-09-08

3. Do It Yourself

Air Date: 1984-09-15

4. The Conference

Air Date: 1984-09-22

5. The Good, the Bad and the Rest

Air Date: 1984-09-29

6. Mad Dog

Air Date: 1984-10-06

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.

7. Wise Child

Air Date: 1984-10-13

8. Appearances Can Be Deceptive

Air Date: 1984-10-20

9. Secrets

Air Date: 1984-10-27

10. Fox and Hounds

Air Date: 1984-11-03

11. Cure

Air Date: 1984-11-10

12. A Woman's Word

Air Date: 1984-11-17

13. Exit Laughing

Air Date: 1984-11-24

A minor civil servant is found dead in exotic circumstances, and Maggie tries to protect his widow from publicity.

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Rating

6.9/10

Release Date

1980-04-11

Episodes

56 (5 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast