The Gentle Touch

Jill Gascoine stars as D.I. Maggie Forbes, British television's first female police detective, in this exciting drama series.
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Episodes

  1. S2 E1 - Something Blue

    September 5, 1980
    50min
    13+
    An unusual robbery case tests Maggie's investigative prowess to the fullest.
  2. Decoy

    September 12, 1980
    51min
    13+
    Maggie goes undercover as a barmaid in order to trap a serial sex attacker, but making herself a target places her in grave danger.
  3. Break-In

    September 19, 1980
    49min
    13+
    Maggie investigates a burglary at the offices of a prosecuting solicitor.
  4. Menaces

    September 26, 1980
    52min
    13+
    When Ivor Stocker, a successful lawyer and businessman, receives a blackmail threat, it becomes a case for D.I. Maggie Forbes. Does the answer lie in his seemingly respectable law firm?
  5. Hammer

    October 3, 1980
    50min
    13+
    A series of robberies with violence have been reported. All have a similar pattern, and all are carried out by women.
  6. Chance

    October 10, 1980
    50min
    13+
    D.I. Maggie Forbes spends a frustrating day at the law courts. She feels she would be much more usefully employed trying to solve the criminal cases that keep arriving on her desk. Somewhere on the desk itself lies a buried clue to a major crime.
  7. Loyalties

    October 17, 1980
    52min
    13+
    Maggie investigates when the wife of a wealthy business man is threatened by a masked man with a knife.
  8. Maggie's Luck

    October 24, 1980
    51min
    13+
    Steve's in love - and so is Maggie. But is it with the right person?
  9. Shame

    October 31, 1980
    51min
    13+
    A young boy is savagely beaten but refuses to name his attacker.
  10. The Ring

    November 7, 1980
    51min
    13+
    D.I. Maggie Forbes embarks on an affair with Dave Connolly, who gives her a Victorian ring.

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