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Series · 1980–1984Ended

The Gentle Touch

7.2·5 seasons·56 episodes·50 min avg.·United Kingdom

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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Killers (1)
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Apr 11, 1980
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Recoil (2)
Recoil (2)
Apr 18, 1980
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Help
Help
Apr 25, 1980
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Shock
Shock
May 2, 1980

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

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Blade
Blade
May 9, 1980
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Rogue
Rogue
May 16, 1980
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Melody
Melody
May 23, 1980

Cast

3 credited
Jill Gascoine
DI Maggie Forbes
William Marlowe
DCI Bill Russell
Paul Moriarty
DS Jake Barratt

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