The Gentle Touch

1980 · 50m · TMDB 7.2/10 (8 votes)

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About The Gentle Touch

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.

Status
Ended
TMDB rating
7.2/10 from 8 votes
Seasons
5
Episodes
56

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

Latest aired season

Series 5

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S5 E1

Finders, Keepers (1)

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S5 E2

Losers, Weepers (2)

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S5 E3

Do It Yourself

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S5 E4

The Conference

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S5 E5

The Good, the Bad and the Rest

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S5 E6

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.

S5 E7

Wise Child

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S5 E8

Appearances Can Be Deceptive

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S5 E9

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.

S5 E10

Fox and Hounds

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S5 E11

Cure

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S5 E12

A Woman's Word

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S5 E13

Exit Laughing

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

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