The Gentle Touch (1980)
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.
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Episode 1 - Something Blue
Release Date: 1980-09-05 -
Episode 2 - Decoy
Release Date: 1980-09-12 -
Episode 3 - Break-In
Release Date: 1980-09-19 -
Episode 4 - Menaces
Release Date: 1980-09-26When Ivor Stocker, a J.P. and successful businessman, rteceives a blackmail threat, it becomes a case for Det-Insp. Maggie Forbes...
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Episode 5 - Hammer
Release Date: 1980-10-03A 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.
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Episode 6 - Chance
Release Date: 1980-10-10Det.-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.
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Episode 7 - Loyalties
Release Date: 1980-10-17 -
Episode 8 - Maggie's Luck
Release Date: 1980-10-24 -
Episode 9 - Shame
Release Date: 1980-10-31 -
Episode 10 - The Ring
Release Date: 1980-11-07