The Gentle Touch

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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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Episodes

Season 1

7 episodes

S1 E1 · Killers (1)

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S1 E2 · Recoil (2)

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S1 E3 · Help

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S1 E4 · Shock

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

S1 E5 · Blade

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S1 E6 · Rogue

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S1 E7 · Melody

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Season 2

10 episodes

S2 E1 · Something Blue

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S2 E2 · Decoy

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S2 E3 · Break-In

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S2 E4 · Menaces

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

S2 E5 · Hammer

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.

S2 E6 · Chance

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.

S2 E7 · Loyalties

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S2 E8 · Maggie's Luck

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S2 E9 · Shame

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S2 E10 · The Ring

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Season 3

13 episodes

S3 E1 · Gifts

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S3 E2 · Doubt

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S3 E3 · The Hit

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

S3 E4 · Scapegoat

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S3 E5 · Knife

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S3 E6 · Protection

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S3 E7 · Paint It Black

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S3 E8 · Affray

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S3 E9 · Black Fox, White Vixen

A famous television actress received death threats.

S3 E10 · One of Those Days

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S3 E11 · Vigil

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S3 E12 · Damage

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S3 E13 · Solution

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Season 4

13 episodes

S4 E1 · Right of Entry

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S4 E2 · Be Lucky Uncle

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S4 E3 · Cause and Effect

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S4 E4 · Auctions

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S4 E5 · Danny

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S4 E6 · Victims

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S4 E7 · The Meat Rack

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S4 E8 · Joker

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S4 E9 · Tough, Mrs. Rudge

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S4 E10 · Private Views

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S4 E11 · Pressures

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

S4 E12 · Weekend

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S4 E13 · Who's Afraid of Josie Tate?

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

Season 5

13 episodes

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

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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.