The Gentle Touch

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  • DRAMA & SOAPS
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Contains one use of moderate and infrequent use of mild language, mild knife violence and brief nudity. Turn on Parental controls

5. Knife - A potentially violent teenager, who was convicted of murder, escapes from a top-security remand centre. She hates her parents, men, and especially Maggie Forbes.

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Series 3

1. Gifts

Maggie and Steve come back from their holiday to find an unpleasant surprise waiting for them - and then gifts start to arrive.

2. Doubt

When a young PC is badly injured by villains, Det-Insp Maggie Forbes wonders whether she is to blame. Can a woman really handle police work in increasingly violent times?

3. The Hit

A marksman with a high powered rifle is loose on Maggie's patch - but why? During the investigation of a murder, Maggie runs into an old friend who seems very pleased to see her.

4. The Scapegoat

Martin and Sylvia Hersch return home after a weekend to find their flat broken into and anti-semitic slogans daubed on the walls. Maggie Forbes is called in to investigate a volatile case.

5. Knife

A potentially violent teenager, who was convicted of murder, escapes from a top-security remand centre. She hates her parents, men, and especially Maggie Forbes.

6. Protection

The staff of a Soho restaurant are appalled when they find a human hand among the groceries. The police are called in and Maggie seeks the help of an old acquaintance.

7. Paint It Black

A cafe proprietor is killed, and Maggie must find a possible witness. However, the young girl she wants to question is a heroin addict and is in fear of a man dressed in black.

8. Affray

Some young tearaways invade a student meeting and a riot breaks out. Tempers run high at Seven Dials, with a WPC in Intensive Care as Det-Insp Maggie Forbes and her team deal with a generation who have no love for the police.

9. Black Fox White Vixen

When a famous actress in a long-running telly series receives death threats, Maggie swings into action, but friction with Croft is inevitable when she tries to help a friend of Steve's.

10. One of Those Days

A Bureau de Change is robbed and Maggie is hot on the trail to find out who the man behind the costume is really is. She's the only one who seems to take him seriously - everyone else is busy coping with personal problems.

11. Vigil

Jake Barratt and Jimmy Fenton are delighted when a beautiful policewoman is seconded to Seven Dials. So is Bob Croft - and he out-ranks them. Maggie Forbes accepts her help in trapping a sinister attacker in a fashionable West End mews.

12. Damage

Mr Pascoe is a confused and worried man. Det-Insp Maggie Forbes fears for the safety of his small son Peter. But she has a tragedy of her own to cope with...

13. Solution

Maggie and Russell are forced to examine their feelings about mercy killing when confronted with a tragic case.