The Gentle Touch (1980) Episode 1 | Killers | Starring Jill Gascoine

The first episode of the iconic 1980s British series, The Gentle Touch, which made television history as the first British police drama to feature a female detective as the lead character (debuting a few months before the BBC's Juliet Bravo). Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes (Jill Gascoine) is a dedicated officer balancing the high-pressure environment of the Seven Dials police station with her life as a wife and mother. Her husband, Ray Forbes, is a uniformed Police Constable, and is disillusioned with the force and frustrated by his wife’s higher rank. Their world is shattered when Ray, while off-duty, attempts to stop a security van robbery and is shot at point-blank range... Broadcast 11th April 1980 #ClassicTV #80sPoliceDrama #BritishTelevision