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.
The Gentle Touch (Season 5)
Finders, Keepers (1) (Episode 1)
Air date: 1984-09-01
Losers, Weepers (2) (Episode 2)
Air date: 1984-09-08
Do It Yourself (Episode 3)
Air date: 1984-09-15
The Conference (Episode 4)
Air date: 1984-09-22
The Good, the Bad and the Rest (Episode 5)
Air date: 1984-09-29
Mad Dog (Episode 6)
Writer: Terence Feely
Air date: 1984-10-06
Overview: 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.
Wise Child (Episode 7)
Air date: 1984-10-13
Appearances Can Be Deceptive (Episode 8)
Air date: 1984-10-20
Secrets (Episode 9)
Air date: 1984-10-27
Overview: 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.
Fox and Hounds (Episode 10)
Air date: 1984-11-03
Cure (Episode 11)
Air date: 1984-11-10
A Woman's Word (Episode 12)
Air date: 1984-11-17
Exit Laughing (Episode 13)
Air date: 1984-11-24
Overview: A minor civil servant is found dead in exotic circumstances, and Maggie tries to protect his widow from publicity.
Seasons
Episodes 7
Episodes 10
Episodes 13
Episodes 13
Episodes 13