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The Gentle Touch
S1.E6
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  • Episode aired May 16, 1980
  • TV-14
  • 52m
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The Gentle Touch (1980)
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Interviewing an unsuccessful businessman who is suspected of deliberately setting fire to his premises for the insurance, Maggie is unimpressed when the man offers her a bribe. But even stra... Read allInterviewing an unsuccessful businessman who is suspected of deliberately setting fire to his premises for the insurance, Maggie is unimpressed when the man offers her a bribe. But even stranger offers are waiting around the corner - that Maggie can't ignore.Interviewing an unsuccessful businessman who is suspected of deliberately setting fire to his premises for the insurance, Maggie is unimpressed when the man offers her a bribe. But even stranger offers are waiting around the corner - that Maggie can't ignore.

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    • David Askey
  • Writers
    • Patricia Hooker
    • Terence Feely
  • Stars
    • Jill Gascoine
    • Moira Redmond
    • James Smillie
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    • Director
      • David Askey
    • Writers
      • Patricia Hooker
      • Terence Feely
    • Stars
      • Jill Gascoine
      • Moira Redmond
      • James Smillie
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    Jill Gascoine
    Jill Gascoine
    • Det. Insp. Maggie Forbes
    Moira Redmond
    Moira Redmond
    • Jessica Sanderson
    James Smillie
    James Smillie
    • Harry
    William Marlowe
    William Marlowe
    • Det. Chief Insp. Russell
    Brian Osborne
    • Det. Insp. Jim Souter
    Shirley Cheriton
    • Sally
    Robert Fyfe
    Robert Fyfe
    • George
    Alec Wallis
    • Bert
    Michael McVey
    • Peter
    Peter Spraggon
    Peter Spraggon
    • Station Officer
    Simon Cowell-Parker
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    William Parker
    • Detective Constable
    Terence Conoley
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      • Terence Feely
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    Rogue

    Maggie Forbes turn down a financial inducement from a man suspected of doing an arson job in his own premises for the insurance money.

    The rest of the episode is another kind of inducement. Money, charm and good looks.

    Jessica Sanderson is an older woman stood up by her smooth younger man Harry who she has also given a lot of money to. She is arrested after having a strop in a restaurant.

    Maggie is interested in Harry. He has left other women distraught as he moves from one older woman to another.

    However when she meets Harry, she finds herself perplexedly charmed by him. Harry was not the kind of cad she expected. He even brings the money that he got from Jessica.

    The relationship between Maggie and Harry was of interest. You would have thought the character might have returned in future episodes. He was well played by actor James Smillie who seems to have done more work in Australia.

    The rest of the episode never matched up including a man who ended up being duped in some brothel.

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      This episode was watched by 10.55 million viewers, making it the joint thirteenth most-watched programme of the week, tied with [Episode #4.6 (1980)].

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      • May 16, 1980 (United Kingdom)
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      • English
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      • London Weekend Television (LWT)
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