Season 5 • Episode 13
LatestA minor civil servant is found dead in exotic circumstances, and Maggie tries to protect his widow from publicity.
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.
Acting
Jill Gascoine's layered, exhausted, magnificent performance
Writing
Terence Feely's refusal to make Maggie 'likable'
Production
Authentic LWT studio grit—no polish, all punch
Creator
Terence Feely
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Four months before Juliet Bravo, this quietly started a revolution in British television representation.
Jill Gascoine was married to Alfred Molina—she got him his first screen role.
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