About this season
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.
Episodes (13)
1. Finders, Keepers (1)
Aired 1 September 1984
2. Losers, Weepers (2)
Aired 8 September 1984
3. Do It Yourself
Aired 15 September 1984
4. The Conference
Aired 22 September 1984
5. The Good, the Bad and the Rest
Aired 29 September 1984
6. Mad Dog
Aired 6 October 1984
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.
7. Wise Child
Aired 13 October 1984
8. Appearances Can Be Deceptive
Aired 20 October 1984
9. Secrets
Aired 27 October 1984
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.
10. Fox and Hounds
Aired 3 November 1984
11. Cure
Aired 10 November 1984
12. A Woman's Word
Aired 17 November 1984
13. Exit Laughing
Aired 24 November 1984
A minor civil servant is found dead in exotic circumstances, and Maggie tries to protect his widow from publicity.