The Gentle Touch
1980 to 1984 Crime, Drama 5 seasons
TMDB rating 7.2/10 Ended
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.
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Jill GascoineDI Maggie Forbes
William MarloweDCI Bill Russell
Paul MoriartyDS Jake Barratt
Brian GwaspariDI Bob Croft- Nigel RathboneSteve Forbes
Derek ThompsonDS Jimmy Fenton- Kevin O'SheaDS Peter Phillips
- James OttawayGeorge Taylor
Bernard HolleyDI Mike Turnbull
Michael Graham CoxDI Jack Slater- Ben ThomasEskimo
Michael CroninSgt Dave Bryant
- Created by
- Terence Feely
- Network
- ITV1
- First aired
- Apr 11, 1980
- Latest episode
- Nov 24, 1984
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