TV series

The Gentle Touch

1980★ 7.2 · 8Ended5 seasonsCrimeDrama

Overview

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.

Trailer

Opening Credits · The gentle touch opening titles 1984

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Cast

Jill Gascoine
as DI Maggie Forbes

William Marlowe
as DCI Bill Russell

Paul Moriarty
as DS Jake Barratt

Crew

Nick Elliott
Executive Producer

Lesley Weeks
Casting

Michael Verney-Elliott
Producer

Seasons

Series 1

Series 1

Episodes: 7

Series 2

Series 2

Episodes: 10

Series 3

Series 3

Episodes: 13

Series 4

Series 4

Episodes: 13

Series 5

Series 5

Episodes: 13

Information

Community

7.2/ 10

8 TMDB votes · limited sample

7.2

Created by: Terence Feely

First air date: 1980-04-11

Show status: Ended

Genres

CrimeDrama

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