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The Gentle Touch

Series1980 7.2

The Gentle Touch

TMDB

7.2/10

50m 56 epsITV, LWT

CrimeDrama

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Jill Gascoine

DI Maggie Forbes

William Marlowe

William Marlowe

DCI Bill Russell

Paul Moriarty

DS Jake Barratt

Art Malik

Leslie Ash

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Season 1

7 episodes

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Catherine Schell

Catherine Schell

Hugh Cross

Judy Loe

David Daker

Charlotte Mitchell

Charlotte Mitchell

Peter Cellier

Simon Gipps-Kent

Simon Gipps-Kent

Patrick Newell

Gwyneth Powell

Colin McCormack

Colin McCormack

Angela Douglas

Nichola McAuliffe

Trudie Styler

Derek Benfield

Harold Kasket

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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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About

First aired: 11 April 1980
Last aired: 24 November 1984
Status: Ended
Type: Scripted
Created by: Terence Feely
Genres: Crime, Drama
Original language: EN
Country: United Kingdom
Production: ITV, LWT
Network: ITV1
Seasons: 5
Episodes: 56
Episode runtime: 50m