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The Gentle Touch (1980)

Created by Terence Feely

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.

5 seasons
56 episodes
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Seasons

Series 1
7 episodes
Series 2
10 episodes
Series 3
13 episodes
Series 4
13 episodes
Series 5
13 episodes

Cast and crew

Jill Gascoine DI Maggie Forbes 56 episodes
William Marlowe DCI Bill Russell 56 episodes
Paul Moriarty DS Jake Barratt 43 episodes
Brian Gwaspari DI Bob Croft 35 episodes
Nigel Rathbone Steve Forbes 33 episodes
Derek Thompson DS Jimmy Fenton 25 episodes
Kevin O'Shea DS Peter Phillips 22 episodes
James Ottaway George Taylor 16 episodes
Bernard Holley DI Mike Turnbull 11 episodes
Michael Graham Cox DI Jack Slater 8 episodes
Ben Thomas Eskimo 7 episodes
Michael Cronin Sgt Dave Bryant 5 episodes
Full cast

Directing: Gerald Blake, Tony Wharmby, Carol Wiseman and 7 more
Writing: Roger Marshall, Brian Finch, Terence Feely and 3 more
Editing: Dave Simpson

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Details

Status: Ended
First air date: April 11, 1980
Episode runtime: 50 minutes
Original language: English
Production countries: United Kingdom
Networks: ITV1