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The Gentle Touch
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.
Where to watch
Amazon Prime Video
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Shout! Factory Amazon ChannelAvailability by JustWatch · All options on TMDB
Cast
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- Pamela BuchnerMrs Janie Russell
- Jean HastingsWPC Evans
Details
- Created by
- Terence Feely
- First aired
- April 11, 1980
- Seasons
- 5
- Episodes
- 56
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- ITV1
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- ITV, LWT
