Series · Crime, Drama
The Gentle Touch (1980)
★ 7.2 · 8 votes5 seasons · 56 episodesCrime, Drama1980
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.
- Creator
- Terence Feely
- Writers
- Roger Marshall, Terence Feely, Brian Finch
- Network
- ITV1
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- April 11, 1980
- Status
- Ended
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
- Peter SpraggonStation Officer
Avis BunnageAuntie Win- Hazel ClyneMaisie
George SewellDave Connally- Maev AlexanderWPC Sandra Williams
Ray Lonnen
Episodes
0/7 watched- Episode 1: Killers (1)Apr 11, 1980
- Episode 2: Recoil (2)Apr 18, 1980
- Episode 3: HelpApr 25, 1980
- Episode 4: ShockMay 2, 1980
- Episode 5: BladeMay 9, 1980
- Episode 6: RogueMay 16, 1980
- Episode 7: MelodyMay 23, 1980
