The Gentle Touch
1980•16•5 Seasons•56 Episodes•7.2•Ended
CrimeDrama
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
Network
ITV1
Origin
GB
Cast
Jill Gascoine
DI Maggie Forbes
William Marlowe
DCI Bill Russell
Paul Moriarty
DS Jake Barratt
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