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.
Created by Terence Feely
Cast
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
Pamela Buchner
Mrs Janie Russell
4 episodes
Jean Hastings
WPC Evans
4 episodes
Peter Spraggon
Station Officer
4 episodes
Avis Bunnage
Auntie Win
4 episodes
Hazel Clyne
Maisie
3 episodes
George Sewell
Dave Connally
3 episodes
Maev Alexander
WPC Sandra Williams
3 episodes
Ray Lonnen
2 episodes
Lesley Manville
Shirley Davis
2 episodes
Jason Savage
Dale Blanden
2 episodes
Stephen Yardley
Jed Blanden
2 episodes
Brian Croucher
Harry Blanden
2 episodes
Crew
- Executive Producers
- Tony Wharmby, Nick Elliott
Seasons
Series 1
1980 · 7 eps
Series 2
1980 · 10 eps
Series 3
1981 · 13 eps
Series 4
1982 · 13 eps
Series 5
1984 · 13 eps
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