The Gentle Touch

The Gentle Touch

The Gentle Touch (1980)

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50 min

Episode

11 Apr 1980

First Aired

Crime

Drama

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.

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Keywords

london, england

widow

sexism

social commentary

single mother

female police officer

law enforcement

police procedural

murder of husband

Cast

Jill Gascoine

Jill Gascoine

DI Maggie Forbes

William Marlowe

William Marlowe

DCI Bill Russell

Paul Moriarty

Paul Moriarty

DS Jake Barratt

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Seasons (5)

Series 1

Series 1

7 Episodes • 1980

Series 2

Series 2

10 Episodes • 1980

Series 3

Series 3

13 Episodes • 1981

Series 4

Series 4

13 Episodes • 1982

Series 5

Series 5

13 Episodes • 1984