The Gentle Touch
Series198050 min5 seasons16
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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 FeelyCrime, Drama
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Overview
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.
Cast
Jill Gascoine
DI Maggie Forbes
William Marlowe
DCI Bill Russell
Paul Moriarty
DS Jake Barratt
Brian Gwaspari
DI Bob Croft
Nigel Rathbone
Steve Forbes
Derek Thompson
DS Jimmy Fenton
Kevin O'Shea
DS Peter Phillips
James Ottaway
George Taylor
Bernard Holley
DI Mike Turnbull
Michael Graham Cox
DI Jack Slater
Ben Thomas
Eskimo
Michael Cronin
Sgt Dave Bryant
Pamela Buchner
Mrs Janie Russell
Jean Hastings
WPC Evans
Peter Spraggon
Station Officer
Avis Bunnage
Auntie Win
Hazel Clyne
Maisie
George Sewell
Dave Connally
Maev Alexander
WPC Sandra Williams
Ray Lonnen
Lesley Manville
Shirley Davis
Jason Savage
Dale Blanden
Stephen Yardley
Jed Blanden
Brian Croucher
Harry Blanden