The Gentle Touch

Name: The Gentle Touch
Genre: Crime, Drama
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe, Paul Moriarty, Patrick Newell, Harold Kasket

The Gentle Touch (1980-1984)

Seasons: 5, episodes: 56

Episode runtime: 50 min

Average rating: 6.6/10 364

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Video for the series The Gentle Touch — The gentle touch opening titles 1984

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Premiere

1980-04-11

Last episode

1984-11-24

Status

Ended

Country

United Kingdom

Network

ITV1

Production

ITV, LWT

Genre

Crime, Drama

Creators

Terence Feely

Actors

Jill Gascoine, William Marlowe, Paul Moriarty, Patrick Newell, Harold Kasket, Paul Angelis, Joss Ackland, Gillian Taylforth, Lesley Manville, Louise Jameson
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Scenario

Roger Marshall, Brian Finch

Producer

Michael Verney-Elliott, Kim Mills, Jack Williams, Tony Wharmby, Nick Elliott

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Composer

Editing

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Short description

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.