Synopsis & Context
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.
Season Management
Title Dossier
- Original Title
- The Gentle Touch
- Release
- April 11, 1980
- Screen Time
- 5 seasons · 50min/ep
- Rating
- N/A
- Direction
- Terence Feely
- Original Language
- English
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
- Production Status
- Ended
Personas & Cast
Jill Gascoine
DI Maggie Forbes
56 eps.
William Marlowe
DCI Bill Russell
56 eps.
Paul Moriarty
DS Jake Barratt
43 eps.
Brian Gwaspari
DI Bob Croft
35 eps.
Nigel Rathbone
Steve Forbes
33 eps.
Derek Thompson
DS Jimmy Fenton
25 eps.
Kevin O'Shea
DS Peter Phillips
22 eps.
James Ottaway
George Taylor
16 eps.
Bernard Holley
DI Mike Turnbull
11 eps.
Michael Graham Cox
DI Jack Slater
8 eps.
Ben Thomas
Eskimo
7 eps.
Michael Cronin
Sgt Dave Bryant
5 eps.
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