The Gentle Touch
7.2
8 votes·1980
·5 Seasons
·TV SeriesCrimeDrama
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.
Keywords
london, englandwidowsexismsocial commentarysingle motherfemale police officerlaw enforcementpolice proceduralmurder of husband
Cast
Jill Gascoine
DI Maggie Forbes
William Marlowe
DCI Bill Russell
Paul Moriarty
DS Jake Barratt
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