The Gentle Touch
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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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
Pamela Buchner
Mrs Janie Russell · 4 eps
Jean Hastings
WPC Evans · 4 eps
Peter Spraggon
Station Officer / Sgt Harry Cooper · 4 eps
Avis Bunnage
Auntie Win · 4 eps
Hazel Clyne
Maisie · 3 eps
George Sewell
Dave Connally · 3 eps
Maev Alexander
WPC Sandra Williams · 3 eps
Ray Lonnen
2 eps
