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The Gentle Touch (1980)

Ended ★ 7.2/10 5 Seasons 56 Episodes 50m Crime, Drama
Created By: Terence Feely
Executive Producers: Nick Elliott
Network: ITV1
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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.

Top Cast

Jill Gascoine
Jill Gascoine DI Maggie Forbes
William Marlowe
William Marlowe DCI Bill Russell
Paul Moriarty
Paul Moriarty DS Jake Barratt
KEYWORDS: london, england widow sexism social commentary single mother female police officer law enforcement police procedural murder of husband

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