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The Gentle Touch
First aired on Apr 11, 1980
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Genres: Crime, Drama

The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female police detective as its leading character, ahead of the similarly themed BBC series Juliet Bravo by four months.

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Jill Gascoine | Det. Insp. Maggie Forbes
Derek Thompson | Detective Sergeant Jimmy Fenton
William Marlowe | Det. Chief Insp. Russell
Kevin O'Shea | Det. Sgt. Peter Phillips
Nigel Rathbone | Steve Forbes
Peter Spraggon | Station Officer