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.

★ 7.2/10 · 8 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

• Jill GascoineDI Maggie Forbes
• William MarloweDCI Bill Russell
• Paul MoriartyDS Jake Barratt

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