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Series — 1980
The Gentle Touch (1980)
7.20h 50mCrime — Drama
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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A high-signal pick with 8 votes.
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S1 · 0/7 watchedDirector: Nick Elliott
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Jill Gascoine
DI Maggie Forbes
William Marlowe
DCI Bill Russell
Paul Moriarty
DS Jake Barratt
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