The Gentle Touch

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1980 • Crime, Drama

Rating: 7.2 / 10

Status: Ended

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 56

Original Language: English

Network: ITV1

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.

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1 Poster

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 2 Episodes

1 - Something Blue (Fri, Sep 5, 1980)
2 - Decoy (Fri, Sep 12, 1980)
3 - Break-In (Fri, Sep 19, 1980)
4 - Menaces (Fri, Sep 26, 1980)
5 - Hammer (Fri, Oct 3, 1980)
6 - Chance (Fri, Oct 10, 1980)
7 - Loyalties (Fri, Oct 17, 1980)
8 - Maggie's Luck (Fri, Oct 24, 1980)
9 - Shame (Fri, Oct 31, 1980)
10 - The Ring (Fri, Nov 7, 1980)

Season 3 Episodes

1 - Gifts (Fri, Nov 6, 1981)
2 - Doubt (Fri, Nov 13, 1981)
3 - The Hit (Fri, Nov 20, 1981)
4 - Scapegoat (Fri, Nov 27, 1981)
5 - Knife (Fri, Dec 4, 1981)
6 - Protection (Fri, Dec 11, 1981)
7 - Paint It Black (Fri, Dec 18, 1981)
8 - Affray (Fri, Jan 1, 1982)
9 - Black Fox, White Vixen (Fri, Jan 8, 1982)
10 - One of Those Days (Fri, Jan 15, 1982)
11 - Vigil (Fri, Jan 22, 1982)
12 - Damage (Fri, Jan 29, 1982)
13 - Solution (Fri, Feb 5, 1982)

Season 4 Episodes

1 - Right of Entry (Fri, Oct 22, 1982)
2 - Be Lucky Uncle (Fri, Oct 29, 1982)
3 - Cause and Effect (Fri, Nov 5, 1982)
4 - Auctions (Fri, Nov 12, 1982)
5 - Danny (Fri, Nov 19, 1982)
6 - Victims (Fri, Nov 26, 1982)
7 - The Meat Rack (Fri, Dec 3, 1982)
8 - Joker (Fri, Dec 10, 1982)
9 - Tough, Mrs. Rudge (Fri, Dec 17, 1982)
10 - Private Views (Fri, Jan 7, 1983)
11 - Pressures (Fri, Jan 14, 1983)
12 - Weekend (Fri, Jan 21, 1983)
13 - Who's Afraid of Josie Tate? (Fri, Jan 28, 1983)

Season 5 Episodes

1 - Finders, Keepers (1) (Sat, Sep 1, 1984)
2 - Losers, Weepers (2) (Sat, Sep 8, 1984)
3 - Do It Yourself (Sat, Sep 15, 1984)
4 - The Conference (Sat, Sep 22, 1984)
5 - The Good, the Bad and the Rest (Sat, Sep 29, 1984)
6 - Mad Dog (Sat, Oct 6, 1984)
7 - Wise Child (Sat, Oct 13, 1984)
8 - Appearances Can Be Deceptive (Sat, Oct 20, 1984)
9 - Secrets (Sat, Oct 27, 1984)
10 - Fox and Hounds (Sat, Nov 3, 1984)
11 - Cure (Sat, Nov 10, 1984)
12 - A Woman's Word (Sat, Nov 17, 1984)
13 - Exit Laughing (Sat, Nov 24, 1984)

Main Cast

Jill Gascoine

Jill Gascoine

(Det. Insp. Maggie Forbes)

Derek Thompson

Derek Thompson

(Detective Sergeant Jimmy Fenton)

William Marlowe

William Marlowe

(Det. Chief Insp. Russell)

Kevin O'Shea

Kevin O'Shea

(Det. Sgt. Peter Phillips)

Nigel Rathbone

Nigel Rathbone

Peter Spraggon

Peter Spraggon

(Station Officer)

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