The Gentle Touch

The Gentle Touch was a British ITV's police drama, which was in circulation from 1980-1984 with 56 episodes.

The stars actress Jill Gascoine acting as Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes, who had come up in the ranks of the police, works for the Seven Dials police station in London.

Maggie's husband, a policeman, was killed during the first episode, in which they had to combine her career with raising her underage son.

The Gentle Touch largely dealt with routine matters. Maggie was usually to see behind the wheel of a vehicle stopped, because in real life actress Jill Gascoine could no car.