The Gentle Touch - Complete Series - 17-DVD Box Set

The Gentle Touch - Complete Series - 17-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
2800 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1980 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
David Askey
James Gatward

Written By:
Terence Feely
Anthony Biggam

Actors:
Jill Gascoine ..... DI Maggie Forbes
Nigel Rathbone ..... Steve Forbes
Peggy Aitchison ..... Bella Rennox
Gerry Crampton ..... Security guard
Brian Croucher ..... Harry Blanden
Allan Hargreaves ..... Radio newscaster
Gordon Honeycombe ..... TV Newscaster
William Marlowe ..... Det. Ch. Insp. Russell
Seymour Matthews ..... Curly Rennox
Paul Moriarty ..... Det. Sgt. Jake Barratt
Patricia Napier ..... WPC Eileen McFarland
Sue Nicholls ..... Joanne Blanden
James Ottaway ..... George Taylor
Jason Savage ..... Dale Blanden
Leslie Schofield ..... Ray Forbes
Bernard Stone ..... Vince
Ben Thomas ..... Eskimo
Derek Thompson ..... Det. Sgt. Jimmy Fenton
Stephen Yardley ..... Jed Blanden

Synopsis:

The first police series to show a woman at Detective Inspector level, The Gentle Touch stars Jill Gascoine as Maggie Forbes a tough but compassionate cop who is also a single mother to a teenage son following the murder of her police constable husband. Reflecting a time when there were very few ranking female officers in the police force, the series not only showed police procedure within a Metropolitan Police CID unit but also offered an insight into how a woman might cope with such a role in what was still very much a man's world. Instantly successful with the public, The Gentle Touch ran for five series and featured guest appearances by Catherine Schell, Brian Croucher, Joanne Whalley, Liz Smith, Art Malik, Lynda Bellingham and Louise Jameson, among many others.

Jill Gascoine stars as Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in this exciting and ground-breaking ITV police series from the 1980s. Maggie is assigned to Seven Dials Police Station in the heart of Central London, right next to the city's infamous Soho district - an area where life is cheap and rank corruption and depravity are everywhere. Unlike her cynical and hard-edged male colleagues on the force, she has a gentler, more sympathetic approach to the human tragedies she encounters - and it's an approach that gets results. Maggie Forbes seems like a woman with a brilliant career ahead of her - until a devastating family tragedy almost shatters her life. Hugely popular and original (Maggie Forbes was British television's first ever female detective!), all seven episodes of the first series of The Gentle Touch are collected here to enjoy on DVD for the very first time.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 27 February, 2019.