The Gentle Touch

The Gentle Touch
Main title screen featuring Jill Gascoine
Created byTerence Feely
StarringJill Gascoine
William Marlowe
Brian Gwaspari
Paul Moriarty
Nigel Rathbone
Derek Thompson
Bernard Holley
Opening themeRoger Webb
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes56 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time60 mins (inc. commercials)
Production companyLondon Weekend Television
Original release
NetworkITV
Release11 April 1980 (1980-04-11) –
24 November 1984 (1984-11-24)
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The Gentle Touch is a British police procedural drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which began on 11 April 1980 and ran until 24 November 1984. The series is notable for being the first British series to feature a female police officer as its leading character, ahead of the similarly themed BBC series Juliet Bravo by four months.