About The Gentle Touch
- Released on April 11, 1980
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.
Main Cast of The Gentle Touch
Jill Gascoine
Derek Thompson
Brian Gwaspari
William Marlowe
Paul Moriarty
Kevin O'Shea
Secondary Cast of The Gentle Touch
Gillian Martell
Leslie Ash
Ivor Roberts
Bernard Spear
Catherine Schell
Hugh Cross
Judy Loe
Oscar James
Wanda Ventham
David Daker
Charlotte Mitchell
David Sterne
Margery Mason
Peter Cellier
Stephen Yardley
Simon Gipps-Kent
Patrick Newell
Gwyneth Powell
Frank Thornton
Colin McCormack
Angela Douglas
Nichola McAuliffe
Stacy Dorning
David Battley
Derek Benfield
Jake Wood
Leslie Schofield
Harold Kasket
Jennifer Hilary
Rosemary Martin
John Barron
Nigel Humphreys
Andrew Burt
Paul Angelis
Derek Martin
Ray Lonnen
Eamon Boland
Patsy Palmer
Lysette Anthony
John Bardon
Clive Swift
Kate Williams
Ralph Bates
Shelagh McLeod
Myra Frances
Peter Birrel
Michael Praed
George Sewell
Carmen Silvera
Edward Peel
Geoffrey Burridge
Michael Melia
Joss Ackland
Joan Hickson
Barbara Young
Linda Robson
Christopher Ellison
Lynda Bellingham
Arthur White
Alan Lake
Bob Bryan
Rupert Frazer
Richard Owens
Gillian Taylforth
Patsy Smart
Rosalind Ayres
Larry Martyn
Christopher Villiers
Jill Baker
Sherrie Hewson
Frederick Hall
Linda Regan
Dudley Sutton
Ken Campbell
Richard Fraser
Stella Tanner
Lynda La Plante
Lynsey Baxter
Harold Goodwin
Virginia Wetherell
Bernard Holley
Bernard Kay
Elaine Lordan
Arthur English
Brian Capron
Louise Jameson plays Emma Saunders (1 episode)
Julian Wadham
Philip Jackson
Nick Brimble
George Baker
Barry Jackson
Joe McGann
Amanda Boxer
Malcolm Tierney
Trevor Peacock
Mary Healey
John Gregg
David Hanson plays Police Doctor (1 episode)
Crew of The Gentle Touch
Directing
Writing
- Gillian Martell
- Art Malik
- Leslie Ash
- Ivor Roberts
- Bernard Spear
- Catherine Schell
- Hugh Cross
- Judy Loe
- Oscar James
- Wanda Ventham
- David Daker
- Charlotte Mitchell
- David Sterne
- Margery Mason
- Peter Cellier
- Stephen Yardley
- Simon Gipps-Kent
- Patrick Newell
- Gwyneth Powell
- Frank Thornton
- Colin McCormack
- Angela Douglas
- Nichola McAuliffe
- Trudie Styler
- Stacy Dorning
- David Battley
- Derek Benfield
- Jake Wood
- Leslie Schofield
- Harold Kasket
- Jennifer Hilary
- Rosemary Martin
- John Barron
- Nigel Humphreys
- Andrew Burt
- Paul Angelis
- Derek Martin
- Enn Reitel
- Ray Lonnen
- Eamon Boland
- Patsy Palmer
- Lysette Anthony
- John Bardon
- Ellen Thomas
- Clive Swift
- Kate Williams
- Ralph Bates
- Shelagh McLeod
- Myra Frances
- Peter Birrel
- Michael Praed
- George Sewell
- Carmen Silvera
- Edward Peel
- Geoffrey Burridge
- Michael Melia
- Joss Ackland
- Joan Hickson
- Barbara Young
- Linda Robson
- Christopher Ellison
- Lynda Bellingham
- Arthur White
- Alan Lake
- Bob Bryan
- Rupert Frazer
- Richard Owens
- Gillian Taylforth
- Patsy Smart
- Rosalind Ayres
- Larry Martyn
- Don Fellows
- Christopher Villiers
- Jill Baker
- Sherrie Hewson
- Frederick Hall
- Linda Regan
- Dudley Sutton
- Ken Campbell
- Lesley Manville
- Richard Fraser
- Stella Tanner
- Lynda La Plante
- Lynsey Baxter
- Harold Goodwin
- Virginia Wetherell
- Bernard Holley
- Bernard Kay
- Elaine Lordan
- Arthur English
- Brian Capron
- Louise Jameson
- Julian Wadham
- Philip Jackson
- Nick Brimble
- George Baker
- Barry Jackson
- Joe McGann
- Amanda Boxer
- Malcolm Tierney
- Trevor Peacock
- Mary Healey
- John Gregg
- David Hanson