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MONEY
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5 seasons · 56 episodes total · ~11 per season.
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The Gentle Touch
1980 5 seasons · 56 eps English
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★7.2TMDB · 8★6.6IMDB · 320
CrimeDrama
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Notable as the first British series to feature a female police officer (predating Juliet Bravo by four months), Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes raises her teenage son while navigating a male-dominated police force following the murder of her police commissioner husband.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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Cast
Jill Gascoine
DI Maggie Forbes
William Marlowe
DCI Bill Russell
Paul Moriarty
DS Jake Barratt
Created by
Terence Feely
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CRAFT
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Roughly 47 hours end-to-end — 6 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Aired from 1980 to 1984 — a 4-year run.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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WORLD
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Show type: Scripted.
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AWARDS
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Created by Terence Feely.
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CAST
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Airs on ITV1.
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The technical file
- Seasons
- 5
- Total episodes
- 56
- Avg episode length
- 50 min
- Premiered
- 1980-04-11
- Last aired
- 1984-11-24
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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