The Gentle Touch (series)
- User score: 7.2
- Production country: GB
- Creator: Terence Feely
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Release date: 4/11/1980
- Release date of last episode: 11/24/1984
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 5 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 56
- Run time: 60, 50 min.
Series description
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.