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    • Jill Gascoine: First woman to star in a British TV police drama
      • Jill Gascoine, here in 1982, as DI Maggie Forbes in the groundbreaking police drama (ITV/Rex) Jill Gascoine, who has died aged 83 after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, became the first woman to star in a British television police series when she was cast as Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in The Gentle Touch.
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      Jill Gascoine: First woman to star in a British TV police drama

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jill_GascoineJill Gascoine - Wikipedia

    She became better known in 1980 when she took the lead role in the ITV drama series The Gentle Touch, playing Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes. This was the first British television drama that centred on a female police officer, coming several months before the BBC's similarly themed Juliet Bravo .

  4. www.independent.co.uk › news › obituariesJill Gascoine: First woman to star in a British TV police drama

    She became a household name in ‘The Gentle Touch’ and ‘CATS Eyes’, and later turned to writing novels. Anthony Hayward. Wednesday 20 May 2020 15:37 BST. Comments. Jill Gascoine, here in...

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  6. amp.theguardian.com › 29 › jill-gascoine-obituaryJill Gascoine obituary | Television & radio | The Guardian

    Apr 29, 2020 · Jill Gascoine, who has died aged 83, played DI Forbes in the trailblazing series from 1980 to 1984. “The Gentle Touch had been the first telly drama to base itself around a female...

  7. www.scotsman.com › news › peopleObituary: Jill Gascoine, Gentle Touch star with fond memories ...

    May 7, 2020 · Gascoine was Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in five series of The Gentle Touch, which premiered in April 1980, a few months ahead of rival show Juliet Bravo and a decade before Prime...

  8. www.screenonline.org.uk › tv › idBFI Screenonline: Gentle Touch, The (1980-84)

    It portrayed the personal and professional vicissitudes of DI Maggie Forbes, played with grit by Jill Gascoine, whose private life frequently intertwined with her career as a police officer. In the opening episode her police constable husband was killed in the line of duty, leaving her alone to bring up their son Steve ( Nigel Rathbone ).

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  9. variety.com › 2020 › tv'The Gentle Touch' Star Jill Gascoine Dies Aged 83 - Variety

    Apr 29, 2020 · Gascoine played Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in ITV ‘s “The Gentle Touch,” the first British police drama with a woman in the main role. She continued playing the character in spin-off...

  10. www.bafta.org › heritage › in-memory-ofJill Gascoine | BAFTA

    Actress. 11 April 1937 to 28 April 2020. A British actress best known for her role in the groundbreaking The Gentle Touch (1980-1984), Gascoine’s Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes was the first female lead in a British cop drama.