Jul 12, 2020
Jill Gascoine obituary | Television & radio
Jill Gascoine obituary | Television & radio
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In the first episode of The Gentle Touch in April 1980, Maggie Forbes was promoted to detective inspector and, hours later, became a widow when her police constable husband was murdered. It was a symbolic moment for British television: for once, in a police drama, men were getting sidelined and women moving to the front rank.
Jill Gascoine, who has died aged 83, played DI Forbes in the…
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