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      • The Gentle Touch made Gascoine a household name, and ran for five series until 1984. Spin-off Gascoine returned as Maggie Forbes in the more action-oriented spin-off series C.A.T.S. Eyes (also created by Terence Feely), concerning a specialised team of female detectives in Kent who covertly work for the Home Office.
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  2. Jill Viola Gascoine (11 April 1937 – 28 April 2020) was an English actress and novelist. She portrayed Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in the 1980s television series The Gentle Touch and its spin-off series C.A.T.S. Eyes. In the 1990s, she also became a novelist and published three books.

  3. 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...

  4. Gascoine returned as Maggie Forbes in the more action-oriented spin-off series C.A.T.S. Eyes (also created by Terence Feely), concerning a specialised team of female detectives in Kent who covertly work for the Home Office. C.A.T.S. Eyes lasted three series from 1985 to 1987. Main cast. Jill Gascoine as Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes.

  5. Apr 29, 2020 · The Gentle Touch star Jill Gascoine has died aged 83 after a 10-year battle with Alzheimer's disease. The actress, who was married to Hollywood star Alfred Molina, is believed to have passed...

  6. Apr 29, 2020 · British actress Jill Gascoine, known for her roles in such TV dramas as The Gentle Touch and The Onedin Line, has died at the age of 83. In the 1980s she played Detective Inspector Maggie...

  7. 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...

  8. 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.