The Gentle Touch Hammer (Season 2, Episode 5)
TV-14
TV Episode | 50 min | Crime, Drama

The Gentle Touch

Hammer (Season 2, Episode 5)

TV-14

TV Episode | 50 min | Crime, Drama

When a series of robberies with violence - all bearing a similar pattern, and all carried out by woman - break out on Maggie's patch, the detective must decide whether the crimes were committed by a team, or one woman in several disguises.

Director

Tony Wharmby

Writers

Tony Parker (by) | Terence Feely (series deviser)

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Updated Oct 3, 1980

Release date

Oct 3, 1980 (United Kingdom)

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Jill Gascoine Det. Insp. Maggie Forbes Det. Insp. Maggie Forbes See fewer	BASEketball (1998)
William Marlowe Det. Ch. Insp. Russell Det. Ch. Insp. Russell See fewer	Wuthering Heights (1967)
Derek Thompson Det. Sgt. Jimmy Fenton Det. Sgt. Jimmy Fenton See fewer	The Long Good Friday (1980)
Brian Gwaspari Det. Insp. Bob Croft Det. Insp. Bob Croft See fewer	A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Paul Moriarty Det. Sgt. Jake Barratt Det. Sgt. Jake Barratt See fewer	The Gentle Touch (1980)
Rosalind Ayres Frances West Frances West See fewer	Titanic (1997)
Derek Martin Nellie Jackson Nellie Jackson See fewer	Law & Order (1978)
Lesley Manville Shirley Davis Shirley Davis See fewer	Phantom Thread (2017)
Leslie Ash Maureen Maureen See fewer	British Men Behaving Badly (1992)
Mary Maddox Rosalie Rosalie See fewer	Watership Down (1978)