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The tenth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 156 episodes, broadcast between 4 January and 30 December 1994. On 3 October 2012, The Bill Series 10 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 10 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia).
Episode 156 : Licensed To Kill
December. 30,1994
Episode 155 : Returning The Call
December. 29,1994
Episode 154 : Dearly Departed
December. 27,1994
Episode 153 : Stuffed
December. 23,1994
Ackland and Quinnan are led on a wild goose chase by two juveniles, while Stamp thinks he's going to pull at the Sun Hill Christmas bash.
Episode 152 : Fall Guy
December. 22,1994
Episode 151 : An Unconventional Approach
December. 20,1994
Episode 150 : Throw The Key Away
December. 16,1994
Episode 149 : Appropriate Adults
December. 15,1994
Episode 148 : Blood Pressure
December. 13,1994
A Jehovah's Witness is seriously assaulted, but his mother refuses to let him have a blood transfusion.
Episode 147 : Closing Time
December. 09,1994
Cato organises a raid on a pub and plans to take away the landlady's licence, but Cryer is not impressed.
Episode 146 : A Feeling For The Job
December. 08,1994
Episode 145 : Fathers & Sons
December. 06,1994
Pearce and Croft investigate an assault, but the victim's father seems reluctant to help.
Episode 144 : King Of The Hill
December. 02,1994
Boyden gets trapped in a derelict building and his only help is a kid who was chasing but the kid is reluctant to help for fear of getting arrested.
Episode 143 : Fly On The Wall
December. 01,1994
Pearce and Croft investigate when rivalry between gangs of fly-posters escalates to assault.
Episode 142 : Creating A Market
November. 29,1994
Greig and Deakin set up shop in an attempt to trap mobile phone thieves in a sting operation.
Episode 141 : Down A Blind Alley
November. 25,1994
Episode 140 : Work Experience
November. 24,1994
Carver goes undercover as a mechanic to frustrate a garage owner's plans to commit a robbery.
Episode 139 : Beg Borrow Or Steal
November. 22,1994
Ch. Insp. Cato's anti-vagrancy initiative draws WPC Page's attention to the plight of a young mother, who along with other hostel residents are being threatened by a short-tempered loan shark with violent tendancies.
Episode 138 : Sleeping Dogs
November. 18,1994
A young girl reports a rape a year after it happened. Can Johnson and Pearce dig up enough evidence to make the charge stick?
Episode 137 : Make Believe
November. 17,1994
Monroe and Cryer investigate an old man who has been giving expensive toys to young children.
Episode 136 : No Name No Number
November. 15,1994
Meadows blames a leak when a witness is threatened. Stamp and Boyden come under suspicion.
Episode 135 : The Melting Pot
November. 11,1994
Conway has a hectic first day in his new job as he deals with the aftermath of a senior officers' night out, absentee inspectors and burglars that need babysitting.
Episode 134 : Taking Stock
November. 10,1994
Episode 133 : Mischief
November. 08,1994
Episode 132 : Pipped At The Post
November. 04,1994
Chief Superintendent Charles Brownlow is transfered to Area. while is he is there Chief Inspectors Derek Conway, Phillip Cato and DCI Jack Meadows all vie for the promotion to Acting Superintendent in charge of opperations at Sun Hill. Conway is succesful and is promoted
Episode 131 : The Sixth Age
November. 03,1994
Loxton and Quinnan are drawn into a world of romance, intrigue and violent affections when called to attend an incident at a local tea dance.
Episode 130 : Cheap At Half The Price
November. 01,1994
Deakin goes undercover as a professional hitman and is asked to kill the wife of a failing businessman.
Episode 129 : Pass The Parcel
October. 28,1994
Episode 128 : Indecent Exposure
October. 27,1994
Episode 127 : Land Of The Blind
October. 25,1994
Deakin and Meadows are prosecuting a teenager for assault but McCann thinks he is innocent.
Episode 126 : Bridgework
October. 21,1994
Meadows and Cato are at loggerheads, but Conway couldn't care less it's his birthday.
Episode 125 : Taken On Trust
October. 20,1994
An unexploded German WW2 bomb is discovered on the riverside right in then middle of CID's surveillance operation. As the evacuation gets underway, a bunch of squatters refuse to leave thinking it's an attempt to evict them. After Monroe assures the bomb threat is geniune they leave but Carver and Pierce then sneak into the squatter's house and discover hidden drugs. They then arrest the squatter.
Episode 124 : Backlash
October. 18,1994
Johnson stands trial for manslaughter of Lee Ruddick, and allegations of a police cover-up.
Episode 123 : One Born Every Minute
October. 14,1994
Episode 122 : Silent Partner
October. 13,1994
Pearce and Croft investigate a burglary at a block of flats for the elderly, and she becomes suspicious of a woman who claims to be from a befriending charity called Here to Help.
Episode 121 : Saving Face
October. 11,1994
Carver ends up leading 'Operation Cock-up' and is determined not to look an idiot in front of Deakin.
Episode 120 : The Cold Consumer
October. 07,1994
Page deals with the sudden death of an unidentified man in the bathroom of a high class prostitute.
Episode 119 : Blackout
October. 06,1994
Lines retraces the steps of an alcoholic who comes out of a two-day blackout and believes that he has committed a crime.
Episode 118 : Grey Matter
October. 04,1994
Episode 117 : Inquest
September. 30,1994
Sun Hill are at the Coroner's Court for the inquest on Stone, who died in custody. Did the Great Bullion Robber die of natural causes or are Sun Hill officers in some way to blame for his death?
Episode 116 : Down & Out
September. 29,1994
Johnson's seeking vital information concerning a gang of payphone thieves. She comes into conflict with Custody Sergeant Boyden when she asks to speak to a prisoner with a history of mental illness.
Episode 115 : Runners & Riders
September. 27,1994
Meadows is worried that a vicious attack was meted out in revenge for the conviction of a loan shark.
Episode 114 : Living Legend
September. 23,1994
When Meadows arrests notorious robber Kenny Stone in a drugs-for-money exchange, Stone isn't in possession of the drugs. Meadows fails to detain Stone long enough to charge him, but he dies in his cell as he is about to be released.
Episode 113 : Out In The Cold
September. 22,1994
Jarvis, Loxton, Page and Cato deal with a trio of squatters and a violent landlord.
Episode 112 : Back On The Chain Gang
September. 20,1994
Episode 111 : Inside
September. 16,1994
A man holds a woman hostage in a flat. Jarvis is faced with the task of talking him out. As Jarvis builds a rapport with him, the investigation led by Monroe constructs a worrying picture of the hostage-taker. Can he be talked out or will force be necessary?
Episode 110 : Threats & Promises
September. 15,1994
A young man is stabbed by a member of a notorious family of criminals, but no witnesses are prepared to come forward.
Episode 109 : Birthright
September. 13,1994
Ackland and Datta are drawn into the past when a couple are pestered by a young woman claiming to be a long-lost daughter. Meanwhile, a death message to an old lady reveals a relative she had forgotten she had.
Episode 108 : Kickback
September. 09,1994
When Lee Ruddick dies at St Hugh's, CIB is called in and DI Johnson is accused on manslaughter. Claudia Morris, the complainant and chief witness, later withdraws her allegation, but just as Johnson seems to be in the clear, Ruddick's family serves her with a private prosecution for manslaughter.
Episode 107 : Washback
September. 08,1994
Investigating a sawn-off shotgun found in a house fire, Lines is led to Lee Ruddick, a crack dealer. When Lines and Johnson team up to raid him, Ruddick eats the evidence, with fatal consequences.
Episode 106 : Instant Response
September. 06,1994
A couple of kids in a stolen Jaguar are causing all sorts of trouble and accidents throughout Sun Hill. PC Tony Stamp and PC Reg Hollis pursue in the Area Car, but all police efforts to stop the car fail. The kids seem to always be one step ahead of the police, until Stamp realises they must have a police radio or scanner. Changing frequencies, they force the Jag into an abandoned bottling plant, where the driver, Rob Orme, has vowed to 'teach the police a lesson' after his father has been sentenced to twelve years in prison. Climbing to the roof of the building, Rob taunts Stamp and Ch. Insp. Derek Conway as they try to talk him down, but accidentally slips and falls to his death.
Episode 105 : Right Way, Wrong Way
September. 02,1994
Aggro between the West Indian and Chinese communities threatens to escalate as Steele and McCann investigate.
Episode 104 : A Little Learning
September. 01,1994
When a teacher seems reluctant to bring a charge of indecent assault against a pupil, Woods has to question her motives. Is Stephanie telling the truth or is she being used to get at the boy?
Episode 103 : Business Opportunities
August. 30,1994
McCann finds Tony Wright sleeping rough on a bench, yet learns that he owns a house just around the corner. His curiosity leads to an investigation by Pearce of the Irish roofer, Samuel O'Rourke, who has targetted Tony, depressed and alone, for large weekly payments for roofing work he never carried out.
Episode 102 : Wall Of Silence
August. 26,1994
Stamp and Ackland respond to an anonymous call and find a man in a curious state of undress.
Episode 101 : On The Latch
August. 25,1994
Meadows and Morgan investigate what appears to be the violent death of an old soldier in a drugs-related burglary.
Episode 100 : Partners
August. 23,1994
The shooting of a jeweller has Chris and Suzi investigating as an armed man is arrested by Reg and Steve.
Episode 99 : Full Contact
August. 19,1994
Meadows is annoyed when a lorry carrying cigarettes is hi-jacked. Stamp and Ackland intervene in a fight in a pub car park between two thieves who have fallen out over the landlady.
Episode 98 : Skinning Cats
August. 18,1994
Meadows and Conway fall out over the handling of an informant. Quinnan traces a vanload of stolen meat.
Episode 97 : Looking For Mr Right
August. 16,1994
Morgan and Woods investigate a serious assault and are led to a case of kidnap and extortion.
Episode 96 : You Belong To Me
August. 12,1994
Datta and Cryer investigate the disappearance of a seventeen-year-old girl and find that her half-sister and brother-in-law have something to hide.
Episode 95 : In Too Deep
August. 11,1994
Meadows and Deakin investigate the fatal shooting of a young windscreen washer and uncover a link to a local drug dealer.
Episode 94 : Death & Taxes
August. 09,1994
Ackland and Quinnan investigate a break-in at a pharmacy. Cryer unearths extortion among the young homeless.
Episode 93 : Legacy
August. 05,1994
Deakin shares information that Johnson needs to solve her case, but on his own terms.
Episode 92 : War Of Nerves
August. 04,1994
Episode 91 : Unfinished Business
August. 02,1994
Johnson attempts to track down a violent escaped prisoner. The arrival of Chris Deakin is delayed, as he has to give evidence in court.
Episode 90 : Easy Prey
July. 29,1994
Meadows investigates when a recluse is found dead in his flat. He appears to have been assaulted but may have taken an overdose.
Episode 89 : Best Interests
July. 28,1994
Morgan has to choose between heart and head when trying to track down a boy who has been abducted by his father.
Episode 88 : Paying The Price
July. 26,1994
Conway clips the wing-mirror of a car and finds himself listening to a man's confession to an attempted armed robbery.
Episode 87 : Dirty Laundry
July. 22,1994
Episode 86 : Public Spirit
July. 21,1994
A businessman seems unconcerned after one of his employees is fatally injured in a street fight over drug-dealing territories.
Episode 85 : Personal Space
July. 19,1994
Episode 84 : High Drivers
July. 15,1994
Monroe is called to a fatal traffic accident than deals with a case of mistaken identity.
Episode 83 : Settling The Score
July. 14,1994
Quinnan chances his arm in order to get an arrest. Carver realises that one of his informants has set up a suspect to clear the way for an affair with his wife.
Episode 82 : Parental Guidance
July. 12,1994
Lines helps Ackland track down a delinquent son but he should be worrying about his own.
Episode 81 : Banned
July. 08,1994
Johnson's methods are called into question when she removes an aggressive solicitor's clerk from an interview with a robbery suspect.
Episode 80 : Good Days
July. 07,1994
Lines and Woods attempt to solve the mysterious disappearance of an armed robber, and eventually uncover the answer after calling on his mistress.
Episode 79 : Masquerade
July. 05,1994
Greig realises that a house has been burgled twice. Conway helps to arrest a most unusual burglar with a very special talent.
Episode 78 : A Touch Of Braid
July. 01,1994
D.I. Johnson's raid on a flat goes wrong when a young boy flees and falls from the third-floor balcony. Brownlow has to pick up the pieces.
Episode 77 : Fallen Angel
June. 30,1994
Woods investigates the activities of a cowboy builder, and uncovers a customer's scheme to exact revenge.
Episode 76 : The Road Not Taken
June. 28,1994
Page finds her loyalties tested when she arrests an old school friend in a drugs raid.
Episode 75 : Gate Fever
June. 24,1994
A murderer is released from prison on licence. Cryer deals with the victim's parents, who are unable to accept that their other daughter befriended him while he was in prison.
Episode 74 : Tails You Lose
June. 23,1994
Skase's informant needs protection, but he is compromised when he uncovers the full extent of her criminal activities.
Episode 73 : Within Limits
June. 21,1994
Boyden investigates an assault and helps a former lover deal with her violent husband. Garfield thinks the sergeant may be up to his old tricks again.
Episode 72 : Dear John
June. 17,1994
Meadows investigates when a man who appears to have fallen to his death from a block of flats is found to have a knife wound in his back. Investigations lead to a second body.
Episode 71 : Lesson To Be Learned
June. 16,1994
A young black student is accused of a savage attack on a schoolmaster, but Lines thinks that the teachers have something to hide.
Episode 70 : Snowblind
June. 14,1994
Skase investigates some crack dealers but bites off more than he can chew and faces a mauling from Meadows.
Episode 69 : All Along The Watchtower
June. 10,1994
Stamp is called to deal with a 14-year-old car thief who has badly injured a young girl. Conway and Monroe deal with the consequences.
Episode 68 : Till Death Do Us Part
June. 09,1994
Loxton and Quinnan are called to a canal where a familiar tramp claims to have fished out a DSS inspector.
Episode 67 : Funny Money
June. 07,1994
Episode 66 : Hey Diddle Diddle
June. 03,1994
Episode 65 : Sweetness & Light
June. 02,1994
A gang of teenagers cause a nuisance on an estate, and a boy on a scrambling bike is almost decapitated.
Episode 64 : No Marks
May. 31,1994
Meadows and Cryer try to gain the trust of a small boy from Devon found wandering about in his pyjamas.
Episode 63 : RTA
May. 27,1994
Monroe investigates a fatal road traffic accident and begins to suspect that the driver may have crashed the car on purpose.
Episode 62 : Good Friends
May. 26,1994
A seemingly straightforward burglary becomes complicated when one of Johnson's informants is given a false alibi.
Episode 61 : Branded
May. 24,1994
Meadows interrogates a convicted sex offender whose father can't face the truth about his son.
Episode 60 : Old Scores
May. 20,1994
Boyden receives an anonymous tip-off but suspects that he has been set up. His suspicions are confirmed when MS15 turn up at the pick-up point.
Episode 59 : The Price
May. 19,1994
Episode 58 : No Way To Treat A Lady
May. 17,1994
Page is assaulted during a domestic. Cato is furious that Sgt. Steele has included some off-the-record remarks in the minutes of a meeting. Carver acts on information received to catch a villain.
Episode 57 : All Things Nice
May. 13,1994
A drugs raid on a pub is a great success until Lines finds a body. Johnson has to move fast to achieve a result.
Episode 56 : Butter Wouldn't Melt
May. 12,1994
Quinnan and Cato close in on a den of thieves, centred around an ageing hippie inciting youngsters to steal car radios.
Episode 55 : Killing Time
May. 10,1994
Episode 54 : Hot Off The Press
May. 06,1994
Cato wants to find out who is behind the printing of racist leaflets. A campaign to rid the streets of illegally parked vehicles uncovers the distributor.
Episode 53 : Honour & Obey
May. 05,1994
Skase betrays a misogynist attitude when he and Croft investigate a series of thefts of wedding gifts.
Episode 52 : Bottleneck
May. 03,1994
Conway arranges a party and plans to sound out the Deputy Assistant Commissioner about changes to the senior ranks, but Meadows, and Brownlow take the opportunity to do the same. While the top brass play politics, Johnson sets about trapping an escaped prisoner.
Episode 51 : Big Eagle Day
April. 29,1994
Boyden, Garfield, Datta and Hollis respond to a noise nuisance complaint and find two known villains in a room littered with thousands of pounds in banknotes.
Episode 50 : Disclosures
April. 28,1994
Greig is confident of securing the conviction of a violent burglar, until a witness arrives in court and alleges that Ackland did not record her complete statement.
Episode 49 : Friends Like That
April. 26,1994
Quinnan finds himself drawn into the problems of a man whose life is falling apart.
Episode 48 : Bodyguard Of Lies
April. 22,1994
Ackland uncovers a series of muggings. Johnson is unimpressed, but Monroe, acting on Ackland's information, organises an observation on a pub.
Episode 47 : Final Straw
April. 21,1994
Greig suspects a caretaker of burgling his own school, but his attempt at suicide makes the case a difficult one.
Episode 46 : Nowhere To Run
April. 19,1994
Datta deals with a complex case of domestic violence. Quinnan and Greig act on a tip-off from a local jeweller.
Episode 45 : Give Away
April. 15,1994
Morgan and Lines clash with a vicious thug. Hollis and Boyden are on the trail of stolen koi carp.
Episode 44 : Wild Justice
April. 14,1994
A burglary suspect is positively identified by a witness but has a solid alibi. Johnson, Greig and Croft uncover an elaborate scheme of revenge.
Episode 43 : All The Comforts Of Home
April. 12,1994
Marshall deals with a teenaged runaway found sleeping rough and showing signs of a beating. Ackland and Quinnan are called to a disturbance at the home of the girl's mother. Pearce and Carver make an embarrassing mistake.
Episode 42 : Last Orders
April. 08,1994
Meadows works with a brewery security guard to solve the theft of kegs of beer after another guard is assaulted by the thieves.
Episode 41 : Sold Out
April. 07,1994
Greig uncovers a crime of passion. Morgan goes after a man handling stolen car parts.
Episode 40 : Pals
April. 05,1994
Area Complaints want to speak to Jarvis after some foul play during a rugby match. Stamp and Marshall deal with a case of double identity.
Episode 39 : Clubbing Together
April. 01,1994
Episode 38 : House Arrest
March. 31,1994
Meadows and Woods investigate a robbery. Meadows enlists the assistance of an ex-con to deal with a young villain.
Episode 37 : Pig In The Middle
March. 29,1994
Episode 36 : Mean Streak
March. 25,1994
Episode 35 : Last Rights
March. 24,1994
Episode 34 : Fair Exchange
March. 22,1994
Morgan and Woods arrive at a burnt-out house and are told that the fire may have been started deliberately.
Episode 33 : Sleeping With The Fishes
March. 18,1994
Episode 32 : Day Of Reckoning
March. 17,1994
As CID resign themselves to losing Grieve, Bannon's daughter calls to report that two men have abducted her father.
Episode 31 : One Of Them
March. 15,1994
Episode 30 : Killjoys
March. 11,1994
Episode 29 : Menace
March. 10,1994
Episode 28 : Man To Man
March. 08,1994
Episode 27 : Root Of All Evil
March. 04,1994
Episode 26 : Business As Usual
March. 03,1994
Episode 25 : Ranks & Files
March. 01,1994
Episode 24 : Saturday Night's All Right
February. 25,1994
Monroe and his officers are called to a rent party where the organiser has been seriously assaulted.
Episode 23 : Dead Men Don't Drive Cars
February. 24,1994
Episode 22 : Gone Away
February. 22,1994
Episode 21 : Ducking & Diving
February. 18,1994
McCann is beaten up by two men after being called to a warehouse burglary with Jarvis.
Episode 20 : Bin-Men
February. 17,1994
Episode 19 : Secrets
February. 15,1994
Pressured by Boyden's questions, Linton reveals he is serving a community sentence for sexual offences.
Episode 18 : Cutting It
February. 11,1994
Episode 17 : Ways & Means
February. 10,1994
Carver and Lines are on the way to speak to witnesses when they see a man wrestling with a woman who is known to the police. She has some info about shoplifters which she gives to Boyden. Cathy and Dave deqal with a break-in which turns out to be a boy gaining entry to his own home because his mum isn't home. Polly arrested her for shoplifting. Norika and Cathy talk to a complaintive who is being intimidated by her husband into dropping the case. Her husband is released on bail and later stabbed.
Episode 16 : No Access
February. 08,1994
A boy has been assaulted and Donna comes up with a possible suspect. Another boy has been reported missing and his mother is concerned because of the attacks. The boy was last seen near to where the suspect lives. Morgaqn and Carver talk to the suspect who denies doing anything. Carver then goes to talk to a counsellor at the sunhill Men's Group. Morgan talks to some boys who saw the missing boy go off with a man. The man turns out to be his dad. The suspect admits to assaulting two boys but denies abducting the missing child. He was very upset about visits with his children.
Episode 15 : Double Vision
February. 04,1994
D.C.s Skase, Lines and D.I.Johnson along with Morgan, Pearce and Woods watch a man get into a vasn to do a deal to buy wine that had been hi-jacked. DCI Meadows thinks this arrest of the men in the van has stopped some hi-jacks. Steve is not happy he was left out after feeding Pearce the information. Steve goes and complains to the man who gave him the info. Pearce also gets into trouble because he had got the info from a man he had never seen. Meadows talks to the man watched in the morning who has a license in a false name but he is not prepared to grass on the man they believe was behind the hi-jacks. Monroe argues with Johnson about holding the prisoners. Their mother comes to check on them. Johnson talks to Loxton about running a snout and she apologises. They then go to talk to the snout and find out he had told the other men held about the deal.
Episode 14 : Keeping Mum
February. 03,1994
Greig and Crofts call on a boy, who had been nicked previously as a pick pocket, because they want to talk to him about burglaries. When they arrive, the boy calls them in because his mother has been assaulted by his father. The boy sold a stolen brooch to a man so he could use the money for his mother. Donna comes up with a link with the burlaries to an alarm firm - 3 of the houses only had dummy boxes. Greig and Crofts visit the security firm manager who mentions a lad in the firm also plays with the boy with the brooch. Lines talks to the mother as he is now handling the assault case. The victim couldn't give a reason for the attack but previous attacks have been over very little. Her son was also hit.
Episode 13 : Faith In The System
February. 01,1994
Jim and Tosh are in a transit van when they hear shouting. Jim goes to investigate and finds a man being beaten up by D.C Boulton from Barton St. Jim is not prepared to lie for D.C. Boulton about the arrest. The suspect makes a complaint against Boulton. Boulton is not happy Jim won't back him up as a witness to the arrest. Monroe is pressurising Jim into turning Boulton in and Pearce is pressurising him to back up Boulton. The suspect is also pressurising Jim. Jim and Tosh catch a girl breaking into a car and talk to Conway about her. Jiom gets a place in a house for the girl via Conway. She gives the name of the man who told her to get the BMW.
Episode 12 : One Bad Turn
January. 29,1994
Norika and Steve are patroling 9 beat and later will be taking Ch. Insp. Cato out. They put out signs and caution kerb crawlers. They nick the tom when she is brought back and caution the punter who turns out to be a supplier of drugs. She is later found beaten in an alley. Dave and Mike are also patrolling 9 beat and removing cards from phone boxes. They talk to one of the toms. Driving around Dave spots a man wanted for jumping bail and lose him in the market.
Episode 11 : Mud Sticks
January. 27,1994
Episode 10 : Just Say No
January. 25,1994
Conway is at a meeting when he sees a girl kicking a car and then tells Conway about the murder of a crack dealer. The girl is scared of her parents. Meadows and Conway are arguing over the girl's info. Tony and Reg are in an electrical store dealing with a shoplifter who gave her name as Elizabeth Barrett. She has a passbook in her possession belonging to the girl connected with the dead crack dealer. She turns out to be the girl who was being raped by the dealer when he was killed.
Episode 9 : The Mourning After
January. 21,1994
Tony and Reg are called to a stabbing in canley fields. Sgt. Cryer and June arrive to help. the victim is DOA at the hospital. The doctor thinks he was attacked 3 hours previously. D.S. Morgan goes to see the victim's mother and discovers she is blind. When the mother checks the body, she discovers it is not her son. Alan talks to a shopkeeper who saw a group of men chasing another one. tosh talks to the party thrower and finds a leather jacket similar ro the one on the body. The wallet inside belongs to the owner of an incorrectly parked mini who never came home the night before.
Episode 8 : Judge & Jury
January. 20,1994
Quinnan brings in a shoplifter. A woman talks to Jim and Suzy about being mugged. Jim thinks he knows who the mugger is. They go to talk to the suspect. The duty solicitor is not happy about how Jim conducted the interview. On checking an acquaintance of the suspect, they find designer jackets in his lock-up. He is brought in under suspicion of receiving stolen goods. June and Tony talk to a service station owner who had a car drive off without paying for the petrol she had put into the car. Her husband is the duty solicitor. Driving off is not an arrestable offense. June is concerned that this is not the first offense the suspect has committed.
Episode 7 : No Job For An Amateur
January. 18,1994
June and Adam go to a nurse's home where a nurse was attacked. They discover a door wedged open. A nurse told June the man had called earlier to see another nurse. June calls Adam a narrow minded bigot in the canteen. The nurse who had the male visitor the night before is attacked and turns out to be moonlighting as a tom. Tony and Mike are told to go to a hotel where a woman was assaulted. Boyden talks to the injured woman before her pimp appears. He talks to Monroe about a pattern appearing of toms being beaten as soon as they get into a room.
Episode 6 : Dealer Wins
January. 14,1994
A tom is in family court on trial to work out whether her daughter should stay with her althought she was charged with possession. Jim and Suzy talk to some of the tom's friends to be able to help her. They are told that the tom's boyfriend is trying to put her daughter on the game and she doesn't know. Meadows organises teams to lead raids on 4 different targets.
Episode 5 : Mix & Match
January. 13,1994
Pearce and Steele are looking for a stolen car that has a tracking system installed. The car is not there. The rep from the tracking company is very enthusiastic about the system. Pearce and Steele find a range rover in a lockup that is stolen along with the missing car. They think the garage could be a good spot for an observation. Monroe is not too happy but Cato is all for it. Tony and June are part of the surveillance team. A car drives into the yard and June recognises one of the men that Pearce then follows.
Episode 4 : He Who Waits
January. 11,1994
George tapes off an area around a house where a body has been found. AMIT turns up. There is a way through the attic into the empty house next door. The murdered man is supposed to have no money and is not very popular. There is a local tom's wallet in the next door house. George is asked about the dead man by a lad who has been primed by a man in a van which takes off when he sees George approaching. The new owners of the house arrive as the body is removed.
Episode 3 : Darkness Before Dawn
January. 07,1994
Sgt Boyden and Polly are on patrol and discuss Reg's plans for a parachute jump. Polly takes a visit to a tower block where a domestic has been reported. There doesn't appear to be anyone in although the tv is still on. A body is noticed under the balcony and on checking they discover she jumped with her baby. Inspector Monroe comes down and talks to the man who reported the disturbance. Meadows and Carver also come down. Boyden finds a man sitting by the side of the road, who turns out to be the baby's father. When interviewed he has problems answering the questions. He came down from Scotland to try to be a family.
Episode 2 : Second Sight
January. 06,1994
Jim is moaning about a tom(prostitute). Tosh and Jim are told to keep on the case. they go to a shop where they climb on the roof to observe the tom. While on observation they notice she has 2 visitors - 1 a biker, the other a known drug dealer. They bring in the tom and when he goes upstairs, Jim discovers the biker is wanted for the robbery everyone else was working on. The new D.I. walks up the stairs with Conway. as she arrives in the office she takes a phone call telling her there is a robbery in progress at a pub with the robbers still on premises. CID head down there leaving Tosh and Jim to deal with the tom. Steve and Polly arrive to find an injured man outside. George and Tony arrive in the area car as two men take off on a motor bike. Crofts has noticed a pattern emerging in the money snatches.
Episode 1 : Games
January. 04,1994
Steve radios in details about a missing juvenile. The mother is more worried than the father. The boy was supposed to be at a friend's house. The missing boy and his friend are into computers. Steve has to look through the pedophile register to see if they can find a man matching the description given by the boy's friend. It turns out to be the man complaining about Tony. Although he denies knowing the boy, objectionable material is found on his computer. Before he is let go, he gives Monroe a name that does fit the man who was last seen with the missing boy. Tony and June take a call about children causing a disturbance playing football in the street. The man who complained keeps the ball and wants Tony's number so he can complain about his attitude.
Seasons
Season 26
The 26th and final series of The Bill, a British television drama, was the last series of the programme. Nearly two years after the final episode, Supt. Jack Meadows was featured in an episode of Leipzig Homicide, which involved him investigating a suspected murderer who has been living in London. In the episode it is revealed that at some point during the year and a half following the events of Respect, Meadows had retired.
Season 25
The 25th series of The Bill, a British television drama, was the penultimate series of the programme. This series saw the show transition to a post-watershed time slot of 9pm, dropping from two episodes to one week-by-week as ITV aimed to save up to £65 million. Producers used the post-watershed slot to introduce "darker, more gritty" storylines. DI Samantha Nixon left prior to the transition, after seven years on the show, in a special two-parter storyline that included a cameo appearance by her daughter Abigail , who was a recurring character on the show from 2002 to 2005. A six-part storyline came as part of the end of the twice-weekly episodes, Conviction, that concluded with four cast members leaving, including Superintendent John Heaton DCI Jack Meadows was promoted into the role. The four characters were part of seven who left as part of the revamp, however the axing of PC Tony Stamp after 22 years on the show proved controversial.
Season 24
The 24th series of The Bill, a British television drama, was the antepenultimate series of the programme.
This series was the last to feature the killing of an officer, PC Emma Keane. The death on-screen led to the resignation of the longest serving character, PC Reg Hollis, his controversial exit off-screen after actor Jeff Stewart attempted suicide on set, after being axed by producers following 24 years on the show. Another long-term character, Inspector Gina Gold, left the show after six years as part of the aftermath of the storyline, Gold retiring after becoming increasingly terrified at the thought of losing another officer.
Season 23
Series 23 of British television drama The Bill was broadcast from 3 January until 28 December 2007. The series consisted of 92 episodes, and saw the conclusion of two long running-storylines, the disappearance of schoolgirl Amy Tennant and DC Zain Nadir’s undercover drug sting, prior to the return of single-themed episodes, removing much of the serialiased format formally introduced in 2002 under producer Paul Marquess; episode titles also started appearing on screen again from Episode 20 onwards. Several episodes were aired out of production order, most notably the final parts of the six episodes for the Zain storyline.
Season 17
Series 17 of British television drama The Bill consisted of 92 episodes, broadcast between 5 January and 21 December 2001. As well as 85 regular episodes, the series also included a spinoff Beech is Back, following a special 90-minute episode in Australia. The story follows ex-Sun Hill officer Claire Stanton, now a DI, as she goes to Australia to try and extradite ex-DS Don Beech for the murder of his colleague John Boulton. The spinoff that follows concludes the Beech storyline, which began in Series 16. Although the idea of making the series into a serial drama did not fully take effect until April 2002, many of the stories in the latter half of the year were multi-part stories, some containing up to six episodes, such as the "Night Games" saga. The two-part episode "Lifelines" is the last two-parter to feature in the series until the return of episode titles in 2007.
Season 16
Series 16 of British television drama The Bill consisted of 86 episodes, broadcast between 4 January – 26 December 2000. As well as 83 regular episodes, the series also included a two-part recap special, Kiss Off, featuring a condensed broadcast of the Series 15 episodes "Lone Ranger", "Old Flame", "Push It" and "Kiss Off", prior to a special episode, The Trial of Eddie Santini, which provides closure to the Santini storyline from 1999. On 5 June 2013, The Bill Series 16 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 16 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia).
Season 15
The fifteenth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 87 episodes, broadcast between 7 January and 31 December 1999. The series saw a notable change as female officers were no longer introduced by the W acronym in ranking, with the last mention of this when Liz Rawton was introduced as a WDC in Follow Through. By the following episode, Walking on Water, female characters were simply introduced as PC/DC etc. On 5 June 2013, The Bill Series 15 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 15 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia).
Season 14
The series began with the appointment of new executive producer Richard Handford, who replaced Michael Chapman after his 9-year reign came to an end in the previous series. The appointment preceded discussions with broadcaster ITV about returning to the format of hour-long episodes, which the show last used on a regular basis in 1987. The request was approved, and hour-long episodes began to air twice weekly beginning in August, a format the series retained until moving to a later time-slot in 2009. Due to the rapid transition, several of the first hour-long episodes were originally written for the half-hour time-slot, and thus, some episodes contain two completely different stories, written by different writers, which jump from one to another.
Season 13
The thirteenth series of the British television drama The Bill was broadcast from 2 January to 30 December 1997. The series consisted of 152 episodes, including three-hour-long specials. There were just two cast departures in the series after four the year before; actor Tom Butcher left the role of PC Steve Loxton after seven years on the show, however he would return in two episodes in 1999 as a guest at Dave Quinnan's wedding. The other departure was that of Alan Westaway, who left his role of PC Nick Slater after two and a half years. Their characters were replaced by PCs Luke Ashton and Sam Harker, with actors Scott Neal and Matthew Crompton appearing as guest actors on a number of times, both of the actor's most recent guest stints coming the previous year.
Season 12
The twelfth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 156 episodes, broadcast between 2 January and 31 December 1996. On 6 February 2013, The Bill Series 12 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 12 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia). The show aired the death of PC Cathy Marshall early in the series, actress Lynne Miller departing after seven years in a mysterious plot that saw her drown whilst chasing a suspect, but it was never confirmed if she was pushed or slipped off a riverside barge during the pursuit. The death followed that of DS Jo Morgan in a four-part special towards the end of the previous series, with the first three of the four episodes rebroadcast in the summer as part of a single special episode; Target.
Season 11
The eleventh series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 149 episodes, broadcast between 5 January – 29 December 1995. Cast members Jaye Griffiths (DI Johnson) and Martin Marquez (DS Pearce) both left their roles as series regulars, being replaced by Russell Boulter & Billy Murray (DSs Boulton and Beech), with Beech taking the place of DS Chris Deakin after he was promoted to DI. Griffiths would go on to return eight years later for a storyline in 2003, while Marquez returned a year later to make one final appearance as a guest actor. While not notable at the time, Murray's character Beech would go on to be the show's longest-running full-time villain in the years that followed. Mark Spalding joined the cast as Chief Inspector Paul Stritch, following the exit of Philip Whitchurch as Chief Inspector Philip Cato, however Spalding left the series before its conclusion after just seven months on the show.
Season 10
The tenth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 156 episodes, broadcast between 4 January and 30 December 1994. On 3 October 2012, The Bill Series 10 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 10 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia).
Season 9
The ninth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 155 episodes, broadcast between 5 January – 31 December 1993. The series was released on DVD for the first time on 3 October 2012, in Australia.
In 2020, Audio Commentaries were released for the episodes 'Blind Spot' (with writer Roger Davenport) and 'Compliments of the Service' with actor Mike Burnside (D.A.C. Trevor Hicks).
Season 8
The eighth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 105 episodes, broadcast between 2 January – 31 December 1992. The series was released on DVD for the first time on 6 June 2012, in Australia. It features the above artwork, which features images of PC Steve Loxton and DC Mike Dashwood.
Season 7
The seventh series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 105 episodes, broadcast between 1 January – 31 December 1991. The series was released on DVD for the first time on 6 June 2012, in Australia. It features the above artwork, which features images of Sgt. Alec Peters and WDC Viv Martella.
A number of The Bill Audio Commentaries for Series 7 episodes have been recorded with director Stuart Urban and camera operator Alison Chapman, specifically for the episodes 'Cry Havoc', 'The Negotiator' and 'They Also Serve'. These are available to subscribers of The Bill Podcast Patreon Channel.
Season 6
The sixth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 104 episodes, broadcast between 2 January – 27 December 1990. The series was first released on DVD as part of the Collection 5 and Collection 6 DVD boxsets in Australia, made available on 9 April – 8 October 2008, respectively. The series was later re-issued as two-half series boxsets in Australia, released on 7 March 2012. The above artwork is taken from the most recent Australian release. It features images of DC Tosh Lines and DI Frank Burnside. The original Collection box-sets contained sole images of PC Reg Hollis and DS Ted Roach. In the UK, the first nine episodes were released on DVD under the title Volume 7, on 2 September 2013.
Season 5
The fifth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 104 episodes, broadcast between 3 January – 28 December 1989. The series was first released on DVD as part of the Collection 3 and Collection 4 DVD boxsets in Australia, made available on 8 August – 7 November 2007, respectively. The first four episodes of the series were later issued on DVD in the United Kingdom, under the title Volume 4, on 15 March 2010. The next thirteen episodes of series 5 were released on DVD in the UK, under the title Volume 5, on 11 July 2011, the next 48 episodes of Series five were released on DVD in the UK under the title Volume 6, on 15 October 2012 and the remaining episodes were released on DVD in the UK under the title Volume 7, on 2 September 2013.
Season 4
The fourth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of forty-eight episodes, broadcast between 19 July – 29 December 1988. This series was the first to adopt a half-hour format, and the theme tune had its first of several updates. The series was first released on DVD on 4 December 2006 in Australia, incorrectly packaged as Seasons 4 & 5, when in fact the set only contained the entire series four. The series was later issued in four separate volumes in the United Kingdom, available on 30 June 2008, 2 March 2009, 11 May 2009 and 15 March 2010. It was later reissued in Australia on 31 August 2011. The above DVD artwork is taken from the most recent Australian release. It features an image of DS Ted Roach. The British volume artwork features a variety of collage images featuring characters from across the season. The original Australian box set features a sole image of DI Frank Burnside.
Season 3
The third series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of twelve episodes, broadcast between 21 September and 7 December 1987. The series was first released on DVD as part of a three-season box set on 10 May 2006 in Australia. It was later made available as a separate season in the United Kingdom on 28 May 2007 and in Australia on 3 August 2011. The above DVD artwork is taken from the most recent Australian release. It features an image of Ch. Supt. Charles Brownlow. The British artwork features a collage image featuring DI Roy Galloway, PCs Nick Shaw and Viv Martella, and DC Mike Dashwood. The image right is the Australian three-season DVD box set features a sole image of chief superintendent Charles Brownlow.
Season 2
The second series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of twelve episodes, broadcast between 11 November 1985 and 10 February 1986.
Many of the cast and crew shared their memories of making this second series for the book Witness Statements, including stars John Salthouse, Eric Richard, Trudie Goodwin, Mark Wingett, Peter Ellis, Nula Conwell, Jon Iles, Larry Dann, Colin Blumenau, Robert Hudson, Ashley Gunstock and Ralph Brown; along with writers Barry Appleton, Lionel Goldstein, Ginnie Hole and Christopher Russell, producer Peter Cregeen and directors Michael Ferguson and John Woods.
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