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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.
Episode 156 : The Right Thing
December. 31,1996
New WPC Jamila Blake joins Sun Hill after three years away from the job. She pairs with Stamp, and they find an overdosed boy during a foot pursuit, and Cryer takes an interest when he discovers the victim is on the basketball same team as a former Sun Hill officer’s son.
Episode 155 : Hat Trick
December. 27,1996
Boulton and Skase investigate a car-ramming incident involving a member of a local pub team.
Episode 154 : Hers
December. 26,1996
Stamp and Page look into the theft of a hearse containing the coffin of a thief who died in a traffic accident.
Episode 153 : Merrily On High
December. 24,1996
The Assistant Commissioner has declared Sun Hill Police Station an alcohol-free zone - terrible news for Ch. Supt. Brownlow and Ch. Insp. Conway who hope to enjoy a ""liquid lunch"" when they take the A.C. to a posh French restaurant. It's even worse news for the detectives in C.I.D., who have decided they are not going to give up their Christmas party without a fight. D.C. Skase shows D.C. Croft how a police officer can get ""donations"" for the party from the local publicans, but as they return, Hicks, Brownlow and Conway arrive back from their lunch for a tour of the station. They are forced to pretend Skase is a prisoner, and an unhappy Rod is locked in the cells for several hours. An elderly man is arrested after a road rage incident in a supermarket carpark, but the police manage to reunite him with his estranged family for Christmas.
Episode 152 : A Gun To The Head
December. 20,1996
Beech and Daly are put in an impossible situation when a judge decides to reveal the name of their informant.
Episode 151 : Toe The Line
December. 19,1996
Episode 150 : Jumping To Conclusions
December. 17,1996
Carver's patience is tested by a compulsive liar. Ackland and Quinnan search for a girl allegedly abducted by a religious cult.
Episode 149 : Stolen Kisses
December. 13,1996
Monroe, Datta and Loxton talk down a nursery cleaner when she holds a 3-year-old girl hostage, then investigate the woman's claims she is the girl's biological mother.
Episode 148 : Scorned
December. 12,1996
Croft and Rawton investigate a dentist accused of indecent assault by one of his patients.
Episode 147 : Black Money
December. 10,1996
Croft and Rawton investigate some shady Romanian businessmen and a suitcase full of black paper.
Episode 146 : Many Happy Returns
December. 06,1996
Boulton and Skase take part in a joint exercise with Customs and Excise to crack a fencing operation. Meadows is concerned that Sun Hill might end up footing the bill but not getting a result.
Episode 145 : Paying For It
December. 05,1996
Beech and Rawton investigate the apparent assault of a father by his son and uncover a family secret.
Episode 144 : Opportunity Costs
December. 03,1996
Brownlow orders Meadows and Conway to review their budgets, but Meadows decides to investigate the unsolved murder of a prostitute instead.
Episode 143 : Lock 'Em In
November. 29,1996
Cryer and Page assist the distraught wife of a prisoner who reports her son missing and who fears that her husband is out to get her.
Episode 142 : Public Relations
November. 28,1996
Skase and Hollis demonstrate two differing approaches to police work when a young journalist writing about policing spends a day at Sun Hill.
Episode 141 : Mirror Image
November. 26,1996
Boulton arrests a woman for drug dealing, but Rawton suspects that she may be a victim of mistaken identity.
Episode 140 : Boiling Point
November. 22,1996
Loxton is investigated by the Complaints Investigation Bureau over an accusation that he assaulted a suspected burglar, although he claims to have been acting in self-defence.
Episode 139 : Up The Wall
November. 21,1996
Hollis learns an important lesson in community policing when some friendly advice that he gives a resident on noise pollution backfires.
Episode 138 : Death Of A Nobody
November. 19,1996
The murder of a taxi driver has all the hallmarks of a gangland execution. But why would anyone want to kill a complete nobody? Meadows and Deakin investigate this special 1 hour episode.
Episode 137 : Finishing School
November. 15,1996
Slater and Keane reach the end of their probationary periods and face a final assessment.
Episode 136 : A Woman's Place
November. 14,1996
Episode 135 : Nice Boy
November. 12,1996
Croft and Boulton disagree on how to question a teenager who might be able to lead them to a violent gang.
Episode 134 : Trust Me
November. 08,1996
Carver and Rawton follow up an irregularity on an insurance claim submitted by a decorator and uncover a double life.
Episode 133 : All In The Mind
November. 07,1996
Monroe and Ackland suspect that a series of apparently unrelated incidents across Sun Hill may be linked to the release of a psychiatric patient trying to find her children.
Episode 132 : Trap
November. 05,1996
Episode 131 : Old Codgers
November. 01,1996
A retired Police Sergeant arrives at Sun Hill claiming to know who murdered a girl more than 50 years previously. Against Quinnan and Greig's will, they both investigate.
Episode 130 : Telling Tales
October. 31,1996
Quinnan tries to persuade an assault victim to testify against her former boyfriend. Boulton and Skase are led on a wild goose chase.
Episode 129 : Remote Control
October. 29,1996
Episode 128 : In For The Kill
October. 25,1996
Episode 127 : Track Marks
October. 24,1996
Episode 126 : Three Fools
October. 22,1996
Greig and Skase investigate when three small-time villains are beaten up over their involvement in a counterfeit money-laundering operation.
Episode 125 : Road To Recovery
October. 18,1996
Hollis is concerned about a patient who has recently been discharged from psychiatric care, and clashes with social services.
Episode 124 : Out Of The Past
October. 17,1996
Meadows has to decide where his loyalties lie when an old friend is accused of murder.
Episode 123 : Hedging Your Bets
October. 15,1996
Episode 122 : Change Of Heart
October. 11,1996
Meadows and Rawton try to persuade the girlfriend of a rape suspect to help in his arrest.
Episode 121 : Presumed Innocent
October. 10,1996
Cryer and Keane uncover the murky past of a teenage girl who has been killed in a road accident.
Episode 120 : Taking Out The Rubbish
October. 08,1996
Carver and Greig investigate a burglary but the residents on the estate are too scared to give evidence. Monroe determines to clear out all the known trouble-makers.
Episode 119 : Champing At The Bit
October. 04,1996
Jarvis and McCann attend the scene of an accident involving a woman driving a horsebox, who tests positive in a breath test. Deakin is after a violent attacker.
Episode 118 : Known To Someone
October. 03,1996
Daly and Croft obtain information from a conflicted young man who suspects his brother of a series of violent attacks on women.
Episode 117 : Natural Causes
October. 01,1996
Slater and Ackland try to establish whether a pensioner who died on confronting a thief was murdered or died of natural causes.
Episode 116 : Party Animals
September. 27,1996
Quinnan and Datta are called to a stag party where the strippergram accuses the guests of trying to gang-rape her.
Episode 115 : Once A Thief
September. 26,1996
Episode 114 : Blame
September. 24,1996
Garfield and Datta deal with a family that is torn apart when the mother commits suicide by overdose of sleeping tablets.
Episode 113 : Too Close For Comfort
September. 20,1996
Episode 112 : Chatterbox
September. 19,1996
Quinnan and a teenage burglary suspect are trapped in a broken lift in a housing estate.
Episode 111 : A Good Night Out
September. 18,1996
The results of the sergeants exams are in, and W.P.C. June Ackland has passed - but P.C. Gary McCann hasn't. As the relief organise a big night out in celebration of Ackland's promotion, McCann volunteers for night shift duty with P.C. Reg Hollis. Ch. Supt. Brownlow offers to pull some strings at Area to allow Ackland to stay as Sun Hill rather than transferring. Ackland politely invites Brownlow to the pub, and is horrified when he accepts. When Brownlow finally heads home, Dave Quinnan calls several minicabs to go out for a late night curry, but June and Polly are seperated when their cab driver makes off with their bags and warrant cards after being pulled over by a Stafford Row probationer, P.C. Oliver Oxley. Oxley is about to arrest them until the Stafford Row CAD officer vouches for June. June helps Oliver overcome bullying at his station, while they search for her missing bag. With the help of McCann, Hollis, and some Stafford Row officers, the cab driver is found and arrested.
Episode 110 : Stolen Moments
September. 17,1996
McCann and Slater arrest a woman for petty theft, and she claims to have killed a cyclist while driving two years before.
Episode 109 : Karma
September. 13,1996
Deakin and Boulton are called into a women's prison to investigate claims by an officer that an inmate was pushed down a flight of stairs by the prison psychiatrist.
Episode 108 : Detained
September. 12,1996
Episode 107 : Liar
September. 10,1996
Rawton gets involved in a dispute between a drug addict and Croft, who is trying to find a witness who can testify that she was assaulted.
Episode 106 : Repossession
September. 06,1996
A petrol can, a lighter and a desperate man threatening to burn down a house. Can Conway talk him round?
Episode 105 : Second Chances
September. 05,1996
Deakin gets a vital lead on an unsolved murder, but his witness is an illegal immigrant who is about to be deported.
Episode 104 : A Day In The Life
September. 03,1996
Episode 103 : Waiting For Frank
August. 30,1996
DI Deakin poses as a nervous printer, waiting at the dog track to meet a mysterious man named ""Frank"" and a bent copper called ""Beech"". It all turns out to be an elaborate sting operation with Wimbledon police to catch a conman dealing in stolen credit cards.
Episode 102 : Day Tripper
August. 29,1996
Greig hopes that a tip-off will help him to nail an old enemy but things don't go to plan.
Episode 101 : Out Of Control
August. 27,1996
Jarvis deals with a young tearaway and tries to persuade the boy's father to take responsibility for his son's actions.
Episode 100 : Pony Express
August. 23,1996
Deakin has to decide whether to trust a Nigerian drug smuggler who offers to help catch a local dealer.
Episode 99 : Junior
August. 22,1996
When fifteen-year-old Mickey Hoyle is arresting for joyriding, Beech employs him as a snout to expose a crooked car ring run by the Hislop brothers, Wayne and Paul. DS Frank Thomas from Scotland Yard assists Beech and a less than impressed Lines with the investigation.
Episode 98 : Don't Kill The Messenger
August. 20,1996
Mike Jarvis receives death threats from a youth who cannot accept that his father is a sex offender.
Episode 97 : Follow The Van
August. 16,1996
Don Beech investigates a set of aggravated robberies, trying to prove the owner of a red van committed them.
Episode 96 : Minding
August. 15,1996
Loxton and Keane arrest a woman for shoplifting, and later bail her from custody when she openly admits to the charge. But when she is discovered to have given a false identity, Grieg and Croft link the incident to a nanny believed to have kidnapped two of her charges.
Episode 95 : Reminders
August. 13,1996
Hours after his release from prison, Dael Abbott is hauled back into custody by Daly and Carver following a stabbing. Daly pressures Emma Gilmore, the girlfriend of Abbott's associate, Michael Ceely, into giving evidence.
Episode 94 : Lean On Me
August. 09,1996
Hollis gets ideas above his station when Barbara, a local tom with whom he has become friendly, tries to become his informant. Although Barbara claims that known fraduster David Gough is back out on the patch, Hollis struggles to convince Deakin and Meadows.
Episode 93 : Drinking Partners
August. 08,1996
Greig and Skase investigate when a drunk man is found unconscious and badly injured at the bottom of a flight of stairs.
Episode 92 : Theory & Practice
August. 06,1996
Ackland and McCann take the sergeant's exam. Cryer deals with a woman who is miscarrying and claims that she was assaulted by Page.
Episode 91 : For Their Own Good
August. 01,1996
Episode 90 : Dead Man's Hand
July. 30,1996
Episode 89 : Target
July. 29,1996
While speaking to Ackland and Loxton about the problem of local dog mess, a woman is shot dead by a sniper. Meadows and his CID team are tasked to investigate, and suspect that the woman was not the intended target, and it is strongly possible the sniper was after Loxton, who is set to testify in court against an attempted murderer that afternoon. However, when Ackland's house is set alight that night, CID come to the conclusion that she is the intended target. Writing up a list of possible suspects, Ackland gets sucked into a deadly cat-and-mouse game to try to draw the killer out - resulting in the death of one of Sun Hill's best officers.
📌 Feature length rebroadcast of the episodes "Fire", "All Tucked Up" and "Bait" from Series 11.
Episode 88 : True Colours
July. 26,1996
Daly is determined to find out why a white teenager is trying to take the blame for his black friends.
Episode 87 : Playing It By The Rules
July. 25,1996
Episode 86 : Big Bullies
July. 23,1996
Episode 85 : Don't Leave Me This Way
July. 19,1996
Loxton and Keane follow up a mugging but suspect that the victim knows more than she is letting on.
Episode 84 : Sartorial Elegance
July. 18,1996
Carver and Jarvis misjudge the condition of a witness, threatening Operation Eagle Eye.
Episode 83 : A Quick Return
July. 16,1996
Cryer and Keane investigate a series of street robberies and find four teenagers trying to buy their way into drug-dealing.
Episode 82 : Unlucky In Love
July. 12,1996
Boyden investigates a dating agency that is rumoured to be providing underage girls.
Episode 81 : All Or Nothing
July. 11,1996
Quinnan and Keane discover the body of a young girl in a pub toilet. Meanwhile, Monroe and Stamp both have words with Slater about his extensive overtime.
Episode 80 : Kick Me Hard
July. 09,1996
Daly mounts an operation to catch muggers. Page goes undercover as a pregnant woman to act as bait.
Episode 79 : Born Again
July. 05,1996
Episode 78 : Tarts Cards
July. 04,1996
Episode 77 : Starting Young
July. 02,1996
Episode 76 : One Step Ahead
June. 28,1996
Meadows and Skase pursue an ex-convict who has sworn revenge on an informant. Boyden is called to help a prostitute who believes she is being followed.
Episode 75 : Apron Strings
June. 27,1996
Cryer and Keane discover a woman dead in her bath and suspect her son of foul play.
Episode 74 : Spill
June. 25,1996
PCs Quinnan and Stamp are first on the scene of a major chemical spill when a tanker truck hits some scaffolding near the Sun Hill tube station. Insp. Monroe arrives to supervise the evacuation of the area, as the fire department try to work out what chemical has been spilt, although a lack of documentation on the truck makes this difficult. The driver dies in hospital, but when his wife in informed by Uniform, she doesn't seem very upset. Further investigation reveals she is behind a scheme to provide unlicenced or disqualified drivers to the trucking company.
Episode 73 : Camper
June. 21,1996
Episode 72 : Filth
June. 20,1996
Deakin and Boulton investigate when a pimp is discovered badly beaten in a pile of rubbish.
Episode 71 : Overstepping The Mark
June. 13,1996
Lines tries to get a juvenile offender to inform on a gang of dangerous thugs, while Daly is troubled by a determined probation officer.
Episode 70 : The Bagman
June. 11,1996
Deakin investigates a violent attack on a small-time crook whom he suspects to have fallen in with bad company.
Episode 69 : Butting In
June. 07,1996
Jarvis steps in to help Page deal with a violent attack, but there are complications.
Episode 68 : Lies & Statistics
June. 06,1996
Episode 67 : Knocking On The Door
June. 04,1996
New DS Geoff Daly steps in to help Skase when a straightforward drugs bust goes wrong.
Episode 66 : Jekyll & Hyde
May. 31,1996
Episode 65 : Helping Hands
May. 30,1996
Datta and Garfield arrest a G.P. for possession of cannabis, but he claims it is for use by one of his patients.
Episode 64 : Cuckoo
May. 28,1996
Episode 63 : Hard Enough
May. 24,1996
Boulton and Carver clash when a householder is arrested for murdering a burglar with a baseball bat. Boulton thinks it is justified to kill an intruder, but Carver does not; will it impede their investigation?
Episode 62 : Party On
May. 23,1996
Deakin and Croft have to deal with a gang of delinquents when one of them is bottled at an ecstasy party.
Episode 61 : Voices
May. 21,1996
Datta and Greig suspect that a woman who claims she can hear voices may hold the key to a series of sexual assaults.
Episode 60 : Final Drive
May. 17,1996
P.C. Mike Jarvis is on the last few days of the Advanced Driving Course at Hendon. He gets on well with fellow team-member W.P.C. Sommer, but both of them cannot stand the third officer in their group, P.C. Penrose, the smug, over-bearing son of a ""Black-Rat"" (traffic officer) who sees himself as the best driver on the course, let alone in the Met. The trio attends a quiz night the night before their ""final drive"", the all-important test of their advanced driving skills, and Jarvis stops Penrose from drinking too much before the test. Battling station rumours that he is being re-assessed, P.C. Tony Stamp arrives at Hendon to check on Jarvis's progress - and is pleased when Jarvis passes his final drive easily - just a few points short however of becoming a Class 1 (Area Car) driver. A hung-over and ungrateful Penrose also misses out on his Class 1 rating, but W.P.C. Sommer makes it.
Episode 59 : With This Ring
May. 16,1996
Keane comes across a suspect antiques dealer. Greig and Croft investigate a burglary and reopen a feud between two sisters.
Episode 58 : Tough Love
May. 14,1996
Episode 57 : Rollover
May. 10,1996
Deakin comes down hard on a snout who tries to buck the system, and gets an unexpected result.
Episode 56 : Cold Feet & Hot Coffee
May. 09,1996
Loxton and Page go undercover at a wedding to prevent a jilted lover spoiling the bride's big day.
Episode 55 : Conspiracy Of Silence
May. 07,1996
Episode 54 : Time Spent
May. 03,1996
Beech uncovers the relationship between a former boss and a local crime lord. Carver is caught between two troubled lovers.
Episode 53 : Accidents Will Happen
May. 02,1996
Episode 52 : Professional Ethics
April. 30,1996
Greig and Lines investigate graffiti attacks on motor vehicles and uncover a fraud.
Episode 51 : Value Added
April. 26,1996
Hollis goes undercover in the seedy world of vice in pursuit of the unscrupulous owner of a clip joint.
Episode 50 : Going For A Song
April. 25,1996
Carver calls on a former colleague to help with an antique clock that is a target for theft.
Episode 49 : Decent Proposals
April. 23,1996
Loxton and Quinnan investigate an employment agency that provides lucrative opportunities to women with financial troubles.
Episode 48 : Cheating
April. 19,1996
Quinnan and Hollis have to decide whether a pub quiz champion is breaking the rules. Skase deals with the unfaithful wife of a local villain.
Episode 47 : Tale Of Two Cities
April. 18,1996
Greig is in pursuit of a local drug dealer. Two teenagers arrested for possession refuse to provide any information about their supplier.
Episode 46 : And Nothing But
April. 16,1996
Loxton arrests a black man he suspects is responsible for a mugging and is accused of racism.
Episode 45 : Dancers
April. 12,1996
Ch. Supt. Brownlow organises a tea dance for the Met Police Pensioners & Widows society. PCs Jarvis and Quinnan spend the afternoon dancing with admiring elderly ladies, WPC Polly Page is harrassed by a wheelchair-bound admirer, and PC Reg Hollis does a magic show. Brownlow is dreading the arrival of Geoffrey Allerton, an ex-copper who goes out of his way to complain about everything. When the minivan misses Allerton, Brownlow asks PC Tony Stamp to pick him up on the way to the bakery to pick up some cakes. When Stamp steps out of the bakery, he is horrified to find Brownlow's car has been stolen whilst Allerton was buying some tobacco. Packing Allerton and the cakes onto a bus, a desperate Stamp tries to retrieve Brownlow's car after it is impounded. When Allerton arrives at the dance at last, he causes a fuss when he recognises an armed blagger from a fifteen year old case at the wedding next door.
Episode 44 : Dangerous Game
April. 11,1996
Boulton, Carver and Deakin take part in a Flying Squad operation against a vicious gang of armed robbers.
Episode 43 : Animal
April. 09,1996
Episode 42 : Beating The Odds
April. 05,1996
Boulton investigates a notorious local bookie and prompts suspicions about Beech's private life.
Episode 41 : More Haste
April. 04,1996
Episode 40 : Party Pooper
April. 02,1996
Slater's ability is questioned when he appears to mishandle two violent thugs at a party and his wallet, containing his warrant card, is stolen.
Episode 39 : Dead Of Night
March. 29,1996
Quinnan's whereabouts are questioned when he fails to notice an injured woman on the station doorstep. June Ackland becomes acting Sergeant.
Episode 38 : A Hornet's Nest
March. 28,1996
Episode 37 : Broken Homes
March. 23,1996
Loxton and Keane chase a local tearaway, who gets injured. Conway has to deal with the resulting accusations of police harassment.
Episode 36 : Blood Brothers
March. 22,1996
Meadows tries to get the truth from a terminally-ill Asian man after one of his sons is fatally injured during a family dispute.
Episode 35 : Girls' Night
March. 21,1996
Episode 34 : Getting Off
March. 19,1996
Episode 33 : On The Block
March. 15,1996
Boulton loses a suspect during an arrest and has to ask Monroe to help get him back.
Episode 32 : Kicked Out
March. 14,1996
Jarvis and Page are called in to help in the deportation of an illegal immigrant who escapes from custody.
Episode 31 : Home Help
March. 12,1996
Cryer and Slater handle a tricky case involving a disabled former police officer and his wayward son.
Episode 30 : Bits & Pieces
March. 08,1996
Episode 29 : Someone Special
March. 07,1996
Episode 28 : Perfect Match
March. 05,1996
Episode 27 : Open Wound
March. 01,1996
Episode 26 : Home From Home
February. 29,1996
Episode 25 : Confession
February. 27,1996
A man comes in to Sun Hill and confesses to murdering a woman who disappeared five years ago. D.C.I. Meadows, who headed the original investigation, and D.C. Carver talk to him and, when they are convinced he is lying, throw him out. The man soon returns, and this time he tells Carver something that wasn't in the news stories making the police take his confession more seriously.
Episode 24 : Boy Meets Girl
February. 23,1996
Episode 23 : Pointing The Finger
February. 22,1996
Episode 22 : Somebody's Home
February. 20,1996
Quinnan and Keane have to help someone with a conviction for assaulting a police officer.
Episode 21 : Pieces Of Cake
February. 16,1996
Beech is caught in the crossfire when uniform and C.I.D. fall out over a directive from Brownlow.
Episode 20 : Going Guilty
February. 15,1996
Cryer and Slater follow up on a murder but a legal loophole may allow the perpetrator to get away with it.
Episode 19 : Separate Rooms
February. 13,1996
Episode 18 : Back In Business
February. 09,1996
Episode 17 : Cold Light Of Day
February. 08,1996
A reconstruction brings forward an unexpected witness to an assault on a 15-year-old boy.
Episode 16 : Stop The Music
February. 06,1996
Croft and a badly-hungover Beech investigate when a body is found in a car with a large amount of crack cocaine.
Episode 15 : Happy Birthday
February. 02,1996
Meadows and Croft investigate the murder of an elderly woman, and question two young children living on the floor below who may have heard what happened.
Episode 14 : Bounds Of Decency
February. 01,1996
Slater and Garfield struggle to keep the peace when two women fall out over the same man.
Episode 13 : Someone Else's Problem
January. 30,1996
Datta and Quinnan look into the mysterious death of a jogger, while Ackland and Jarvis try to reconcile a couple of warring lovers.
Episode 12 : One Night With You
January. 26,1996
Five-year-old Tommy Laker is still missing, and Deakin discovers an evil and sinister ring which may hold the clue.
Episode 11 : Worst Fears
January. 25,1996
While Deakin investigates the kidnapping of a five-year-old boy, Conway gets some unsettling news.
Episode 10 : Old Dogs New Tricks
January. 23,1996
As Sun Hill gets to grips with its new computer system, Boyden discovers that it pays to stay one step ahead of the opposition.
Episode 9 : Judgement Call
January. 19,1996
Uniform and CID are on the lookout for escaped prisoner Jim Brodie, so both Brodie's wife and his drug dealer are under observation. PC Nick Slater and WPC Cathy Marshall pursue two burglers down to the riverfront, where one of them gives Slater a severe beating. Marshall sees a person on the barges and gives chase. By the time their backup arrives, delayed by PC Reg Hollis' dodgy belly, Marshall has disappeared. When her dead body is fished out of the river, the two crooks she and Slater had been pursuing are questioned over her possible murder. Searching the barge that Marshall was last seen, CID find evidence that someone has been sleeping rough on board - and it looks like it's their escaped prisoner, Brodie. The river police intercept Brodie fleeing to Amsterdam on his friend's boat, but there is not enough evidence to charge him for Cathy Marshall's murder.
Episode 8 : No Assistance Required
January. 18,1996
Datta is called to a burglary and is subjected to the unwanted affections of a civic-minded admirer. Monroe is suspicious when Loxton tries to settle an old score.
Episode 7 : Better Half
January. 16,1996
Beech and Croft investigate the murder of a hairdresser who had been fighting for a share of her dead fiancé's estate.
Episode 6 : Outer
January. 12,1996
Episode 5 : Home Truths
January. 11,1996
Episode 4 : Keeping It In The Family
January. 09,1996
Lines and Skase try to avert an ice-cream war in Sun Hill after a vendor is assaulted.
Episode 3 : Runners Up
January. 05,1996
Episode 2 : Second Sense
January. 04,1996
Episode 1 : Call Waiting
January. 02,1996
Skase and Croft investigate a series of hoax phone calls that are tearing a family apart.
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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