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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.
Episode 152 : Things That Go Bump In The Night
December. 30,1997
Boyden and Page find a notorious safecracker, blown up and semi conscious state, in a dilapidated building.
Episode 151 : Twanky
December. 22,1997
PC Polly Page attempts to direct the Sun Hill team in a pantomime performance of ""Aladdin"", but has to put up with Brownlow and Conway sniping at each other through the script, and a deranged man attempting to kill DI Deakin.
Episode 150 : Out
December. 19,1997
D.S. Daly puts the pressure on an ex-con who would risk another jail sentence rather than inform on a friend.
Episode 149 : Humpty Dumpty: Part III
December. 18,1997
With Patrick Massie still in custody, will Cryer prove his guilt before he worms his way out?
Episode 148 : Humpty Dumpty: Part II
December. 16,1997
As it becomes increasingly likely that Jimmy was murdered, and whoever killed him killed Bannerman, Cryer and Ashton attempt to solve the riddle before its too late.
Episode 147 : Humpty Dumpty: Part I
December. 12,1997
Ashton is puppy walked by Stamp, yet his day goes from bad to worse when a boy falls from a roof. Was it murder or suicide?
Episode 146 : Heartbreak Hotel
December. 11,1997
D.I. Deakin and W.D.C. Rawton investigate the assault of a man who has been charming middle-aged women out of their savings.
Episode 145 : Potential For Conflict
December. 09,1997
P.C. Tony Stamp arrives at Hendon Police College to check on the progress of new recruit P.C. Luke Ashton, who will soon be posted to Sun Hill provided he can pass the course. Ashton's confidence takes a dive when he is subjected to bullying by fellow recruit Pete Warner, and with it, his scores for the course. On a night out at the pub, Ashton saves Warner from a bashing by drunken youths, but it's still touch and go. It comes down to his final test, and his new-found confidence sees him through. Meanwhile, back at Sun Hill, the officers compete over the cushy task of ""puppywalking"" the new recruit, but P.C. Reg Hollis has a plan...
Episode 144 : Gaybashing
December. 05,1997
Boyden And Quinnan investigate when a man is found unconscious in an outhouse, a notorious spot for homosexuals.
Episode 143 : Hot Plastic
December. 04,1997
D.I. Deakin tries to salvage an operation after an unsuccessful raid in which Sgt. Cryer is scalded, D.C. Skase is injured, and the target escaped.
Episode 142 : The Same Stripe: Part II
December. 02,1997
Episode 141 : The Same Stripe: Part I
November. 28,1997
When a good deed misfires badly, Ackland finds herself on the wrong end of an investigation.
Episode 140 : Identity Crisis
November. 25,1997
Episode 139 : Sands Of Time
November. 21,1997
As the threat of tenure looms over DC Jim Carver, he is desperate to prove himself to Meadows by capturing a jewel thief who absconded years ago. Carver meets DC Lines' informant, who sends him on the trail, but Lines is skeptical. Will the cocky young DC or the veteran copper be proved right?
Episode 138 : After All These Years
November. 20,1997
Episode 137 : A New Way To Pay Off Old Debts
November. 18,1997
Sgt. Boyden and W.P.C. Blake investigate the death of an alcoholic found burned to death.
Episode 136 : No Trace
November. 14,1997
Episode 135 : P.C.
November. 13,1997
Loxton carries out an illegal stop-and-search of a black man, unaware that he is an off-duty police officer. This episode is sometimes referred to, misleadingly, as "P.C., Part One" as it is the first part of a two-part story, with "No Trace" as the second part.
Episode 134 : Stolen Thunder
November. 11,1997
D.I. Deakin and D.C. Proctor are furious that an inexperienced young barrister has been assigned to prosecute one of their court cases.
Episode 133 : Last Fare
November. 07,1997
D.S. Beech and W.D.C. Rawton investigate the assault and robbery of a minicab driver.
Episode 132 : Accomplice
November. 06,1997
When a girl is abducted, it bears the hallmarks of a serial killer Carver helped put away years ago. Did he work alone?
Episode 131 : Going Down
November. 04,1997
W.D.C. Croft feels let down by the parents of a young drug addict who had promised to keep him clean.
Episode 130 : Solid Evidence
October. 31,1997
Insp. Monroe leads the search for a little girl who has disappeared after school, and whose mother is a prostitute and father a pimp.
Episode 129 : Women At Work
October. 30,1997
D.C. Carver and W.P.C. Blake investigate the hit-and-run of a woman employed by a jealous lover to test her man's fidelity.
Episode 128 : Shades Of Grey: Part II
October. 28,1997
D.I. Deakin and D.S. Boulton are on the trail of the kidnapper, but the children's father has decided to pay the ransom money.
Episode 127 : Shades Of Grey: Part I
October. 24,1997
D.I. Deakin and D.S. Boulton lead the search for two children who are snatched from school and presumed to be on their way back to Pakistan with their estranged father.
Episode 126 : Walkabout
October. 23,1997
W.P.C. Page assists a missing person's enquiry by impersonating the young woman in question.
Episode 125 : Force
October. 21,1997
Insp. Monroe responds to suggestions that he is out of touch with front-line policing and goes on the beat with P.C. Jarvis.
Episode 124 : Crimes Of A Lesser Passion
October. 17,1997
Episode 123 : A Bad Lot
October. 16,1997
P.C. Garfield deals with a twelve-year-old boy who is running amok on a housing estate
Episode 122 : Straying
October. 14,1997
W.P.C. Page and P.C. Stamp look into the disappearance of a man and his dog. D.S. Beech and D.C. Carver act on info received about an alleged robbery.
Episode 121 : Night Of The Long Knives
October. 10,1997
The relief is furious at working in endless shifts, especially when Keane, Loxton and Jarvis have called in sick. Its Garfield's duty as Fed Rep to sort things out, when an evening turns from bad to worse.
Episode 120 : Coup De Grace
October. 09,1997
D.S. Boulton finds himself trying to save a marriage when the husband is given another three-year sentence.
Episode 119 : Dishonour Among Thieves
October. 07,1997
Sgt. Boyden deals with a complaint from a notorious burglar who has had his own house broken into.
Episode 118 : Free To Speak?
October. 03,1997
Its Nick Slater's final day at Sun Hill, and takes Keane out for a farewell dinner. Loxton, Quinnan and Skase do their best to extinguish any intimate moments.
Episode 117 : Cross Purposes
October. 02,1997
Episode 116 : The Needs Of The Many
September. 30,1997
P.C. Slater is surprised when, in uniform, he bumps into the target of his undercover investigation.
Episode 115 : The Lion's Den
September. 26,1997
Slater goes undercover as a Bouncer at a club run by the notorious Guy Walsh. As Slater gains his trust, will he be exposed?
Episode 114 : Sparks
September. 25,1997
Beech loses his cool with an antsy DS from stafford row, while Skase falls for the charm of his female DC.
Episode 113 : Different Strokes
September. 23,1997
Episode 112 : Performance Anxiety
September. 19,1997
Sun Hill's performance comes under scrutiny, and officers from C.I.D. and uniform compete against each other in a bid to solve the most crimes.
Episode 111 : Look Into My Eyes
September. 18,1997
D.I. Deakin and W.P.C. Blake follow up allegations of attempted rape against a stage hypnotist.
Episode 110 : Animals
September. 16,1997
Ackland and Blake investigate the dangerous world of dog fighting full of vicious dogs and hard men.
Episode 109 : Armed & Dangerous
September. 12,1997
P.C. McCann is convinced that a gun remains unaccounted for when a gang of armed robbers is captured.
Episode 108 : Fool
September. 11,1997
P.C. Quinnan and Sgt. Boyden want to use a would-be stand-up comedian as an informant, but he is as hopeless off-stage as he is on.
Episode 107 : A Breach Of Trust: Part II
September. 09,1997
Daly and Blake are forced to release their prime suspect, and the race is on to prove his guilt before he strikes again.
Episode 106 : A Breach Of Trust: Part I
September. 05,1997
Daly's worst fears are realised when a nurse reports that she has received malicious phone calls from a mentally-disturbed ex-prisoner.
Episode 105 : Flower Power
September. 04,1997
P.C. Hollis discovers a hoard of illegally imported wildflower bulbs and helps in the subsequent Customs and Excise operation.
Episode 104 : Not In The Script
September. 02,1997
When Slater is recommended by Rawton for undercover work, he is overjoyed. His colleagues however ridicule him, and their interference almost costs them a trial operation. Will he bottle it?
Episode 103 : On The Hurry Up
August. 29,1997
When a flying bottle causes Slater to crash a panda, Monroe bans all pandas from responding to priority calls, a move that leads to frustration amongst the relief. Slater is suspicious as to why Loxton won't assist him in the investigation into a series of hoax calls linked to his crash.
Episode 102 : Paying The Piper
August. 28,1997
D.S. Boulton's investigation is hampered by an informant who is putting family loyalty first.
Episode 101 : This Land Is Ours
August. 26,1997
Sgt. Cryer and Ch. Supt. Brownlow police a demonstration at a development site after peaceful protesters are threatened with violence.
Episode 100 : Has Anyone Here Seen Bigmouth?
August. 22,1997
D.S. Daly and D.I. Deakin try to find an informant who has disappeared following a failed police operation.
Episode 99 : Hunt
August. 21,1997
Sgt. Boyden and D.S. Beech try to find a couple before a vicious drug-dealer gets to them.
Episode 98 : A Man Out Walking His Dog
August. 19,1997
Boyden is unsure as to the cause of death when a man's body is found in a car, poisoned by alcohol and exhaust fumes. Is it really a straightforward suicide?
Episode 97 : Driven To It
August. 15,1997
When a local cabbie offers his services to help ensnare a drug pusher, Daly jumps at the idea.
Episode 96 : Tommy The Hero
August. 14,1997
W.D.C. Rawton has to choose between solving a minor domestic dispute and finding two violent robbers.
Episode 95 : This Old Man
August. 12,1997
Episode 94 : Glass House
August. 08,1997
D.S. Boulton and D.C. Lines try to persuade a woman to help catch her husband, who is involved in a drug deal.
Episode 93 : Neighbours
August. 07,1997
Episode 92 : These Foolish Things
August. 05,1997
D.C.I Meadows leads an investigation into the snatching of a child from his pram and uncovers a case of extortion.
Episode 91 : Foxed
August. 01,1997
Daly and Carver investigate the burglary of an antiques shop and are struck by the strange behaviour of the sales assistant.
Episode 90 : Alternative Therapies
July. 31,1997
Skase and Boulton investigate the theft of illegally imported body parts of endangered animals from a Chinese pharmacy.
Episode 89 : Thicker Than Mud
July. 29,1997
Episode 88 : Hitting The Nerve
July. 25,1997
Greig and Carver react when one prosecution witness disappears and another ends up in a coma two days before the trial.
Episode 87 : Mr Friday Night
July. 24,1997
Episode 86 : Replica
July. 22,1997
Episode 85 : Stand By Your Man
July. 18,1997
Episode 84 : Rift
July. 17,1997
Slater and Ackland attend to what appears to be a teenage catfight over an older man.
Episode 83 : Gentleman Jim
July. 15,1997
WPC Jamilla Blake rejoins the Met, and to the envy of the relief, is placed on attachment to CID. DC Jim Carver, behind on his paperwork, is far from pleased when Blake drags him around Sun Hill following up leads on a trivial car theft case. Their investigations, however, lead them to a gang of armed robbers.
Episode 82 : No Guarantees
July. 11,1997
Rawton tries to stop a loan shark who is terrorising his female customers, but finds it hard to get the victims to talk
Episode 81 : Playing With Fire
July. 10,1997
Meadows and Lines suspect that the owner of a beauty salon set it on fire herself to claim on the insurance policy.
Episode 80 : Performing
July. 08,1997
Boyden and Page come to the aid of a former porn actress who is worried that her younger sister faces a similar fate.
Episode 79 : Mid Life Crisis
July. 04,1997
Episode 78 : Do Unto Others
July. 03,1997
Loxton and Keane try to sift the truth from three conflicting stories when a severe case of bullying results in a fifteen-year-old boy being stabbed.
Episode 77 : Too Much To Lose
July. 01,1997
Episode 76 : Last Respects
June. 27,1997
Meadows hopes that a family funeral will lure a couple of jewel thieves into the open.
Episode 75 : Rent
June. 26,1997
Episode 74 : Loyal To The Last
June. 24,1997
Blake arrests a woman for assault and Beech tries to persuade her to help convict her husband for forgery.
Episode 73 : An Englishman's Home
June. 20,1997
Garfield and Blake are called to help enforce a demolition order on a home extension, when an ongoing dispute between neighbours erupts into violence.
Episode 72 : No More Milk
June. 19,1997
Rawton and Page have to deal with a 14-year-old tearaway and half a million pounds in counterfeit money.
Episode 71 : For Richer For Poorer
June. 17,1997
Quinnan and Garfield look into the disappearance of a man reported missing by his mother, although his wife has her doubts.
Episode 70 : Lucky Day
June. 13,1997
DC Tosh Lines is going stir-crazy as DCI Jack Meadows has them transcribing interviews for the CPS. Asking Meadows if he can follow up a snout's information, Tosh heads for the Beckwith Arms pub, where he spots a dodgy motor. Approaching the owner, Pete Gapper, Tosh tries to ascertain if the car is stolen, and Gapper offers to sell him another car. Returning to the station, Tosh finds a furious D.I. Noble from the Stolen Vehicles Squad, who accuses him of compromising their operation. To make the best of the situation, and since Tosh believes this will be the suspect's last sale, he goes undercover to ensnare Gapper. As the police move in, Gapper pulls out a handgun, but the timely arrival of an SO19 team soon sees him arrested. Back at the station, Tosh is resentful that his younger colleagues get all the breaks and resources, but Meadows tells him that his experience earns him more respect than he thinks.
Episode 69 : Best Eaten Cold
June. 12,1997
Greig and Rawton investigate a journalist's claims that he acted in self-defence to stop an intruder.
Episode 68 : Punch Bag
June. 10,1997
Skase and Croft investigate the circumstances leading to a mother ending up unconscious at the foot of a stairway.
Episode 67 : Knight Errant
June. 06,1997
Loxton struggles to cope with a young female suspect who makes no secret of her attraction to him.
Episode 66 : The Wrath Of God
June. 05,1997
Episode 65 : A Rock & A Hard Place
June. 03,1997
Deakin and Carver come under pressure from Conway to find a vicious robber who has been preying on elderly victims.
Episode 64 : Powers Of Persuasion
May. 30,1997
Rawton and Boulton have to decide whether to find the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run incident, or to prosecute the witness.
Episode 63 : Get You Back
May. 29,1997
Quinnan and Keane deal with a teenage girl with a broken nose who claims that her ex-boyfriend assaulted her.
Episode 62 : Short Sharp Shock
May. 27,1997
Boulton and Skase investigate a mugging, but the victim's father takes the law into his own hands
Episode 61 : A Bunch Of Fives
May. 23,1997
DS Don Beech is found brutally beaten in an alley adjacent to a Chinese restuarant. Whilst his colleagues wish to extract retribution, Brownlow attempts to use more amenable methods, leading to a race for both CID and Uniform to find his attackers. But was Beech on police business at the time?
Episode 60 : Black & Blue
May. 22,1997
Episode 59 : Calling Time
May. 20,1997
Boulton and Rawton investigate when a pub landlord is run over after giving Boulton information.
Episode 58 : Warnings
May. 16,1997
Boyden and Datta respond to an apparent sighting of a missing woman by her daughter.
Episode 57 : Auld Lang Syne
May. 15,1997
A man found nursing a broken ankle in a private garden claims he was taking a short cut over a fence. Rawton does not believe him, but can she prove otherwise?
Episode 56 : Old Fools
May. 13,1997
Episode 55 : Split Second
May. 09,1997
Episode 54 : It's Good To Talk
May. 08,1997
Episode 53 : Don't Want To Hear The Bad News
May. 06,1997
Daly and Skase investigate a burglary and uncover a deep rift between the suspect's girlfriend and her mother.
Episode 52 : A Place of Your Own
May. 02,1997
Garfield and Page search for a missing teenager and come across a man who exploits children in care.
Episode 51 : Pay Back
May. 01,1997
Beech and Carver investigate a vicious attack, but have to piece the evidence together when neither the suspect nor victim can remember what happened.
Episode 50 : You & Me Versus The World
April. 29,1997
Episode 49 : Inside Edge
April. 25,1997
Episode 48 : Two's Company
April. 22,1997
Greig and Croft investigate a burglary and discover that the married householder had been in contact with a girl through a "lonely hearts" column.
Episode 47 : Parklife
April. 18,1997
Loxton and W.P.C. Keane deal with the burglary of a pharmacy and a violent stabbing.
Episode 46 : Flesh & Blood
April. 17,1997
Beech investigates the sudden death of a baby on the night that his parents celebrated their anniversary.
Episode 45 : Sisters
April. 15,1997
Episode 44 : Dial M For Marmalade
April. 11,1997
Meadows investigates a murder by strangulation and suspects the homeless schizophrenic man whom the victim had befriended.
Episode 43 : A Bitter Pill
April. 10,1997
Rawton and Skase investigate an attempted suicide by an ill woman, and suspect her son and daughter of assisting her.
Episode 42 : Strang Meeting
April. 08,1997
Conway coordinates the search for an escaped sex offender and a missing teenager who was last seen in his company.
Episode 41 : Rings On Her Fingers
April. 04,1997
Episode 40 : A Hard Rain
April. 03,1997
Boulton and Croft have to deal with rival drug dealers when a customer suffers tragic consequences.
Episode 39 : Typecast
April. 01,1997
Episode 38 : Joker
March. 31,1997
Episode 37 : No Claims Bonus
March. 28,1997
Croft is concerned when Boulton decides to use a former colleague, now down on his luck, as an informant.
Episode 36 : Hook Line & Sinker
March. 27,1997
Beech investigates a woman who uses her sexuality to con her business partner and clients.
Episode 35 : Fashion Victims
March. 25,1997
Episode 34 : Copier
March. 21,1997
Rawton investigates the assault of a woman in her new flat and tries to link the attack to an unsolved case.
Episode 33 : Only The Lonely
March. 20,1997
Deakin and Skase investigate a fire, and find that a mother's grief has had unexpected repercussions.
Episode 32 : All For Love
March. 18,1997
Greig and Lines investigate an assault on a man who has previously killed two people in a drink-driving accident, and suspect that a relative may have sought natural justice.
Episode 31 : Confidence
March. 14,1997
Keane uses information supplied by a friend to help C.I.D. in an operation against a drug dealer.
Episode 30 : Crying Wolf
March. 13,1997
Monroe is called in to mediate when a former mental patient is accused of threatening behaviour by his elderly neighbours.
Episode 29 : In The Dark
March. 12,1997
A blind woman, Tracy Cooper, helps the police catch a dangerous sex killer. She doesn't realise, however, that the guilty party is her husband.
Episode 28 : Age Gaps
March. 11,1997
Boulton and Rawton try to persuade a teenage girl to turn informant after her boyfriend is attacked by drug dealers.
Episode 27 : Crime Management
March. 07,1997
DI Chris Deakin has a word to DS John Boulton about his team's informants. Boulton has done pretty well, but DC Tosh Lines hasn't recruited a snout for months. Under pressure, Lines tries to recruit Karen Walsh, the wife of the victim of a recent attack which he'd investigated, but she refuses to grass on her husband or his associates. Lines puts pressure on the Walshes' landlord Pat Beresford who he believes was responsible for the attack, and is delighted when Beresford contacts him offering information.
Episode 26 : Holding On
March. 06,1997
Cryer and Blake respond to a young man's claim that his stolen car had his four-month-old baby inside, but Blake suspects that the man's wife may know more about her son's disappearance than she is letting on. The plot thickens when Cryer interviews the man responsible for stealing the young man's car and he claims that he fed information about the man's extra marital relations to his wife.
Episode 25 : Added Bonus
March. 04,1997
Greig tries to establish why a man has confessed to a burglary that he didn't commit.
Episode 24 : Rolling In It
February. 28,1997
Slater and Quinnan find drugs in a Lamborghini, but the owner blames his unemployed brother-in-law.
Episode 23 : A Tangled Web
February. 27,1997
Deakin and Croft investigate when a man is found shot with his brother's wife, as two unhappy marriages reach crisis point.
Episode 22 : Just Looking
February. 21,1997
Boyden deals with a man stopped for soliciting who claims he was searching for his missing daughter.
Episode 21 : A Price To Pay
February. 20,1997
Episode 20 : Breaking Up
February. 18,1997
Rawton investigates a woman's claims that her ex-husband's mistress is trying to kill her.
Episode 19 : Your Call Too
February. 14,1997
Croft and Skase disagree when they have to choose between investigating an assault charge and a cocaine deal.
Episode 18 : Take Away
February. 13,1997
Ackland investigates a complaint from a prisoner that he was given a pizza topped with cigarette ends.
Episode 17 : True To Life Player
February. 11,1997
A football star's return to Sun Hill turns sour when he is accused of raping an underage fan. Boulton and Carver investigate
Episode 16 : Downfall
February. 07,1997
Daly and Skase investigate after a man is found dead at the foot of the stairs in his apartment block.
Episode 15 : Say A Little Prayer
February. 06,1997
Quinnan and Page try to find the culprit who threw a television set from the balcony of a block of flats and narrowly missed Slater.
Episode 14 : The Eye Of The Beholder
February. 04,1997
Datta is trying to secure a conviction in a domestic violence case, but the victim unwittingly leaves out important details when giving evidence.
Episode 13 : One Big Happy Family
January. 31,1997
P.C. Garfield's complaint that Ch. Supt. Brownlow and Ch. Insp. Conway are out touch with real police work brings an unexpected response: Conway goes on a ride along with P.C. Page and Brownlow goes for a walkabout in the station - much to the annoyance of Insp. Monroe, who feels he is being spied upon, and Sgt. Boyden who doesn't want him hanging around in custody. Brownlow is in CAD and reprimands Nick over the air for not using correct radio procedure. When Boyden is called away, Brownlow takes charge of the custody area where he clashes with D.S. Boulton over a prisoner's detention review time. P.C. Stamp and P.C. Slater do their best to avoid returning to the station while Brownlow is on the prowl, until they take what they think is an easy call about a fight at a kids' football match that ends with Nick being punched in the face by an irate father who he then arrests for assaulting him and the match referee. Page and Conway get on the trail of two men posing as TV engineers to ga
Episode 12 : Grey Area
January. 30,1997
Irene Stanton a sister at St Hughes comes into the station to see DCI Meadows he agrees to talk to her even though he is busy so heand WDC Rawton listen to her as she tells them that last night Dr. Jonathan Forsyth helped an elderly woman to die she explains that herself and nurse Diana Holt were on duty and the patient Mrs. Southwell asked them to contact Dr. Forsyth and that when he came he told her and Diana to wait outside he then drew the curtain around the bed and when he came out told them she had passed away but she was suspicious because she saw him inject her with something other than the morphine he signed out from the dispensery then slip the vial in his coat pocket so she is sure he committed euphanasia so she came to the police rather than go through the hospitals official channels for fear they would cover it up.
Jack and Liz Investigate they talk to Irene's Superior Angela Marant who tells them she is a good nurse and can't imagine she would make this up or that Fo
Episode 11 : Over The Fence
January. 28,1997
Sgt. Cryer and PC Loxton go to the scene of a disturbance between neighbours they manage to calm the situation down but when Steve recognises one of the neighbours from when he arrested him once a few years ago for burglary and then sees outside his house the box for an expensive computer which he suspects is stolen he and Bob find themselves drawn into another arguement between the two couples when they're both found to be in possession of computer equipment stolen during a ram raid robbery of a factory and each one claims to have bought it from the other.
Episode 10 : Turnaround
January. 24,1997
A recently released paedophile is reported missing by his sister the only member of his family to stick by him when he was charged with abducting and raping a child she tells them it is down to his victim's father who has been harassing and threatening her and her brother since he got out of prison. DCI Meadows who ran the original case is reluctant to go after the father however DI Deakin persists and when DC Skase finds blood and other signs of a struggle in the man's garden shed but no body Meadows decides they have to talk the victim's father and that he shold be the one to do it he gets him to admit to following him and phoning him and his sister to tell them he should leave Sun Hill but he denies having seen him the day he disappeared or knowing what happened in his house.
Later when evidence puts the father at the house shortly before he went missing Meadows and Deakin decide to follow him to let him lead them to where he is keeping him or where they buried the body but he leads
Episode 9 : Once Bitten
January. 23,1997
When an ex-girlfriend of Sgt.Boyden who left him several years earlier because of his refusal to quit the police is arrested and brought in Sun Hill Matt finds himself caught between his feelings for and DS Grieg's investigation into a drug smuggling ring run by her husband and her brother in law, but it soon becomes clear to him what he must do when not only does Grieg's investigation implicate her it also looks like she has lied to him about why she left her husband but also that she may be using him to find out how much the police know about her involvement and to help her avoid getting arrested.
Episode 8 : The Devil You Know
January. 21,1997
George and Debbie attend a call about a disturbance outside a community hall where a birthday party is going on inside they put out the name of the suspect wanted for causing criminal damage Dave recognises it, he has arrested him for drug dealing and burglary he and Nick pick him up and take him back to Sun Hill he tells them he was there because of the birthday girl Amanda Ray he wanted her to go with him to another party but her boyfriend made her stay he admits the criminal damage he did it to get back at her. Later when Debbie and George find Amanda collapsed outside the hall from a suspected drug overdose her father blames the boyfriend for giving her the drugs and his father a teacher at canley comprehensive for not supervising the party very well. After Debbie arrests the boyfriend at the hospital for possession of cannabis he talks to George off the record and the truth comes out about who bought the drugs.
Episode 7 : A Policeman's Lot
January. 17,1997
PC Garfeld objects when a guard from a private security firm catches a suspected burglar he, Debbie, Gary McCann and Nick Slater were chasing after they lose him and is only to happy to believe the suspect when he claims that the guard assaulted him he begins checking him out and finds he has a criminal record for assault and when the comes in with tools used in the break in that he claims he saw the boy throw over a wall when he was chasing him George accuses him of being violent in arresting the boy and manufacturing evidence. While on patrol PC Stamp and WPC Blake come across an elderly lady who has been knocked down and may have been robbed, as it in the area controlled by the security firm they go to their offices to see if any of them may have seen what happened but the bossis less than keen to help because of the hassle George is giving his guard. When he later does decide to help people are not only able to ruin the boy's alibi for the time of the burglary but clear up how the
Episode 6 : Testament
January. 16,1997
DS John Boulton and WDC Suzy Croft invetigate the sudden death of an apparently healthy middle-aged woman who lived alone, the F.M.E tells them that it looks like she suffocated in her sleep which he says is unual for someone her age not to wake themselves if they're having breathing difficulties going through her belongings Suzy finds a few things out of place in an otherwise spotlessly tidy flat as well as the fresh flowers Polly found in the rubbish bin outside that lead them to belive that someone else had been inside the flat recently. her boss tells John and Suzy that she was a quiet person and he doesn't know of anyone from work who'd been to her home. They find from entries in her diaries that lead them to an old friend of hers he tells them that they had met up again recently for the first time in almost thirty years and had been seeing each other for dinner once or twice a week and that he went arond to see her the day she died but there was already a man there he describes t
Episode 5 : Professional Opinion
January. 14,1997
PC Tony Stamp and WPC Debbie Keane go to the scene of an arguement outside a flat on on the Jasmine Allen estate between a man and woman, the man tells them that his wife is inside but the woman won't let him speak to her she tells them that his wife doesn't want to see him.
They calm the situation down and persuade the man to leave as he is escorting him away the man tell Tony that she hasn't spoken to him since their sons funeral because she blames herself as he died after he took some of her methadone pills thinking they were sweets but he doesn't blame her he blames her doctor who he claims is prescribing to patients drugs in stronger than recommened doses, when he is later arrested for trying to attack the doctor DS Geoff Daly and DC Rod Skase investigate and in doing so without first checking the computer to make sure no one else is already investigating her almost ruin a drug squad case. After being told off by DCI Meadows he tells Geoff to help the drug squad detective Dave Mc
Episode 4 : Bad Debt
January. 10,1997
George Talbot a loan shark reports his business records stolen DS Don Beech and WDC Suzy Croft go to talk to him he is glad that Don is handling the case as he tells Suzy that the two of them are old friends. SGT Ackland and WPC Page respond to an anonymous 999 call about an a woman being assaulted in her home but when they get to the address they talk to the woman who lives there Janet Ford and her daughter Lorna despite having a bruise on her face she tells them it must have been a prank and that she got the bruise from walking into a door both June and Polly believe that she was beaten and that it was her Lorna who made the call but with no complaint being filed they return to Sun Hill. After over hearing Suzy joking with the others about Don's shady friends, DCI Meadows warns Don about who he associates with and doing them favours. Lorna comes into the station to talk to June and Polly she tells them what really happened that a man hit herbecause her mum didn't have money he sai
Episode 3 : Man Trap
January. 09,1997
PC Dave Quinnan and WPC Norieka Datta go to the scene where a teenage boy has been found dead from a massive electric shock in the flat of one of his neighbours. Dave knows the boy as he has arrested him before for burglary they talk to the tenant he tells them that he came home to find his flat broken into and the boy dead. It looks like murder but who would want to kill him ? Dave discovers a secret about the tenant and WPC Page finds out that the victim's older brother may know more than he is letting on.
Episode 2 : All's Fair
January. 03,1997
McCann and Keane investigate when a man is found mugged having been sprayed in the face with Mace. Hours later, a woman arrives at the station claiming to have been attacked by a mysterious assailant, whom she rebuffed with Mace. Daly has to work out which party is telling the truth, and to prove it decides to speak to one of the man's previous victims.
Episode 1 : The Old Pals' Act
January. 02,1997
Conway leads a raid on an after-hours pub, but during the raid, both Hollis and Keane are injured. Meanwhile, McCann and Slater stop a young boy trying to make an exit through the fire escape and find him in possession of cannabis and a substantial amount of money. Brownlow is called in when the boy is discovered to be the son of the local district judge.
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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