The Bill
6.7
1984
Drama
, Crime
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
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- Cast:
- Simon Rouse , Sarah Manners , Andrew Lancel , Alex Walkinshaw , Amita Dhiri , Ben Richards , Bruce Byron
Episode 93 : Urgent Assistance
September. 15,1998
P.C. Stamp is involved in a serious accident in which he kills a pedestrian while reversing the area car down a one-way street in response to a call for urgent assistance. Tensions are high as P.C.s Quinnan and Ashton offer differing accounts of the events leading up to the accident.
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Episode 92 : Team Spirit
September. 01,1998
W.P.C. Fox makes an official complaint about P.C. Santini.
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Episode 88 : Too Little Too Late
August. 20,1998
Skase and Daly investigate an assault outside a gay club, but a key witness is reluctant to come forward.
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Episode 87 : Shoot The Messenger
August. 13,1998
Boulton is kidnapped by an aggrieved ex-con.
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Episode 86 : One Man Two Faces
August. 11,1998
McCann and Santini fall out over a vicious assault on a black youth.
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Episode 85 : Wrong Place Wrong Time
August. 06,1998
Hagen and Harker have to contend with an unreliable witness.
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Episode 84 : King Of The Road
August. 04,1998
Hollis suggests using an old caravan as a mobile police station.
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Episode 83 : Fighting Chance
July. 30,1998
Garfield and Quinnan fear for the safety of a boxer who has disappeared, abandoning his young son.
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Episode 82 : Cooking
July. 28,1998
Greig's request for tenure is rejected. He distracts himself by pairing with Deakin to investigate allegations by a prisoner that his recently released cellmate is dealing drugs.
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Episode 81 : Tainted Love: Part III
July. 24,1998
Feeling she has wrecked Boulton's operation, how can Page continue her relationship with Danny?
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Episode 80 : Tainted Love: Part II
July. 23,1998
Boulton asks Page to spy on her own boyfriend.
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Episode 79 : Tainted Love: Part I
July. 21,1998
Page is on top of the world as she moves out of the section house and finds a boyfriend, unaware he has a criminal history.
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Episode 78 : Sucking Eggs
July. 17,1998
Beech and Carver investigate the theft of a grandfather clock.
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Episode 77 : Vacant Possession
July. 16,1998
Boyden and Page investigate a death from asphyxiation and try to establish whether the paving stone placed on his chimney was an act of murder.
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Episode 76 : Unlicensed
July. 14,1998
Skase and Rawton investigate a woman's claims that she is being harassed by a former lover.
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Episode 75 : Bang!
July. 10,1998
Harker and Keane's failure to properly search a prisoner leads to them being held at gunpoint in custody with Boyden.
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Episode 74 : The Whip Hand
July. 09,1998
Datta pairs with Quinnan to investigate a case of domestic abuse, and receives a surprise offer from Monroe.
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Episode 73 : Deep Secret
July. 02,1998
Garfield teams up with an attractive young journalist when the wreckage of a World War II Spitfire is discovered in Sun Hill.
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Episode 72 : Stop
July. 01,1998
Boulton suspects that Hollis is involved in a series of burglaries.
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Episode 71 : Loving Memory
June. 26,1998
Cryer re-opens an unsolved case in response to an attempted suicide.
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Episode 70 : The Bus Driver's Prayer
June. 25,1998
Page is shocked when a man shows up at the front desk armed with a gun, claiming to have shot a man and left him for dead.
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Episode 69 : Up For Trouble
June. 23,1998
Hollis is due to collect his commendation, but his colleagues know he doesn't deserve one.
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Episode 68 : Three Cheers
June. 19,1998
Hollis goes from a hero to a laughingstock when he arrests a notorious cat burglar before receiving an official complaint for throwing his lunch into a nearby garden. When the burglar asks to be interviewed by Hollis, he senses a chance to shut his mocking colleagues up.
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Episode 67 : Spray
June. 16,1998
Harker rushes to the aid of a woman in danger, but gets himself into trouble over his use of CS spray.
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Episode 66 : A People Person
June. 09,1998
Tosh Lines and June Ackland investigate the death of an old acquaintance.
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Episode 65 : Watching The Detectives
June. 05,1998
Rawton and Deakin investigate the mysterious disappearance of a woman who has been campaigning to free her husband from jail.
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Episode 64 : Out Of Hand
June. 04,1998
Santini and Keane investigate a mysterious assault.
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Episode 63 : Room To Manoeuvre
June. 02,1998
Boulton and Hollis find themselves in pursuit of the same villain.
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Episode 62 : One Of Us
May. 29,1998
Carver is shocked when a woman names his friend from a neighbouring station as a flasher.
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Episode 61 : The Stork
May. 28,1998
Keane and Garfield look into allegations that a New Age cult leader is encouraging under-aged girls to engage in sexual activity.
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Episode 60 : Under The Grill
May. 26,1998
Boulton is less than thrilled to be placed on an interviewing course with Hollis, but gets the chance to exact revenge on an ex-colleague.
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Episode 59 : Red Herrings
May. 22,1998
Carver and Proctor respond to a tip-off about the theft of some fish.
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Episode 58 : The Better Man
May. 21,1998
Daly and Carver try to get evidence against a young drug addict suspected of brutally assaulting a police officer.
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Episode 57 : The Hare & The Tortoise
May. 19,1998
Stamp and Hagen clash over what makes a good area car driver.
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Episode 56 : Brighton Rocks: Part II
May. 15,1998
Skase persuades Brighton C.I.D. to help track down the missing Beech.
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Episode 55 : Brighton Rocks: Part I
May. 14,1998
Beech wangles an expenses-paid trip to Brighton with Skase, but his night does not go as planned.
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Episode 54 : Money Talks
May. 12,1998
Boyden gets friendly with Ashton's mother.
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Episode 53 : Volcano
May. 08,1998
Despite knowing the animosity between Jarvis and Hagen, Cryer pairs them in the area car on her first day, but Jarvis dubs her a "stupid cow" on the radio after she loses a suspect, putting his career and a potential transfer to the Diplomatic Protection Group at risk.
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Episode 52 : Big Brother
May. 07,1998
Boyden introduces the relief to new Area Car driver Vicky Hagen, but her reputation takes an immediate blow when Jarvis reveals she grassed on a friend of his at another station.
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Episode 51 : One Small Step
May. 05,1998
Ashton, on his first solo outing, is distracted by a decoy while a nearby shop is burgled.
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Episode 50 : Wannabe
May. 01,1998
Skase is sceptical of a 14-year-old girl so smitten with him that she accuses her parents of being drug dealers.
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Episode 49 : Mixed Feelings
April. 28,1998
Page tries to trace the mother of an abandoned baby, while Boulton and Rawton investigate an apparently racially motivated attack.
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Episode 48 : Target Man
April. 24,1998
While football fever grips Sun Hill, Deakin hopes to get his man by following a tip-off. With Hollis to help him, how can he fail?
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Episode 47 : Sale Or Return: Part II
April. 24,1998
Boulton and Carver continue thier investigation into illegal immigration and find their case complicated by an attractive woman.
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Episode 46 : Sale Or Return: Part I
April. 23,1998
Boulton and Carver head for the river, chasing a particularly slippery customer.
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Episode 45 : Rebel Without A Licence
April. 21,1998
A speeding Pontiac and three ageing James Deans give Stamp and McCann a headache.
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Episode 44 : Manhunt
April. 16,1998
Deakin and Carver investigate a case of male rape.
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Episode 43 : Driving Me Crazy
April. 16,1998
Quinnan and Ackland pursue a dangerous driver.
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Episode 42 : The Scent Of Compassion
April. 14,1998
Ashton's sense of compassion is crucial in solving a cruel assault case.
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Episode 41 : Racer
April. 09,1998
Ashton tries to help a reformed teenage joyrider.
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Episode 40 : Home Movie
April. 07,1998
Boyden uncovers an illicit pornographic video operation.
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Episode 39 : Shattered
April. 03,1998
Cryer attends the death of a teenage girl and is subject to a complaint by the grieving father.
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Episode 38 : Like Family
April. 02,1998
Quinnan and Blake search for a missing French au pair who has been moonlighting as a stripper.
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Episode 37 : Bad Feelings
March. 31,1998
Boulton is after a villain known to have an eye for the ladies.
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Episode 36 : Powder My Nose
March. 27,1998
Conway is the target of a blackmail attempt following a drunken night out.
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Episode 35 : Daydream Believer
March. 26,1998
Rawton and Daly investigate an assault on a resident of an old people's home.
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Episode 34 : A Little Bit Of Paradise
March. 24,1998
McCann is sent in search of a valuable exotic bird.
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Episode 33 : Lucky Find
March. 20,1998
When a girl goes missing by the river, Deakin sees an opportunity to nail an old adversary.
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Episode 32 : Without A Prayer
March. 19,1998
Garfield and Keane try to discover the cause of death of a woman found dead in a church hall.
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Episode 31 : One Of The Gang
March. 17,1998
Meadows and Daly get a tip-off about a gang of young muggers, but their information comes from an unlikely source...
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Episode 30 : No Doubt About It
March. 13,1998
A hungover Garfield injures a member of the public during the pursuit of a burglar, but Monroe is sceptical of Garfield's motives when he names a potential suspect.
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Episode 29 : Good Faith: Part III
March. 12,1998
Beech's involvement with rival racketeers becomes more complicated.
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Episode 28 : Good Faith: Part II
March. 10,1998
The tit-for-tat violence escalates between rival gangs in Sun Hill.
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Episode 27 : Good Faith: Part I
March. 06,1998
A clever lawyer runs rings around Beech in court in a case involving a notorious robber.
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Episode 26 : Guiding Hand
March. 05,1998
Page and McCann investigate what appears to be a straightforward case of attempted child abduction.
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Episode 25 : A Little Help
March. 03,1998
Rawton and Skase realise they may be onto a serial attacker.
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Episode 24 : Back Up
February. 27,1998
Carver is let down by an unreliable snout, and needs Beech to get him out of a tricky situation.
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Episode 23 : Sudden Death
February. 26,1998
Ackland and Quinnan are on the case when a man falls from his bedroom window. But was it an accident or office politics?
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Episode 22 : The Parent Trap
February. 24,1998
Croft is puzzled by a couple who want their daughter arrested.
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Episode 21 : A Bit Of Respect
February. 20,1998
Ackland sets out to trap a man who wants to take the law into his own hands.
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Episode 20 : Unwarranted
February. 19,1998
While in a rush to catch a crook, Ashton trips and falls foul of the law.
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Episode 19 : A Rainy Night In Sun Hill
February. 17,1998
Santini is irritated at being paired with Hollis on a cold, wet night in Canley.
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Episode 18 : Solicitous
February. 13,1998
Meadows and Skase discover a modern-day Robin Hood who appears to be alive and well and robbing the rich in Sun Hill.
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Episode 17 : Opposites
February. 12,1998
A series of muggings on a local estate lead Proctor and Carver to the house of a rather unusual couple.
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Episode 16 : Love's Labours Lost
February. 06,1998
Proctor and Skase investigate the stalking of Proctor's ex-girlfriend.
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Episode 15 : Friends In High Places
February. 05,1998
A car belonging to a rival Chief Superintendent's wife is stolen right from under Santini and Quinnan's noses.
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Episode 14 : Soft In The Head
February. 03,1998
Ashton goes missing from the scene of an accident.
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Episode 13 : For Your Love
January. 30,1998
Rawton and Skase assist a woman receiving anonymous threats.
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Episode 12 : Storyboards
January. 29,1998
New PC Eddie Santini, tall, dark and handsome with a dubious past, causes a stir when he arrives to join the team at Sun Hill.
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Episode 11 : Way Out West
January. 23,1998
Jarvis is full of his secondment to the Diplomatic Protection Group, so Stamp and Quinnan hatch a mischievous plan to take him down a peg or two.
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Episode 10 : Out On A Limb
January. 22,1998
It's a life or death situation for Skase and Proctor when an assassin comes looking for his money.
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Episode 9 : Sprog
January. 20,1998
Stamp and Page are sceptical as Ashton suggests there is more to a burglary than appears.
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Episode 8 : Puppy Walk
January. 16,1998
Stamp is cynical when he feels a woman with a sob story may be playing games, but Ashton is taken in by her charms.
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Episode 7 : Girl Power
January. 15,1998
When a young girl has to carry a knife to defend herself at school, Keane and Stamp know it is time to step in.
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Episode 6 : Forgive & Forget
January. 13,1998
Boyden and Stamp attempt to contain a father who wants revenge for his murdered son.
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Episode 5 : Villain
January. 09,1998
Boyden deals with a frail old man brought into custody accused of attempted murder.
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Episode 4 : Taking It Easy
January. 08,1998
When an old man loses his life savings in a mugging, Boyden and Stamp suspect it was something more than coincidence.
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Episode 3 : Hard Cash
January. 06,1998
Beech and Carver go in search of a haul of £30,000 in banknotes, missing from a six-year-old robbery.
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Episode 2 : You Pays Your Money
January. 02,1998
Ackland and Quinnan investigate when a family are strangely silent about the death of their landlord.
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Episode 1 : Square Peg Round Hole
January. 01,1998
When a raid on a known drug addict goes awry, Boulton is spiked by the desperate criminal's needle, leaving Sun Hill's tough guy frightened, angry, and in need of an HIV test.
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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
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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
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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
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The series is considered one of the most ambitious projects in the history of the Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism's Hawaii Film Office, desperate to repeat the economic prosperity once gained and driven by the CBS television series such as Hawaii Five-O and Magnum, P.I. for the state's tourism industry.
The series was canceled in October 2004. Although eight episodes were filmed, only seven actually aired.
Pacific Blue
Pacific Blue is an American crime drama series about a team of police officers with the Santa Monica Police Department who patrolled its beaches on bicycles. The show ran for five seasons on the USA Network, from March 2, 1996 to April 9, 2000, with a total of one hundred and one episodes. Often compared as "Baywatch on bikes," the series enjoyed a popular run among the Network's viewers, and was popular in France, Israel, Sweden, Bulgaria, Norway, Spain, Russia, Austria, Germany, Italy, South America, Canada, Denmark, Poland, and other foreign markets.
This Life
Cult drama series about a group of aspiring young lawyers sharing a shabby house in London, charting their careers and personal lives.