The Bill (Season 9)

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.

  • Poster for Dying Breed

    Dying Breed 0.0

    Air date: 1993-01-05

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Carver is injured in an armed robbery at Bennetts Jewellers and Woods discovers a link between the burglary the murder of Sammy Chambers in 1988 and Robbie Campbell.

  • Poster for Fact Of Life

    Fact Of Life 0.0

    Air date: 1993-01-07

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: The law allows a known burglar to go free but Greig and Quinnan desperately try to pin him down again.

  • Poster for All Through The Night

    All Through The Night 0.0

    Air date: 1993-01-08

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Stamp expects a dull evening on the party patrol until he is paired with a pretty young female Environmental Health Officer Diane Eckersley.

  • Poster for New Tune Old Fiddle

    New Tune Old Fiddle 0.0

    Air date: 1993-01-12

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Conway learns of a new chief inspector being posted to Sun Hill as Community Liaison Officer and he feels that he's been overlooked and applies for it himself without telling Brownlow.

  • Poster for Delinquent

    Delinquent 0.0

    Air date: 1993-01-14

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Dave arrests a persistent young offender is arrested for burgling his parents house.

  • Poster for Bringing Up Baby

    Bringing Up Baby 0.0

    Air date: 1993-01-15

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Datta investigates the sale of a missing newborn baby as she Monroe and CID are work against the clock to find her.

  • Poster for Rainy Days & Mondays

    Rainy Days & Mondays 0.0

    Air date: 1993-01-19

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Loxton And Marshall get called to a women's hostel when one of the girls claims to have been indecently assaulted by the night guard Alan And Steve later get wind that the warden is up to no good herself.

  • Poster for Supply & Demand

    Supply & Demand 0.0

    Air date: 1993-01-21

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Harris visits Jardine the joint founder of Operation Bumblebee while Garfield takes on a complaint about a pornographic home video of a housewife in a bubble bath leads to a result for Alistair Donna and the Sun Hill Operation Bumblebee team.

  • Poster for On The Cards

    On The Cards 0.0

    Air date: 1993-01-22

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Martella is taken off a two-week old murder hunt to work on a case involving obscene phone calls but soon stumbles on to evidence that leads her Dave Frank and Jim to the killer.

  • Poster for Shock To The System

    Shock To The System 0.0

    Air date: 1993-01-26

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Charles returns from holiday to discover the news that Derek has been appointed new area Community Liaison Officer and Sgt Jane Kendall of Prescott Street arrives for Her Youth And Community and Section Staff Sergeant interview to pit her wits against Sun Hill's own Lamont.

  • Poster for Living It Down

    Living It Down 0.0

    Air date: 1993-01-28

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Social worker Lynda Chambers Frank and Viv lead the search for Debbie Fisher a missing victim of abuse but instead they jointly uncover a child pornography ring.

  • Poster for Heat Of The Moment

    Heat Of The Moment 0.0

    Air date: 1993-01-29

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A woman admits to killing her husband but insists that she did it in the heat of the moment. Viv believes her, Meadows on the other hand is convinced that the crime was premeditated.

  • Poster for Shake Rattle N Roll

    Shake Rattle N Roll 0.0

    Air date: 1993-02-02

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: PC Mike Jarvis has an unusual first day having to watch Charles loses his temper with Monroe over pub landlord and Known villain Terry McGill.

  • Poster for No Thanks To You

    No Thanks To You 0.0

    Air date: 1993-02-04

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: George has a bad day. Firstly he fails to save the life of a glue sniffer and then allows a bail absconder to escape.

  • Poster for A Better Life

    A Better Life 0.0

    Air date: 1993-02-05

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: An elderly woman disturbs an intruder in her home and Alistair is convinced that a known villain has committed the burglary, but the victim insists that he is not the culprit.

  • Poster for Echo

    Echo 0.0

    Air date: 1993-02-09

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A girl goes missing and Jim and Alan suspect a known villain of murdering her until another man walks into another station and confesses.

  • Poster for Fagins

    Fagins 0.0

    Air date: 1993-02-11

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Frank lets Sun Hill's burglars know he and Operation Bumblebee mean business.

  • Poster for Cried Too Late

    Cried Too Late 0.0

    Air date: 1993-02-12

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: An arrested woman shoplifter refuses to talk to the police when Datta finally breaks through the wall of silence a tragic tale of domestic violence unfolds.

  • Poster for Gone For A Soldier

    Gone For A Soldier 0.0

    Air date: 1993-02-16

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Ackland is teamed up with military policeman Dakin who has come to Sun Hill to find a young soldier David Armstrong who has gone Absent Without Leave with an army gun.

  • Poster for Persuasion

    Persuasion 0.0

    Air date: 1993-02-18

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Burnside investigates when a female drug dealer is attacked by another dealer to get off his patch.

  • Poster for Hard Man

    Hard Man 0.0

    Air date: 1993-02-19

    Overview: Greig investigates a stabbing and uncovers benefit fraud at a bed and breakfast establishment.

  • Poster for Missionary Work

    Missionary Work 0.0

    Air date: 1993-02-23

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Conway has to decide which of two grant bids he should recommend to Hicks he and Garfield want to use police funds to support a local youth club while Cato and Brownlow have their own ideas.

  • Poster for Hypocritical Oath

    Hypocritical Oath 0.0

    Air date: 1993-02-25

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: The overdose of a boy on the Cockcroft Estate enables D.C.s Woods and Carver to link registered addicts to a doctor.

  • Poster for Trivial Pursuits

    Trivial Pursuits 0.0

    Air date: 1993-02-26

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Loxton ignores a call to a domestic argument between two lovers as a waste of time but when he is called back to the same address, he finds himself staring down the barrel of a gun.

  • Poster for Out Of The Mouths

    Out Of The Mouths 0.0

    Air date: 1993-03-02

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Hollis takes the Bumblebee message into a local school, asking for help in the fight against burglary. One of the boys asks him to help end a domestic nightmare.

  • Poster for Keeping In Touch

    Keeping In Touch 0.0

    Air date: 1993-03-04

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: An employee of a private security firm is identified by the elderly blind woman he assaulted.

  • Poster for If It Isn't Hurting

    If It Isn't Hurting 0.0

    Air date: 1993-03-05

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: New trainee constable Croft learns some old style policing methods from Burnside.

  • Poster for Keeping Out Of Trouble

    Keeping Out Of Trouble 0.0

    Air date: 1993-03-09

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A woman claims to have inside information about a series of violent raids on petrol stations which are nipped in the bud by Meadows and Roach.

  • Poster for School Of Hard Knocks

    School Of Hard Knocks 0.0

    Air date: 1993-03-11

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Burnside investigates the abduction of a villain's son.

  • Poster for A Little Family Business

    A Little Family Business 0.0

    Air date: 1993-03-12

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Meadows investigates a burglary gone wrong while Cato is gunning for Loxton and Stringer.

  • Poster for Breaking The Chain

    Breaking The Chain 0.0

    Air date: 1993-03-16

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Kendall tries to keep a young offender from a life of crime.

  • Poster for The Fortress

    The Fortress 0.0

    Air date: 1993-03-18

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: The owner of an off licence shop makes a citizen's arrest of a young shoplifter and Maitland arrests the shopkeeper for use of unreasonable force.

  • Poster for In Broad Daylight

    In Broad Daylight 0.0

    Air date: 1993-03-19

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: While on the trail of two rapists Morgan investigates an attempted abduction and puts her life in danger.

  • Poster for Credible Witness

    Credible Witness 0.0

    Air date: 1993-03-23

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Stringer feels discredited when his description of a thief fleeing from a jeweller's shop conflicts with that of the main witness, who works in the shop.

  • Poster for The Price Of Fame

    The Price Of Fame 0.0

    Air date: 1993-03-25

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Page goes undercover as a model to investigate a possible scam at a modelling agency.

  • Poster for The Short Straw

    The Short Straw 0.0

    Air date: 1993-03-26

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: When her car breaks down on the way to the station, DC Viv Martella misses an important CID briefing about an obbo on a suspected armed robbery, and is furious when she is taken off the case by DI Frank Burnside. As CID and SO19 wait outside the target, Martella and PC Tony Stamp follow up a simple case to arrest a suspected bag snatcher. As they wait outside the suspect's house, a van pulls up, obscuring their view. Having missed the briefing, Martella fails to recognise the van's occupants as the armed robbers, and when she approaches their van she is shot and killed. Stamp is wounded, but manages to give a description of the van which is spotted by a traffic police motorcycle. As the India 99 police helicopter and SO19 cars pursue Martella's killers across London, PC Loxton and WPC Ackland disobey Ch. Insp. Cato's orders and pursue the suspect vehicle in the Area Car. The vehicle hits a bulldozer and explodes, killing all inside.

  • Poster for Missing

    Missing 0.0

    Air date: 1993-03-30

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A young man with an intellectual disability goes missing and Burnside has to deal with the consequences for the parents.

  • Poster for Goods Received

    Goods Received 0.0

    Air date: 1993-04-01

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Greig investigates a burglary at an ailing business a case that leads him to a missing schoolboy.

  • Poster for Double Enmity

    Double Enmity 0.0

    Air date: 1993-04-02

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Woods goes undercover as a contract killer to expose a woman who wants her husband killed.

  • Poster for Hard Evidence

    Hard Evidence 0.0

    Air date: 1993-04-06

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A murder investigation team arrive at Sun Hill. Meadows is uneasy at the Corby's approach who is willing to exploit his relationship with Woods to get a result regardless of the evidence.

  • Poster for High Hopes & Low Life

    High Hopes & Low Life 0.0

    Air date: 1993-04-08

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Carver and Morgan investigate a career ending attack on a promising young boxer.

  • Poster for On The Loose

    On The Loose 0.0

    Air date: 1993-04-09

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Loxton and Garfield corner a savage pit bull terrier at an illegal dogfight while Boyden tracks down a pensioner who has turned to crime.

  • Poster for Out Of Court

    Out Of Court 0.0

    Air date: 1993-04-13

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Stamp and Ackland are keen to get a conviction against a woman for assault on a minicab driver, but she is acquitted.

  • Poster for Bedfellows

    Bedfellows 0.0

    Air date: 1993-04-15

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Chief Inspector Cato arrests two youths, actions which cause a riot outside Sun Hill station.

  • Poster for Cat & House

    Cat & House 0.0

    Air date: 1993-04-17

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A woman is keen to be get rid of her burglar boyfriend and his fence with whom she has been having an affair.

  • Poster for Brothers

    Brothers 0.0

    Air date: 1993-04-20

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Two young brothers are suspected of burglary and Croft discovers that they were deserted by their mother and left to fend for themselves.

  • Poster for Playing Away

    Playing Away 0.0

    Air date: 1993-04-22

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Ackland arrests a fifteen-year-old boy for shoplifting and finds herself investigating his relationship with a woman twenty years his senior.

  • Poster for Coming To Terms

    Coming To Terms 0.0

    Air date: 1993-04-24

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: The parents of a young man awaiting trial for the murder of a child are distressed when their home is broken into and they receive threatening phone call and Ackland discovers the connection.

  • Poster for Return To Sender

    Return To Sender 0.0

    Air date: 1993-04-27

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A young postwoman is beaten up but the motive is unclear and she seems unwilling to talk to the police.

  • Poster for Sticks & Stones

    Sticks & Stones 0.0

    Air date: 1993-04-29

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: When Lines hits the jackpot during a raid, it makes an already difficult court case for Greig even harder.

  • Poster for Tangled Webs

    Tangled Webs 0.0

    Air date: 1993-05-01

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A mysteriously unmotivated break-in at a garage leads Burnside to a web of sexual deception and a jealous husband's rampage.

  • Poster for Recruiting Officer

    Recruiting Officer 0.0

    Air date: 1993-05-04

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Maitland enlists McCann's help in reassuring a young black applicant whose wife has serious misgivings about the job but McCann is discovering racism within the force for himself.

  • Poster for Give Em An Inch

    Give Em An Inch 0.0

    Air date: 1993-05-06

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Cato allows a demonstration to go ahead despite being warned that it could be hijacked by racists. When things turn ugly, he is forced to reverse his previous orders.

  • Poster for By Hook Or By Crook

    By Hook Or By Crook 0.0

    Air date: 1993-05-08

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Roach is disgusted when a judge halts the trial of a man accused of crippling a police officer and decides to take matters into his own hands.

  • Poster for Home To Roost

    Home To Roost 0.0

    Air date: 1993-05-11

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Dave and Tony attend to an assault victim at the market while sergeant Kendall organises an outing and take some local kids to Chessington World of Adventures, with a reluctant Steve assigned as a last-minute replacement for an ill Ron.

  • Poster for In Safe Hands

    In Safe Hands 0.0

    Air date: 1993-05-13

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Lines and Morgan arrest two members of a shoplifting team.

  • Poster for Punch Drunk

    Punch Drunk 0.0

    Air date: 1993-05-15

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Called to attend to a pub brawl, PC Tony Stamp and PC Dave Quinnan are stunned to find one man unconscious and the other Sun Hill's own DS Ted Roach. Roach is taken back to the station, and while DI Frank Burnside manages to pursuade the victim to drop the charges against him, nothing can be done when Roach headbutts Insp. Andrew Monroe during a heated argument. Ch. Supt. Brownlow calls in MS15 to investigate him, but Roach turns in his warrant card and walks out of the station.

  • Poster for Fall Out

    Fall Out 0.0

    Air date: 1993-05-18

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: With the departure of Roach one of his informants wants out Burnside and Monroe investigate threats against her.

  • Poster for Awaydays

    Awaydays 0.0

    Air date: 1993-05-20

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: An elderly ex copper is in London to search for his estranged daughter and claims that he has been robbed in his hotel which Lines investigates.

  • Poster for Pride & Joy

    Pride & Joy 0.0

    Air date: 1993-05-22

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: When a young woman's car is stolen with a baby on board CID fear an abduction and mount a search Garfield tries to mediate with a private clamping firm.

  • Poster for Fast Food

    Fast Food 0.0

    Air date: 1993-05-25

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Carver and Woods are caught napping when a street robber escapes from under their noses but uncover a drugs operation at a takeaway restaurant. P.C. Loxton and Sgt. Maitland are in trouble when Loxton is accused of stealing money from a drunk in the cells.

  • Poster for Soft Touch

    Soft Touch 0.0

    Air date: 1993-05-27

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Stamp's driving prowess is questioned when he fails to stop a runaway road-roller and Jarvis finds a revolver in a rubbish bin while Burnside investigates a murder confession.

  • Poster for We Gave Him All Our Love

    We Gave Him All Our Love 0.0

    Air date: 1993-05-29

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: When the body of a 14-year-old boy is washed up by the tide Cryer feels that he owes the parents an explanation.

  • Poster for Hearts & Minds

    Hearts & Minds 0.0

    Air date: 1993-06-01

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Burnside disagrees with Conway's approach to a young offender.

  • Poster for Cry Baby

    Cry Baby 0.0

    Air date: 1993-06-03

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Page and Monroe attend what appears to be a cot death, but it transpires that the baby has a head injury Meadows investigates.

  • Poster for A Willing Victim

    A Willing Victim 0.0

    Air date: 1993-06-05

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Garfield introduces a boxer friend to a business manager but Pearce has the manager under investigation.

  • Poster for Rank Outsider

    Rank Outsider 0.0

    Air date: 1993-06-08

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Loxton's prisoner is released after Page makes a mistake in the CAD room whilst Loxton and Jarvis try to get the prisoner back before Cato finds out.

  • Poster for Tender Mercies

    Tender Mercies 0.0

    Air date: 1993-06-10

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Datta assists a woman who has reported her husband missing while Lines uncovers a loan-sharking operation.

  • Poster for Double Take

    Double Take 0.0

    Air date: 1993-06-12

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Greig and Croft investigate a burglary the property is found in a garden shed but was it stolen?

  • Poster for Mouth & Trousers

    Mouth & Trousers 0.0

    Air date: 1993-06-15

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Stringer clashes with Cato about a serious shortage of officers and the ban on overtime meanwhile two families fight out their differences.

  • Poster for Uses & Abuses

    Uses & Abuses 0.0

    Air date: 1993-06-16

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A woman walking home late at night thinks she is being followed by a young man and blinds him with oven cleaner. Is it self-defence or assault?

  • Poster for Picking A Winner

    Picking A Winner 0.0

    Air date: 1993-06-19

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: P.C. Quinnan goes undercover as a refuse collector to investigate a series of burglaries.

  • Poster for Broken

    Broken 0.0

    Air date: 1993-06-22

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Insp. Monroe deals with the case of an alcoholic former coal miner who tries to organise exploited workers.

  • Poster for Insider Dealing

    Insider Dealing 0.0

    Air date: 1993-06-24

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A prisoner admits to crimes he didn't commit to gain a transfer.

  • Poster for To Have & To Hold

    To Have & To Hold 0.0

    Air date: 1993-06-26

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A woman alleges rape by her estranged husband, but he insists that she consented. D.I. Burnside investigates.

  • Poster for Honour Among Thieves

    Honour Among Thieves 0.0

    Air date: 1993-06-29

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: D.I. Burnside questions three robbers after a botched getaway and is given conflicting stories as they try to incriminate one another.

  • Poster for Somebody To Love

    Somebody To Love 0.0

    Air date: 1993-07-01

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: W.P.C. Datta tries to help a battered wife. W.P.C. Ackland and D.S. Greig find some strange connections when a housebreaking is linked to a lonely hearts advert.

  • Poster for Morning Has Broken

    Morning Has Broken 0.0

    Air date: 1993-07-03

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Monroe acts quickly after a tip-off about a robbery at a supermarket. Meanwhile CID try to foil a kidnapping and robbery plot, only to be impeded by lack of resources.

  • Poster for Swaps

    Swaps 0.0

    Air date: 1993-07-06

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: P.C. Loxton and Garfield swap jobs. Loxton has to deal with the new screen phones in the CAD room, while Garfield attends a fatal RTA.

  • Poster for Trust

    Trust 0.0

    Air date: 1993-07-08

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: D.S. Greig suspects that his informant is giving him the run around, but it becomes clear that she is being fed false information.

  • Poster for Divided We Fall

    Divided We Fall 0.0

    Air date: 1993-07-10

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A man found knocking on old people's doors turns out to be suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and attempting to contact family members. Sgt. Cryer realises that one old lady has cause to be afraid.

  • Poster for A Duty Of Care

    A Duty Of Care 0.0

    Air date: 1993-07-13

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Sgt. Cryer and P.C. Garfield attend a warehouse where a seventeen-year-old boy has fallen from a forklift truck to his death. Cryer is convinced it was no accident.

  • Poster for Family Values

    Family Values 0.0

    Air date: 1993-07-15

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: P.C. Jarvis assists the investigation into a violent lorry hijack, where the driver suffered a fatal head injury.

  • Poster for A Matter Of Life & Death

    A Matter Of Life & Death 0.0

    Air date: 1993-07-17

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: An elderly man is arrested for beating his wife, but the couple have a bigger secret to hide. P.C. Quinnan is guilty of dangerous driving.

  • Poster for Kith & Kin

    Kith & Kin 0.0

    Air date: 1993-07-20

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: When a woman is hospitalised, her son burgles her house and steals money, and her daughter starts to strip the house of its contents. Garfield and Marshall are forced to change their minds about a young offender who has befriended the woman, and to whom she has bequeathed her house.

  • Poster for Part Of The Family

    Part Of The Family 0.0

    Air date: 1993-07-22

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: The theft of a necklace reveals a case of domestic violence against a young Bangladeshi woman. Police examine immigration laws and find that she has no freedom at all.

  • Poster for Mighty Atoms

    Mighty Atoms 0.0

    Air date: 1993-07-24

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Hours after a tough warning from Ch. Insp. Conway, a notorious young offender is in trouble again. He holds the clue to the whereabouts of a missing teenager.

  • Poster for A Malicious Prosecution

    A Malicious Prosecution 0.0

    Air date: 1993-07-27

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A civil action is brought against P.C. Garfield, W.P.C. Marshall and Sgt. Cryer for wrongful arrest, malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. Meanwhile, P.C. Quinnan is accused of assaulting a college student.

  • Poster for Outbreak

    Outbreak 0.0

    Air date: 1993-07-29

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A violent remand prisoner escapes from hospital. W.D.S. Morgan and W.P.C. Croft question the prison officers who fell asleep while guarding him.

  • Poster for Unreliable Witness

    Unreliable Witness 0.0

    Air date: 1993-07-31

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A timid music teacher is intimidated by a violent ex-pupil. Ch. Insp. Cato is furious when P.C. Garfield lets a thief get away.

  • Poster for Sweet Charity

    Sweet Charity 0.0

    Air date: 1993-08-03

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: P.C.s Hollis and Stamp are caught in the crossfire when a mother and daughter fall out over a mutual boyfriend. Sgt. Cryer pursues bogus charity workers.

  • Poster for David & Goliath

    David & Goliath 0.0

    Air date: 1993-08-05

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A mother refuses to testify against her husband, accused of abusing their 14-year-old son. P.C. Jarvis intercedes on the boy's behalf.

  • Poster for What A Pair

    What A Pair 0.0

    Air date: 1993-08-07

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A man working for an illegal escort agency seems to be stealing cash and credit cards from his female clients. W.P.C. Ackland arranges a date with him.

  • Poster for Desirable Property

    Desirable Property 0.0

    Air date: 1993-08-10

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: There is series of break-ins at properties sold through a single agency. P.C. Quinnan enlists the assistance of an estate agent.

  • Poster for Blind Spot

    Blind Spot 0.0

    Air date: 1993-08-12

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: P.C. Jarvis and McCann know who is guilty of assault, but can't prove it. D.S. Pearce suggests that they should claim to have witnessed the incident.

  • Poster for Carrying The Load

    Carrying The Load 0.0

    Air date: 1993-08-14

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: W.D.S. Morgan and D.C. Lines investigate a lorry hijack. The husband of the depot owner is seriously assaulted.

  • Poster for Deadly Weapon

    Deadly Weapon 0.0

    Air date: 1993-08-17

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: The life of an unborn child hangs in the balance following a road traffic accident. The investigation uncovers a trail of corruption.

  • Poster for All The Wrong Connections

    All The Wrong Connections 0.0

    Air date: 1993-08-19

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A girl accused of knocking down a young woman in the street has an alibi. D.C.I. Meadows crosses swords with an old enemy.

  • Poster for Give & Take

    Give & Take 0.0

    Air date: 1993-08-21

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: W.P.C. Polly Page sees W.D.S. Sally Johnson from Stafford Row plant drugs on a known dealer.

  • Poster for Desperate Measures

    Desperate Measures 0.0

    Air date: 1993-08-24

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A 15-year-old boy is driven to desperate measures. W.P.C. Ackland has to decide whether he or his mother is at risk.

  • Poster for To Catch A Thief

    To Catch A Thief 0.0

    Air date: 1993-08-26

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: D.C. Carver arrests a pickpocket.

  • Poster for Natural Reaction

    Natural Reaction 0.0

    Air date: 1993-08-28

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: D.C. Carver catches a fourteen-year-old thief. He and D.C. Lines question a man about his relationship with the girl.

  • Poster for Desperate Remedies

    Desperate Remedies 0.0

    Air date: 1993-08-31

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: PC Garfield is tasked with retrieving an ill boy's inhaler but comes up against a series of other problems whilst doing so.

  • Poster for Bright Lights

    Bright Lights 0.0

    Air date: 1993-09-02

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: CID investigate attempts at sexual assault by an electrician who turns out to have connections with the local psychiatric hospital. W.D.S. Morgan puts herself on the line to catch him.

  • Poster for Bare Faced Lies

    Bare Faced Lies 0.0

    Air date: 1993-09-04

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: CID investigate the sale of stolen cigarettes and alcohol to pubs in the Sun Hill area. D.I. Burnside comes to the aid of an old friend, and D.S. Pearce goes to see a stripper.

  • Poster for But Not Forgotten

    But Not Forgotten 0.0

    Air date: 1993-09-07

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: An important visitor comes to Sun Hill to see D.I. Burnside, but he is gone.

  • Poster for Push

    Push 0.0

    Air date: 1993-09-09

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: W.P.C. Page gets stuck in a lift with a pregnant 15-year-old girl and has to assist with the birth.

  • Poster for Bad Reaction

    Bad Reaction 0.0

    Air date: 1993-09-10

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Det. Insp. Harry Haines arrives for his first day at Sun Hill and helps track down a drug dealer who is distributing dangerous tablets.

  • Poster for Compliments Of The Service

    Compliments Of The Service 0.0

    Air date: 1993-09-15

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A public relations exercise by Ch. Supt. Brownlow is threatened by a drugs raid on the Jasmine Allen estate.

  • Poster for Game Of Two Halves

    Game Of Two Halves 0.0

    Air date: 1993-09-16

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: W.D.C. Croft is in uniform for the day, to Ch. Insp. Cato's delight.

  • Poster for The Knowledge

    The Knowledge 0.0

    Air date: 1993-09-18

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: D.I. Haines gets involved in a war between an Asian minicab firm and a black cab operator.

  • Poster for No Place Like Home

    No Place Like Home 0.0

    Air date: 1993-09-21

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Residents from the Greenfield Estate protest about the presence of an absconder from a nearby unit for young offenders.

  • Poster for Customer Care

    Customer Care 0.0

    Air date: 1993-09-23

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: D.I. Haines is annoyed by a young man who refuses to take an allegation of rape seriously. P.C. Loxton looks after two children left alone by their mother and who have stolen £100 from a neighbour.

  • Poster for The Right Man For The Job

    The Right Man For The Job 0.0

    Air date: 1993-09-25

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Sgt. Boyden deals with a case of joyriding which ends with a crash and uncovers an insurance fraud.

  • Poster for A Day In The Life Of

    A Day In The Life Of 0.0

    Air date: 1993-09-28

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A woman parks her car with P.C. Loxton's permission, but it gets clamped. Loxton is unable to prevent a young man from committing suicide and blames Ch. Insp. Conway's parking initiative.

  • Poster for Having What It Takes

    Having What It Takes 0.0

    Air date: 1993-09-30

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: When the youngest member of a notorious crime family comes into the station to confess to a three-year-old murder, D.C.I. Meadows hopes he will be able to clear up a case from his time at AMIP.

  • Poster for Play the Game

    Play the Game 0.0

    Air date: 1993-10-02

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Chief Inspector Cato's bullish tactics put noses out of joint, after a pub brawl turns into a murder enquiry.

  • Poster for Unlucky For Some

    Unlucky For Some 0.0

    Air date: 1993-10-05

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: One of the employees at a bingo hall reveals that a robbery there was an inside job.

  • Poster for Gift Of The Gab

    Gift Of The Gab 0.0

    Air date: 1993-10-07

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: D.S. Pearce and W.P.C. Croft investigate bogus callers who are stealing people's pension money.

  • Poster for A Class Act

    A Class Act 0.0

    Air date: 1993-10-09

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: When a drugs raid fails to deliver, it is D.C. Carver's dislike of a customer that reaps unexpected results.

  • Poster for Dangerous Trade

    Dangerous Trade 0.0

    Air date: 1993-10-12

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A tragic accident involving a teenage boy alerts W.P.C. Page and P.C. Quinnan to an illegal trade in imported alcohol.

  • Poster for Cheating Heart

    Cheating Heart 0.0

    Air date: 1993-10-14

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A man has persuaded two women to lend him money for a bar in Spain. The trouble starts when they find out about one another. Sgt. Boyden deals with the consequences.

  • Poster for Somewhere To Hang My Hat

    Somewhere To Hang My Hat 0.0

    Air date: 1993-10-16

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: An old soldier is found at the bottom of a flight of stairs, but did he fall or was he pushed? D.C. Lines and W.D.S. Morgan have their suspicions.

  • Poster for No Comment

    No Comment 0.0

    Air date: 1993-10-19

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: An old man has been murdered in his flat. D.C.I. Meadows has two suspects in custody, but both claim the right to silence.

  • Poster for Shrinkage

    Shrinkage 0.0

    Air date: 1993-10-21

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Sgt. Cryer convinces Ch. Supt. Brownlow of the virtues of an arrest referral scheme offering counselling to those arrested on drugs offences. W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Quinnan act to stop a gang of professional shoplifters.

  • Poster for Street Legal

    Street Legal 0.0

    Air date: 1993-10-23

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: P.C. Loxton investigates an assault and uncovers a ring of car thieves. P.C. Hollis launches a one-man public relations drive.

  • Poster for The Green Eyed Monster

    The Green Eyed Monster 0.0

    Air date: 1993-10-26

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: D.I. Haines works with AMIP on a murder investigation and uncovers some secrets in the victim's past.

  • Poster for Behind Closed Doors

    Behind Closed Doors 0.0

    Air date: 1993-10-28

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: An Indian woman is the victim of domestic violence. The husband is arrested, but community leaders attempt to secure his release so that he can be dealt with by the woman's family.

  • Poster for Links In The Chain

    Links In The Chain 0.0

    Air date: 1993-10-30

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Sgt. Cryer and P.C. Garfield investigate a break-in at a storage warehouse, putting Meadows on the trail of a small-time drug dealer with heavyweight connections.

  • Poster for Care In The Community

    Care In The Community 0.0

    Air date: 1993-11-02

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: An old woman is found dead in an empty house and Quinnan and Garfield are called in to investigate. Jarvis arrests a violent youth for assault.

  • Poster for You Don't Always Get What You Want

    You Don't Always Get What You Want 0.0

    Air date: 1993-11-04

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Quinnan and Ackland support a C.I.D. raid on the house of a burglary suspect. Croft and Greig persuade a young mother to help with their inquiries.

  • Poster for Reason To Believe

    Reason To Believe 0.0

    Air date: 1993-11-06

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Haines and Morgan work on a murder investigation with AMIP when a body is found after an office party.

  • Poster for Let Slip

    Let Slip 0.0

    Air date: 1993-11-09

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Page and Jarvis are called to deal when two rottweilers terrorise a shopping centre and attack a young girl.

  • Poster for Until Proven Guilty

    Until Proven Guilty 0.0

    Air date: 1993-11-11

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Steele and Ackland find a man who has been beaten up to dissuade him from testifying against a vicious loan shark. The C.P.S. suggests dropping the case but Meadows secures the assistance of a lesser villain to get the evidence for a prosecution.

  • Poster for The Hard Sell

    The Hard Sell 0.0

    Air date: 1993-11-13

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Quinnan witnesses a robbery. He suspects that a derelict shop is being used as an auction house for stolen property.

  • Poster for Consequences

    Consequences 0.0

    Air date: 1993-11-16

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Meadows and Morgan lead a raid on a club in pursuit of a drug dealer who is laundering money through car sales.

  • Poster for A Question Of Identity

    A Question Of Identity 0.0

    Air date: 1993-11-18

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A neighbour spots an HIV-positive drug addict breaking into a house.

  • Poster for Cutting Edge

    Cutting Edge 0.0

    Air date: 1993-11-20

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Polly and Gary are called to the Parkmead Estate about a burglary at a flat which results in the wife assaulted and taken to St Hughes. The husband came home and discovered the burglar still there. When Polly talks to the husband at the hospital, he is very upset. He tells Polly and Gary what happened when he saw the burglar and says he chopped off 3 of the burglar's fingers when they were in the kitchen. the fingers were put into a jar of gherkins. Alan Woods tries to get the jar put into the canteen fridge but one of the canteen workers threatens to close down the canteen if it goes into the fridge. So he puts them into the fridge in the conference room. Tosh and Jim interview a patient who has lost 3 fingers who claims his fingers were caught in a lorry door.

  • Poster for Put Down

    Put Down 0.0

    Air date: 1993-11-23

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: An invalid is found dead in bed, and the wife is charged with aiding and abetting a suicide.

  • Poster for Left Behind

    Left Behind 0.0

    Air date: 1993-11-25

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A convicted wife-beater has been released on parole. He, his wife and son all end up in Sun Hill on suspicion of violent assaults.

  • Poster for Real Villains

    Real Villains 0.0

    Air date: 1993-11-27

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Croft and Cryer examine the remains of a burned-out car on the Whitegate estate, where residents are concerned about the increase in lawlessness.

  • Poster for Questionable Judgement

    Questionable Judgement 0.0

    Air date: 1993-11-30

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A homeless man is found murdered and a teenage girl has gone missing.

  • Poster for Taking Care Of Business

    Taking Care Of Business 0.0

    Air date: 1993-12-02

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A store participating in Conway's business watch scheme has been burgled, and one of the suspects is beaten up.

  • Poster for The Law In Their Hands

    The Law In Their Hands 0.0

    Air date: 1993-12-04

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Steele and Garfield arrest a father and son who assaulted the man they believe burgled their house. Loxton and Quinnan catch the real thief.

  • Poster for Cause For Complaint

    Cause For Complaint 0.0

    Air date: 1993-12-07

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Monroe investigates a complaint about an unattended emergency call, which the victim attributes to racial prejudice.

  • Poster for Blood Counts

    Blood Counts 0.0

    Air date: 1993-12-09

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A postman is attacked, and Carver discovers the remains of a mailbag in the embers of a fire. Pearce struggles with a false confession. McCann is in trouble over a false arrest.

  • Poster for Hurting Inside

    Hurting Inside 0.0

    Air date: 1993-12-11

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A convicted burglar absconds while on day release from prison.

  • Poster for Corroboration

    Corroboration 0.0

    Air date: 1993-12-14

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Carver and Jarvis are in court, but the case against a man accused of robbing a couple at knife point may fall because of poor identification evidence.

  • Poster for Death Of A Ladies' Man

    Death Of A Ladies' Man 0.0

    Air date: 1993-12-16

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A woman reports her husband missing. Greig and Croft establish that the man is a bigamist and an armed robber.

  • Poster for An Ill Wind

    An Ill Wind 0.0

    Air date: 1993-12-18

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A body is retrieved from a building yard after a deadly toxic gas was fed through the building.

  • Poster for Keep On Trucking

    Keep On Trucking 0.0

    Air date: 1993-12-21

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: While Garfield is giving tickets, a truck does a right hand turn and then the driver does a runner leaving the truck in the middle of the road. Tony and George have an argument after the truck is parked in the yard blocking access. Cato gets the truck moved back out. George checks the truck's travel disk. Tony and Norika find a front door open and find the house burgled and the occupants on holiday. A lady reports a burglary next door while the occupants are on holiday. It is the 3rd holiday burglary this month. CID are trying to find the link between the 3. Dave is told that a truck fitting the description was seen at the burglary. Donna finds out that all 3 holiday goers used the same coach firm to get to the airport.

  • Poster for A Family Trait

    A Family Trait 0.0

    Air date: 1993-12-23

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: A house is broken into and Greig thinks he knows who did it. Greig visits the suspect's house. The injured boy's watch turns up in the bed of the suspect's son's. Polly is sent to St. Hughes to investigate an assault. The mother of the boy thinks it is bullying and that her son is not the only one. Her son's watch is missing. The school is unco-operative with D. S. Morgan. The injured boy gives Morgan the name of Greig's suspect's son.

  • Poster for Paid In Full

    Paid In Full 0.0

    Air date: 1993-12-24

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Ram raiders attempt to break into an Asain electrical store. Sgt. Boyden and George stop ithile Dave gives chase to another of the raiders. One of the neighbouring store owners brings in a bottle of stotch for Sgt. Boyden and the store owners give him a CD player. Monroe is not happy that Boyden was given something. Woods is sent to check on stolen money at B.P.C. Software. The suspect is an ex offender. When interviewed, the suspect claims she was set up because the security officer tried to assault her like he had with another employee.

  • Poster for Cause For Concern

    Cause For Concern 0.0

    Air date: 1993-12-28

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: Steve and Dave are talking when a speeding driver goes past. The driver tells Dave that the hospital had just rang and her husband was critical. Suzy calls on the driver because she returned home to find it burgled. Dave and Steve are sent to check out the address of the lady at the hospital(that Danny overhears) and surprises 2 blokes. While Tony is driving the burglars' van, one of them get into the van and tells Tony to get a move on. Tony and Norika are called to check a domestic disturbance. Norika is concerned about the asian wife. The husband is very dominating. The domestic starts again. On entering the house Norika and Tony find the husband stabbed and his wife in shock with a knife in her hand. Norika didn't notice the knife at first. The wife claims it was an accident. While Danny is at the hospital checking on the victim, he overhears a lady asking about her husband who is supposed to be injured at the hospital. Woods talks to friends of the couple and their d

  • Poster for Nothing Ventured

    Nothing Ventured 0.0

    Air date: 1993-12-31

    Runtime: 22 min

    Overview: George is chasing a suspect but loses him. Steve searches the area and spots him. When caught he has just dropped some LSD tabs. The suspect tries to do a deal with the D.I. about getting bail to attend his brother's wedding. Regional Crime Squad:Drugs are in the station and organising a raid on the factory. Meadows gets upset because of a missing witness and Meadows wants the D.I. to go and talk to the witness. The D.I. wants to be in on the drug raid. Haines talks to the very scared witness. Haines is head hunted back to the drug squad. Meadows is not happy when told by Brownlow.

The Bill

Seasons

Series 1
Series 1
Episodes 11
Series 2
Series 2
Episodes 12
Series 3
Series 3
Episodes 12
Series 4
Series 4
Episodes 48
Series 5
Series 5
Episodes 105
Series 6
Series 6
Episodes 104
Series 7
Series 7
Episodes 105
Series 8
Series 8
Episodes 105
Series 9
Series 9
Episodes 155
Series 10
Series 10
Episodes 156
Series 11
Series 11
Episodes 149
Series 12
Series 12
Episodes 156
Series 13
Series 13
Episodes 152
Season 14
Season 14
Episodes 121
Season 15
Season 15
Episodes 87
Season 16
Season 16
Episodes 86
Season 17
Season 17
Episodes 86
Season 18
Season 18
Episodes 84
Season 19
Season 19
Episodes 105
Season 20
Season 20
Episodes 84
Season 21
Season 21
Episodes 89
Season 22
Season 22
Episodes 91
Series 23
Series 23
Episodes 86
Series 24
Series 24
Episodes 87
Series 25
Series 25
Episodes 65
Series 26
Series 26
Episodes 32
Specials
Specials
Episodes 9

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