The Bill

The Bill

Police drama series following the professional and personal lives of officers and detectives from the fictional Sun Hill suburb in East London, England.

Director: Geoff McQueen

Cast:Graham ColeJeff StewartTrudie GoodwinSimon RouseEric RichardMark WingettAndrew PaulColin TarrantTony O'CallaghanHuw HigginsonLisa GeoghanTom ButcherBen RobertsKevin LloydSeeta IndraniPeter EllisClive WedderburnAlex Walkinshaw


1Season 12

S12.E1 ∙ Call Waiting

Tue, Jan 2, 1996

DC Skase and WDC Croft investigate a series of hoax phone calls that are tearing a family apart.

2Season 12

S12.E2 ∙ Second Sense

Thu, Jan 4, 1996

PC Loxton and PC Slater deal with a woman drink-driver.

3Season 12

S12.E3 ∙ Runners Up

Fri, Jan 5, 1996

DCI Meadows offers a bottle of scotch as a reward for catching an elusive burglar.

4Season 12

S12.E4 ∙ Keeping It in the Family

Tue, Jan 9, 1996

DC Lines and DC Skase try to avert an ice-cream war in Sun Hill after a vendor is assaulted.

5Season 12

S12.E5 ∙ Home Truths

Thu, Jan 11, 1996

WPC Ackland and PC Jarvis follow up a vicious assault.

6Season 12

S12.E6 ∙ Outer

Fri, Jan 12, 1996

DS Boulton is determined to arrest a local drug dealer at any cost.

7Season 12

S12.E7 ∙ Better Half

Tue, Jan 16, 1996

DS Beech and WDC Croft investigate the murder of a hairdresser who had been fighting for a share of her dead fiance's estate.

8Season 12

S12.E8 ∙ No Assistance Required

Thu, Jan 18, 1996

WPC Datta is called to a burglary and is subjected to the unwanted affections of a civil-minded admirer. Insp Monroe is suspicious when PC Loxton tries to settle an old score.

9Season 12

S12.E9 ∙ Judgement Call

Fri, Jan 19, 1996

W.P.C. Marshall chases a burglary suspect onto a river barge, with tragic consequences.

10Season 12

S12.E10 ∙ Old Dogs, New Tricks

Tue, Jan 23, 1996

As Sun Hill gets to grips with its new computer system, Sgt Boyden discovers that it pays to stay one step ahead of the opposition.

11Season 12

S12.E11 ∙ Worst Fears

Thu, Jan 25, 1996

D.I. Deakin fears the worst when a five-year-old boy goes missing. Meanwhile, Acting Supt. Conway receives some bad news of his own.

12Season 12

S12.E12 ∙ One Night with You

Fri, Jan 26, 1996

With five-year-old Tommy Laker still missing and an uncooperative suspect in custody, D.I. Deakin faces a race against time.

13Season 12

S12.E13 ∙ Someone Else's Problem

Tue, Jan 30, 1996

WPC Datta and PC Quinnan look into the mysterious death of a jogger, while WPC Ackland and PC Jarvis try to reconcile a couple of warring lovers.

14Season 12

S12.E14 ∙ Bounds of Decency

Thu, Feb 1, 1996

PC Slater and PC Garfield struggle to keep the peace when two women fall out over the same man.

15Season 12

S12.E15 ∙ Happy Birthday

Fri, Feb 2, 1996

DCI Meadows and WDC Croft investigate the murder of an elderly woman, but where the only witnesses are the two young children living on the floor below who may have heard what happened.

16Season 12

S12.E16 ∙ Stop the Music

Tue, Feb 6, 1996

WDC Croft and a badly-hungover DS Beech investigate when a body is found in a car with a large amount of crack cocaine.

17Season 12

S12.E17 ∙ Cold Light of Day

Thu, Feb 8, 1996

A reconstruction brings forward an unexpected witness to an assault on a 15 year-old boy.

18Season 12

S12.E18 ∙ Back in Business

Fri, Feb 9, 1996

Ch. Supt. Brownlow returns to take charge at Sun Hill once again. Ch. Insp. Conway sets up an operation against a debt collector.

19Season 12

S12.E19 ∙ Separate Rooms

Tue, Feb 13, 1996

DC Lines Investigates an allegation of under-aged sex.

20Season 12

S12.E20 ∙ Going Guilty

Thu, Feb 15, 1996

Sgt Cryer and PC Slater investigate when an elderly lady dies after her purse is stolen, but a legal loophole may allow the perpetrator to get away with it.

21Season 12

S12.E21 ∙ Pieces of Cake

Fri, Feb 16, 1996

DS Beech is caught in the crossfire when uniform and CID fall out over a directive from Ch Supt Brownlow.

22Season 12

S12.E22 ∙ Somebody's Home

Tue, Feb 20, 1996

PC Quinnan and WPC Keane have to help someone with a conviction for assaulting a police officer.

23Season 12

S12.E23 ∙ Pointing the Finger

Thu, Feb 22, 1996

DC Skase and DC Carver investigate an assault on an Asian schoolboy.

24Season 12

S12.E24 ∙ Boy Meets Girl

Fri, Feb 23, 1996

WDC Croft investigates a series of vicious sexual assaults

25Season 12

S12.E25 ∙ Confession

Tue, Feb 27, 1996

When a young man comes into the station to confess to a murder five years previously, DCI Meadows is skeptical, but worries he must have missed something in the original investigation.

26Season 12

S12.E26 ∙ Home from Home

Thu, Feb 29, 1996

PC Stamp and PC Slater are called to supervise the eviction of a father from his home.

27Season 12

S12.E27 ∙ Open Wound

Fri, Mar 1, 1996

DI Deakin and DC Skase investigate when a crack dealer is shot and wounded in the yard of a pub.

28Season 12

S12.E28 ∙ Perfect Match

Tue, Mar 5, 1996

DS Beech and WDC Croft try to track down a violent attacker.

29Season 12

S12.E29 ∙ Someone Special

Tue, Mar 5, 1996

DC Lines and DC Skase investigate a possible arson attack on a nightclub.

30Season 12

S12.E30 ∙ Bits and Pieces

Fri, Mar 8, 1996

Sgt Boyden and PC Slater search for the owner of a severed hand found in a rubbish tip.

31Season 12

S12.E31 ∙ Home Help

Tue, Mar 12, 1996

Sgt Cryer and PC Slater handle a tricky case involving a disabled former police officer and his wayward son.

32Season 12

S12.E32 ∙ Kicked Out

Thu, Mar 14, 1996

P.C. Jarvis and W.P.C. Page are called to assist a Home Office official with the deportation of an illegal immigrant, but matters are complicated when she escapes from custody.

33Season 12

S12.E33 ∙ On the Block

Fri, Mar 15, 1996

D.S. Boulton is embarrassed when a suspect he has just arrested escapes from custody, and is determined to get him back.

34Season 12

S12.E34 ∙ Getting Off

Tue, Mar 19, 1996

DS Boulton investigates a convicted drug addict and clashes with a drugs worker.

35Season 12

S12.E35 ∙ Girls' Night

Thu, Mar 21, 1996

PC Loxton and WPC Page deals with a bridegroom who disrupts a hen night.

36Season 12

S12.E36 ∙ Blood Brothers

Fri, Mar 22, 1996

DCI Meadows tries to get the truth from a terminally-ill Asian man after one of his sons is fatally injured during a family dispute.

37Season 12

S12.E37 ∙ Broken Homes

Sat, Mar 23, 1996

PC Loxton and WPC Keane chase a local tearaway, who gets injured. Ch Insp Conway has to deal with resultant accusations of police harassment

38Season 12

S12.E38 ∙ A Hornet's Nest

Thu, Mar 28, 1996

D.S. Greig raids the home of a suspected burglar, only to find him unconscious in bed.

39Season 12

S12.E39 ∙ Dead of Night

Fri, Mar 29, 1996

P.C. Quinnan faces some tough questions when an injured woman shows up at the front desk but he is nowhere to be found, while Acting Sergeant Ackland has to assert her authority.

40Season 12

S12.E40 ∙ Party Pooper

Tue, Apr 2, 1996

P.C. Slater is embarrassed when he fails to stop a robbery at a party while off duty.

41Season 12

S12.E41 ∙ More Haste

Thu, Apr 4, 1996

WPC Keane has a bad day in court, while Insp Monroe follows up on a domestic incident.

42Season 12

S12.E42 ∙ Beating the Odds

Fri, Apr 5, 1996

DS Boulton investigates a notorious local bookie and prompts suspicions about DS Beech's private life.

43Season 12

S12.E43 ∙ Animal

Tue, Apr 9, 1996

Sgt Boyden and WPC Datta try to secure a conviction against a vicious pimp.

44Season 12

S12.E44 ∙ Dangerous Game

Thu, Apr 11, 1996

DS Boulton, DC Carver and DI Deakin take part in a Flying Squad operation against a vicious gang of armed robbers.

45Season 12

S12.E45 ∙ Dancers

Fri, Apr 12, 1996

Ch Supt Brownlow organises a tea dance for the Metropolitan Police Pensioners' and Widows' Society.

46Season 12

S12.E46 ∙ And Nothing But

Tue, Apr 16, 1996

PC Loxton arrests a black man he suspects is responsible for a mugging and is accused of racism.

47Season 12

S12.E47 ∙ Tale of Two Cities

Thu, Apr 18, 1996

DS Greig is in pursuit of a local drug dealer. Two teenagers arrested for possession refuse to provide any information about their supplier.

48Season 12

S12.E48 ∙ Cheating

Fri, Apr 19, 1996

PC Quinnan and PC Hollis have to decide whether a pub quiz champion is breaking the rules. DC Skase deals with the unfaithful wife of a local villain.

49Season 12

S12.E49 ∙ Decent Proposals

Tue, Apr 23, 1996

PC Loxton and PC Quinnan investigate an employment agency that provides lucrative opportunities to women with financial troubles.

50Season 12

S12.E50 ∙ Going for a Song

Thu, Apr 25, 1996

D.C. Carver calls for D.S. Dashwood from the Arts and Antiques Squad to help with a case involving an antique clock that is believed to be a target for theft.