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 24

S24.E1 ∙ The Deadly Game

Wed, Jan 2, 2008

PCs Fletcher and Gayle pursue a stolen car that has been involved in a hit-and-run incident. New DC Stevie Moss joins DCs Webb and Perkins in trying to establish the identity of the driver of the vehicle, but PC Armstrong uncovers the vital evidence.

2Season 24

S24.E2 ∙ Shadow Stalker

Thu, Jan 3, 2008

PC Armstrong and Sgt Stone interview the victim of an attempted sexual assault. TDC Walker becomes convinced as to the identity of the assailant. The officers set up a trap, with Armstrong as bait.

3Season 24

S24.E3 ∙ To Catch a Killer: Part 1

Wed, Jan 9, 2008

After a young boy is abducted from a shopping centre, Neil tries to elicit information from a convicted child killer.

4Season 24

S24.E4 ∙ To Catch a Killer: Part 2

Thu, Jan 10, 2008

Supt Heaton organises a press conference to appeal for help in the search for an abducted 11-year-old. When a ransom note is received, DI Manson solicits the continued assistance of a convicted child killer.

5Season 24

S24.E5 ∙ Witness: Innocent Blood

Wed, Jan 16, 2008

Sgt Smith attends to the victim of a knife attack. A suspect admits stealing from the victim, but denies the attack. PCs Green and Roberts rescue a young arsonist from a blazing car.

6Season 24

S24.E6 ∙ Witness: Wall of Silence

Thu, Jan 17, 2008

The police set up a mobile unit on the Jasmine Allen estate following the drive-by shooting of a teenaged girl, but the community response is disappointing. Sgt Smith is appointed FLO.

7Season 24

S24.E7 ∙ Witness: Breaking Point

Wed, Jan 23, 2008

Officers from Sun Hill attend the funeral of murder victim Carly Samuels, which is disrupted by gunfire. Carly's best friend, Alisha, finally discloses vital information about the murder.

8Season 24

S24.E8 ∙ Witness: Deadly Secret

Thu, Jan 24, 2008

Officers from Sun Hill attend the funeral of murder victim Carly Samuels, which is disrupted by gunfire. Carly's best friend, Alisha, finally discloses vital information about the murder.

9Season 24

S24.E9 ∙ Witness: Protection

Wed, Jan 30, 2008

Officers from Sun Hill take part in midnight raids to arrest the men implicated in the shooting. Witness Alisha Daniels is placed under police protection.

10Season 24

S24.E10 ∙ Witness: Hit and Run

Thu, Jan 31, 2008

Sgt Smith interviews the car-jacker involved in the hit-and-run incident. Key witness Alisha Danniels is now too scared to testify. PCs Keane and Roberts interview the car owner, and uncover details of arms dealers on the Jasmine Allen estate.

11Season 24

S24.E11 ∙ Witness: Truth & Lies

Wed, Feb 6, 2008

When a witness drops out of the Carly Samuels murder trial, Sgt Smith tries to persuade her best friend to testify. PCs Roberts and Noble arrest a man for arranging a brutal assault on his pregnant girlfriend.

12Season 24

S24.E12 ∙ Witness: The Final Act

Thu, Feb 7, 2008

Sgt Smith is driving the key prosecution witness in the Carly Samuels murder trial when they are run off the road. An investigation into that incident leads to vital new evidence and a dramatic courtroom confession. Rioting breaks out on the Jasmine Allen estate, with PCs Green and Hollis trapped in the mobile police unit.

13Season 24

S24.E13 ∙ Driven to Kill

Wed, Feb 13, 2008

Inspector Gold is determined to crack down on a surge on hoax calls. Sgt Stone and PC Stamp are pelted with eggs when they respond to one hoax call, and hit with water balloons when they attend the reported sighting of a body in the river. Sgt Wright deals with a call from a boy who claims to have been kidnapped by his father.

14Season 24

S24.E14 ∙ Pay Back

Thu, Feb 14, 2008

PCs Armstrong and Gayle stop a 12-year-old boy driving a stolen car, and investigate claims that the boy's father is being threatened by a known violent offender. DCs Moss and Perkins investigate the provenance of an explicit DVD featuring a local celebrity.

15Season 24

S24.E15 ∙ Cover Up

Thu, Feb 21, 2008

PCs Fletcher and Armstrong tend to the victim of an apparent assault. PC Gayle gets emotionally invested when investigating a serious assault on a twelve-year-old boy, and becomes the subject of a DPS investigation.

16Season 24

S24.E16 ∙ The Hit

Wed, Feb 27, 2008

PCs Armstrong and Fletcher track down the victim of a traffic accident. DC Moss and DS Carter discover details of a planned shooting, and mount a search for the hit man.

17Season 24

S24.E17 ∙ Spilt Blood

Thu, Feb 28, 2008

Sgt Stone and PC Armstrong investigate an assault on a young woman found in an alleyway outside a club. The officers suspect rape, but the victim insists that she was the victim of a mugging. A drugs raid planned by DS Carter and DCs Moss and Perkins is a bust as they were fed false intelligence.

18Season 24

S24.E18 ∙ Deadly Cocktail

Wed, Mar 5, 2008

PCs Valentine and Green respond to the reported sighting of a body being thrown into the river. DS Carter leads an investigation into the murder of a doctor, recently exonerated after allegations of professional negligence.

19Season 24

S24.E19 ∙ Heat on the Beat

Wed, Mar 12, 2008

Supt Heaton decides to go out on the beat with PCs Green and Keane, who are both suffering after a late night out. Insp Gold and Sgt Wright decide to keep an eye on them. PCs Valentine and Roberts investigate the theft of some electrical goods from a delivery truck.

20Season 24

S24.E20 ∙ Corrupted

Thu, Mar 13, 2008

PCs Fletcher, Gayle and Armstrong, and Sgt Stone, are called to a disturbance at a nightclub. Armstrong comes to the aid of undercover police officer Andrew Tipping. DC Masters deals with a man who is determine to find the drug dealer he blames for his daughter's death.

21Season 24

S24.E21 ∙ Break In

Wed, Mar 19, 2008

Sgt Smith calls on a pensioner who has been attacked in her home and robbed. DCs Moss and Webb discover that a neighbour is handling stolen goods, and set up a sting operation to trap the thief.

22Season 24

S24.E22 ∙ Beth Undercover

Thu, Mar 20, 2008

PC Green goes under cover at a party to trap a drug dealer, but gets in over her head when she gets emotionally involved with a suspect.

23Season 24

S24.E23 ∙ Closing the Net: Part 1

Wed, Mar 26, 2008

PCs Keane and Valentine come across a teenager who has attempted suicide. Evidence of a sexual assault leads DCs Dasari and Perkins to investigate a case of possible on-line grooming.

24Season 24

S24.E24 ∙ Closing the Net: Part 2

Thu, Mar 27, 2008

DSs Carter and Turner, and DCs Perkins and Dasari, work with officers from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre to break an on-line paedophile network.

25Season 24

S24.E25 ∙ Blood Rush: Part 1

Wed, Apr 2, 2008

PCs Stamp and Gayle find the body of a missing teenager in a derelict house. DS Turner and DC Moss investigate and discover the girl was hooked on heroin and forced into prostitution by a local drug dealer and pimp.

26Season 24

S24.E26 ∙ Blood Rush: Part 2

Thu, Apr 3, 2008

Sgt Stone and PC Fletcher arrest Danny Peters for the attack on DS Turner. Turner is devastated to discover that the needle might have been infected with the HIV virus. DC Moss goes undercover as a heroin addict to investigate a major heroin smuggling operation.

27Season 24

S24.E27 ∙ Sins of the Father: Part 1

Wed, Apr 9, 2008

Sgt Smith and PC Fletcher come to the aid of Johnnie Jackson, a former East End gangster who has been badly beaten. Smith and DS Carter discover that Jackson's grandson is dealing drugs on behalf of his illegitimate son, who runs a drugs and prostitution racket.

28Season 24

S24.E28 ∙ Sins of the Father: Part 2

Thu, Apr 10, 2008

Sgt Smith and DS Carter investigate the murder of a small-time drug dealer, the grandson of a former East End gangster. The victim's uncle, who runs a drugs and prostitution racket, is a suspect.

29Season 24

S24.E29 ∙ Going Under

Wed, Apr 16, 2008

Supt Heaton sends DCI Meadows under cover as a dealer to expose a gang trading in stolen antiques.

30Season 24

S24.E30 ∙ Overkill

Thu, Apr 17, 2008

PCs Keane and Armstrong are called to a break-in, but the intruders run off, having been fought off by the householder. Armstrong and PC Stamp later come across one of the intruders, who has been badly injured. The evidence suggests that the householder may have used unreasonable force, and he is arrested for attempted murder, but Keane is convinced of his innocence.

31Season 24

S24.E31 ∙ R.I.P P.I.

Wed, Apr 23, 2008

DC Jacob Banks arrives at Sun Hill, and assists DC Webb with an investigation into the murder of a private investigator, who had been looking for a missing teenaged girl. PC Keane feels she is being singled out by Sgt Stone

32Season 24

S24.E32 ∙ City Slickers

Thu, Apr 24, 2008

PC Armstrong goes under cover at a City trading house to investigate the possible involvement of one of a group of traders in the disappearance of a missing twenty-one-year-old woman. PC Keane is frustrated that Sgt Stone nominated Armstrong for the assignment, while Keane herself has been landed with more routine work, and is delighted when she gets the opportunity to join her colleague under cover

33Season 24

S24.E33 ∙ Frontline: Shockwave

Thu, May 1, 2008

PCs Keane and Armstrong are on the beat when they are shocked by two explosions. Sgt Stone coordinates the efforts of officers from Sun Hill and Barton Street as they deal with terrified people desperate for information, and the threat posed by opportunist criminals. When police receive a warning about a third explosive device, Keane puts her life on the line

34Season 24

S24.E34 ∙ Frontline: Aftershock

Thu, May 8, 2008

DI Karen Lacy from the Counter Terrorism Unit takes charge of the investigation into the bombings of the day before. Sgt Stone and PC Armstrong search for the man suspected to be behind the campaign. DCs Webb and Walker search his home for clues, little suspecting that danger awaits. Tensions between Sgts Stone and Smith reach a head

35Season 24

S24.E35 ∙ Frontline: End Game

Thu, May 15, 2008

Another bomb warning is sent to Sun Hill. DC Dasari interviews the men apparently targeted in the earlier incidents. As the time of the threatened explosion approaches, officers realise that the person behind the bombs has been in the station throughout the investigation. Sgt Stone and DC Webb race to find it in time. Officers attend PC Keane's funeral service..

36Season 24

S24.E36 ∙ Lucky Lucky Lucky

Thu, May 22, 2008

A grumpy DI Manson returns to work determined to bring some discipline back to CID. He and DC Moss investigate the apparent disappearance of a groom on his wedding day after a burglary. Further investigation leads to a gay-bar and the chase is on to capture a Kylie Minogue impersonator!

37Season 24

S24.E37 ∙ Running Scared

Thu, May 29, 2008

Sgt Wright and PC Valentine come across a young assault victim. They discover that his house has been ransacked and that his father had borrowed money from a loan shark. The officers clash over how to run the case when drugs are discovered in the boy's room. DCs Masters and Moss discover that the victim's father is dealing drugs and is involved in a turf war.

38Season 24

S24.E38 ∙ Cowboy Country

Wed, Jun 4, 2008

DS Carter and DC Perkins are stuck in a traffic jam when they witness a stabbing. Increasing conflict between the two detectives compromises their subsequent investigation into an international car theft racket.

39Season 24

S24.E39 ∙ We Are Family: Part 1

Thu, Jun 5, 2008

PCs Armstrong and Green attend to the victim of a serious assault and establish that he had been in an argument with a young runaway. DS Turner and DC Perkins talk to the victim and his wife, and discover that the girl is their daughter. The wife admits to the assault, but the officers suspect that she is covering for someone.

40Season 24

S24.E40 ∙ We Are Family: Part 2

Wed, Jun 11, 2008

PC Green is called to the scene of a suspected suicide at a motorway bridge and recognises the victim as a teenage runaway. Some sex tapes lead DS Turner and DC Perkins to investigate the victim's boyfriend for her murder.

41Season 24

S24.E41 ∙ New Blood

Thu, Jun 12, 2008

PC Valentine shows new recruits PCs Leon Taylor, Arun Ghir and Millie Brown around Sun Hill. DC Masters investigates a break-in at a hardware store. Officers are then called to a bank, which has been robbed using equipment stolen from the store

42Season 24

S24.E42 ∙ Landfill Killer

Wed, Jun 25, 2008

DI Manson and TDC Walker investigate the murder of a woman whose body is found at a landfill site. Investigations lead to three suspects, but all have alibis.

43Season 24

S24.E43 ∙ Gun Runner: Trigger Happy

Wed, Jul 2, 2008

DC Banks is confronted with a volatile situation when he responds to a call about a young boy playing with a weapon. PC Mel Ryder joins the team and she and Sgt Smith are called to a break-in which leads to an investigation into a double kidnapping.

44Season 24

S24.E44 ∙ Gun Runner: Under Cover

Thu, Jul 3, 2008

PCs Roberts and Gayle attend to a woman who was the victim of a sex attack at her home. PCs Ryder and Valentine investigate. A suspect is identified, but he claims she was a willing participant. Supt Heaton sends Sgt Smith undercover, with DC Moss posing as his girlfriend, to expose a gun running racket.

45Season 24

S24.E45 ∙ Gun Runner: Kick Off

Wed, Jul 9, 2008

PCs Green and Fletcher arrest a teenager after a box of fireworks explodes in front of their patrol car. The fireworks are part of a consignment to be used at a forthcoming football match, where Sun Hill officers will be in attendance on crowd control duties. DI Manson mounts an observation at the stadium, as Sgt Smith is due to meet the man behind an arms smuggling operation.

46Season 24

S24.E46 ∙ Gun Runner: Spray and Pray

Thu, Jul 10, 2008

Sgt Smith has infiltrated a gang of arms dealers, and comes across a gun that has been used in a recent murder. DS Carter and DC Moss have to get the gun without blowing Smith's cover.

47Season 24

S24.E47 ∙ Gun Runner: Fire Fight

Wed, Jul 16, 2008

Sgt Smith, working undercover for an arms dealer, meets the gang leader who is funding the latest deal and witnesses the beating of the dealer's nephew. Smith is sent alone to collect the shipment, while the gang detain DC Moss, who has been posing as Smith's girlfriend. The nephew's unexpected arrival ahead of the exchange threatens to undermine the deal and to expose Smith's cover.

48Season 24

S24.E48 ∙ Jack of Hearts

Thu, Jul 17, 2008

DCI Meadows's God son calls to collect his father after a poker game and is knocked down in a hit-and-run incident outside the DCI's home. Meadows assumes he was the target, and clashes with DC Banks and DC Webb, who suspect that one of the DCI's friends may have been the intended target. Meadows is shocked to discover how little he knows his oldest friends.

49Season 24

S24.E49 ∙ Body of Evidence

Wed, Jul 23, 2008

DCs Webb and Banks investigate a suspected arson attack on the home of a man who had helped out on an observation some years before. The victim's son, his neighbor and his landlord are among the suspects, and Banks's wife, Naomi, is the landlord's solicitor.

50Season 24

S24.E50 ∙ Lifesaver

Thu, Jul 24, 2008

PCs Armstrong and Gayle are called to attend when a teenage girl is knocked down in a hit-and-run incident. Sgt Stone and PC Stamp track down the owner of the vehicle, who denies responsibility. Officers discover that the key witness to the incident is a missing person who is hiding a family secret.