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 5

S5.E1 ∙ Getting It Right

Tue, Jan 3, 1989

DI Frank Burnside is given the wrong information by PC Pete Ramsey while hunting for a man suspected of abduction. Burnside ends up raiding a doctor's hotel room by mistake.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ A Reflection of Glory

Thu, Jan 5, 1989

P.C. Haynes goes to see about a shoplifter with P.C. Ramsey who is back in uniform The Shoplifter claims she is innocent. While they are out the back, the shop is held up by armed robbers who shoot at Ramsey.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ One to One

Tue, Jan 10, 1989

A councillor's drug-addicted daughter causes trouble for WPC June Ackland and PC Tony Stamp. She takes June hostage in her parafin (kerosene) soaked flat, June tries to keep her calm but the woman ends up setting fire to the room.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ The Mugging and the Gypsies

Thu, Jan 12, 1989

PCs Taffy Edwards and Yorkie Smith along with WPC June Ackland try to enforce a child protection order on a Gypsy family and take their child into protective custody.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ The Chain of Command

Tue, Jan 17, 1989

A woman comes into the station with her head bleeding telling PC Yorkie Smith she can't go home, Yorkie assumes her husband had been beating her. WPC Viv Martella tries to get her to press charges.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Life and Death

Thu, Jan 19, 1989

A drunk is taken into the station and before passing out, he confesses to having killed someone.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Hothead

Tue, Jan 24, 1989

Bob's mood about the overcrowding in the cells is not improved by his raging toothache.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Steamers

Thu, Jan 26, 1989

Dashwood and Carver lead an investigation into a steaming gang whilst Roach deals with a dead man in a squat.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Duty Elsewhere

Tue, Jan 31, 1989

Haynes goes undercover as a driver.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ Saturday Blues

Thu, Feb 2, 1989

Whilst Burnside is worrying at the bedside of his Goddaughter, Martella brings a brawling wedding party into the hospital.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ N. F. A.

Tue, Feb 7, 1989

Tosh gets called out to an alarm at a disused building only to find Ramsey's truncheon.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ The Price You Pay

Thu, Feb 9, 1989

Roach is called in to help Martella's friend who has been beaten by her boyfriend.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ The Key of the Door

Tue, Feb 14, 1989

Cryer helps the victim of a mugging who is unwilling to name her attacker.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ Cock-Up

Thu, Feb 16, 1989

Some of Sun Hill suppport a local 5-a-side football challenge where they discover a drugs problem.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ Repercussions

Tue, Feb 21, 1989

The results of the drug raid lead to unrest in the community.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ A Death in the Family

Thu, Feb 23, 1989

June and Taffy are called in off the street to the death of a baby.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ In the Frame

Tue, Feb 28, 1989

Burnside gets caught in a trap for corruption and Cryer witnesses a car bombing.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ A Good Result

Thu, Mar 2, 1989

Yorkie goes undercover with a gang of football hooligans.

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ Conscience

Tue, Mar 7, 1989

Roach has an unsuccessful date with a married woman but instead bumps into his old boss.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ Sunday, Sunday

Thu, Mar 9, 1989

A fight at the market causes problems for the officers at Sun Hill.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ Climate

Tue, Mar 14, 1989

Roach is investigating young girls being attacked, and enlists Judy to help him go over loose ends from six months earlier. With a witness who voluntarily came forward without being asked, was there more to his involvement than believed?

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ Bad Company

Thu, Mar 16, 1989

PC Melvin is called to an abandoned factory with dire consequences.

23Season 5

S5.E23 ∙ Suspicious Minds

Tue, Mar 21, 1989

Sun hill officers join with the area vice squad to break a pornography ring, one of the villains is tipped off and makes his escape. Was it Burnside that let him know they were coming?

24Season 5

S5.E24 ∙ Intuition

Thu, Mar 23, 1989

Roach puts his all into his current case of a gold bullion robbery.

25Season 5

S5.E25 ∙ Loss

Tue, Mar 28, 1989

Martella and Yorkie are in charge of "tidying up" unsolved missing persons cases.

26Season 5

S5.E26 ∙ Procedure

Thu, Mar 30, 1989

Sun Hill gets a visit from the fraud squad.

27Season 5

S5.E27 ∙ Luck of the Draw

Tue, Apr 4, 1989

Roach goes undercover in order to find out more about a lottery scam.

28Season 5

S5.E28 ∙ No Strings

Thu, Apr 6, 1989

Yorkie and Ramsey arrest an armed robber responsible for several post office hold ups.

29Season 5

S5.E29 ∙ Fools Gold

Tue, Apr 11, 1989

CID bring in a suspect who is implicated in several Post Office robberies.

30Season 5

S5.E30 ∙ The Visit

Thu, Apr 13, 1989

Martella is visiting a remand prisoner and ends up being held hostage.

31Season 5

S5.E31 ∙ One for the Ladies

Tue, Apr 18, 1989

The death of a bigamist leads tosh to a confusing and difficult conclusion.

32Season 5

S5.E32 ∙ No Shelter

Thu, Apr 20, 1989

An Italian lorry driver causes chaos at Sun Hill.

33Season 5

S5.E33 ∙ Out to Lunch

Tue, Apr 25, 1989

A night out leaves Burnside, Carver, and Ramsey in the middle of an Italian turf war.

34Season 5

S5.E34 ∙ Free Wheel

Thu, Apr 27, 1989

CID are keeping an eye on a man who is suspected of the illegal shipment of arms to Third World countries. P.C. Smith deals with a couple who have had their vehicle stolen.

35Season 5

S5.E35 ∙ Only a Bit of Thieving

Tue, May 2, 1989

DS Roach is accused of attempted murder.

36Season 5

S5.E36 ∙ Communications

Thu, May 4, 1989

Edwards and W.P.C. Brind visit the parents of a missing girl before starting door-to-door enquiries in the neighbourhood

37Season 5

S5.E37 ∙ Silver Lining

Tue, May 9, 1989

After driving a Rolls Royce back to the yard, Haynes finds something valuable in the boot of the vehicle.

38Season 5

S5.E38 ∙ Suffocation Job

Thu, May 11, 1989

Sun Hill is called on to deal with two unusual cases: June Ackland visits a woman who claims to be under threat yet never leaves her house, while P.C. Melvin investigates a man who breaks into properties and does nothing but open windows.

39Season 5

S5.E39 ∙ Mickey Would Have Wanted It

Tue, May 16, 1989

Burnside must find evidence to catch the father of one of his old school friends. Meanwhile Melvin recovers from an attack.

40Season 5

S5.E40 ∙ Blood Ties

Fri, May 19, 1989

Brind and Stamp delve into the heart of a serious domestic.

41Season 5

S5.E41 ∙ You'll Be Back

Tue, May 23, 1989

P.C. Ramsey and W.P.C. Brind investigate a shoplifting.

42Season 5

S5.E42 ∙ Fort Apache - Sun Hill

Thu, May 25, 1989

An industrial dispute by prison officers puts pressure on Sun Hill's holding cells.

43Season 5

S5.E43 ∙ Waste

Tue, May 30, 1989

The body of a homeless woman is found on a building site.

44Season 5

S5.E44 ∙ The Strong Survive

Thu, Jun 1, 1989

Carver and Dashwood have a chemist shop under observation.

45Season 5

S5.E45 ∙ Loving Care

Tue, Jun 6, 1989

Carver investigates a burglary and finds an unconscious girl at the scene.

46Season 5

S5.E46 ∙ Back on the Streets

Thu, Jun 8, 1989

Lines and Carver fail to capture a wanted man.

47Season 5

S5.E47 ∙ FAT'AC

Tue, Jun 13, 1989

PC Smith attends a fatal road traffic accident and makes some poor decisions because of shock,this leads him to question his commitment to police work.

48Season 5

S5.E48 ∙ Somewhere by Chance

Thu, Jun 15, 1989

An ex-soldier attempts to blow up a shopping complex.

49Season 5

S5.E49 ∙ A Quiet Life

Tue, Jun 20, 1989

Carver attends the hospital to speak to the wife of a robbery victim.

50Season 5

S5.E50 ∙ Tom Tiddler's Ground

Thu, Jun 22, 1989

Carver finds himself investigating a villain that Sun Hill has wanted to nail for years.