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 7

S7.E1 ∙ Grief

Tue, Jan 1, 1991

Brownlow gets grief about a tree damaging the roof of his holiday home, and more grief for Garfield's failure to salute DAC Hicks as a senior officer. Furthermore, more grief is in store for officers on emergency traffic duty - and Dashwood's none too happy when paperwork for his court case is delayed, and lashes out at a member of Sun Hll's crime support unit.

2Season 7

S7.E2 ∙ The Chase

Thu, Jan 3, 1991

A service station is robbed - Loxton and Hollis give chase in the Area Car, with dramatic consequences.

3Season 7

S7.E3 ∙ The Attack

Tue, Jan 8, 1991

WPC Marshall is viscously attacked in the street in broad daylight by two young men she was tying to arrest. But can her attackers be found? Meanwhile, most of CID are on an obbo at a tobacco factory where a serious blag is meant to be going down.

4Season 7

S7.E4 ∙ Crown v Cooper

Thu, Jan 10, 1991

Loxton and Garfield are in trouble at court, when their witness statements of a knife-wielding man they arrested in a pub altercation seem to contradict each other. Has Loxton bent the truth in order to secure a conviction, leaving Garfield in the lurch?

5Season 7

S7.E5 ∙ The Girl Can't Help It

Tue, Jan 15, 1991

Veronique, a 14-year-old girl, has gone missing. Quinnan and Ackland visit her parents to try to find out exactly what's happened - and Quinnan finds out maybe more than he'd bargained for. Meanwhile, Conway has been away on a course, and clashes with Brownlow when he uses one of his new-found techniques to involve the media in the missing girl's disappearance.

6Season 7

S7.E6 ∙ Machines

Thu, Jan 17, 1991

Roach is convinced a man continually avoiding court due to needing a dialysis machine is trying to bend the system. While Roach decides to stakeout the suspect to "make him sweat", Lines is investigating a quantity of stolen photocopiers.

7Season 7

S7.E7 ∙ Loophole

Tue, Jan 22, 1991

PC Young is feeling out of sorts, and isn't best impressed when Loxton and Quinnan play a practical joke on him while on his beat. Meanwhile, Carver investigates some violent burglaries on elderly residents' homes on a sprawling high-rise estate, and finds things may not be quite as they first appear.

8Season 7

S7.E8 ∙ Bottle

Thu, Jan 24, 1991

Sgt Maitland is on the warpath, and determined to knock the relief into shape. But, could his humourless and over-zealous attitude end up backfiring on him?

9Season 7

S7.E9 ∙ Samaritan

Tue, Jan 29, 1991

A seemingly well-to-do man is arrested after he's seen appearing to attack and sexually assault a disturbed woman patient who has absconded from St Hugh's Hospital. He claims he's completely innocent, and was playing 'Good Samaritan' to help the woman - but Burnside isn't convinced.

10Season 7

S7.E10 ∙ Fear or Favour

Thu, Jan 31, 1991

Brownlow's attempts to smooth things over on the crime-ridden Jasmine Allen estate - by consulting with community leaders back at the nick - comes unstuck. Later the same day one of them is arrested for assaulting June Ackland - after a drugs bust on the estate goes seriously wrong. Should the political implications of the arrest for Brownlow outweigh justice being done?

11Season 7

S7.E11 ∙ Start to Finish

Tue, Feb 5, 1991

Brownlow has an important interview at the selection board - but circumstances seem to conspire to stop him even getting there. Meanwhile, Tom Penny is back - now working as a security officer at a car parts' factory - where staff appear to be pilfering. But is it really a matter that warrants serious police investigation?

12Season 7

S7.E12 ∙ Night and Day

Thu, Feb 7, 1991

Following a night-time burglary at an attractive young woman's flat, Stringer seems more than keen to offer his own brand of victim support. Meanwhile, French investigates repeated calls from an elderly man who thinks he's seen suspicious nocturnal goings on via his household telescope.

13Season 7

S7.E13 ∙ Favours

Tue, Feb 12, 1991

Following a burglary at a scrapyard, suspicion falls on the security company who were keeping an eye on the place - and who are run by an ex-copper friend of Roach's, Kemble. Can Roach really conduct an impartial investigation into Kemble's affairs - or could he be likely to do an old friend a favor?

14Season 7

S7.E14 ∙ In Chambers

Thu, Feb 14, 1991

DS Greig thinks he has all the physical evidence he needs to nail his suspect - but his day in chambers threatens to leave him frustrated. Meanwhile, WPC Ford nicks a supermarket shoplifter who doesn't seem to fit the usual profile.

15Season 7

S7.E15 ∙ Kids Don't Cry Anymore

Tue, Feb 19, 1991

Roach isn't impressed when old enemy Hopwood, who's now working in security, shows up at Sun Hill - and Burnside teams them both up on Hopwood's operation. Meanwhile, a child inadvertently leads Cryer and Ackland to drug dealing activity on a local council estate.

16Season 7

S7.E16 ∙ Too Many Chiefs

Thu, Feb 21, 1991

Dave and Cathy find trouble at a children's home for girls. There's a suicide... and more.

17Season 7

S7.E17 ∙ Every Mother's Son

Tue, Feb 26, 1991

Sun Hill are trying to help a brave doctor who is being lured to the dangerous Blackfield Estate - then attacked and robbed by drug addicts. When the first operation fails due to the over eagerness of Reg and Dave, Inspector Monroe is less than impressed - but the boys get another chance.

18Season 7

S7.E18 ∙ Furthers

Thu, Feb 28, 1991

A violent criminal has escaped from prison bent on revenge - and Dashwood is one of his intended targets.

19Season 7

S7.E19 ∙ Closing the Net

Tue, Mar 5, 1991

Burnside doesn't seem too impressed with Lines and Martella's slightly scientific approach to catching a child-molester who's been stalking local playgrounds. But will his more 'traditional' methods be more effective?

20Season 7

S7.E20 ∙ The Public Interest

Thu, Mar 7, 1991

Ackland is baffled as to why the CPS has decided not to proceed with ABH charges against the man who assaulted her in the fracas at the Jasmine Allen. Her respect for the law is further challenged when a middle-aged man is arrested for having a 15-year-old girlfriend - with the couple apparently happily cohabiting and planning a life together.

21Season 7

S7.E21 ∙ Photo Finish

Tue, Mar 12, 1991

Datta and Garfield are on an obbo (from a neighbouring flat) on the rear a pub where drug dealing is suspected, and gathering photographic evidence. Could it be that the culprits are closer to home than they expected?

22Season 7

S7.E22 ∙ Just Deserts

Thu, Mar 14, 1991

A man working at a building site dies after accidentally falling from scaffolding - but DCI Reid suspects that it might not be an accident after all.

23Season 7

S7.E23 ∙ 832 Receiving

Tue, Mar 19, 1991

WPC French has to face some harsh realities when she answers a call about a disturbance at a flat, and finds a young mother inside in distress. WPC Ackland also nicks a teenage thief whose mother seems to have plenty to say for herself!

24Season 7

S7.E24 ∙ The Better Part of Valour

Thu, Mar 21, 1991

In the aftermath of an audacious ram-raid on a security van on a busy public road - where the robbers made off with an enormous amount of money - CID need to work fast and maybe bend a rule or two to get a result.

25Season 7

S7.E25 ∙ Double or Quits

Tue, Mar 26, 1991

Carver and Roach get slightly more than they bargained for during an obbo on a house. Meanwhile, Martella tries to be a bit too clever in court in her efforts to see an habitual criminal put away.

26Season 7

S7.E26 ∙ We Could Be Heroes

Thu, Mar 28, 1991

Quinnan and Stamp are in trouble when, under pressure at the aftermath of a hit-and-run, they make the snap decision to transport the injured victim to hospital - rather than waiting for the ambulance to arrive.

27Season 7

S7.E27 ∙ Cold Turkey: Part 1

Tue, Apr 2, 1991

A tense siege situation emerges after different lines of investigation lead to a knife-wielding and drug-addicted young man - who has already killed once - holed up in a flat with a child hostage.

28Season 7

S7.E28 ∙ Cold Turkey: Part 2

Thu, Apr 4, 1991

The siege-situation at the flat continues, while WPC June Ackland attempts to reason with the attacker over a police-installed phone line. But with Brownlow and Conway looking for a swift result, there are tough decisions to be made.

29Season 7

S7.E29 ∙ Now We're Motoring

Tue, Apr 9, 1991

DCI Reid is skeptical that Tosh Lines is really pulling his weight - but when he gets close to busting a luxury-car stealing ring, could it be that she is going to be taken for a ride?

30Season 7

S7.E30 ∙ Dead Man's Boots

Thu, Apr 11, 1991

Cryer pushes for an old lady to be rehoused, following her continual harassment from youths on a sink-estate. Meanwhile, back at the nick, who will step up to become the new Duty Sergeant?

31Season 7

S7.E31 ∙ Caught Napping

Tue, Apr 16, 1991

The Serious Crime Squad are all over Sun Hill like a rash - investigating the recent murder of a supergrass whilst under supposed police protection. Could Burnside be the one left out hanging to dry?

32Season 7

S7.E32 ∙ Hammer to Fall

Thu, Apr 18, 1991

DCI Reid knocks Sun Hill CID back into shape - and asserts her own authority - as the squad go on the trail of a notorious gang leader. But will Burnside and Roach put their personal disputes aside and fall back into line?

33Season 7

S7.E33 ∙ Cry Havoc

Tue, Apr 23, 1991

A violent criminal resists arrest on a sink-estate, stabbing Sgt Peters in the process and going on the run. Without his radio or any back-up, will a pursuing PC Stringer be able to single-handedly bring the attacker to justice?

34Season 7

S7.E34 ∙ Rules of Engagement

Thu, Apr 25, 1991

Martella's secret affair becomes Sun Hill knowledge when her ex-con boyfriend is put in the frame for fencing stolen goods. She needs to learn some home truths fast when he then tries to blackmail her, compromising her position within CID.

35Season 7

S7.E35 ∙ Delivery on Time

Tue, Apr 30, 1991

A burglar posing as a delivery man is attacking women in their homes, and needs to be caught. Can Tosh, who's having a rather stressful day at work, be the one to deliver justice in the nick of time?

36Season 7

S7.E36 ∙ Black Monday

Thu, May 2, 1991

A man who'd apparently drowned himself 5 years' ago, just before he was about to stand trial, is seen by Tosh on a bus in Sun Hill - or is he? And can he really be back from the dead? Lines is drawn into murky waters to discover if he is.

37Season 7

S7.E37 ∙ Jobs for the Boys

Tue, May 7, 1991

Two burglaries the same night - one a major theft at a cash and carry, the other a lesser one at a bric-a-brac shop - plus two bodies in custody. Could a rather grumpy Sgt Maitland be putting his foot in it, or not?

38Season 7

S7.E38 ∙ Without Consent

Thu, May 9, 1991

When a street-prostitute who's been raped goes to Sun Hill to report the crime, she's faced with a less-than helpful reception. Ackland, who knows the girl, attempts to make amends, and at least see that she's given a fair hearing.

39Season 7

S7.E39 ∙ Saints and Martyrs

Tue, May 14, 1991

Ackland decides to press ahead with a private prosecution against the man who assaulted her earlier in the year on the Jasmine Allen estate, despite being urged to do otherwise. Will Brownlow finally get her to see sense, and to not stir things up at Area - or has he perhaps had a change of heart?

40Season 7

S7.E40 ∙ Observation

Thu, May 16, 1991

As Sun Hill CID joins forces with the Flying Squad for a night-time obbo, things don't go quite as planned. DCI Reid isn't happy either about Burnside keeping her in the dark - will it be a night to remember?

41Season 7

S7.E41 ∙ The Greater Good

Tue, May 21, 1991

When Carver and Lines see a car being driven into a scrapyard, they are surprised to discover it belongs to the respected manager of a local young offenders' centre - also a personal friend of Conway. But when it's reported stolen soon after the sighting, a whole web of politics opens up which seems in danger of stalling their enquiries.

42Season 7

S7.E42 ∙ The Best You Can Buy

Thu, May 23, 1991

WPC Ackland's assault hearing against Everton Warwick finally comes to court - and she's not expecting an easy ride. Will justice be seen to be done or will there be yet another stitch-up?

43Season 7

S7.E43 ∙ Addict

Sat, May 25, 1991

Alec Peters is back at Sun Hill on light duties, and looking forward to getting back to the job he loves. Meanwhile, Ackland is alerted to an incident in the park, where two youths appear to be high from glue-sniffing - or could it be something more serious?

44Season 7

S7.E44 ∙ Black Mark

Thu, May 30, 1991

Dashwood is in trouble when one of his snouts makes a corruption allegation against him - but whose word will the corruption investigation officers believe?

45Season 7

S7.E45 ∙ The Right Thing to Do

Tue, Jun 4, 1991

Following a tip-off, Tosh and Carver bust members of a gospel/rap group backstage after a pub gig. But are things really how they appear to be?

46Season 7

S7.E46 ∙ The Harder They Fall

Thu, Jun 6, 1991

When Loxton gets caught up in an early hours scuffle following a burglary at a nightclub, some excessive force is used before back-up arrives. With Loxton and one of the suspects hospitalised, things suddenly get even worse for both of them.

47Season 7

S7.E47 ∙ Something Personal

Tue, Jun 11, 1991

Carver and Dashwood find a young woman unconscious in a squat - overdosed on drugs, and at death's door. This re-opens links to Dashwood's recent past as he desperately wants to track down the dealers responsible, and not to let them slip through his fingers this time.

48Season 7

S7.E48 ∙ Hijack

Thu, Jun 13, 1991

A lorry driver has had his valuable load stolen at gunpoint by hijackers posing as traffic police. Burnside isn't entirely convinced by the driver's story, and sets about digging a bit deeper.

49Season 7

S7.E49 ∙ With Intent

Tue, Jun 18, 1991

When the CPS and an incompetent brief appear to let two violent burglars off the hook at a court hearing, Carver is disillusioned - and not in a good frame of mind back at the nick when he attends a group session on the very CPS procedures which he feels have undermined him.

50Season 7

S7.E50 ∙ Initiative

Thu, Jun 20, 1991

A series of robberies around a sink-estate on Sun Hill's patch point to the culprit being responsible for a recent murder there too. When a victim comes forward, it seems there might be a good chance of a result - but will they have enough to go on to nick him?