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 9

S9.E1 ∙ Dying Breed

Tue, Jan 5, 1993

D.I. Burnside investigates an armed robbery where D.C. Carver is shot at. Could an old-time villain be responsible?

2Season 9

S9.E2 ∙ Fact of Life

Thu, Jan 7, 1993

Greig and Quinnan trap a burglar with the assistance of a schoolboy on work experience.

3Season 9

S9.E3 ∙ All Through the Night

Fri, Jan 8, 1993

Stamp escorts a noise control officer on her duties.

4Season 9

S9.E4 ∙ New Tune, Old Fiddle

Tue, Jan 12, 1993

A body is found in the rubble of a burned-out church. Changes are afoot at Sun Hill, and not everyone sees things the same way.

5Season 9

S9.E5 ∙ Delinquent

Thu, Jan 14, 1993

A persistent young offender is arrested for burgling his parents' house. Sgt. Cryer makes a procedural error when trying to resolve matters.

6Season 9

S9.E6 ∙ Bringing Up Baby

Fri, Jan 15, 1993

A new-born baby is missing, and the mother's account of what happened is rather confused to say the least. W.P.C. Ackland is led to a social worker with an unconventional approach.

7Season 9

S9.E7 ∙ Rainy Days and Mondays

Tue, Jan 19, 1993

The warden of a women's hostel calls the police when one of the residents claims to have been sexually assaulted by the night security man.

8Season 9

S9.E8 ∙ Supply and Demand

Thu, Jan 21, 1993

"Operation Bumblebee" takes off at Sun Hill.

9Season 9

S9.E9 ∙ On the Cards

Fri, Jan 22, 1993

WDC Martella is less than enthusiastic when taken off a two-week-old murder hunt to work on a case involving obscene phone calls, but soon stumbles on the evidence that leads her to the killer.

10Season 9

S9.E10 ∙ Shock to the System

Tue, Jan 26, 1993

Ch. Supt. Brownlow returns from his holiday and is horrified to discover that Ch. Insp. Conway has been given the job of Community Liason Officer. Meanwhile, the station is coming to terms with the news about Conway's replacement.

11Season 9

S9.E11 ∙ Living It Down

Thu, Jan 28, 1993

The search for a missing victim of abuse uncovers a child pornography ring.

12Season 9

S9.E12 ∙ Heat of the Moment

Fri, Jan 29, 1993

W.D.C. Martella is not happy with the way D.C.I. Meadows is treating a woman suspected of murdering her husband with a hammer.

13Season 9

S9.E13 ∙ Shake, Rattle 'n' Roll

Tue, Feb 2, 1993

Ch.Supt Brownlow loses his temper with Insp Monroe.

14Season 9

S9.E14 ∙ No Thanks to You

Thu, Feb 4, 1993

P.C. Garfield finds an unconscious teenage glue-sniffer who later dies in hospital, and ends up having to arrest the boy's father. P.C. Quinnan is determined to catch a bail absconder.

15Season 9

S9.E15 ∙ A Better Life

Fri, Feb 5, 1993

D.S. Greig deals with a teenage burglary suspect, but the elderly victim refuses to believe he is responsible.

16Season 9

S9.E16 ∙ Echo

Tue, Feb 9, 1993

Carver and Woods interrogate a man who they believe is involved in the whereabouts of a missing girl. While the suspect admits to breaking into her flat for shelter, he insists he had nothing to do with the girl's fate and never saw her.

17Season 9

S9.E17 ∙ Fagins

Thu, Feb 11, 1993

DI Burnside lets Sun Hill's burglars know he means business.

18Season 9

S9.E18 ∙ Cried Too Late

Fri, Feb 12, 1993

An arrested women shoplifter refuses to talk to the police. When WPC Datta finally breaks through the wall of silence a tragic tale of domestic violence unfolds.

19Season 9

S9.E19 ∙ Gone for a Soldier

Tue, Feb 16, 1993

Ackland is teamed up with a military policeman who has come to Sun Hill to find a young soldier who has gone A.W.O.L. with a gun.

20Season 9

S9.E20 ∙ Persuasion

Thu, Feb 18, 1993

A female drug-dealer is attacked by another dealer to get off his patch.

21Season 9

S9.E21 ∙ Hard Man

Fri, Feb 19, 1993

P.C. McCann blames himself when a drunk flees before he can be arrested, only to end up stabbed in an alleyway nearby. D.S. Greig investigates the man's association with the owner of a dodgy B&B.

22Season 9

S9.E22 ∙ Missionary Work

Tue, Feb 23, 1993

Conway is settling into the job of Community Liaison Officer, while Cato has taken over Conway's old job. An elderly woman is found tied up after her house has been burgled. Is there a connection with Garfield's youth club?

23Season 9

S9.E23 ∙ Hypocritical Oath

Thu, Feb 25, 1993

D.C. Carver and D.C. Woods deal with a fatal drug overdose, but how is the victim's doctor involved?

24Season 9

S9.E24 ∙ Trivial Pursuits

Fri, Feb 26, 1993

PC Loxton dismisses 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.

25Season 9

S9.E25 ∙ Out of the Mouths

Tue, Mar 2, 1993

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.

26Season 9

S9.E26 ∙ Keeping in Touch

Thu, Mar 4, 1993

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

27Season 9

S9.E27 ∙ If It Isn't Hurting

Fri, Mar 5, 1993

New trainee investigator Suzi Croft learns some old-style policing methods from DI Burnside.

28Season 9

S9.E28 ∙ Keeping Out of Trouble

Tue, Mar 9, 1993

A woman claims to have inside information about a series of violent raids on petrol stations.

29Season 9

S9.E29 ∙ School of Hard Knocks

Thu, Mar 11, 1993

DI Burnside investigates the abduction of a villian's son.

30Season 9

S9.E30 ∙ A Little Family Business

Fri, Mar 12, 1993

DCI Meadows investigates when a burglary goes wrong, while Ch. Insp. Cato is gunning for PCs Loxton and Stringer.

31Season 9

S9.E31 ∙ Breaking the Chain

Tue, Mar 16, 1993

Sgt. Kendall tries to help a young offender keep away from crime, but C.I.D. have other ideas, as do his associates.

32Season 9

S9.E32 ∙ The Fortress

Thu, Mar 18, 1993

Insp. Monroe and Sgt. Maitland deal with a shopkeeper frustrated with his premises being the target of petty crime, but whose behaviour is only making matters worse.

33Season 9

S9.E33 ∙ In Broad Daylight

Fri, Mar 19, 1993

W.D.C. Morgan puts herself in serious danger in an attempt to trap two men suspected of sexual assault.

34Season 9

S9.E34 ∙ Credible Witness

Tue, Mar 23, 1993

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

35Season 9

S9.E35 ∙ The Price of Fame

Thu, Mar 25, 1993

WPC Page goes uncover as a model to investigate a possible scam at a modelling agency.

36Season 9

S9.E36 ∙ The Short Straw

Fri, Mar 26, 1993

When her car breaks down on her way to the station, Viv Martella misses an important CID briefing about an onboard on a suspected armed robbery. She is furious when she is taken off the case by DI Burnside, but worse is to come.

37Season 9

S9.E37 ∙ Missing

Tue, Mar 30, 1993

D.I. Burnside has to deal with a man with a mentally young age.

38Season 9

S9.E38 ∙ Goods Received

Thu, Apr 1, 1993

DS Greig investigates the burglary of an ailing business, a case that leads him to a missing schoolboy.

39Season 9

S9.E39 ∙ Double Enmity

Fri, Apr 2, 1993

D.C. Woods goes undercover as a hitman when a woman is suspected of wanting her husband murdered.

40Season 9

S9.E40 ∙ Hard Evidence

Tue, Apr 6, 1993

A murder investigation team from AMIP arrive at Sun Hill. DCI Meadows is unhappy at the approach taken by the Detective Super, who seems willing to exploit his relationship with DC Woods to get a result - regardless of the evidence.

41Season 9

S9.E41 ∙ High Hopes and Low Life

Thu, Apr 8, 1993

DC Carver and WDC Morgan investigate a career-ending attack on a promising young boxer

42Season 9

S9.E42 ∙ On the Loose

Fri, Apr 9, 1993

P.C. Quinnan goes undercover at an illegal dog fight. Sgt. Boyden deals with a theft at a betting shop.

43Season 9

S9.E43 ∙ Out of Court

Tue, Apr 13, 1993

PC Stamp and WPC Ackland are keen to get a conviction against a woman for assault on a minivan driver, but she is acquitted.

44Season 9

S9.E44 ∙ Bedfellows

Thu, Apr 15, 1993

A "courtesy visit" by Ch. Insp. Cato to an Asian community centre leads to two arrests and a protest outside the station.

45Season 9

S9.E45 ∙ Cat and Mouse

Sat, Apr 17, 1993

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

46Season 9

S9.E46 ∙ Brothers

Tue, Apr 20, 1993

D.S. Greig investigates an aggravated burglary where some Second World War medals are stolen. Two teenage brothers come under suspicion.

47Season 9

S9.E47 ∙ Playing Away

Thu, Apr 22, 1993

D.C. Carver deals with a student who claims to have been mugged, but not all is what it first seems. W.P.C. Ackland arrests a teenage shoplifter who turns out to be in a relationship with a much older woman.

48Season 9

S9.E48 ∙ Coming to Terms

Sat, Apr 24, 1993

W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Quinnan investigate when the parents of a man awaiting trial for murdering a young boy have their home broken into and vandalised.

49Season 9

S9.E49 ∙ Return to Sender

Tue, Apr 27, 1993

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

50Season 9

S9.E50 ∙ Sticks and Stones

Thu, Apr 29, 1993

Two dawn raids turn up the proceeds of an armed robbery, but the suspected perpetrators are already on trial. Could a suspect's obnoxious girlfriend be the link?