The Bill (1983)
The Bill (1983)
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.

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14x01 Square Peg, Round Hole

01 January, 1998 8:00 pm
When a raid on a known drug addict goes awry, Boulton is spiked by the desperate criminal's needle, leaving Sun Hill's tough guy frightened and angry – and in need of a HIV test.

14x02 You Pays Your Money

02 January, 1998 8:00 pm
A family are strangely silent about the death of their landlord.

14x03 Hard Cash

06 January, 1998 8:00 pm
Beech and Carver go in search of a haul of £30,000 in banknotes, missing from a six-year-old robbery.

14x04 Taking It Easy

08 January, 1998 8:00 pm
When an old man loses his life savings in a mugging, Boyden and Stamp suspect it was no coincidence.

14x05 Villain

09 January, 1998 8:00 pm

14x06 Forgive and Forget

13 January, 1998 8:00 pm
A father wants revenge for his murdered son.

14x07 Girl Power

15 January, 1998 8:00 pm

14x08 Puppy Walk

16 January, 1998 8:00 pm

14x09 Sprog

20 January, 1998 8:00 pm

14x10 Out on a Limb

22 January, 1998 8:00 pm
It's a life or death situation for Skase and Proctor when an assassin comes looking for his money.

14x11 Way Out West

23 January, 1998 8:00 pm

14x12 Storyboards

29 January, 1998 8:00 pm
New PC Eddie Santini, tall, dark and handsome with a dubious past, causes a stir when he arrives to join the team at Sun Hill.

14x13 For Your Love

30 January, 1998 8:00 pm

14x14 Soft in the Head

03 February, 1998 8:00 pm
Ashton goes missing from the scene of an accident.

14x15 Friends in High Places

05 February, 1998 8:00 pm
A car belonging to a rival Chief Superintendent's wife is stolen right from under Santini and Quinnan's noses.

14x16 Love's Labours Lost

06 February, 1998 8:00 pm

14x17 Opposites

12 February, 1998 8:00 pm
A series of muggings on a local estate lead Proctor and Carver to the house of a rather unusual couple.

14x18 Solicitous

13 February, 1998 8:00 pm
Meadows and Skase discover a modern-day Robin Hood who appears to be alive and well and robbing the rich in Sun Hill.

14x19 A Rainy Night in Sun Hill

17 February, 1998 8:00 pm
PC Santini is irritated at being paired with PC Hollis on a cold, wet night in Canley.

14x20 Unwarranted

19 February, 1998 8:00 pm
While in a rush to catch a crook, Ashton trips and falls foul of the law.

14x21 A Bit of Respect

20 February, 1998 8:00 pm

14x22 The Parent Trap

24 February, 1998 8:00 pm
Croft is puzzled by a couple who want their daughter arrested.

14x23 Sudden Death

26 February, 1998 8:00 pm
Ackland and Quinnan are on the case when a man falls from his bedroom window. But was it an accident or office politics?

14x24 Back-Up

27 February, 1998 8:00 pm

14x25 A Little Help

03 March, 1998 8:00 pm
Rawton and Skase realise they may be onto a serial attacker.

14x26 Guiding Hand

05 March, 1998 8:00 pm

14x27 Good Faith (1)

06 March, 1998 8:00 pm
A clever lawyer runs rings around Beech in court in a case involving a notorious robber.

14x28 Good Faith (2)

10 March, 1998 8:00 pm
The tit-for-tat violence escalates between rival gangs in Sun Hill.

14x29 Good Faith (3)

12 March, 1998 8:00 pm
Beech's involvement with rival racketeers becomes more complicated.

14x30 No Doubt About It

13 March, 1998 8:00 pm

14x31 One of the Gang

17 March, 1998 8:00 pm
Meadows and Daly get a tip-off about a gang of young muggers, but their information comes from an unlikely source...

14x32 Without a Prayer

19 March, 1998 8:00 pm

14x33 Lucky Find

20 March, 1998 8:00 pm
When a girl goes missing by the river, Deakin sees an opportunity to nail an old adversary.

14x34 A Little Bit of Paradise

24 March, 1998 8:00 pm
McCann is sent in search of a valuable exotic bird.

14x35 Daydream Believer

26 March, 1998 8:00 pm

14x36 Powder My Nose

27 March, 1998 8:00 pm

14x37 Bad Feelings

31 March, 1998 8:00 pm

14x38 Like Family

02 April, 1998 8:00 pm

14x39 Shattered

03 April, 1998 8:00 pm

14x40 Home Movie

07 April, 1998 8:00 pm

14x41 Racer

09 April, 1998 8:00 pm
Ashton tries to help a reformed teenage joyrider.

14x42 The Scent of Compassion

10 April, 1998 8:00 pm
Ashton's sense of compassion is crucial in solving a cruel assault case.

14x43 Driving Me Crazy

14 April, 1998 8:00 pm
Quinnan and Ackland pursue a dangerous driver.

14x44 Manhunt

16 April, 1998 8:00 pm

14x45 Rebel Without a Licence

17 April, 1998 8:00 pm
A speeding Pontiac and three ageing James Deans give Stamp and McCann a headache.

14x46 Sale or Return (1)

21 April, 1998 8:00 pm
Boulton and Carver head for the river, chasing a particularly slippery customer.

14x47 Sale or Return (2)

23 April, 1998 8:00 pm
Boulton and Carver continue thier investigation into illegal immigration and find their case complicated by an attractive woman.

14x48 Target Man

24 April, 1998 8:00 pm
While football fever grips Sun Hill, Deakin hopes to get his man by following a tip-off. With Hollis to help him, how can he fail?

14x49 Mixed Feelings

28 April, 1998 8:00 pm

14x50 Wannabe

30 April, 1998 8:00 pm

14x51 One Small Step

05 May, 1998 8:00 pm

14x52 Big Brother

07 May, 1998 8:00 pm

14x53 Volcano

08 May, 1998 8:00 pm

14x54 Money Talks

12 May, 1998 8:00 pm

14x55 Brighton Rocks (1)

14 May, 1998 8:00 pm

14x56 Brighton Rocks (2)

15 May, 1998 8:00 pm

14x58 The Better Man

21 May, 1998 8:00 pm

14x59 Red Herrings

22 May, 1998 8:00 pm

14x60 Under the Grill

26 May, 1998 8:00 pm

14x61 The Stork

28 May, 1998 8:00 pm

14x62 One of Us

29 May, 1998 8:00 pm

14x63 Room to Manoeuvre

02 June, 1998 8:00 pm

14x64 Out of Hand

04 June, 1998 8:00 pm

14x66 A People Person

09 June, 1998 8:00 pm
Tosh Lines and June Ackland investigate the death of an old acquaintance.

14x67 Spray

16 June, 1998 8:00 pm

14x68 Three Cheers

19 June, 1998 8:00 pm

14x69 Up For Trouble

23 June, 1998 8:00 pm

14x71 Loving Memory

26 June, 1998 8:00 pm

14x72 Stop

01 July, 1998 8:00 pm

14x73 Deep Secret

02 July, 1998 8:00 pm
Garfield teams up with an attractive young journalist when the wreckage of a World War II Spitfire is discovered in Sun Hill.

14x74 The Whip Hand

09 July, 1998 8:00 pm

14x75 Bang!

10 July, 1998 8:00 pm

14x76 Unlicensed

14 July, 1998 8:00 pm

14x77 Vacant Possession

16 July, 1998 8:00 pm

14x78 Sucking Eggs

17 July, 1998 8:00 pm

14x79 Tainted Love (1)

21 July, 1998 8:00 pm

14x80 Tainted Love (2)

23 July, 1998 8:00 pm

14x81 Tainted Love (3)

24 July, 1998 8:00 pm

14x82 Cooking

28 July, 1998 8:00 pm
D.S. Greig's tenure runs out.

14x83 Fighting Chance

30 July, 1998 8:00 pm

14x84 King of the Road

04 August, 1998 8:00 pm

14x85 Wrong Place, Wrong Time

06 August, 1998 8:00 pm

14x86 One Man, Two Faces

11 August, 1998 8:00 pm

14x87 Shoot the Messenger

13 August, 1998 8:00 pm

14x88 Too Little, Too Late

20 August, 1998 8:00 pm

14x89 Deep End

25 August, 1998 8:00 pm
New W.P.C. Rosie Fox is partnered with P.C. Eddie Santini to investigate when the body of a junkie is washed up on the banks of the Thames. Santini and Fox argue over their cases, and it seems their working relationship will not be a smooth one. Santini reckons graduate Fox will not be able to handle the pressure when she goes undercover as a prostitute in a CID operation, then nearly ruins the operation when he finds himself attracted to her. Celebrating a successful arrest, the two share a drunken snog back at the station, but moments later Santini forces himself on Fox in the locker room, leaving her confused and frightened.

14x90 The Party's Over

27 August, 1998 8:00 pm
P.C. Santini tries to apologize to W.P.C. Fox for going too far against her wishes the night before but she tells him to stay away from her. Santini obtains Fox's address from CAD and calls on her but she doesn't want to speak to him. Fox tells a Federation representative from Stafford Row about the assault but can't decide whether to make a formal complaint. The next day, the pair are assigned together. Santini loses a prisoner and blames it on Fox. Santini calls at Fox's flat that evening. She refuses to let him in. He threatens that if she wants a war, she's got a war.

14x91 Bang Bang, You're Dead

28 August, 1998 8:00 pm
W.P.C. Fox takes the day off with a migraine but turns up for the relief's paintball charity challenge, where Santini continues to bully and humiliate her. Her request not to be partnered with Santini is refused, and they are assigned together again the next day. Fox confides in W.D.C. Rawton. The relief are on the trail of a dangerous prisoner and Santini disregards the order not to separate from his partner. The man grabs Fox from behind and P.C.s Santini, Quinnan and Ashton run to the rescue when she screams for help. Fox manages to overpower the man. When challenged, Santini claims that he was with Fox when the prisoner appeared from nowhere.

14x92 Team Spirit

01 September, 1998 8:00 pm
W.P.C. Fox makes an official complaint about P.C. Santini.

14x93 Urgent Assistance

15 September, 1998 8:00 pm
P.C. Stamp is involved in a serious accident in which he kills a pedestrian while reversing the area car down a one-way street in response to a call for urgent assistance. Tensions are high as P.C.s Quinnan and Ashton offer differing accounts of the events leading up to the accident.

14x94 Taking Sides

22 September, 1998 8:00 pm
PC Tony Stamp attends the funeral of Simon Attwell, the pedestrian he killed driving the area car, and Attwell's girlfriend makes a complaint of harassment to Inspector Monroe. Stamp and Ashton try to help a young boy whose mother is in court. Stamp is furious when Dave Quinnan tells him he has been called as a prosecution witness in Tony's trial.

14x95 Deadly Impact

29 September, 1998 8:00 pm
Poor old Tony - he's in the dock! On the day of Stamp's trial, Quinnan is called by the prosecution while Ashton has an attack of nerves when he's the key witness.

14x96 Big Day

06 October, 1998 8:00 pm
Stamp's future hangs in the balance as he awaits his disciplinary hearing. Beech encounters an old flame who is working for the Complaints Investigation Bureau.

14x97 Making Up

13 October, 1998 8:00 pm
It's Stamp's first day back in the area car - but will things go smoothly after all his problems?

14x98 The Cross

20 October, 1998 8:00 pm
Sun Hill has a new WDC - Kerry Holmes. Unfortunately, she is Partnered with John Boulton. Oh dear!

14x99 Cast No Shadow

27 October, 1998 8:00 pm
DS Boulton and DC Carver travel up to Manchester on the trail of a suspect. Getting into trouble with a local gang, they find themselves rescued by none other than Frank Burnside, who left Sun Hill in mysterious circumstances five years ago.

14x100 Betrayal

29 October, 1998 8:00 pm
Stand by for a shock - Burnside is back in Sun Hill - in handcuffs! Lock up the petty cash!

14x101 All For One

30 October, 1998 8:00 pm
PC Santini is first on the scene of a serious car accident, and becomes a bit of a local hero when he bravely dives into the river to secure the car. Before the driver dies from his injuries, he begs Santini to "take care" of a present for his mistress: a box of cocaine! Santini duly disposes of the package, but finds himself in trouble when PC Harker hears about the missing drugs, and the accident victim's mistress sets some thugs onto him to retrieve them.

14x102 Trial Run

03 November, 1998 8:00 pm

14x103 Section F

06 November, 1998 8:00 pm
When Meadows and Conway are both up for promotion against each other, there are both some comic and some life-threatening repercussions.

14x104 Bad Chemistry

10 November, 1998 8:00 pm

14x105 Dog Eat Dog

13 November, 1998 8:00 pm

14x106 Indiscretion

17 November, 1998 8:00 pm

14x107 The Rate for the Job

20 November, 1998 8:00 pm

14x108 For Interest Only

24 November, 1998 8:00 pm
Cheif Superintendent Brownlow attempts to solve a previoulsy unsolved jewellery robbery with the help of a criminal on his deathbed and DCI Meadows, although Conway doesn't prove much assistance.

14x109 The Fat Lady Sings

27 November, 1998 8:00 pm
PC Quinnan and DC Kerry Holmes try to track down a mysterious opera singer connected with a shady criminal.

14x110 Too Many Cooks

01 December, 1998 8:00 pm
Inspector Monroe heads an investigation into an abduction which leads him into conflict within the Chinese community as well as drugs, vice and violence.

14x111 Team Play

04 December, 1998 8:00 pm
Proctor and Lennox compete to take on the case of an abducted baby, but Lennox seems doomed to fail as he has to pass his safety training course.

14x112 Heat and Light

08 December, 1998 8:00 pm
Holmes and Boulton investigate the latest in a long line of arson attacks.

14x113 Ticking Clocks

10 December, 1998 8:00 pm
Holmes, Hagen and Ashton become embroiled in a baby abduction from his hospital bed. The baby taken by the woman who was supposed to be caring for him - the nurse.

14x114 Strange Bedfellows

11 December, 1998 8:00 pm

14x115 Live and Ticking

15 December, 1998 8:00 pm
Explosive stuff from Sun Hill as a bomb in the park is a bomb too many. But where are the other eight, and will they go off?

14x116 All the Lonely People

17 December, 1998 8:00 pm
Rawton goes undercover as a lonely heart to trace a killer preying on vulnerable women

14x117 The Personal Touch

18 December, 1998 8:00 pm

14x118 Time Gentlemen Please

21 December, 1998 8:00 pm

14x119 Puzzled

22 December, 1998 8:00 pm

14x120 Christmas Star

24 December, 1998 8:00 pm

14x121 S.A.D.

31 December, 1998 8:00 pm
Fun and games at Sun Hill in this Christmas special. P.C. Ashton and P.C. Harker bring an unwelcome visitor to Sun Hill, while Sgt. Boyden is put off mince pies for life.

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