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The best police drama on television. No other show captures what it must be like for the officers out of the streets. A lot of cop shows are about plain clothes cops. It should never have ended. I still miss it.
155 episodes
The Bill - Series 9
First aired Jan 5, 1993Season 9
The ninth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 155 episodes, broadcast between 5 January – 31 December 1993. The series was released on DVD for the first time on 3 October 2012, in Australia. In 2020, Audio Commentaries were released for the episodes 'Blind Spot' (with writer Roger Davenport) and 'Compliments of the Service' with actor Mike Burnside (D.A.C. Trevor Hicks).
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Reviews
Community reviews for The Bill, shown here with its season details.
Episodes
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Episode 1
Dying Breed
Jan 5, 199322 min
Carver is injured in an armed robbery at Bennetts Jewellers and Woods discovers a link between the burglary the murder of Sammy Chambers in 1988 and Robbie Campbell.
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Episode 2
Fact Of Life
Jan 7, 199322 min
The law allows a known burglar to go free but Greig and Quinnan desperately try to pin him down again.
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Episode 3
All Through The Night
Jan 8, 199322 min
Stamp expects a dull evening on the party patrol until he is paired with a pretty young female Environmental Health Officer Diane Eckersley.
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Episode 4
New Tune Old Fiddle
Jan 12, 199322 min
Conway learns of a new chief inspector being posted to Sun Hill as Community Liaison Officer and he feels that he's been overlooked and applies for it himself without telling Brownlow.
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Episode 5
Delinquent
Jan 14, 199322 min
Dave arrests a persistent young offender is arrested for burgling his parents house.
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Episode 6
Bringing Up Baby
Jan 15, 199322 min
Datta investigates the sale of a missing newborn baby as she Monroe and CID are work against the clock to find her.
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Episode 7
Rainy Days & Mondays
Jan 19, 199322 min
Loxton And Marshall get called to a women's hostel when one of the girls claims to have been indecently assaulted by the night guard Alan And Steve later get wind that the warden is up to no good herself.
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Episode 8
Supply & Demand
Jan 21, 199322 min
Harris visits Jardine the joint founder of Operation Bumblebee while Garfield takes on a complaint about a pornographic home video of a housewife in a bubble bath leads to a result for Alistair Donna and the Sun Hill Operation Bumblebee team.
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Episode 9
On The Cards
Jan 22, 199322 min
Martella is taken off a two-week old murder hunt to work on a case involving obscene phone calls but soon stumbles on to evidence that leads her Dave Frank and Jim to the killer.
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Episode 10
Shock To The System
Jan 26, 199322 min
Charles returns from holiday to discover the news that Derek has been appointed new area Community Liaison Officer and Sgt Jane Kendall of Prescott Street arrives for Her Youth And Community and Section Staff Sergeant interview to pit her wits against Sun Hill's own Lamont.
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Episode 11
Living It Down
Jan 28, 199322 min
Social worker Lynda Chambers Frank and Viv lead the search for Debbie Fisher a missing victim of abuse but instead they jointly uncover a child pornography ring.
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Episode 12
Heat Of The Moment
Jan 29, 199322 min
A woman admits to killing her husband but insists that she did it in the heat of the moment. Viv believes her, Meadows on the other hand is convinced that the crime was premeditated.
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Episode 13
Shake Rattle N Roll
Feb 2, 199322 min
PC Mike Jarvis has an unusual first day having to watch Charles loses his temper with Monroe over pub landlord and Known villain Terry McGill.
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Episode 14
No Thanks To You
Feb 4, 199322 min
George has a bad day. Firstly he fails to save the life of a glue sniffer and then allows a bail absconder to escape.
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Episode 15
A Better Life
Feb 5, 199322 min
An elderly woman disturbs an intruder in her home and Alistair is convinced that a known villain has committed the burglary, but the victim insists that he is not the culprit.
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Episode 16
Echo
Feb 9, 199322 min
A girl goes missing and Jim and Alan suspect a known villain of murdering her until another man walks into another station and confesses.
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Episode 17
Fagins
Feb 11, 199322 min
Frank lets Sun Hill's burglars know he and Operation Bumblebee mean business.
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Episode 18
Cried Too Late
Feb 12, 199322 min
An arrested woman shoplifter refuses to talk to the police when Datta finally breaks through the wall of silence a tragic tale of domestic violence unfolds.
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Episode 19
Gone For A Soldier
Feb 16, 199322 min
Ackland is teamed up with military policeman Dakin who has come to Sun Hill to find a young soldier David Armstrong who has gone Absent Without Leave with an army gun.
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Episode 20
Persuasion
Feb 18, 199322 min
Burnside investigates when a female drug dealer is attacked by another dealer to get off his patch.
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Episode 21
Hard Man
Feb 19, 1993
Greig investigates a stabbing and uncovers benefit fraud at a bed and breakfast establishment.
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Episode 22
Missionary Work
Feb 23, 199322 min
Conway has to decide which of two grant bids he should recommend to Hicks he and Garfield want to use police funds to support a local youth club while Cato and Brownlow have their own ideas.
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Episode 23
Hypocritical Oath
Feb 25, 199322 min
The overdose of a boy on the Cockcroft Estate enables D.C.s Woods and Carver to link registered addicts to a doctor.
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Episode 24
Trivial Pursuits
Feb 26, 199322 min
Loxton ignores 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.
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Episode 25
Out Of The Mouths
Mar 2, 199322 min
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.
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Episode 26
Keeping In Touch
Mar 4, 199322 min
An employee of a private security firm is identified by the elderly blind woman he assaulted.
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Episode 27
If It Isn't Hurting
Mar 5, 199322 min
New trainee constable Croft learns some old style policing methods from Burnside.
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Episode 28
Keeping Out Of Trouble
Mar 9, 199322 min
A woman claims to have inside information about a series of violent raids on petrol stations which are nipped in the bud by Meadows and Roach.
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Episode 29
School Of Hard Knocks
Mar 11, 199322 min
Burnside investigates the abduction of a villain's son.
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Episode 30
A Little Family Business
Mar 12, 199322 min
Meadows investigates a burglary gone wrong while Cato is gunning for Loxton and Stringer.
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Episode 31
Breaking The Chain
Mar 16, 199322 min
Kendall tries to keep a young offender from a life of crime.
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Episode 32
The Fortress
Mar 18, 199322 min
The owner of an off licence shop makes a citizen's arrest of a young shoplifter and Maitland arrests the shopkeeper for use of unreasonable force.
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Episode 33
In Broad Daylight
Mar 19, 199322 min
While on the trail of two rapists Morgan investigates an attempted abduction and puts her life in danger.
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Episode 34
Credible Witness
Mar 23, 199322 min
Stringer feels discredited when his description of a thief fleeing from a jeweller's shop conflicts with that of the main witness, who works in the shop.
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Episode 35
The Price Of Fame
Mar 25, 199322 min
Page goes undercover as a model to investigate a possible scam at a modelling agency.
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Episode 36
The Short Straw
Mar 26, 199322 min
When her car breaks down on the way to the station, DC Viv Martella misses an important CID briefing about an obbo on a suspected armed robbery, and is furious when she is taken off the case by DI Frank Burnside. As CID and SO19 wait outside the target, Martella and PC Tony Stamp follow up a simple case to arrest a suspected bag snatcher. As they wait outside the suspect's house, a van pulls up, obscuring their view. Having missed the briefing, Martella fails to recognise the van's occupants as the armed robbers, and when she approaches their van she is shot and killed. Stamp is wounded, but manages to give a description of the van which is spotted by a traffic police motorcycle. As the India 99 police helicopter and SO19 cars pursue Martella's killers across London, PC Loxton and WPC Ackland disobey Ch. Insp. Cato's orders and pursue the suspect vehicle in the Area Car. The vehicle hits a bulldozer and explodes, killing all inside.
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Episode 37
Missing
Mar 30, 199322 min
A young man with an intellectual disability goes missing and Burnside has to deal with the consequences for the parents.
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Episode 38
Goods Received
Apr 1, 199322 min
Greig investigates a burglary at an ailing business a case that leads him to a missing schoolboy.
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Episode 39
Double Enmity
Apr 2, 199322 min
Woods goes undercover as a contract killer to expose a woman who wants her husband killed.
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Episode 40
Hard Evidence
Apr 6, 199322 min
A murder investigation team arrive at Sun Hill. Meadows is uneasy at the Corby's approach who is willing to exploit his relationship with Woods to get a result regardless of the evidence.
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Episode 41
High Hopes & Low Life
Apr 8, 199322 min
Carver and Morgan investigate a career ending attack on a promising young boxer.
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Episode 42
On The Loose
Apr 9, 199322 min
Loxton and Garfield corner a savage pit bull terrier at an illegal dogfight while Boyden tracks down a pensioner who has turned to crime.
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Episode 43
Out Of Court
Apr 13, 199322 min
Stamp and Ackland are keen to get a conviction against a woman for assault on a minicab driver, but she is acquitted.
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Episode 44
Bedfellows
Apr 15, 199322 min
Chief Inspector Cato arrests two youths, actions which cause a riot outside Sun Hill station.
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Episode 45
Cat & House
Apr 17, 199322 min
A woman is keen to be get rid of her burglar boyfriend and his fence with whom she has been having an affair.
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Episode 46
Brothers
Apr 20, 199322 min
Two young brothers are suspected of burglary and Croft discovers that they were deserted by their mother and left to fend for themselves.
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Episode 47
Playing Away
Apr 22, 199322 min
Ackland arrests a fifteen-year-old boy for shoplifting and finds herself investigating his relationship with a woman twenty years his senior.
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Episode 48
Coming To Terms
Apr 24, 199322 min
The parents of a young man awaiting trial for the murder of a child are distressed when their home is broken into and they receive threatening phone call and Ackland discovers the connection.
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Episode 49
Return To Sender
Apr 27, 199322 min
A young postwoman is beaten up but the motive is unclear and she seems unwilling to talk to the police.
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Episode 50
Sticks & Stones
Apr 29, 199322 min
When Lines hits the jackpot during a raid, it makes an already difficult court case for Greig even harder.
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Episode 51
Tangled Webs
May 1, 199322 min
A mysteriously unmotivated break-in at a garage leads Burnside to a web of sexual deception and a jealous husband's rampage.
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Episode 52
Recruiting Officer
May 4, 199322 min
Maitland enlists McCann's help in reassuring a young black applicant whose wife has serious misgivings about the job but McCann is discovering racism within the force for himself.
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Episode 53
Give Em An Inch
May 6, 199322 min
Cato allows a demonstration to go ahead despite being warned that it could be hijacked by racists. When things turn ugly, he is forced to reverse his previous orders.
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Episode 54
By Hook Or By Crook
May 8, 199322 min
Roach is disgusted when a judge halts the trial of a man accused of crippling a police officer and decides to take matters into his own hands.
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Episode 55
Home To Roost
May 11, 199322 min
Dave and Tony attend to an assault victim at the market while sergeant Kendall organises an outing and take some local kids to Chessington World of Adventures, with a reluctant Steve assigned as a last-minute replacement for an ill Ron.
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Episode 56
In Safe Hands
May 13, 199322 min
Lines and Morgan arrest two members of a shoplifting team.
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Episode 57
Punch Drunk
May 15, 199322 min
Called to attend to a pub brawl, PC Tony Stamp and PC Dave Quinnan are stunned to find one man unconscious and the other Sun Hill's own DS Ted Roach. Roach is taken back to the station, and while DI Frank Burnside manages to pursuade the victim to drop the charges against him, nothing can be done when Roach headbutts Insp. Andrew Monroe during a heated argument. Ch. Supt. Brownlow calls in MS15 to investigate him, but Roach turns in his warrant card and walks out of the station.
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Episode 58
Fall Out
May 18, 199322 min
With the departure of Roach one of his informants wants out Burnside and Monroe investigate threats against her.
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Episode 59
Awaydays
May 20, 199322 min
An elderly ex copper is in London to search for his estranged daughter and claims that he has been robbed in his hotel which Lines investigates.
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Episode 60
Pride & Joy
May 22, 199322 min
When a young woman's car is stolen with a baby on board CID fear an abduction and mount a search Garfield tries to mediate with a private clamping firm.
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Episode 61
Fast Food
May 25, 199322 min
Carver and Woods are caught napping when a street robber escapes from under their noses but uncover a drugs operation at a takeaway restaurant. P.C. Loxton and Sgt. Maitland are in trouble when Loxton is accused of stealing money from a drunk in the cells.
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Episode 62
Soft Touch
May 27, 199322 min
Stamp's driving prowess is questioned when he fails to stop a runaway road-roller and Jarvis finds a revolver in a rubbish bin while Burnside investigates a murder confession.
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Episode 63
We Gave Him All Our Love
May 29, 199322 min
When the body of a 14-year-old boy is washed up by the tide Cryer feels that he owes the parents an explanation.
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Episode 64
Hearts & Minds
Jun 1, 199322 min
Burnside disagrees with Conway's approach to a young offender.
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Episode 65
Cry Baby
Jun 3, 199322 min
Page and Monroe attend what appears to be a cot death, but it transpires that the baby has a head injury Meadows investigates.
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Episode 66
A Willing Victim
Jun 5, 199322 min
Garfield introduces a boxer friend to a business manager but Pearce has the manager under investigation.
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Episode 67
Rank Outsider
Jun 8, 199322 min
Loxton's prisoner is released after Page makes a mistake in the CAD room whilst Loxton and Jarvis try to get the prisoner back before Cato finds out.
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Episode 68
Tender Mercies
Jun 10, 199322 min
Datta assists a woman who has reported her husband missing while Lines uncovers a loan-sharking operation.
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Episode 69
Double Take
Jun 12, 199322 min
Greig and Croft investigate a burglary the property is found in a garden shed but was it stolen?
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Episode 70
Mouth & Trousers
Jun 15, 199322 min
Stringer clashes with Cato about a serious shortage of officers and the ban on overtime meanwhile two families fight out their differences.
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Episode 71
Uses & Abuses
Jun 16, 199322 min
A woman walking home late at night thinks she is being followed by a young man and blinds him with oven cleaner. Is it self-defence or assault?
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Episode 72
Picking A Winner
Jun 19, 199322 min
P.C. Quinnan goes undercover as a refuse collector to investigate a series of burglaries.
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Episode 73
Broken
Jun 22, 199322 min
Insp. Monroe deals with the case of an alcoholic former coal miner who tries to organise exploited workers.
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Episode 74
Insider Dealing
Jun 24, 199322 min
A prisoner admits to crimes he didn't commit to gain a transfer.
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Episode 75
To Have & To Hold
Jun 26, 199322 min
A woman alleges rape by her estranged husband, but he insists that she consented. D.I. Burnside investigates.
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Episode 76
Honour Among Thieves
Jun 29, 199322 min
D.I. Burnside questions three robbers after a botched getaway and is given conflicting stories as they try to incriminate one another.
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Episode 77
Somebody To Love
Jul 1, 199322 min
W.P.C. Datta tries to help a battered wife. W.P.C. Ackland and D.S. Greig find some strange connections when a housebreaking is linked to a lonely hearts advert.
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Episode 78
Morning Has Broken
Jul 3, 199322 min
Monroe acts quickly after a tip-off about a robbery at a supermarket. Meanwhile CID try to foil a kidnapping and robbery plot, only to be impeded by lack of resources.
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Episode 79
Swaps
Jul 6, 199322 min
P.C. Loxton and Garfield swap jobs. Loxton has to deal with the new screen phones in the CAD room, while Garfield attends a fatal RTA.
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Episode 80
Trust
Jul 8, 199322 min
D.S. Greig suspects that his informant is giving him the run around, but it becomes clear that she is being fed false information.
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Episode 81
Divided We Fall
Jul 10, 199322 min
A man found knocking on old people's doors turns out to be suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and attempting to contact family members. Sgt. Cryer realises that one old lady has cause to be afraid.
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Episode 82
A Duty Of Care
Jul 13, 199322 min
Sgt. Cryer and P.C. Garfield attend a warehouse where a seventeen-year-old boy has fallen from a forklift truck to his death. Cryer is convinced it was no accident.
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Episode 83
Family Values
Jul 15, 199322 min
P.C. Jarvis assists the investigation into a violent lorry hijack, where the driver suffered a fatal head injury.
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Episode 84
A Matter Of Life & Death
Jul 17, 199322 min
An elderly man is arrested for beating his wife, but the couple have a bigger secret to hide. P.C. Quinnan is guilty of dangerous driving.
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Episode 85
Kith & Kin
Jul 20, 199322 min
When a woman is hospitalised, her son burgles her house and steals money, and her daughter starts to strip the house of its contents. Garfield and Marshall are forced to change their minds about a young offender who has befriended the woman, and to whom she has bequeathed her house.
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Episode 86
Part Of The Family
Jul 22, 199322 min
The theft of a necklace reveals a case of domestic violence against a young Bangladeshi woman. Police examine immigration laws and find that she has no freedom at all.
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Episode 87
Mighty Atoms
Jul 24, 199322 min
Hours after a tough warning from Ch. Insp. Conway, a notorious young offender is in trouble again. He holds the clue to the whereabouts of a missing teenager.
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Episode 88
A Malicious Prosecution
Jul 27, 199322 min
A civil action is brought against P.C. Garfield, W.P.C. Marshall and Sgt. Cryer for wrongful arrest, malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. Meanwhile, P.C. Quinnan is accused of assaulting a college student.
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Episode 89
Outbreak
Jul 29, 199322 min
A violent remand prisoner escapes from hospital. W.D.S. Morgan and W.P.C. Croft question the prison officers who fell asleep while guarding him.
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Episode 90
Unreliable Witness
Jul 31, 199322 min
A timid music teacher is intimidated by a violent ex-pupil. Ch. Insp. Cato is furious when P.C. Garfield lets a thief get away.
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Episode 91
Sweet Charity
Aug 3, 199322 min
P.C.s Hollis and Stamp are caught in the crossfire when a mother and daughter fall out over a mutual boyfriend. Sgt. Cryer pursues bogus charity workers.
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Episode 92
David & Goliath
Aug 5, 199322 min
A mother refuses to testify against her husband, accused of abusing their 14-year-old son. P.C. Jarvis intercedes on the boy's behalf.
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Episode 93
What A Pair
Aug 7, 199322 min
A man working for an illegal escort agency seems to be stealing cash and credit cards from his female clients. W.P.C. Ackland arranges a date with him.
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Episode 94
Desirable Property
Aug 10, 199322 min
There is series of break-ins at properties sold through a single agency. P.C. Quinnan enlists the assistance of an estate agent.
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Episode 95
Blind Spot
Aug 12, 199322 min
P.C. Jarvis and McCann know who is guilty of assault, but can't prove it. D.S. Pearce suggests that they should claim to have witnessed the incident.
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Episode 96
Carrying The Load
Aug 14, 199322 min
W.D.S. Morgan and D.C. Lines investigate a lorry hijack. The husband of the depot owner is seriously assaulted.
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Episode 97
Deadly Weapon
Aug 17, 199322 min
The life of an unborn child hangs in the balance following a road traffic accident. The investigation uncovers a trail of corruption.
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Episode 98
All The Wrong Connections
Aug 19, 199322 min
A girl accused of knocking down a young woman in the street has an alibi. D.C.I. Meadows crosses swords with an old enemy.
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Episode 99
Give & Take
Aug 21, 199322 min
W.P.C. Polly Page sees W.D.S. Sally Johnson from Stafford Row plant drugs on a known dealer.
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Episode 100
Desperate Measures
Aug 24, 199322 min
A 15-year-old boy is driven to desperate measures. W.P.C. Ackland has to decide whether he or his mother is at risk.
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Episode 101
To Catch A Thief
Aug 26, 199322 min
D.C. Carver arrests a pickpocket.
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Episode 102
Natural Reaction
Aug 28, 199322 min
D.C. Carver catches a fourteen-year-old thief. He and D.C. Lines question a man about his relationship with the girl.
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Episode 103
Desperate Remedies
Aug 31, 199322 min
PC Garfield is tasked with retrieving an ill boy's inhaler but comes up against a series of other problems whilst doing so.
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Episode 104
Bright Lights
Sep 2, 199322 min
CID investigate attempts at sexual assault by an electrician who turns out to have connections with the local psychiatric hospital. W.D.S. Morgan puts herself on the line to catch him.
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Episode 105
Bare Faced Lies
Sep 4, 199322 min
CID investigate the sale of stolen cigarettes and alcohol to pubs in the Sun Hill area. D.I. Burnside comes to the aid of an old friend, and D.S. Pearce goes to see a stripper.
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Episode 106
But Not Forgotten
Sep 7, 199322 min
An important visitor comes to Sun Hill to see D.I. Burnside, but he is gone.
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Episode 107
Push
Sep 9, 199322 min
W.P.C. Page gets stuck in a lift with a pregnant 15-year-old girl and has to assist with the birth.
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Episode 108
Bad Reaction
Sep 10, 199322 min
Det. Insp. Harry Haines arrives for his first day at Sun Hill and helps track down a drug dealer who is distributing dangerous tablets.
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Episode 109
Compliments Of The Service
Sep 15, 199322 min
A public relations exercise by Ch. Supt. Brownlow is threatened by a drugs raid on the Jasmine Allen estate.
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Episode 110
Game Of Two Halves
Sep 16, 199322 min
W.D.C. Croft is in uniform for the day, to Ch. Insp. Cato's delight.
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Episode 111
The Knowledge
Sep 18, 199322 min
D.I. Haines gets involved in a war between an Asian minicab firm and a black cab operator.
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Episode 112
No Place Like Home
Sep 21, 199322 min
Residents from the Greenfield Estate protest about the presence of an absconder from a nearby unit for young offenders.
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Episode 113
Customer Care
Sep 23, 199322 min
D.I. Haines is annoyed by a young man who refuses to take an allegation of rape seriously. P.C. Loxton looks after two children left alone by their mother and who have stolen £100 from a neighbour.
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Episode 114
The Right Man For The Job
Sep 25, 199322 min
Sgt. Boyden deals with a case of joyriding which ends with a crash and uncovers an insurance fraud.
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Episode 115
A Day In The Life Of
Sep 28, 199322 min
A woman parks her car with P.C. Loxton's permission, but it gets clamped. Loxton is unable to prevent a young man from committing suicide and blames Ch. Insp. Conway's parking initiative.
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Episode 116
Having What It Takes
Sep 30, 199322 min
When the youngest member of a notorious crime family comes into the station to confess to a three-year-old murder, D.C.I. Meadows hopes he will be able to clear up a case from his time at AMIP.
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Episode 117
Play the Game
Oct 2, 199322 min
Chief Inspector Cato's bullish tactics put noses out of joint, after a pub brawl turns into a murder enquiry.
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Episode 118
Unlucky For Some
Oct 5, 199322 min
One of the employees at a bingo hall reveals that a robbery there was an inside job.
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Episode 119
Gift Of The Gab
Oct 7, 199322 min
D.S. Pearce and W.P.C. Croft investigate bogus callers who are stealing people's pension money.
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Episode 120
A Class Act
Oct 9, 199322 min
When a drugs raid fails to deliver, it is D.C. Carver's dislike of a customer that reaps unexpected results.
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Episode 121
Dangerous Trade
Oct 12, 199322 min
A tragic accident involving a teenage boy alerts W.P.C. Page and P.C. Quinnan to an illegal trade in imported alcohol.
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Episode 122
Cheating Heart
Oct 14, 199322 min
A man has persuaded two women to lend him money for a bar in Spain. The trouble starts when they find out about one another. Sgt. Boyden deals with the consequences.
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Episode 123
Somewhere To Hang My Hat
Oct 16, 199322 min
An old soldier is found at the bottom of a flight of stairs, but did he fall or was he pushed? D.C. Lines and W.D.S. Morgan have their suspicions.
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Episode 124
No Comment
Oct 19, 199322 min
An old man has been murdered in his flat. D.C.I. Meadows has two suspects in custody, but both claim the right to silence.
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Episode 125
Shrinkage
Oct 21, 199322 min
Sgt. Cryer convinces Ch. Supt. Brownlow of the virtues of an arrest referral scheme offering counselling to those arrested on drugs offences. W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Quinnan act to stop a gang of professional shoplifters.
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Episode 126
Street Legal
Oct 23, 199322 min
P.C. Loxton investigates an assault and uncovers a ring of car thieves. P.C. Hollis launches a one-man public relations drive.
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Episode 127
The Green Eyed Monster
Oct 26, 199322 min
D.I. Haines works with AMIP on a murder investigation and uncovers some secrets in the victim's past.
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Episode 128
Behind Closed Doors
Oct 28, 199322 min
An Indian woman is the victim of domestic violence. The husband is arrested, but community leaders attempt to secure his release so that he can be dealt with by the woman's family.
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Episode 129
Links In The Chain
Oct 30, 199322 min
Sgt. Cryer and P.C. Garfield investigate a break-in at a storage warehouse, putting Meadows on the trail of a small-time drug dealer with heavyweight connections.
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Episode 130
Care In The Community
Nov 2, 199322 min
An old woman is found dead in an empty house and Quinnan and Garfield are called in to investigate. Jarvis arrests a violent youth for assault.
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Episode 131
You Don't Always Get What You Want
Nov 4, 199322 min
Quinnan and Ackland support a C.I.D. raid on the house of a burglary suspect. Croft and Greig persuade a young mother to help with their inquiries.
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Episode 132
Reason To Believe
Nov 6, 199322 min
Haines and Morgan work on a murder investigation with AMIP when a body is found after an office party.
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Episode 133
Let Slip
Nov 9, 199322 min
Page and Jarvis are called to deal when two rottweilers terrorise a shopping centre and attack a young girl.
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Episode 134
Until Proven Guilty
Nov 11, 199322 min
Steele and Ackland find a man who has been beaten up to dissuade him from testifying against a vicious loan shark. The C.P.S. suggests dropping the case but Meadows secures the assistance of a lesser villain to get the evidence for a prosecution.
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Episode 135
The Hard Sell
Nov 13, 199322 min
Quinnan witnesses a robbery. He suspects that a derelict shop is being used as an auction house for stolen property.
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Episode 136
Consequences
Nov 16, 199322 min
Meadows and Morgan lead a raid on a club in pursuit of a drug dealer who is laundering money through car sales.
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Episode 137
A Question Of Identity
Nov 18, 199322 min
A neighbour spots an HIV-positive drug addict breaking into a house.
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Episode 138
Cutting Edge
Nov 20, 199322 min
Polly and Gary are called to the Parkmead Estate about a burglary at a flat which results in the wife assaulted and taken to St Hughes. The husband came home and discovered the burglar still there. When Polly talks to the husband at the hospital, he is very upset. He tells Polly and Gary what happened when he saw the burglar and says he chopped off 3 of the burglar's fingers when they were in the kitchen. the fingers were put into a jar of gherkins. Alan Woods tries to get the jar put into the canteen fridge but one of the canteen workers threatens to close down the canteen if it goes into the fridge. So he puts them into the fridge in the conference room. Tosh and Jim interview a patient who has lost 3 fingers who claims his fingers were caught in a lorry door.
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Episode 139
Put Down
Nov 23, 199322 min
An invalid is found dead in bed, and the wife is charged with aiding and abetting a suicide.
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Episode 140
Left Behind
Nov 25, 199322 min
A convicted wife-beater has been released on parole. He, his wife and son all end up in Sun Hill on suspicion of violent assaults.
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Episode 141
Real Villains
Nov 27, 199322 min
Croft and Cryer examine the remains of a burned-out car on the Whitegate estate, where residents are concerned about the increase in lawlessness.
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Episode 142
Questionable Judgement
Nov 30, 199322 min
A homeless man is found murdered and a teenage girl has gone missing.
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Episode 143
Taking Care Of Business
Dec 2, 199322 min
A store participating in Conway's business watch scheme has been burgled, and one of the suspects is beaten up.
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Episode 144
The Law In Their Hands
Dec 4, 199322 min
Steele and Garfield arrest a father and son who assaulted the man they believe burgled their house. Loxton and Quinnan catch the real thief.
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Episode 145
Cause For Complaint
Dec 7, 199322 min
Monroe investigates a complaint about an unattended emergency call, which the victim attributes to racial prejudice.
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Episode 146
Blood Counts
Dec 9, 199322 min
A postman is attacked, and Carver discovers the remains of a mailbag in the embers of a fire. Pearce struggles with a false confession. McCann is in trouble over a false arrest.
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Episode 147
Hurting Inside
Dec 11, 199322 min
A convicted burglar absconds while on day release from prison.
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Episode 148
Corroboration
Dec 14, 199322 min
Carver and Jarvis are in court, but the case against a man accused of robbing a couple at knife point may fall because of poor identification evidence.
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Episode 149
Death Of A Ladies' Man
Dec 16, 199322 min
A woman reports her husband missing. Greig and Croft establish that the man is a bigamist and an armed robber.
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Episode 150
An Ill Wind
Dec 18, 199322 min
A body is retrieved from a building yard after a deadly toxic gas was fed through the building.
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Episode 151
Keep On Trucking
Dec 21, 199322 min
While Garfield is giving tickets, a truck does a right hand turn and then the driver does a runner leaving the truck in the middle of the road. Tony and George have an argument after the truck is parked in the yard blocking access. Cato gets the truck moved back out. George checks the truck's travel disk. Tony and Norika find a front door open and find the house burgled and the occupants on holiday. A lady reports a burglary next door while the occupants are on holiday. It is the 3rd holiday burglary this month. CID are trying to find the link between the 3. Dave is told that a truck fitting the description was seen at the burglary. Donna finds out that all 3 holiday goers used the same coach firm to get to the airport.
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Episode 152
A Family Trait
Dec 23, 199322 min
A house is broken into and Greig thinks he knows who did it. Greig visits the suspect's house. The injured boy's watch turns up in the bed of the suspect's son's. Polly is sent to St. Hughes to investigate an assault. The mother of the boy thinks it is bullying and that her son is not the only one. Her son's watch is missing. The school is unco-operative with D. S. Morgan. The injured boy gives Morgan the name of Greig's suspect's son.
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Episode 153
Paid In Full
Dec 24, 199322 min
Ram raiders attempt to break into an Asain electrical store. Sgt. Boyden and George stop ithile Dave gives chase to another of the raiders. One of the neighbouring store owners brings in a bottle of stotch for Sgt. Boyden and the store owners give him a CD player. Monroe is not happy that Boyden was given something. Woods is sent to check on stolen money at B.P.C. Software. The suspect is an ex offender. When interviewed, the suspect claims she was set up because the security officer tried to assault her like he had with another employee.
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Episode 154
Cause For Concern
Dec 28, 199322 min
Steve and Dave are talking when a speeding driver goes past. The driver tells Dave that the hospital had just rang and her husband was critical. Suzy calls on the driver because she returned home to find it burgled. Dave and Steve are sent to check out the address of the lady at the hospital(that Danny overhears) and surprises 2 blokes. While Tony is driving the burglars' van, one of them get into the van and tells Tony to get a move on. Tony and Norika are called to check a domestic disturbance. Norika is concerned about the asian wife. The husband is very dominating. The domestic starts again. On entering the house Norika and Tony find the husband stabbed and his wife in shock with a knife in her hand. Norika didn't notice the knife at first. The wife claims it was an accident. While Danny is at the hospital checking on the victim, he overhears a lady asking about her husband who is supposed to be injured at the hospital. Woods talks to friends of the couple and their d
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Episode 155
Nothing Ventured
Dec 31, 199322 min
George is chasing a suspect but loses him. Steve searches the area and spots him. When caught he has just dropped some LSD tabs. The suspect tries to do a deal with the D.I. about getting bail to attend his brother's wedding. Regional Crime Squad:Drugs are in the station and organising a raid on the factory. Meadows gets upset because of a missing witness and Meadows wants the D.I. to go and talk to the witness. The D.I. wants to be in on the drug raid. Haines talks to the very scared witness. Haines is head hunted back to the drug squad. Meadows is not happy when told by Brownlow.