The Bill (series 13)
Episodes

The Bill (series 13)

Section Title: Episodes
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#	Title	Episode notes	Directed by	Written by	Original air date

1	"The Old Pals' Act"	Neil Reidman and Daniel Brocklebank guest star.	Chris Lovett	Edwin Pearce	2 January 1997

Conway leads a raid on an after-hours pub, but during the raid, both Hollis and Keane are injured. Meanwhile, McCann and Slater stop a young boy trying to make an exit through the fire escape and find him in possession of cannabis and a substantial amount of money.

2	"All's Fair"	David Sibley guest stars.	Ian White	Rosamund Orde-Powlett	3 January 1997

McCann and Keane investigate when a man is found mugged having been sprayed in the face with Mace. Hours later, a woman arrives at the station claiming to have been attacked by a mysterious assailant, whom she rebuffed with Mace.

3	"Man Trap"	Martin Freeman and Jill Halfpenny guest star.	Peter Lydon	Nick Crittenden	9 January 1997

Quinnan and Blake investigate when a teenage boy is found dead from an electric shock in the flat of one of his neighbours.

4	"Bad Debt"	Michelle Butterly and Derek Martin guest star.	Jo Shoop	Clive Dawson	10 January 1997

Beech and Croft investigate the theft of a loan shark's records, but Beech's prior acquaintance with the victim proves to be an issue for Croft.

5	"Professional Opinion"	Gordon Salkilld guest stars.	Peter Lydon	Nigel Baldwin	14 January 1997

Daly and Skase investigate the death by overdose of the son of a drug-addicted woman.

6	"Testament"	TBA	Chris Lovett	Peter J. Hammond	16 January 1997

Croft and Boulton investigate the sudden death of an apparently healthy, but secretive woman.

7	"A Policeman's Lot"	Vicky Entwistle, Kenneth MacDonald and Bruce Byron guest star.	Ian White	Clive Dawson	17 January 1997

Garfield objects when the officers of Sun Hill are forced to work with security guards following a vicious mugging and a burglary.

8	"The Devil You Know"	René Zagger guest stars.	Tom Cotter	Andrew Rattenbury	21 January 1997

Garfield and Keane attend to a girl who collapses at a party after taking Ecstasy. Her father is convinced that she has been influenced by her boyfriend, but his faith in his daughter may not be justified.

9	"Once Bitten"	Rebecca Lacey and Dean Harris guest stars.	Mandy Honeyman	David G. McDonagh	23 January 1997

Greig investigates a drug smuggling ring. The wife of one of the suspects is one of Boyden's former lovers and she suggests giving their relationship a second chance.

10	"Turnaround"	Tony Guilfoyle guest stars.	Chris Lovett	Graham Mitchell	24 January 1997

Meadows and Deakin investigate the disappearance of a convicted paedophile following a campaign of harassment.

11	"Over the Fence"	June Page guest stars.	Simon Meyers	Renny Krupinski	28 January 1997

Cryer and Loxton go to the scene of a disturbance between neighbours. They manage to calm the situation down but Steve recognises one of the neighbours that he arrested a few years previously for burglary.

12	"Grey Area"	Fiona Victory and Adjoa Andoh guest star.	Jane Prowse	Nicholas McInerny	30 January 1997

Meadows and Rawton investigate a doctor accused of killing a terminally-ill patient in his care.

13	"One Big Happy Family"	TBA	John Bruce	Steve Handley	31 January 1997

Garfield complains that Brownlow and Conway are out touch with real police work brings an unexpected response.

14	"The Eye of the Beholder"	Doña Croll and Jonathan Newth guest star.	Chris Lovett	Margaret Phelan	4 February 1997

Datta is trying to secure a conviction in a domestic violence case, but the victim unwittingly leaves out important details when giving evidence.

15	"Say a Little Prayer"	TBA	Jo Shoop	James Mavor	6 February 1997

Quinnan and Page try to find the culprit who threw a television set from the balcony of a block of flats and narrowly missed Slater.

16	"Downfall"	Helen Blatch guest stars.	Brian Parker	Peter J. Hammond	7 February 1997

Daly and Skase investigate after a man is found dead at the foot of the stairs in his apartment block.

17	"True to Life Player"	Dannielle Brent guest stars.	Simon Meyers	Tunde Babalola	11 February 1997

Boulton and Carver investigate an allegation that a football star raped a young fan.

18	"Take Away"	TBA	Adrian J. Fearnley	Richard Stoneman	13 February 1997

Ackland investigates a complaint from a prisoner that he was given a pizza topped with cigarette ends.

19	"Your Call Too"	Chris Gascoyne guest stars.	Nick Laughland	David Hoskins	14 February 1997

Croft and Skase disagree when they have to choose between investigating an assault charge and a cocaine deal.

20	"Breaking Up"	Denise Welch guest stars.	Jan Sargent	Elizabeth-Anne Wheal	18 February 1997

Rawton investigates a woman's claims that her ex-husband's mistress is trying to kill her.

21	"A Price to Pay"	TBA	Edward Blum	Carolyn Sally Jones	20 February 1997

Boulton tries to trap a roomful of crooks, but Greig gets his man.

22	"Just Looking"	Paul Bown and Cheryl Hall guest star.	Tom Cotter	Chris Ould	21 February 1997

Boyden deals with a man stopped for soliciting who claims he was searching for his missing daughter.

23	"A Tangled Web"	TBA	Jeremy Silberston	Tony Lindsay	27 February 1997

Deakin and Croft investigate when a man is found shot with his brother's wife, as two unhappy marriages reach crisis point.

24	"Rolling In It"	Jane Hazlegrove guest stars.	Nick Laughland	Jimmy Gardner	28 February 1997

Slater and Quinnan find drugs in a Lamborghini, but the owner blames his unemployed brother-in-law.

25	"Added Bonus"	Kim Taylforth guest stars.	Nigel Douglas	Julian Spilsbury	4 March 1997

Greig tries to establish why a man has confessed to a burglary that he didn't commit.

26	"Holding On"	Robyn Moore guest stars.	Brian Parker	Kevin Scouler	6 March 1997

Cryer and Blake respond to a young man's claim that his stolen car had his four-month-old baby inside, but Blake suspects that the man's wife may know more about her son's disappearance than she is letting on.

27	"Crime Management"	Jamie Foreman guest stars.	Catherine Morshead	J. C. Wilsher	7 March 1997

Croft and Lines try to get the victim of a stabbing to identify his attacker, aware that the attack may have been orchestrated by a vicious loanshark that has been on Lines' radar for sometime.

28	"Age Gaps"	TBA	Jan Sargent	Julian Perkins	11 March 1997

Boulton and Rawton try to persuade a teenage girl to turn informant after her boyfriend is attacked by drug dealers.

29	"In the Dark"	Hour-long episode, Charles Dale guest stars.	Robin Sheppard	Tom Needham	12 March 1997

Skase hopes that information provided by a blind woman after a burglary may help to catch a dangerous serial killer.

30	"Crying Wolf"	George Rossi guest stars.	Catherine Morshead	Edwin Pearce	13 March 1997

Monroe is called in to mediate when a former mental patient is accused of threatening behaviour by his elderly neighbours.

31	"Confidence"	Elaine Lordan guest stars.	Gill Wilkinson	Philip Kingston	14 March 1997

Keane uses information supplied by a friend to help C.I.D. in an operation against a drug dealer.

32	"All For Love"	Bruce Alexander and Jo Kendall guest star.	Gill Wilkinson	Tony Mulholland	18 March 1997

Greig and Lines investigate an assault on a man who has previously killed two people in a drink-driving accident, and suspect that a relative may have sought natural justice.

33	"Only the Lonely"	Louisa Lytton and Angela Bruce guest star.	Martin Hutchings	Clive Dawson	20 March 1997

Deakin and Skase investigate a fire, and find that a mother's grief has had unexpected repercussions.

34	"Copier"	Peter Cleall and Amanda Abbington guest star.	Harry Bradbeer	Simon Tyrrell	21 March 1997

Rawton investigates the assault of a woman in her new flat and tries to link the attack to an unsolved case.

35	"Fashion Victims"	Marlene Sidaway guest stars.	Jeremy Silberston	Gwyneth Hughes	25 March 1997

Slater and Garfield arrest a boy for selling stolen goods.

36	"Hook, Line and Sinker"	Vicki Pepperdine and Zig Byfield guest star.	Justin Hardy	Ben Cooper	27 March 1997

Beech investigates a woman who uses her sexuality to con her business partner and clients.

37	"No Claims Bonus"	Philip Martin Brown guest stars.	Justin Hardy	Nicholas McInerny	28 March 1997

Croft is concerned when Boulton decides to use a former colleague, now down on his luck, as an informant.

38	"Joker"	Alan Ford and David Horovitch guest star.	Martin Hutchings	Katharine Way	31 March 1997

Beech and Croft investigate the killing of a stand-up comic.

39	"Typecast"	TBA	Mandy Honeyman	Isabelle Grey	1 April 1997

Boyden and Page try to find who is responsible for a series of graffiti attacks.

40	"A Hard Rain"	Ariyon Bakare guest stars.	John Bruce	Stephen McAteer	3 April 1997

Boulton and Croft have to deal with rival drug dealers when a customer suffers tragic consequences.

41	"Rings On Her Fingers"	TBA	Chris Lovett	Simon Moss	4 April 1997

Jarvis and Rawton investigate the ram raiding of a shop.

42	"Strange Meeting"	Ron Donachie guest stars.	Jo Shoop	Len Collin	8 April 1997

Conway coordinates the search for an escaped sex offender and a missing teenager who was last seen in his company.

43	"A Bitter Pill"	TBA	Sarah Harding	Barry Simner	10 April 1997

Rawton and Skase investigate an attempted suicide by an ill woman, and suspect her son and daughter of assisting her.

44	"Dial 'M' For Marmalade"	Charles Kay guest stars.	Sarah Harding	Edward Canford-Dumas	11 April 1997

Meadows investigates a murder by strangulation and suspects the homeless schizophrenic man whom the victim had befriended.

45	"Sisters"	David Quilter guest stars.	Gwennan Sage	Chris Lang	15 April 1997

Daly and Croft investigate the suspicious death of one of three sisters.

46	"Flesh and Blood"	Tracey Wilkinson and Lloyd McGuire guest star.	Nigel Douglas	Anne Downey	17 April 1997

Beech investigates the sudden death of a baby on the night that his parents celebrated their anniversary.

47	"Parklife"	TBA	Nigel Douglas	Stephen Plaice	18 April 1997

Loxton and W.P.C. Keane deal with the burglary of a pharmacy and a violent stabbing.

48	"Two's Company"	Natalie Roles guest stars.	Jo Shoop	Nigel Baldwin	22 April 1997

Greig and Croft investigate a burglary and discover that the married householder had been in contact with a girl through a "lonely hearts" column.

49	"Inside Edge"	David Ashford guest stars.	John Bruce	Elizabeth-Anne Wheal	25 April 1997

Meadows and Rawton investigate the assault of a prison officer.

50	"You and Me Versus the World"	Heather Peace guest stars.	Ged Maguire	Rod Beacham	29 April 1997

Boulton and Lines investigate a vicious hammer attack.

51	"Pay Back"	Andrew Lancel guest stars.	Jonathan Hacker	Patrick Melanaphy	1 May 1997

Beech and Carver investigate a vicious attack, but have to piece the evidence together when neither the suspect nor victim can remember what happened.

52	"A Place of Your Own"	TBA	Michael Cocker	Kevin Scouler	2 May 1997

Garfield and Page search for a missing teenager and come across a man who exploits children in care.

53	"Don't Want to Hear the Bad News"	TBA	Jonathan Hacker	Paul Mousley	6 May 1997

Daly and Skase investigate a burglary and uncover a deep rift between the suspect's girlfriend and her mother.

54	"It's Good to Talk"	Adrian Scarborough guest stars.	Gwennan Sage	Julian Spilsbury	8 May 1997

Monroe coordinates a search for the victims of a kidnapping.

55	"Split Second"	Kelly George guest stars.	Ged Maguire	Candy Denman	9 May 1997

Page ends up in a hostage situation following a failed armed robbery.

56	"Old Fools"	TBA	Brian Parker	Ben Cooper	13 May 1997

Greig and Croft enlist the help of two pensioners to trap a team of burglars.

57	"Auld Lang Syne"	Howell Evans guest stars.	Michael Cocker	Terry Hodgkinson	15 May 1997

Page and Slater find an apologetic stranger in an elderly couple's back garden, but when Rawton digs deeper into his background his motives for being there seem more suspicious than he made out.

58	"Warnings"	TBA	Brian Parker	Peter J. Hammond	16 May 1997

Boyden and Datta respond to an apparent sighting of a missing woman by her daughter.

59	"Calling Time"	TBA	John Bruce	Edwin Pearce	20 May 1997

Boulton and Rawton investigate when a pub landlord is run over after giving Boulton information.

60	"Black and Blue"	Fay Ripley guest stars.	Mike Vardy	Matthew Leys	22 May 1997

Jarvis and Keane arrest a nanny for stealing from her employers.

61	"A Bunch of Fives"	TBA	Chris Lovett	Tom Needham	23 May 1997

Shock waves strike Sun Hill when Beech is found beaten unconscious in an alleyway. Uniform and CID join forces to find his attackers.

62	"Short, Sharp, Shock"	Su Elliott and Ray Trickett guest stars.	Tania Diez	Mark Illis	27 May 1997

Boulton and Skase investigate a mugging, but the victim's father takes the law into his own hands

63	"Get You Back"	TBA	Dominic Lees	Simon Tyrrell	29 May 1997

Quinnan and Keane deal with a teenage girl with a broken nose who claims that her ex-boyfriend assaulted her.

64	"Powers of Persuasion"	TBA	Tania Diez	Graham Mitchell	30 May 1997

Rawton and Boulton have to decide whether to find the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run incident, or to prosecute the witness.

65	"A Rock and a Hard Place"	Barbara Marten and Catherine Tate guest star.	Mike Vardy	Matthew Wingett	3 June 1997

Deakin and Carver come under pressure from Conway to find a vicious robber who has been preying on elderly victims.

66	"The Wrath of God"	Brian Bovell guest stars.	Audrey Cooke	Terry Hodgkinson	5 June 1997

Skase and Carver have to deal with a preacher who specialises in dodgy miracles.

67	"Knight Errant"	TBA	Dominic Lees	Anna Wheatley	6 June 1997

Loxton struggles to cope with a young female suspect who makes no secret of her attraction to him.

68	"Punch Bag"	TBA	Mike Vardy	Steve Handley	10 June 1997

Skase and Croft investigate the circumstances leading to a mother ending up unconscious at the foot of a stairway.

69	"Best Eaten Cold"	TBA	Peter Lydon	Alan Pollock	12 June 1997

Greig and Rawton investigate a journalist's claims that he acted in self-defence to stop an intruder.

70	"Lucky Day"	TBA	Peter Lydon	Scott Cherry	13 June 1997

Meadows is concerned when Lines seems to be getting too involved in investigating the sale of some stolen cars.

71	"For Richer, For Poorer"	Annie Hulley guest stars	Albert Barber	Nigel Baldwin	17 June 1997

Quinnan and Garfield look into the disappearance of a man reported missing by his mother, although his wife has her doubts.

72	"No More Milk"	TBA	John Bruce	Terry Hodgkinson	19 June 1997

Rawton and Page have to deal with a 14-year-old tearaway and half a million pounds in counterfeit money.

73	"An Englishman's Home"	Susan Jameson guest stars.	Simon Massey	Barry Simner	20 June 1997

Garfield and Blake are called to help enforce a demolition order on a home extension, when an ongoing dispute between neighbours erupts into violence.

74	"Loyal to the Last"	TBA	John Bruce	Chris McWatters	24 June 1997

Blake arrests a woman for assault and Beech tries to persuade her to help convict her husband for forgery.

75	"Rent"	James McAvoy guest stars.	Albert Barber	Stephen McAteer	26 June 1997

Boyden and Keane investigate the hit-and-run of a young busker.

76	"Last Respects"	TBA	Harry Bradbeer	Stephen Plaice	27 June 1997

Meadows hopes that a family funeral will lure a couple of jewel thieves into the open.

77	"Too Much to Lose"	TBA	Harry Bradbeer	Candy Denman	1 July 1997

Stamp tries to persuade an unhappy convict not to ruin his chances of release.

78	"Do Unto Others"	Julie Hesmondhalgh and Eric Mason guest star.	Ross Devenish	Tony Lindsay	3 July 1997

Loxton and Keane try to sift the truth from three conflicting stories when a severe case of bullying results in a fifteen-year-old boy being stabbed.

79	"Mid-Life Crisis"	John Cater, Leslee Udwin and Gerry Cowper guest star.	Ross Devenish	Gregory Evans	4 July 1997

Daly and Skase discover that a jeweller is fencing stolen goods.

80	"Performing"	Rosie Marcel and Kelly Marcel guest star.	Chris Lovett	John Brennan	8 July 1997

Boyden and Page come to the aid of a former porn actress who is worried that her younger sister faces a similar fate.

81	"Playing With Fire"	Letitia Dean and Kate Eaton guest star.	Jane Prowse	David G. McDonagh	10 July 1997

Meadows and Lines suspect that the owner of a beauty salon set it on fire herself to claim on the insurance policy.

82	"No Guarantees"	Christopher Colquhoun guest stars.	Pete Travis	Katharine Way	11 July 1997

Rawton tries to stop a loan shark who is terrorising his female customers, but finds it hard to get the victims to talk

83	"Gentleman Jim"	TBA	Mike Vardy	Scott Cherry	15 July 1997

Blake is placed on attachment to C.I.D. D.C.

84	"Rift"	TBA	Pete Travis	Michael Jenner	17 July 1997

Slater and Ackland attend to what appears to be a teenage catfight over an older man.

85	"Stand By Your Man"	TBA	Derek Lister	Isabelle Grey	18 July 1997

Daly tries to find out who is forcing a convict to smuggle drugs into a prison.

86	"Replica"	TBA	Michael Cocker	Rod Lewis	22 July 1997

Loxton and McCann confiscate a gun.

87	"Mr Friday Night"	Amanda Holden guest stars.	Mike Vardy	Len Collin	23 July 1997

Boyden and Page grill a witness after the disappearance of a good-time girl.

88	"Hitting the Nerve"	Barbara Ewing guest stars.	Brian Farnham	Renny Krupinski	25 July 1997

Greig and Carver react when one prosecution witness disappears and another ends up in a coma two days before the trial.

89	"Thicker Than Mud"	Elizabeth Bennett and Andrew Scarborough guest star.	Ian White	Maxwell Young	29 July 1997

Deakin and Beech investigate an arson attack on a small, respectable clothes shop.

90	"Alternative Therapies"	Daniel Casey and Howard Ward guest star.	Jane Prowse	Clive Dawson	31 July 1997

Skase and Boulton investigate the theft of illegally imported body parts of endangered animals from a Chinese pharmacy.

91	"Foxed"	First appearance of DC Tom Proctor, Jonathan Coy guest stars.	Nigel Bristow	Tony McHolland	1 August 1997

Daly and Carver investigate the burglary of an antiques shop and are struck by the strange behaviour of the sales assistant.

92	"These Foolish Things"	Sheree Murphy guest stars.	Peter Lydon	Mark Johnson	5 August 1997

D.C.I Meadows leads an investigation into the snatching of a child from his pram and uncovers a case of extortion.

93	"Neighbours"	TBA	Nigel Bristow	Mark Holloway	7 August 1997

P.C. Garfield and W.P.C. Keane try to settle a neighbourhood feud.

94	"Glass House"	Margot Leicester guest stars.	Peter Lydon	Kevin Scouler	8 August 1997

D.S. Boulton and D.C.

95	"This Old Man"	TBA	Dominic Lees	Colin Wyatt	12 August 1997

Garfield is affected by the death of an old man.

96	"Tommy the Hero"	James Ottaway and Frank Jarvis guest star.	Mike Cocker	Chris Ould	14 August 1997

W.D.C. Rawton has to choose between solving a minor domestic dispute and finding two violent robbers.

97	"Driven To It"	TBA	Jo Shoop	Patrick Melaphany	15 August 1997

D.S. Daly enlists the help of a cab driver to catch a drug dealer.

98	"A Man Out Walking His Dog"	Roger Walker, Christine Kavanagh and Roy Evans guest star.	Jonathan Hacker	Terry Hodgkinson	19 August 1997

Sgt. Boyden and W.P.C.

99	"Hunt"	Patrick Murray guest stars.	Jonathan Hacker	Mark Illis	21 August 1997

Sgt. Boyden and D.S. Beech try to find a couple before a vicious drug-dealer gets to them.

100	"Has Anyone Here Seen Bigmouth?"	Anita Dobson and Del Henney guest star.	Jo Shoop	Ray Brooking	22 August 1997

D.S. Daly and D.I. Deakin try to find an informant who has disappeared following a failed police operation.

101	"This Land Is Ours"	Philip McGough and Allan Surtees guest star.	Brian Farnham	Hugh Ellis	26 August 1997

Sgt. Cryer and Ch. Supt. Brownlow police a demonstration at a development site after peaceful protesters are threatened with violence.

102	"Paying the Piper"	TBA	Brian Farnham	Sheila Duncan	28 August 1997

D.S. Boulton's investigation is hampered by an informant who is putting family loyalty first.

103	"On the Hurry Up"	TBA	Mike Cocker	Richard Stoneman	29 August 1997

P.C. Slater's investigation is hampered by the lack of a car.

104	"Not in the Script"	TBA	Ian White	Robert Jones	2 September 1997

When Slater is recommended by Rawton for undercover work, he is overjoyed. His colleagues however ridicule him, and their interference almost costs them a trial operation.

105	"Flower Power"	TBA	Nicholas Laughland	Elizabeth Anne-Wheal	4 September 1997

P.C. Hollis discovers a hoard of illegally imported wildflower bulbs and helps in the subsequent Customs and Excise operation.

106	"A Breach of Trust, Part One"	Jacqueline Defferary guest stars.	Nicholas Laughland	Maxwell Young	5 September 1997

Daly's worst fears are realised when a nurse reports that she has received malicious phone calls from a mentally-disturbed ex-prisoner.

107	"A Breach of Trust, Part Two"	Anna Manahan guest stars.	Nicholas Laughland	Maxwell Young	9 September 1997

Daly and Blake are forced to release their prime suspect, and the race is on to prove his guilt before he strikes again.

108	"Fool"	TBA	Simon Meyers	Spenser Frearson	11 September 1997

P.C. Quinnan and Sgt.

109	"Armed and Dangerous"	TBA	Simon Massey	Tunde Babalola	12 September 1997

P.C. McCann is convinced that a gun remains unaccounted for when a gang of armed robbers is captured.

110	"Animals"	Ged Simmons and Derek Riddell guest star.	Dominic Lees	Steve Handley	16 September 1997

Ackland and Blake investigate the dangerous world of dog fighting - full of vicious dogs and hard men.

111	"Look Into My Eyes"	TBA	Chris Lovett	Tom Needham	18 September 1997

D.I. Deakin and W.P.C. Blake follow up allegations of attempted rape against a stage hypnotist.

112	"Performance Anxiety"	Desmond Askew guest stars.	Christopher Hodson	J.C. Wilsher	19 September 1997

Sun Hill's performance comes under scrutiny, and officers from C.I.D. and uniform compete against each other in a bid to solve the most crimes.

113	"Different Strokes"	Karl Collins guest stars.	Nicholas Laughland	Isabelle Grey	23 September 1997

P.C. Slater goes undercover in an attempt to draw out a thief.

114	"Sparks"	David Quilter and Brian Capron guest star.	Brian Farnham	Peter J Hammond	25 September 1997

D.S. Beech loses his cool with a D.S. from Severn Valley, while Skase falls for the charms of his W.D.C.

115	"The Lion's Den"	Sally Ann Matthews and Paul Angelis guest star.	Simon Meyers	Barry Simner	26 September 1997

Slater goes undercover as a bouncer at a club run by the notorious Guy Walsh. As Slater gains his trust, will he be exposed?

116	"The Needs of the Many"	TBA	Chris Lovett	Clive Dawson	30 September 1997

P.C. Slater is surprised when, in uniform, he bumps into the target of his undercover investigation.

117	"Cross Purposes"	Tony Selby and Sheila Dunn guest star.	Ged Maguire	Edwin Pearce	2 October 1997

D.S. Boulton and Sgt. Boyden both have an interest in the same pub landlord, but for different reasons.

118	"Free to Speak?"	Final appearance of PC Nick Slater	Christopher Hodson	Richard Stoneman	3 October 1997

It's P.C. Slater's final day at Sun Hill, and he takes Keane out for a farewell dinner.

119	"Dishonour Among Thieves"	June Page guest stars.	Ged Maguire	Terry Hodgkinson	7 October 1997

Sgt. Boyden deals with a complaint from a notorious burglar who has had his own house broken into.

120	"Coup de Grace"	Di Botcher guest stars.	Tim Holloway	Nicholas McInerny	9 October 1997

D.S. Boulton finds himself trying to save a marriage when the husband is given another three-year sentence.

121	"Night of the Long Knives"	Jason Salkey guest stars.	Brian Parker	Scott Cherry	10 October 1997

The relief is furious at working in endless shifts, especially when Keane, Loxton and Jarvis have called in sick. Its Garfield's duty as Fed Rep to sort things out, when an evening turns from bad to worse.

122	"Straying"	Peter Gunn and John Normington guest star.	James Cellan Jones	Rod Beacham	14 October 1997

W.P.C. Page and P.C.

123	"A Bad Lot"	TBA	Ian White	Chris Lang	16 October 1997

P.C. Garfield deals with a twelve-year-old boy who is running amok on a housing estate.

124	"Crimes of a Lesser Passion"	TBA	James Cellan Jones	Tunde Babalola	17 October 1997

Sgt. Ackland and P.C. Jarvis deal with a stabbing.

125	"Force"	David Quilter guest stars.	Michael Ferguson	Carolyn Sally Jones	21 October 1997

Insp. Monroe responds to suggestions that he is out of touch with front-line policing and goes on the beat with P.C.

126	"Walkabout"	Thomas Craig guest stars.	Brian Parker	Peter J. Hammond	23 October 1997

W.P.C. Page assists a missing person's enquiry by impersonating the young woman in question.

127	"Shades of Grey, Part One"	Ace Bhatti and Nicola Stephenson guest star.	Danny Hiller	Manjit Singh	24 October 1997

D.I. Deakin and D.S.

128	"Shades of Grey, Part Two"	Ace Bhatti and Nicola Stephenson guest star.	Danny Hiller	Manjit Singh	28 October 1997

D.I. Deakin and D.S.

129	"Women at Work"	TBA	John Bruce	Patrick Melaphany	30 October 1997

D.C. Carver and W.P.C.

130	"Solid Evidence"	TBA	Tania Diez	Candy Denman	31 October 1997

Insp. Monroe leads the search for a little girl who has disappeared after school, and whose mother is a prostitute and father a pimp.

131	"Going Down"	Colin Baker guest stars.	Jo Shoop	Spenser Frearson	4 November 1997

W.D.C. Croft feels let down by the parents of a young drug addict who had promised to keep him clean.

132	"Accomplice"	Hour-long episode, Nicholas Murchie guest stars.	Derek Lister	Tony Mulholland	6 November 1997

When a girl is abducted, it bears the hallmarks of a serial killer Carver helped put away years ago. Did he work alone?

133	"Last Fare"	Alan Cooke, Sally Faulkner and Biddy Hodson guest star.	Jo Shoop	Richard McBrien	7 November 1997

D.S. Beech and W.D.C. Rawton investigate the assault and robbery of a minicab driver.

134	"Stolen Thunder"	Mark Wing-Davey guest stars.	John Bruce	Stephen Plaice	11 November 1997

D.I. Deakin and D.C.

135	"P.C., Part One"	TBA	Ian White	Richard Stoneman	13 November 1997

Loxton carries out an illegal stop-and-search of a black man, unaware that he is an off-duty police officer.

136	"No Trace, Part Two"	Final appearance of PC Steve Loxton, Pauline Melville guest stars	Tania Diez	Richard Stoneman	14 November 1997

A disenchanted Steve Loxton decides to resign from the force for good, but before he goes, he helps Quinnan settle a score with a crooked lawyer.

137	"A New Way to Pay Off Old Debts"	TBA	Albert Barber	Len Collin	18 November 1997

Sgt. Boyden and W.P.C. Blake investigate the death of an alcoholic found burned to death.

138	"After All These Years"	Veronica Roberts and Roy Heather guest star.	Tim Holloway	Lisa Evans	20 November 1997

Sgt. Ackland and P.C. Quinnan investigate a car crash involving an elderly driver.

139	"Sands of Time"	Paul Jerricho guest stars.	Albert Barber	Anthony Valentine	21 November 1997

As the threat of tenure looms over DC Jim Carver, he is desperate to prove himself to Meadows by capturing a jewel thief who absconded years ago.

140	"Identity Crisis"	John Axon and Collette Brown guest star.	James Hawes	Mark Clompus	25 November 1997

D.S. Boulton pressurises a young couple in the hope of getting a result.

141	"The Same Stripe, Part One"	James Marcus and JoAnne Good guest star.	Chris Lovett	Elizabeth Anne-Wheal	28 November 1997

Ackland finds herself under investigation for accepting bribes.

142	"The Same Stripe, Part Two"	JoAnne Good guest stars.	Chris Lovett	Elizabeth Anne-Wheal	2 December 1997

Ackland is behind bars on a charge of accepting bribes, and her trusted informant has disappeared without trace.

143	"Hot Plastic"	TBA	Harry Bradbeer	Gregory Evans	4 December 1997

D.I. Deakin tries to salvage an operation after an unsuccessful raid in which Sgt.

144	"Gaybashing"	Hannah Waterman guest stars.	Michael Ferguson	Simon Tyrell	5 December 1997

Sgt. Boyden and P.C. Quinnan investigate an assault in a public toilet, a notorious meeting place for homosexuals.

145	"Potential For Conflict"	First appearance of PC Luke Ashton, Geoffrey McGivern and Dominic Power guest star.	Catherine Morshead	Neil Clarke	9 December 1997

Stamp visits Hendon for new recruit Luke Ashton's last day of training. But Ashton's confidence takes a severe knock, and he might not pass the course.

146	"Heartbreak Hotel"	TBA	Ged Maguire	Alan Pollock	11 December 1997

D.I. Deakin and W.D.C.

147	"Humpty Dumpty, Part One"	TBA	Ian White	Tom Needham	12 December 1997

Ashton has a bad first day at Sun Hill when he and Stamp see a boy fall from the roof of a building.

148	"Humpty Dumpty, Part Two"	Rik Mayall guest stars.	Ian White	Tom Needham	16 December 1997

Cryer remains convinced that Jimmy's fall off the roof was not an accident. But who pushed him - and is his death linked to the attack on Bannerman?

149	"Humpty Dumpty, Part Three"	Rik Mayall guest stars.	Ian White	Tom Needham.	18 December 1997

All evidence points to Jimmy's father killing Bannerman and then pushing his son off the roof. But can Cryer and Ashton find a way to prove it?

150	"Out"	TBA	Harry Bradbeer	Tony Mulholland	19 December 1997

D.S. Daly puts the pressure on an ex-con who would risk another jail sentence rather than inform on a friend.

151	"Twanky"	Hour-long episode	Mike Cocker	Mark Holloway	22 December 1997

Putting on a Christmas panto proves to be the toughest case of the year for Page and the officers at Sun Hill.

152	"Things That Go Bump in the Night"	First appearance of PC Sam Harker, Timothy Bateson guest stars.	Gill Wilkinson	Terry Hodgkinson	30 December 1997

Sgt. Boyden and W.P.C. Page find a notorious safecracker, blown up and in a semi-conscious state, in a dilapidated building.

Sentence(s)

The Bill had 152 episodes.

final_sentence: The Bill had 152 episodes.