From: daniel@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Daniel Bowen)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv.uk
Subject: Re: Request for various UK Gold Episode Lists
Date: 5 Nov 92 22:26:47 GMT
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.

In <1992Nov3.225658.151@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> grimmer@nyx.cs.du.edu (Geoff Rimmer) writes:

>With the enormous quantity of programmes I intend to tape on UK Gold
>I'd find an episode guide/list for the following very useful.
>Please reply by news NOT email.  Share the information widely!

>8. The Bill

You've got a lot of taping in front of you then!

Here's The Bill episode guide which I'm still working on:


THE BILL - PROGRAMME GUIDE

Version 1.0 (15/10/92) compiled by Daniel Bowen (daniel@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au)

             The Bill (The Inside Story), by Tony Lynch

Episode|  Episode Name                  | Novel-| UK      | Australian Trans.
Number |                                |isation| Trans.  | (first)   (second)
=======|================================|=======|=========|====================
Pilot  Woodentop                                 late 1983    ?
        Carver has his first day on the job at Sun Hill Police Station. He
        and Ackland discover a dead woman in a bath, and he and Litten catch
        two boys.
     [This was not part of "The Bill" series; it was part of Thames TV's
     "Storyteller" series. Several cast members and characters were retained
     for "The Bill".]

FIRST SEASON - 50 MINUTE EPISODES
1/1   Funny Ol' Business - Cops and Robbers       16/10/84    ?
        There's a crew of pickpockets and car thieves on the ground
1/2   A Friend in Need                            23/10/84    ?
        Galloway bets Cryer he can crack the case of three bomb hoax calls
1/3   Clutching at Straws                         30/10/84    ?
        The relief faces three indecent assaults on young girls, an assault
        in a block of flats, and a closed youth club
1/4   Long Odds                                    6/11/84    ?
        Roach finds himself looking down the barrel of a gun
1/5   It's Not Such a Bad Job After All           13/11/84    ?
        A young girl seeking glamour in the London streets means trouble
1/6   The Drugs Raid                        TB1   20/11/84    ?
        Community pressure forces action on drugs
1/7   A Dangerous Breed                     TB1   27/11/84    ?
        Litten, on secondment to CID is anxious to impress by finding a
        valuable necklace
1/8   Rough in the Afternoon                       4/12/84    ?
        A small child has been taken from his mother by his father
1/9   Burning the Books                     TB1     8/1/85    ?
        Galloway goes after a pornographic magazine dealer
1/10  Death of a Cracksman                  TB1    15/1/85    ?
        A safe cracksman is dead, and a safe missing
1/11  The Sweet Smell of Failure                   22/1/85    ?
        Carver and Ackland are on the lookout for a pair of elderly thieves
1/12  [Not completed due to industrial action]

SECOND SEASON - 50 MINUTE EPISODES
2/1   Snouts and Red Herrings               TB2   11/11/85    ?
        Lyttleton is Sun Hill's first black PC
2/2   Suspects                                    18/11/85    ?
        Galloway investigates a robbery, a mugging and a cigarette factory
2/3   Lost                                  TB2   25/11/85    ?
        An eight-year-old girl goes missing
2/4   Home Beat                                    2/12/85    ?
        Brownlow is eager to get a Neighbourhood Watch scheme going
2/5   Hostage                                      9/12/85    ?
        A man armed with a sawn-off shotgun is on the run
2/6   This Little Pig                       TB2   23/12/85    ?
        Two pigs and animal rights demonstrators cause bedlam at Sun Hill
2/7   Ringer                                TB2     6/1/86    ?
        A Porche involved in a fatal accident has been tampered with
2/8   Public and Confidential               TB2    13/1/86    ?
        Tiles are thrown from a roof, and a Polish seaman wants asylum
2/9   Loan Shark                                   20/1/86    ?
        Aunty Peg and her son Freezer Bob are illegal money lenders
2/10  With Friends Like That...?            TB2    27/1/86    ?
        A young woman says she was raped, but her friend Sandra hinders the
        investigation at every stage
2/11  Whose Side Are You On?                        3/2/86    ?
        It's the annual five-a-side football match with the youth club
2/12  The Chief Super's Party               TB2    10/2/86    ?
        When Brownlow throws a party for a retiring clerk, Roach drinks too
        much and drives home

THIRD SEASON - 50 MINUTE EPISODES
3/1   The New Order of Things                      21/9/87    ?
        Roach and Carver lose a JCB digger, and a woman with AIDS wants to
        jump from her sixth floor flat window
3/2   Some You Win, Some You Lose                  28/9/87    ?
        After a drugs raid, a riot follows
3/3   Brownie Points                               5/10/87    ?
        Brownies and the Deputy Assistant Commissioner descend on the station
3/4   Missing, Presumed Dead                      12/10/87    ?
        Gunshots are heard, and blood found, but where is the body?
3/5   Domestics                                   19/10/87    ?
        Cryer gets into an argument about a refuge for battered wives
3/6   What Are Little Boys Made Of?               26/10/87    ?
        A trio of young boys cause problems for the relief
3/7   Blind Alleys - Clogged Roads                 2/11/87    ?
        Galloway's argument with a taxi driver leads to traffic chaos
3/8   Double Trouble                               9/11/87    ?
        Investigators interrogate the relief over accusations of theft
3/9   Sun Hill Karma                              16/11/87    ?
        A bear on the loose, a late court bus, and a break-in
3/10  Skipper                                     23/11/87    ?
        Cryer kills a woman in his car, Kite is the subject of a
        practical joke, and CID chases a naked gunman
3/11  Overnight Stay                              30/11/87    ?
        The relief look after the jury on an organised crime case
3/12  Not Without Cause                            7/12/87    ?
        Penny is shot by a strange old woman in a derelict house

FOURTH SERIES - 25 MINUTE EPISODES
4/1   Light Duties                          TB3    19/7/88  28/7/88a     -
4/2   Three Wise Monkeys                    TB3    21/7/88  28/7/88b     -
        Armed robbers hijack a car and Sun Hill joins the chase
4/3   Goodwill Visit                               26/7/88   4/8/88a     -
        Peters gets unstuck after some sailors fight in a bar
4/4   Home Sweet Home                       TB3    28/7/88   4/8/88b     -
4/5   All In Good Faith                             2/8/88  11/8/88a     -
4/6   Just Call Me Guv'nor                  TB3     4/8/88  11/8/88b     -
        The new Detective Inspector, Burnside, arrives unexpectedly
4/7   Caught Red Handed                             9/8/88  18/8/88a     -
4/8   Homes And Gardens                     TB3    11/8/88  18/8/88b     -
        Smith and his car are kidnapped by a man and his handicapped son
4/9   Country Cousin                               16/8/88  25/8/88a     -
        Burnside entertains a copper from the country collecting a prisoner
4/10  Alarms And Embarassments              TB3    18/8/88  25/8/88b     -
4/11  Stealing Cars And Nursery Rhymes             23/8/88   8/9/88a     -
4/12  Hold Fire                                    25/8/88   8/9/88b     -
        Melvin and Smith are injured helping after serious motor accident
4/13  Bad Faith                             TB3    30/8/88  15/9/88a?    -
4/14  Requim                                        1/9/88  15/9/88b?    -
4/15  Trespasses                                    6/9/88  29/9/88a?    -
4/16  Save The Last Dance For Me                    8/9/88  29/9/88b?    -
        Ackland and Dashwood await the arrival of an escaped prisoner
4/17  Runaround                             TB3    13/9/88  6/10/88a     -
        A bus is stolen, a man is dead, and Smith arrests some burglers
4/18  The Trap                                     15/9/88  6/10/88b     -
        CID lie in wait across the street from a vanload of VCRs
4/19  Community Relations                   TB3    20/9/88 13/10/88a     -
        Melvin and Ramsey set up watch in a black family's garage
4/20  A Dog's Life                                 22/9/88 13/10/88b     -
4/21  Trouble And Strife                           27/9/88 20/10/88a     -
4/22  Running Late                                 29/9/88 20/10/88b     -
        Brind arrives late, as does an expected armed robbery
4/23  They Say We're Rough                         4/10/88 27/10/88a     -
        When the suspect is a soldier, the Military Police are called in
4/24  Blue For A Boy                               6/10/88 27/10/88b     -
        A newborn baby is dumped, and has to be rushed to hospital
4/25  Chasing The Dragon                          11/10/88  3/11/88a     -
        CID are on the tail of drug dealers
4/26  The Coop                                    13/10/88  3/11/88b     -
        Edwards and Ackland are held hostage by an inner-city chicken farmer
4/27  The Quick And The Dead                      18/10/88 10/11/88a     -
        A mortuary van goes missing
4/28  Witness                                     20/10/88 10/11/88b     -
        Smith and Ramsey mind a witness
4/29  Here We Go Loopy Lou                        25/10/88 17/11/88a     -
        Jesus is at large, baptising people in Sun Hill
4/30  Stop And Search                             27/10/88 17/11/88b     -
        Special Constables join the relief for a day of stop and search
4/31  Spook Stuff                                  1/11/88 24/11/88a     -
        When an American is robbed of important papers, the spooks descend
4/32  Evacuation                                   3/11/88 24/11/88b     -
        A suspect package at reception, and the whole station is evacuated
4/33  Personal Imports                             8/11/88  1/12/88a     -
4/34  Paper Chase                                 10/11/88  1/12/88b     -
4/35  Intruder                                    15/11/88  8/12/88a     -
4/36  Conflict                                    17/11/88  8/12/88b     -
4/37  Duplicates                                  22/11/88 15/12/88a     -
4/38  Snout                                       24/11/88 15/12/88b     -
4/39  Old Habits                                  29/11/88 22/12/88a     -
4/40  The Silent Gun                               1/12/88 22/12/88b     -
        Two bailiffs are shot at and Conway tries to negotiate with the gunman
4/41  An Old Fashioned Term                        6/12/88 29/12/88a     -
4/42  Getting Stressed                             8/12/88 29/12/88b     -
4/43  Tigers                                      13/12/88   5/1/89a     -
        Ethnic gangs are fighting in the area
4/44  Guessing Game                               15/12/88   5/1/89b     -
        A man known for imprisoning women is dead, but was he active?
4/45  Assassins                                   20/12/88  12/1/89a     -
        A band of upper class yobs smash up a cafe
4/46  Outmoded                                    22/12/88  12/1/89b     -
        A victim fears going out, and a hacker gets into the Police computers
4/47  Digging Up The Past                         27/12/88 Not shown     -
4/48  Taken Into Consideration                    29/12/88  23/2/89a     -
4/49  Getting It Right                              3/1/89  19/1/89a     -
4/50  A Reflection Of Glory                         5/1/89  19/1/89b     -
4/51  One To One                                   10/1/89  26/1/89a     -
        Ackland confronts a woman threatening to ignite her flat
4/52  The Mugging And The Gypsies                  12/1/89  26/1/89b     -
        A gypsy child is taken into care, and a man thinks he was mugged
4/53  The Chain of Command                         17/1/89   9/2/89a     -
4/54  Life And Death                               19/1/89   9/2/89b     -
4/55  Hothead                                      24/1/89   2/2/89a     -
4/56  Steamers                                     26/1/89   2/2/89b     -
4/57  Duty Elsewhere                               31/1/89  16/2/89a     -
4/58  Saturday Blues                                2/2/89  16/2/89b     -
4/59  N.F.A.                                        7/2/89  23/2/89b     -
4/60  The Price You Pay                             9/2/89   9/3/89a     -
4/61  The Key Of The Door                          11/2/89?  9/3/89b     -
4/62  Cock-Up                                      16/2/89  16/3/89a     -
4/63  Repercussions                                21/2/89  16/3/89b     -
4/64  A Death In The Family                        23/2/89  23/3/89a     -
4/65  In The Frame                                 28/2/89   6/4/89a     -
        Burnside is framed by an old enemy, and a US serviceman is killed
4/66  A Good Result                                 2/3/89  23/3/89b     -
4/67  Conscience                                    7/3/89  30/3/89a     -
4/68  Sunday, Sunday                                9/3/89  30/3/89b     -
4/69  Climate                                      14/3/89   6/4/89b     -
        Investigations of the sexual assault of a little girl are renewed
4/70  Bad Company                                  16/3/89  13/4/89a     -
        CID encounter a moneylender and Melvin is confronted by a gun deal
4/71  Suspicious Minds                             21/3/89  13/4/89b     -
        Vice Squad raids go wrong, and Sun Hill is suspected
4/72  Intuition                                    23/3/89  20/4/89a     -
        Roach and Lines have 14 hours to nail an armed robber
4/73  Loss                                         28/3/89  20/4/89b     -
        Conway sets up a Missing Persons section at Sun Hill
4/74  Procedure                                    30/3/89   4/5/89a     -
        Conway complains about slack paperwork, and the Fraud Squad drops in
4/75  Luck Of The Draw                              4/4/89   4/5/89b     -
        Roach goes undercover to investigate a factory lottery
4/76  No Strings                                    6/4/89  18/5/89a     -
        A psychic is burgled and Roach gets a lead from Roxanne, a transvestite
4/77  Fool's Gold                                  11/4/89  18/5/89b     -
        Serious Crime arrive when Carver gets a hint of a gold bullion job
4/78  The Visit                                    13/4/89   1/6/89a     -
        Martella visits a prisoner
4/79  One For The Ladies                           18/4/89   1/6/89b     -
4/80  No Shelter                                   20/4/89   8/6/89a     -
        An armed robber confronts Martella at a warehouse
4/81  Out To Lunch                                 25/4/89   8/6/89b     -
        What starts as lunch leads to a maniac loose in a hospital
4/82  Free Wheel                                   27/4/89  15/6/89a     -
4/83  Only A Bit Of Thieving                        2/5/89  15/6/89b     -
4/84  Communications                                4/5/89  29/6/89a     -
4/85  Silver Lining                                 9/5/89  29/6/89b     -
4/86  Suffocation Job                              11/5/89  13/7/89a     -
4/87  Mickey Would Have Wanted It                  16/5/89  13/7/89b     -
4/88  Blood Ties                                   18/5/89  27/7/89a     -
4/89  You'll Be Back                               23/5/89  27/7/89b     -
4/90  Fort Apache - Sun Hill                       25/5/89   3/8/89a     -
4/91  Waste                                        30/5/89   3/8/89b     -
        A death on wasteground leads to a chemical dumping investigation
4/92  Only The Strong Survive                       1/6/89  17/8/89a     -
4/93  Loving Care                                   6/6/89  17/8/89b     -
4/94  Back On The Streets                           8/6/89  24/8/89a     -
4/95  Fat'Ac                                       13/6/89  24/8/89b     -
        Smith can't deal with a fatal accident
4/96  Somewhere By Chance                          15/6/89  31/8/89a     -
4/97  A Quiet Life                                 20/6/89  31/8/89b     -
4/98  Tom Tiddler's Ground                         22/6/89   7/9/89a     -
4/99  Make My Day                                  27/6/89   7/9/89b     -
4/100 Provocation                                  29/6/89  14/9/89a     -
4/101 Overspend                                     4/7/89  14/9/89b     -
4/102 Between Friends                               6/7/89  21/9/89a     -
4/103 Traffic                                      11/7/89  21/9/89b     -
4/104 The Sacred Seal                              13/7/89 12/10/89a     -
4/105 Subsequent Visits                            18/7/89 12/10/89b     -
4/106 User Friendly                                20/7/89 19/10/89a     -
        Ackland and Melvin go to pick up a prisoner
4/107 Don't Like Mondays                           25/7/89 19/10/89b     -
        Ramsey is injured, and Edwards taken hostage in a bank robbery
4/108 Pick Up                                      27/7/89  2/11/89a     -
4/109 Kidding                                       1/8/89  2/11/89b     -
4/110 Black Spot                                    3/8/89  7/12/89a     -
4/111 Taken For A Ride                              8/8/89  9/11/89a     -
4/112 Time Out                                     10/8/89  9/11/89b     -
4/113 Leaving                                      15/8/89 23/11/89a     -
4/114 Street Games And Board Games                 17/8/89 23/11/89a     -
        While the bigwigs play a simulation, the PCs deal with the streets
4/115 Pressure                                     22/8/89  7/12/89b     -
4/116 A Little Knowledge                           24/8/89 14/12/89a     -
4/117 Pathways                                     29/8/89 14/12/89b     -
4/118 Seen To Be Done                              31/8/89 21/12/89a     -
4/119 Tulip                                         5/9/89 21/12/89b     -
4/120 Nothing But The Truth                         7/9/89 Not shown     -
4/121 It's Not Majorca                             12/9/89 28/12/89a  23/8/92a
4/122 Mending Fences                               14/9/89 28/12/89b  23/8/92b
4/123 Exit Lines                                   19/9/89   4/1/90a  24/8/92a
4/124 That Old Malarkey                            21/9/89   4/1/90b  24/8/92b
4/125 Grieg Versus Taylor                          26/9/89  18/1/90a  25/8/92a
4/126 Tottering                                    28/9/89  18/1/90b  25/8/92b
4/127 I Counted Them All Out                       3/10/89   1/2/90a  26/8/92a
4/128 Zig Zag                                      5/10/89   1/2/90b  26/8/92b
4/129 A Matter Of Trust                           10/10/89   8/2/90a  27/8/92a
4/130 Tourist Trap                                12/10/89   8/2/90b  27/8/92b
        Someone is robbing tourists' hotel rooms while they're out
4/131 The One That Got Away                       17/10/89  22/2/90a  30/8/92a
4/132 Found Offending                             19/10/89  22/2/90b  30/8/92b
4/133 All Part Of The Job                         24/10/89  29/2/90a  31/8/92a
4/134 In The Cold                                 26/10/89  29/2/90b  31/8/92b
4/135 Just A Little Run Around                    31/10/89   1/3/90a   1/9/92a
        Inspector Frazer does some riot training
4/136 A Fair Appraisal                             2/11/89   1/3/90b   1/9/92b
4/137 Visitors                                     7/11/89   8/3/90a   2/9/92a
4/138 Private Wars                                 9/11/89   8/3/90b   2/9/92b
4/139 Feasting With Panthers                      14/11/89  22/3/90a   3/9/92a
4/140 By The Book                                 16/11/89  22/3/90b   3/9/92b
4/141 Beer And Bicycles                           21/11/89   5/4/90a   6/9/92a
        While Conway looks for beer in the station, Able patrols on a bicycle
4/142 Grace Of God                                23/11/89   5/4/90b   6/9/92b
4/143 Just Another Day                            28/11/89  12/4/90a   7/9/92a
4/144 Gone Fishing                                30/11/89  12/4/90b   7/9/92b
4/145 Early Bird                                   5/12/89  19/4/90a   8/9/92a
4/146 Just For The Crack                           7/12/89  19/4/90b   8/9/92b
4/147 Woman In Brown                              12/12/89  26/4/90a   9/9/92a
4/148 Speaking Freely                             14/12/89  26/4/90b   9/9/92b
4/149 Return Of The Prodigal Son                  19/12/89   3/5/90a  10/9/92a
4/150 Chinese Whispers                            21/12/89   3/5/90b  10/9/92b
4/151 Powers Of Exclusion                         26/12/89  10/5/90a  13/9/92a
4/152 Saturday Night Fever                        28/12/89  10/5/90b  13/9/92b
4/153 By The Skin Of Our Teeth                      2/1/90  17/5/90a  14/9/92a
4/154 Officers And Gentleman                        4/1/90  17/5/90b  14/9/92b
4/155 Carry Your Bags, Sir?                         9/1/90  24/5/90a  15/9/92a
4/156 I Thought You'd Gone                         11/1/90  24/5/90b  15/9/92b
        Both Frazer and Edwards leave Sun Hill
4/157 C.A.D.                                       16/1/90  31/6/90a  16/9/92a
        Martella goes missing while chasing three youths
4/158 A Day Lost                                   18/1/90  31/6/90b  16/9/92b
4/159 A Clean Division                             23/1/90  14/6/90a  17/9/92a
        Carver gets into trouble after a breath test on a neighbouring patch
4/160 Roger And Out                                25/1/90  14/6/90b  17/9/92b
        Penny discovers that Lines has an unauthorised lodger
4/161 Addresses                                    30/1/90  21/6/90a  20/9/92a
        A woman roams at night with a shopping jeep and a list of addresses
4/162 Michael Runs The Family Now                   1/2/90  21/6/90b  20/9/92b
        Burnside investigates the burglary of a son of an underworld figure
4/163 Against The Odds                              6/2/90  28/6/90a  21/9/92a
        Dashwood gets a tip-off about a robbery six months ago
4/164 Blood Sucker                                  8/2/90  28/6/90b  21/9/92b
        Harry Soams, a money lender comes under suspicion
4/165 Workers In Uniform                           13/2/90   5/7/90a  22/9/92a
        The relief are unhappy about short notice of roster changes
4/166 Something To Hide                            15/2/90   5/7/90b  22/9/92b
4/167 The Old Men's Run                            20/2/90  19/7/90a  23/9/92a
        Rival gangs cause a road accident, and Cryer is under stress
4/168 Legacies                                     22/2/90  19/7/90b  23/9/92b
        Lines finds a connection between a number of burglaries of old people
4/169 Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow                   27/2/90  26/7/90a  24/9/92a
        A girl arrested selling drugs is the daughter of a Commander
4/170 Something Special                             1/3/90  26/7/90b  24/9/92b
        Fraud Squad wants to recruit a CID man, and some cell keys are stolen
4/171 Enemies                                       6/3/90   9/8/90a  27/9/92a
4/172 Safe Place                                    8/3/90   9/8/90b  27/9/92b
        Martella goes undercover in a psychiatric institution
4/173 Burnside Knew My Father                      13/3/90  16/8/90a  28/9/92a
        Burnside visits an old friend who is considering euthanasia on his wife
4/174 Watching                                     15/3/90  16/8/90b  28/9/92b
4/175 University Challenge                         20/3/90  23/8/90a  29/9/92a
4/176 Growing Pains                                22/3/90  23/8/90b  29/9/92b
4/177 One Of The Boys                              27/3/90  30/8/90a  30/9/92a
        Viv makes her transfer into CID
4/178 Beggars And Choosers                         29/3/90  30/8/90b  30/9/92b
4/179 Citadel                                       3/4/90   8/9/90a  1/10/92a
        Sun Hill will be refurbished, and Turnham is interrogated
4/180 Blue Eyed Boy                                 5/4/90   8/9/90b  1/10/92b
        Melvin misses a court case and then mislays his warrant card
4/181 Full House                                   10/4/90  15/9/90a  4/10/92a
        The Sun Hill refurbishment starts, and a man is wanted for child abuse
4/182 Big Fish, Little Fish                        12/4/90  15/9/90b  4/10/92b
        CID follows a bag, but they find the unexpected inside it
4/183 Information Received                         17/4/90  22/9/90a  5/10/92a
4/184 Close Co-operation                           19/4/90  22/9/90b  5/10/92b
        A Sun Hill prisoner is beaten up at Barton Street station
4/185 Middleman                                    24/4/90  29/9/90a  6/10/92a
        DCI Wray from drugs comes in on an operation to catch the middlemen...
4/186 Corkscrew                                    26/4/90  29/9/90b  6/10/92b
        When Operation Middleman goes wrong, Sun Hill need to find out why
4/187 Obsessions                                    1/5/90  6/10/90a  7/10/92a
        A woman is obsessed with her divorce lawyer
4/188 Small Hours                                   3/5/90  6/10/90b  7/10/92b
        Stamp has a PolAc, a naked man runs loose, and a flat is firebombed
4/189 Victims                                       8/5/90 13/10/90a  8/10/92a
        A young woman has been assaulted, and Lines pushes for action...
4/190 Somebody's Husband                           10/5/90 13/10/90b  8/10/92b
        While CID lie in wait, Ackland realises who the attacker is
4/191 Canley Fields                                15/5/90 20/10/90a
        Two men report a young boy being dragged onto Canley Fields
4/192 The Nightwatch                               17/5/90 20/10/90b
        A woman claims rape, but her boyfriend says she consented
4/193 Trojan Horse                                 22/5/90 27/10/90a
        PC Melvin is killed by a bomb in a stolen car...
4/194 Rites                                        24/5/90 27/10/90b
        Melvin's funeral
4/195 Answers                                      29/5/90  3/11/90a
        Lines and Dashwood see a man about a two year old offence
4/196 A Fresh Start                                31/5/90  3/11/90b
        As new Sun Hill opens, a second child's body is found (see 4/191)
4/197 A Case To Answer                              5/6/90 10/11/90a
        DCI Wray arrives, and the rape case commital begins (see 4/192)
4/198 Line-up                                       7/6/90 10/11/90b
        A line-up is formed by Martella after complications in a mugging case
4/199 Police Powers                                12/6/90 17/11/90a
        Cryer arrests a football player at half time during a big game
4/200 Action Book                                  14/6/90 17/11/90b
        Roach takes control of the child murders investigation (see 4/196)
4/201 Tactics                                      19/6/90 24/11/90a 18/10/92a
        A team from Yorkshire arrives to arrest some villains
4/202 Scores                                       21/6/90 24/11/90b 18/10/92b
4/203 Witch Hunt                                   26/6/90  1/12/90a 19/10/92a
        Wray requestions a school caretaker about the child murders (see 4/196)
4/204 Close To Home                                28/6/90  1/12/90b 19/10/92b
        A boy is hurt on a heater, but did he really fall against it?
4/205 Breaking Point                                3/7/90  8/12/90a 20/10/92a
        A child is hurt in the street, and a thief threatens suicide
4/206 Jumping The Gun                               5/7/90  8/12/90b 20/10/92b
        A woman provides an alibi for her brother, suspected of armed robbery
4/207 What Kind Of Man?                            10/7/90 15/12/90a 21/10/92a
        Quinnan's quick thinking leads to the child murderer (see 4/203)
4/208 Beat Crime                                   12/7/90 15/12/90b 21/10/92b
        Ackland follows up some burglaries, before being asked out by Wray
4/209 Unsocial Hours                        TB6    17/7/90 22/12/90a 25/10/92a
        Wray's lunch with Ackland collides with a CID operation
4/210 Interpretations                              19/7/90 22/12/90b 25/10/92b
        Roach investigates racist arson attacks
4/211 Angles                                       24/7/90 29/12/90a 26/10/92a
        Burnside and Monroe argue about resources for a street operation
4/212 Watch My Lips                                26/7/90 29/12/90b 26/10/92b
        Carver unwittingly confronts a deaf man, and a man falls off a balcony
4/213 Feeling Brave                                31/7/90   5/1/91a 27/10/92a
        Carver, Stamp and Quinnan stumble on a post office robbery
4/214 Come Fly With Me                              2/8/90   5/1/91b 27/10/92b
        A travel agent is dead, and the Home Office want help with deportations
4/215 Attitudes                                     7/8/90  12/1/91a 28/10/92a
        Young is the subject of practical jokes after beating Loxton at cards
4/216 Robbo                                         9/8/90  12/1/91b 28/10/92b
        There's more than meets the eye to an ex-policeman amateur detective
4/217 Ground Rules                                 14/8/90  19/1/91a
        Monroe goes on the attack over procedure- with Burnside the main target
4/218 Once A Copper     [formerly Visit]           16/8/90  19/1/91b
        Burnside talks to an ex-cop prisoner about a high flying gangster
4/219 Vendetta                                     21/8/90   2/2/91a
        Burnside finds a link between an armed robbery and a young shop lifter
4/220 My Favourite Things                          23/8/90   2/2/91b
        Monroe searches the relief's lockers for a missing jemmy
4/221 Win Some Lose Some                           28/8/90   9/2/91a
4/222 Up The Steps                                 30/8/90   9/2/91b
4/223 Where There's A Will                          4/9/90  16/2/91a
4/224 Near The Knuckle                              6/9/90  16/2/91b
4/225 Body Language                                11/9/90  23/2/91a
4/226 When Did You Last See Your Father?           13/9/90  23/2/91b
4/227 Eyewitness                                   18/9/90   2/3/91a
4/228 Sufficient Evidence                          20/9/90   2/3/91b
4/229 Forget-me-not                                25/9/90   9/3/91a
4/230 Something To Remember                        27/9/90   9/3/91b
4/231 Off The Leash                                2/10/90  16/3/91a
4/232 Family Ties                                  4/10/90  16/3/91b
4/233 Old Friends                                  9/10/90  23/3/91a
4/234 Pride & Prejudice                           11/10/90  23/3/91b
4/235 Housey Housey                               16/10/90  30/3/91a
4/236 Connelly's Kids                             18/10/90  30/3/91b
4/237 One Of Those Days                           23/10/90   6/4/91a
4/238 Jack-the-lad                                25/10/90   6/4/91b
4/239 Blue Murder                                 30/10/90  13/4/91a
        Complications arise after Cryer fires shots at an armed robber
4/240 Effective Persuaders                         1/11/90  13/4/91b
4/241 A Sense Of Duty                              6/11/90  20/4/91a
4/242 Lying In Wait                                8/11/90  20/4/91b
4/243 Plato For Policemen                         13/11/90  27/4/91a
4/244 Testimony                                   15/11/90  27/4/91b
4/245 Decisions                                   20/11/90   4/5/91a
4/246 Know Your Enemy                             22/11/90   4/5/91b
4/247 Lies                                        27/11/90  11/5/91a
4/248 Old Wounds                                  29/11/90  11/5/91b
4/249 Just For A Moment                            4/12/90  18/5/91a
4/250 Market Forces                                6/12/90  18/5/91b
4/251 One For The Road                            11/12/90  25/5/91a
4/252 Start With The Whistle                      13/12/90  25/5/91b
4/253 Out Of The Blue                             18/12/90   1/6/91a
4/254 Street Smart                                20/12/90   1/6/91b
4/255 Safe As Houses                              26/12/90   8/6/91a
4/256 Friends And Neigbours                       27/12/90   8/6/91b
4/257 Grief                                         1/1/91  15/6/91a
4/258 The Chase                                     3/1/91  15/6/91b
4/259 The Attack                                    8/1/91  22/6/91a
4/260 Crown V. Cooper                              10/1/91  22/6/91b
4/261 The Girl Can't Help It                       15/1/91  29/6/91a
4/262 Machines                                     17/1/91  29/6/91b
4/263 Loophole                                     22/1/91   6/7/91a
4/264 Bottle                                       24/1/91   6/7/91b
4/265 Samaritan                                    29/1/91  13/7/91a
4/266 Fear Or Favour                               31/1/91  13/7/91b
4/267 Start To Finish                               5/2/91  20/7/91a
4/268 Night And Day                                 7/2/91  20/7/91b
4/269 Favours                                      12/2/91  27/7/91a
4/270 In Chambers                                  14/2/91  27/7/91b
4/271 Kids Don't Cry Anymore                       19/2/91   3/8/91a
4/272 Too Many Chiefs                              21/2/91   3/8/91b
4/273 Every Mother's Son                           26/2/91  10/8/91a
4/274 Furthers                                     28/2/91  10/8/91b
4/275 Closing The Net                               5/3/91  17/8/91a
4/276 The Public Interest                           7/3/91  17/8/91b
4/277 Photo Finish                                 12/3/91  24/8/91a
4/278 Just Deserts                                 14/3/91  24/8/91b
4/279 832 Receiving                                19/3/91  31/8/91a
4/280 The Better Part of Valour                    21/3/91  31/8/91b
4/281 Double or Quits                              26/3/91   7/9/91a
4/282 We Could Be Heroes                           28/3/91   7/9/91b
4/283 Cold Turkey [Part 1]                          2/4/91  14/9/91a
4/284 Cold Turkey [Part 2]                          4/4/91  14/9/91b
4/285 Now We're Motoring                            9/4/91  21/9/91a
4/286 Dead Man's Boots                             11/4/91  21/9/91b
4/287 Caught Napping                               16/4/91  28/9/91a
4/288 Hammer To Fall                               18/4/91  28/9/91b
4/289 Cry Havoc                                    23/4/91  5/10/91a
        Peters is stabbed, and Stringer unwittingly finds the culprit
4/290 Rules Of Engagement                          25/4/91  5/10/91b
4/291 Delivery On Time                             30/4/91 12/10/91a
4/292 Black Monday                                  2/5/91 12/10/91b
4/293 Jobs For The Boys                             7/5/91 19/10/91a
4/294 Without Consent                               9/5/91 19/10/91b
4/295 Saints And Martyrs                           14/5/91 26/10/91a
4/296 Observation                                  16/5/91 26/10/91b
4/297 The Greater Good                             21/5/91  2/11/91a
4/298 The Best You Can Buy                         23/5/91  2/11/91b
4/299 Addict                                       28/5/91  9/11/91a
4/300 Black Mark                                   30/5/91  9/11/91b
4/301 The Right Thing To Do                         4/6/91 16/11/91a
4/302 The Harder They Fall                          6/6/91 16/11/91b
4/303 Something Personal                           11/6/91 23/11/91a
4/304 Hijack                                       13/6/91 23/11/91b
4/305 With Intent                                  18/6/91 30/11/91a
4/306 Initiative                                   20/6/91 30/11/91b
4/307 Careless Whispers                            25/6/91  7/12/91a
4/308 Minimum Force                                27/6/91  7/12/91b
4/309 Skeletons                                     2/7/91 14/12/91a
        When Stamp and Hollis find skeletons, have they found a mass-murder?
4/310 Targets                                       4/7/91 14/12/91b
4/311 The Negotiator                                9/7/91 21/12/91a
4/312 Reputations                                  11/7/91 21/12/91b
4/313 The Juggler And The Fortune Teller           16/7/91 28/12/91a
4/314 Joey                                         18/7/91 28/12/91b
4/315 Your Shout                                   23/7/91   4/1/92a
4/316 Ladykiller                                   25/7/91   4/1/92b
4/317 A Corporal of Horse                          30/7/91  11/1/92a
4/318 Cause and Effect                              1/8/91  11/1/92b
4/319 Getting Involved                              6/8/91  18/1/92a
4/320 Benefit of the Doubt                          8/8/91  18/1/92b
4/321 Crack-up                                     13/8/91   1/2/92a
4/322 The Last Laugh                               15/8/91   1/2/92b
4/323 Access                                       20/8/91   8/2/92a
4/324 Six Of One                                   22/8/91   8/2/92b
4/325 Married To The Job                           27/8/91  15/2/92a
4/326 Domestic                                     29/8/91  15/2/92b
4/327 Stress Rules                                  3/9/91  22/2/92a
4/328 They Also Serve                               5/9/91  22/2/92b
        Some of the relief wait in a van in preparation to help on riot duty
4/329 Inside Job                                   10/9/91  29/2/92a
4/330 Bones Of Contention                          12/9/91  29/2/92b
4/331 Wide Of The Mark                             17/9/91   7/3/92a
4/332 Hitting The Mark                             19/9/91   7/3/92b
4/333 Bending The Rules                            24/9/91  14/3/92a
4/334 Skint                                        26/9/91  14/3/92b
4/335 Friday... And Counting                       1/10/91  21/3/92a
4/336 Lest We Forget                               3/10/91  21/3/92b
4/337 Nutters                                      8/10/91  28/3/92a
4/338 Downtime                                    10/10/91  28/3/92b
4/339 Out of Order                                15/10/91   4/4/92a
4/340 Empire Building                             17/10/91   4/4/92b
4/341 Innocence                                   22/10/91  11/4/92a
4/342 Losing It                                   24/10/91  11/4/92b
4/343 Shots                                       29/10/91  25/4/92a
4/344 The Square Peg                              31/10/91  25/4/92b
4/345 A Question of Confidence                     5/11/91   2/5/92a
4/346 Balls in the Air                             7/11/91   2/5/92b
4/347 The Taste                                   12/11/91   9/5/92a
4/348 Turning Back the Clock                      14/11/91   9/5/92b
4/349 Discretion                                  19/11/91  16/5/92a
4/350 Chapter and Verse                           21/11/91  16/5/92b
4/351 The Whole Truth                             26/11/91  23/5/92a
4/352 Profit and Loss                             28/11/91  23/5/92b
4/353 Thicker Than Water                           3/12/91  30/5/92a
4/354 On The Take                                  5/12/91  30/5/92b
4/355 Caring                                      10/12/91   6/6/92a
4/356 The Sorcerer's Apprentic                    12/12/91   6/6/92b
4/357 Imposters                                   17/12/91  13/6/92a
4/358 A Woman Scorned                             19/12/91  13/6/92b
4/359 Vital Statistics [Part 1]                   24/12/91  20/6/92a
4/360 Vital Statistics [Part 2]                   26/12/91  20/6/92b
4/361 Breakout [Part 1]                           31/12/91  28/6/92a
        A dangerous prisoner escapes on New Year's Eve...
4/362 Breakout [Part 2]                             2/1/92  28/6/92b
        ...and Ackland waits with the woman who used to look after him
4/363 Decent People                                 7/1/92?  5/6/92a
4/364 The Best Policy                               9/1/92?  5/6/92b
4/365 A Friend in Need                             14/1/92? 12/7/92a
4/366 Whose Side Are You On?                       16/1/92? 12/7/92b
4/367 Lip Service                                  21/1/92? 18/7/92a
4/368 Illegals                                     23/1/92? 18/7/92b
4/369 Fair Play                                    28/1/92? 25/7/92a
4/370 Dinosaur                                     30/1/92? 25/7/92b
4/371 Chicken                                       4/2/92? 15/8/92a
        Local kids are playing dangerous games on the railway tracks
4/372 Somebody Special                              6/2/92? 15/8/92b
4/373 Previous Convictions                         11/2/92? 22/8/92a
        An accident in a breaker's yard uncovers more than Lines expects
4/374 Beggar My Neighbour                          13/2/92? 22/8/92b
        A tramp is attacked, leading the police into a web of crime
4/375 It's A Small World                           18/2/92? 29/8/92a
        Dashwood uncovers a con directed at retiring police officers
4/376 Licence                                      20/2/92? 29/8/92b
        The past haunts a man released from prison
4/377 The Comeback                                  3/3/92   5/9/92a
        Smollett runs a community police station which gets firebombed...
4/378 Fireproof                                     5/3/92   5/9/92b
        ...Smollett searches for the firebomb culprit
4/379 The Paddy Factor                             10/3/92? 12/9/92a
        When a car thief is shot by an Irishman, the IRA are suspected
4/380 Wild Rover                                   12/3/92? 12/9/92b
        Roach ignores the Anti-Terrorist Squad, and goes after the Irish alone
4/381 Coincidence                                  17/3/92? 19/9/92a
        A boy known for lying reports an attempted abduction
4/382 Going Soft                                   19/3/92? 19/9/92b
        Dashwood faces armed robbers while visiting a magistrate for a warrant
4/383 Re-Hab                                       24/3/92? 26/9/92a
        DCI Meadows arrives to take charge of CID
4/384 Acting Detective                             26/3/92? 26/9/92b
        French is the bait in a risky undercover drugs operation
4/385 Suspect                                               3/10/92a [not Vic-
        Greig pulls in the wrong suspect
4/386 ?                                                     3/10/92b   toria]
        A hotel owner reports strangers
4/387 All The King's Horses                                10/10/92a
        Loxton is affected by a serious road accident outside a school
4/388 Party Politics                                       10/10/92b
        Burnside and Roach attend a gangster's party
4/389 Trials And Tribulations                              17/10/92a
        Burnside thinks he knows who wrecked Marshall's flat and car
4/390 A Can Of Worms                                       17/10/92b
        After an accident, Sun Hill wages war on an irresponsible Minicab Co.
4/391 Timing                                               24/10/92a
        CID try to find the link between three arson attacks
4/392 A Nice Little Line In Plastic                        24/10/92b
        A girl is arrested for using stolen credit card


MAIN CAST MEMBERS
(Dates given are based on UK transmission dates, but not including "Woodentop")
(Some characters have changed rank[&] and/or from uniform to CID[*], or
appeared earlier in the series prior to their main period in the series[+])

CHARACTER NAME                      ACTOR                     YEARS    CALLSIGN
===============================================================================
PC Tim Able                         Mark Haddigan           1988-1990    SO139
WPC June Ackland                    Trudie Goodwin          1984-        SO643
Sgt Matthew Boyden                  Tony O'Callaghan       1991?-        SO79
WPC Claire Brind                    Kelly Lawrence          1988-1989    SO832
Chief Supt Charles Brownlow         Peter Ellis             1984-        SO51
DI Frank Burnside+&                 Christopher Ellison     1988-
DC Jim Carver*                      Mark Wingett            1984-
Chief Insp Derek Conway             Ben Roberts             1988-
Sgt Bob Cryer                       Eric Richard            1984-        SO92
DC Mike Dashwood                    John Iles              1984?-
WPC Norika Datta                    Seeta Indrani           1989-        SO181
PC Francis "Taffy" Edwards          Colin Blumenau          1984-1990    SO101
WPC Suzanne Ford                    Vikki Gee-Dare         1988?-   SO391?/659
PC Robin Frank                      Ashley Gunstock         1987-1989    SO???
Insp Christine Frazer               Barbara Thorn           1988-1990    SO74?
WPC Delia French                    Natasha Williams        1991-        SO832
DI Roy Galloway                     John Salthouse          1984-1987    SO33
PC George Garfield                  Huw Higginson           1989-        SO218
DS Alastair Greig                   Andrew Mackintosh      1989?-
PC Malcolm Haynes                   Eamonn Walker           1988-1989    SO351
PC Reg Hollis                       Jeff Stewart           1984?-        SO171
Insp Brian Kite                     Simon Slater              1987       SO???
DC Alfred "Tosh" Lines              Kevin Lloyd            1988?-
PC Dave Litten                      Gary Olsen             1984?-1986    SO???
PC Steven Loxton                    Tom Butcher            1989?-        SO363
PC Abe Lyttleton                    Ronnie Cush               1986
Sgt John Maitland                   Sam Miller              1990-        SO63
WPC Cathy Marshall                  Lynne Miller            1989-        SO487
WDC Martella*                       Nula Conwell            1984-       [SO643]
DCI Jack Meadows+                   Simon Rouse             1992-
PC Ken Melvin                       Mark Powley             1987-1990    SO496
Insp Andrew Monroe                  Colin Tarrant           1990-
PC Pete Muswell                     Ralph Brown               1986?
PC Danesh? Patel                    Sonesh Sira               1987       SO294
Sgt Tom Penny                       Roger Leach            1985?-1990    SO54
Sgt Alec Peters                     Larry Dann              1984-        SO96
PC Dave Quinnan                     Andrew Paul            1989?-        SO340
PC Pete Ramsay                      Nick Reding             1988-1989    SO743
DCI Kim Reid                        Carolyn Pickles        1990?-1991?
DS Ted Roach                        Tony Scannell           1984-        SO39
PC Nick Shaw                        Chris Walker               ?-1987    SO878
PC Tony "Yorkie" Smith              Robert Hudson          1984?-1989    SO148
PC Ron Smollett                     Nick Stringer           1990-        SO330
PC Tony Stamp                       Graham Cole             1987-        SO595
PC Barry Stringer                   Jonathon Dow           1989?-        SO577
PC Richard Turnham                  Chris Humphreys         1989-1990    SO800
DCI Gordon Wray+&                   Clive Wood                1990
PC Phil Young                       Colin Alldridge         1990-1991    SO???



COMMON ABBREVIATIONS AND JARGON USED IN THE PROGRAMME:
  CAD     - Computer Aided Despatch (Room)
  CID     - Criminal Investigation Department
  CPS     - Crown Prosecution Service
  DC      - Detective Constable
  DCI     - Detective Chief Inspector
  DI      - Detective Inspector
  DS      - Detective Sergeant
  Fat'Ac  - Fatal Accident
  GBH     - Grevious Bodily Harm
  IC1     - White (used to describe people)
  IC2     - Dark European
  IC3     - Negroid
  IC4     - Indian or Pakistani type Asian
  IC5     - Chinese type Asian
  IC6     - Arabian type
  Insp    - Inspector
  IR      - Information Room (see MP)
  MisPer  - Missing Persons
  MP      - Metropolitan Police information room (Scotland Yard)
  Obbo    - Observation
  PACE    - Police And Criminal Evidence 1984 (Act of Parliament)
  Panda   - Non-pursuit police car
  PC      - Police Constable
  PNC     - Police National Computer (Licence checks)
  PT17    - ? (Marksman)
  Sgt     - Sergeant
  SOCO    - Scenes Of Crime Officer
  SO      - Sierra Oscar (SunHill police station, within 'S' Division)
  SPG     - Special Patrol Group (now abolished)
  Spt     - Superintendant
  Super   - Superintendant (or Chief Superintendant)
  TSG     - Tactical Support Group
  WDC     - Woman Detective Constable
  WPC     - Woman Police Constable




"Best thing to do is to close your office door..."
"Yeah, and tell the world to Foxtrot Oscar."
                          [Sgt Peters and Chief Insp Conway, "Robbo", The Bill]

-- 
Daniel Bowen, Monash University |
            Melbourne Australia |          POPE GETS GRIT IN MOUTH!
   daniel@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au |
      TCWF: tcwf@gnu.ai.mit.edu |                                    [TCWF]