# List of The Bill episodes

This is a list of episodes of The Bill, which ran from 16 August 1983 to 31 August 2010. 26 series were made.

## Series overview

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 August 1983 (1983-8-16) | 16 August 1983 (1983-8-16) |
| 1 | 11 | 11 | 16 October 1984 (1984-10-16) | 22 January 1985 (1985-1-22) |
| 2 | 12 | 12 | 11 November 1985 (1985-11-11) | 10 February 1986 (1986-2-10) |
| 3 | 12 | 12 | 21 September 1987 (1987-9-21) | 7 December 1987 (1987-12-7) |
| 4 | 48 | 48 | 19 July 1988 (1988-7-19) | 29 December 1988 (1988-12-29) |
| 5 | 104 | 104 | 3 January 1989 (1989-1-3) | 28 December 1989 (1989-12-28) |
| 6 | 104 | 104 | 2 January 1990 (1990-1-2) | 27 December 1990 (1990-12-27) |
| 7 | 105 | 105 | 1 January 1991 (1991-1-1) | 31 December 1991 (1991-12-31) |
| 8 | 105 | 105 | 2 January 1992 (1992-1-2) | 31 December 1992 (1992-12-31) |
| 9 | 155 | 155 | 5 January 1993 (1993-1-5) | 31 December 1993 (1993-12-31) |
| 10 | 156 | 156 | 4 January 1994 (1994-1-4) | 30 December 1994 (1994-12-30) |
| 11 | 149 | 149 | 5 January 1995 (1995-1-5) | 29 December 1995 (1995-12-29) |
| 12 | 156 | 156 | 2 January 1996 (1996-1-2) | 31 December 1996 (1996-12-31) |
| 13 | 152 | 152 | 2 January 1997 (1997-1-2) | 30 December 1997 (1997-12-30) |
| 14 | 121 | 121 | 1 January 1998 (1998-1-1) | 31 December 1998 (1998-12-31) |
| 15 | 87 | 87 | 7 January 1999 (1999-1-7) | 31 December 1999 (1999-12-31) |
| 16 | 86 | 86 | 4 January 2000 (2000-1-4) | 29 December 2000 (2000-12-29) |
| 17 | 92 | 92 | 5 January 2001 (2001-1-5) | 21 December 2001 (2001-12-21) |
| 18 | 86 | 86 | 3 January 2002 (2002-1-3) | 31 December 2002 (2002-12-31) |
| 19 | 105 | 105 | 1 January 2003 (2003-1-1) | 31 December 2003 (2003-12-31) |
| 20 | 98 | 98 | 7 January 2004 (2004-1-7) | 30 December 2004 (2004-12-30) |
| 21 | 106 | 106 | 5 January 2005 (2005-1-5) | 29 December 2005 (2005-12-29) |
| 22 | 91 | 91 | 4 January 2006 (2006-1-4) | 29 December 2006 (2006-12-29) |
| 23 | 92 | 92 | 3 January 2007 (2007-1-3) | 28 December 2007 (2007-12-28) |
| 24 | 88 | 88 | 2 January 2008 (2008-1-2) | 31 December 2008 (2008-12-31) |
| 25 | 65 | 65 | 1 January 2009 (2009-1-1) | 29 December 2009 (2009-12-29) |
| 26 | 31 | 31 | 7 January 2010 (2010-1-7) | 31 August 2010 (2010-8-31) |

## Episodes
### Series 1 (1984–85)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Funny Ol' Business – Cops and Robbers" | Peter Cregeen | Geoff McQueen | 16 October 1984 (1984-10-16) |
| 2 | 2 | "A Friend in Need" | Peter Cregeen | Barry Appleton | 23 October 1984 (1984-10-23) |
| 3 | 3 | "Clutching at Straws" | Christopher Hodson | Geoff McQueen | 30 October 1984 (1984-10-30) |
| 4 | 4 | "Long Odds" | John Michael Phillips | Geoff McQueen | 6 November 1984 (1984-11-6) |
| 5 | 5 | "It's Not Such a Bad Job After All" | John Woods | Barry Appleton | 13 November 1984 (1984-11-13) |
| 6 | 6 | "The Drugs Raid" | John Woods | Barry Appleton | 20 November 1984 (1984-11-20) |
| 7 | 7 | "A Dangerous Breed" | Christopher Hodson | Barry Appleton | 27 November 1984 (1984-11-27) |
| 8 | 8 | "Rough in the Afternoon" | Christopher Hodson | John Kershaw | 4 December 1984 (1984-12-4) |
| 9 | 9 | "Burning the Books" | Peter Cregeen | Barry Appleton | 8 January 1985 (1985-1-8) |
| 10 | 10 | "Death of a Cracksman" | Christopher Hodson | Barry Appleton | 15 January 1985 (1985-1-15) |
| 11 | 11 | "The Sweet Smell of Failure" | John Michael Phillips | Barry Appleton | 22 January 1985 (1985-1-22) |

### Series 2 (1985–86)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 12 | 1 | "Snouts and Red Herrings" | Peter Cregeen | Geoff McQueen | 11 November 1985 (1985-11-11) |
| 13 | 2 | "Suspects" | Michael Ferguson | Barry Appleton | 18 November 1985 (1985-11-18) |
| 14 | 3 | "Lost" | Christopher Hodson | Ginnie Hole | 25 November 1985 (1985-11-25) |
| 15 | 4 | "Home Beat" | John Michael Phillips | Christopher Russell | 2 December 1985 (1985-12-2) |
| 16 | 5 | "Hostage" | Michael Ferguson | Barry Appleton | 9 December 1985 (1985-12-9) |
| 17 | 6 | "This Little Pig" | John Woods | Christopher Russell | 23 December 1985 (1985-12-23) |
| 18 | 7 | "Ringer" | John Woods | Barry Appleton | 6 January 1986 (1986-1-6) |
| 19 | 8 | "Public and Confidential" | Christopher Hodson | Lionel Goldstein | 13 January 1986 (1986-1-13) |
| 20 | 9 | "Loan Shark" | John Michael Phillips | Tim Aspinall | 20 January 1986 (1986-1-20) |
| 21 | 10 | "With Friends Like That...?" | Christopher Hodson | Barry Appleton | 27 January 1986 (1986-1-27) |
| 22 | 11 | "Whose Side Are You On?" | Peter Cregeen | Jim Hill | 3 February 1986 (1986-2-3) |
| 23 | 12 | "The Chief Super's Party" | Peter Cregeen | Barry Appleton | 10 February 1986 (1986-2-10) |

### Series 3 (1987)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 24 | 1 | "The New Order of Things" | Michael Ferguson | Geoff McQueen | 21 September 1987 (1987-9-21) |
| 25 | 2 | "Some You Win, Some You Lose" | Peter Cregeen | Barry Appleton | 28 September 1987 (1987-9-28) |
| 26 | 3 | "Brownie Points" | Mary McMurray | Christopher Russell | 5 October 1987 (1987-10-5) |
| 27 | 4 | "Missing, Presumed Dead" | Michael Ferguson | Barry Appleton | 12 October 1987 (1987-10-12) |
| 28 | 5 | "Domestics" | Peter Cregeen | Edwin Pearce | 19 October 1987 (1987-10-19) |
| 29 | 6 | "What Are Little Boys Made Of?" | Peter Duguid | Christopher Russell | 26 October 1987 (1987-10-26) |
| 30 | 7 | "Blind Alleys, Clogged Roads" | Graham Theakston | Lionel Goldenstein | 2 November 1987 (1987-11-2) |
| 31 | 8 | "Double Trouble" | Michael Ferguson | Barry Appleton | 9 November 1987 (1987-11-9) |
| 32 | 9 | "Sun Hill Karma" | Mary McMurray | Christopher Russell | 16 November 1987 (1987-11-16) |
| 33 | 10 | "Skipper" | Richard Bramall | Christopher Russell | 23 November 1987 (1987-11-23) |
| 34 | 11 | "Overnight Stay" | Graham Theakston | Barry Appleton | 30 November 1987 (1987-11-30) |
| 35 | 12 | "Not Without Cause" | Peter Cregeen | Barry Appleton | 7 December 1987 (1987-12-7) |

### Series 4 (1988)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Episode notes | Original release date | Guest(s) |
| TBA | 1 | "Light Duties" | Derek Lister | Geoff McQueen | First appearances of Insp Christine Frazer, PC Malcolm Haynes and SRO Marion Layland, first credited appearance of PC Tony Stamp, PC Jim Carver is promoted to DC | 19 July 1988 (1988-7-19) | Andy Secombe |
| TBA | 2 | "The Three Wise Monkeys" | Bill Brayne | Geoff McQueen | First appearance of Ch Insp Derek Conway | 21 July 1988 (1988-7-21) | Nick Brimble and Tom Owen |
| TBA | 3 | "Good Will Visit" | William Brayne | Barry Appleton | First appearance of PC Pete Ramsey | 26 July 1988 (1988-7-26) | Malcolm Kaye and Osaze Ehibor |
| TBA | 4 | "Home Sweet Home" | Gareth Davies | Nicholas McInerny | – | 28 July 1988 (1988-7-28) | Christian Rodska and John Bowe |
| TBA | 5 | "All in Good Faith" | Gareth Davies | Barry Appleton | – | 2 August 1988 (1988-8-2) | Leslie Schofield |
| TBA | 6 | "Just Call Me Guvnor" | Brian Parker | Geoff McQueen | First regular appearance of DI Frank Burnside | 4 August 1988 (1988-8-4) | Russell Lewis |
| TBA | 7 | "Caught Red Handed" | Derek Lister | Barry Appleton | – | 9 August 1988 (1988-8-9) | – |
| TBA | 8 | "Homes and Gardens" | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | – | 11 August 1988 (1988-8-11) | Mark Monero, Brian Peck, Desmond Cullum-Jones and Aidan Gillen |
| TBA | 9 | "Country Cousin" | Sharon Miller | Barry Appleton | – | 16 August 1988 (1988-8-16) | – |
| TBA | 10 | "Alarms and Embarrassments" | Sharon Miller | Christopher Russell | – | 18 August 1988 (1988-8-18) | Jeff Rawle and Alison Bettles (credited as Alison Beetles) |
| TBA | 11 | "Stealing Cars and Nursery Rhymes" | Paul Harrison | Julian Jones | – | 23 August 1988 (1988-8-23) | Tom Cotcher and Patsy Smart |
| TBA | 12 | "Hold Fire" | Paul Harrison | Barry Appleton | – | 25 August 1988 (1988-8-25) | Walter Sparrow |
| TBA | 13 | "Bad Faith" | Frank Smith | Julian Jones | – | 30 August 1988 (1988-8-30) | – |
| TBA | 14 | "Requiem" | Sharon Miller | Peter J. Hammond | First episode to not feature Sun Hill Police Station within the episode | 1 September 1988 (1988-9-1) | Richard Beale and Ronald Leigh-Hunt |
| TBA | 15 | "Trespasses" | Brian Parker | Christopher Russell | First appearance of WPC Claire Brind | 6 September 1988 (1988-9-6) | Alex McAvoy and Terence Beesley |
| TBA | 16 | "Save the Last Dance For Me" | Brian Farnham | Barry Appleton | – | 8 September 1988 (1988-9-8) | – |
| TBA | 17 | "Runaround" | Derek Lister | Al Hunter | First credited appearance of WPC Suzanne Ford | 13 September 1988 (1988-9-13) | John Challis, Linda Robson and Eve Karpf |
| TBA | 18 | "The Trap" | Brian Farnham | Jonathan Rich | – | 15 September 1988 (1988-9-15) | – |
| TBA | 19 | "Community Relations" | Frank Smith | Christopher Russell | – | 20 September 1988 (1988-9-20) | – |
| TBA | 20 | "A Dog's Life" | Brian Parker | Graeme Curry | – | 22 September 1988 (1988-9-22) | – |
| TBA | 21 | "Trouble and Strife" | Brian Parker | Julian Jones | – | 27 September 1988 (1988-9-27) | Brian Capron |
| TBA | 22 | "Running Late" | Sharon Miller | John Milne | – | 29 September 1988 (1988-9-29) | – |
| TBA | 23 | "They Say We're Rough" | Frank W. Smith | Douglas Watkinson | – | 4 October 1988 (1988-10-4) | – |
| TBA | 24 | "Blue for a Boy" | Paul Harrison | John Foster | – | 6 October 1988 (1988-10-6) | Gerry Cowper and Robert Glenister |
| TBA | 25 | "Chasing the Dragon" | Frank W. Smith | Brendan J. Cassin | – | 11 October 1988 (1988-10-11) | Terry Sue-Patt |
| TBA | 26 | "The Coop" | Graham Theakston | Garry Lyons | – | 13 October 1988 (1988-10-13) | – |
| TBA | 27 | "The Quick and the Dead" | Philip Casson | Christopher Russell | – | 18 October 1988 (1988-10-18) | John Rolfe |
| TBA | 28 | "Witness" | Graham Theakston | Christopher Russell | – | 20 October 1988 (1988-10-20) | – |
| TBA | 29 | "Here We Go Loopy Lou" | Brian Farnham | Julian Jones | – | 25 October 1988 (1988-10-25) | – |
| TBA | 30 | "Stop And Search" | Terry Marcel | Geoff McQueen | First appearance of DC Tosh Lines | 27 October 1988 (1988-10-27) | – |
| TBA | 31 | "Spook Stuff" | Terry Marcel | Geoff McQueen | – | 1 November 1988 (1988-11-1) | [Andrew McCulloch (writer) |
| TBA | 32 | "Evacuation" | Terry Green | Edwin Peace | – | 2 November 1988 (1988-11-2) | Matthew Scurfield, Eddie Tagoe and Jim McManus |
| TBA | 33 | "Personal Imports" | Brian Farnham | Kevin Clarke | Some scenes were filmed at Grenfell Tower and immediate surrounding areas, such as Barandon Walk. | 8 November 1988 (1988-11-8) | Paul O'Grady (credited as Paul Savage) |
| TBA | 34 | "Paper Chase" | Niall Leonard | Barry Appleton | – | 10 November 1988 (1988-11-10) | Christine Kavanagh and Sally Faulkner |
| TBA | 35 | "Intruder" | Graham Theakston | Roger Parkes | – | 15 November 1988 (1988-11-15) | Iain Rattray |
| TBA | 36 | "Conflict" | Graham Theakston | Al Hunter | – | 17 November 1988 (1988-11-17) | Alex Kingston and Russell Lewis |
| TBA | 37 | "Duplicates" | Niall Leonard | Simon Moss | – | 22 November 1988 (1988-11-22) | – |
| TBA | 38 | "Snout" | Paul Harrison | Arthur McKenzie | – | 24 November 1988 (1988-11-24) | Desmond McNamara |
| TBA | 39 | "Old Habits" | Barry Davis | Nicholas McInerny | – | 29 November 1988 (1988-11-29) | Geoffrey Beevers, Hilary Mason, Ralph Nossek, Lee MacDonald and Aimée Delamain |
| TBA | 40 | "The Silent Gun" | Terry Marcel | Christopher Russell | – | 1 December 1988 (1988-12-1) | James Gaddas, Peter Caffrey, Damaris Hayman, Milo Sperber and Richard Bonehill |
| TBA | 41 | "An Old Fashioned Term" | Philip Casson | Geoff McQueen | – | 6 December 1988 (1988-12-6) | – |
| TBA | 42 | "Getting Stressed" | Philip Casson | Christopher Russell | – | 8 December 1988 (1988-12-8) | Tim Preece |
| TBA | 43 | "Tigers" | Terry Marcel | Edwin Pearce | – | 13 December 1988 (1988-12-13) | Michael Goldie and Patsy Palmer |
| TBA | 44 | "Guessing Game" | Jan Sargent | P. J. Hammond | – | 15 December 1988 (1988-12-15) | – |
| TBA | 45 | "The Assassins" | Terry Daw | Douglas Watkinson | – | 20 December 1988 (1988-12-20) | Daniel Flynn, Frank Mills and Owen Brenman |
| TBA | 46 | "Outmoded" | Terry Green | Barry Appleton | – | 22 December 1988 (1988-12-22) | Michael Fenton Stevens and Brian Miller |
| TBA | 47 | "Digging Up the Past" | Barry Davis | Barry Appleton | – | 27 December 1988 (1988-12-27) | Dicken Ashworth, Gawn Grainger and Tessa Peake-Jones |
| TBA | 48 | "Taken into Consideration" | Christopher Hodson | Lawrence Gray | – | 29 December 1988 (1988-12-29) | – |

### Series 5 (1989)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Episode notes | Original release date | Guest(s) |
| TBA | 1 | "Getting It Right" | Terry Daw | Barry Appleton | First appearance of DS Alistair Greig | 3 January 1989 (1989-1-3) | Bernard Horsfall and Brian Miller |
| TBA | 2 | "A Reflection of Glory" | Christopher Hodson | Brendan J. Cassin | – | 5 January 1989 (1989-1-5) | Richard Graham and Stefan Schwartz |
| TBA | 3 | "One To One" | Jan Sargent | Christopher Russell | – | 10 January 1989 (1989-1-10) | Arabella Weir |
| TBA | 4 | "The Mugging and the Gypsies" | Barry Davis | David Halliwell | – | 12 January 1989 (1989-1-12) | Albert Welling and Melanie Hill |
| TBA | 5 | "The Chain of Command" | Robert Tronson | Christopher Short | – | 17 January 1989 (1989-1-17) | Stella Gonet and Gilbert Wynne |
| TBA | 6 | "Life and Death" | Robert Tronson | Kieran Prendiville | – | 19 January 1989 (1989-1-19) | Elisabeth Sladen and Arthur Blake |
| TBA | 7 | "Hothead" | Phillip Casson | Edwin Pearce | – | 24 January 1989 (1989-1-24) | Larry Martyn, Michael Melia and Stephen Churchett |
| TBA | 8 | "Steamers" | Terry Green | Gerry Huxham | – | 26 January 1989 (1989-1-26) | Timothy Bateson |
| TBA | 9 | "Duty Elsewhere" | Jeremy Summers | Brendan J. Cassin | – | 31 January 1989 (1989-1-31) | Ricco Ross |
| TBA | 10 | "Saturday Blues" | Jeremy Summers | David Squire | – | 2 February 1989 (1989-2-2) | Julia Chambers, Roy Skelton and Adrienne Burgess |
| TBA | 11 | "N.F.A." | Keith Washington | Arthur McKenzie | – | 7 February 1989 (1989-2-7) | Peter-Hugo Daly, Betty Marsden and John Ringham |
| TBA | 12 | "The Price You Pay" | Keith Washington | Kieran Prendiville | – | 9 February 1989 (1989-2-9) | Debbie Arnold, Godfrey James and Tony Osoba |
| TBA | 13 | "The Key of the Door" | Christopher Hodson | Barry Appleton | – | 14 February 1989 (1989-2-14) | Shirin Taylor |
| TBA | 14 | "Cock Up" | Brian Farnham | Tony Grounds | – | 16 February 1989 (1989-2-16) | Rod Culbertson, Dave Atkins and Ricci Harnett |
| TBA | 15 | "Repercussions" | Brian Farnham | Tony Grounds | – | 21 February 1989 (1989-2-21) | Rod Culbertson, Dave Atkins and John Fortune |
| TBA | 16 | "A Death in the Family" | Christopher Hodson | John Foster | – | 23 February 1989 (1989-2-23) | Eric Deacon |
| TBA | 17 | "In the Frame" | Barry Davis | Barry Appleton | – | 28 February 1989 (1989-2-28) | William Simons |
| TBA | 18 | "A Good Result" | Jeremy Summers | Christopher Russell | – | 2 March 1989 (1989-3-2) | Oliver Parker |
| TBA | 19 | "Conscience" | Jeremy Summers | Barry Appleton | – | 7 March 1989 (1989-3-7) | Patrick O'Connell |
| TBA | 20 | "Sunday Sunday" | Terry Marcel | Richard LeParmentier and Paddy Fletcher | – | 9 March 1989 (1989-3-9) | Ann Way |
| TBA | 21 | "Climate" | Brian Parker | P. J. Hammond | – | 14 March 1989 (1989-3-14) | Robin Soans |
| TBA | 22 | "Bad Company" | Terry Marcel | Brendan J. Cassin | – | 16 March 1989 (1989-3-16) | Steve McFadden, Victor Winding and Cyril Shaps |
| TBA | 23 | "Suspicious Minds" | Terry Green | Kieran Prendiville | – | 21 March 1989 (1989-3-21) | Kellie Bright |
| TBA | 24 | "Intuition" | Brian Parker | Jonathan Rich | – | 23 March 1989 (1989-3-23) | Del Henney, Trevor Byfield and Harry Fielder |
| TBA | 25 | "Loss" | Brian Farnham | P. J. Hammond | – | 28 March 1989 (1989-3-28) | – |
| TBA | 26 | "Procedure" | Terry Green | John Milne | – | 30 March 1989 (1989-3-30) | – |
| TBA | 27 | "Luck of the Draw" | Keith Washington | Patrick Harkins | – | 4 April 1989 (1989-4-4) | Allan Surtees and Ian Redford |
| TBA | 28 | "No Strings" | Brian Farnham | Kevin Clarke | – | 6 April 1989 (1989-4-6) | Paul O'Grady (Credited as Paul Savage) |
| TBA | 29 | "Fool's Gold" | Keith Washington | David Squire | – | 11 April 1989 (1989-4-11) | Billy Murray and Danny Webb |
| TBA | 30 | "The Visit" | Alan Wareing | Barry Appleton | – | 13 April 1989 (1989-4-13) | John Hamill, Ian Collier, Gordon Reid, Luan Peters and Brian Hall |
| TBA | 31 | "One For the Ladies" | Terry Green | Brendan J. Cassin | – | 18 April 1989 (1989-4-18) | – |
| TBA | 32 | "No Shelter" | Terry Marcel | Julian Jones | – | 20 April 1989 (1989-4-20) | Kelly Marcel and Mark Haddigan |
| TBA | 33 | "Out to Lunch" | Brian Parker | Julian Jones | – | 25 April 1989 (1989-4-25) | Brian Capron, Michael Mellinger and Adrienne Burgess |
| TBA | 34 | "Free Wheel" | Alan Wareing | P. J. Hammond | – | 27 April 1989 (1989-4-27) | Liz Gebhardt |
| TBA | 35 | "Only a Bit of Thieving" | Brian Parker | Chris Barlas | First appearance of PC George Garfield | 2 May 1989 (1989-5-2) | Hazel McBride and Nicholas Pinnock |
| TBA | 36 | "Communications" | Alan Wareing | Jonathan Rich | – | 4 May 1989 (1989-5-4) | Oliver Haden |
| TBA | 37 | "Silver Lining" | Mike Dormer | Colin Giffin | – | 9 May 1989 (1989-5-9) | Catherine Schell |
| TBA | 38 | "Suffocation Job" | Brian Farnham | P. J. Hammond | – | 11 May 1989 (1989-5-11) | Yvonne Antrobus and Liz Fraser |
| TBA | 39 | "Mickey Would Have Wanted It" | Brian Farnham | Kieran Prendiville | – | 16 May 1989 (1989-5-16) | Peter Guinness |
| TBA | 40 | "Blood Ties" | Mike Dormer | Chris Barlas | – | 19 May 1989 (1989-5-19) | David Collings |
| TBA | 41 | "You'll Be Back" | Richard Standeven | Shirley Cooklin | – | 23 May 1989 (1989-5-23) | Dominic Keating |
| TBA | 42 | "Fort Apache – Sun Hill" | Antonia Bird | Barry Appleton | – | 25 May 1989 (1989-5-25) | Tom Georgeson, Bill Stewart and Tip Tipping |
| TBA | 43 | "Waste" | Richard Standeven | Al Hunter | – | 30 May 1989 (1989-5-30) | Suzanne Bertish and John Barrard |
| TBA | 44 | "The Strong Survive" | Sharon Miller | Brendan J. Cassin | – | 1 June 1989 (1989-6-1) | Dexter Fletcher and Michael Robbins |
| TBA | 45 | "Loving Care" | Michael Owen Morris | Al Hunter | – | 6 June 1989 (1989-6-6) | Philippa Urquhart |
| TBA | 46 | "Back on the Streets" | Alan Wareing | Simon Moss | – | 8 June 1989 (1989-6-8) | – |
| TBA | 47 | "FAT'AC" | John Bruce | Julian Jones | – | 13 June 1989 (1989-6-13) | Roy Boyd and Tony Haygarth |
| TBA | 48 | "Somewhere By Chance" | Terry Marcel | Barry Appleton | – | 15 June 1989 (1989-6-15) | Bruce Alexander |
| TBA | 49 | "A Quiet Life" | Sharon Miller | Simon Moss | First appearance of PC Cathy Marshall | 20 June 1989 (1989-6-20) | Race Davies and Arthur Smith |
| TBA | 50 | "Tom Tiddler's Ground" | John Bruce | P. J. Hammond | – | 22 June 1989 (1989-6-22) | Peter Benson |
| TBA | 51 | "Make My Day" | Michael Ferguson | Barry Appleton | First appearances of PCs Richard Turnham and Timothy Able | 27 June 1989 (1989-6-27) | Martin Benson, John Abineri and Arthur Whybrow |
| TBA | 52 | "Provocation" | Michael Ferguson | Edwin Pearce | – | 29 June 1989 (1989-6-29) | JoAnne Good |
| TBA | 53 | "Overspend" | Terry Marcel | Christopher Russell | – | 4 July 1989 (1989-7-4) | Colin Spaull and Ralph Watson |
| TBA | 54 | "Between Friends" | Barry Davis | Barry Appleton | – | 6 July 1989 (1989-7-6) | John Horsley, Richard Moore and David McAlister |
| TBA | 55 | "Traffic" | Bill Brayne | Christopher Russell | Final appearance of PC Robin Frank | 11 July 1989 (1989-7-11) | Leslie Ash and Gordon Reid |
| TBA | 56 | "The Sacred Seal" | Michael Owen Morris | Brendan J. Cassin | – | 13 July 1989 (1989-7-13) | Philip Middlemiss |
| TBA | 57 | "Subsequent Visits" | Bill Brayne | Arthur McKenzie | – | 18 July 1989 (1989-7-18) | – |
| TBA | 58 | "User Friendly" | Graham Theakston | Barry Appleton | – | 20 July 1989 (1989-7-20) | – |
| TBA | 59 | "Don't Like Mondays" | Antonia Bird | Barry Appleton | Final appearance of PC Pete Ramsey | 25 July 1989 (1989-7-25) | Helena Little and Natasha Williams |
| TBA | 60 | "Pickup" | Michael Owen Morris | John Milne | – | 27 July 1989 (1989-7-27) | – |
| TBA | 61 | "Kidding" | Michael Ferguson | Jonathan Rich | – | 1 August 1989 (1989-8-1) | Madhav Sharma |
| TBA | 62 | "Black Spot" | Michael Owen Morris | Arthur McKenzie | – | 3 August 1989 (1989-8-3) | Brian Hibbard, Julie Graham and Desmond McNamara |
| TBA | 63 | "Taken for a Ride" | Terry Marcel | Barry Appleton | – | 8 August 1989 (1989-8-8) | Michael Cochrane and Keith Drinkel |
| TBA | 64 | "Time Out" | Terry Marcel | Barry Appleton | – | 10 August 1989 (1989-8-10) | Ben Onwukwe, Charles Lawson and Brian Croucher |
| TBA | 65 | "Leaving" | Terry Marcel | Christopher Russell | Final regular appearance of PC Yorkie Smith | 15 August 1989 (1989-8-15) | Declan Mulholland, Kathy Burke and Elizabeth Bradley |
| TBA | 66 | "Street Games and Board Games" | Barry Davis | J. C. Wilsher | – | 17 August 1989 (1989-8-17) | Rebecca Lacey and David Savile |
| TBA | 67 | "Pressure" | Barry Davis | Kevin Clarke | Final appearance of PC Malcolm Haynes | 22 August 1989 (1989-8-22) | Joseph Marcell and Aimée Delamain |
| TBA | 68 | "A Little Knowledge" | James Cellan Jones | Christopher Russell | – | 24 August 1989 (1989-8-24) | – |
| TBA | 69 | "Pathways" | Michael Ferguson | P. J. Hammond | – | 29 August 1989 (1989-8-29) | George Waring |
| TBA | 70 | "Seen To Be Done" | James Cellan Jones | Jonathan Rich | – | 31 August 1989 (1989-8-31) | James Cosmo |
| TBA | 71 | "Tulip" | Keith Washington | Barry Appleton | – | 5 September 1989 (1989-9-5) | Michael Attwell, Trevor Cooper and Ilario Bisi-Pedro |
| TBA | 72 | "Nothing But The Truth" | Keith Washington | Arthur McKenzie | – | 7 September 1989 (1989-9-7) | Kevin McNally |
| TBA | 73 | "It's Not Majorca" | Niall Leonard | Julian Jones | – | 12 September 1989 (1989-9-12) | Zohra Sehgal and Perry Benson |
| TBA | 74 | "Mending Fences" | Niall Leonard | Julian Jones | – | 14 September 1989 (1989-9-14) | Zohra Sehgal |
| TBA | 75 | "Exit Lines" | Derek Lister | Brian Finch | First appearance of PC Norika Datta | 19 September 1989 (1989-9-19) | Barbara Durkin and Constance Chapman |
| TBA | 76 | "That Old Malarkey" | Barry Davis | Julian Jones | – | 21 September 1989 (1989-9-21) | – |
| TBA | 77 | "Greig Versus Taylor" | Clive Fleury | Christopher Russell | – | 26 September 1989 (1989-9-26) | Derek Newark |
| TBA | 78 | "Tottering" | Chris Lovett | Simon Moss | – | 28 September 1989 (1989-9-28) | Stephen Garlick and Perry Fenwick |
| TBA | 79 | "I Counted Them All Out" | Paul Harrison | Kieran Prendiville | – | 3 October 1989 (1989-10-3) | Count Prince Miller |
| TBA | 80 | "Zig Zag" | Chris Lovett | P. J. Hammond | – | 5 October 1989 (1989-10-5) | Jo Rowbottom and Roy Heather |
| TBA | 81 | "A Matter of Trust" | Derek Lister | Kieran Prendiville | – | 10 October 1989 (1989-10-10) | Tony O'Callaghan and Sharon Maiden |
| TBA | 82 | "Tourist Trap" | Diana Patrick | Pete Dearsley | – | 12 October 1989 (1989-10-12) | David Ashton and Petra Markham |
| TBA | 83 | "The One That Got Away" | David Attwood | Jonathan Rich | – | 17 October 1989 (1989-10-17) | – |
| TBA | 84 | "Found Offending" | Eva Kolouchova | John Kershaw | – | 19 October 1989 (1989-10-19) | Caroline Milmoe and Tim Whitnall |
| TBA | 85 | "All Part of The Job" | Bren Simson | Colin Giffin | – | 24 October 1989 (1989-10-24) | Alun Lewis |
| TBA | 86 | "In The Cold" | Graham Theakston | J.C Wilsher | – | 26 October 1989 (1989-10-26) | – |
| TBA | 87 | "Just a Little Runaround" | Eva Kolouchova | Richard Ireson | – | 31 October 1989 (1989-10-31) | Iain Rogerson and Dominic Mafham |
| TBA | 88 | "A Fair Appraisal" | Nick Laughland | Garry Lyons | – | 2 November 1989 (1989-11-2) | Tessa Peake-Jones, Kenneth Farrington and David Sibley |
| TBA | 89 | "Visitors" | Clive Fleury | Kevin Clarke | – | 7 November 1989 (1989-11-7) | June Page, Andrew Robertson and Dennis Chinnery |
| TBA | 90 | "Private Wars" | Nicholas Prosser | Guy Meredith | – | 9 November 1989 (1989-11-9) | Prentis Hancock |
| TBA | 91 | "Feasting With Panthers" | Simon Cellan Jones | J.C Wilsher | – | 14 November 1989 (1989-11-14) | – |
| TBA | 92 | "By The Book" | Jeremy Silberston | John Milne | – | 16 November 1989 (1989-11-16) | Renu Setna and Michael Bilton |
| TBA | 93 | "Beer and Bicycles" | Nick Laughland | Christopher Russell | – | 21 November 1989 (1989-11-21) | Nigel Humphreys |
| TBA | 94 | "Grace of God" | David Hayman | Paddy Fletcher and Richard LeParmentier | – | 23 November 1989 (1989-11-23) | Douglas Henshall, Christopher Fairbank, Katherine Parr, Louis Mahoney and Shay Gorman |
| TBA | 95 | "Just Another Day" | Nicholas Prosser | J.C Martindale | – | 28 November 1989 (1989-11-28) | – |
| TBA | 96 | "Gone Fishing" | Nick Laughland | Jonathan Rich | – | 30 November 1989 (1989-11-30) | Harry Fowler |
| TBA | 97 | "Early Bird" | Eva Kolouchova | Tom Needham | – | 5 December 1989 (1989-12-5) | – |
| TBA | 98 | "Just for the Crack" | Jeremy Silberston | Steve Trafford | – | 7 December 1989 (1989-12-7) | Alan Ford |
| TBA | 99 | "Woman in Brown" | Eva Kolouchova | Alan Clews | – | 12 December 1989 (1989-12-12) | Mark Greenstreet and Walter Sparrow |
| TBA | 100 | "Speaking Freely" | David Attwood | Gary Lyons | – | 14 December 1989 (1989-12-14) | – |
| TBA | 101 | "The Return of The Prodigal Son" | Keith Washington | John Kershaw | – | 19 December 1989 (1989-12-19) | Michael Graham Cox and Karl Johnson |
| TBA | 102 | "Chinese Whispers" | Julian Aymes | Christopher Russell | First appearances of PCs Phil Young and Dave Quinnan | 21 December 1989 (1989-12-21) | Michael Wisher |
| TBA | 103 | "Powers of Exclusion" | Julian Aymes | J.C Wilsher | – | 26 December 1989 (1989-12-26) | Norman Beaton |
| TBA | 104 | "Saturday Night Fever" | Bren Simson | Edwin Pearce | Final appearance of WPC Claire Brind | 28 December 1989 (1989-12-28) | Gordon Salkilld and Clive Rowe |

### Series 6 (1990)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Episode notes | Original release date |
| 188 | 1 | "By The Skin of Our Teeth" | Bren Simson | Arthur McKenzie | Nigel Le Vaillant and Robert Perkins guest star | 2 January 1990 (1990-1-2) |
| 189 | 2 | "Officers and Gentlemen" | Diana Patrick | Steve Trafford | Laurence Harrington guest stars | 4 January 1990 (1990-1-4) |
| 190 | 3 | "Carry Your Bags Sir" | Simon Jones | John Milne | Phil Nice and Brigitte Kahn guest star | 9 January 1990 (1990-1-9) |
| 191 | 4 | "I Thought You'd Gone" | Nick Laughland | J. C. Wilsher | First appearance of Insp. Andrew Monroe, final appearances of PC Francis 'Taffy' Edwards and Insp. Christine Frazer | 11 January 1990 (1990-1-11) |
| 192 | 5 | "C.A.D." | Chris Hodson | J.C. Wilsher | Geraldine Fitzgerald, Stephen Finlay guest star | 16 January 1990 (1990-1-16) |
| 193 | 6 | "A Day Lost" | Phillip Casson | Les Pollard | – | 18 January 1990 (1990-1-18) |
| 194 | 7 | "A Clean Division" | Derek Lister | Julian Jones | David Lonsdale guest stars | 23 January 1990 (1990-1-23) |
| 195 | 8 | "Roger And Out" | David Giles | John Kershaw | – | 25 January 1990 (1990-1-25) |
| 196 | 9 | "Addresses" | Chris Lovett | Peter J. Hammond | Victor Maddern guest stars | 30 January 1990 (1990-1-30) |
| 197 | 10 | "Michael Runs The Family Now" | John Michael Phillips | Kieran Prendiville | Roy Holder and Robert Aldous guest star | 1 February 1990 (1990-2-1) |
| 198 | 11 | "Against The Odds" | Keith Washington | Arthur McKenzie | Terry Downes and Harry Fielder guest star | 6 February 1990 (1990-2-6) |
| 199 | 12 | "Bloodsucker" | Chris Hodson | Steve Trafford | – | 8 February 1990 (1990-2-8) |
| 200 | 13 | "Workers in Uniform" | Colm Villa | J.C. Wilsher | – | 13 February 1990 (1990-2-13) |
| 201 | 14 | "Something To Hide" | John Michael Phillips | Tom Needham | – | 15 February 1990 (1990-2-15) |
| 202 | 15 | "The Old Men's Run" | David Hayman | John Milne | – | 20 February 1990 (1990-2-20) |
| 203 | 16 | "Legacies" | Chris Hodson | Peter Gibbs | Wendy van der Plank and Symond Lawes guest star | 22 February 1990 (1990-2-22) |
| 204 | 17 | "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" | Colm Villa | Geoff McQueen | Louise Lombard, Harry Landis and Jon Finch guest star | 27 February 1990 (1990-2-27) |
| 205 | 18 | "Something Special" | David Giles | Guy Meredith | Final appearance of PC Timothy Able; Lorraine Ashbourne and Davyd Harries guest star | 1 March 1990 (1990-3-1) |
| 206 | 19 | "Enemies" | Alan Wareing | Philip Martin | Badi Uzzaman guest stars | 6 March 1990 (1990-3-6) |
| 207 | 20 | "Safe Place" | Tom Cotter | Peter J. Hammond | Frank Jarvis guest stars | 8 March 1990 (1990-3-8) |
| 208 | 21 | "Burnside Knew My Father" | Tom Cotter | Lennie James | Rudolph Walker and David Gooderson guest star | 13 March 1990 (1990-3-13) |
| 209 | 22 | "Watching" | Chris Lovett | Peter Gibbs | Norman Rossington guest stars | 15 March 1990 (1990-3-15) |
| 210 | 23 | "University Challenge" | Derek Lister | Simon Moss | George Irving and Mary Maude guest star | 20 March 1990 (1990-3-20) |
| 211 | 24 | "Growing Pains" | Phillip Casson | Barry Appleton | – | 22 March 1990 (1990-3-22) |
| 212 | 25 | "One of the Boys" | Alan Wareing | Jonathan Rich | WPC Viv Martella is promoted to WDC; Andy Serkis guest stars | 27 March 1990 (1990-3-27) |
| 213 | 26 | "Beggars and Choosers" | Bob Hird | Steve Trafford | Wally K. Daly and Bryan Coleman guest star | 29 March 1990 (1990-3-29) |
| 214 | 27 | "Citadel" | Bob Hird | J.C. Wilsher | Roger Brierley, Christopher Godwin, Jon Glover and Michael Bilton guest star | 3 April 1990 (1990-4-3) |
| 215 | 28 | "Blue Eyed Boy" | Nick Laughland | Julian Jones | David Hayman and Kika Mirylees guest star | 5 April 1990 (1990-4-5) |
| 216 | 29 | "Full House" | Julian Aymes | Arthur McKenzie | Final appearance of PC Richard Turnham | 10 April 1990 (1990-4-10) |
| 217 | 30 | "Big Fish, Little Fish" | Nick Laughland | Patrick Harkins | Oliver Smith guest stars | 12 April 1990 (1990-4-12) |
| 218 | 31 | "Information Received" | Michael Simpson | Kevin Clarke | Dean Harris, Ann Mitchell and Paul O'Grady guest star | 17 April 1990 (1990-4-17) |
| 219 | 32 | "Close Co-Operation" | Michael Simpson | Garry Lyons | Patrick Cremin guest stars | 19 April 1990 (1990-4-19) |
| 220 | 33 | "Middleman" | Michael Simpson | J.C. Wilsher | First appearance of DCI Gordon Wray | 24 April 1990 (1990-4-24) |
| 221 | 34 | "Corkscrew" | Michael Simpson | J.C. Wilsher | Matthew Scurfield and Pete Lee-Wilson guest star | 26 April 1990 (1990-4-26) |
| 222 | 35 | "Obsessions" | Julian Aymes | Peter Gibbs | Clare Clifford and Nicholas Gecks guest star | 1 May 1990 (1990-5-1) |
| 223 | 36 | "Small Hours" | Mike Vardy | Kevin Clarke | David Neilson guest stars | 3 May 1990 (1990-5-3) |
| 224 | 37 | "Victims" | Derek Lister | Jonathan Rich | John Cater guest stars | 8 May 1990 (1990-5-8) |
| 225 | 38 | "Somebody's Husband" | Derek Lister | Jonathan Rich | John Cater guest stars | 10 May 1990 (1990-5-10) |
| 226 | 39 | "Canley Fields" | Mike Vardy | Christopher Russell | Gary Webster guest stars | 15 May 1990 (1990-5-15) |
| 227 | 40 | "The Night Watch" | Graham Theakston | J.C. Wilsher | Emma Chambers and Mark Addy guest star | 17 May 1990 (1990-5-17) |
| 228 | 41 | "Trojan Horse" | Graham Theakston | Pat Dunlop | Final appearance of PC Ken Melvin | 22 May 1990 (1990-5-22) |
| 229 | 42 | "Rites" | Derek Lister | Jonathan Rich | First appearance of PC Barry Stringer, guest appearances of Francis 'Taffy' Edwards and Tony 'Yorkie' Smith; Kika Mirylees guest stars | 24 May 1990 (1990-5-24) |
| 230 | 43 | "Answers" | Chris Hodson | Peter J. Hammond | Anthony May guest stars | 29 May 1990 (1990-5-29) |
| 231 | 44 | "A Fresh Start" | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | Tony Caunter, Mmoloki Chrystie, Desmond Cullum-Jones and Paul Antony-Barber guest star. DSU Jack Meadows appears briefly. | 31 May 1990 (1990-5-31) |
| 232 | 45 | "A Case To Answer" | Stuart Burge | J.C. Wilsher | Emma Chambers, Mark Addy and Cyril Nri guest star | 5 June 1990 (1990-6-5) |
| 233 | 46 | "Line Up" | Stuart Burge | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | – | 7 June 1990 (1990-6-7) |
| 234 | 47 | "Police Powers" | Gordon Flemyng | Julian Jones | First appearance of PC Steve Loxton; Ian Reddington guest stars | 12 June 1990 (1990-6-12) |
| 235 | 48 | "Action Book" | Graham Theakston | Christopher Russell | Michael Garner guest stars. DSU Jack Meadows appears briefly. | 14 June 1990 (1990-6-14) |
| 236 | 49 | "Tactics" | Graham Theakston | Arthur McKenzie | Ben Onwukwe and Desmond McNamara guest star | 19 June 1990 (1990-6-19) |
| 237 | 50 | "Scores" | Gordon Flemyng | Peter J. Hammond | First appearance of PC Ron Smollett | 21 June 1990 (1990-6-21) |
| 238 | 51 | "Witch Hunt" | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | Ron Cook guest stars | 26 June 1990 (1990-6-26) |
| 239 | 52 | "Close To Home" | Nick Laughland | Christopher Russell | Doña Croll guest stars | 28 June 1990 (1990-6-28) |
| 240 | 53 | "Breaking Point" | Peter Barber-Fleming | Les Pollard | – | 3 July 1990 (1990-7-3) |
| 241 | 54 | "Jumping The Gun" | Peter Barber-Fleming | David Hoskins | – | 5 July 1990 (1990-7-5) |
| 242 | 55 | "What Kind of Man" | Chris Lovett | Christopher Russell | Jim McManus guest stars | 10 July 1990 (1990-7-10) |
| 243 | 56 | "Beat Crime" | Nick Laughland | J.C. Wilsher | John Alford and Lyndam Gregory guest star | 12 July 1990 (1990-7-12) |
| 244 | 57 | "Unsocial Hours" | Derek Lister | J.C. Wilsher | Peter Benson guest stars | 17 July 1990 (1990-7-17) |
| 245 | 58 | "Interpretations" | Julian Aymes | Jonathan Rich | Shaheen Khan and Jenna Russell guest star | 19 July 1990 (1990-7-19) |
| 246 | 59 | "Angles" | Roger Tucker | Arthur McKenzie | – | 24 July 1990 (1990-7-24) |
| 247 | 60 | "Watch My Lips" | Julian Aymes | Patrick Harkins | – | 26 July 1990 (1990-7-26) |
| 248 | 61 | "Feeling Brave" | Richard Holthouse | John Milne | Colin McCormack and Shirin Taylor guest star | 31 July 1990 (1990-7-31) |
| 249 | 62 | "Come Fly With Me" | Michael Kerrigan | Peter Gibbs | Albert Moses, Tariq Yunus and Raymond Llewellyn guest star | 2 August 1990 (1990-8-2) |
| 250 | 63 | "Attitudes" | Richard Holthouse | Arthur McKenzie | Liz Gebhardt guest stars | 7 August 1990 (1990-8-7) |
| 251 | 64 | "Robbo" | Chris Lovett | Brian Finch | John Bardon guest stars | 9 August 1990 (1990-8-9) |
| 252 | 65 | "Ground Rules" | Michael Kerrigan | Geoff McQueen | Andrew McCulloch guest stars | 14 August 1990 (1990-8-14) |
| 253 | 66 | "Once a Copper" | Frank W Smith | Robin Mukherjee | – | 16 August 1990 (1990-8-16) |
| 254 | 67 | "Vendetta" | Graham Theakston | Peter Brooks | Amanda Mealing and Luan Peters guest star | 21 August 1990 (1990-8-21) |
| 255 | 68 | "My Favourite Things" | Roger Tucker | Arthur McKenzie | Sue Woodford guest stars | 23 August 1990 (1990-8-23) |
| 256 | 69 | "Win Some Lose Some" | Jeremy Ancock | Jonathan Rich | Colin Jeavons guest stars | 28 August 1990 (1990-8-28) |
| 257 | 70 | "Up The Steps" | Jeremy Ancock | Carolyn Sally Jones | Dominic Jephcott and Eileen Helsby guest star | 30 August 1990 (1990-8-30) |
| 258 | 71 | "Where There's a Will" | Garth Tucker | Patrick Harkins | Bernard Gallagher guest stars | 4 September 1990 (1990-9-4) |
| 259 | 72 | "Near The Knuckle" | Nick Hamm | Ayshe Raif | Dorothy Tutin and David Quilter guest star | 6 September 1990 (1990-9-6) |
| 260 | 73 | "Body Language" | Nick Hamm | Dick Sharples | Ian Redford and Geoffrey Beevers guest star | 11 September 1990 (1990-9-11) |
| 261 | 74 | "When Did You Last See Your Father?" | Bob Gabriel | Barry Appleton | Billy Murray, Brian Rawlinson and Gertan Klauber guest star | 13 September 1990 (1990-9-13) |
| 262 | 75 | "Eye-Witness" | Graham Theakston | Christopher Penfold | David Harewood guest stars | 18 September 1990 (1990-9-18) |
| 263 | 76 | "Sufficient Evidence" | Garth Tucker | Rib Davis | Abigail Thaw guest stars | 20 September 1990 (1990-9-20) |
| 264 | 77 | "Forget-Me-Not" | Frank W Smith | Russell Lewis | Jack Ellis guest stars | 25 September 1990 (1990-9-25) |
| 265 | 78 | "Something to Remember" | Laura Sims | Christopher Russell | First appearance of DAC Trevor Hicks; Pippa Hinchley guest stars | 27 September 1990 (1990-9-27) |
| 266 | 79 | "Off The Leash" | Chris Hodson | Christopher Russell | First appearance of WPC Delia French; Declan Mulholland guest stars | 2 October 1990 (1990-10-2) |
| 267 | 80 | "Family Ties" | Chris Lovett | Martyn Wade | John Golightly and David Quilter guest star | 4 October 1990 (1990-10-4) |
| 268 | 81 | "Old Friends" | Michael Kerrigan | Nick Collins | Sydney Livingstone and Marian McLoughlin guest star | 9 October 1990 (1990-10-9) |
| 269 | 82 | "Pride and Prejudice" | Laura Sims | Tim Firth | David Easter guest stars | 11 October 1990 (1990-10-11) |
| 270 | 83 | "Housey Housey" | William Brayne | John Chambers | Sian Thomas and Paul Copley guest star | 16 October 1990 (1990-10-16) |
| 271 | 84 | "Connelly's Kids" | Chris Lovett | Michael Cameron | – | 18 October 1990 (1990-10-18) |
| 272 | 85 | "One of Those Days" | Nick Laughland | Roger Leach | – | 23 October 1990 (1990-10-23) |
| 273 | 86 | "Jack-The-Lad" | Bill Hays | Michael Baker | Linda Marlowe and Jacquetta May guest star | 25 October 1990 (1990-10-25) |
| 274 | 87 | "Blue Murder" | Stuart Urban | Russell Lewis | Bob Mason, Patsy Palmer and Lee MacDonald guest star | 30 October 1990 (1990-10-30) |
| 275 | 88 | "Effective Persuaders" | Nick Laughland | J.C. Wilsher | Ron Donachie and Tony Rohr guest star | 1 November 1990 (1990-11-1) |
| 276 | 89 | "A Sense of Duty" | Bill Hays | Julian Jones | Jeremy Nicholas guest stars | 6 November 1990 (1990-11-6) |
| 277 | 90 | "Lying in Wait" | William Brayne | Chris Boucher | – | 8 November 1990 (1990-11-8) |
| 278 | 91 | "Plato For Policemen" | Chris Hodson | Robin Mukherjee | Kerry Peers and Charles Kay guest star | 13 November 1990 (1990-11-13) |
| 279 | 92 | "Testimony" | Chris Hodson | Robin Mukherjee | Bruce Alexander, Kerry Peers and Nicola Stapleton guest star | 15 November 1990 (1990-11-15) |
| 280 | 93 | "Decisions" | Tom Cotter | Arthur McKenzie | Patricia Hayes and Patricia Brake guest star | 20 November 1990 (1990-11-20) |
| 281 | 94 | "Know Your Enemy" | Moria Armstrong | Nick Collins | Jamie Foreman and Beryl Cooke guest star | 22 November 1990 (1990-11-22) |
| 282 | 95 | "Lies" | Roger Tucker | Brendan McDonald | Adele Silva guest stars | 27 November 1990 (1990-11-27) |
| 283 | 96 | "Old Wounds" | Roger Tucker | Ian Briggs | Alan Ford guest stars | 29 November 1990 (1990-11-29) |
| 284 | 97 | "Just for a Moment" | Tom Cotter | Susan Shattock | Charlie Creed-Miles guest stars | 4 December 1990 (1990-12-4) |
| 285 | 98 | "Market Forces" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Peter Brooks | Steven Mackintosh, Roberta Taylor and Peter Craze guest star | 6 December 1990 (1990-12-6) |
| 286 | 99 | "One for the Road" | John Strickland | Michael Crompton | Philip Whitchurch, Lloyd McGuire and Tracey Wilson guest star | 11 December 1990 (1990-12-11) |
| 287 | 100 | "Start with the Whistle" | John Strickland | J.C. Wilsher | First appearance of Sgt. Joseph Corrie, final regular appearance of Sgt. Tom Penny; Stephen Churchett guest stars | 13 December 1990 (1990-12-13) |
| 288 | 101 | "Out of The Blue" | Moria Armstrong | J.C. Wilsher | Alec Christie and Peter Ferdinando guest star | 18 December 1990 (1990-12-18) |
| 289 | 102 | "Street Smart" | Sarah Pia Anderson | J.C. Wilsher | First appearance of DCI Kim Reid, final appearance of DCI Gordon Wray; Robert Wisdom and Morgan Deare guest star | 20 December 1990 (1990-12-20) |
| 290 | 103 | "Safe As Houses" | Tom Cotter | Russell Lewis | First appearance of Sgt John Maitland; Ken Hutchison guest stars | 26 December 1990 (1990-12-26) |
| 291 | 104 | "Friends and Neighbours" | Mike Dormer | Christopher Russell | Brian Croucher, Doug Bradley, Allan Surtees and Richard Davies guest star | 27 December 1990 (1990-12-27) |

### Series 7 (1991)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 292 | 1 | "Grief" | Graham Theakston | Arthur McKenzie | 1 January 1991 (1991-1-1) |
| 293 | 2 | "The Chase" | Stuart Urban | Carol Harrison | 3 January 1991 (1991-1-3) |
| 294 | 3 | "The Attack" | John Black | Philip Palmer | 8 January 1991 (1991-1-8) |
| 295 | 4 | "Crown V. Cooper" | Michael Kerrigan | Jane Hollowood | 10 January 1991 (1991-1-10) |
| 296 | 5 | "The Girl Can't Help It" | John Strickland | Arthur McKenzie | 15 January 1991 (1991-1-15) |
| 297 | 6 | "Machines" | Bob Gabriel | Peter J. Hammond | 17 January 1991 (1991-1-17) |
| 298 | 7 | "Loophole" | John Strickland | Michael Baker | 22 January 1991 (1991-1-22) |
| 299 | 8 | "Bottle" | Graham Theakston | Arthur McKenzie | 24 January 1991 (1991-1-24) |
| 300 | 9 | "Samaritan" | John Black | Brian Finch | 29 January 1991 (1991-1-29) |
| 301 | 10 | "Fear or Favour" | Mike Dormer | Christopher Russell | 31 January 1991 (1991-1-31) |
| 302 | 11 | "Start To Finish" | Laura Sims | Graham Ison | 5 February 1991 (1991-2-5) |
| 303 | 12 | "Night and Day" | Michael Owen Morris | Russell Lewis | 7 February 1991 (1991-2-7) |
| 304 | 13 | "Favours" | Bob Blagden | Martyn Wade | 12 February 1991 (1991-2-12) |
| 305 | 14 | "In Chambers" | Michael Owen Morris | Carolyn Sally Jones | 14 February 1991 (1991-2-14) |
| 306 | 15 | "Kids Don't Cry Anymore" | Tom Cotter | Barry Appleton | 19 February 1991 (1991-2-19) |
| 307 | 16 | "Too Many Chiefs" | David Hayman | Tony Etchells | 21 February 1991 (1991-2-21) |
| 308 | 17 | "Every Mother's Son" | Laura Sims | Patrick Harkins | 26 February 1991 (1991-2-26) |
| 309 | 18 | "Furthers" | Brian Farnham | Robin Mukherjee | 28 February 1991 (1991-2-28) |
| 310 | 19 | "Closing The Net" | Michael Brayshaw | Robin Mukherjee | 5 March 1991 (1991-3-5) |
| 311 | 20 | "The Public Interest" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Christopher Russell | 7 March 1991 (1991-3-7) |
| 312 | 21 | "Photo Finish" | Bob Blagden | David Hoskins | 12 March 1991 (1991-3-12) |
| 313 | 22 | "Just Desserts" | Alan Bell | Christopher Russell | 14 March 1991 (1991-3-14) |
| 314 | 23 | "832 Receiving" | Alan Bell | Barbara Cox | 19 March 1991 (1991-3-19) |
| 315 | 24 | "The Better Part of Valour" | David Hayman | Arthur McKenzie | 21 March 1991 (1991-3-21) |
| 316 | 25 | "Double Or Quits" | Bill Pryde | Rib Davis | 26 March 1991 (1991-3-26) |
| 317 | 26 | "We Could Be Heroes" | John Strickland | Tony Etchells | 28 March 1991 (1991-3-28) |
| 318 | 27 | "Cold Turkey, Part One: Lifeline" | Gordon Flemyng | J. C. Wilsher | 2 April 1991 (1991-4-2) |
| 319 | 28 | "Cold Turkey, Part Two: Late Turn Sunday" | Gordon Flemyng | J.C. Wilsher | 4 April 1991 (1991-4-4) |
| 320 | 29 | "Now We're Motoring" | Michael Brayshaw | J.C. Wilsher | 9 April 1991 (1991-4-9) |
| 321 | 30 | "Dead Man's Boots" | John Glenister | Julian Jones | 11 April 1991 (1991-4-11) |
| 322 | 31 | "Caught Napping" | John Strickland | Russell Lewis | 16 April 1991 (1991-4-16) |
| 323 | 32 | "Hammer To Fall" | Richard Holthouse | Russell Lewis | 18 April 1991 (1991-4-18) |
| 324 | 33 | "Cry Havoc" | Stuart Urban | Russell Lewis | 23 April 1991 (1991-4-23) |
| 325 | 34 | "Rules of Engagement" | David Attwood | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | 25 April 1991 (1991-4-25) |
| 326 | 35 | "Delivery on Time" | David Attwood | Jonathan Myerson | 30 April 1991 (1991-4-30) |
| 327 | 36 | "Black Monday" | Alan Bell | Peter J. Hammond | 2 May 1991 (1991-5-2) |
| 328 | 37 | "Jobs for the Boys" | Alan Bell | Carolyn Sally Jones | 7 May 1991 (1991-5-7) |
| 329 | 38 | "Without Consent" | Derek Lister | Julian Jones | 9 May 1991 (1991-5-9) |
| 330 | 39 | "Saints and Martyrs" | John Glenister | Christopher Russell | 14 May 1991 (1991-5-14) |
| 331 | 40 | "Observation" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Martyn Wade | 16 May 1991 (1991-5-16) |
| 332 | 41 | "The Greater Good" | Mike Dormer | David Hoskins | 21 May 1991 (1991-5-21) |
| 333 | 42 | "The Best You Can Buy" | Moira Armstrong | Christopher Russell | 23 May 1991 (1991-5-23) |
| 334 | 43 | "Addict" | Chris Lovett | Victoria Taylor | 25 May 1991 (1991-5-25) |
| 335 | 44 | "Black Mark" | Bill Pryde | Phillip Palmer | 30 May 1991 (1991-5-30) |
| 336 | 45 | "The Right Thing To Do" | Brian Parker | Kieran Prendiville | 4 June 1991 (1991-6-4) |
| 337 | 46 | "The Harder They Fall" | Chris Lovett | Tony Etchells | 6 June 1991 (1991-6-6) |
| 338 | 47 | "Something Personal" | Brian Parker | Brendan J. Cassin | 11 June 1991 (1991-6-11) |
| 339 | 48 | "Hijack" | Derek Lister | Phillip Palmer | 13 June 1991 (1991-6-13) |
| 340 | 49 | "With Intent" | Bill Pryde | Carolyn Sally Jones | 18 June 1991 (1991-6-18) |
| 341 | 50 | "Initiative" | Mike Dormer | J.C. Wilsher | 20 June 1991 (1991-6-20) |
| 342 | 51 | "Careless Whispers" | Derek Lister | Edward Dumas | 25 June 1991 (1991-6-25) |
| 343 | 52 | "Minimum Force" | William Brayne | Simon Andrew Stirling | 27 June 1991 (1991-6-27) |
| 344 | 53 | "Skeletons" | Brian Farnham | Kevin Clarke | 2 July 1991 (1991-7-2) |
| 345 | 54 | "Targets" | Suri Krishnamma | J.C. Wilsher | 4 July 1991 (1991-7-4) |
| 346 | 55 | "The Negotiator" | Stuart Urban | Paul Bond | 9 July 1991 (1991-7-9) |
| 347 | 56 | "Reputations" | Suri Krishnamma | Simon Moss | 11 July 1991 (1991-7-11) |
| 348 | 57 | "The Juggler and the Fortune Teller" | Alan Bell | Barry Appleton | 16 July 1991 (1991-7-16) |
| 349 | 58 | "Joey" | Derek Lister | J.C. Wilsher | 18 July 1991 (1991-7-18) |
| 350 | 59 | "Your Shout" | Bill Pryde | Julian Jones | 23 July 1991 (1991-7-23) |
| 351 | 60 | "Ladykiller" | Moira Armstrong | Steve Trafford | 25 July 1991 (1991-7-25) |
| 352 | 61 | "A Corporal of Horse" | Mike Vardy | Julian Jones | 30 July 1991 (1991-7-30) |
| 353 | 62 | "Cause and Effect" | Jan Sargent | Christopher Russell | 1 August 1991 (1991-8-1) |
| 354 | 63 | "Getting Involved" | Richard Holthouse | Stephen Churchett | 6 August 1991 (1991-8-6) |
| 355 | 64 | "Benefit of the Doubt" | Mike Vardy | Jonathan Myerson | 8 August 1991 (1991-8-8) |
| 356 | 65 | "Crack-Up" | William Brayne | Barry Appleton | 13 August 1991 (1991-8-13) |
| 357 | 66 | "The Last Laugh" | Denny Lawrence | Duncan Gould | 15 August 1991 (1991-8-15) |
| 358 | 67 | "Access" | Brian Parker | Tony Attard | 20 August 1991 (1991-8-20) |
| 359 | 68 | "Six of One" | Sharon Miller | Rib Davis | 22 August 1991 (1991-8-22) |
| 360 | 69 | "Married to the Job" | Brian Parker | Roger Leach | 27 August 1991 (1991-8-27) |
| 361 | 70 | "Domestic" | Graham Theaktson | Phillip Palmer | 29 August 1991 (1991-8-29) |
| 362 | 71 | "Stress Rules" | Jan Sargent | Robin Mukherjee | 3 September 1991 (1991-9-3) |
| 363 | 72 | "They Also Serve" | David Hayman | Russell Lewis | 5 September 1991 (1991-9-5) |
| 364 | 73 | "Inside Job" | Denny Lawrence | Simon Moss | 10 September 1991 (1991-9-10) |
| 365 | 74 | "Bones of Contention" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Susan Shattock | 12 September 1991 (1991-9-12) |
| 366 | 75 | "Wide of The Mark" | Chris Lovett | David Hoskins | 17 September 1991 (1991-9-17) |
| 367 | 76 | "Hitting The Mark" | Mike Dormer | Steve Trafford | 19 September 1991 (1991-9-19) |
| 368 | 77 | "Bending the Rules" | Alan Bell | Eric Deacon | 24 September 1991 (1991-9-24) |
| 369 | 78 | "Skint" | Graham Theakston | Brendan Martin | 26 September 1991 (1991-9-26) |
| 370 | 79 | "Friday and Counting" | Bill Pryde | Barry Appleton | 1 October 1991 (1991-10-1) |
| 371 | 80 | "Lest We Forget" | Bill Pryde | Victoria Taylor | 3 October 1991 (1991-10-3) |
| 372 | 81 | "Nutters" | Richard Holthouse | Phillip Palmer | 8 October 1991 (1991-10-8) |
| 373 | 82 | "Downtime" | Richard Holthouse | Peter J. Hammond | 10 October 1991 (1991-10-10) |
| 374 | 83 | "Out of Order" | David Hayman | Dave Simpson | 15 October 1991 (1991-10-15) |
| 375 | 84 | "Empire Building" | Nicholas Laughland | Phillip Palmer | 17 October 1991 (1991-10-17) |
| 376 | 85 | "Innocence" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Victoria Taylor | 22 October 1991 (1991-10-22) |
| 377 | 86 | "Losing It" | Jim Goddard | Russell Lewis | 24 October 1991 (1991-10-24) |
| 378 | 87 | "Shots" | Chris Lovett | J.C. Wilsher | 29 October 1991 (1991-10-29) |
| 379 | 88 | "The Square Peg" | Jim Goddard | Christopher Russell | 31 October 1991 (1991-10-31) |
| 380 | 89 | "A Question of Confidence" | Jan Sargent | Robin Mukherjee | 5 November 1991 (1991-11-5) |
| 381 | 90 | "Balls in the Air" | Sharon Miller | J.C. Wilsher | 7 November 1991 (1991-11-7) |
| 382 | 91 | "The Taste" | Alan Bell | Julian Jones | 12 November 1991 (1991-11-12) |
| 383 | 92 | "Turning Back The Clock" | Aisling Walsh | Barry Appleton | 14 November 1991 (1991-11-14) |
| 384 | 93 | "Discretion" | Niall Leonard | Edward Dumas | 19 November 1991 (1991-11-19) |
| 385 | 94 | "Chapter and Verse" | Aisling Walsh | Carolyn Sally Jones | 21 November 1991 (1991-11-21) |
| 386 | 95 | "The Whole Truth" | Duncan Gould | Geoff McQueen | 26 November 1991 (1991-11-26) |
| 387 | 96 | "Profit and Loss" | Nicholas Laughland | Tony Etchells | 28 November 1991 (1991-11-28) |
| 388 | 97 | "Thicker Than Water" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Matthew Wingett | 3 December 1991 (1991-12-3) |
| 389 | 98 | "On The Take" | Patrick Lau | Steve Trafford | 5 December 1991 (1991-12-5) |
| 390 | 99 | "Caring" | Aisling Walsh | Anthony Valentine | 10 December 1991 (1991-12-10) |
| 391 | 100 | "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" | Derek Lister | Victoria Taylor | 12 December 1991 (1991-12-12) |
| 392 | 101 | "Imposters" | Bill Hays | Tony McHale | 17 December 1991 (1991-12-17) |
| 393 | 102 | "A Woman Scorned" | Derek Lister | Victoria Taylor | 19 December 1991 (1991-12-19) |
| 394 | 103 | "Vital Statistics" | Jeremy Summers | Christopher Russell | 24 December 1991 (1991-12-24) |
| 395 | 104 | "Decent People" | Mike Dormer | Edward Dumas | 26 December 1991 (1991-12-26) |
| 396 | 105 | "Breakout" | Frank W. Smith | Carolyn Sally Jones | 31 December 1991 (1991-12-31) |

### Series 8 (1992)

| # | Title | Episode notes | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 1 | "The Best Policy" | Clive Wedderburn guest stars | Derek Lister | Victoria Taylor | 2 January 1992 (1992-1-2) |
| 2 | "A Friend in Need" | Edmund Pegge guest stars | Bill Pryde | Duncan Gould | 7 January 1992 (1992-1-7) |
| 3 | "Whose Side Are You On?" | William Simons and Tom Kelly guest star | Bill Hays | Duncan Gould | 9 January 1992 (1992-1-9) |
| 4 | "Lip Service" | Oliver Smith, Ian Reddington, Sherrie Hewson and Samantha Womack guest star | Derek Lister | Arthur Ellis | 14 January 1992 (1992-1-14) |
| 5 | "Illegals" | – | Laura Sims | Christopher Russell | 16 January 1992 (1992-1-16) |
| 6 | "Fair Play" | Alex Walkinshaw, Roger Griffiths and Jason Isaacs guest star | Niall Leonard | Mark Holloway | 21 January 1992 (1992-1-21) |
| 7 | "Dinosaur" | Jo Martin, Trevor Byfield and Jeremy Bulloch guest star | Laura Sims | Victoria Taylor | 23 January 1992 (1992-1-23) |
| 8 | "Joyride" | Colin Spaull and Terry Molloy guest star | John Strickland | Mike Harris | 28 January 1992 (1992-1-28) |
| 9 | "Not Waving" | Dexter Fletcher guest stars | Richard Holthouse | Russell Lewis | 30 January 1992 (1992-1-30) |
| 10 | "Mates" | Annie Hulley guest stars | Derek Lister | Philip Palmer | 4 February 1992 (1992-2-4) |
| 11 | "Lost Boy" | Robert Glenister guest stars | Nicholas Laughland | Mark Holloway | 6 February 1992 (1992-2-6) |
| 12 | "Chicken" | Liz Gebhardt guest stars | Chris Lovett | Julian Jones | 11 February 1992 (1992-2-11) |
| 13 | "Somebody Special" | Final regular appearance of DCI Kim Reid | John Strickland | Christopher Russell | 13 February 1992 (1992-2-13) |
| 14 | "Previous Convictions" | – | Aisling Walsh | Tony Etchells | 18 February 1992 (1992-2-18) |
| 15 | "Beggar My Neighbour" | Beryl Cooke guest stars | Niall Leonard | Jonathan Whitten | 20 February 1992 (1992-2-20) |
| 16 | "It's a Small World" | Ian Redford, Kenneth Cope and Paul Jerricho guest star | Bill Pryde | Barry Appleton | 25 February 1992 (1992-2-25) |
| 17 | "Licence" | Sally Rogers and Tom Georgeson guest star | Gordon Flemyng | Neil McKay | 27 February 1992 (1992-2-27) |
| 18 | "Comeback" | – | John Darnell | Julian Jones | 3 March 1992 (1992-3-3) |
| 19 | "Fireproof" | Rachel Victoria Roberts guest stars | Mike Dormer | Julian Jones | 5 March 1992 (1992-3-5) |
| 20 | "The Paddy Factor" | Edward Peel guest stars | Chris Lovett | J. C. Wilsher | 10 March 1992 (1992-3-10) |
| 21 | "The Wild Rover" | Final appearance of WPC Suzanne Ford; Edward Peel and Clare Clifford guest star | Chris Lovett | J.C. Wilsher | 12 March 1992 (1992-3-12) |
| 22 | "Coincidence" | Rod Culbertson and Denise Black guest star | Patrick Lau | Peter J. Hammond | 17 March 1992 (1992-3-17) |
| 23 | "Going Soft" | Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Anna Cropper guest star | Derek Lister | Barry Appleton | 19 March 1992 (1992-3-19) |
| 24 | "Re-Hab" | First regular appearance of DCI Jack Meadows | Derek Lister | Tony Etchells | 24 March 1992 (1992-3-24) |
| 25 | "Acting Detective" | Final appearance of PC Delia French | Nicholas Laughland | Mark Holloway | 26 March 1992 (1992-3-26) |
| 26 | "Stopover" | Edward Burnham guest stars | Aisling Walsh | Peter J. Hammond | 31 March 1992 (1992-3-31) |
| 27 | "Suspects" | Eric Deacon and Roger Blake guest star | Richard Holthouse | Philip Palmer | 2 April 1992 (1992-4-2) |
| 28 | "All the King's Horses" | – | John Darnell | Duncan Gould | 7 April 1992 (1992-4-7) |
| 29 | "Party Politics" | Dominic Keating, Barbara Wilshere and Derek Martin guest star | Alan Bell | Susan Shattock | 9 April 1992 (1992-4-9) |
| 30 | "Trials and Tribulations" | Final regular appearance of Sgt. Alec Peters; Amelda Brown guest stars | Chris Lovett | Anthony Valentine | 14 April 1992 (1992-4-14) |
| 31 | "A Can of Worms" | Andrew Carr guest stars | Charles Beeson | Duncan Gould | 16 April 1992 (1992-4-16) |
| 32 | "Timing" | Robin Soans guest stars | Aisling Walsh | Russell Lewis | 21 April 1992 (1992-4-21) |
| 33 | "A Nice Little Line in Plastic" | – | Sarah Pia Anderson | Margaret Simpson | 23 April 1992 (1992-4-23) |
| 34 | "Trial and Error" | Ian McElhinney, John Hannah and Ben Aris guest star | Alan Bell | Edward Dumas | 28 April 1992 (1992-4-28) |
| 35 | "Owning Up" | – | Charles Beeson | Martyn Wade | 30 April 1992 (1992-4-30) |
| 36 | "Up Behind" | – | Sarah Pia Anderson | J.C. Wilsher | 5 May 1992 (1992-5-5) |
| 37 | "Appearances" | John Duttine guest stars | Patrick Lau | Simon Moss | 7 May 1992 (1992-5-7) |
| 38 | "Principled Negotiation" | Pete Postlethwaite guest stars | Gordon Flemyng | J.C. Wilsher | 12 May 1992 (1992-5-12) |
| 39 | "Sign of Our Times" | Lindsey Coulson guest stars | Laura Sims | David Squire | 14 May 1992 (1992-5-14) |
| 40 | "Priorities" | – | Anya Camilleri | Neil McKay | 19 May 1992 (1992-5-19) |
| 41 | "Users" | Elizabeth Carling guest stars | Laura Sims | Simon Moss | 21 May 1992 (1992-5-21) |
| 42 | "Man of the People" | – | Richard Holthouse | Christopher Russell | 26 May 1992 (1992-5-26) |
| 43 | "Runaway" | Colin McCormack guest stars | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | 28 May 1992 (1992-5-28) |
| 44 | "Exposures" | Ché Walker, Gemma Craven and David Schofield guest star | Richard Holthouse | Mark Holloway | 2 June 1992 (1992-6-2) |
| 45 | "Better the Devil" | Rudolph Walker and Caroline John guest star | Jeremy Silberston | Russell Lewis | 4 June 1992 (1992-6-4) |
| 46 | "Prisoners" | – | Chris Lovett | Victoria Taylor | 9 June 1992 (1992-6-9) |
| 47 | "World To Rights" | Jeremy Young guest stars | Graham Theakston | Russell Lewis | 11 June 1992 (1992-6-11) |
| 48 | "Do the Right Thing" | – | Christopher Hodson | Marianne Colbran | 16 June 1992 (1992-6-16) |
| 49 | "Hiding to Nothing" | – | Graham Theakston | Jonathan Rich | 18 June 1992 (1992-6-18) |
| 50 | "Punching Judy" | – | Moira Armstrong | Russell Lewis | 22 June 1992 (1992-6-22) |
| 51 | "Vicious Circles" | Carol Harrison guest stars | Christopher Hodson | Duncan Gould | 25 June 1992 (1992-6-25) |
| 52 | "Up All Night" | Cindy O'Callaghan guest stars | Mike Dormer | Tony Etchells | 30 June 1992 (1992-6-30) |
| 53 | "Part of the Furniture" | Final regular appearance of DC Mike Dashwood; Linda Henry and James Garbutt guest star | Udayan Prasad | Christopher Russell | 2 July 1992 (1992-7-2) |
| 54 | "Snakes and Ladders" | – | Mike Dormer | Tony Etchells | 7 July 1992 (1992-7-7) |
| 55 | "Street Cleaning" | – | Laura Sims | Christopher Russell | 9 July 1992 (1992-7-9) |
| 56 | "Hands Up" | First appearance of DC Alan Woods; Cheryl Hall and Rowena Cooper guest star | Michael Simpson | Christopher Russell | 14 July 1992 (1992-7-14) |
| 57 | "A Scandalous Act" | Guest appearance of now-Det. Supt. Kim Reid; Martine McCutcheon guest stars | Anya Camilleri | Anthony Valentine | 16 July 1992 (1992-7-16) |
| 58 | "Raiders" | Janet Lees Price guest stars | Brian Parker | Rib Davis | 21 July 1992 (1992-7-21) |
| 59 | "Talk Out" | – | Brian Parker | Peter J. Hammond | 23 July 1992 (1992-7-23) |
| 60 | "True Confessions" | Tenniel Evans guest stars | Jeremy Silberston | Edward Dumas | 28 July 1992 (1992-7-28) |
| 61 | "Private Enterprise" | Lucy Benjamin guest stars | Patrick Lau | Carolyn Sally Jones | 29 July 1992 (1992-7-29) |
| 62 | "Getting Through" | Roberta Taylor and Brian Croucher guest star | Andrew Higgs | Carolyn Sally Jones | 4 August 1992 (1992-8-4) |
| 63 | "Last Night of Freedom" | Jamie Foreman guest stars | Chris Clough | Lizzie Mickery | 6 August 1992 (1992-8-6) |
| 64 | "Cutting Loose" | Allan Corduner and Jonathan Kydd guest star | Chris Clough | Steve Trafford | 11 August 1992 (1992-8-11) |
| 65 | "Soft Target" | Paterson Joseph and Michael Ripper guest star | Laura Sims | Roy MacGregor | 13 August 1992 (1992-8-13) |
| 66 | "I've Never Been to Harrogate" | Charles Kay guest stars | Moira Armstrong | Christopher Russell | 18 August 1992 (1992-8-18) |
| 67 | "Human Resources" | Bruce Alexander guest stars | Andrew Higgs | Robert Jones | 20 August 1992 (1992-8-20) |
| 68 | "Exit" | Sarah Alexander guest stars | Tom Cotter | Peter J. Hammond | 25 August 1992 (1992-8-25) |
| 69 | "Loyalties" | Dean Gaffney guest stars | Tom Cotter | Duncan Gould | 27 August 1992 (1992-8-27) |
| 70 | "Snap Shot" | Colin Wells guest stars | Mike Dormer | Tony Etchells | 1 September 1992 (1992-9-1) |
| 71 | "Letting Go" | Martin Marquez and Alan Westaway guest star | Chris Lovett | Joanne Maguire | 3 September 1992 (1992-9-3) |
| 72 | "Travelling Light" | – | Sheree Folkson | Rod Lewis | 8 September 1992 (1992-9-8) |
| 73 | "Radio Waves" | Stephen Lord and Joe Absolom guest stars | Chris Lovett | Simon Moss | 10 September 1992 (1992-9-10) |
| 74 | "A Blind Eye" | Russell Boulter, Adjoa Andoh and Eileen Way guest star | Mike Dormer | Julian Jones | 15 September 1992 (1992-9-15) |
| 75 | "Sympathy for the Devil" | Harry Fowler and Vladek Sheybal guest star | Sheree Folkson | Edward Dumas | 17 September 1992 (1992-9-17) |
| 76 | "Force Is Part of the Service" | David Harewood and Sally Faulkner guest star | Anya Camilleri | J.C. Wilsher | 22 September 1992 (1992-9-22) |
| 77 | "On the Record, Off the Record" | Alan Ford, Allan Corduner, Treva Etienne and Roy Heather guest star | Anya Camilleri | David Hoksins | 24 September 1992 (1992-9-24) |
| 78 | "Stoning the Glasshouse" | Anthony Daniels, Mark Arden and Stephen Moore guest star | David Attwood | Anthony Valentine | 29 September 1992 (1992-9-29) |
| 79 | "Tip-Off" | Brian Capron guest stars | John Darnell | Sebastian Walker | 1 October 1992 (1992-10-1) |
| 80 | "Open to Offers" | Tim McInnerny guest stars | Roger Gartland | Russell Lewis | 6 October 1992 (1992-10-6) |
| 81 | "Playing God" | Pat Nye guest stars | Roger Gartland | Margaret Phelan | 8 October 1992 (1992-10-8) |
| 82 | "Crack of Doom" | – | John Darnell | Gregory Evans | 13 October 1992 (1992-10-13) |
| 83 | "Spit and Polish" | First appearance of WPC Polly Page; George Irving guest stars | Frank W. Smith | Robert Jones | 15 October 1992 (1992-10-15) |
| 84 | "Overdue" | Lloyd McGuire, Paul Ritter and Nicola Duffett guest star | Chris Lovett | J.C. Wilsher | 20 October 1992 (1992-10-20) |
| 85 | "We Should Be Talking" | Hugo Speer guest stars | David Attwood | Duncan Gould | 22 October 1992 (1992-10-22) |
| 86 | "Reasonable Grounds" | June Page and Larry Martyn guest star | Colm Villa | Julian Spilsbury | 27 October 1992 (1992-10-27) |
| 87 | "Discipline" | Gary Whelan guest stars | Colm Villa | Joanna Maguire | 29 October 1992 (1992-10-29) |
| 88 | "Minefield" | Selina Cadell and Sam Kelly guest star | Jean Stewart | Carolyn Sally Jones | 3 November 1992 (1992-11-3) |
| 89 | "Gamers" | Gordon Warnecke guest stars | Frank W. Smith | Jonathan Myerson | 5 November 1992 (1992-11-5) |
| 90 | "Occupational Hazard" | First appearance of PC Gary McCann | Jean Stewart | Carolyn Sally Jones | 10 November 1992 (1992-11-10) |
| 91 | "Just Send Some Flowers" | Adrian Lester and Liz Crowther guest star | Chris Lovett | Michael Jenner | 12 November 1992 (1992-11-12) |
| 92 | "Waifs and Strays" | Gavin Richards and Barbara Keogh guest star | Haldance Duncan | Jonathan Rich | 17 November 1992 (1992-11-17) |
| 93 | "Happy Families" | Charlotte Coleman guest stars | Andrew Higgs | David Hoskins | 19 November 1992 (1992-11-19) |
| 94 | "Well Out of Order" | – | Peter Smith | Steve Trafford | 24 November 1992 (1992-11-24) |
| 95 | "Into the Mire" | – | Peter Smith | Steve Trafford | 26 November 1992 (1992-11-26) |
| 96 | "Master of the House" | – | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | 1 December 1992 (1992-12-1) |
| 97 | "Fireworks" | Neil Maskell guest stars | Nicholas Laughland | Duncan Gould | 3 December 1992 (1992-12-3) |
| 98 | "Cold Shoulder" | – | Haldane Duncam | Tony Etchells | 8 December 1992 (1992-12-8) |
| 99 | "Safety First" | – | Nicholas Laughland | Mick Duffy | 10 December 1992 (1992-12-10) |
| 100 | "Counting the Cost" | Stanley Townsend guest stars | Laurence Moody | Anthony Valentine | 15 December 1992 (1992-12-15) |
| 101 | "Compassion" | – | Chris Lovett | Frank Kippax | 17 December 1992 (1992-12-17) |
| 102 | "Finders Keepers" | Guest appearance of DC Mike Dashwood; Terence Bayler, Kate Williams and John Cater guest star | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | 22 December 1992 (1992-12-22) |
| 103 | "Return Match" | Guest appearance of DC Mike Dashwood | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | 24 December 1992 (1992-12-24) |
| 104 | "High Places" | Anna Keaveney and Caroline John guest star | Jeremy Silberston | Peter J. Hammond | 29 December 1992 (1992-12-29) |
| 105 | "When Push Comes to Shove" | – | Matthew Evans | Tony Etchells | 31 December 1992 (1992-12-31) |

### Series 9 (1993)

| # | Title | Episode notes | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 1 | "A Dying Breed" | Title sequence updated; Elizabeth Rider guest stars | Chris Clough | Chris Ould | 5 January 1993 (1993-1-5) |
| 2 | "Fact of Life" | Tim Matthews guest stars | Derek Lister | Julian Jones | 7 January 1993 (1993-1-7) |
| 3 | "All Through the Night" | – | Jeremy Silberston | John Wilsher | 8 January 1993 (1993-1-8) |
| 4 | "New Tune, Old Fiddle" | First appearance of Ch. Insp. Philip Cato; Bob Mason guest stars | Laurence Moody | John Wilsher | 12 January 1993 (1993-1-12) |
| 5 | "Delinquent" | Stephanie Turner and Dickon Tolson guest star | Chris Lovett | Victoria Taylor | 14 January 1993 (1993-1-14) |
| 6 | "Bringing Up Baby" | Daniel Flynn and Jacqueline Defferary guest star | Matthew Evans | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 15 January 1993 (1993-1-15) |
| 7 | "Rainy Days and Mondays" | Zoe Telford guest stars | Sarah Anderson | Trevor Wadlow | 19 January 1993 (1993-1-19) |
| 8 | "Supply and Demand" | Gareth Armstrong, Richard Beale and Shirin Taylor guest star | Chris Clough | Joanne Maguire | 21 January 1993 (1993-1-21) |
| 9 | "On the Cards" | Adrienne Burgess and Andrew McCulloch guest star | Jan Sargent | Gregory Evans | 22 January 1993 (1993-1-22) |
| 10 | "Shock to the System" | First appearance of Sgt Jane Kendall; Shaun Dingwall and Lisa Coleman guest star | David Attwood | Christopher Russell | 26 January 1993 (1993-1-26) |
| 11 | "Living It Down" | Jane Danson and Melanie Hill guest star | David Attwood | Ron Rose | 28 January 1993 (1993-1-28) |
| 12 | "Heat of the Moment" | Julie Buckfield guest star | Sarah Anderson | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 29 January 1993 (1993-1-29) |
| 13 | "Shake, Rattle 'N' Roll" | First appearance of PC Mike Jarvis; Marcia Warren and Shaun Scott guest star | George Case | Susan Shattock | 2 February 1993 (1993-2-2) |
| 14 | "No Thanks to You" | Raymond Llewellyn and Elizabeth Estensen guest star | Jan Sargent | Candy Denman | 4 February 1993 (1993-2-4) |
| 15 | "A Better Life" | Sean Maguire guest stars | Andrew Higgs | Roy MacGregor | 5 February 1993 (1993-2-5) |
| 16 | "Echo" | Adrian Rawlins guest stars | Bill Pryde | Peter Hammond | 9 February 1993 (1993-2-9) |
| 17 | "Fagins" | First appearance of WPC Suzi Croft | Brian Farnham | Julian Jones | 11 February 1993 (1993-2-11) |
| 18 | "Cried Too Late" | Gerda Stevenson guest stars | Chris Lovett | Matthew Wingett | 12 February 1993 (1993-2-12) |
| 19 | "Gone for a Soldier" | Charles De'Ath and Renu Setna guest star | Brian Farnham | Steve Trafford | 16 February 1993 (1993-2-16) |
| 20 | "Persuasion" | Sue Devaney guest stars | Richard Holthouse | Marianne Colbran | 18 February 1993 (1993-2-18) |
| 21 | "Hard Man" | – | Andrew Higgs | Carolyn Jones | 19 February 1993 (1993-2-19) |
| 22 | "Missionary Work" | Emma Bunton, Simone Hyams, Muriel Pavlow, Fanny Carby and Peter Gunn guest star | William Brayne | Steve Trafford | 23 February 1993 (1993-2-23) |
| 23 | "Hypocritical Oath" | Kenneth Farrington and Anastasia Hille guest star | Andrew Higgs | Matthew Bardsley | 25 February 1993 (1993-2-25) |
| 24 | "Trivial Pursuits" | Jeremy Bulloch guest stars | Brian Parker | Len Collin | 26 February 1993 (1993-2-26) |
| 25 | "Out of the Mouths" | Colin Spaull, David Simeon, John Leeson and Nathan Constance guest star | Graeme Harper | Duncan Gould | 2 March 1993 (1993-3-2) |
| 26 | "Keeping In Touch" | Frank Mills and Daphne Oxenford guest star | George Case | Anthony Valentine | 4 March 1993 (1993-3-4) |
| 27 | "If It Isn't Hurting" | Madhav Sharma and Wendy Williams guest star | Paul Unwin | Tony Etchells | 5 March 1993 (1993-3-5) |
| 28 | "Keeping Out of Trouble" | First appearance of WDC Jo Morgan | Brian Parker | Michael Jenner | 9 March 1993 (1993-3-9) |
| 29 | "School of Hard Knocks" | Shirley Stelfox, Ivor Roberts and Nick Brimble guest star | Graeme Harper | Robert Jones | 11 March 1993 (1993-3-11) |
| 30 | "A Little Family Business" | Margery Mason guest stars | Michael Simpson | Steve Trafford | 12 March 1993 (1993-3-12) |
| 31 | "Breaking the Chain" | – | Bill Pryde | Jonathan Myerson | 16 March 1993 (1993-3-16) |
| 32 | "The Fortress" | – | Bill Pryde | Philip Palmer | 18 March 1993 (1993-3-18) |
| 33 | "In Broad Daylight" | Nick Moran guest stars | Richard Holthouse | Roy MacGregor | 19 March 1993 (1993-3-19) |
| 34 | "Credible Witness" | Hugh Futcher guest stars | Diana Patrick | Joanne Maguire | 23 March 1993 (1993-3-23) |
| 35 | "The Price of Fame" | Georgina Cates and Margot Leicester guest star | Haldane Duncan | Lizzie Mickery | 25 March 1993 (1993-3-25) |
| 36 | "The Short Straw" | Final appearance of WDC Viv Martella | William Brayne | Russell Lewis | 26 March 1993 (1993-3-26) |
| 37 | "Missing" | David Hargreaves and Tim Preece guest star | Roger Gartland | Christopher Russell | 30 March 1993 (1993-3-30) |
| 38 | "Goods Received" | Eamon Boland and James Marcus guest star | Diana Patrick | Julian Spilsbury | 1 April 1993 (1993-4-1) |
| 39 | "Double Enmity" | Paul Moriarty and Connor Byrne guest star | Paul Unwin | David Hoskins | 2 April 1993 (1993-4-2) |
| 40 | "Hard Evidence" | Conleth Hill and Ken Bones guest star | Laurence Moody | Tony Etchells | 6 April 1993 (1993-4-6) |
| 41 | "High Hopes And Low Life" | Final appearance of PC Ron Smollett; Peter Benson and Sharon Maiden guest star | John Darnell | Roy MacGregor | 8 April 1993 (1993-4-8) |
| 42 | "On the Loose" | Michelle Joseph, Allan Surtees and Hilda Fenemore guest star | Laurence Moody | Candy Denman | 9 April 1993 (1993-4-9) |
| 43 | "Out of Court" | Jack Smethurst, James Bree and Timothy Walker guest star | Jim Goddard | Mark Holloway | 13 April 1993 (1993-4-13) |
| 44 | "Bedfellows" | Ace Bhatti and Raji James guest star | Jan Sargent | Christopher Russell | 15 April 1993 (1993-4-15) |
| 45 | "Cat and Mouse" | Natalie Roles guest stars | John Darnell | Sebastian Secker-Walker | 17 April 1993 (1993-4-17) |
| 46 | "Brothers" | Jake Wood guest stars | Roger Gartland | Chris Lang | 20 April 1993 (1993-4-20) |
| 47 | "Playing Away" | Geraldine Somerville guest stars | Ed Braman | Chris Ould | 22 April 1993 (1993-4-22) |
| 48 | "Coming to Terms" | Stephen Churchett and Maureen O'Brien guest star | Jeremy Silbertson | Roy MacGregor | 24 April 1993 (1993-4-24) |
| 49 | "Return to Sender" | Andy Serkis and Joseph Kpobie guest star | Jeremy Silbertson | Michael Jenner | 27 April 1993 (1993-4-27) |
| 50 | "Sticks and Stones" | Tenniel Evans guest stars | Betsan Morris | David Lane | 29 April 1993 (1993-4-29) |
| 51 | "Tangled Webs" | James Gaddas and Julia Ford guest star | David Attwood | Ron Rose | 1 May 1993 (1993-5-1) |
| 52 | "Recruiting Officer" | Ray Ashcroft and Ian Burfield guest stars | Ed Braman | Len Collin | 4 May 1993 (1993-5-4) |
| 53 | "Give 'Em An Inch" | Ralph Ineson guest stars | Ken Horn | Duncan Gould | 6 May 1993 (1993-5-6) |
| 54 | "By Hook or By Crook" | Neil Stuke guest stars | Haldane Duncan | Anthony Valentine | 8 May 1993 (1993-5-8) |
| 55 | "Home to Roost" | Ricky Tomlinson and Gordon Salkilld guest star | Chris Clough | Julian Spilsbury | 11 May 1993 (1993-5-11) |
| 56 | "In Safe Hands" | Daniela Denby-Ashe guest stars | Chris Clough | Steve Trafford | 13 May 1993 (1993-5-13) |
| 57 | "Punch Drunk" | Final regular appearance of DS Ted Roach | Michael Simpson | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 15 May 1993 (1993-5-15) |
| 58 | "Fall Out" | – | Anthony Quinn | James Mavor | 18 May 1993 (1993-5-18) |
| 59 | "Away Days" | Victoria Plucknett and Glyn Houston guest star | Laurence Moody | Peter Hammond | 20 May 1993 (1993-5-20) |
| 60 | "Pride and Joy" | First appearance of DS Danny Pearce; Anne Reid, Matilda Ziegler, Tim Wylton and David Sibley guest star | Betsan Evans | Chris Ould | 22 May 1993 (1993-5-22) |
| 61 | "Fast Food" | Pui Fan Lee, Robert Blythe and Larry Martyn guest star | Ian White | Margaret Phelan | 25 May 1993 (1993-5-25) |
| 62 | "Soft Touch" | Michael Carter guest stars | Anthony Quinn | Robert Jones | 27 May 1993 (1993-5-27) |
| 63 | "We Gave Him All Our Love" | Polly James and Steven Arnold guest stars | David Attwood | Michael Russell | 29 May 1993 (1993-5-29) |
| 64 | "Hearts and Minds" | – | Derek Lister | Tony Etchells | 1 June 1993 (1993-6-1) |
| 65 | "Cry Baby" | – | Derek Lister | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 3 June 1993 (1993-6-3) |
| 66 | "A Willing Victim" | Albert Moses, Robert Gwilym, Lee MacDonald and Denise van Outen guest star | Jim Goddard | Isabelle Grey | 5 June 1993 (1993-6-5) |
| 67 | "Rank Outsider" | – | Laurence Moody | Susan Shattock | 8 June 1993 (1993-6-8) |
| 68 | "Tender Mercies" | Ann Davies guest stars | Ken Horn | Jane Woodrow | 10 June 1993 (1993-6-10) |
| 69 | "Double Take" | Vilma Hollingbery and Peter Miles guest star | Haldane Duncan | Anthony Valentine | 12 June 1993 (1993-6-12) |
| 70 | "Mouth and Trousers" | Final appearance of PC Barry Stringer; Daragh O'Malley guest stars | Michael Simpson | Len Collin | 15 June 1993 (1993-6-15) |
| 71 | "Uses and Abuses" | Charlotte Avery, Souad Faress and Frances Ruffelle guest star | Michael Simpson | Joan Maguire / Geoff McQueen | 16 June 1993 (1993-6-16) |
| 72 | "Picking a Winner" | Amanda Abbington guest stars | Haldane Duncan | Michael Jenner | 19 June 1993 (1993-6-19) |
| 73 | "Broken" | Brian Glover guest stars | John Bruce | Roy MacGregor | 22 June 1993 (1993-6-22) |
| 74 | "Inside Dealing" | Donald Douglas and Philip Martin Brown guest star | John Strickland | Julian Spilsbury | 24 June 1993 (1993-6-24) |
| 75 | "To Have and To Hold" | Alex Kingston guest stars | Sarah Anderson | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 26 June 1993 (1993-6-26) |
| 76 | "Honour Among Thieves" | Trevor Peacock guest stars | John Strickland | Joanne Maguire | 29 June 1993 (1993-6-29) |
| 77 | "Somebody to Love" | Victoria Alcock, Jimmy Yuill and Jo Kendall guest star | Ian White | Marianne Colbran | 1 July 1993 (1993-7-1) |
| 78 | "Morning Has Broken" | WDC Jo Morgan is promoted to WDS; Michael Elwyn guest stars | Sarah Anderson | Gregory Evans | 3 July 1993 (1993-7-3) |
| 79 | "Swaps" | Gabrielle Blunt and Tony Aitken guest star | Laurence Moody | Duncan Gould | 6 July 1993 (1993-7-6) |
| 80 | "Trust" | Bronagh Gallagher and Lee Ross guest star | Aisling Walsh | Marianne Colbran | 8 July 1993 (1993-7-8) |
| 81 | "Divided We Fall" | Caroline John guest stars | James Cellan Jones | Ron Rose | 10 July 1993 (1993-7-10) |
| 82 | "A Duty of Care" | Richard Moore guest stars | Indra Bhose | Philip Palmer | 13 July 1993 (1993-7-13) |
| 83 | "Family Values" | Tilly Vosburgh guest stars | Graham Theakston | James Stevenson | 15 July 1993 (1993-7-15) |
| 84 | "A Matter of Life and Death" | Final appearance of Sgt John Maitland; Peter Gilmore guest stars | Aisling Walsh | Christopher Long | 17 July 1993 (1993-7-17) |
| 85 | "Kith and Kin" | First appearance of Sgt Ray Steele; Oscar James guest stars | Indra Bhose | Isabelle Grey | 20 July 1993 (1993-7-20) |
| 86 | "Part of the Family" | Lolita Chakrabarti and Nadim Sawalha guest star | Michael Offer | Clive Hopkins | 22 July 1993 (1993-7-22) |
| 87 | "Mighty Atoms" | Jonny Lee Miller guest stars | Alex Kirby | Neil Clarke | 24 July 1993 (1993-7-24) |
| 88 | "A Malicious Prosecution" | Timothy Walker guest stars | James Cellan Jones | Julian Jones | 27 July 1993 (1993-7-27) |
| 89 | "Outbreak" | Joanna Hole and Trevor Byfield guest star | Michael Offer | Stephen C. Handley | 27 July 1993 (1993-7-27) |
| 90 | "Unreliable Witness" | Eddie Marsan and Patsy Palmer guest star | Chris Lovett | Steve Griffiths | 31 July 1993 (1993-7-31) |
| 91 | "Sweet Charity" | Stuart Organ guest stars | Chris Clough | Len Collin | 3 August 1993 (1993-8-3) |
| 92 | "David and Goliath" | Natasha Pyne guest stars | Chris Lovett | Duncan Gould | 5 August 1993 (1993-8-5) |
| 93 | "What a Pair" | Marjorie Yates guest stars | John Bruce | Lizzie Mickery | 7 August 1993 (1993-8-7) |
| 94 | "Desirable Property" | – | John Bruce | Mark Holloway | 10 August 1993 (1993-8-10) |
| 95 | "Blind Spot" | John Simm guest stars | Matthew Evans | Roger Davenport | 12 August 1993 (1993-8-12) |
| 96 | "Carrying the Load" | Tony Haygarth guest stars | Matthew Evans | Michael Jenner | 14 August 1993 (1993-8-14) |
| 97 | "Deadly Weapon" | Alex Walkinshaw and Dave Atkins guest star | Haldane Duncan | Graham Harvey | 17 August 1993 (1993-8-17) |
| 98 | "All the Wrong Connections" | Stephen Greif guest stars | Haldane Duncan | Roy MacGregor | 19 August 1993 (1993-8-19) |
| 99 | "Give and Take" | Jaye Griffiths and Catherine Tate guest star | John Strickland | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 21 August 1993 (1993-8-21) |
| 100 | "Desperate Measures" | Gordon Warnecke guest stars | Sue Dunderdale | Candy Denman | 24 August 1993 (1993-8-24) |
| 101 | "To Catch a Thief" | Robert Ashby, Peter Armitage and JoAnne Good guest star | Sue Dunderdale | Lyndon Mallett | 26 August 1993 (1993-8-26) |
| 102 | "Natural Reaction" | Jane Slavin guest stars | Michael Simpson | Tom Needham | 28 August 1993 (1993-8-28) |
| 103 | "Desperate Remedies" | Paul Angelis, Linda Henry and Gerry Cowper guest star | Andrew Higgs | Barry Simner | 31 August 1993 (1993-8-31) |
| 104 | "Bright Lights" | George Rossi guest stars | Michael Simpson | Peter Hammond | 2 September 1993 (1993-9-2) |
| 105 | "Bare Faced Lies" | Final regular appearance DI Frank Burnside; Tracie Bennett and Carol Harrison guest star | Alex Kirby | Lizzi Mickery | 4 September 1993 (1993-9-4) |
| 106 | "But Not Forgotten" | Brian Capron guest stars | David Attwood | Russell Lewis | 7 September 1993 (1993-9-7) |
| 107 | "Push" | Lucy Speed and Edna Doré guest star | John Strickland | Mark Holloway | 9 September 1993 (1993-9-9) |
| 108 | "Bad Reaction" | First appearance of DI Harry Haines | Moira Armstrong | Joanne Maguire | 11 September 1993 (1993-9-11) |
| 109 | "Compliments of the Service" | Nigel Humphreys guest stars | Derek Lister | Anthony Valentine | 14 September 1993 (1993-9-14) |
| 110 | "Game of Two Halves" | – | Andrew Higgs | Robert Jones | 16 September 1993 (1993-9-16) |
| 111 | "The Knowledge" | Bill Stewart, Jimmi Harkishin and Daniel Abineri guest star | Chris Clough | Michael Russell | 18 September 1993 (1993-9-18) |
| 112 | "No Place Like Home" | Final appearance of Sgt Jane Kendall | Graham Theakston | Tony Etchells | 21 September 1993 (1993-9-21) |
| 113 | "Customer Care" | – | Derek Lister | Trevor Wadlow | 23 September 1993 (1993-9-23) |
| 114 | "The Right Man for the Job" | Joe Absolom, Count Prince Miller and Anthony Jackson guest star | Jeremy Silbertson | Chris Ould | 25 September 1993 (1993-9-25) |
| 115 | "A Life in the Day Of" | Kate Maravan guest stars | Moira Armstrong | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 28 September 1993 (1993-9-28) |
| 116 | "Having What It Takes" | Diane Langton guest stars. | Gill Wilkinson | Isabelle Grey | 30 September 1993 (1993-9-30) |
| 117 | "Play the Game" | Barry Stanton and Aidan Gillen guest star | Aisling Walsh | Philip Palmer | 2 October 1993 (1993-10-2) |
| 118 | "Unlucky For Some" | Danny Dyer, Maggie Cronin and Helen Blatch guest star | David Attwood | Julian Spilsbury | 5 October 1993 (1993-10-5) |
| 119 | "Gift of the Gab" | Dermot Crowley guest stars | Ted Clisby | Anthony Valentine | 7 October 1993 (1993-10-7) |
| 120 | "A Class Act" | Marc Warren guest stars | Jeremy Woolf | Trevor Wadlow | 9 October 1993 (1993-10-9) |
| 121 | "Dangerous Trade" | – | Jeremy Woolf | Graham Harvey | 12 October 1993 (1993-10-12) |
| 122 | "Cheating Heart" | Amelda Brown, Christopher Blake and Bobby Knutt guest star | Nicholas Mallett | Scott Cherry | 14 October 1993 (1993-10-14) |
| 123 | "Somewhere To Hang My Hat" | Jean Heywood guest stars | Ted Clisby | Neil Clarke | 16 October 1993 (1993-10-16) |
| 124 | "No Comment" | Adam Blackwood guest stars | Jeremy Silberston | Christopher Russell | 19 October 1993 (1993-10-19) |
| 125 | "Shrinkage" | Berwick Kaler, Vincent Regan, Martin Hancock, David Schaal and Ben Nealon guest star | Nicholas Mallett | Duncan Gould | 21 October 1993 (1993-10-21) |
| 126 | "Street Legal" | Mark Letheren guest stars | Chris Lovett | James Stevenson | 23 October 1993 (1993-10-23) |
| 127 | "The Green Eyed Monster" | Billy Hartman guest stars | Laura Sims | Chris Lang | 26 October 1993 (1993-10-26) |
| 128 | "Behind Closed Doors" | Pal Aron guest stars | Gill Wilkinson | Sebastian Secker-Walker | 28 October 1993 (1993-10-28) |
| 129 | "Links in the Chain" | Andrew Burt guest stars | Laura Sims | Duncan Gould | 30 October 1993 (1993-10-30) |
| 130 | "Care in the Community" | Roberta Taylor, Geoffrey Hutchings, Barry Andrews and David Quilter guest star | Chris Lovett | Jane Hollowood | 2 November 1993 (1993-11-2) |
| 131 | "You Don't Always Get What You Want" | – | Chris Clough | Stephen C. Handley | 4 November 1993 (1993-11-4) |
| 132 | "Reason To Believe" | Billy Hartman guest stars | Ian White | Joanne Maguire | 6 November 1993 (1993-11-6) |
| 133 | "Let Slip" | – | Riitta Leena Lynn | Lyndon Mallet | 9 November 1993 (1993-11-9) |
| 134 | "Until Proven Guilty" | Tony Caunter guest stars | Derek Lister | Sebastian Secker Walker | 11 November 1993 (1993-11-11) |
| 135 | "The Hard Sell" | – | Derek Lister | Michael Jenner | 13 November 1993 (1993-11-13) |
| 136 | "Consequences" | Tony Guilfoyle and Cheryl Hall guest star | Riitta Leena Lynn | Marianne Colbran | 16 November 1993 (1993-11-16) |
| 137 | "A Question of Identity" | – | Ian White | David Lane | 18 November 1993 (1993-11-18) |
| 138 | "Cutting Edge" | Derek Newark and Godfrey James guest star | Michael Simpson | Terry Hodgkinson | 20 November 1993 (1993-11-20) |
| 139 | "Put Down" | Jeillo Edwards guest stars | Michael Simpson | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 23 November 1993 (1993-11-23) |
| 140 | "Left Behind" | Albert Welling guest stars | Frank W. Smith | Judith Johnson | 25 November 1993 (1993-11-25) |
| 141 | "Real Villains" | Dean Gaffney guest stars | Chris Clough | Gregory Evans | 27 November 1993 (1993-11-27) |
| 142 | "Questionable Judgement" | Camilla Power, Martin Fisk and David Quilter guest star | Paul Unwin | Candy Denman | 30 November 1993 (1993-11-30) |
| 143 | "Taking Care of Business" | – | Christopher Hodson | Steve Griffiths | 2 December 1993 (1993-12-2) |
| 144 | "The Law in Their Hands" | Richard Davies guest stars | Graeme Harper | Len Collin | 4 December 1993 (1993-12-4) |
| 145 | "Cause For Complaint" | – | Frank W. Smith | Edwin Pearce | 7 December 1993 (1993-12-7) |
| 146 | "Blood Counts" | Paul Barber guest stars | Paul Unwin | Andy Garrett | 9 December 1993 (1993-12-9) |
| 147 | "Hurting Inside" | Oliver Smith guest stars | Peter Cattaneo | Harry Duffin | 11 December 1993 (1993-12-11) |
| 148 | "Corroboration" | Kevork Malikyan guest stars | John Bruce | Margaret Phelan | 14 December 1993 (1993-12-14) |
| 149 | "Death of a Ladies' Man" | – | Chris Lovett | Marianne Colbran | 16 December 1993 (1993-12-16) |
| 150 | "An Ill Wind" | Sally Knyvette guest stars | Laurence Moody | Graham Harvey | 18 December 1993 (1993-12-18) |
| 151 | "Keep on Trucking" | Russell Floyd guest stars | Graeme Harper | Duncan Gould | 21 December 1993 (1993-12-21) |
| 152 | "A Family Trait" | – | Aisling Walsh | Candy Denman | 23 December 1993 (1993-12-23) |
| 153 | "Paid in Full" | Arthur Cox & Sophie Stanton guest star. | John Bruce | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 24 December 1993 (1993-12-24) |
| 154 | "Cause for Concern" | Dean Harris guest stars | Christopher Hodson | Julian Spilsbury | 30 December 1993 (1993-12-30) |
| 155 | "Nothing Ventured" | Final regular appearance of DI Harry Haines; Nick Miles and Donald Sumpter guest star | Nick Laughland | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 31 December 1993 (1993-12-31) |

### Series 10 (1994)

| # | Title | Episode notes | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 1 | "Games" | David Bamber and June Page guest star | Andrew Higgs | Len Collin | 4 January 1994 (1994-1-4) |
| 2 | "Second Sight" | First regular appearance of DI Sally Johnson; Michael Byrne guest stars | David Attwood | Elizabeth-Ann Wheal | 6 January 1994 (1994-1-6) |
| 3 | "Darkness Before Dawn" | Sophie Okonedo, Douglas Henshall and David Quilter guest star | Nick Laughland | Sebastian Secker Walker | 7 January 1994 (1994-1-7) |
| 4 | "He Who Waits" | First appearance of DC Rod Skase; Sally George guest stars | Douglas MacKinnon | Neil Clarke | 11 January 1994 (1994-1-11) |
| 5 | "Mix and Match" | – | Charles Beeson | Chris Ould | 13 January 1994 (1994-1-13) |
| 6 | "Dealer Wins" | – | Charles Beeson | Duncan Gould | 14 January 1994 (1994-1-14) |
| 7 | "No Job For An Amateur" | First appearance of PC Adam Bostock; Julie Hesmondhalgh guest stars | Rittaa Leena Lynn | Candy Denman | 18 January 1994 (1994-1-18) |
| 8 | "Judge and Jury" | Susan Fleetwood and David Horovitch guest star | Bill Pryde | James Stevenson | 20 January 1994 (1994-1-20) |
| 9 | "The Mourning After" | Jo Stone-Fewings and Dido Miles guest star | Chris Lovett | Mark Holloway | 21 January 1994 (1994-1-21) |
| 10 | "Just Say No" | Tim Preece guest stars | Jan Sargent | Nigel Baldwin | 25 January 1994 (1994-1-25) |
| 11 | "Mud Sticks" | – | Peter Cattaneo | Isabelle Grey | 27 January 1994 (1994-1-27) |
| 12 | "One Bad Turn" | Nicholas Bailey guest stars | Laurence Moody | Anthony Valentine | 29 January 1994 (1994-1-29) |
| 13 | "Faith in the System" | Russell Boulter guest stars | Bill Pryde | Matthew Wingett | 1 February 1994 (1994-2-1) |
| 14 | "Keeping Mum" | Kevin Doyle and Annie Hulley guest star | Michael Simpson | Lizzie Mickery | 3 February 1994 (1994-2-3) |
| 15 | "Double Vision" | Fanny Carby guest stars | Chris Clough | Neil Clark | 4 February 1994 (1994-2-4) |
| 16 | "No Access" | David Neilson and Rene Zagger guest star | Riitta Leena Lynn | Isabelle Grey | 8 February 1994 (1994-2-8) |
| 17 | "Ways and Means" | Paul Jerricho and Perry Fenwick guest star | Jan Sargent | Jane Woodrow | 10 February 1994 (1994-2-10) |
| 18 | "Cutting It" | – | Brian Parker | Michael Jenner | 11 February 1994 (1994-2-11) |
| 19 | "Secrets" | Dicken Ashworth and David Haig guest star | Douglas MacKinnon | Neil McKay | 15 February 1994 (1994-2-15) |
| 20 | "Bin-Men" | Lloyd McGuire guest stars | Ian White | Roger Davenport | 17 February 1994 (1994-2-17) |
| 21 | "Ducking and Diving" | Alan Ford and Debbie Linden guest star | Chris Clough | Barry Purchese | 18 February 1994 (1994-2-18) |
| 22 | "Gone Away" | Daniela Denby-Ashe guest stars | Ian White | Isabelle Grey | 22 February 1994 (1994-2-22) |
| 23 | "Dead Men Don't Drive Cars" | Lizzie Mickery guest stars | John Bruce | Rob Gittins | 24 February 1994 (1994-2-24) |
| 24 | "Saturday Night's All Right" | Charles De'Ath guest stars | John Bruce | Len Collin | 25 February 1994 (1994-2-25) |
| 25 | "Ranks and Files" | Nicholas Donnelly guest stars | Derek Lister | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 1 March 1994 (1994-3-1) |
| 26 | "Business as Usual" | – | Indra Bhose | Philip Palmer | 3 March 1994 (1994-3-3) |
| 27 | "Root of All Evil" | Paul Putner and Roy Heather guest star | Indra Bhose | Joanne Maguire | 4 March 1994 (1994-3-4) |
| 28 | "Man to Man" | Steven Hartley guest stars | Derek Lister | Trevor Wadlow | 8 March 1994 (1994-3-8) |
| 29 | "Menace" | Michael Keating guest stars | Brian Parker | Tom Needham | 10 March 1994 (1994-3-10) |
| 30 | "Killjoys" | – | Laurence Moody | Gregory Evans | 11 March 1994 (1994-3-11) |
| 31 | "One of Them" | David Quilter and John McArdle guest star | Nick Laughland | Chris Lang | 15 March 1994 (1994-3-15) |
| 32 | "Day of Reckoning" | Zienia Merton, Connor McIntyre and Harry Van Gorkum guest star | Diana Patrick | Julian Spilsbury | 17 March 1994 (1994-3-17) |
| 33 | "Sleeping with the Fishes" | Geoffrey McGivern guest stars | Laurence Moody | Julian Jones | 18 March 1994 (1994-3-18) |
| 34 | "Fair Exchange" | – | Diana Patrick | Chris Lang | 22 March 1994 (1994-3-22) |
| 35 | "Last Rights" | Philip McGough guest stars | Nick Laughland | Candy Denman | 24 March 1994 (1994-3-24) |
| 36 | "Mean Streak" | – | Michael Offer | James Stevenson | 25 March 1994 (1994-3-25) |
| 37 | "Pig in the Middle" | Idris Elba and Jennie Stoller guest star | Carol Wilks | Jonathan Myerson | 29 March 1994 (1994-3-29) |
| 38 | "House Arrest" | Georgina Cates guest stars | Carol Wilks | Barry Simner | 31 March 1994 (1994-3-31) |
| 39 | "Clubbing Together" | George Irving guest stars | Brian Farnham | Sebastian Secker Walker | 1 April 1994 (1994-4-1) |
| 40 | "Pals" | David Gwillim guest stars | Aisling Walsh | Mark Holloway | 5 April 1994 (1994-4-5) |
| 41 | "Sold Out" | Shirin Taylor guest stars | Michael Offer | Stephen C. Handley | 7 April 1994 (1994-4-7) |
| 42 | "Last Orders" | – | Chris Lovett | Michael Jenner | 8 April 1994 (1994-4-8) |
| 43 | "All the Comforts of Home" | Brian Miller, Sorcha Cusack and Philip Glenister guest star | Aisling Walsh | Lyndon Mallet | 12 April 1994 (1994-4-12) |
| 44 | "Wild Justice" | Sarah Alexander and Colin Spaull guest star | Graeme Harper | Nigel Baldwin | 14 April 1994 (1994-4-14) |
| 45 | "Give Away" | – | Brian Farnham | Len Collin | 15 April 1994 (1994-4-15) |
| 46 | "Nowhere to Run" | Charlotte Bellamy and John Moreno guest star | Chris Lovett | Simon Frith | 19 April 1994 (1994-4-19) |
| 47 | "Final Straw" | – | Gwennan Sage | Tom Needham | 21 April 1994 (1994-4-21) |
| 48 | "Bodyguard of Lies" | Ron Cook and David Quilter guest star | Gwennan Sage | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 22 April 1994 (1994-4-22) |
| 49 | "Friends Like That" | – | Roger Gartland | Tony Etchells | 26 April 1994 (1994-4-26) |
| 50 | "Disclosures" | Ian Redford, Dominic Jephcott and Patrick Godfrey guest star | Graeme Harper | Carolyn Sally Jones | 28 April 1994 (1994-4-28) |
| 51 | "Big Eagle Day" | Danny Webb and Patrick Murray guest star | A J Quinn | Terry Hodgkinson | 29 April 1994 (1994-4-29) |
| 52 | "Bottleneck" | Ginny Holder guest stars | David Richards | J. C. Wilsher | 3 May 1994 (1994-5-3) |
| 53 | "Honour and Obey" | – | Roger Gartland | Lizzie Mickery | 5 May 1994 (1994-5-5) |
| 54 | "Hot Off the Press" | Clive Merrison and David Hargreaves guest star | A J Quinn | Edwin Pearce | 6 May 1994 (1994-5-6) |
| 55 | "Killing Time" | Thomas Craig and Lesley Nicol guest star | Jeremy Silberston | Mark Holloway | 10 May 1994 (1994-5-10) |
| 56 | "Butter Wouldn't Melt" | Pete Lee-Wilson and Joanna Monro guest stars | David Richards | Neil Clarke | 12 May 1994 (1994-5-12) |
| 57 | "All Things Nice" | – | David Attwood | Ron Rose | 13 May 1994 (1994-5-13) |
| 58 | "No Way to Treat a Lady" | – | Ian White | Scott Cherry | 17 May 1994 (1994-5-17) |
| 59 | "The Price" | – | Jeremy Silberston | Roy MacGregor | 19 May 1994 (1994-5-19) |
| 60 | "Old Scores" | Trevor Byfield guest stars | Ian White | David Hoskins | 20 May 1994 (1994-5-20) |
| 61 | "Branded" | – | David Attwood | Barry Simner | 24 May 1994 (1994-5-24) |
| 62 | "Good Friends" | Alan Westaway guest stars | June Howson | Marianne Colbran | 26 May 1994 (1994-5-26) |
| 63 | "RTA" | – | Douglas Mackinnon | Philip Palmer | 27 May 1994 (1994-5-27) |
| 64 | "No Marks" | Frank Mills guest stars | June Howson | Robert Jones | 31 May 1994 (1994-5-31) |
| 65 | "Sweetness and Light" | Kenneth Farrington guest stars | David Attwood | Ron Rose | 2 June 1994 (1994-6-2) |
| 66 | "Hey Diddle Diddle" | Rebecca Lacey and David Meyer guest star | Nick Laughland | Gerry Huxham | 3 June 1994 (1994-6-3) |
| 67 | "Funny Money" | – | Graham Dixon | Duncan Gould | 7 June 1994 (1994-6-7) |
| 68 | "Till Death Do Us Part" | Colin Buchanan guest stars | Chris Clough | Harry Duffin | 9 June 1994 (1994-6-9) |
| 69 | "All Along the Watchtower" | Michele Austin guest stars | Sue Dunderdale | Stephen C. Handley | 10 June 1994 (1994-6-10) |
| 70 | "Snowblind" | – | Douglas Mackinnon | Steve Griffiths | 14 June 1994 (1994-6-14) |
| 71 | "Lesson to be Learned" | Sally Rogers, Louis Mahoney and Dominic Guard guest star | Andrew Higgs | Roy Mitchell | 16 June 1994 (1994-6-16) |
| 72 | "Dear John" | – | Brian Farnham | Lyndon Mallet | 17 June 1994 (1994-6-17) |
| 73 | "Within Limits" | – | Christopher Hodson | Brian B. Thompson | 21 June 1994 (1994-6-21) |
| 74 | "Tails You Lose" | – | Christopher Hodson | Maxwell Young | 23 June 1994 (1994-6-23) |
| 75 | "Gate Fever" | David Gwillim and George Sewell guest star | Jim Goddard | Isabelle Grey | 24 June 1994 (1994-6-24) |
| 76 | "The Road Not Taken" | – | Jim Goddard | Ron Rose | 28 June 1994 (1994-6-28) |
| 77 | "Fallen Angel" | Barrie Gosney and Hywel Simons guest star | Graham Dixon | Rob Gittins | 30 June 1994 (1994-6-30) |
| 78 | "A Touch of Braid" | Ged Simmons guest stars | Frank Smith | Edwin Pearce | 1 July 1994 (1994-7-1) |
| 79 | "Masquerade" | Rio Fanning guest stars | Frank Smith | Julian Spilsbury | 5 July 1994 (1994-7-5) |
| 80 | "Good Days" | Liz Fraser, Renu Setna and Frank Jarvis guest star | Michael Simpson | Peter J. Hammond | 7 July 1994 (1994-7-7) |
| 81 | "Banned" | Trevor Cooper guest stars | Sam Miller | Michael Baker | 8 July 1994 (1994-7-8) |
| 82 | "Parental Guidance" | – | Chris Lovett | Richard Stoneman | 12 July 1994 (1994-7-12) |
| 83 | "Settling the Score" | – | Baz Taylor | Tom Needham | 14 July 1994 (1994-7-14) |
| 84 | "High Drivers" | Charlie Condou guest stars | Sam Miller | Nigel Baldwin | 15 July 1994 (1994-7-15) |
| 85 | "Personal Space" | WPC Suzi Croft is promoted to WDC; Ashley Jensen and Peter-Hugo Daly guest star | Moira Armstrong | Carolyn Sally Jones | 19 July 1994 (1994-7-19) |
| 86 | "Public Spirit" | Paul Copley guest stars | Sue Dunderdale | Simon Frith | 21 July 1994 (1994-7-21) |
| 87 | "Dirty Laundry" | – | Moira Armstrong | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 22 July 1994 (1994-7-22) |
| 88 | "Paying the Price" | – | John Bruce | Robert Jones | 26 July 1994 (1994-7-26) |
| 89 | "Best Interests" | Robert Gwilym guest stars | Brian Farnham | James Stevenson | 28 July 1994 (1994-7-28) |
| 90 | "Easy Prey" | – | Baz Taylor | Mark Holloway | 29 July 1994 (1994-7-29) |
| 91 | "Unfinished Business" | First appearance of DS Chris Deakin | Jeremy Silberston | David Hoskins | 2 August 1994 (1994-8-2) |
| 92 | "War of Nerves" | Billy McColl guest stars | Danny Hiller | Edwin Pearce | 4 August 1994 (1994-8-4) |
| 93 | "Legacy" | Hubert Rees, Shaun Williamson and Eamon Boland guest star | Laurence Moody | Chris Ould | 5 August 1994 (1994-8-5) |
| 94 | "Death and Taxes" | John Duttine guest stars | David Yates | Jonathan Myerson | 9 August 1994 (1994-8-9) |
| 95 | "In Too Deep" | – | Nicholas Mallett | Roy MacGregor | 11 August 1994 (1994-8-11) |
| 96 | "You Belong to Me" | Dearbhla Molloy guest stars | Jeremy Silberston | Marianne Colbran | 12 August 1994 (1994-8-12) |
| 97 | "Looking for Mr Right" | – | Danny Hiller | Barry Simner | 16 August 1994 (1994-8-16) |
| 98 | "Skinning Cats" | – | Nicholas Mallett | Duncan Gould | 18 August 1994 (1994-8-18) |
| 99 | "Full Contact" | Adrienne Posta guest stars | David Yates | Steve Griffiths | 19 August 1994 (1994-8-19) |
| 100 | "Partners" | Gerry Cowper guest stars | John Bruce | Simon Moss | 23 August 1994 (1994-8-23) |
| 101 | "On the Latch" | Shaun Dingwall guest stars | Gill Wilkinson | Michael Jenner | 25 August 1994 (1994-8-25) |
| 102 | "Wall of Silence" | Michael Melia guest stars | Gill Wilkinson | David Hoskins | 26 August 1994 (1994-8-26) |
| 103 | "Business Opportunities" | John Rolfe guest stars | Dominic Allan | Isabelle Grey | 30 August 1994 (1994-8-30) |
| 104 | "A Little Learning" | Anna Wilson-Jones guest stars | Chris Lovett | Michael Jenner | 1 September 1994 (1994-9-1) |
| 105 | "Right Way, Wrong Way" | Larrington Walker and Pik-Sen Lim guest star | Simon Meyers | Nigel Baldwin | 2 September 1994 (1994-9-2) |
| 106 | "Instant Response" | Final appearance of PC Adam Bostock | Nicholas Laughland | Joanne Maguire | 6 September 1994 (1994-9-6) |
| 107 | "Washback" | – | Chris Clough | A. Valentine | 8 September 1994 (1994-9-8) |
| 108 | "Kickback" | David Gwillim guest stars | Laurence Moody | A. Valentine | 9 September 1994 (1994-9-9) |
| 109 | "Birthright" | Deborah Manship guest stars | Aisling Walsh | Peter J. Hammond | 13 September 1994 (1994-9-13) |
| 110 | "Threats and Promises" | – | Michael Simpson | Gregory Evans | 15 September 1994 (1994-9-15) |
| 111 | "Inside" | – | Gwennan Sage | Mark Holloway | 16 September 1994 (1994-9-16) |
| 112 | "Back on the Chain Gang" | – | Laura Sims | Stephen C. Handley | 20 September 1994 (1994-9-20) |
| 113 | "Out in the Cold" | Jacqueline Defferary guest stars | Gwennan Sage | David G. McDonagh | 22 September 1994 (1994-9-22) |
| 114 | "Living Legend" | Georgina Hale, Derek Martin, Johnnie Wade, Neil Stuke and John Gill guest star | Brian Farnham | Helen Leadbeater | 23 September 1994 (1994-9-23) |
| 115 | "Runners and Riders" | Victoria Alcock guest stars | June Howson | Michael Jenner | 27 September 1994 (1994-9-27) |
| 116 | "Down and Out" | Ewen Bremner guest stars | Laura Sims | Simon Frith | 29 September 1994 (1994-9-29) |
| 117 | "Inquest" | Lolita Chakrabarti, Margery Mason, Ian McNeice, Georgina Hale, Janet Lees Price and David Neal guest star | Brian Farnham | Margaret Phelan | 30 September 1994 (1994-9-30) |
| 118 | "Grey Matter" | Bruce Byron and Madhav Sharma guest star | Aisling Walsh | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 4 October 1994 (1994-10-4) |
| 119 | "Blackout" | Malcolm Terris, Mark Heap, Sean Caffrey and Peter Benson guest star | Simon Meyers | Roger Davenport | 6 October 1994 (1994-10-6) |
| 120 | "The Cold Consumer" | – | Douglas Mackinnon | Terry Hodgkinson | 7 October 1994 (1994-10-7) |
| 121 | "Saving Face" | Stacey Tendeter guest stars | Dominic Allan | Scott Cherry | 11 October 1994 (1994-10-11) |
| 122 | "Silent Partner" | Peter Copley guest stars | Indra Bhose | Isabelle Grey | 13 October 1994 (1994-10-13) |
| 123 | "One Born Every Minute" | Campbell Morrison guest stars | Jeremy Silberston | Tom Needham | 14 October 1994 (1994-10-14) |
| 124 | "Backlash" | Hour-long 10th anniversary special; Danny John-Jules and Allan Corduner guest star | Chris Clough | A. Valentine | 18 October 1994 (1994-10-18) |
| 125 | "Taken on Trust" | – | Tony Virgo | Julian Spilsbury | 20 October 1994 (1994-10-20) |
| 126 | "Bridgework" | David Lonsdale guest stars | Michael Simpson | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 21 October 1994 (1994-10-21) |
| 127 | "Land of the Blind" | Claire Benedict and Russell Brand guest star | John Bruce | Sebastian Secker-Walker | 25 October 1994 (1994-10-25) |
| 128 | "Indecent Exposure" | Nadia Sawalha guest stars | John Bruce | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 27 October 1994 (1994-10-27) |
| 129 | "Pass the Parcel" | – | Alan Bell | Chris Ould | 28 October 1994 (1994-10-28) |
| 130 | "Cheap at Half the Price" | – | Christopher Hodson | Chris Lang | 1 November 1994 (1994-11-1) |
| 131 | "The Sixth Age" | Helen Fraser and Diana Coupland guest stars | June Howson | Ron Rose | 3 November 1994 (1994-11-3) |
| 132 | "Pipped at the Post" | – | Christopher Hodson | Robert Jones | 4 November 1994 (1994-11-4) |
| 133 | "Mischief" | – | Gill Wilkinson | Peter J. Hammond | 8 November 1994 (1994-11-8) |
| 134 | "Taking Stock" | Final regular appearance of WDS Jo Morgan; Sarah Parish and Maureen O'Farrell guest star | Tony Virgo | Marianne Colbran | 10 November 1994 (1994-11-10) |
| 135 | "The Melting Pot" | Ch. Insp. Derek Conway is promoted to A/Supt; Oscar James guest stars | Sam Miller | Christopher Russell | 11 November 1994 (1994-11-11) |
| 136 | "No Name, No Number" | Forbes Collins and Anthony Jackson guest star | Indra Bhose | Jonathan Myerson | 15 November 1994 (1994-11-15) |
| 137 | "Make Believe" | – | David Attwood | Michael Jenner | 17 November 1994 (1994-11-17) |
| 138 | "Sleeping Dogs" | – | Audrey Cooke | Maxwell Young | 18 November 1994 (1994-11-18) |
| 139 | "Beg, Borrow or Steal" | John Abineri guest stars | Gill Wilkinson | Edwin Pearce | 22 November 1994 (1994-11-22) |
| 140 | "Work Experience" | Richard Mylan guest stars | Chris Lovett | Barry Simner | 24 November 1994 (1994-11-24) |
| 141 | "Down a Blind Alley" | David Quilter guest stars | Alan Bell | Roy MacGregor | 25 November 1994 (1994-11-25) |
| 142 | "Creating a Market" | – | Douglas Mackinnon | Candy Denman | 29 November 1994 (1994-11-29) |
| 143 | "Fly on the Wall" | Catherine Tate guest stars | Audrey Cooke | Rob Gittins | 1 December 1994 (1994-12-1) |
| 144 | "King of the Hill" | Joe Absolom guest stars | Simon Meyers | Chris Ould | 2 December 1994 (1994-12-2) |
| 145 | "Fathers and Sons" | Richard Beale and Bruce Alexander guest star | Brian Parker | Gregory Evans | 6 December 1994 (1994-12-6) |
| 146 | "A Feeling for the Job" | – | Keith Boak | Tom Needham | 8 December 1994 (1994-12-8) |
| 147 | "Closing Time" | – | Chris Lovett | Mark Holloway | 9 December 1994 (1994-12-9) |
| 148 | "Blood Pressure" | Angela Lonsdale, Jack Smethurst and Martin Hancock guest star | David Attwood | Richard Stoneman | 13 December 1994 (1994-12-13) |
| 149 | "Appropriate Adults" | – | Martin Hutchings | Barry Simner | 15 December 1994 (1994-12-15) |
| 150 | "Throw the Key Away" | – | Sam Miller | Neil Clarke | 16 December 1994 (1994-12-16) |
| 151 | "An Unconventional Approach" | Ann Davies guest stars | Frank W. Smith | Dom Shaw | 20 December 1994 (1994-12-20) |
| 152 | "Fall Guy" | – | Simon Meyers | James Stevenson | 22 December 1994 (1994-12-22) |
| 153 | "Stuffed" | Ray Ashcroft guest stars | Christopher Hodson | Mark Holloway | 23 December 1994 (1994-12-23) |
| 154 | "Dearly Departed" | Ian Puleston-Davies and Ralph Watson guest star | Alan Bell | David G. McDonagh | 27 December 1994 (1994-12-27) |
| 155 | "Returning the Call" | Jake Wood guest stars | Frank W. Smith | Richard Stoneman | 29 December 1994 (1994-12-29) |
| 156 | "Licensed to Kill" | Pooky Quesnel guest stars | Jan Sargent | Roy MacGregor | 30 December 1994 (1994-12-30) |

### Series 11 (1995)

| # | Title | Episode notes | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 1 | "To Crack a Nut" | Sheila Ruskin and Sarah-Jane Potts guest star | Nicholas Mallett | Chris Lang | 5 January 1995 (1995-1-5) |
| 2 | "Hot Stuff" | Guest appearance of Harry Haines | Robin Sheppard | Candy Denman | 6 January 1995 (1995-1-6) |
| 3 | "Hit and Miss" | Ian Cullen and Mark Benton guest star | Robin Sheppard | Jo O'Keefe | 10 January 1995 (1995-1-10) |
| 4 | "Hard Cases" | Rob Edwards and Jane Hazlegrove guest star | Martin Hutchings | Katharine Way | 12 January 1995 (1995-1-12) |
| 5 | "The Protection Racket" | – | Nicholas Mallett | Edwin Pearce | 13 January 1995 (1995-1-13) |
| 6 | "Crossfire" | Clara Salaman guest stars | Laurence Moody | Fred Kerins | 17 January 1995 (1995-1-17) |
| 7 | "Little Boy Lost" | Melanie Walters guest star | Keith Boak | Scott Cherry | 19 January 1995 (1995-1-19) |
| 8 | "Hard Knocks" | – | Brian Parker | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | 20 January 1995 (1995-1-20) |
| 9 | "New Management" | – | Jeremy Silberston | Steve Griffiths | 24 January 1995 (1995-1-24) |
| 10 | "Powerless" | Robert Pugh, Maureen Beattie and Daniela Denby-Ashe guest star | Paul Unwin | John Harding | 26 January 1995 (1995-1-26) |
| 11 | "Done Is Done" | Final regular appearance of DI Sally Johnson; Sean Gilder guest stars | Alan Bell | Chris Ould | 27 January 1995 (1995-1-27) |
| 12 | "Getting Even" | DS Chris Deakin is promoted to Acting DI; Terence Beesley guest stars | David Skynner | Steve Griffiths | 31 January 1995 (1995-1-31) |
| 13 | "Taking the Blame" | – | Haldane Duncan | Matthew Wingett | 2 February 1995 (1995-2-2) |
| 14 | "Expert Witness" | First appearance of DS Don Beech; Debra Gillett guest stars | Alan Bell | Simon Frith | 3 February 1995 (1995-2-3) |
| 15 | "Just Another Caution" | – | Jonathan Dent | Bob Eaton | 7 February 1995 (1995-2-7) |
| 16 | "Uncle Bob" | June Page, Oliver Smith and Jeffery Kissoon guest star | Derek Lister | Scott Cherry | 9 February 1995 (1995-2-9) |
| 17 | "Street Life" | Sara Stockbridge, Jeffery Kissoon and Michael Troughton guest star | Paul Unwin | Rory MacGregor | 10 February 1995 (1995-2-10) |
| 18 | "A Fighting Chance" | Ivan Kaye guest stars | Laurence Moody | Kevin Scouler | 14 February 1995 (1995-2-14) |
| 19 | "Going Home" | Michael Mellinger guest stars | Gill Wilkinson | Terry Hodgkinson | 14 February 1995 (1995-2-14) |
| 20 | "High Score" | Nicholas Murchie guest stars | David Skynner | Jim Hawkins | 17 February 1995 (1995-2-17) |
| 21 | "Throwback" | Hazel Douglas guest stars | Gill Wilkinson | Peter J. Hammond | 23 February 1995 (1995-2-23) |
| 22 | "Eyes and Ears" | Ian Bartholomew guest stars | Peter Barber-Fleming | Michael Jenner | 24 February 1995 (1995-2-24) |
| 23 | "Good Housekeeping" | – | Tom Cotter | J. C. Wilsher | 28 February 1995 (1995-2-28) |
| 24 | "Is That the Time?" | Final appearance of Ch. Insp. Philip Cato; Geoffrey Beevers and Robert Daws guest star | Tom Cotter | Steve Griffiths | 3 March 1995 (1995-3-3) |
| 25 | "New Moves" | First appearances of PCs Nick Slater and Debbie Keane; John McArdle and Stuart Organ guest star | Chris Clough | Neil Clarke | 7 March 1995 (1995-3-7) |
| 26 | "Flora and Fauna" | Alex Walkinshaw guest star | Haldane Duncan | Simon Moss | 9 March 1995 (1995-3-9) |
| 27 | "Loose Cannon" | – | Simon Meyers | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | 10 March 1995 (1995-3-10) |
| 28 | "Count to Ten" | – | Christopher Hodson | David Hoskins | 14 March 1995 (1995-3-14) |
| 29 | "Alone" | Niall Buggy and Terry Molloy guest star | Jan Sargeant | Jonathan Myerson | 17 March 1995 (1995-3-17) |
| 30 | "Quits" | – | Keith Boak | Rory MacGregor | 21 March 1995 (1995-3-21) |
| 31 | "Stopping Time" | Penelope Nice and Paul Putner guest star | Jonathan Dent | Duncan Gould | 23 March 1995 (1995-3-23) |
| 32 | "Value for Money" | Dominic Brunt guest stars | Peter Barber-Fleming | Maxwell Young | 24 March 1995 (1995-3-24) |
| 33 | "Little Green Apples" | First appearance of Ch. Insp. Paul Stritch; Timothy Bateson and Jonathan Kydd guest star | Nicholas Laughland | Robert Jones | 28 March 1995 (1995-3-28) |
| 34 | "Never Too Young" | Carol Harrison guest stars | Chris Lovett | Jonathan Myerson | 30 March 1995 (1995-3-30) |
| 35 | "Lost and Found" | Vincenzo Pellegrino, John Fraser and Renu Setna guest star | Keith Boak | Suj Ahmed | 31 March 1995 (1995-3-31) |
| 36 | "Hair Trigger" | – | Derek Lister | Tom Needham | 4 April 1995 (1995-4-4) |
| 37 | "Learning Curve" | David Schofield, Trevor Cooper and Eric Mason guest star | Carol Wiseman | Barry Simner | 7 April 1995 (1995-4-7) |
| 38 | "Not Just For Christmas" | Basil Moss and Cliff Parisi guest star | Chris Lovett | Julian Spilsbury | 11 April 1995 (1995-4-11) |
| 39 | "Swan Song" | Keira Knightley, Pat Roach, Gordon Warnecke and Lois Baxter guest star | Pip Broughton | Lyndon Mallet | 13 April 1995 (1995-4-13) |
| 40 | "In on the Game" | Title sequence updated; Alex Kingston and Andrew Burt guest star | Pip Broughton | Sebastian Secker-Walker | 14 April 1995 (1995-4-14) |
| 41 | "Your Witness" | – | Simon Meyers | David Hoskins | 18 April 1995 (1995-4-18) |
| 42 | "Life's a Bitch" | Philip Martin Brown guest stars | David Yates | Chris Ould | 21 April 1995 (1995-4-21) |
| 43 | "Old Habitats" | Luisa Bradshaw-White and Linda Bassett guest star | Laurence Moody | Neil Clarke | 25 April 1995 (1995-4-25) |
| 44 | "Baby Face" | Shaun Curry guest stars | Gwennan Sage | Edwin Pearce | 27 April 1995 (1995-4-27) |
| 45 | "Deeds of Mercy" | DS Chris Deakin is promoted to DI; Carl Forgione guest stars | Brian Parker | J. C. Wilsher | 28 April 1995 (1995-4-28) |
| 46 | "Damage" | – | Audrey Cooke | Peter J. Hammond | 2 May 1995 (1995-5-2) |
| 47 | "When Opportunity Knocks" | – | Laurence Moody | David G. McDonagh | 4 May 1995 (1995-5-4) |
| 48 | "Have a Go Hero" | Mark Lambert and Julie Peasgood guest star | Sarah Harding | Len Collin | 5 May 1995 (1995-5-5) |
| 49 | "Memorial" | – | Laurence Moody | Neil Clarke | 9 May 1995 (1995-5-9) |
| 50 | "Good Intentions" | Annie Hulley and Robert Glenister guest star | Chris Clough | David Ansdell | 11 May 1995 (1995-5-11) |
| 51 | "Losing Streak" | Jason Watkins guest stars | Martin Hutchings | Edwin Pearce | 12 May 1995 (1995-5-12) |
| 52 | "In the Midnight Hour" | Gawn Grainger, Karen Westwood and Angela Pleasence guest star | Carol Wiseman | Steve Handley | 16 May 1995 (1995-5-16) |
| 53 | "Never Forget a Face" | Nick Patrick guest stars | Mike Cocker | Simon Frith | 18 May 1995 (1995-5-18) |
| 54 | "A Quiet Night In" | Emma Cunniffe, Kay Stonham, David Daker, Jo Kendall and Shirley Stelfox guest star | Nicholas Laughland | Richard Stoneman | 19 May 1995 (1995-5-19) |
| 55 | "Looking After Your Own" | Jez Butterworth guest stars | Mike Cocker | Richard Stoneman | 23 May 1995 (1995-5-23) |
| 56 | "Four Walls" | Robin Soans guest stars | Dominic Lees | Stephen Plaice | 25 May 1995 (1995-5-25) |
| 57 | "O.T.S." | Connie Hyde guest stars | Nicholas Laughland | David Hoskins | 26 May 1995 (1995-5-26) |
| 58 | "Unfamiliar Territory" | Stephen Frost guest stars | Laurence Moody | Simon Moss | 30 May 1995 (1995-5-30) |
| 59 | "Feeling Guilty" | Paul Jesson and Charlie Creed-Miles guest star | David Yates | Tim Hyndman | 1 June 1995 (1995-6-1) |
| 60 | "See No Evil" | Daniel Ryan guest stars | Douglas Mackinnon | Steve Griffiths | 2 June 1995 (1995-6-2) |
| 61 | "Looking For Justice" | Dean Harris and Peter Guinness guest star | Nicholas Laughland | Roy MacGregor | 6 June 1995 (1995-6-6) |
| 62 | "Other Voices" | Benjamin Whitrow and Maureen O'Brien guest star | Brian Parker | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | 8 June 1995 (1995-6-8) |
| 63 | "Water Wings" | Andrew McCulloch guest stars | Chris Clough | Michael Jenner | 9 June 1995 (1995-6-9) |
| 64 | "They All Look the Same" | Tyler Butterworth guest stars | Audrey Cooke | Maxwell Young | 13 June 1995 (1995-6-13) |
| 65 | "Trying It On" | David Horovitch guest stars | Sarah Harding | Gregory Evans | 15 June 1995 (1995-6-15) |
| 66 | "Better Off Dead" | – | Dominic Lees | Candy Denman | 16 June 1995 (1995-6-16) |
| 67 | "Today and Tomorrow" | Ross McCall and Mark Letheren guest star | Gill Wilkinson | Sheila Duncan | 20 June 1995 (1995-6-20) |
| 68 | "Upstairs, Downstairs" | Razaaq Adoti guest stars | A.J. Quinn | Barry Simner | 22 June 1995 (1995-6-22) |
| 69 | "Bedside Manner" | Carol Hawkins guest stars | John Bruce | Carolyn Sally Jones | 23 June 1995 (1995-6-23) |
| 70 | "Who Cares?" | Maurice Denham and Kenneth Colley guest star | Martin Hutchings | Mark Holloway | 27 June 1995 (1995-6-27) |
| 71 | "Kicking" | Rosie Marcel and David Harewood guest star | Gwennan Sage | Mark Holloway | 29 June 1995 (1995-6-29) |
| 72 | "Big Hitters" | Dicken Ashworth guest stars | Peter Barber-Fleming | Neil Clarke | 30 June 1995 (1995-6-30) |
| 73 | "Picking up the Pieces" | Trevor Byfield and Roy Heather guest star | Ken Horn | Nicholas McInerny | 4 July 1995 (1995-7-4) |
| 74 | "Big Boy's Rules" | David Graham and Jeff Nuttall guest star | Peter Barber-Fleming | Julian Spilsbury | 6 July 1995 (1995-7-6) |
| 75 | "Woman of Substance" | Tony Guilfoyle and Ruth Gemmell guest star | Ken Horn | Peter Gibbs | 7 July 1995 (1995-7-7) |
| 76 | "With Friends Like These" | Mark Addy guest stars | Paul Unwin | Maxwell Young | 11 July 1995 (1995-7-11) |
| 77 | "No Choice" | Michelle Fairley guest stars | Paul Unwin | Tom Needham | 13 July 1995 (1995-7-13) |
| 78 | "The Lives of Brian" | Ken Stott guest stars | David Richards | David Hoskins | 14 July 1995 (1995-7-14) |
| 79 | "Skin Deep" | Burt Caesar guest stars | Robin Sheppard | Simon Frith | 18 July 1995 (1995-7-18) |
| 80 | "Kid" | Simon Merrells guest stars | David Skynner | Mark Holloway | 20 July 1995 (1995-7-20) |
| 81 | "A Bird in the Hand" | Albert Welling and Paul Barber guest star | Simon Meyers | Tom Needham | 21 July 1995 (1995-7-21) |
| 82 | "Over the Top" | Neil Maskell and Ameet Chana guest star | David Skynner | Bob Eaton | 25 July 1995 (1995-7-25) |
| 83 | "Body Beautiful" | Lesley Vickerage and Mark Arden guest star | Jonathan Dent | James Stevenson | 27 July 1995 (1995-7-27) |
| 84 | "What the Eye Doesn't See" | Claire Goose guest stars | Baz Taylor | Ray Brooking | 28 July 1995 (1995-7-28) |
| 85 | "In Control" | Jim McManus guest stars | Jonathan Dent | Matthew Wingett | 1 August 1995 (1995-8-1) |
| 86 | "Presumed Guilty" | Karen Henthorn and Amanda Drew guest star | Nicholas Mallett | David Hoskins | 3 August 1995 (1995-8-3) |
| 87 | "Under the Doctor" | Susannah Corbett guest stars | Mike Cocker | Simon Moss | 4 August 1995 (1995-8-4) |
| 88 | "Ritual" | Denys Hawthorne guest stars | Brian Farnham | Peter J. Hammond | 8 August 1995 (1995-8-8) |
| 89 | "Whipping Boy" | – | Danny Hiller | Graham White | 10 August 1995 (1995-8-10) |
| 90 | "The Devil You Don't Know" | Roy Skelton guest stars | Jeremy Silberston | Steve Handley | 11 August 1995 (1995-8-11) |
| 91 | "Normal Behaviour" | – | Chris Lovett | Graham Mitchell | 15 August 1995 (1995-8-15) |
| 92 | "Charity and Beating" | Lucy Davis guest stars | Danny Hiller | Richard Stoneman | 17 August 1995 (1995-8-17) |
| 93 | "Nearest and Dearest" | Colin Buchanan guest stars | Brian Farnham | Duncan Gould | 18 August 1995 (1995-8-18) |
| 94 | "Mother's Ruin" | Idris Elba guest stars | Derek Lister | Isabelle Grey | 22 August 1995 (1995-8-22) |
| 95 | "Russian Doll" | – | James Cellan Jones | Sebastian Secker-Walker | 24 August 1995 (1995-8-24) |
| 96 | "Mitigating Circumstances" | Ray Winstone and Nigel Lindsay guest star | Nicholas Laughland | Suj Ahmed | 25 August 1995 (1995-8-25) |
| 97 | "Now and Then" | Scott Neal guest stars | Derek Lister | John Brennan | 29 August 1995 (1995-8-29) |
| 98 | "Three in a Bed" | – | A.J. Quinn | Chris Ould | 31 August 1995 (1995-8-31) |
| 99 | "The Writing on the Wall" | – | A.J. Quinn | Mark Holloway | 1 September 1995 (1995-9-1) |
| 100 | "Too Clever by Half" | David Sibley guest stars | Simon Meyers | Steve Griffiths | 5 September 1995 (1995-9-5) |
| 101 | "Heat" | Owen Aaronovitch, Sam Kelly and Andrew Lancel guest star | Gill Wilkinson | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 7 September 1995 (1995-9-7) |
| 102 | "Still Waters" | Hans Matheson guest stars | Baz Taylor | J. C. Wilsher | 8 September 1995 (1995-9-8) |
| 103 | "All in the Game" | Michael Attwell and Roy North guest star | Nicholas Mallett | Edwin Pearce | 12 September 1995 (1995-9-12) |
| 104 | "Sins of the Father" | – | Robin Sheppard | Carole Forbes | 14 September 1995 (1995-9-14) |
| 105 | "Night Beat" | – | John Bruce | Chris Lang | 15 September 1995 (1995-9-15) |
| 106 | "Balancing the Scales" | Charlie Condou and David Quilter guest star | Chris Lovett | Julian Perkins | 19 September 1995 (1995-9-19) |
| 107 | "For Services Rendered" | Final regular appearance of DS Danny Pearce | Mike Cocker | Jonathan Myerson | 21 September 1995 (1995-9-21) |
| 108 | "Response Time" | Davyd Harries guest stars | Jeremy Silberston | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 22 September 1995 (1995-9-22) |
| 109 | "Knowing the Score (Part 1)" | Guest appearance of WDS Jo Morgan; Meera Syal, Martin Reeve, Rob Jarvis, Rowena Cooper and Moya Brady guest star | Laurence Moody | Margaret Phelan | 26 September 1995 (1995-9-26) |
| 110 | "Some You Lose (Part 2)" | Meera Syal, Moya Brady, Rowena Cooper and Rob Jarvis guest star | Laurence Moody | Margaret Phelan | 28 September 1995 (1995-9-28) |
| 111 | "Rock-a-bye Baby" | Victoria Alcock guest stars | Baz Taylor | David G. McDonagh | 29 September 1995 (1995-9-29) |
| 112 | "Video Nasty" | Michael Redfern guest stars | James Cellan Jones | David Hoskins | 3 October 1995 (1995-10-3) |
| 113 | "Bad Pictures" | Shaun Parkes, Jasper Britton and Ian Redford guest star | Laurence Moody | Terry Hodgkinson | 5 October 1995 (1995-10-5) |
| 114 | "Fire (Part 1)" | Joan Ann Maynard guest stars | John Strickland | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 6 October 1995 (1995-10-6) |
| 115 | "All Tucked Up (Part 2)" | – | John Strickland | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 10 October 1995 (1995-10-10) |
| 116 | "Bait (Part 3)" | Final appearance of Ch. Insp. Paul Stritch; Amanda Abbington guest stars | John Strickland | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 12 October 1995 (1995-10-12) |
| 117 | "Damage Limitation (Part 4)" | – | John Strickland | Edwin Pearce | 13 October 1995 (1995-10-13) |
| 118 | "Solid Gold Cert" | – | Laurence Moody | Neil Clarke | 17 October 1995 (1995-10-17) |
| 119 | "Mugs" | Bruce Byron guest stars | Dominic Lees | Mark Holloway | 19 October 1995 (1995-10-19) |
| 120 | "Off Limits" | Annette Badland, Shirin Taylor and Patsy Rowlands guest star | Dominic Lees | Peter J. Hammond | 20 October 1995 (1995-10-20) |
| 121 | "Strictly Personal" | – | Keith Boak | Marianne Colbran | 24 October 1995 (1995-10-24) |
| 122 | "Day of Rest" | – | A.J. Quinn | Roy MacGregor | 26 October 1995 (1995-10-26) |
| 123 | "Allegations and Allegiances" | Emma Amos guest stars | Baz Taylor | Nigel Baldwin | 27 October 1995 (1995-10-27) |
| 124 | "Honeypot" | Craig Charles and Joe Absolom guest star | Simon Meyers | Nick Crittenden | 31 October 1995 (1995-10-31) |
| 125 | "Saved" | First regular appearance of DS John Boulton | Jeremy Silberston | Matthew Wingett | 2 November 1995 (1995-11-2) |
| 126 | "A Year and A Day" | – | Gwennan Sage | Nicholas McInerny | 3 November 1995 (1995-11-3) |
| 127 | "With This Body" | Peter Craze guest stars | Simon Meyers | Len Collin | 7 November 1995 (1995-11-7) |
| 128 | "Deadline" | David Tennant, Dermot Crowley, Barbara Marten and Honeysuckle Weeks guest star | A.J. Quinn | David Hoskins | 8 November 1995 (1995-11-8) |
| 129 | "Lockdown" | Charles Dale, Sean Scanlan, Pip Torrens and Geoffrey McGivern guest star | Nick Laughland | Stephen Plaice | 9 November 1995 (1995-11-9) |
| 130 | "Last Waltz" | Christine Kavanagh guest stars | Michael Simpson | Tom Needham | 10 November 1995 (1995-11-10) |
| 131 | "Compensation" | Gwyneth Strong and Bernard Holley guest star | Jeremy Silbertson | Nigel Baldwin | 14 November 1995 (1995-11-14) |
| 132 | "The Wee Small Hours" | Carol Leader guest stars | Gwennan Sage | Michael Jenner | 16 November 1995 (1995-11-16) |
| 133 | "Photocall" | Matt Bardock guest stars | John Strickland | J. C. Wilsher | 17 November 1995 (1995-11-17) |
| 134 | "Love Me, Love My Dog" | Maggie Ollerenshaw guest stars | John Bruce | Maxwell Young | 21 November 1995 (1995-11-21) |
| 135 | "Heart of Gold" | David Gooderson guest stars | Christopher Hodson | Neil Clarke | 23 November 1995 (1995-11-23) |
| 136 | "Dying Breath" | Nicholas Donnelly guest stars | Michael Simpson | Gregory Evans | 24 November 1995 (1995-11-24) |
| 137 | "Poison" | Oscar James guest stars | Keith Boak | Chris Lang | 28 November 1995 (1995-11-28) |
| 138 | "Three in a Row" | – | Ken Hannam | Renny Krupinski | 30 November 1995 (1995-11-30) |
| 139 | "Neutral Territory" | Wil Johnson guest stars | Tom Cotter | David G. McDonagh | 1 December 1995 (1995-12-1) |
| 140 | "Getaway" | Tom Hollander guest stars | Kate Cheeseman | Candy Denman | 4 December 1995 (1995-12-4) |
| 141 | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | Peter Tuddenham and John Ioannou guest star | Christopher Hodson | Jim Hawkins | 7 December 1995 (1995-12-7) |
| 142 | "Natural Justice" | Renu Setna and Barbara Wilshere guest star | Robin Sheppard | Graham Mitchell | 12 December 1995 (1995-12-12) |
| 143 | "Got To Get A Body" | Sally George, Kelly Marcel and Craig Heaney guest star | Michael Cocker | Stephen C. Handley | 14 December 1995 (1995-12-14) |
| 144 | "No Questions Asked" | Marc Warren and Philip McGough guest star | Catherine Morshead | Ron Rose | 15 December 1995 (1995-12-15) |
| 145 | "Sweet Innocent" | – | Michael Cocker | Scott Cherry | 19 December 1995 (1995-12-19) |
| 146 | "Drop" | Lee Turnbull guest stars | Tom Cotter | Mark Holloway | 21 December 1995 (1995-12-21) |
| 147 | "On the Lookout" | Chris Gascoyne guest stars | Kate Cheeseman | Richard McBrien | 22 December 1995 (1995-12-22) |
| 148 | "Ties that Bind" | Ingrid Lacey guest stars | Ken Hannam | Ron Rose | 28 December 1995 (1995-12-28) |
| 149 | "Journey Home" | Patrick Jordan, Connor McIntyre and Stewart Bevan guest star | Diana Patrick | Graham Harvey | 29 December 1995 (1995-12-29) |

### Series 12 (1996)

| # | Title | Episode notes | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 1 | "Call Waiting" | Susannah Wise guest stars | John Bruce | Simon Moss | 2 January 1996 (1996-1-2) |
| 2 | "Second Sense" | Cheryl Hall guest stars | Diana Patrick | Peter Gibbs | 4 January 1996 (1996-1-4) |
| 3 | "Runners Up" | Tracey Childs guest stars | Nick Laughland | Robert Jones | 5 January 1996 (1996-1-5) |
| 4 | "Keeping It in the Family" | Nicholas Pinnock and Lloyd McGuire guest star | Frank W. Smith | Tony Lindsay | 9 January 1996 (1996-1-9) |
| 5 | "Home Truths" | Danny Dyer guest stars | June Howson | Katharine Way | 11 January 1996 (1996-1-11) |
| 6 | "Outer" | Rhona Mitra guest stars | Nick Laughland | J. C. Wilsher | 12 January 1996 (1996-1-12) |
| 7 | "Better Half" | Nigel Humphreys guest stars | Catherine Morshead | Jonathan David | 16 January 1996 (1996-1-16) |
| 8 | "No Assistance Required" | Neil Stuke guest stars | Robin Sheppard | Richard Stoneman | 18 January 1996 (1996-1-18) |
| 9 | "Judgement Call" | Hour-long special, final appearance of WPC Cathy Marshall; Tina Hobley, Nicholas Ball and Clive Carter guest star | Martin Hutchings | Julian Spilsbury | 19 January 1996 (1996-1-19) |
| 10 | "Old Dogs, New Tricks" | – | Frank W. Smith | Jonathan Myerson | 23 January 1996 (1996-1-23) |
| 11 | "Worst Fears: Part 1" | Clare Holman guest stars | Robin Shepperd | Richard Stoneman | 25 January 1996 (1996-1-25) |
| 12 | "One Night With You: Part 2" | – | Derek Lister | Chris Ould | 26 January 1996 (1996-1-26) |
| 13 | "Someone Else's Problem" | Richard Beale guest stars | John Bruce | Renny Krupinski | 30 January 1996 (1996-1-30) |
| 14 | "Bounds of Decency" | – | Corin Campbell Hill | Avril E. Russell | 1 February 1996 (1996-2-1) |
| 15 | "Happy Birthday" | – | Sarah Harding | Tom Needham | 2 February 1996 (1996-2-2) |
| 16 | "Stop the Music" | Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Ayesha Antoine guest star | Sarah Harding | Margaret Ousby | 6 February 1996 (1996-2-6) |
| 17 | "Cold Light of Day" | – | Corin Campbell Hill | David G. McDonagh | 8 February 1996 (1996-2-8) |
| 18 | "Back in Business" | Ch. Supt. Charles Brownlow returns from Area, A/Supt. Derek Conway returns to Ch. Insp. | Laurence Moody | Peter Gibbs | 9 February 1996 (1996-2-9) |
| 19 | "Separate Rooms" | Camilla Power and Ewen Bremner guest star | Jan Sargent | Nick Crittenden | 13 February 1996 (1996-2-13) |
| 20 | "Going Guilty" | – | James Hawes | Mark Holloway | 15 February 1996 (1996-2-15) |
| 21 | "Pieces of Cake" | – | Derek Lister | Maxwell Young | 16 February 1996 (1996-2-16) |
| 22 | "Somebody's Home" | – | Jan Sargent | Simon Tyrrell | 20 February 1996 (1996-2-20) |
| 23 | "Pointing the Finger" | Ron Donachie guest stars | Simon Meyers | Edwin Pearce | 22 February 1996 (1996-2-22) |
| 24 | "Boy Meets Girl" | Lloyd Owen guest stars | James Hawes | Simon Moss | 23 February 1996 (1996-2-23) |
| 25 | "Confession" | Hour-long episode, final appearance of PC Donna Harris, guest appearance of DS Danny Pearce; David Westhead guest stars | David Richards | Terry Hodgkinson | 27 February 1996 (1996-2-27) |
| 26 | "Home From Home" | – | June Howson | Stephen McAteer | 29 February 1996 (1996-2-29) |
| 27 | "Open Wound" | – | John Bruce | Tom Needham | 1 March 1996 (1996-3-1) |
| 28 | "Perfect Match" | – | Laurence Moody | Carolyn Sally Jones | 5 March 1996 (1996-3-5) |
| 29 | "Someone Special" | Bruce Alexander guest stars | Gwennan Sage | Carolyn Sally Jones | 7 March 1996 (1996-3-7) |
| 30 | "Bits and Pieces" | Amanda Ryan, Lucy Benjamin and Peter Benson guest star | Simon Meyers | Terry Hodgkinson | 8 March 1996 (1996-3-8) |
| 31 | "Home Help" | Angela Bruce guest stars | Michael Simpson | Peter Mills | 12 March 1996 (1996-3-12) |
| 32 | "Kicked Out" | – | Michael Ferguson | Stephen C. Handley | 14 March 1996 (1996-3-14) |
| 33 | "On the Block" | Kenneth Watson guest stars | Michael Ferguson | J. C. Wilsher | 15 March 1996 (1996-3-15) |
| 34 | "Getting Off" | – | Michael Cocker | Graham Mitchell | 19 March 1996 (1996-3-19) |
| 35 | "Girls' Night" | – | Gill Wilkinson | Gwyneth Hughes | 21 March 1996 (1996-3-21) |
| 36 | "Blood Brothers" | Roshan Seth guest stars | Jeremy Silberston | Manjit Singh | 22 March 1996 (1996-3-22) |
| 37 | "Broken Homes" | WPC June Ackland is promoted to Acting Sergeant (off screen) | Robert Del Maestro | Gregory Evans | 23 March 1996 (1996-3-23) |
| 38 | "A Hornet's Nest" | Melanie Kilburn guest stars | Robert Del Maestro | Candy Denman | 28 March 1996 (1996-3-28) |
| 39 | "Dead of Night" | First appearance of June Ackland as A/Sgt; Rosie Cavaliero guest stars | Ian White | Julian Jones | 29 March 1996 (1996-3-29) |
| 40 | "Party Pooper" | Daniel Casey guest stars | James Hawes | Isabelle Grey | 2 April 1996 (1996-4-2) |
| 41 | "More Haste" | – | Jeremy Silberston | David Hoskins | 4 April 1996 (1996-4-4) |
| 42 | "Beating the Odds" | Jamie Glover and Amelia Curtis guest star | Ian White | Edwin Pearce | 5 April 1996 (1996-4-5) |
| 43 | "Animal" | Ian Reddington and Sheree Murphy guest star | Kate Cheeseman | Tom Needham | 9 April 1996 (1996-4-9) |
| 44 | "Dangerous Game" | Hour-long episode, final appearance of Sgt. Ray Steele; Tracey Wilkinson guest stars | Brian Parker | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 10 April 1996 (1996-4-10) |
| 45 | "Dancers" | Tenniel Evans guest stars | Nick Laughland | Mark Holloway | 12 April 1996 (1996-4-12) |
| 46 | "And Nothing But" | – | Michael Simpson | Richard Stoneman | 16 April 1996 (1996-4-16) |
| 47 | "Tale of Two Cities" | Petra Markham guest stars | Tom Cotter | Spenser Frearson | 18 April 1996 (1996-4-18) |
| 48 | "Cheating" | Leslie Phillips and Carol Royle guest star | Kate Cheeseman | Spenser Frearson | 19 April 1996 (1996-4-19) |
| 49 | "Decent Proposals" | Clare Cathcart and Trevor Cooper guest star | Gill Wilkinson | Jonathan Myerson | 23 April 1996 (1996-4-23) |
| 50 | "Going For a Song" | Guest appearance of now-DS Mike Dashwood | Martin Hutchings | Julian Spilsbury | 25 April 1996 (1996-4-25) |
| 51 | "Value Added" | Malcolm Terris and Geff Francis guest stars | Simon Meyers | Barry Simner | 26 April 1996 (1996-4-26) |
| 52 | "Professional Ethics" | John Bowler guest stars | Chris Lovett | David Hoskins | 30 April 1996 (1996-4-30) |
| 53 | "Accidents Will Happen" | Paul Ritter guest stars | Tom Cotter | David G. McDonagh | 2 May 1996 (1996-5-2) |
| 54 | "Time Spent" | – | Chris Lovett | Chris Ould | 3 May 1996 (1996-5-3) |
| 55 | "Conspiracy of Silence" | Ann Davies guest stars | Peter Barber-Fleming | Margaret Phelan | 7 May 1996 (1996-5-7) |
| 56 | "Cold Feet and Hot Coffee" | Jason Done and Stephen Churchett guest star | Gwennan Sage | Julian Perkins | 9 May 1996 (1996-5-9) |
| 57 | "Rollover" | Libby Davison and Philip Wright guest star | Michael Simpson | Nick Crittenden | 10 May 1996 (1996-5-10) |
| 58 | "Tough Love" | John Michie guest stars | Martin Hutchings | Katharine Way | 14 May 1996 (1996-5-14) |
| 59 | "With This Ring" | Roger Avon and Rowena Cooper guest star | Nick Laughland | John Brennan | 16 May 1996 (1996-5-16) |
| 60 | "Final Drive" | Thomas Craig and Sukie Smith guest star | Michael Ferguson | Mark Holloway | 17 May 1996 (1996-5-17) |
| 61 | "Voices" | Sian Thomas and David Quilter guest star | Moira Armstrong | Peter J. Hammond | 21 May 1996 (1996-5-21) |
| 62 | "Party On" | Hilary Whitehall guest stars. | Danny Hiller | Mark Illis | 23 May 1996 (1996-5-23) |
| 63 | "Hard Enough" | Elizabeth Berrington and Adrian Rawlins guest star | Dominic Lees | Lyndon Mallett | 24 May 1996 (1996-5-24) |
| 64 | "Cuckoo" | Honeysuckle Weeks, Olivia Hallinan and Campbell Morrison guest star | Danny Hiller | Nicholas McInerny | 28 May 1996 (1996-5-28) |
| 65 | "Helping Hands" | Aidan J. David guest stars | Peter Duffell | Clive Dawson | 30 May 1996 (1996-5-30) |
| 66 | "Jekyll and Hyde" | Matthew Crompton guest stars | Danny Hiller | Edwin Pearce | 31 May 1996 (1996-5-31) |
| 67 | "Knocking on the Door" | First appearance of DS Geoff Daly | John Bruce | Steve Handley | 4 June 1996 (1996-6-4) |
| 68 | "Lies and Statistics" | Sean Gilder and David Quilter guest star | James Hawes | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 6 June 1996 (1996-6-6) |
| 69 | "Butting In" | Barry Jackson, David Quilter and Lolita Chakrabarti guest star | Michael Simpson | Sebastian Secker Walker | 7 June 1996 (1996-6-7) |
| 70 | "The Bagman" | – | Michael Cocker | Richard McBrien | 11 June 1996 (1996-6-11) |
| 71 | "Overstepping the Mark" | Kris Marshall and David Quilter guest star | John Bruce | Michael Jenner | 13 June 1996 (1996-6-13) |
| 72 | "Filth" | – | Jo Shoop | Graham Mitchell | 20 June 1996 (1996-6-20) |
| 73 | "Camper" | Timothy Bateson and Avril Elgar guest star | Moira Armstrong | Terry Hodgkinson | 21 June 1996 (1996-6-21) |
| 74 | "Spill" | Hour-long episode; Lolita Chakrabarti and Bob Mason guest star | John Strickland | Michael Jenner | 25 June 1996 (1996-6-25) |
| 75 | "Apron Strings" | Denyse Alexander guest stars | Adrian J. Fearnley | Len Collin | 27 June 1996 (1996-6-27) |
| 76 | "One Step Ahead" | Ken Hutchison and Roy Skelton guest star | Simon Massey | Candy Denman | 28 June 1996 (1996-6-28) |
| 77 | "Starting Young" | Nathan Constance guest stars | Michael Ferguson | Andrew Rattenbury | 2 July 1996 (1996-7-2) |
| 78 | "Tart's Cards" | Annie Hulley guest stars | Simon Meyers | Margaret Ousby | 4 July 1996 (1996-7-4) |
| 79 | "Born Again" | Alexandra Gilbreath and Chris Tranchell guest stars | Robin Sheppard | Simon Frith | 5 July 1996 (1996-7-5) |
| 80 | "Kick Me Hard" | – | Audrey Cooke | Gregory Evans | 9 July 1996 (1996-7-9) |
| 81 | "All or Nothing" | – | Adrian J. Fearnley | Philip Kingston | 11 July 1996 (1996-7-11) |
| 82 | "Unlucky in Love" | Anna Keaveney and Joanne Froggatt guest star | Jo Shoop | Jonathan Rich | 12 July 1996 (1996-7-12) |
| 83 | "A Quick Return" | – | Brian Parker | Stephen McAteer | 16 July 1996 (1996-7-16) |
| 84 | "Sartorial Elegance" | Joseph Kpobie guest stars | Simon Massey | Nigel Baldwin | 18 July 1996 (1996-7-18) |
| 85 | "Don't Leave Me This Way" | Albert Welling and Margo Gunn guest star | Ian White | Graham White | 19 July 1996 (1996-7-19) |
| 86 | "Big Bullies" | Jim McManus guest stars | Michael Simpson | Ron Rose | 23 July 1996 (1996-7-23) |
| 87 | "Playing It by the Rules" | – | Chris Lovett | Sheila Duncan | 25 July 1996 (1996-7-25) |
| 88 | "True Colours" | – | Brian Parker | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 26 July 1996 (1996-7-26) |
| 89 | "Target" | Feature length rebroadcast of the episodes "Fire", "All Tucked Up" and "Bait" from Series 11 | John Strickland | Edward Canford-Dumas | 29 July 1996 (1996-7-29) |
| 90 | "Dead Man's Hand" | Jamie Foreman guest stars | Dominic Lees | Simon Tyrrell | 30 July 1996 (1996-7-30) |
| 91 | "For Their Own Good" | Final appearance of DC Alan Woods; Lynn Farleigh and Billy McColl guest star | Peter Duffell | Nigel Baldwin | 1 August 1996 (1996-8-1) |
| 92 | "Theory and Practice" | Kacey Ainsworth guest stars | Peter Barber-Fleming | Maxwell Young | 6 August 1996 (1996-8-6) |
| 93 | "Drinking Partners" | Tony Marshall guest stars | Peter Lydon | Matthew Wingett | 8 August 1996 (1996-8-8) |
| 94 | "Lean on Me" | Madeleine Howard guest stars | Simon Meyers | Barry Simner | 9 August 1996 (1996-8-9) |
| 95 | "Reminders" | Vas Blackwood, Laurie Brett and Ricci Harnett guest star | Chris Lovett | Michael Jenner | 13 August 1996 (1996-8-13) |
| 96 | "Minding" | Charlotte Barker guest stars | Nick Laughland | Mark Holloway | 15 August 1996 (1996-8-15) |
| 97 | "Follow the Van" | Donald Douglas guest stars | Robin Sheppard | Stephen Plaice | 16 August 1996 (1996-8-16) |
| 98 | "Don't Kill the Messenger" | – | Jim Shields | Isabelle Grey | 20 August 1996 (1996-8-20) |
| 99 | "Junior" | Trevor Byfield and Elizabeth McKechnie guest star | Jim Shields | Julian Perkins | 22 August 1996 (1996-8-22) |
| 100 | "Pony Express" | Andy Linden and Ade Sapara guest star | Simon Meyers | David G. McDonagh | 23 August 1996 (1996-8-23) |
| 101 | "Out of Control" | David Hargreaves and Lucy Speed guest star | Ian White | Edwin Pearce | 27 August 1996 (1996-8-27) |
| 102 | "Day Tripper" | – | Gill Wilkinson | Chris Smyth | 29 August 1996 (1996-8-29) |
| 103 | "Waiting For Frank" | Jonathan Phillips guest stars | Robert Del Maestro | Chris Ould | 30 August 1996 (1996-8-30) |
| 104 | "A Day in the Life" | Kulvinder Ghir, Jack Deam and Maxine Evans guest star | Audrey Cooke | Robert Jones | 3 September 1996 (1996-9-3) |
| 105 | "Second Chances" | Paul Bhattacharjee guest stars | Nick Laughland | Manjit Singh | 5 September 1996 (1996-9-5) |
| 106 | "Repossession" | Gerry Cowper, Jan Pearson and Lorcan Cranitch guest star | Peter Lydon | Lyndon Mallet | 6 September 1996 (1996-9-6) |
| 107 | "Liar" | First appearance of DC Liz Rawton; Elizabeth Bennett guest stars | Michael Simpson | Spenser Frearson | 10 September 1996 (1996-9-10) |
| 108 | "Detained" | Scott Neal and Sara Stockbridge guest star | Ken Horn | Jimmy Gardner | 12 September 1996 (1996-9-12) |
| 109 | "Karma" | Jim Norton guest stars | Brian Parker | Edward Canford-Dumas | 13 September 1996 (1996-9-13) |
| 110 | "Stolen Moments" | Judy Flynn guest stars | Audrey Cooke | Julian Perkins | 17 September 1996 (1996-9-17) |
| 111 | "A Good Night Out" | Hour-long episode, A/Sgt June Ackland becomes full-time Sgt.; Martin Glyn Murray and Oliver Smith guest star | Tom Cotter | Richard Stoneman | 18 September 1996 (1996-9-18) |
| 112 | "Chatterbox" | Adrian Bower and Desmond Askew guest star | Ian White | Simon Moss | 19 September 1996 (1996-9-19) |
| 113 | "Too Close For Comfort" | Steve John Shepherd and Lorraine Ashbourne guest star | Robin Sheppard | Maxwell Young | 20 September 1996 (1996-9-20) |
| 114 | "Blame" | Gerry Cowper guest stars | Chris Lovett | Gwyneth Hughes | 24 September 1996 (1996-9-24) |
| 115 | "Once a Thief" | – | Robert Del Maestro | Tony Mulholland | 26 September 1996 (1996-9-26) |
| 116 | "Party Animals" | Jake Wood guest stars | Moira Armstrong | Katharine Way | 27 September 1996 (1996-9-27) |
| 117 | "Natural Causes" | Colin Buchanan guest stars | Morag Fullarton | Simon Tyrrell | 1 October 1996 (1996-10-1) |
| 118 | "Known To Someone" | JoAnne Good, Luisa Bradshaw-White and Gerry Cowper guest star | Derek Lister | Joanne Maguire | 3 October 1996 (1996-10-3) |
| 119 | "Champing at the Bit" | Hermione Gulliford guest stars | Diana Patrick | Robert Jones | 4 October 1996 (1996-10-4) |
| 120 | "Taking Out the Rubbish" | Joel Beckett guest stars | Ken Horn | A. Valentine | 8 October 1996 (1996-10-8) |
| 121 | "Presumed Innocent" | Michael McKell and Roger Blake guest star | Harry Bradbeer | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 10 October 1996 (1996-10-10) |
| 122 | "Change of Heart" | – | Gill Wilkinson | Graham Mitchell | 11 October 1996 (1996-10-11) |
| 123 | "Hedging Your Bets" | Peter Jeffrey, Hilary Mason and Barbara Young guest star | Roger Gartland | Candy Denman | 15 October 1996 (1996-10-15) |
| 124 | "Out of the Past" | Sam Callis guest stars | Robin Sheppard | Tony Lindsay | 17 October 1996 (1996-10-17) |
| 125 | "Road to Recovery" | – | Jo Shoop | Len Collin | 18 October 1996 (1996-10-18) |
| 126 | "Three Fools" | Johanna Hargreaves guest stars | Moira Armstrong | Mark Illis | 22 October 1996 (1996-10-22) |
| 127 | "Track Marks" | – | Harry Bradbeer | James Stevenson | 24 October 1996 (1996-10-24) |
| 128 | "In for the Kill" | – | Derek Lister | Tom Needham | 25 October 1996 (1996-10-25) |
| 129 | "Remote Control" | – | Steve Shill | Julian Spilsbury | 29 October 1996 (1996-10-29) |
| 130 | "Telling Tales" | Derek Newark Kate Williams and Malcolm Tierney guest star | Jo Shoop | Renny Krupinski | 31 October 1996 (1996-10-31) |
| 131 | "Old Codgers" | Freddie Jones and Patrick Godfrey guest star | Martin Hutchings | Chris Ould | 1 November 1996 (1996-11-1) |
| 132 | "Trap" | – | Christopher Hodson | Michael Jenner | 5 November 1996 (1996-11-5) |
| 133 | "All in the Mind" | Cathy Shipton guest stars | Diana Patrick | Edwin Pearce | 7 November 1996 (1996-11-7) |
| 134 | "Trust Me" | Paul Greenwood and Catherine Cusack guest star | Roger Gartland | Isabelle Grey | 8 November 1996 (1996-11-8) |
| 135 | "Nice Boy" | Nadim Sawalha guest stars | Brian Parker | Scott Cherry | 12 November 1996 (1996-11-12) |
| 136 | "A Woman's Place" | – | James Hawes | Simon Moss | 14 November 1996 (1996-11-14) |
| 137 | "Finishing School" | – | Michael Cocker | Barry Simner | 15 November 1996 (1996-11-15) |
| 138 | "Death of a Nobody" | Hour-long episode; Peter Guinness and Philip McGough guest star | Simon Meyers | Tom Needham | 19 November 1996 (1996-11-19) |
| 139 | "Up the Wall" | – | Steve Shill | Lyndon Mallett | 21 November 1996 (1996-11-21) |
| 140 | "Boiling Point" | Kenneth Colley guest stars | Christopher Hodson | Neil Clarke | 22 November 1996 (1996-11-22) |
| 141 | "Mirror Image" | – | John Bruce | Katharine Way | 26 November 1996 (1996-11-26) |
| 142 | "Public Relations" | – | Brian Parker | Philip Kingston | 28 November 1996 (1996-11-28) |
| 143 | "Lock 'Em In" | Jeremy Bulloch guest stars | Roger Gartland | Sebastian Secker Walker | 29 November 1996 (1996-11-29) |
| 144 | "Opportunity Costs" | – | Martin Hutchings | Edward Canford-Dumas | 3 December 1996 (1996-12-3) |
| 145 | "Paying For It" | – | Jane Prowse | Mark Holloway | 5 December 1996 (1996-12-5) |
| 146 | "Many Happy Returns" | Paul Jerricho guest stars | Adrian J. Fearnley | Andrew Rattenbury | 6 December 1996 (1996-12-6) |
| 147 | "Black Money" | Dominic Guard and Danny Webb guest star | Roger Gartland | Terry Hodgkinson | 10 December 1996 (1996-12-10) |
| 148 | "Scorned" | Brian Protheroe, Jane Slavin and Geraldine Fitzgerald guest star | Morag Fullarton | Tracey Black | 12 December 1996 (1996-12-12) |
| 149 | "Stolen Kisses" | Samantha Seager and Jo Martin guest star | Michael Cocker | Manjit Singh | 13 December 1996 (1996-12-13) |
| 150 | "Jumping to Conclusions" | – | Harry Bradbeer | Philip Kingston | 17 December 1996 (1996-12-17) |
| 151 | "Toe the Line" | Michael Attwell, Michelle Gomez, Joe Absolom and David Schofield guest star | James Hawes | Stephen Plaice | 19 December 1996 (1996-12-19) |
| 152 | "A Gun to the Head" | John Fraser and Rob Edwards guest star | Chris Lovett | Maxwell Young | 20 December 1996 (1996-12-20) |
| 153 | "Merrily on High" | New opening sequence introduced; Danny Dyer and Frank Mills guest star | Michael Cocker | Robert Jones | 24 December 1996 (1996-12-24) |
| 154 | "Hers" | Tamzin Outhwaite guest stars | Michael Cocker | Mark Holloway | 26 December 1996 (1996-12-26) |
| 155 | "Hat Trick" | Eric Mason guest stars | John Bruce | Stephen Greenhorn | 27 December 1996 (1996-12-27) |
| 156 | "The Right Thing" | First appearance of PC Jamila Blake; Paul Bettany and Ken Bones guest star | Nigel Douglas | Tony Mulholland | 31 December 1996 (1996-12-31) |

### Series 26 (2010)
## Cancellation

On 26 March 2010, ITV announced that The Bill would end after 27 years on air due to a drop in ratings, and on 31 August 2010, the final episode, "Respect: Part 2" was aired, bringing the total number of episodes to 2425.