Edited sentence: Few of the old faces and favourites have survived the countless culls held by Marquess.In March 2005 Marquess announced his intention to resign leaving behind a programme in the shadow of its former self.It is a tragedy that the Bill has been reduced from a classic programme to its current abysmal shape.It is unlikely the Bill can recover - the classic format and good characters are long-gone.The list of axed favourites includes Inspector Monroe, Matthew Boyden, Derek Conway - none of which can hope to return.The new Sunhill is full of corrupt and bent police-officers who rarely spend more than two years in the show making it impossible for the characters to build up a history or for the actors to get used to each other.The new serialised format means that the storylines invariably involve rape, padeophilia, murder or all three