The Bill Season 12 Episodes

Episode 1

Call Waiting

25 mins

DC Skase and WDC Croft investigate a series of hoax phone calls that are tearing a family apart.

Episode 2

Second Sense

25 mins

PC Loxton and PC Slater deal with a woman drink-driver.

Episode 3

Runners Up

25 mins

DCI Meadows offers a bottle of scotch as a reward for catching an elusive burglar.

Episode 4

Keeping It in the Family

25 mins

DC Lines and DC Skase try to avert an ice-cream war in Sun Hill after a vendor is assaulted.

Episode 5

Home Truths

25 mins

WPC Ackland and PC Jarvis follow up a vicious assault.

Episode 6

Outer

25 mins

DS Boulton is determined to arrest a local drug dealer at any cost.

Episode 7

Better Half

25 mins

DS Beech and WDC Croft investigate the murder of a hairdresser who had been fighting for a share of her dead fiance's estate.

Episode 8

No Assistance Required

25 mins

WPC Datta is called to a burglary and is subjected to the unwanted affections of a civil-minded admirer. Insp Monroe is suspicious when PC Loxton tries to settle an old score.

Episode 9

Judgement Call

50 mins

W.P.C. Marshall chases a burglary suspect onto a river barge, with tragic consequences.

Episode 10

Old Dogs, New Tricks

25 mins

As Sun Hill gets to grips with its new computer system, Sgt Boyden discovers that it pays to stay one step ahead of the opposition.

Episode 11

Worst Fears

25 mins

D.I. Deakin fears the worst when a five-year-old boy goes missing. Meanwhile, Acting Supt. Conway receives some bad news of his own.

Episode 12

One Night with You

25 mins

With five-year-old Tommy Laker still missing and an uncooperative suspect in custody, D.I. Deakin faces a race against time.

Episode 13

Someone Else's Problem

24 mins

WPC Datta and PC Quinnan look into the mysterious death of a jogger, while WPC Ackland and PC Jarvis try to reconcile a couple of warring lovers.

Episode 14

Bounds of Decency

24 mins

PC Slater and PC Garfield struggle to keep the peace when two women fall out over the same man.

Episode 15

Happy Birthday

24 mins

DCI Meadows and WDC Croft investigate the murder of an elderly woman, but where the only witnesses are the two young children living on the floor below who may have heard what happened.

Episode 16

Stop the Music

24 mins

WDC Croft and a badly-hungover DS Beech investigate when a body is found in a car with a large amount of crack cocaine.

Episode 17

Cold Light of Day

24 mins

A reconstruction brings forward an unexpected witness to an assault on a 15 year-old boy.

Episode 18

Back in Business

25 mins

Ch. Supt. Brownlow returns to take charge at Sun Hill once again. Ch. Insp. Conway sets up an operation against a debt collector.

Episode 19

Separate Rooms

25 mins

DC Lines Investigates an allegation of under-aged sex.

Episode 20

Going Guilty

25 mins

Sgt Cryer and PC Slater investigate when an elderly lady dies after her purse is stolen, but a legal loophole may allow the perpetrator to get away with it.

Episode 21

Pieces of Cake

25 mins

DS Beech is caught in the crossfire when uniform and CID fall out over a directive from Ch Supt Brownlow.

Episode 22

Somebody's Home

25 mins

PC Quinnan and WPC Keane have to help someone with a conviction for assaulting a police officer.

Episode 23

Pointing the Finger

25 mins

DC Skase and DC Carver investigate an assault on an Asian schoolboy.

Episode 24

Boy Meets Girl

WDC Croft investigates a series of vicious sexual assaults

Episode 25

Confession

50 mins

When a young man comes into the station to confess to a murder five years previously, DCI Meadows is skeptical, but worries he must have missed something in the original investigation.

Episode 26

Home from Home

PC Stamp and PC Slater are called to supervise the eviction of a father from his home.

Episode 27

Open Wound

DI Deakin and DC Skase investigate when a crack dealer is shot and wounded in the yard of a pub.

Episode 28

Perfect Match

DS Beech and WDC Croft try to track down a violent attacker.

Episode 29

Someone Special

25 mins

DC Lines and DC Skase investigate a possible arson attack on a nightclub.

Episode 30

Bits and Pieces

25 mins

Sgt Boyden and PC Slater search for the owner of a severed hand found in a rubbish tip.

Episode 31

Home Help

25 mins

Sgt Cryer and PC Slater handle a tricky case involving a disabled former police officer and his wayward son.

Episode 32

Kicked Out

25 mins

P.C. Jarvis and W.P.C. Page are called to assist a Home Office official with the deportation of an illegal immigrant, but matters are complicated when she escapes from custody.

Episode 33

On the Block

D.S. Boulton is embarrassed when a suspect he has just arrested escapes from custody, and is determined to get him back.

Episode 34

Getting Off

25 mins

DS Boulton investigates a convicted drug addict and clashes with a drugs worker.

Episode 35

Girls' Night

25 mins

PC Loxton and WPC Page deals with a bridegroom who disrupts a hen night.

Episode 36

Blood Brothers

25 mins

DCI Meadows tries to get the truth from a terminally-ill Asian man after one of his sons is fatally injured during a family dispute.

Episode 37

Broken Homes

25 mins

PC Loxton and WPC Keane chase a local tearaway, who gets injured. Ch Insp Conway has to deal with resultant accusations of police harassment

Episode 38

A Hornet's Nest

25 mins

D.S. Greig raids the home of a suspected burglar, only to find him unconscious in bed.

Episode 39

Dead of Night

25 mins

P.C. Quinnan faces some tough questions when an injured woman shows up at the front desk but he is nowhere to be found, while Acting Sergeant Ackland has to assert her authority.

Episode 40

Party Pooper

25 mins

P.C. Slater is embarrassed when he fails to stop a robbery at a party while off duty.

Episode 41

More Haste

25 mins

WPC Keane has a bad day in court, while Insp Monroe follows up on a domestic incident.

Episode 42

Beating the Odds

25 mins

DS Boulton investigates a notorious local bookie and prompts suspicions about DS Beech's private life.

Episode 43

Animal

25 mins

Sgt Boyden and WPC Datta try to secure a conviction against a vicious pimp.

Episode 44

Dangerous Game

50 mins

DS Boulton, DC Carver and DI Deakin take part in a Flying Squad operation against a vicious gang of armed robbers.

Episode 45

Dancers

25 mins

Ch Supt Brownlow organises a tea dance for the Metropolitan Police Pensioners' and Widows' Society.

Episode 46

And Nothing But

25 mins

PC Loxton arrests a black man he suspects is responsible for a mugging and is accused of racism.

Episode 47

Tale of Two Cities

25 mins

DS Greig is in pursuit of a local drug dealer. Two teenagers arrested for possession refuse to provide any information about their supplier.

Episode 48

Cheating

25 mins

PC Quinnan and PC Hollis have to decide whether a pub quiz champion is breaking the rules. DC Skase deals with the unfaithful wife of a local villain.

Episode 49

Decent Proposals

25 mins

PC Loxton and PC Quinnan investigate an employment agency that provides lucrative opportunities to women with financial troubles.

Episode 50

Going for a Song

25 mins

D.C. Carver calls for D.S. Dashwood from the Arts and Antiques Squad to help with a case involving an antique clock that is believed to be a target for theft.

Episode 51

Value Added

25 mins

PC Hollis goes undercover in the seedy world of vice in pursuit of the unscrupulous owner of a clip joint.

Episode 52

Professional Ethics

25 mins

DS Greig and DC Lines Investigate graffiti attacks on motor vehicles and uncover a fraud.

Episode 53

Accidents Will Happen

25 mins

An investigation into a hit-and-run accident leads Sgt. Boyden and W.P.C. Page to a suspected protection racket.

Episode 54

Time Spent

25 mins

DS Beech uncovers the relationship between a former boss and a local crime lord. DC Carver is caught between two troubled lovers.

Episode 55

Conspiracy of Silence

25 mins

DI Deakin and DS Boulton investigate a fatal stabbing and uncover jealousy and deceit.

Episode 56

Cold Feet and Hot Coffee

25 mins

PC Loxton and WPC Page go undercover at a wedding to prevent a jilted lover spoiling the bride's big day.

Episode 57

Rollover

25 mins

DI Deakin comes down hard on a snout who tries to buck the system, and gets an unexpected result.

Episode 58

Tough Love

25 mins

PC Hollis and PC Garfield deal with an attack on a school bully.

Episode 59

With This Ring

25 mins

WPC Keane comes across a suspect antique dealer. DS Greig and WDC Croft investigate a burglary and reopen a feud between two sisters.

Episode 60

Final Drive

25 mins

PC Jarvis is on the Advanced Driving Course at Hendon.

Episode 61

Voices

24 mins

DS Greig and WPC Datta suspect that a woman who claims she can hear voices may hold the key to a series of sexual assaults.

Episode 62

Party On

25 mins

DI Deakin and WDC Croft have to deal with a group of teenagers when one of them is bottled at an ecstasy party.

Episode 63

Hard Enough

25 mins

DS Boulton and DC Carver try to decide whether a householder used reasonable force when he killed a burglar with a baseball bat.

Episode 64

Cuckoo

25 mins

Insp. Monroe and WPC Page are dragged into a what appears to be a family squabble.

Episode 65

Helping Hands

25 mins

WPC Datta and PC Garfield arrest a G.P. for possession of cannabis, but he claims it is for use by one of his patients.

Episode 66

Jekyll and Hyde

25 mins

Ch Supt Brownlow witnesses a violent outburst on the road.

Episode 67

Knocking on the Door

25 mins

New recruit DS Daly steps in to help DC Skase when a straightforward drugs bust goes wrong.

Episode 68

Lies and Statistics

25 mins

Sgt Boyden tries to help a young offender.

Episode 69

Butting In

25 mins

PC Jarvis steps in to help WPC Page deal with a minor assault, but his intervention only makes things worse.

Episode 70

The Bagman

25 mins

DI Deakin investigates a violent attack on a small-time crook whom he suspects to have fallen in with bad company.

Episode 71

Overstepping the Mark

25 mins

DC Lines tries to get a juvenile offender to inform on a gang of dangerous thugs, while DS Daly is troubled by a determined probation officer.

Episode 72

Filth

25 mins

DI Deakin and DS Boulton investigate when a pimp is discovered badly beaten in a pile of rubbish.

Episode 73

Camper

25 mins

Sgt Boyden and PC Slater are involved in a drugs bust involving a camper van.

Episode 74

Spill

51 mins

A tanker crashes, spilling a potentially dangerous load in a residential area. Insp Monroe supervises the evacuation of the area, while Sgt. Boyden investigates the dubious practices of the haulage company responsible.

Episode 75

Apron Strings

25 mins

Sgt Cryer and WPC Keane discover a woman dead in her bath and suspect her son of foul play.

Episode 76

One Step Ahead

25 mins

DCI Meadows and DC Skase pursue an ex-convict who has sworn revenge on an informant. Sgt Boyden is called to help a prostitute who believes she is being followed.

Episode 77

Starting Young

25 mins

PC Jarvis and WPC Keane deal with a boy in possession of a pensioner's prescription.

Episode 78

Tarts Cards

25 mins

Sgt Boyden and PC Slater investigate a series of offensive telephone calls.

Episode 79

Born Again

25 mins

DS Boulton investigates an assault on an old man.

Episode 80

Kick Me Hard

25 mins

DS Daly mounts an operation to catch muggers. WPC Page goes undercover as a pregnant woman to act as bait.

Episode 81

All or Nothing

25 mins

PC Quinnan and WPC Keane discover the body of a young girl in a pub toilet.

Episode 82

Unlucky in Love

25 mins

Sgt Boyden investigates a dating agency that is rumoured to be providing underaged girls.

Episode 83

A Quick Return

25 mins

Sgt Cryer and WPC Keane investigate a series of street robberies and find four teenagers trying to buy their way into drug dealing.

Episode 84

Sartorial Elegance

25 mins

DC Carver and PC Jarvis misjudge the condition of a witness, threating Operation Eagle Eye.

Episode 85

Don't Leave Me This Way

25 mins

PC Loxton and WPC Keane suspect that the victim of a mugging knows more than she is letting on.

Episode 86

Big Bullies

25 mins

Insp Monroe investigates a schoolboy's claims that he was assaulted by his teacher.

Episode 87

Playing It by the Rules

25 mins

DI Deakin hopes to bust a drug dealer by persuading his wife to turn informant, while uniform struggle with a ban on overtime.

Episode 88

True Colours

25 mins

DS Daly is determined to find out why a white teenager is trying to take the blame for his black friends.

Episode 89

Target

25 mins

While speaking to WPC Ackland and PC Loxton about the problem of local dog mess, a woman is shot dead by a sniper.

Episode 90

Dead Man's Hand

25 mins

DS Beech investigates the claim of one compulsive gambler to having murdered another.

Episode 91

For Their Own Good

25 mins

DS Boulton uses an informant as the bait to catch a dangerous villain, much to DC Lines' discomfort.

Episode 92

Theory and Practice

25 mins

WPC Ackland and PC McCann take the sergeant's exam. Sgt Cryer deals with a woman who is miscarrying and claims that she was assaulted by WPC Page.

Episode 93

Drinking Partners

25 mins

DS Greig and DC Skase investigate when a drunk man is found unconscious and badly injured at the bottom of a flight of stairs.

Episode 94

Lean on Me

25 mins

PC Hollis gets ideas above his station when his ladyfriend wants to become his informant. DCI Meadows has to bring him back down to earth.

Episode 95

Reminders

25 mins

DS Daly and DC Carver pursue a missing prisoner who appears determined to restore his reputation as a hard man.

Episode 96

Minding

25 mins

PC Loxton and WPC Keane arrest a woman for shoplifting, and she is brought to the station with two children. DS Greig and WDC Croft investigate when a woman with the same name reports that her nanny has kidnapped two of her charges.

Episode 97

Follow the Van

25 mins

DS Beech and DC Lines Investigate a series of aggravated robberies on garage forecourts.

Episode 98

Don't Kill the Messenger

25 mins

PC Jarvis receives death threats from a young man who blames him for his father's death and who cannot accept that his father was a sex offender.

Episode 99

Junior

25 mins

DS Beech employs a fifteen year-old boy as an informant to expose a crooked car ring.

Episode 100

Pony Express

25 mins

DI Deakin has to decide whether to trust a Nigerian drug smuggler who offers to help catch a local dealer.

Episode 101

Out of Control

25 mins

PC Jarvis deals with a young tearaway and tries to persuade the boy's father to take responsibility for his son's actions.

Episode 102

Day Tripper

25 mins

DS Greig hopes that a tip-off will help him to nail an old enemy but things don't go to plan.

Episode 103

Waiting for Frank

25 mins

DI Deakin poses as a nervous punter waiting at the dog track to meet a mysterious man named Frank.

Episode 104

A Day in the Life

25 mins

WPC Debbie Keane should be showing the Brownies around the station but has gone missing. While her colleagues look for her little do they know she is held hostage by a desperate young man with a gun-shot wound.

Episode 105

Second Chances

25 mins

DI Deakin gets a vital lead on an unsolved murder, but his witness is an illegal immigrant who is about to be deported.

Episode 106

Repossession

25 mins

A petrol can, a lighter and a desperate man threatening to burn down a house: can Ch. Insp. Conway talk him round?

Episode 107

Liar

25 mins

WDC Rawton gets involved in a dispute between a drug addict and WDC Croft, who is trying to find a witness who can testify that she was assaulted.

Episode 108

Detained

24 mins

PC Garfield and PC McCann investigate when an elderly lady is robbed, but matters are complicated when their only witness, a young Filipino woman, vanishes from the scene.

Episode 109

Karma

25 mins

DI Deakin and DS Boulton are called into a woman's prison to investigate claims by an officer that an inmate was pushed down a flight of stairs by the prison psychiatrist.

Episode 110

Stolen Moments

25 mins

PC McCann and PC Slater arrest a woman for petty theft, who turns out to be a kleptomaniac and compulsive liar. But when she claims to have killed a cyclist while driving three years earlier, could she be telling the truth?

Episode 111

A Good Night Out

50 mins

W.P.C. Ackland learns that she has passed her Sergeant's assessment. The Relief head for a night out to celebrate her promotion, minus a sulking P.C. McCann, but things do not go according to plan when Ackland has her handbag stolen.

Episode 112

Chatterbox

25 mins

PC Quinnan and a teenage burglary suspect are trapped in a broken lift in a housing estate.

Episode 113

Too Close for Comfort

25 mins

W.P.C. Page acts as chaperon for a young woman accusing her cousin of raping her.

Episode 114

Blame

25 mins

PC Garfield and WPC Datta deal with a family that is torn apart when the mother commits suicide by overdosing on sleeping tablets.

Episode 115

Once a Thief

25 mins

DS Beech investigates a burglary at the home of a barrister.

Episode 116

Party Animals

25 mins

Quinnan and Keane are called to a stag party to find a girl screaming in the bathroom. The girl claims to have been attacked but which one of the men called 999?

Episode 117

Natural Causes

25 mins

Sgt Ackland and PC Slater try to establish whether a pensioner who died on confronting a thief was murdered or died of natural causes.

Episode 118

Known to Someone

25 mins

DS Daly and WDC Croft obtain information from a conflicted young man who suspects his brother of a series of violent attacks on women.

Episode 119

Champing at the Bit

25 mins

PC Jarvis and PC McCann attend the scene of an accident involving a woman driving a horsebox, who tests positive in a breath test. DI Deakin is after a violent attacker.

Episode 120

Taking Out the Rubbish

25 mins

DS Greig and DC Carver investigate a burglary but the residents on the estate are too scared to give evidence. Insp Monroe determines to clear out all the known trouble-makers.

Episode 121

Presumed Innocent

25 mins

Sgt Cryer and WPC Keane investigate when a teenage girl is killed in a road accident, but who was she running away from?

Episode 122

Change of Heart

25 mins

DCI Meadows and WDC Rawton try to persuade the girlfriend of a rape suspect to help in his arrest.

Episode 123

Hedging Your Bets

25 mins

Tensions arise between DI Deakin and DS Beech after a bookie is robbed.

Episode 124

Out of the Past

25 mins

DCI Meadows has to decide where his loyalties lie when an old friend is accused of murder.

Episode 125

Road to Recovery

25 mins

PC Hollis is concerned about a patient who has recently been discharged from psychiatric care, and clashes with the social services.

Episode 126

Three Fools

25 mins

DS Greig and DC Skase investigate when three small-time villains are beaten up over their involvement in a counterfeit money laundering operation.

Episode 127

Track Marks

25 mins

DC Carver disapproves of DS Boulton's ruthless handling of an informant.

Episode 128

In for the Kill

25 mins

DCI Meadows and WDC Croft interview a young waiter accused of trying to kill his boss.

Episode 129

Remote Control

25 mins

DS Daly and DC Lines Investigate a series of muggings at knifepoint.

Episode 130

Telling Tales

25 mins

PC Quinnan tries to persuade an assault victim to testify against her former boyfriend. DS Boulton and DC Skase are lead on a wild goose chase.

Episode 131

Old Codgers

25 mins

P.C. Quinnan and D.S. Greig reluctantly agree to follow up on information received from a former Sun Hill sergeant who claims to know the whereabouts of the man who murdered a girl during World War II.

Episode 132

Trap

25 mins

PC Slater gets into trouble after following up on a tip-off about a till snatch.

Episode 133

All in the Mind

25 mins

When a series of incidents occur around Sun Hill. Ackland and Monroe suspect that they may be related to mother recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital looking for her children.

Episode 134

Trust Me

25 mins

DC Carver and WDC Rawton follow up an irregularity on an insurance claim submitted by a decorator and uncover a double life.

Episode 135

Nice Boy

25 mins

A father is at breaking point with his teenage son being caught up with a violent gang. WDC Croft tries to show DS Boulton a better way to get a result when his heavy-handed approach fails.

Episode 136

A Woman's Place

25 mins

Ch. Supt. Brownlow decides to take action when he learns that Sgt. Ackland is still using the WPCs' locker room, while Ackland's attempts at asserting her authority with the Relief cause their own problems.

Episode 137

Finishing School

25 mins

PC Slater and WPC Keane reach the end of their probationary periods and face a final assessment.

Episode 138

Death of a Nobody

51 mins

DCI Meadows and DI Deakin investigate the murder of a taxi driver. The action bears the hallmarks of a gangland execution, but why would anyone want to kill a complete nobody?

Episode 139

Up the Wall

25 mins

PC Hollis learns an important lesson in community policing when some friendly advice that he gives a resident on noise pollution backfires.

Episode 140

Boiling Point

25 mins

PC Loxton is investigated by the Complaints Investigation Bureau over an accusation that he assaulted a suspected burglar, although he claims to have been acting in self-defence.

Episode 141

Mirror Image

25 mins

DS Boulton arrests a woman for drug dealing, but WDC Rawton suspects that she may be a victim of mistaken identity.

Episode 142

Public Relations

25 mins

DC Skase and PC Hollis demonstrate two differing approaches to police work when a young journalist writing about policing spends the day at Sun Hill.

Episode 143

Lock 'Em In

25 mins

Sgt Cryer and WPC Page assist the distraught wife of a prisoner who reports her son missing and who claims that her husband is out to get her.

Episode 144

Opportunity Costs

25 mins

Ch Supt Brownlow orders DCI Meadows and Ch Insp Conway to review their budgets, but DCI Meadows decides to investigate the unsolved murder of a prostitute instead.

Episode 145

Paying for It

25 mins

DS Beech and WDC Rawton investigate the apparent assault on a father by his son and uncover a family secret.

Episode 146

Many Happy Returns

25 mins

DS Boulton and DC Skase take part in a joint exercise with Customs and Excise to crack a fencing operation. DCI Meadows is concerned that Sun Hill might end up footing the bill but not getting a result.

Episode 147

Black Money

25 mins

WDC Croft and WDC Rawton investigate some shady businessmen and a suitcase full of black paper.

Episode 148

Scorned

25 mins

A young mother charges her dentist with sexual assault. Rawton and Croft investigate.

Episode 149

Stolen Kisses

25 mins

Insp Monroe and WPC Datta deal with a difficult situation when a nursery school cleaner takes a young girl hostage, and uncover a tragic family secret.

Episode 150

Jumping to Conclusions

25 mins

DC Carver's patience is tested by a compulsive liar. Sgt Ackland and PC Quinnan search for a girl allegedly abducted by a religious cult.

Episode 151

Toe the Line

25 mins

Insp. Monroe investigates suspicious activity at a parking enforcement company, while Ch. Insp. Conway deals with the political fall-out.

Episode 152

A Gun to the Head

25 mins

DS Beech and DS Daly are put in an impossible situation when a judge decides to reveal the name of their informant.

Episode 153

Merrily on High

25 mins

It's Christmas Eve, but Assistant Commissioner Hicks has declared the station to be alcohol-free, a decision which lands D.C. Skase locked in a cell. P.C. Stamp and P.C. Slater deal with a case of trolley rage.

Episode 154

Hers

25 mins

PC Stamp and WPC Page look into the theft of a hearse containing the coffin of a thief who died in a traffic accident.

Episode 155

Hat Trick

25 mins

DS Boulton and DC Skase investigate a car-ramming incident involving a member of a local pub team.

Episode 156

The Right Thing

25 mins

Sgt. Cryer investigates when a player in a basketball team coached by the son of a former Sun Hill officer collapses from a drug overdose.