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The Bill Season 14 Episodes
Season 14 Episode Guide
121 Episodes 1998 - 1998
Episode 1
Square Peg, Round Hole
25 mins
When a raid on a known drug-addict goes awry, DS Boulton is spiked by the desperate criminal's needle, leaving Sun Hill's tough guy frightened and angry, and in need of an HIV test.
Episode 2
You Pays Your Money
25 mins
Sgt. Ackland and PC Quinnan investigate when a family are strangely silent about the death of their landlord.
Episode 3
Hard Cash
25 mins
DS Beech and DC Carver go in search of a haul of £30,000 in banknotes, missing from a a six-year-old robbery.
Episode 4
Taking It Easy
25 mins
When an old man loses his life saving in a mugging, Sgt Boyden and PC Stamp suspect it was something more than coincidence.
Episode 5
Villain
25 mins
Sgt Boyden deals with a frail old man brought into custody accused of attempted murder.
Episode 6
Forgive and Forget
25 mins
Sgt Boyden and PC Stamp attempt to contain a father who wants revenge for his murdered son.
Episode 7
Girl Power
25 mins
When a young girl has to carry a knife to defend herself at school, PC Stamp and WPC Keane know it is time to step in.
Episode 8
Puppy Walk
25 mins
PC Stamp is clinical when he feels a woman with a sob story may be playing games, but PC Ashton is taken in by her charms.
Episode 9
Sprog
25 mins
PC Ashton, enthusiastic and single-handed solves a mystery break-in despite scepticism from PC Stamp and WPC Page.
Episode 10
Out on a Limb
25 mins
It's a life or death situation for DC Skase and DC Proctor when an assassin comes looking for his money. But can they work together to defuse the situation?
Episode 11
Way Out West
25 mins
Quinnan and Stamp decide to play a prank on PC Jarvis.
Episode 12
Storyboards
25 mins
New PC Eddie Santini, tall, dark and handsome with a dubious past, causes a stir when he arrives to join the team at Sun Hill.
Episode 13
For Your Love
49 mins
WDC Rawton and DC Skase assist a woman receiving anonymous threats.
Episode 14
Soft in the Head
25 mins
PC Ashton goes missing from the scene of an accident.
Episode 15
Friends in High Places
25 mins
A car belonging to a rival Chief Superintendent's wife is stolen right from under PC Santini and PC Quinnan's noses.
Episode 16
Love's Labours Lost
25 mins
Proctor and Skase investigate the stalking of Proctor's ex-girlfriend.
Episode 17
Opposites
25 mins
A series of muggings on a local estate lead DC Carver and DC Proctor to the house of a rather unusual couple.
Episode 18
Solicitous
25 mins
DCI Meadows and DC Skase discover a modern-day Robin Hood robbing the rich in Sun Hill.
Episode 19
A Rainy Night in Sun Hill
25 mins
PC Santini is irritation at being paired with PC Hollis on a cold, wet night in Canley.
Episode 20
Unwarranted
25 mins
While in a rush to catch a crook, PC Ashton trips and falls foul of the law.
Episode 21
A Bit of Respect
25 mins
Sgt Ackland sets out to trap a man who wants to take the law into his own hands.
Episode 22
The Parent Trap
25 mins
WDC Croft is puzzled by a couple who want their daughter arrested.
Episode 23
Sudden Death
25 mins
Sgt Ackland and PC Quinnan are on the case when a man falls from his bedroom window . But was it an accident or something more?
Episode 24
Back-Up
25 mins
DC Carver is let down by an unreliable snout, and needs DS Beech to get him out of a tricky situation.
Episode 25
A Little Help
25 mins
WDC Rawton and DC Skase realise they may be onto a serial sex attacker.
Episode 26
Guiding Hand
25 mins
WPC Page and PC McCann investigate what appears to be a straightforward case of attempted child abduction.
Episode 27
Good Faith: Part 1
25 mins
A clever lawyer runs rings around DS Beech in court in a case involving a notorious robber.
Episode 28
Good Faith: Part 2
50 mins
The tit-for-tat violence escalates rival gangs in Sun Hill
Episode 29
Good Faith: Part 3
25 mins
DS Beech involvement with rival racketeers becomes more complicated.
Episode 30
No Doubt About It
25 mins
Can PC Garfield's word on the identity of a suspect be trusted?
Episode 31
One of the Gang
25 mins
DCI Meadows and DS Daly get a tip-off about a gang of young muggers, but their information comes from an unlikely source.
Episode 32
Without a Prayer
25 mins
PC Garfield and WPC Keane try to discover the cause of the death of a woman found dead in a church hall.
Episode 33
Lucky Find
25 mins
When a girl goes missing by a river, DI Deakin sees an opportunity to nail an old adversary.
Episode 34
A Little Bit of Paradise
25 mins
PC McCann is sent in search of a valuable exotic bird.
Episode 35
Daydream Believer
25 mins
DS Daly and WDC Rawton investigate an assault on a resident of an old people's home.
Episode 36
Powder My Nose
25 mins
Ch Insp Conway is the target of a blackmail attempt following a drunken night.
Episode 37
Bad Feelings
24 mins
Local villain Ralph Moles is taken into hospital for heart problems, and is being watched over by police shifts. The plan is to book him for various robberies, but DS Boulton is on a separate line of enquiry, involving a rent boy district.
Episode 38
Like Family
24 mins
PC Quinnan and WPC Blake search for a missing French au pair who has been moonlighting as a stripper.
Episode 39
Shattered
25 mins
Sgt Cryer tries to save the life of a girl found dying on the common, and gets a complaint filed against him
Episode 40
Home Movie
25 mins
Sgt Boyden uncovers an illicit pornograghic video operation.
Episode 41
Racer
25 mins
PC Ashton tries to help a reformed teenage joyrider.
Episode 42
The Scent of Compassion
25 mins
PC Ashton's sense of compassion is crucial in solving a cruel assault case.
Episode 43
Driving Me Crazy
25 mins
PC Quinnan and Sgt Ackland pursue a dangerous driver.
Episode 44
Manhunt
25 mins
DI Deakin and DC Carver investigate a case of male rape.
Episode 45
Rebel Without a Licence
25 mins
A speeding Pontiac and three ageing James Deans give PC Stamp and PC McCann a headache.
Episode 46
Sale or Return: Part 1
25 mins
DS Boulton and DC Carver head for the river, chasing a particularly slippery customer.
Episode 47
Sale or Return: Part 2
25 mins
DS Boulton and DC Carver continue their investigation into illegal immigration and find the case complicated by an attractive woman.
Episode 48
Target Man
25 mins
While football fever grips Sun Hill, DI Deakin hopes to get his man by following a tip-off. With PC Hollis to help him, how can he fail?
Episode 49
Mixed Feelings
25 mins
WPC Page tries to trace the mother of an abandoned baby, while DS Boulton and WDC Rawton investigate an apparently racially-motivated attack
Episode 50
Wannabe
25 mins
DC Skase finds himself the object of the affections of a fourteen-year-old girl who leads him to some unusual drug dealers.
Episode 51
One Small Step
25 mins
PC Ashton, on his first solo outing, is distracted by a decoy while a nearby shop is burgled.
Episode 52
Big Brother
25 mins
WPC Vicky Hagen arrives at Sun Hill to rumours that she had grassed on a colleague at her previous station.
Episode 53
Volcano
25 mins
PC Jarvis and WPC Hagen are put in the area car together, and almost come to blows.
Episode 54
Money Talks
25 mins
Sgt Boyden gets friendly with PC Ashton's mother.
Episode 55
Brighton Rocks: Part 1
25 mins
DS Beech wangles an expensives-paid trip to Brighton with DC Skase, but his night does not go to plan.
Episode 56
Brighton Rocks: Part 2
25 mins
DC Skase persuades Brighton C.I.D. to help track down a missing DS Beech.
Episode 57
The Hare and the Tortoise
25 mins
PC Stamp and WPC Hagen have different ideas about what makes a good area car driver.
Episode 58
The Better Man
25 mins
DS Daly and DC Carver try to get evidence against a young drug addict suspected of the brutal assault of a police officer.
Episode 59
Red Herrings
25 mins
DC Carver and DC Proctor respond to a tip-off about the theft of some fish.
Episode 60
Under the Grill
25 mins
DS Boulton is less than thrilled to be placed on an interviewing course with PC Hollis, but gets the chance to exact revenge on an ex-colleague.
Episode 61
The Stork
25 mins
The charismatic leader of a cult is investigated for his dealings with young girls.
Episode 62
One of Us
25 mins
A policeman is accused of indecent exposure.
Episode 63
Room to Manoeuvre
25 mins
An obbo is disturbed by the new tenants!
Episode 64
Out of Hand
25 mins
The officers investigate an assault at a multi-storey car park.
Episode 65
Watching the Detectives
49 mins
DI Deakin and WDC Rawton investigate the mysterious disappearance of a woman who has been campaigning to free her husband from jail.
Episode 66
A People Person
25 mins
DC Lines and Sgt Ackland Investigate the death of an old acquainted in the apartment of his mistress.
Episode 67
Spray
25 mins
P.C. Harker uses his CS spray on a suspect, and has to deal with the consequences.
Episode 68
Three Cheers
25 mins
Reg arrests a famous cat burglar.
Episode 69
Up for Trouble
25 mins
PC Hollis is due to collect his commendation, but his colleagues know he doesn't deserve one.
Episode 70
The Bus Driver's Prayer
25 mins
WPC Page is shocked by a man who arrives at the station saying that he has shot a man and left him to die.
Episode 71
Loving Memory
25 mins
Sgt Cryer re-opens an unsolved case in response to an attempted suicide.
Episode 72
Stop
25 mins
DS Boulton suspects that PC Hollis is involved in a series of burglaries.
Episode 73
Deep Secret
49 mins
PC Garfield teams up with an attractive young journalist when the wreakage of a World War 2 Spitfire is discovered in Sun Hill.
Episode 74
The Whip Hand
25 mins
Datta and Quinnan find an Asian woman beaten while on patrol. When the woman is interviewed she says that her husband assaulted her, but her husband claims that she suffers from post-natal depression and self-harms. When the woman's mother-in-law speaks with her and tells her that she will have to tell the police "everything", the woman decides to drop the charge. A computer database check reveals that an officer from Barton Street was called to two similar cases at the family's former home and both times the charges were dropped, so what has the woman got to hide?
Episode 75
Bang!
25 mins
While on night shift, Keane and Harker are called to a reported break-in and find two men arguing. They are arrested and brought in to the station, but while being booked in at the custody desk the older man produces a gun. He takes Boyden, Keane and Harker hostage until he can find a way out without the officers raising the alarm.
Episode 76
Unlicensed
25 mins
A minicab driver is found beaten and unconscious outside a nightclub. A fight had been broken up between him and another minicab driver the previous night after he was accused of stealing a fare, but was the assault work-related or personal?
Episode 77
Vacant Possession
25 mins
A gas engineer comes into Sun Hill and tells WPC Page that he has been called to a block of flats where the chimney flues have been blocked off. A subsequent check reveals that an old man died there a month ago of heart failure - or was it carbon monoxide poisoning? Suspicion falls on the landlord when it is discovered that the value of the property doubles if it has no sitting tenants...
Episode 78
Sucking Eggs
25 mins
DS Beech and DC Carver investigate the theft of a grandfather clock.
Episode 79
Tainted Love: Part 1
25 mins
WPC Page has fallen for a new boyfriend, but he has no idea she is a police officer.
Episode 80
Tainted Love: Part 2
25 mins
DS Boulton asks WPC Page to spy on her own boyfriend.
Episode 81
Tainted Love: Part 3
25 mins
Feeling she has wrecked DS Boulton's operation, how can WPC Page continue her relationship with Danny?
Episode 82
Cooking
25 mins
DS Greig's "tenure" comes up, meaning he has to leave Sun Hill.
Episode 83
Fighting Chance
25 mins
PC Garfield and PC Quinnan fear for the safety of a boxer who has disappeared, abandoning his own son.
Episode 84
King of the Road
25 mins
PC Hollis suggests using an old caravan as a mobile police station.
Episode 85
Wrong Place, Wrong Time
25 mins
WPC Hagen and PC Harker have to contend with an unreliable witness.
Episode 86
One Man, Two Faces
25 mins
PC McCann and PC Santini fall out over a vicious assault on a black youth.
Episode 87
Shoot the Messenger
25 mins
DS Boulton is kidnapped by an aggrieved ex-con.
Episode 88
Too Little, Too Late
25 mins
DS Daly and DC Skase investigate an assault outside a gay club, but a key witness is reluctant to come forward.
Episode 89
Deep End
65 mins
New W.P.C. Rosie Fox joins the team, but finds that life can be just as hazardous in the bosom of your colleagues as out on the mean streets.
Episode 90
The Party's Over
45 mins
Santini tries to make light of what happened, but when Rosie isn't having it he begins to drip-feed the poison, and the whole relief close ranks believing that he is the good guy.
Episode 91
Bang Bang, You're Dead
45 mins
A team-building exercise of paint-balling turns out to be anything but when Santini uses it as another excuse to target Rosie. So she turns to her only colleague wise enough to detect what is really happening, Liz Rawton.
Episode 92
Team Spirit
50 mins
WPC Fox makes an official complaint against PC Santini.
Episode 93
Urgent Assistance
50 mins
Whilst chasing a suspect in the patrol car, P.C. Stamp reverses and knocks a man down.
Episode 94
Taking Sides
50 mins
Stamp's problems continue as he is overtaken by guilt from the accident, and end up putting his big foot in it with the family. Can he reconcile with himself and them?
Episode 95
Deadly Impact
50 mins
It's time for Tony's trial, but can he rely on the colleagues he thinks are friends, or will their loyalties be divided?
Episode 96
Big Day
50 mins
Stamp waits to see what disciplinary action will be afoot. Beech meets a lady with interests in affairs internal.
Episode 97
Making Up
50 mins
Stamp is allowed back in the area car, but will he more likely drive his colleagues mad?
Episode 98
The Cross
50 mins
New arrival WDC Kerry Holmes is partnered with DS Boulton , and fails to prevent a pair of villians making a getaway.
Episode 99
Cast No Shadow
50 mins
Investigating an attempted abduction and protection racket, D.C. Carver and D.S. Boulton head to Manchester where they encounter a former officer of Sun Hill, Frank Burnside.
Episode 100
Betrayal
50 mins
As Frank Burnside arrives at Sun Hill in handcuffs, D.C.I. Meadows later discovers that he's been working undercover, and decides that they must work together to get a result.
Episode 101
All for One
50 mins
PC Santini is first on the scene of a serious car accident, and becomes a bit of a local hero when he bravely dives into the river to secure the car. Before the driver dies, he begs Santini to take care of a present for his mistress.
Episode 102
Trial Run
50 mins
DC Skase calls in Sick so he can moonlight as a bodyguard, but one of his teenage charges does a runner.
Episode 103
Section F
50 mins
When DCI Meadows and Ch Insp Conway are both up for promotion against each other, there are both some comic and life-threatening repercussions.
Episode 104
Bad Chemistry
50 mins
WDC Holmes investigates a case of domestic violence and inadvertently jeopardises a surveillance operation on a major drugs dealer.
Episode 105
Dog Eat Dog
50 mins
PC Santini mishandles the stabbing of a prostitute.
Episode 106
Indiscretion
50 mins
An outraged Rawton is determined to find out how a video of a child giving evidence ended up in a sex club.
Episode 107
The Rate for the Job
50 mins
DS Beech is offered £3.000 by an old flame to reveal details of an investigation into her current boyfriend by DS Daly.
Episode 108
For Interest Only
50 mins
Ch Supt Brownlow attempts to solve an old jewellery robbery with the help of a criminal on his deathbed and DCI Meadows, although Ch Insp Conway doesn't prove much assistance.
Episode 109
The Fat Lady Sings
50 mins
PC Quinnan and WDC Holmes try to track down a mysterious opera singer connected with a shady criminal.
Episode 110
Too Many Cooks
50 mins
Insp Monroe heads an investigation into an abduction which leads him into conflict within the Chinese community as well as drugs, vice and violence.
Episode 111
Team Play
50 mins
Duncan Lennox is still walking round as if he owns the place, trying to dodge a course to work on a case. But Tom Proctor takes over the investigation into the assault on a nurse, so a disjointed Lennox warns him things could get worse.
Episode 112
Heat and Light
50 mins
DS Boulton and WDC Holmes investigate the latest in a long line of arson attacks.
Episode 113
Ticking Clocks
50 mins
DS Boulton and WDC Holmes deal with the abduction of a baby from a hospital bed.
Episode 114
Strange Bedfellows
50 mins
DCI Burnside uses a convicted pedophile to help find a missing boy.
Episode 115
Live and Ticking
50 mins
The officers at Sun Hill search for a batch of volatile home-made bombs.
Episode 116
All the Lonely People
50 mins
WDC Rawton goes undercover as a lonely heart to find a possible serial killer.
Episode 117
The Personal Touch
50 mins
DS Beech is approached by gangster Jimmy Smith for a favour, but DCI Burnside is on the case.
Episode 118
Time Gentlemen Please
50 mins
DS Daly and WDC Rawton work undercover in a pub while investigating a protection racket.
Episode 119
Puzzled
50 mins
DS Boulton and PC Quinnan try to track down a young hippy who has crossed some drug dealers, while PC Hollis organises an inter-station pub quiz.
Episode 120
Christmas Star
50 mins
Santini and Page investigates when a young girl is knocked down in a hit-and-run incident. Santini manages to trace the owner of the car, but he denies all knowledge of the incident. Santini isn't convinced and decides to arrest him anyway. With the young girl recovering in hospital, Santini discovers she is a big fan of Arsenal FC, and in particular, Emmanuel Petit. Santini has a contact in the sports promotion industry and boasts that he can make a dream come true for the young girl by getting Petit to visit, but Page isn't sure he can deliver. Meanwhile, Stamp has the job of organizing the relief Christmas party, and finds a very cheap supplier for the booze, until he gets caught up in the middle of a Customs raid.
Episode 121
S.A.D.
50 mins
The relief return to work after the Christmas break, and find themselves with little to do. Meanwhile, Boyden receives a welcome visitor in the form of Mrs. Bourne, who has cooked a batch of her locally famous mince pies.