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The Bill Season 17 Episodes
Season 17 Episode Guide
85 Episodes 2001 - 2001
Episode 1
Appropriate Action
50 mins
Bob puts his reputation on the line when he takes the lead in solving the case of a missing teenager.
Episode 2
Criminal Practice
25 mins
DS Singh investigates a stabbing, DS McAllister has an Operation go wrong. A legal representative involved later provides DS McAllister information that he gave a suspect a story to provide an alibi for a suspect in the stabbing.
Episode 3
Upon Information Received
50 mins
DC Riley becomes hot under the collar when his brother's latest business scam gets a little too close to a major CID investigation.
Episode 4
No Victim
50 mins
When the wife of a DS tries to jump off a bridge, Di Worrell steps in to uncover she is a victim of domestic violence but why is everyone so quick to blame the wife?
Episode 5
Common Language
50 mins
Russian prostitutes, a gang of squaddies and his own previous mistakes lead Smith into hot water. If he is unable to clear his name, his career will hang in the balance.
Episode 6
PC Smith
50 mins
PC Smith, a man with a homophobic cloud, 'babysits' a victim of gay-bashing with PC Klein as he reluctantly testifies against his assailants.
Episode 7
Family Honour
50 mins
McAllister's bulldozer approach gets her into trouble with Ackland over a sensitive case. Chandler comes under pressure to clean up the Larkmead.
Episode 8
Words of Wisdom
50 mins
Chandler continues to throw words around everywhere, but nobody, bar Reg, is quite sure how much to believe in them.
Episode 9
Out of the Frying Pan
50 mins
Paul's brother is back on the scene when he is deeply involved in a war of the hot dogs which breaks out on the patch.
Episode 10
Mexican Stand-Off
50 mins
Ross begins to suspect that he is being taken for a ride by McAllister, so when Riley threatens to uncover her she plays her trump card.
Episode 11
Cruise Control
50 mins
When a high profile man is caught in a well-known gay cruising area, Mickey and Duncan discover there is a lot more to things than meet the eye.
Episode 12
Real Crime
50 mins
DCs Spears and Webb clash in their investigations of a domestic violence case and a series of truck hijackings.
Episode 13
Home and Away
50 mins
The stress of being torn between two women has taken its toll on Quinnan and the cracks start to show when he loses control with a suspect.
Episode 14
Going Under
50 mins
It's decision time for Quinnan when Jenny announces she's leaving, but the past is catching up with him - and his future with Page seems in doubt.
Episode 15
Faultline
50 mins
Quinnan is accused of attacking a young criminal and of endangering his colleagues - is he out of control?
Episode 16
Long Shadows: Part 1
50 mins
Sun Hill is forced to accept the legacy of DS Beech, and Meadows discovers that he is not the only one with a questionable past.
Episode 17
Long Shadows: Part 2
50 mins
Cullen warns Meadows that he is playing with fire when Chandler's past is called into question. But who will get their fingers burnt?
Episode 18
Higher Power
50 mins
Jim puts his personal bad experiences to good use to help an alcoholic friend who he thinks may not be guilty, but McAllister's selfish blinkered hunger for a result at any cost destroys everything.
Episode 19
Touched by Evil
50 mins
Clarke is enjoying a secondment as Glaze's partner, but has to learn when to leave it to the big guys. When there is trouble at the rugby club, Conway discovers that his friends are not quite what they seem.
Episode 20
The Leopard: Part 1
50 mins
Smithy has his eye on the future, but his big mouth may well prove to be his downfall.
Episode 21
The Leopard: Part 2
50 mins
Klein's relationship with the relief hits the rocks. Smith's future with the Met hangs in the balance.
Episode 22
Tolerance: Part 1
50 mins
Approaching 30 years of service, senior officers question Sgt Cryer's ability to carry out his duty.
Episode 23
Tolerance: Part 2
50 mins
Sgt. Cryer is under pressure from Supt. Chandler when his strategy to deal with prostitution backfires.
Episode 24
Promised Land
50 mins
Family problems come to visit Nick Klein at the worst possible time, when he is already at his lowest ebb at work.
Episode 25
Return of the Hunter
48 mins
An angry divorcée uses extreme measures to ensure he has access to his son.
Episode 26
Tour of Duty
50 mins
The new sergeant ruffles the feathers of the relief who are already not feeling good after the enforced retirement of Bob Cryer. But there may be more facets to him than just strict and gay.
Episode 27
Lies of Silence
50 mins
Duncan is seconded to the Serious Crime Group, where he is reunited with former Sun Hill colleague, DC, now acting DI Liz Rawton. But do the old friends still share the same attitudes to the job now they've moved so far apart?
Episode 28
Over the Hill
50 mins
Matthew and Vicky take a group of troubled kids on an outdoor pursuits weekend, but both are feeling grouchy - Vicky because of men, and Matt because of turning 40. But this could lead to surprising bonds.
Episode 29
Head Over Heels
50 mins
Hayward and Stamp get themselves in trouble with Gilmore after a close shave with a gunman, but Stamp has other things on his mind - a hot date.
Episode 30
Hitting Home
50 mins
Cryer is reluctant to attend his retirement bash - but there's a surprise all round when he invites a mystery guest.
Episode 31
Value Judgement
50 mins
Hagen makes a career-changing decision, while Boyden stands helpless on the sidelines.
Episode 32
Collateral Damage
50 mins
McAllister is faced with some big decisions when her ex-snout, Ross, turns up at Sun Hill offering his services. But while she falls into his arms, has she fallen for more than his charms.
Episode 33
A Week of Nights: Part 1
50 mins
In the search for a rapist, new area car driver PC Des Taviner is at loggerheads with colleagues over his tactics and demeanour.
Episode 34
A Week of Nights: Part 2
50 mins
Sun Hill continue their search for the Jasmine Allen rapist.
Episode 35
Wednesday
50 mins
Glaze's loyalties are put to the test when a friend is arrested for racial assault, while McAllister's commitment to the case is called into question.
Episode 36
Billy the Kid
50 mins
A ten-year-old boy is determined to get himself arrested, and Boyden wants to know why. Hagen has problems of her own when a woman from Boyden's past turns up to investigate a blackmail case.
Episode 37
Still Crazy
50 mins
PC Quinnan returns to work after time off with mental illness. He faces distrust from his colleagues, including former love interest PC Page, when on his first call he witnesses a murder but the body disappears.
Episode 38
Complicity: Part 1
50 mins
Two CID officers investigate car-ringing gangsters, but from opposite ends.
Episode 39
Complicity: Part 2
50 mins
Continuing his role undercover with car-ringing criminals, DS Singh's position is jeopardized by an increasingly unreliable informant.
Episode 40
Suffer the Little Children
50 mins
DI Cullen is focused on a villain he's been after for years.
Episode 41
Happy and Glorious
50 mins
Hollis falls under deeper suspicion in relation to an elderly woman's death, his royal protection application falls by the wayside - as do many of the relief.
Episode 42
Gun Crazy: Part 1
50 mins
A mad gunman is on the loose in Sun Hill. Chandler takes a personal interest in the case, but when he confides his reasons to a young woman who was threatened by the gunman. He is horrified to learn she is a journalist and the story is published in the Sun Hill Gazzette. Feeling unappreciated in the job, Meadows considers other options and attempts to smooth things over with his long-suffering wife, Laura. Meadows teams up with McAllister and the two of them strike out on their own and after a few close calls, they arrest there prime suspect: whom has a history of firearms offences. As they interview the suspect however, the gunman strikes again.
Episode 43
Gun Crazy: Part 2
50 mins
CID continue their search for a gunman on the loose.
Episode 44
The Jury's Out
50 mins
A victim of a minor car accident involving a drunk pro-police judge threatens to sue the Met for being biased.
Episode 45
Lick of Paint
50 mins
Uniform target graffiti artists.
Episode 46
Temptation
50 mins
A tired and desperate PC Clarke seeks overtime work and gets herself into trouble.
Episode 47
Envy
50 mins
An investigation into stolen plant equipment is compromised by Clarke as she's pressured with debt.
Episode 48
Greed
50 mins
Sun Hill is rampant with rollerblading thieves, whilst a distraught Clarke continues to be haunted by her debts.
Episode 49
Redemption
50 mins
Sun Hill deal with an overdosed kid, whilst Clarke's feeling downhearted after being refused a police loan.
Episode 50
The Dark Side
50 mins
PC Ben Hayward breaks down while giving an anti drug talk in front of a class of schoolchildren. But his perceived act of weakness proves to be his strength as his show of emotion wins the confidence of the pupils as they open up to Ben about a local street bully.
Episode 51
Angel Rooms
50 mins
In the continuing battle against drugs, PC Hayward encounters double-crossing and cover-ups with friends and colleagues.
Episode 52
Paint It Black
50 mins
The unconventional methods of undercover DC Raven don't coincide with an unstable PC Hayward.
Episode 53
Eye of the Lens
50 mins
DC Spears is given a project to combat on-going vandalism of CCTV cameras.
Episode 54
Another Country
50 mins
Carver is adamant that a man's death wasn't accidental and investigates.
Episode 55
Britanniamania 1: Going Underground
50 mins
Four Sun Hill officers are tasked with infiltrating a dangerous gang of football hooligans.
Episode 56
Britanniamania 2: To Us and Ours
50 mins
As the undercover operation continues, DC Webb becomes endangered when his colleagues' covers are slipping.
Episode 57
Britanniamania 3: Kick Off
50 mins
DC Webb continues his role in the undercover operation, which complicates things with his colleagues.
Episode 58
Britanniamania 4: Stand by Me
50 mins
As DC Webb's cover is blown, Sun Hill commit to arrest the remaining leaders of football hooligans.
Episode 59
Beech on the Run
73 mins
As escaped criminal and former Sun Hill DS Don Beech continues his crime spree in Sydney, it's not long before former colleague DI Claire Stanton is on his tail.
Episode 60
On a Clear Day
50 mins
A criminal returns, who's also PC Rickman's love interest.
Episode 61
Come Live with Me
50 mins
Despite her colleagues' suspicions, PC Rickman isn't convinced that her lover is guilty of several crimes.
Episode 62
In Another Life
50 mins
PC Harker sets out to resolve Rickman's love life by helping her lover, a suspect in a murder investigation.
Episode 63
Crush
50 mins
DC Spears is lusted over as she investigates a gang of masked girls rampant at Sun Hill.
Episode 64
Liquid City
50 mins
As DC Spears follows a spate of burglaries and arsons, Chandler becomes increasingly lustful towards her.
Episode 65
A Pound of Flesh
50 mins
Boyden is once again in turmoil over his daughter.
Episode 66
Home Run
50 mins
In risking his job and love life, Boyden continues to help his debt-ridden daughter.
Episode 67
Debt of Love
50 mins
Sun Hill find themselves juggling with Boyden's granddaughter as they try to locate a debt-ridden Amy, whom has fled and is in danger from drug dealers.
Episode 68
Blood and Money
50 mins
As Boyden cracks down on an illegal bare-knuckle fight, Vicky attempts to heal the rift between them.
Episode 69
Hidden Agenda
50 mins
Sun Hill raid suspected cross-dress bashers, but Boyden finds himself depending on his jilted lover after failing to caution a man properly.
Episode 70
Lifelines
50 mins
Sun Hill investigate attacks on pensioners, but Hagen troubles her colleagues and herself as she deals with her split from Boyden.
Episode 71
Sacrifice
50 mins
A determined Hagen investigates the man of her ill-fated one-night stand.
Episode 72
White Cliffs of Dover
50 mins
A notorious armed robber reappears in Sun Hill to make an deal with DCI Meadows.
Episode 73
The Value of Nothing
50 mins
On a week's secondment with Scotland Yard's Art and Antiques Squad, DC Lennox investigates forged paintings.
Episode 74
Money Man
50 mins
The new prisoner intake at HM Prison Shadwell includes one Danny Simpson, a.k.a. DC Danny Glaze, undercover to ascertain the whereabouts of £11 million stolen by fellow prisoner Andy Burton. Glaze manages to hold up against the prison guards and a gang led by Rufus Anderson, as he works to gain Burton's trust. He convinces his cellmate Ricky Sefton to smuggle some crack into the prison, and then to plant it in the cell of Burton's right-hand- man, FA. With FA out of the picture, Glaze helps Burton out until he trusts him enough to take him along in a daring escape. Unfortunately for Burton, his operation and the escape plan have been taken over by Paul Grint, an old associate turned enemy, and he and Danny are held prisoner in a disused office building. DCs Lennox and Riley interview Rufus Anderson, who tells them he recognised Glaze as a cop, and told Andy Burton who he really was. By following Burton's friend, Dave Markham, whom Burton suspects has sold him out to Grint, CID work out the location where Glaze is being held. Grint threatens to kill Burton's girlfriend Janie Walker unless he is given the money. As SO19 surround the building, Burton transfers the money via computer to Grint's account, only to find out that Janie has betrayed him. The police raid the office, but they are too late to stop Burton from shifting the money into several untraceable accounts. This is a special feature-length episode.
Episode 75
Beyond the Call
50 mins
DS McAllister is determined to catch her lover's murderer, so DC Spears goes undercover in an attempt to entrap their suspect - a drug baron.
Episode 76
Night Games
50 mins
As the search continues for a serial rapist, a prize holiday won by Sun Hill turns into a nightmare for Kate Spears.
Episode 77
Aftershock
50 mins
Kate is traumatized after her ordeal with DS Cork and is horrified when a girl turns up dead.
Episode 78
Compulsion
50 mins
DC Spears attempts to gather information on her attacker, whom she strongly suspects to be the sought-after perpetrator in the rape/murder investigation.
Episode 79
Shout
50 mins
A concerned DC Spears searches for Eddie, whilst Acting DI Rawton propounds that officers act as bait to catch their perpetrator.
Episode 80
Judas Kiss
50 mins
Having broke into her home, DC Spears resolves to watch DS Cork's every move. Elsewhere, PC Klein finds himself being blackmailed into providing an alibi.
Episode 81
Slash and Burn
50 mins
Together, DC Spears and DI Rawton close in on the evasive and dangerous rapist.
Episode 82
For Better, for Worse
50 mins
PC Page investigates the disappearance of an ex-con's wife.
Episode 83
Special Attention
50 mins
Two feuding families cause disruption, whilst Des and Reg accompany new arrival Special Constable Knowles.
Episode 84
Lure of the Sirens
50 mins
Their feud steps up a gear as Sgt Gilmore removes PC Taviner from his driving duties. Meanwhile, with the assistance of Special Constable Knowles, Polly Page investigates a missing prized pedigree.
Episode 85
The Risk Factor
50 mins
Special Constable Knowles discovers there's a sex offender living opposite his sister, but is torn between professionalism and the well-being of his family.