The Bill Season 4 Episodes

Episode 1

Light Duties

23 mins

"Light Duties" sees the series moved to a pre-watershed, twice-weekly timeslot, with episodes shortened to a half hour format. Amid several cases, Sun Hill Station is beset with gossip about the arrival of a new female Inspector.

Episode 2

The Three Wise Monkeys

D.S. Ted Roach and D.C. Mike Dashwood are on the trail of armed robbers who have taken a women hostage.

Episode 3

Good Will Visit

P.C. Pete Ramsey arrives at Sun Hill after being transferred from Barton Street CID.

Episode 4

Home Sweet Home

23 mins

Sgt. Cryer leads a raid to enforce an eviction order on a squat occupied by upper-class kids. Meanwhile, P.C. Smith and P.C. Haynes are called to the local library where a homeless woman and her kids are sheltering.

Episode 5

All in Good Faith

WPC Martella and WPC Ackland report a bogus gasman to Acting DI Roach.

Episode 6

Just Call Me Guvnor

23 mins

Sun Hill launches a mass operation to infiltrate and take down an organised gang of football hooligans. Unfortunately for the undercover Burnside, he's given away by Carver and Roach - even worse for them, he's the new head of CID.

Episode 7

Caught Red Handed

25 mins

When Carver spots Yorkie having a secret meeting with a drug dealer in a pub, he and Burnside are convinced he's got himself involved in drugs however Yorkie admits that they were for his upcoming rugby match.

Episode 8

Homes and Gardens

24 mins

Yorkie befriends Mickey Cozens, a man with the mental age of 7. After taking him home, they get into an argument and Mickey knocks Yorkie out. The father then bundles Yorkie and his son into the car and abducts Yorkie.

Episode 9

Country Cousin

24 mins

DS Jarvis arrives in London to arrest a suspect believed to be living in Sun Hill. Uniformed officers attend a bus crash where the driver and passengers are badly injured.

Episode 10

Alarms and Embarrassments

23 mins

The crew at Sun Hill investigate a robbery at an off-licence.

Episode 11

Stealing Cars and Nursery Rhymes

25 mins

Yorkie volunteers to do some work at a youth club, a decision he will later regret when he is forced to deal with a gang of teenager joyriders.

Episode 12

Hold Fire

24 mins

A traffic accident leaves many people dead and Yorkie in hospital. CID discover a big time gangster, who got caught up in the accident.

Episode 13

Bad Faith

24 mins

When a known burglar escapes from custody, CID are convinced he will return to his old estate and begin a stake out.

Episode 14

Requiem

23 mins

After human remains are discovered in a sub-divided townhouse, CID launch a hunt for the former occupants of the flat where the body was found.

Episode 15

Trespasses

23 mins

After finding a newborn baby dumped in a skip, Ramsey tries to discover why she was dumped there.

Episode 16

Save the Last Dance for Me

An escaped convict arrives in Sun Hill to settle an old score with his ex-girlfriend.

Episode 17

Runaround

An agoraphobic old lady thinks her neighbours are being burgled, Sgt. Cryer investigates when a dead body is found in a cafe, all while a crazed bus driver causes mayhem around Sun Hill.

Episode 18

The Trap

Burnside sets a trap to settle an old score by parking an unlocked van full of video recorders in front of a solicitor's house, but the trap soon backfires. Tom Penny pays the price for having come back to work too soon after being shot.

Episode 19

Community Relations

P.C.s Melvin and Ramsey conduct an observation from a shed, Ch. Insp. Conway attends a council meeting where his attempts to improve community relations go nowhere, while the arrest of a youth on the Jasmine Allen estate results in a riot.

Episode 20

A Dogs Life

23 mins

A fly-tipping war erupts in Sun Hill, while PC Edwards tries to form a greyhound racing syndicate.

Episode 21

Trouble & Strife

PC Ramsey befriends Joanna Mancini, a pregnant women suffering from domestic abuse. However, Joanna rejects Ramsey's help and tries to deal with her abusive husband herself which leads to a confrontation.

Episode 22

Running Late

23 mins

WPC Brind makes an enemy of Burnside when she gets in the way of a CID operation; she arrests a teenage tearaway on the local estate, she is suspicious about the girl and her family so she decides to investigate.

Episode 23

They Say We're Rough

Cryer and Martella investigate an army surplus shop that appears to be stocked with stolen goods. When two military police arrive to take over the investigation, Cryer discovers that there may be more to the case.

Episode 24

Blue for a Boy

23 mins

When a young baby is kidnapped by a mystery man, CID turn their attentions to the baby's mother Brenda, who appears to have something to hide. Burnside pushes Brenda to the truth and the man's identity is revealed.

Episode 25

Chasing the Dragon

D.S. Roach spots a drug deal taking place on the Rochester Estate, but he, Carver and Dashwood fail to catch the dealers. P.C. Haynes and P.C. Ramsey spot the escaping car in their panda and give chase.

Episode 26

The Coop

23 mins

While trying to take their lunch break, P.C. Edwards and W.P.C. Ackland investigate a terrible smell coming from a nearby property, and discover a shed full of battery hens -- both alive and dead.

Episode 27

The Quick and the Dead

Sgt Peters attends a physical fitness evaluation, but does not do too well. PC Ramsey & PC Frank give chase after witnessing a robbery.

Episode 28

Witness

PC Ramsey & PC Smith are looking after a witness in a court case who is applying to become a special constable.

Episode 29

Here We Go Loopy Lou

23 mins

Bob, Claire and Taffy investigate the report of a man carrying a cross which is found hanging from a crane.

Episode 30

Stop and Search

Sgt Cryer introduces two special constables who will be joining the relief: Mary Kilnair and Brian Defoe. While on patrol with P.C. Edwards, Kilnair is pricked by a junkie's needle, there is concern she may have been infected.

Episode 31

Spook Stuff

23 mins

W.P.C. Martella and P.C. Stamp take an American woman who has been caught shoplifting into custody. She is very insistent that the police contact her husband who is staying in a hotel.

Episode 32

Evacuation

It's a busy day on the station front desk, and P.C. Smith fails to notice that someone has left a hold-all next to the desk. When it is discovered, Insp Frazer orders the station evacuated as a safety measure.

Episode 33

Personal Imports

P.C. Melvin sees a chemist being robbed, but he has powder thrown in his face and the thieves escape. D.C. Carver spots what looks like a drug exchange and pursues the car.

Episode 34

Paper Chase

23 mins

A schoolgirl has been abducted, and D.I. Burnside is determined to find her. The girl's father is reluctant to have the police involved, as the kidnappers have threatened to kill his daughter if the police are called.

Episode 35

Intruder

While Melvin and Haynes are on the beat, they are nearly decoyed away from a robbery. Giving chase Haynes is diverted to an armed robbery while Melvin has to let his prisoner go so he can help Haynes.

Episode 36

Conflict

D.Cs Tosh Lines and Jim Carver are carrying out an obbo (observation) on a man who might lead them to an arms dump. W.P.C. June Ackland and P.C. Pete Ramsey arrest him because he beat his girlfriend who didn't want him to go out.

Episode 37

Duplicates

23 mins

W.P.C. Brind takes part in a television reconstruction to help find a missing woman, due to her resemblance to the person in question. Meanwhile, Roach and Carver investigate a video piracy ring, and uncover a far more serious crime.

Episode 38

Snout

25 mins

D.I. Burnside visits D.C. Carver's prisoner, and interrogates him alone, against regulations, leaving Carver outside wincing at his methods as he hears Burnside bellowing at the prisoner.

Episode 39

Old Habits

W.P.C. Brind is called to the house of an elderly lady, who has just been burgled. The old lady is in such a state of shock, she attacks Brind and then suffers a heart attack. It appears there's been a spate of burglaries.

Episode 40

The Silent Gun

P.C. Haynes arrives at a house to investigate what seems like a routine disturbance. Instead he finds a bailiff who has been shot in the hand while trying to evict the lodger in the upstairs room.

Episode 41

An Old-Fashioned Term

Edwards and Martella find the naked body of a woman who appears to have gassed herself to death.

Episode 42

Getting Stressed

Frazer witnesses an accident on the way to work. On informing the man she has rescued she is a police officer he hits her. Ramsey deals with a victim of assault and an old lady helps Mike Dashwood with info about motorbike muggers.

Episode 43

Tigers

D.I. Burnside receives a phone call from an Asian boy who is frightened that a gang from the White Swan pub are planning to attack his father's restaurant. D.C.s Carver and Lines check it out but their car gets turned over.

Episode 44

Guessing Game

23 mins

Neighbours report an elderly man who hasn't been seen for days. P.C. Ramsey breaks into the house to find the man dead on the floor. It becomes apparent that the man had a fetish for restraining women against their will.

Episode 45

The Assassins

Yorkie and Haynes investigate a removal van. The elderly driver doesn't think the company is to be trusted and he is proven right after visiting the station three times. Tosh's wife turns up looking for housekeeping money.

Episode 46

Outmoded

23 mins

Sun Hill police are being called out to a series of bogus shouts which the Yard pins down to a computer hacker breaking into the police computer network. Sgt Cryer investigates, and finds a former university student.

Episode 47

Digging Up the Past

An excavator on a building site has uncovered some human remains, and Sgt. Cryer calls in C.I.D. Cryer is avoiding returning to the station, as his son Patrick is being charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Episode 48

Taken into Consideration

26 mins

D.C. Dashwood and D.C. Carver are on an observation in a street where a spate of burglaries has taken place. They see a young man, Kevin Boswell, climbing over a wall with a bag full of 50p pieces, and they arrest him for theft.