The Bill

- Season 12

(1996)

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

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

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

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

WPC Ackland and PC Jarvis follow up a vicious assault.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

DC Lines Investigates an allegation of under-aged sex.

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.

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

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

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

WDC Croft investigates a series of vicious sexual assaults

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PC Jarvis is on the Advanced Driving Course at Hendon.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Ch Supt Brownlow witnesses a violent outburst on the road.

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

Sgt Boyden tries to help a young offender.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

DS Boulton investigates an assault on an old man.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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?

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.