The Bill

Season 12 - Series 12 (156 Episodes)

26 Seasons 1996 TV-14 6.7

The twelfth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 156 episodes, broadcast between 2 January and 31 December 1996. On 6 February 2013, The Bill Series 12 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 12 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia). The show aired the death of PC Cathy Marshall early in the series, actress Lynne Miller departing after seven years in a mysterious plot that saw her drown whilst chasing a suspect, but it was never confirmed if she was pushed or...

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Season 12 Episodes:

Episode 1 Call Waiting

1. Call Waiting

Aired: Jan 2, 1996

DC Skase and WDC Croft investigate a series of hoax phone calls that are tear...

Episode 2 Second Sense

2. Second Sense

Aired: Jan 4, 1996

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

Episode 3 Runners Up

3. Runners Up

Aired: Jan 5, 1996

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

Episode 5 Home Truths

5. Home Truths

Aired: Jan 11, 1996

WPC Ackland and PC Jarvis follow up a vicious assault.

Episode 6 Outer

6. Outer

Aired: Jan 12, 1996

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

Episode 7 Better Half

7. Better Half

Aired: Jan 16, 1996

DS Beech and WDC Croft investigate the murder of a hairdresser who had been f...

Episode 9 Judgement Call

9. Judgement Call

Aired: Jan 19, 1996

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

Episode 10 Old Dogs, New Tricks

10. Old Dogs, New Tricks

Aired: Jan 23, 1996

As Sun Hill gets to grips with its new computer system, Sgt Boyden discovers ...

Episode 11 Worst Fears

11. Worst Fears

Aired: Jan 25, 1996

D.I. Deakin fears the worst when a five-year-old boy goes missing. Meanwhile,...

Episode 12 One Night with You

12. One Night with You

Aired: Jan 26, 1996

With five-year-old Tommy Laker still missing and an uncooperative suspect in ...

Episode 14 Bounds of Decency

14. Bounds of Decency

Aired: Feb 1, 1996

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

Episode 15 Happy Birthday

15. Happy Birthday

Aired: Feb 2, 1996

DCI Meadows and WDC Croft investigate the murder of an elderly woman, but whe...

Episode 16 Stop the Music

16. Stop the Music

Aired: Feb 6, 1996

WDC Croft and a badly-hungover DS Beech investigate when a body is found in a...

Episode 17 Cold Light of Day

17. Cold Light of Day

Aired: Feb 8, 1996

A reconstruction brings forward an unexpected witness to an assault on a 15 y...

Episode 18 Back in Business

18. Back in Business

Aired: Feb 9, 1996

Ch. Supt. Brownlow returns to take charge at Sun Hill once again. Ch. Insp. C...

Episode 19 Separate Rooms

19. Separate Rooms

Aired: Feb 13, 1996

DC Lines Investigates an allegation of under-aged sex.

Episode 20 Going Guilty

20. Going Guilty

Aired: Feb 15, 1996

Sgt Cryer and PC Slater investigate when an elderly lady dies after her purse...

Episode 21 Pieces of Cake

21. Pieces of Cake

Aired: Feb 16, 1996

DS Beech is caught in the crossfire when uniform and CID fall out over a dire...

Episode 22 Somebody's Home

22. Somebody's Home

Aired: Feb 20, 1996

PC Quinnan and WPC Keane have to help someone with a conviction for assaultin...

Episode 24 Boy Meets Girl

24. Boy Meets Girl

Aired: Feb 23, 1996

WDC Croft investigates a series of vicious sexual assaults

Episode 25 Confession

25. Confession

Aired: Feb 27, 1996

When a young man comes into the station to confess to a murder five years pre...

Episode 26 Home from Home

26. Home from Home

Aired: Feb 29, 1996

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

Episode 27 Open Wound

27. Open Wound

Aired: Mar 1, 1996

DI Deakin and DC Skase investigate when a crack dealer is shot and wounded in...

Episode 28 Perfect Match

28. Perfect Match

Aired: Mar 5, 1996

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

Episode 29 Someone Special

29. Someone Special

Aired: Mar 7, 1996

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

Episode 30 Bits and Pieces

30. Bits and Pieces

Aired: Mar 8, 1996

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

Episode 31 Home Help

31. Home Help

Aired: Mar 12, 1996

Sgt Cryer and PC Slater handle a tricky case involving a disabled former poli...

Episode 32 Kicked Out

32. Kicked Out

Aired: Mar 14, 1996

P.C. Jarvis and W.P.C. Page are called to assist a Home Office official with ...

Episode 33 On the Block

33. On the Block

Aired: Mar 15, 1996

D.S. Boulton is embarrassed when a suspect he has just arrested escapes from ...

Episode 34 Getting Off

34. Getting Off

Aired: Mar 19, 1996

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

Episode 35 Girls' Night

35. Girls' Night

Aired: Mar 21, 1996

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

Episode 36 Blood Brothers

36. Blood Brothers

Aired: Mar 22, 1996

DCI Meadows tries to get the truth from a terminally-ill Asian man after one ...

Episode 37 Broken Homes

37. Broken Homes

Aired: Mar 23, 1996

PC Loxton and WPC Keane chase a local tearaway, who gets injured. Ch Insp Con...

Episode 38 A Hornet's Nest

38. A Hornet's Nest

Aired: Mar 28, 1996

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

Episode 39 Dead of Night

39. Dead of Night

Aired: Mar 29, 1996

P.C. Quinnan faces some tough questions when an injured woman shows up at the...

Episode 40 Party Pooper

40. Party Pooper

Aired: Apr 2, 1996

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

Episode 41 More Haste

41. More Haste

Aired: Apr 4, 1996

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

Episode 42 Beating the Odds

42. Beating the Odds

Aired: Apr 5, 1996

DS Boulton investigates a notorious local bookie and prompts suspicions about...

Episode 43 Animal

43. Animal

Aired: Apr 9, 1996

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

Episode 44 Dangerous Game

44. Dangerous Game

Aired: Apr 11, 1996

DS Boulton, DC Carver and DI Deakin take part in a Flying Squad operation aga...

Episode 45 Dancers

45. Dancers

Aired: Apr 12, 1996

Ch Supt Brownlow organises a tea dance for the Metropolitan Police Pensioners...

Episode 46 And Nothing But

46. And Nothing But

Aired: Apr 16, 1996

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

Episode 47 Tale of Two Cities

47. Tale of Two Cities

Aired: Apr 18, 1996

DS Greig is in pursuit of a local drug dealer. Two teenagers arrested for pos...

Episode 48 Cheating

48. Cheating

Aired: Apr 19, 1996

PC Quinnan and PC Hollis have to decide whether a pub quiz champion is breaki...

Episode 49 Decent Proposals

49. Decent Proposals

Aired: Apr 23, 1996

PC Loxton and PC Quinnan investigate an employment agency that provides lucra...

Episode 50 Going for a Song

50. Going for a Song

Aired: Apr 25, 1996

D.C. Carver calls for D.S. Dashwood from the Arts and Antiques Squad to help ...

Episode 51 Value Added

51. Value Added

Aired: Apr 26, 1996

PC Hollis goes undercover in the seedy world of vice in pursuit of the unscru...

Episode 52 Professional Ethics

52. Professional Ethics

Aired: Apr 30, 1996

DS Greig and DC Lines Investigate graffiti attacks on motor vehicles and unco...

Episode 54 Time Spent

54. Time Spent

Aired: May 3, 1996

DS Beech uncovers the relationship between a former boss and a local crime lo...

Episode 57 Rollover

57. Rollover

Aired: May 10, 1996

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

Episode 58 Tough Love

58. Tough Love

Aired: May 14, 1996

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

Episode 59 With This Ring

59. With This Ring

Aired: May 16, 1996

WPC Keane comes across a suspect antique dealer. DS Greig and WDC Croft inves...

Episode 60 Final Drive

60. Final Drive

Aired: May 17, 1996

PC Jarvis is on the Advanced Driving Course at Hendon.

Episode 61 Voices

61. Voices

Aired: May 21, 1996

DS Greig and WPC Datta suspect that a woman who claims she can hear voices ma...

Episode 62 Party On

62. Party On

Aired: May 23, 1996

DI Deakin and WDC Croft have to deal with a group of teenagers when one of th...

Episode 63 Hard Enough

63. Hard Enough

Aired: May 24, 1996

DS Boulton and DC Carver try to decide whether a householder used reasonable ...

Episode 64 Cuckoo

64. Cuckoo

Aired: May 28, 1996

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

Episode 65 Helping Hands

65. Helping Hands

Aired: May 30, 1996

WPC Datta and PC Garfield arrest a G.P. for possession of cannabis, but he cl...

Episode 66 Jekyll and Hyde

66. Jekyll and Hyde

Aired: May 31, 1996

Ch Supt Brownlow witnesses a violent outburst on the road.

Episode 67 Knocking on the Door

67. Knocking on the Door

Aired: Jun 4, 1996

New recruit DS Daly steps in to help DC Skase when a straightforward drugs bu...

Episode 69 Butting In

69. Butting In

Aired: Jun 7, 1996

PC Jarvis steps in to help WPC Page deal with a minor assault, but his interv...

Episode 70 The Bagman

70. The Bagman

Aired: Jun 11, 1996

DI Deakin investigates a violent attack on a small-time crook whom he suspect...

Episode 72 Filth

72. Filth

Aired: Jun 20, 1996

DI Deakin and DS Boulton investigate when a pimp is discovered badly beaten i...

Episode 73 Camper

73. Camper

Aired: Jun 21, 1996

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

Episode 74 Spill

74. Spill

Aired: Jun 25, 1996

A tanker crashes, spilling a potentially dangerous load in a residential area...

Episode 75 Apron Strings

75. Apron Strings

Aired: Jun 27, 1996

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

Episode 76 One Step Ahead

76. One Step Ahead

Aired: Jun 28, 1996

DCI Meadows and DC Skase pursue an ex-convict who has sworn revenge on an inf...

Episode 77 Starting Young

77. Starting Young

Aired: Jul 2, 1996

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

Episode 78 Tarts Cards

78. Tarts Cards

Aired: Jul 4, 1996

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

Episode 79 Born Again

79. Born Again

Aired: Jul 5, 1996

DS Boulton investigates an assault on an old man.

Episode 80 Kick Me Hard

80. Kick Me Hard

Aired: Jul 9, 1996

DS Daly mounts an operation to catch muggers. WPC Page goes undercover as a p...

Episode 81 All or Nothing

81. All or Nothing

Aired: Jul 11, 1996

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

Episode 82 Unlucky in Love

82. Unlucky in Love

Aired: Jul 12, 1996

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

Episode 83 A Quick Return

83. A Quick Return

Aired: Jul 16, 1996

Sgt Cryer and WPC Keane investigate a series of street robberies and find fou...

Episode 84 Sartorial Elegance

84. Sartorial Elegance

Aired: Jul 18, 1996

DC Carver and PC Jarvis misjudge the condition of a witness, threating Operat...

Episode 86 Big Bullies

86. Big Bullies

Aired: Jul 23, 1996

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

Episode 88 True Colours

88. True Colours

Aired: Jul 26, 1996

DS Daly is determined to find out why a white teenager is trying to take the ...

Episode 89 Target

89. Target

Aired: Jul 29, 1996

While speaking to WPC Ackland and PC Loxton about the problem of local dog me...

Episode 90 Dead Man's Hand

90. Dead Man's Hand

Aired: Jul 30, 1996

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

Episode 91 For Their Own Good

91. For Their Own Good

Aired: Aug 1, 1996

DS Boulton uses an informant as the bait to catch a dangerous villain, much t...

Episode 92 Theory and Practice

92. Theory and Practice

Aired: Aug 6, 1996

WPC Ackland and PC McCann take the sergeant's exam. Sgt Cryer deals with a wo...

Episode 93 Drinking Partners

93. Drinking Partners

Aired: Aug 8, 1996

DS Greig and DC Skase investigate when a drunk man is found unconscious and b...

Episode 94 Lean on Me

94. Lean on Me

Aired: Aug 9, 1996

PC Hollis gets ideas above his station when his ladyfriend wants to become hi...

Episode 95 Reminders

95. Reminders

Aired: Aug 13, 1996

DS Daly and DC Carver pursue a missing prisoner who appears determined to res...

Episode 96 Minding

96. Minding

Aired: Aug 15, 1996

PC Loxton and WPC Keane arrest a woman for shoplifting, and she is brought to...

Episode 97 Follow the Van

97. Follow the Van

Aired: Aug 16, 1996

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

Episode 99 Junior

99. Junior

Aired: Aug 22, 1996

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

Episode 100 Pony Express

100. Pony Express

Aired: Aug 23, 1996

DI Deakin has to decide whether to trust a Nigerian drug smuggler who offers ...

Episode 101 Out of Control

101. Out of Control

Aired: Aug 27, 1996

PC Jarvis deals with a young tearaway and tries to persuade the boy's father ...

Episode 102 Day Tripper

102. Day Tripper

Aired: Aug 29, 1996

DS Greig hopes that a tip-off will help him to nail an old enemy but things d...

Episode 103 Waiting for Frank

103. Waiting for Frank

Aired: Aug 30, 1996

DI Deakin poses as a nervous punter waiting at the dog track to meet a myster...

Episode 104 A Day in the Life

104. A Day in the Life

Aired: Sep 3, 1996

WPC Debbie Keane should be showing the Brownies around the station but has go...

Episode 105 Second Chances

105. Second Chances

Aired: Sep 5, 1996

DI Deakin gets a vital lead on an unsolved murder, but his witness is an ille...

Episode 106 Repossession

106. Repossession

Aired: Sep 6, 1996

A petrol can, a lighter and a desperate man threatening to burn down a house:...

Episode 107 Liar

107. Liar

Aired: Sep 10, 1996

WDC Rawton gets involved in a dispute between a drug addict and WDC Croft, wh...

Episode 108 Detained

108. Detained

Aired: Sep 12, 1996

PC Garfield and PC McCann investigate when an elderly lady is robbed, but mat...

Episode 109 Karma

109. Karma

Aired: Sep 13, 1996

DI Deakin and DS Boulton are called into a woman's prison to investigate clai...

Episode 110 Stolen Moments

110. Stolen Moments

Aired: Sep 17, 1996

PC McCann and PC Slater arrest a woman for petty theft, who turns out to be a...

Episode 111 A Good Night Out

111. A Good Night Out

Aired: Sep 18, 1996

W.P.C. Ackland learns that she has passed her Sergeant's assessment. The Reli...

Episode 112 Chatterbox

112. Chatterbox

Aired: Sep 19, 1996

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

Episode 114 Blame

114. Blame

Aired: Sep 24, 1996

PC Garfield and WPC Datta deal with a family that is torn apart when the moth...

Episode 115 Once a Thief

115. Once a Thief

Aired: Sep 26, 1996

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

Episode 116 Party Animals

116. Party Animals

Aired: Sep 27, 1996

Quinnan and Keane are called to a stag party to find a girl screaming in the ...

Episode 117 Natural Causes

117. Natural Causes

Aired: Oct 1, 1996

Sgt Ackland and PC Slater try to establish whether a pensioner who died on co...

Episode 118 Known to Someone

118. Known to Someone

Aired: Oct 3, 1996

DS Daly and WDC Croft obtain information from a conflicted young man who susp...

Episode 119 Champing at the Bit

119. Champing at the Bit

Aired: Oct 4, 1996

PC Jarvis and PC McCann attend the scene of an accident involving a woman dri...

Episode 121 Presumed Innocent

121. Presumed Innocent

Aired: Oct 10, 1996

Sgt Cryer and WPC Keane investigate when a teenage girl is killed in a road a...

Episode 122 Change of Heart

122. Change of Heart

Aired: Oct 11, 1996

DCI Meadows and WDC Rawton try to persuade the girlfriend of a rape suspect t...

Episode 123 Hedging Your Bets

123. Hedging Your Bets

Aired: Oct 15, 1996

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

Episode 124 Out of the Past

124. Out of the Past

Aired: Oct 17, 1996

DCI Meadows has to decide where his loyalties lie when an old friend is accus...

Episode 125 Road to Recovery

125. Road to Recovery

Aired: Oct 18, 1996

PC Hollis is concerned about a patient who has recently been discharged from ...

Episode 126 Three Fools

126. Three Fools

Aired: Oct 22, 1996

DS Greig and DC Skase investigate when three small-time villains are beaten u...

Episode 127 Track Marks

127. Track Marks

Aired: Oct 24, 1996

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

Episode 128 In for the Kill

128. In for the Kill

Aired: Oct 25, 1996

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

Episode 129 Remote Control

129. Remote Control

Aired: Oct 29, 1996

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

Episode 130 Telling Tales

130. Telling Tales

Aired: Oct 31, 1996

PC Quinnan tries to persuade an assault victim to testify against her former ...

Episode 131 Old Codgers

131. Old Codgers

Aired: Nov 1, 1996

P.C. Quinnan and D.S. Greig reluctantly agree to follow up on information rec...

Episode 132 Trap

132. Trap

Aired: Nov 5, 1996

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

Episode 133 All in the Mind

133. All in the Mind

Aired: Nov 7, 1996

When a series of incidents occur around Sun Hill. Ackland and Monroe suspect ...

Episode 134 Trust Me

134. Trust Me

Aired: Nov 8, 1996

DC Carver and WDC Rawton follow up an irregularity on an insurance claim subm...

Episode 135 Nice Boy

135. Nice Boy

Aired: Nov 12, 1996

A father is at breaking point with his teenage son being caught up with a vio...

Episode 136 A Woman's Place

136. A Woman's Place

Aired: Nov 14, 1996

Ch. Supt. Brownlow decides to take action when he learns that Sgt. Ackland is...

Episode 137 Finishing School

137. Finishing School

Aired: Nov 15, 1996

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

Episode 138 Death of a Nobody

138. Death of a Nobody

Aired: Nov 19, 1996

DCI Meadows and DI Deakin investigate the murder of a taxi driver. The action...

Episode 139 Up the Wall

139. Up the Wall

Aired: Nov 21, 1996

PC Hollis learns an important lesson in community policing when some friendly...

Episode 140 Boiling Point

140. Boiling Point

Aired: Nov 22, 1996

PC Loxton is investigated by the Complaints Investigation Bureau over an accu...

Episode 141 Mirror Image

141. Mirror Image

Aired: Nov 26, 1996

DS Boulton arrests a woman for drug dealing, but WDC Rawton suspects that she...

Episode 142 Public Relations

142. Public Relations

Aired: Nov 28, 1996

DC Skase and PC Hollis demonstrate two differing approaches to police work wh...

Episode 143 Lock 'Em In

143. Lock 'Em In

Aired: Nov 29, 1996

Sgt Cryer and WPC Page assist the distraught wife of a prisoner who reports h...

Episode 144 Opportunity Costs

144. Opportunity Costs

Aired: Dec 3, 1996

Ch Supt Brownlow orders DCI Meadows and Ch Insp Conway to review their budget...

Episode 145 Paying for It

145. Paying for It

Aired: Dec 5, 1996

DS Beech and WDC Rawton investigate the apparent assault on a father by his s...

Episode 146 Many Happy Returns

146. Many Happy Returns

Aired: Dec 6, 1996

DS Boulton and DC Skase take part in a joint exercise with Customs and Excise...

Episode 147 Black Money

147. Black Money

Aired: Dec 10, 1996

WDC Croft and WDC Rawton investigate some shady businessmen and a suitcase fu...

Episode 148 Scorned

148. Scorned

Aired: Dec 12, 1996

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

Episode 149 Stolen Kisses

149. Stolen Kisses

Aired: Dec 13, 1996

Insp Monroe and WPC Datta deal with a difficult situation when a nursery scho...

Episode 151 Toe the Line

151. Toe the Line

Aired: Dec 19, 1996

Insp. Monroe investigates suspicious activity at a parking enforcement compan...

Episode 152 A Gun to the Head

152. A Gun to the Head

Aired: Dec 20, 1996

DS Beech and DS Daly are put in an impossible situation when a judge decides ...

Episode 153 Merrily on High

153. Merrily on High

Aired: Dec 24, 1996

It's Christmas Eve, but Assistant Commissioner Hicks has declared the station...

Episode 154 Hat Trick

154. Hat Trick

Aired: Dec 26, 1996

DS Boulton and DC Skase investigate a car-ramming incident involving a member...

Episode 155 Hers

155. Hers

Aired: Dec 27, 1996

PC Stamp and WPC Page look into the theft of a hearse containing the coffin o...

Episode 156 The Right Thing

156. The Right Thing

Aired: Dec 31, 1996

Sgt. Cryer investigates when a player in a basketball team coached by the son...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Drama, Crime