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The Bill

Season 12 Episode 39: Dead of Night

26 SeasonsMar 29, 1996TV-1425m7.3

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.

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