The Bill

Season 17 (86 Episodes)

26 Seasons 2001 TV-14 6.7

Series 17 of British television drama The Bill consisted of 92 episodes, broadcast between 5 January and 21 December 2001. As well as 85 regular episodes, the series also included a spinoff Beech is Back, following a special 90-minute episode in Australia. The story follows ex-Sun Hill officer Claire Stanton, now a DI, as she goes to Australia to try and extradite ex-DS Don Beech for the murder of his colleague John Boulton. The spinoff that follows concludes the Beech storyline, which began ...

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Season 17 Episodes:

Episode 1 Appropriate Action

1. Appropriate Action

Aired: Jan 5, 2001

Bob puts his reputation on the line when he takes the lead in solving the cas...

Episode 2 Criminal Practice

2. Criminal Practice

Aired: Jan 9, 2001

DS Singh investigates a stabbing, DS McAllister has an Operation go wrong. A ...

Episode 4 No Victim

4. No Victim

Aired: Jan 16, 2001

When the wife of a DS tries to jump off a bridge, Di Worrell steps in to unco...

Episode 5 Common Language

5. Common Language

Aired: Jan 19, 2001

Russian prostitutes, a gang of squaddies and his own previous mistakes lead S...

Episode 6 PC Smith

6. PC Smith

Aired: Jan 23, 2001

PC Smith, a man with a homophobic cloud, 'babysits' a victim of gay-bashing w...

Episode 7 Family Honour

7. Family Honour

Aired: Jan 26, 2001

McAllister's bulldozer approach gets her into trouble with Ackland over a sen...

Episode 8 Words of Wisdom

8. Words of Wisdom

Aired: Jan 30, 2001

Chandler continues to throw words around everywhere, but nobody, bar Reg, is ...

Episode 9 Out of the Frying Pan

9. Out of the Frying Pan

Aired: Feb 2, 2001

Paul's brother is back on the scene when he is deeply involved in a war of th...

Episode 10 Mexican Stand-Off

10. Mexican Stand-Off

Aired: Feb 6, 2001

Ross begins to suspect that he is being taken for a ride by McAllister, so wh...

Episode 11 Cruise Control

11. Cruise Control

Aired: Feb 9, 2001

When a high profile man is caught in a well-known gay cruising area, Mickey a...

Episode 12 Real Crime

12. Real Crime

Aired: Feb 13, 2001

DCs Spears and Webb clash in their investigations of a domestic violence case...

Episode 13 Home and Away

13. Home and Away

Aired: Feb 16, 2001

The stress of being torn between two women has taken its toll on Quinnan and ...

Episode 14 Going Under

14. Going Under

Aired: Feb 20, 2001

It's decision time for Quinnan when Jenny announces she's leaving, but the pa...

Episode 15 Faultline

15. Faultline

Aired: Feb 23, 2001

Quinnan is accused of attacking a young criminal and of endangering his colle...

Episode 16 Long Shadows: Part 1

16. Long Shadows: Part 1

Aired: Mar 2, 2001

Sun Hill is forced to accept the legacy of DS Beech, and Meadows discovers th...

Episode 17 Long Shadows: Part 2

17. Long Shadows: Part 2

Aired: Mar 6, 2001

Cullen warns Meadows that he is playing with fire when Chandler's past is cal...

Episode 18 Higher Power

18. Higher Power

Aired: Mar 9, 2001

Jim puts his personal bad experiences to good use to help an alcoholic friend...

Episode 19 Touched by Evil

19. Touched by Evil

Aired: Mar 16, 2001

Clarke is enjoying a secondment as Glaze's partner, but has to learn when to ...

Episode 20 The Leopard: Part 1

20. The Leopard: Part 1

Aired: Mar 20, 2001

Smithy has his eye on the future, but his big mouth may well prove to be his ...

Episode 21 The Leopard: Part 2

21. The Leopard: Part 2

Aired: Mar 23, 2001

Klein's relationship with the relief hits the rocks. Smith's future with the ...

Episode 22 Tolerance: Part 1

22. Tolerance: Part 1

Aired: Mar 27, 2001

Approaching 30 years of service, senior officers question Sgt Cryer's ability...

Episode 23 Tolerance: Part 2

23. Tolerance: Part 2

Aired: Mar 30, 2001

Sgt. Cryer is under pressure from Supt. Chandler when his strategy to deal wi...

Episode 24 Promised Land

24. Promised Land

Aired: Apr 3, 2001

Family problems come to visit Nick Klein at the worst possible time, when he ...

Episode 26 Tour of Duty

26. Tour of Duty

Aired: Apr 10, 2001

The new sergeant ruffles the feathers of the relief who are already not feeli...

Episode 27 Lies of Silence

27. Lies of Silence

Aired: Apr 13, 2001

Duncan is seconded to the Serious Crime Group, where he is reunited with form...

Episode 28 Over the Hill

28. Over the Hill

Aired: Apr 17, 2001

Matthew and Vicky take a group of troubled kids on an outdoor pursuits weeken...

Episode 29 Head Over Heels

29. Head Over Heels

Aired: Apr 20, 2001

Hayward and Stamp get themselves in trouble with Gilmore after a close shave ...

Episode 30 Hitting Home

30. Hitting Home

Aired: Apr 24, 2001

Cryer is reluctant to attend his retirement bash - but there's a surprise all...

Episode 31 Value Judgement

31. Value Judgement

Aired: Apr 27, 2001

Hagen makes a career-changing decision, while Boyden stands helpless on the s...

Episode 32 Collateral Damage

32. Collateral Damage

Aired: May 1, 2001

McAllister is faced with some big decisions when her ex-snout, Ross, turns up...

Episode 35 Wednesday

35. Wednesday

Aired: May 11, 2001

Glaze's loyalties are put to the test when a friend is arrested for racial as...

Episode 36 Billy the Kid

36. Billy the Kid

Aired: May 15, 2001

A ten-year-old boy is determined to get himself arrested, and Boyden wants to...

Episode 37 Still Crazy

37. Still Crazy

Aired: May 18, 2001

PC Quinnan returns to work after time off with mental illness. He faces distr...

Episode 38 Complicity: Part 1

38. Complicity: Part 1

Aired: May 25, 2001

Two CID officers investigate car-ringing gangsters, but from opposite ends.

Episode 39 Complicity: Part 2

39. Complicity: Part 2

Aired: Jun 1, 2001

Continuing his role undercover with car-ringing criminals, DS Singh's positio...

Episode 41 Happy and Glorious

41. Happy and Glorious

Aired: Jun 15, 2001

Hollis falls under deeper suspicion in relation to an elderly woman's death, ...

Episode 42 Gun Crazy: Part 1

42. Gun Crazy: Part 1

Aired: Jun 19, 2001

A mad gunman is on the loose in Sun Hill. Chandler takes a personal interest ...

Episode 44 The Jury's Out

44. The Jury's Out

Aired: Jun 26, 2001

A victim of a minor car accident involving a drunk pro-police judge threatens...

Episode 46 Temptation

46. Temptation

Aired: Jul 3, 2001

A tired and desperate PC Clarke seeks overtime work and gets herself into tro...

Episode 47 Envy

47. Envy

Aired: Jul 6, 2001

An investigation into stolen plant equipment is compromised by Clarke as she'...

Episode 48 Greed

48. Greed

Aired: Jul 10, 2001

Sun Hill is rampant with rollerblading thieves, whilst a distraught Clarke co...

Episode 49 Redemption

49. Redemption

Aired: Jul 13, 2001

Sun Hill deal with an overdosed kid, whilst Clarke's feeling downhearted afte...

Episode 50 The Dark Side

50. The Dark Side

Aired: Jul 17, 2001

PC Hayward becomes emotionally involved with a drugs case.

Episode 51 Angel Rooms

51. Angel Rooms

Aired: Jul 20, 2001

In the continuing battle against drugs, PC Hayward encounters double-crossing...

Episode 52 Paint It Black

52. Paint It Black

Aired: Jul 24, 2001

The unconventional methods of undercover DC Raven don't coincide with an unst...

Episode 53 Eye of the Lens

53. Eye of the Lens

Aired: Jul 31, 2001

DC Spears is given a project to combat on-going vandalism of CCTV cameras.

Episode 54 Another Country

54. Another Country

Aired: Aug 3, 2001

Carver is adamant that a man's death wasn't accidental and investigates.

Episode 59 Beech on the Run

59. Beech on the Run

Aired: Aug 19, 2001

As escaped criminal and former Sun Hill DS Don Beech continues his crime spre...

Episode 60 On a Clear Day

60. On a Clear Day

Aired: Aug 19, 2001

A criminal returns, who's also PC Rickman's love interest.

Episode 61 Come Live with Me

61. Come Live with Me

Aired: Sep 18, 2001

Despite her colleagues' suspicions, PC Rickman isn't convinced that her lover...

Episode 62 In Another Life

62. In Another Life

Aired: Sep 21, 2001

PC Harker sets out to resolve Rickman's love life by helping her lover, a sus...

Episode 63 Crush

63. Crush

Aired: Sep 25, 2001

DC Spears is lusted over as she investigates a gang of masked girls rampant a...

Episode 64 Liquid City

64. Liquid City

Aired: Sep 28, 2001

As DC Spears follows a spate of burglaries and arsons, Chandler becomes incre...

Episode 66 Home Run

66. Home Run

Aired: Oct 5, 2001

In risking his job and love life, Boyden continues to help his debt-ridden da...

Episode 67 Debt of Love

67. Debt of Love

Aired: Oct 9, 2001

Sun Hill find themselves juggling with Boyden's granddaughter as they try to ...

Episode 68 Blood and Money

68. Blood and Money

Aired: Oct 12, 2001

As Boyden cracks down on an illegal bare-knuckle fight, Vicky attempts to hea...

Episode 69 Hidden Agenda

69. Hidden Agenda

Aired: Oct 16, 2001

Sun Hill raid suspected cross-dress bashers, but Boyden finds himself dependi...

Episode 70 Lifelines

70. Lifelines

Aired: Oct 19, 2001

Sun Hill investigate attacks on pensioners, but Hagen troubles her colleagues...

Episode 71 Sacrifice

71. Sacrifice

Aired: Oct 26, 2001

A determined Hagen investigates the man of her ill-fated one-night stand.

Episode 73 The Value of Nothing

73. The Value of Nothing

Aired: Nov 9, 2001

On a week's secondment with Scotland Yard's Art and Antiques Squad, DC Lennox...

Episode 74 Money Man

74. Money Man

Aired: Nov 16, 2001

The new prisoner intake at HM Prison Shadwell includes one Danny Simpson, a.k...

Episode 75 Beyond the Call

75. Beyond the Call

Aired: Nov 20, 2001

DS McAllister is determined to catch her lover's murderer, so DC Spears goes ...

Episode 76 Night Games

76. Night Games

Aired: Nov 23, 2001

As the search continues for a serial rapist, a prize holiday won by Sun Hill ...

Episode 77 Aftershock

77. Aftershock

Aired: Nov 27, 2001

Kate is traumatized after her ordeal with DS Cork and is horrified when a gir...

Episode 78 Compulsion

78. Compulsion

Aired: Nov 30, 2001

DC Spears attempts to gather information on her attacker, whom she strongly s...

Episode 79 Shout

79. Shout

Aired: Dec 4, 2001

A concerned DC Spears searches for Eddie, whilst Acting DI Rawton propounds t...

Episode 80 Judas Kiss

80. Judas Kiss

Aired: Dec 7, 2001

Having broke into her home, DC Spears resolves to watch DS Cork's every move....

Episode 81 Slash and Burn

81. Slash and Burn

Aired: Dec 11, 2001

Together, DC Spears and DI Rawton close in on the evasive and dangerous rapist.

Episode 83 Special Attention

83. Special Attention

Aired: Dec 18, 2001

Two feuding families cause disruption, whilst Des and Reg accompany new arriv...

Episode 84 Lure of the Sirens

84. Lure of the Sirens

Aired: Dec 20, 2001

Their feud steps up a gear as Sgt Gilmore removes PC Taviner from his driving...

Episode 85 The Risk Factor

85. The Risk Factor

Aired: Dec 21, 2001

Special Constable Knowles discovers there's a sex offender living opposite hi...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Drama, Crime