The Bill

Season 18 (83 Episodes)

26 Seasons 2002 TV-14 6.7

Police drama series following officers and detectives from Sun Hill Police Station in East London.

Uniform officers and detectives from Sun Hill police station enforce law and order on a day-to-day basis. The police officer's job is much more than just catching criminals; in order to survive each day they must deal with frustrating members of the public--and, often, their own colleagues. From petty thieves to violent drug dealers, life is never easy for the members of the Metropolitan Police Force.

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Season 18 Episodes:

Episode 1 Loaded

1. Loaded

Aired: Jan 3, 2002

Just as Sergeant Gilmore becomes unimpressed with his officers, PC's Taviner ...

Episode 2 Not to Praise Him

2. Not to Praise Him

Aired: Jan 10, 2002

Emotions run high at the funeral of Special Constable Knowles, whilst a major...

Episode 3 Do Not Pass Go

3. Do Not Pass Go

Aired: Jan 17, 2002

As CID withhold information from uniform, PC's Taviner and Klein do some unau...

Episode 4 Juliet

4. Juliet

Aired: Jan 24, 2002

Sun Hill search for a missing girl with Downs syndrome. However, matters are ...

Episode 5 Set in Stone

5. Set in Stone

Aired: Jan 31, 2002

PC Cathy Bradford arrives at Sun Hill and paired with PC Hollis to investigat...

Episode 6 Quinnan: Part 1

6. Quinnan: Part 1

Aired: Feb 7, 2002

PC Bradford investigates a locker theft and steroids at a gym, whilst PC Quin...

Episode 7 Quinnan: Part 2

7. Quinnan: Part 2

Aired: Feb 14, 2002

Quinnan and Page are not speaking after Page's revelations regarding Liz. Add...

Episode 8 Quinnan: Part 3

8. Quinnan: Part 3

Aired: Feb 20, 2002

PCs Quinnan and Page tie the knot as an undercover couple, but when Page uses...

Episode 9 Quinnan: Part 4

9. Quinnan: Part 4

Aired: Feb 27, 2002

The story continues of the police drama series. Page and Quinnan continue to ...

Episode 10 Quinnan: Part 5

10. Quinnan: Part 5

Aired: Feb 28, 2002

A surprise proposal from Quinnan leaves Page in a whirl and Stamp running for...

Episode 11 Quinnan: Part 6

11. Quinnan: Part 6

Aired: Mar 7, 2002

Set to leave Sun Hill, Quinnan waits for Page's answer to his marriage propos...

Episode 12 Down a Blind Alley

12. Down a Blind Alley

Aired: Mar 14, 2002

Klein's social life looks up when Bradford goes undercover in a pole-dancing ...

Episode 13 Loose Cannon

13. Loose Cannon

Aired: Mar 21, 2002

The guns come out as Webb tries to foil a murder attempt, and Spears is at it...

Episode 14 Face the Music

14. Face the Music

Aired: Mar 28, 2002

Tension crackles between Ackland and Carver - could it be sexual? Singh appea...

Episode 15 Thin Ice

15. Thin Ice

Aired: Apr 4, 2002

McAllister suspects that Spears is sleeping with the chief superintendent. Th...

Episode 16 Afternoon Rendezvous

16. Afternoon Rendezvous

Aired: Apr 11, 2002

Chandler is concerned about growing racial tension in Sun Hill and, after sen...

Episode 17 Rally the Troops

17. Rally the Troops

Aired: Apr 16, 2002

As Sun Hill mourns Conway's death, Vik Singh faces the music. The search for ...

Episode 18 A Show of Generosity

18. A Show of Generosity

Aired: Apr 17, 2002

Taviner drops himself in it when a charitable gesture proves to be incredibly...

Episode 19 Golden Opportunity

19. Golden Opportunity

Aired: Apr 18, 2002

With the racist march due to take place later that day, the tension rises onc...

Episode 20 No Signs of Life

20. No Signs of Life

Aired: Apr 25, 2002

Sun Hill attempts to come to terms with its loss as the names of dead officer...

Episode 21 A Peg or Two

21. A Peg or Two

Aired: May 2, 2002

Taviner is faced with the possibility that Harker might live. Chandler appoin...

Episode 22 Suspects

22. Suspects

Aired: May 9, 2002

Murder Investigation Team officers arrive to sift through the ashes of Sun Hi...

Episode 23 At the Deep End

23. At the Deep End

Aired: May 16, 2002

The day of the memorial service arrives, and DC Sharpe is thrown in at the de...

Episode 24 Needle in a Haystack

24. Needle in a Haystack

Aired: May 23, 2002

Harry Fullerton is arrested - confusing Taviner, who is perplexed as to his m...

Episode 25 Walking on Water

25. Walking on Water

Aired: May 30, 2002

When stolen cheques turn up on the streets of Sun Hill, the police target a k...

Episode 26 Slippery Slope

26. Slippery Slope

Aired: Jun 6, 2002

Guilty Taviner is desperate for his double bluff to work. Klein and Rickman r...

Episode 27 Crying Wolf

27. Crying Wolf

Aired: Jun 13, 2002

Ackland's feelings for Carver get the better of her, and she makes a terrible...

Episode 28 A Run of Good Luck

28. A Run of Good Luck

Aired: Jun 20, 2002

The police have a tough task on their hands in trying to establish the guilt ...

Episode 29 Tough Love

29. Tough Love

Aired: Jun 25, 2002

An old style big time crook, Frankie Steele, pays a visit to Sun Hill and ask...

Episode 30 On the Pitch

30. On the Pitch

Aired: Jun 27, 2002

PC Tony Stamp organizes a Sun Hill team to play a match against a group of yo...

Episode 31 Vigilante

31. Vigilante

Aired: Jul 2, 2002

Craig starts the day filing a grievance procedure against Matt after last wee...

Episode 32 Ruffled Feathers

32. Ruffled Feathers

Aired: Jul 4, 2002

DC Ken Drummond turns up for his first day at Sun Hill. Fresh from Barton Str...

Episode 33 Prove Your Worth

33. Prove Your Worth

Aired: Jul 9, 2002

PC Luke Ashton returns to Sun Hill after three years away. But his first day ...

Episode 34 Aptitude Test

34. Aptitude Test

Aired: Jul 11, 2002

Frustrated PC Luke Ashton is desperate to prove himself but Sgt Craig Gilmore...

Episode 35 Sitting Tenants

35. Sitting Tenants

Aired: Jul 16, 2002

Luke has to make a decision about where his loyalties lie, but with a complai...

Episode 37 Playing Runaway

37. Playing Runaway

Aired: Jul 23, 2002

Des's blackmailer starts to put the squeeze on. So after parting with his fir...

Episode 38 Old Tricks

38. Old Tricks

Aired: Jul 25, 2002

Out on a pub crawl to celebrate a new PC's engagement the relief are suddenly...

Episode 40 First Day Collar

40. First Day Collar

Aired: Aug 1, 2002

When cocky new DS Phil Hunter reports for duty he wastes no time bringing in ...

Episode 41 No Loyalty

41. No Loyalty

Aired: Aug 6, 2002

Cleared of allegations of child sex abuse, PC Stamp cannot forgive PC Carver....

Episode 43 Bait

43. Bait

Aired: Aug 13, 2002

PC Young acts as bait to trap a flasher, but the suspect could be a vital wit...

Episode 44 Loggerheads

44. Loggerheads

Aired: Aug 15, 2002

DC Glaze investigates a violent assault. Insp Gold and DCI Meadows clash over...

Episode 45 Protection

45. Protection

Aired: Aug 20, 2002

The relief attend a call to a protest outside a research laboratory involving...

Episode 46 Impostors

46. Impostors

Aired: Aug 22, 2002

A spate of robberies are reported in the local area, and it is soon discovere...

Episode 47 Officer Down

47. Officer Down

Aired: Aug 27, 2002

Glaze panics when his star witness, Tina Pope, disappears without trace, hour...

Episode 48 One Last Day

48. One Last Day

Aired: Aug 28, 2002

Glaze continues to struggle to keep his mind in the right place with the stre...

Episode 49 Tactful Approach

49. Tactful Approach

Aired: Aug 29, 2002

McAllister investigates a complaint of threatening behaviour, in which a woma...

Episode 51 Jeopardy

51. Jeopardy

Aired: Sep 4, 2002

Klein's role undercover in the nightclub comes into jeopardy when he is force...

Episode 52 Gone Native

52. Gone Native

Aired: Sep 12, 2002

Events at the almshouse take a bizarre turn and Carver and Ackland are tasked...

Episode 53 Requiem

53. Requiem

Aired: Sep 18, 2002

After a raid on the club fails to undercover any vital evidence on the main p...

Episode 54 Quick Off the Mark

54. Quick Off the Mark

Aired: Sep 19, 2002

Phil & Nick play dangerous games while undercover. Kerry is held hostage. Ash...

Episode 55 Access Denied

55. Access Denied

Aired: Sep 25, 2002

Hunter becomes determined to close down the operation at the club once and fo...

Episode 56 Nail in the Coffin

56. Nail in the Coffin

Aired: Sep 26, 2002

Webb and Meadows' digging finally comes to its head when Chandler is arrested...

Episode 57 Improper Conduct

57. Improper Conduct

Aired: Oct 2, 2002

Kane and Bradford are on the trial of a missing Asian teenage girl, Samina, b...

Episode 58 Deeper Waters

58. Deeper Waters

Aired: Oct 3, 2002

Andrew Ross from MIT arrives at Sun Hill, having been asked to oversee the se...

Episode 59 Roses are Red

59. Roses are Red

Aired: Oct 9, 2002

Best and Stamp attend a call to a man who has been found dead in his flat, bu...

Episode 60 On the Side

60. On the Side

Aired: Oct 10, 2002

While Ross continues the official investigation into the Sun Hill serial kill...

Episode 61 Ready or Not

61. Ready or Not

Aired: Oct 16, 2002

Drummond and Sharpe investigate a violent assault on the stepmother of Kane a...

Episode 62 Wisdom of the Wise

62. Wisdom of the Wise

Aired: Oct 16, 2002

Ashton attends a call to a case of criminal damage in an off-licence, and dis...

Episode 63 Saving Face

63. Saving Face

Aired: Oct 23, 2002

Lennox attempts to use his influence and contacts to get Nixon appointed to t...

Episode 64 Conflict of Interest

64. Conflict of Interest

Aired: Oct 24, 2002

McAllister is shattered the morning following her wedding and Tom's rape. Mea...

Episode 65 Game Over

65. Game Over

Aired: Oct 30, 2002

Ashton and Young investigate a robbery, and discover that Gilmore's car was u...

Episode 66 Risky Behaviour

66. Risky Behaviour

Aired: Oct 31, 2002

Taviner and Hollis pursue a local teenage tearaway, Andy Bennett, who is caus...

Episode 67 Honeytrap

67. Honeytrap

Aired: Nov 6, 2002

Ashton finds his day is going from bad to worse when he investigates a burgla...

Episode 68 Heaven's Calling

68. Heaven's Calling

Aired: Nov 7, 2002

Taviner discharges himself from hospital, and pens a lengthy confession about...

Episode 69 Rogue Victim

69. Rogue Victim

Aired: Nov 13, 2002

Drummond investigates a case of a rogue prostitute who is robbing her punters...

Episode 73 First Day Blues

73. First Day Blues

Aired: Nov 21, 2002

New recruit Ruby Buxton and Stamp investigate when a prostitute is found badl...

Episode 74 A Cry for Help

74. A Cry for Help

Aired: Nov 20, 2002

Nixon finds herself on a single-minded mission to find the Sun Hill serial ki...

Episode 75 The Full Guided Tour

75. The Full Guided Tour

Aired: Nov 28, 2002

Insp. Gina Gold and PC Gemma Osbourne visit a local school to investigate rep...

Episode 76 Close to Home

76. Close to Home

Aired: Dec 4, 2002

A distraught Nixon searches desperately for her missing daughter, Abi, fearin...

Episode 77 Walk in the Park

77. Walk in the Park

Aired: Nov 27, 2002

Bradford and Kane investigate when a group of youths vandalize a local shop, ...

Episode 78 All in a Day's Work

78. All in a Day's Work

Aired: Dec 11, 2002

Osbourne and Gold investigate reports of drug dealing at a local school, and ...

Episode 79 Clouded Judgement

79. Clouded Judgement

Aired: Dec 12, 2002

McAllister's post-natal depression clouds her judgment when a father tries to...

Episode 80 Cop Idol: Part 1

80. Cop Idol: Part 1

Aired: Dec 18, 2002

Bradford discovers that a case of child abuse involves Kane's son, and uses b...

Episode 81 Cop Idol: Part 2

81. Cop Idol: Part 2

Aired: Dec 19, 2002

The "Cop Idol" Christmas party gets into full swing, with everyone blissfully...

Episode 82 Falling

82. Falling

Aired: Dec 23, 2002

Rickman's handbag is found in the street, and anticipation quickly turns to h...

Episode 83 Code of Conduct

83. Code of Conduct

Aired: Dec 31, 2002

Best and Buxton embark on an undercover operation at a department store, in a...

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Info about The Bill

Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Drama, Crime