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The Bill

Season 4 Episode 44: Guessing Game

26 SeasonsDec 15, 1988TV-1425m8.3

Neighbours report an elderly man who hasn't been seen for days. P.C. Ramsey breaks into the house to find the man dead on the floor. It becomes apparent that the man had a fetish for restraining women against their will.

Season 4 Episodes:

Episode 1 Light Duties

1. Light Duties

Aired: Jul 19, 1988

Recently transferred to CID, DC Carver is feeling seasick while he and DS Roa...

Episode 3 Good Will Visit

3. Good Will Visit

Aired: Jul 26, 1988

P.C. Pete Ramsey arrives at Sun Hill after being transferred from Barton Stre...

Episode 4 Home Sweet Home

4. Home Sweet Home

Aired: Jul 28, 1988

Sgt. Cryer leads a raid to enforce an eviction order on a squat occupied by u...

Episode 5 All in Good Faith

5. All in Good Faith

Aired: Aug 2, 1988

WPC Martella and WPC Ackland report a bogus gasman to Acting DI Roach.

Episode 6 Just Call Me Guvnor

6. Just Call Me Guvnor

Aired: Aug 4, 1988

Burnside arrives to takeover Sun Hill CID. He takes charge of an undercover o...

Episode 7 Caught Red Handed

7. Caught Red Handed

Aired: Aug 9, 1988

When Carver spots Yorkie having a secret meeting with a drug dealer in a pub,...

Episode 8 Homes and Gardens

8. Homes and Gardens

Aired: Aug 11, 1988

Yorkie befriends Mickey Cozen, a man with the mental age of 7. After taking h...

Episode 9 Country Cousin

9. Country Cousin

Aired: Aug 16, 1988

DS Jarvis arrives in London to arrest a suspect believed to be living in Sun ...

Episode 12 Hold Fire

12. Hold Fire

Aired: Aug 25, 1988

A traffic accident leaves many people dead and Yorkie in hospital. CID discov...

Episode 13 Bad Faith

13. Bad Faith

Aired: Aug 30, 1988

When a known burglar escapes from custody, CID are convinced he will return t...

Episode 14 Requiem

14. Requiem

Aired: Sep 1, 1988

After human remains are discovered in a sub-divided townhouse, CID launch a h...

Episode 15 Trespasses

15. Trespasses

Aired: Sep 6, 1988

After finding a newborn baby dumped in a skip, Ramsey tries to discover why s...

Episode 17 Runaround

17. Runaround

Aired: Sep 13, 1988

An agoraphobic old lady thinks her neighbours are being burgled. CID investig...

Episode 18 The Trap

18. The Trap

Aired: Sep 15, 1988

Burnside sets a trap to settle an old score by parking a van full of VHS reco...

Episode 19 Community Relations

19. Community Relations

Aired: Sep 20, 1988

P.C.s Melvin and Ramsey conduct an observation from a shed, Ch. Insp. Conway ...

Episode 20 A Dogs Life

20. A Dogs Life

Aired: Sep 22, 1988

When Ramsey investigates a theft at a library, CID discover the man rumoured ...

Episode 21 Trouble & Strife

21. Trouble & Strife

Aired: Sep 27, 1988

PC Ramsey befriends Joanna Mancini, a pregnant women suffering from domestic ...

Episode 22 Running Late

22. Running Late

Aired: Sep 29, 1988

WPC Brind makes an enemy of Burnside when she gets in the way of a CID operat...

Episode 23 They Say We're Rough

23. They Say We're Rough

Aired: Oct 4, 1988

Cryer and Martella investigate an army surplus shop that appears to be stocke...

Episode 24 Blue for a Boy

24. Blue for a Boy

Aired: Oct 6, 1988

When a young baby is kidnapped by a mystery man, CID turn their attentions to...

Episode 25 Chasing the Dragon

25. Chasing the Dragon

Aired: Oct 11, 1988

D.S. Roach spots a drug deal taking place on the Rochester Estate, but he, Ca...

Episode 26 The Coop

26. The Coop

Aired: Oct 13, 1988

While trying to take their lunch break, P.C. Edwards and W.P.C. Ackland inves...

Episode 28 Witness

28. Witness

Aired: Oct 20, 1988

PC Ramsey & PC Smith are looking after a witness in a court case who is apply...

Episode 29 Here We Go Loopy Lou

29. Here We Go Loopy Lou

Aired: Oct 25, 1988

Bob, Claire and Taffy investigate the report of a man carrying a cross which ...

Episode 30 Stop and Search

30. Stop and Search

Aired: Oct 27, 1988

Sgt Cryer introduces two special constables who will be joining the relief: M...

Episode 31 Spook Stuff

31. Spook Stuff

Aired: Nov 1, 1988

W.P.C. Martella and P.C. Stamp take an American woman who has been caught sho...

Episode 32 Evacuation

32. Evacuation

Aired: Nov 2, 1988

It's a busy day on the station front desk, and P.C. Smith fails to notice tha...

Episode 33 Personal Imports

33. Personal Imports

Aired: Nov 8, 1988

P.C. Melvin sees a chemist being robbed, but he has powder thrown in his face...

Episode 34 Paper Chase

34. Paper Chase

Aired: Nov 10, 1988

A schoolgirl has been abducted, and D.I. Burnside is determined to find her. ...

Episode 35 Intruder

35. Intruder

Aired: Nov 15, 1988

While Melvin and Haynes are on the beat, they are nearly decoyed away from a ...

Episode 36 Conflict

36. Conflict

Aired: Nov 17, 1988

D.Cs Tosh Lines and Jim Carver are carrying out an obbo (observation) on a ma...

Episode 37 Duplicates

37. Duplicates

Aired: Nov 22, 1988

Due to her slight resemblance to a missing woman, W.P.C. Brind reluctantly ag...

Episode 38 Snout

38. Snout

Aired: Nov 24, 1988

D.I. Burnside visits D.C. Carver's prisoner, and interrogates him alone, agai...

Episode 39 Old Habits

39. Old Habits

Aired: Nov 29, 1988

W.P.C. Brind is called to the house of an elderly lady, who has just been rob...

Episode 40 The Silent Gun

40. The Silent Gun

Aired: Dec 1, 1988

P.C. Haynes arrives at a house to investigate what seems like a routine distu...

Episode 42 Getting Stressed

42. Getting Stressed

Aired: Dec 8, 1988

Frazer witnesses an accident on the way to work. On informing the man she has...

Episode 43 Tigers

43. Tigers

Aired: Dec 13, 1988

D.I. Burnside receives a phone call from an Asian boy who is frightened that ...

Episode 44 Guessing Game

44. Guessing Game

Aired: Dec 15, 1988

Neighbours report an elderly man who hasn't been seen for days. P.C. Ramsey b...

Episode 45 The Assassins

45. The Assassins

Aired: Dec 20, 1988

Yorkie and Haynes investigate a removal van. The elderly driver doesn't think...

Episode 46 Outmoded

46. Outmoded

Aired: Dec 22, 1988

Sun Hill police are being called out to a series of bogus shouts which the Ya...

Episode 47 Digging Up the Past

47. Digging Up the Past

Aired: Dec 27, 1988

An excavator on a building site has uncovered some human remains, and Sgt. Cr...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres:Drama, Crime