The Bill

Season 6 - Series 6 (104 Episodes)

26 Seasons 1990 TV-14 6.7

The sixth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 104 episodes, broadcast between 2 January – 27 December 1990. The series was first released on DVD as part of the Collection 5 and Collection 6 DVD boxsets in Australia, made available on 9 April – 8 October 2008, respectively. The series was later re-issued as two-half series boxsets in Australia, released on 7 March 2012. The above artwork is taken from the most recent Australian release. It features images of DC Tosh Li...

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Season 6 Episodes:

Episode 3 Carry Your Bags, Sir?

3. Carry Your Bags, Sir?

Aired: Jan 9, 1990

A German police officer is escorted around London looking for stolen car engi...

Episode 5 C.A.D.

5. C.A.D.

Aired: Jan 16, 1990

PC Hollis is organising a blood bank at the station. WPC Martella is sent to ...

Episode 6 A Day Lost

6. A Day Lost

Aired: Jan 18, 1990

A 9 year-old boy is reported missing - causing the relief to conduct a full-s...

Episode 8 Roger and Out

8. Roger and Out

Aired: Jan 25, 1990

Sgt Penny isn't happy when he discovers that DC Lines has taken in a lodger -...

Episode 9 Addresses

9. Addresses

Aired: Jan 30, 1990

WPC Martella and Sgt Cryer are out together on night patrol.

Episode 11 Against the Odds

11. Against the Odds

Aired: Feb 6, 1990

A tip-off about a potential gang war puts Dashwood in a dilemma and is a caus...

Episode 12 Bloodsucker

12. Bloodsucker

Aired: Feb 8, 1990

WPC Marshall's crime figures cause concern: a domestic incident alerts Lines ...

Episode 13 Workers in Uniform

13. Workers in Uniform

Aired: Feb 13, 1990

A street festival that was to be cancelled is now to be held as planned, lead...

Episode 14 Something to Hide

14. Something to Hide

Aired: Feb 15, 1990

Turnham and Datta are called to a break-in but there are no signs of forced e...

Episode 15 The Old Men's Run

15. The Old Men's Run

Aired: Feb 20, 1990

Cryer feels the strain, while Quinnan and Stamp attend a road collision that ...

Episode 16 Legacies

16. Legacies

Aired: Feb 22, 1990

An elderly lady has her valuables stolen from a hidden location; CID suspect ...

Episode 18 Something Special

18. Something Special

Aired: Mar 1, 1990

DI Burnside has an important visitor looking for an officer to join a special...

Episode 19 Enemies

19. Enemies

Aired: Mar 6, 1990

Race relations are in the spotlight as an Asian gang intimidates traders - an...

Episode 20 Safe Place

20. Safe Place

Aired: Mar 8, 1990

WPC Martella goes undercover when Roach struggles for a lead after a bank rob...

Episode 22 Watching

22. Watching

Aired: Mar 15, 1990

Cryer faces a tough crowd, as Garfield and Quinnan investigate a puzzling pre...

Episode 23 University Challenge

23. University Challenge

Aired: Mar 20, 1990

Joey Buchan is aupposedly a reformed villain - but is hotly suspected of bein...

Episode 24 Growing Pains

24. Growing Pains

Aired: Mar 22, 1990

When Carver is badly beaten, Burnside and Roach race to find the attacker.

Episode 25 One of the Boys

25. One of the Boys

Aired: Mar 27, 1990

WPC Martella has just joined CID. One of her first assignments finds her bein...

Episode 27 Citadel

27. Citadel

Aired: Apr 3, 1990

Turnham is being vetted by an officer from MI11 after applying for a transfer...

Episode 28 Blue Eyed Boy

28. Blue Eyed Boy

Aired: Apr 5, 1990

Melvin is late for duty and things get worse for him as the day progresses.

Episode 29 Full House

29. Full House

Aired: Apr 10, 1990

Refurbishments begin on the Sun Hill station and it's causing problems for al...

Episode 32 Close Co-Operation

32. Close Co-Operation

Aired: Apr 19, 1990

Tensions run high as Sun Hill's cells are being refurbished - prisoners are b...

Episode 33 Middleman

33. Middleman

Aired: Apr 24, 1990

CID set up 'Operation Middleman' to crack down on the drug trade.

Episode 34 Corkscrew

34. Corkscrew

Aired: Apr 26, 1990

Following the failure of 'Operation Middleman', it is suspected that informat...

Episode 35 Obsessions

35. Obsessions

Aired: May 1, 1990

CID are instructed to assist with a family dispute. Ackland and Stamp attend ...

Episode 36 Small Hours

36. Small Hours

Aired: May 3, 1990

The relief are experiencing a typically dull nightshift - however, things soo...

Episode 37 Victims

37. Victims

Aired: May 8, 1990

DC Lines investigates the assault of a primary school teacher.

Episode 38 Somebody's Husband

38. Somebody's Husband

Aired: May 10, 1990

CID conduct a surveillance operation to catch the man responsible for attacki...

Episode 39 Canley Fields

39. Canley Fields

Aired: May 15, 1990

The relief conduct a search after a child is reported abducted.

Episode 41 Trojan Horse

41. Trojan Horse

Aired: May 22, 1990

Routine duty proves to be fatal for PC Ken Melvin.

Episode 42 Rites

42. Rites

Aired: May 24, 1990

The relief gather for P.C. Melvin's funeral, and are joined by colleagues old...

Episode 43 Answers

43. Answers

Aired: May 29, 1990

Lines and Dashwood re-investigate attacks on women that occurred 2 years prior.

Episode 44 A Fresh Start

44. A Fresh Start

Aired: May 31, 1990

Sun Hill mark the opening of their refurbished station.

Episode 45 A Case to Answer

45. A Case to Answer

Aired: Jun 5, 1990

Martella assists a victim of rape in court, while Wray decides things need to...

Episode 46 Line Up

46. Line Up

Aired: Jun 7, 1990

PC Stamp arrests a man for robbery, however there are issues surrounding the ...

Episode 47 Police Powers

47. Police Powers

Aired: Jun 12, 1990

The relief are on duty at a local football match where players clash on and o...

Episode 48 Action Book

48. Action Book

Aired: Jun 14, 1990

DS Roach leads the incident room in regard to the murder of two children.

Episode 49 Tactics

49. Tactics

Aired: Jun 19, 1990

A Sheffield CID team arrives at Sun Hill in a bid to bring down five villains.

Episode 50 Scores

50. Scores

Aired: Jun 21, 1990

Burnside has Roach and Lines observe an old adversary of his that has returne...

Episode 51 Witch Hunt

51. Witch Hunt

Aired: Jun 26, 1990

CID continue their investigation into the murder of two school children.

Episode 52 Close to Home

52. Close to Home

Aired: Jun 28, 1990

Ackland and Cryer respond to a report of possible child abuse.

Episode 53 Breaking Point

53. Breaking Point

Aired: Jul 3, 1990

Burnside and Dashwood arrest a thief whose fingerprints are found at a crime ...

Episode 54 Jumping the Gun

54. Jumping the Gun

Aired: Jul 5, 1990

CID respond to a violent armed robbery at a building society.

Episode 55 What Kind of Man?

55. What Kind of Man?

Aired: Jul 10, 1990

Sgt Penny arrests a man in connection with the murder of two school children.

Episode 56 Beat Crime

56. Beat Crime

Aired: Jul 12, 1990

WPC Ackland follows up on some recent burglaries that have occurred on her beat.

Episode 57 Unsocial Hours

57. Unsocial Hours

Aired: Jul 17, 1990

DCI Wray's lunch date with WPC Ackland coincides with a CID operation.

Episode 58 Interpretations

58. Interpretations

Aired: Jul 19, 1990

DS Roach leads the investigation into a racist arson attack.

Episode 59 Angles

59. Angles

Aired: Jul 24, 1990

Burnside and Monroe argue about resources and overtime for a street operation.

Episode 60 Watch My Lips

60. Watch My Lips

Aired: Jul 26, 1990

WPC Ford uses her sign language skills with a deaf prisoner.

Episode 62 Come Fly with Me

62. Come Fly with Me

Aired: Aug 2, 1990

Stamp and Ackland are called to a disturbance at a travel agency. Meanwhile, ...

Episode 63 Attitudes

63. Attitudes

Aired: Aug 7, 1990

After Young beats them at cards, Loxton and friends plan to make life on the ...

Episode 64 Robbo

64. Robbo

Aired: Aug 9, 1990

A former special constable comes to the assistance of Tosh and Jim.

Episode 65 Ground Rules

65. Ground Rules

Aired: Aug 14, 1990

Sun Hill prepares for a visit from the inspectorate. Quinnan goes undercover ...

Episode 66 Once a Copper

66. Once a Copper

Aired: Aug 16, 1990

Hoping to receive information on a case, Burnside visits a crooked ex-cop in ...

Episode 67 Vendetta

67. Vendetta

Aired: Aug 21, 1990

Burnside believes a feud is developing between two criminal families.

Episode 69 Win Some Lose Some

69. Win Some Lose Some

Aired: Aug 28, 1990

Stringer and Quinnan are sent to investigate stolen garbage bins. CID conside...

Episode 70 Up the Steps

70. Up the Steps

Aired: Aug 30, 1990

Loxton, Young and Peters attend court to give evidence.

Episode 71 Where There's a Will

71. Where There's a Will

Aired: Sep 4, 1990

Sgt Cryer is asked by a solicitor to attend the reading of a will. CID follow...

Episode 73 Body Language

73. Body Language

Aired: Sep 11, 1990

Stamp and Stringer give chase to a group of black youths.

Episode 75 Eye-Witness

75. Eye-Witness

Aired: Sep 18, 1990

A man is attacked by a group of football supporters and hooligans.

Episode 76 Sufficient Evidence

76. Sufficient Evidence

Aired: Sep 20, 1990

Quinnan attends a noisy party where he proceeds to frame one of the partygoers.

Episode 77 Forget-Me-Not

77. Forget-Me-Not

Aired: Sep 25, 1990

WPC Marshall's violent ex-husband arrives at Sun Hill looking for her.

Episode 79 Off the Leash

79. Off the Leash

Aired: Oct 2, 1990

Former Sun Hill typist Delia French starts work as a probationary WPC.

Episode 80 Family Ties

80. Family Ties

Aired: Oct 4, 1990

Sun Hill is forced to accommodate a mentally ill prisoner.

Episode 81 Old Friends

81. Old Friends

Aired: Oct 9, 1990

DS Roach is at the hospital seeing to the 82-year-old victim of a mugging.

Episode 83 Housey Housey

83. Housey Housey

Aired: Oct 16, 1990

Uniform oversee squatters being evicted from a block of council flats.

Episode 84 Connelly's Kids

84. Connelly's Kids

Aired: Oct 18, 1990

Greig and Carver arrest a man on suspicion of handling stolen property.

Episode 85 One of Those Days

85. One of Those Days

Aired: Oct 23, 1990

Ackland and Loxton are at each other's throats after attending a hit and run....

Episode 86 Jack-The-Lad

86. Jack-The-Lad

Aired: Oct 25, 1990

Datta and Stamp find two women fighting each other over one of the woman's hu...

Episode 87 Blue Murder

87. Blue Murder

Aired: Oct 30, 1990

Sgt. Cryer faces a man with a sawn-off shotgun.

Episode 89 A Sense of Duty

89. A Sense of Duty

Aired: Nov 6, 1990

DS Roach arrests a drunk while off duty, much to the anger of Insp Monroe.

Episode 90 Lying in Wait

90. Lying in Wait

Aired: Nov 8, 1990

Sgt Peters, Ackland and Garfield are called to a minor disturbance - and disc...

Episode 91 Plato for Policemen

91. Plato for Policemen

Aired: Nov 13, 1990

DS Roach visits a familiar thief who is supposed to be going straight - and A...

Episode 92 Testimony

92. Testimony

Aired: Nov 15, 1990

DS Roach interviews a man suspected of burglary and rape.

Episode 93 Decisions

93. Decisions

Aired: Nov 20, 1990

Bob Cryer returns to duty for the first time since the tragic events of a few...

Episode 94 Know Your Enemy

94. Know Your Enemy

Aired: Nov 22, 1990

Dangerous criminal Tony Jarvis has been released from prison early, and has a...

Episode 95 Lies

95. Lies

Aired: Nov 27, 1990

Greig is deputizing for Burnside, and oversees a CID operation to intercept a...

Episode 96 Old Wounds

96. Old Wounds

Aired: Nov 29, 1990

Patrick Litton's father died of a heart attack while in custody at Sun Hill -...

Episode 97 Just for a Moment

97. Just for a Moment

Aired: Dec 4, 1990

Stamp and Loxton are called to a disturbance at a house - and find a young ma...

Episode 98 Market Forces

98. Market Forces

Aired: Dec 6, 1990

The 'bike squad' theft operation of Quinnan and Garfield successfully nick a ...

Episode 99 One for the Road

99. One for the Road

Aired: Dec 11, 1990

Sgt Penny runs into trouble when he gets pulled by vindictive Barton Street o...

Episode 101 Out of the Blue

101. Out of the Blue

Aired: Dec 18, 1990

Not only is W.P.C. Ackland late, her friendship with D.C.I. Wray is station g...

Episode 102 Street Smart

102. Street Smart

Aired: Dec 20, 1990

It's DCI Wray's final day, and the relief aren't happy - and they're keen to ...

Episode 103 Safe as Houses

103. Safe as Houses

Aired: Dec 26, 1990

CID are tasked with guarding grass Lennie Powell for the night at a safehouse...

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Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Drama, Crime