The Bill

Season 9 - Series 9 (155 Episodes)

26 Seasons 1993 TV-14 6.7

The ninth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 155 episodes, broadcast between 5 January – 31 December 1993. The series was released on DVD for the first time on 3 October 2012, in Australia. In 2020, Audio Commentaries were released for the episodes 'Blind Spot' (with writer Roger Davenport) and 'Compliments of the Service' with actor Mike Burnside (D.A.C. Trevor Hicks).

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Season 9 Episodes:

Episode 1 Dying Breed

1. Dying Breed

Aired: Jan 5, 1993

D.I. Burnside investigates an armed robbery where D.C. Carver is shot at. Cou...

Episode 2 Fact of Life

2. Fact of Life

Aired: Jan 7, 1993

Greig and Quinnan trap a burglar with the assistance of a schoolboy on work e...

Episode 4 New Tune, Old Fiddle

4. New Tune, Old Fiddle

Aired: Jan 12, 1993

A body is found in the rubble of a burned-out church. Changes are afoot at Su...

Episode 5 Delinquent

5. Delinquent

Aired: Jan 14, 1993

A persistent young offender is arrested for burgling his parents' house. Sgt....

Episode 6 Bringing Up Baby

6. Bringing Up Baby

Aired: Jan 15, 1993

A new-born baby is missing, and the mother's account of what happened is rath...

Episode 9 On the Cards

9. On the Cards

Aired: Jan 22, 1993

WDC Martella is less than enthusiastic when taken off a two-week-old murder h...

Episode 10 Shock to the System

10. Shock to the System

Aired: Jan 26, 1993

Ch. Supt. Brownlow returns from his holiday and is horrified to discover that...

Episode 11 Living It Down

11. Living It Down

Aired: Jan 28, 1993

The search for a missing victim of abuse uncovers a child pornography ring.

Episode 12 Heat of the Moment

12. Heat of the Moment

Aired: Jan 29, 1993

W.D.C. Martella is not happy with the way D.C.I. Meadows is treating a woman ...

Episode 14 No Thanks to You

14. No Thanks to You

Aired: Feb 4, 1993

P.C. Garfield finds an unconscious teenage glue-sniffer who later dies in hos...

Episode 15 A Better Life

15. A Better Life

Aired: Feb 5, 1993

D.S. Greig deals with a teenage burglary suspect, but the elderly victim refu...

Episode 16 Echo

16. Echo

Aired: Feb 9, 1993

A girl goes missing, and DCs Carver and Woods suspect a known villain of murd...

Episode 17 Fagins

17. Fagins

Aired: Feb 11, 1993

DI Burnside lets Sun Hill's burglars know he means business.

Episode 18 Cried Too Late

18. Cried Too Late

Aired: Feb 12, 1993

An arrested women shoplifter refuses to talk to the police. When WPC Datta fi...

Episode 19 Gone for a Soldier

19. Gone for a Soldier

Aired: Feb 16, 1993

Ackland is teamed up with a military policeman who has come to Sun Hill to fi...

Episode 20 Persuasion

20. Persuasion

Aired: Feb 18, 1993

A female drug-dealer is attacked by another dealer to get off his patch.

Episode 21 Hard Man

21. Hard Man

Aired: Feb 19, 1993

P.C. McCann blames himself when a drunk flees before he can be arrested, only...

Episode 22 Missionary Work

22. Missionary Work

Aired: Feb 23, 1993

Conway is settling into the job of Community Liaison Officer, while Cato has ...

Episode 23 Hypocritical Oath

23. Hypocritical Oath

Aired: Feb 25, 1993

D.C. Carver and D.C. Woods deal with a fatal drug overdose, but how is the vi...

Episode 24 Trivial Pursuits

24. Trivial Pursuits

Aired: Feb 26, 1993

PC Loxton dismisses a call to a domestic argument between two lovers as a was...

Episode 25 Out of the Mouths

25. Out of the Mouths

Aired: Mar 2, 1993

Hollis takes the Bumblebee message into a local school, asking for help in th...

Episode 26 Keeping in Touch

26. Keeping in Touch

Aired: Mar 4, 1993

An employee of a private security firm is identified by the elderly blind wom...

Episode 27 If It Isn't Hurting

27. If It Isn't Hurting

Aired: Mar 5, 1993

New trainee investigator Suzi Croft learns some old-style policing methods fr...

Episode 31 Breaking the Chain

31. Breaking the Chain

Aired: Mar 16, 1993

Sgt. Kendall tries to help a young offender keep away from crime, but C.I.D. ...

Episode 32 The Fortress

32. The Fortress

Aired: Mar 18, 1993

Insp. Monroe and Sgt. Maitland deal with a shopkeeper frustrated with his pre...

Episode 33 In Broad Daylight

33. In Broad Daylight

Aired: Mar 19, 1993

W.D.C. Morgan puts herself in serious danger in an attempt to trap two men su...

Episode 34 Credible Witness

34. Credible Witness

Aired: Mar 23, 1993

PC Stringer feels discredited when his description of a thief fleeing from a ...

Episode 35 The Price of Fame

35. The Price of Fame

Aired: Mar 25, 1993

WPC Page goes uncover as a model to investigate a possible scam at a modellin...

Episode 36 The Short Straw

36. The Short Straw

Aired: Mar 26, 1993

When her car breaks down on her way to the station, Viv Martella misses an im...

Episode 37 Missing

37. Missing

Aired: Mar 30, 1993

D.I. Burnside has to deal with a man with a mentally young age.

Episode 38 Goods Received

38. Goods Received

Aired: Apr 1, 1993

DS Greig investigates the burglary of an ailing business, a case that leads h...

Episode 39 Double Enmity

39. Double Enmity

Aired: Apr 2, 1993

D.C. Woods goes undercover as a hitman when a woman is suspected of wanting h...

Episode 40 Hard Evidence

40. Hard Evidence

Aired: Apr 6, 1993

A murder investigation team from AMIP arrive at Sun Hill. DCI Meadows is unha...

Episode 42 On the Loose

42. On the Loose

Aired: Apr 9, 1993

P.C. Quinnan goes undercover at an illegal dog fight. Sgt. Boyden deals with ...

Episode 43 Out of Court

43. Out of Court

Aired: Apr 13, 1993

PC Stamp and WPC Ackland are keen to get a conviction against a woman for ass...

Episode 44 Bedfellows

44. Bedfellows

Aired: Apr 15, 1993

A "courtesy visit" by Ch. Insp. Cato to an Asian community centre leads to tw...

Episode 45 Cat and Mouse

45. Cat and Mouse

Aired: Apr 17, 1993

A woman is keen to get rid of her burglar boyfriend and his fence, with whom ...

Episode 46 Brothers

46. Brothers

Aired: Apr 20, 1993

D.S. Greig investigates an aggravated burglary where some Second World War me...

Episode 47 Playing Away

47. Playing Away

Aired: Apr 22, 1993

D.C. Carver deals with a student who claims to have been mugged, but not all ...

Episode 48 Coming to Terms

48. Coming to Terms

Aired: Apr 24, 1993

W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Quinnan investigate when the parents of a man awaitin...

Episode 49 Return to Sender

49. Return to Sender

Aired: Apr 27, 1993

A young postwoman is beaten up, but the motive is unclear and she seems unwil...

Episode 50 Sticks and Stones

50. Sticks and Stones

Aired: Apr 29, 1993

Two dawn raids turn up the proceeds of an armed robbery, but the suspected pe...

Episode 51 Tangled Webs

51. Tangled Webs

Aired: May 1, 1993

A mysteriously unmotivated break-in at a garage leads DI Burnside to a web of...

Episode 52 Recruiting Officer

52. Recruiting Officer

Aired: May 4, 1993

P.C. McCann is asked to reassure a prospective black policeman, whilst conten...

Episode 53 Give 'Em an Inch

53. Give 'Em an Inch

Aired: May 6, 1993

Ch Insp Cato allows a demonstration to go ahead, despite being warned that it...

Episode 54 By Hook or by Crook

54. By Hook or by Crook

Aired: May 8, 1993

DS Roach is disgusted when a judge halts the trial of a man accused of crippl...

Episode 55 Home to Roost

55. Home to Roost

Aired: May 11, 1993

PCs Stamp and Quinnan attend to Ray Hinkey, the victim of a assault at Sun Hi...

Episode 56 In Safe Hands

56. In Safe Hands

Aired: May 13, 1993

W.D.C. Morgan arrests two members of a shoplifting team, and receives an alle...

Episode 57 Punch Drunk

57. Punch Drunk

Aired: May 15, 1993

A series of incidents caused by D.S. Roach put his career on the line.

Episode 58 Fall Out

58. Fall Out

Aired: May 18, 1993

With the departure of DS Roach, one of his informants wants out. DI Burnside ...

Episode 59 Awaydays

59. Awaydays

Aired: May 20, 1993

An elderly ex-copper is in London to search for his estranged daughter and cl...

Episode 60 Pride and Joy

60. Pride and Joy

Aired: May 22, 1993

When a young woman's car is stolen with a baby on board, CID fear an abductio...

Episode 61 Fast Food

61. Fast Food

Aired: May 25, 1993

D.C. Carver and D.C. Woods follow up on a tip-off about drug dealing from a t...

Episode 62 Soft Touch

62. Soft Touch

Aired: May 27, 1993

A runaway bulldozer and an abandoned revolver cause P.C. Stamp and P.C. Jarvi...

Episode 64 Hearts and Minds

64. Hearts and Minds

Aired: Jun 1, 1993

DI Burnside disagrees with Ch Insp Conway's approach to a young offender.

Episode 65 Cry Baby

65. Cry Baby

Aired: Jun 3, 1993

WPC Page and Insp Monroe attend what appears to be a cot death, but it transp...

Episode 66 A Willing Victim

66. A Willing Victim

Aired: Jun 5, 1993

PC Garfield introduces a boxer friend to a business manager, but DS Pearce ha...

Episode 67 Rank Outsider

67. Rank Outsider

Aired: Jun 8, 1993

A distracted W.P.C. Page causes a prisoner to be released by mistake. Can P.C...

Episode 68 Tender Mercies

68. Tender Mercies

Aired: Jun 10, 1993

An Asian woman reports her husband missing, but what do her brothers know of ...

Episode 69 Double Take

69. Double Take

Aired: Jun 12, 1993

D.S. Greig and W.P.C. Croft investigate a burglary. The property is found in ...

Episode 70 Mouth and Trousers

70. Mouth and Trousers

Aired: Jun 15, 1993

A ban on overtime means a serious shortage of personnel when a family feud sp...

Episode 71 Uses and Abuses

71. Uses and Abuses

Aired: Jun 16, 1993

D.S. Pearce and W.D.C. Morgan investigate when a man is hospitalised after ha...

Episode 72 Picking a Winner

72. Picking a Winner

Aired: Jun 19, 1993

PC Quinnan goes undercover as a refuse collector to investigate a series of b...

Episode 73 Broken

73. Broken

Aired: Jun 22, 1993

Insp. Monroe deals with an assault on a staunch trade-unionist ex-coal miner....

Episode 74 Insider Dealing

74. Insider Dealing

Aired: Jun 24, 1993

A prisoner admits to crimes he didn't commit in order to gain a transfer.

Episode 75 To Have and to Hold

75. To Have and to Hold

Aired: Jun 26, 1993

A woman alleges rape by her estranged husband, but he insists that she consen...

Episode 76 Honour Among Thieves

76. Honour Among Thieves

Aired: Jun 29, 1993

Burnside investigates when the proceeds of a robbery cannot be found and a pr...

Episode 77 Somebody to Love

77. Somebody to Love

Aired: Jul 1, 1993

WPC Datta tries to help a battered wife. WPC Ackland and DS Greig find some s...

Episode 78 Morning Has Broken

78. Morning Has Broken

Aired: Jul 3, 1993

A report of vehicles parked suspiciously leads Insp. Monroe to believe that a...

Episode 79 Swaps

79. Swaps

Aired: Jul 6, 1993

W.P.C. Page is on an attachment with the Traffic Division. P.C. Garfield deal...

Episode 80 Trust

80. Trust

Aired: Jul 8, 1993

DS Greig suspects that his informant is giving him the run around, but it bec...

Episode 81 Divided We Fall

81. Divided We Fall

Aired: Jul 10, 1993

A man found knocking on old people's doors turns out to be suffering from par...

Episode 82 A Duty of Care

82. A Duty of Care

Aired: Jul 13, 1993

A young man falls to his death from an elevated fork lift, but how did he com...

Episode 83 Family Values

83. Family Values

Aired: Jul 15, 1993

W.D.S. Morgan and P.C. Jarvis deal with a teenage mugger, W.P.C. Ackland find...

Episode 85 Kith and Kin

85. Kith and Kin

Aired: Jul 20, 1993

W.P.C. Marshall and P.C. Garfield become embroiled in a dispute involving an ...

Episode 86 Part of the Family

86. Part of the Family

Aired: Jul 22, 1993

The theft of a necklace reveals a case of domestic violence against a young B...

Episode 87 Mighty Atoms

87. Mighty Atoms

Aired: Jul 24, 1993

A 16-year-old boy goes missing. Could a notorious teenage criminal know his w...

Episode 89 Outbreak

89. Outbreak

Aired: Jul 29, 1993

A violent remand prisoner escapes from hospital. WDS Morgan and WPC Croft que...

Episode 90 Unreliable Witness

90. Unreliable Witness

Aired: Jul 31, 1993

A timid music teacher is threatened by a former pupil, but Ch. Insp. Cato's a...

Episode 91 Sweet Charity

91. Sweet Charity

Aired: Aug 3, 1993

PCs Hollis and Stamp are caught in the crossfire when a mother and daughter f...

Episode 92 David and Goliath

92. David and Goliath

Aired: Aug 5, 1993

P.C. Jarvis and Sgt. Boyden are in court where a man is on trial for assaulti...

Episode 93 What a Pair

93. What a Pair

Aired: Aug 7, 1993

W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Loxton investigate when a woman finds she has been ro...

Episode 94 Desirable Property

94. Desirable Property

Aired: Aug 10, 1993

D.S. Greig and P.C. Quinnan investigate a series of burglaries which all occu...

Episode 95 Blind Spot

95. Blind Spot

Aired: Aug 12, 1993

PCs Jarvis and McCann know who is guilty of assault, but can't prove it. DS P...

Episode 96 Carrying the Load

96. Carrying the Load

Aired: Aug 14, 1993

WDS Morgan and DC Lines Investigate a lorry hijack. The husband of the depot ...

Episode 97 Deadly Weapon

97. Deadly Weapon

Aired: Aug 17, 1993

D.S. Greig investigates a burglary where MOT certificates have been stolen, w...

Episode 99 Give and Take

99. Give and Take

Aired: Aug 21, 1993

WPC Page sees WDS Sally Johnson from Stafford Row plant drugs on a known dealer.

Episode 100 Desperate Measures

100. Desperate Measures

Aired: Aug 24, 1993

When a 15-year-old boy washing windscreens is brought into custody, is he the...

Episode 101 To Catch a Thief

101. To Catch a Thief

Aired: Aug 26, 1993

A wallet stolen by a petty thief leads D.S. Greig to a burglary suspect.

Episode 102 Natural Reaction

102. Natural Reaction

Aired: Aug 28, 1993

The father of a teenage girl is determined to have her boyfriend prosecuted d...

Episode 104 Bright Lights

104. Bright Lights

Aired: Sep 2, 1993

A number of indecent assaults on women are linked to an escaped mental patien...

Episode 105 Bare Faced Lies

105. Bare Faced Lies

Aired: Sep 4, 1993

D.I. Burnside and D.S. Pearce seek the assistance of an exotic dancer when an...

Episode 106 But Not Forgotten

106. But Not Forgotten

Aired: Sep 7, 1993

D.I. Burnside is mysteriously absent. Rumours start to fly when a D.C.I. from...

Episode 107 Push

107. Push

Aired: Sep 9, 1993

W.P.C. Page and P.C. Jarvis get more than they bargained for during a routine...

Episode 108 Bad Reaction

108. Bad Reaction

Aired: Sep 10, 1993

New D.I. Haines' experience with the Drugs Squad comes in handy, when he deal...

Episode 110 Game of Two Halves

110. Game of Two Halves

Aired: Sep 16, 1993

W.P.C. Croft is back in uniform for the day, much to the irritation of D.C.I....

Episode 111 The Knowledge

111. The Knowledge

Aired: Sep 18, 1993

Ch. Insp. Conway is caught in the middle when a dispute between black cab and...

Episode 112 No Place Like Home

112. No Place Like Home

Aired: Sep 21, 1993

Residents from the Greenfield Estate protest about the presence of a absconde...

Episode 113 Customer Care

113. Customer Care

Aired: Sep 23, 1993

D.I. Haines investigates a rape allegation. P.C. Loxton and P.C. Garfield fin...

Episode 117 Play the Game

117. Play the Game

Aired: Oct 2, 1993

D.I. Haines investigates when a man is hospitalised after a pub brawl. Insp. ...

Episode 118 Unlucky for Some

118. Unlucky for Some

Aired: Oct 5, 1993

D.I. Haines investigates a robbery at a bingo hall, while W.P.C. Datta has di...

Episode 119 Gift of the Gab

119. Gift of the Gab

Aired: Oct 7, 1993

DS Pearce and WPC Croft investigate bogus callers who are stealing people's p...

Episode 120 A Class Act

120. A Class Act

Aired: Oct 9, 1993

When a drugs raid fails to deliver, it is DC Carver's dislike of a customer t...

Episode 121 Dangerous Trade

121. Dangerous Trade

Aired: Oct 12, 1993

The sale of illegally-imported alcohol causes numerous problems around Sun Hill.

Episode 122 Cheating Heart

122. Cheating Heart

Aired: Oct 14, 1993

Sgt. Boyden and W.P.C. Marshall are called to a house where two women are see...

Episode 124 No Comment

124. No Comment

Aired: Oct 19, 1993

An old man has been murdered in his flat, DCI Meadows has two suspects in cus...

Episode 125 Shrinkage

125. Shrinkage

Aired: Oct 21, 1993

D.S. Greig targets shoplifting at a warehouse where the security measures lea...

Episode 126 Street Legal

126. Street Legal

Aired: Oct 23, 1993

PC Loxton investigates an assault and uncovers a ring of car thieves. PC Holl...

Episode 128 Behind Closed Doors

128. Behind Closed Doors

Aired: Oct 28, 1993

W.D.S. Morgan and D.C. Lines investigate when a woman is found assaulted at t...

Episode 129 Links in the Chain

129. Links in the Chain

Aired: Oct 30, 1993

Sgt Cryer and PC Garfield investigate a break-in at a storage warehouse, putt...

Episode 132 Reason to Believe

132. Reason to Believe

Aired: Nov 6, 1993

A major incident team is called in when a man is murdered after a leaving par...

Episode 133 Let Slip

133. Let Slip

Aired: Nov 9, 1993

Jarvis and Page deal with the aftermath of an attack by a pair of escaped Rot...

Episode 134 Until Proven Guilty

134. Until Proven Guilty

Aired: Nov 11, 1993

Sgt Steele and WPC Ackland find a man who has beaten up to dissuade him from ...

Episode 135 The Hard Sell

135. The Hard Sell

Aired: Nov 13, 1993

An unlicensed auction house, a burglary at a corner shop, a teenage bullying ...

Episode 136 Consequences

136. Consequences

Aired: Nov 16, 1993

DCI Meadows and WDS Morgan lead a raid on a club in pursuit of a drug dealer ...

Episode 138 Cutting Edge

138. Cutting Edge

Aired: Nov 20, 1993

A burglar leaves three of his fingers behind at the scene of the crime.

Episode 139 Put Down

139. Put Down

Aired: Nov 23, 1993

An elderly man is found dead in his bed but the circumstances are unclear. D....

Episode 140 Left Behind

140. Left Behind

Aired: Nov 25, 1993

A convicted wife-beater has been released on parole. He, his wife and son all...

Episode 141 Real Villains

141. Real Villains

Aired: Nov 27, 1993

WDC Croft and Sgt Cryer examine the remains of a burned-out car on the Whiteg...

Episode 145 Cause for Complaint

145. Cause for Complaint

Aired: Dec 7, 1993

Insp Monroe investigates a complaint about an unattended emergency call, whic...

Episode 146 Blood Counts

146. Blood Counts

Aired: Dec 9, 1993

A postman is attacked, and DC Carver discovers the remains of a mailbag in th...

Episode 147 Hurting Inside

147. Hurting Inside

Aired: Dec 11, 1993

D.C. Lines tries to track down an escaped prisoner whose daughter is on drugs...

Episode 148 Corroboration

148. Corroboration

Aired: Dec 14, 1993

D.C. Carver, P.C. Jarvis and Insp. Monroe attend the trial of a robbery suspe...

Episode 150 An Ill Wind

150. An Ill Wind

Aired: Dec 18, 1993

A businessman is found dead in his office, suffering the effects of a toxic g...

Episode 151 Keep on Trucking

151. Keep on Trucking

Aired: Dec 21, 1993

When a lorry driver abandons his vehicle after being pulled over, P.C. Garfie...

Episode 152 A Family Trait

152. A Family Trait

Aired: Dec 23, 1993

While investigating an aggravated burglary and the robbery of a schoolboy, D....

Episode 153 Paid in Full

153. Paid in Full

Aired: Dec 24, 1993

Sgt. Boyden foils a ram-raid on an electrical shop, but Insp. Monroe is unimp...

Episode 154 Cause for Concern

154. Cause for Concern

Aired: Dec 28, 1993

A gang of burglars target houses by phoning the owners and telling them they ...

Episode 155 Nothing Ventured

155. Nothing Ventured

Aired: Dec 31, 1993

D.I. Haines is excited at the prospect of raiding a major LSD factory, but D....

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Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Drama, Crime