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The Bill

Season 9 Episode 33: In Broad Daylight

26 SeasonsMar 19, 1993TV-1425m8

W.D.C. Morgan puts herself in serious danger in an attempt to trap two men suspected of sexual assault.

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