The Bill
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
Episodes
The twelfth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 156 episodes, broadcast between 2 January and 31 December 1996. On 6 February 2013, The Bill Series 12 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 12 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia). The show aired the death of PC Cathy Marshall early in the series, actress Lynne Miller departing after seven years in a mysterious plot that saw her drown whilst chasing a suspect, but it was never confirmed if she was pushed or slipped off a riverside barge during the pursuit. The death followed that of DS Jo Morgan in a four-part special towards the end of the previous series, with the first three of the four episodes rebroadcast in the summer as part of a single special episode; Target.
1Call Waiting
22 minJan 2, 1996
Skase and Croft investigate a series of hoax phone calls that are tearing a family apart.
2Second Sense
22 minJan 4, 1996
Loxton and Slater deal with a woman drink-driver.
3Runners Up
22 minJan 5, 1996
Meadows offers a bottle of scotch as a reward for catching an elusive burglar.
4Keeping It In The Family
22 minJan 9, 1996
Lines and Skase try to avert an ice-cream war in Sun Hill after a vendor is assaulted.
5Home Truths
22 minJan 11, 1996
Ackland and Jarvis follow up a vicious assault.
6Outer
22 minJan 12, 1996
Boulton is determined to arrest a local drug dealer, at any cost.
7Better Half
22 minJan 16, 1996
Beech and Croft investigate the murder of a hairdresser who had been fighting for a share of her dead fiancé's estate.
8No Assistance Required
22 minJan 18, 1996
Datta is called to a burglary and is subjected to the unwanted affections of a civic-minded admirer. Monroe is suspicious when Loxton tries to settle an old score.
9Judgement Call
22 minJan 19, 1996
Uniform and CID are on the lookout for escaped prisoner Jim Brodie, so both Brodie's wife and his drug dealer are under observation. PC Nick Slater and WPC Cathy Marshall pursue two burglers down to the riverfront, where one of them gives Slater a severe beating. Marshall sees a person on the barges and gives chase. By the time their backup arrives, delayed by PC Reg Hollis' dodgy belly, Marshall has disappeared. When her dead body is fished out of the river, the two crooks she and Slater had been pursuing are questioned over her possible murder. Searching the barge that Marshall was last seen, CID find evidence that someone has been sleeping rough on board - and it looks like it's their escaped prisoner, Brodie. The river police intercept Brodie fleeing to Amsterdam on his friend's boat, but there is not enough evidence to charge him for Cathy Marshall's murder.
10Old Dogs New Tricks
22 minJan 23, 1996
As Sun Hill gets to grips with its new computer system, Boyden discovers that it pays to stay one step ahead of the opposition.
11Worst Fears
22 minJan 25, 1996
While Deakin investigates the kidnapping of a five-year-old boy, Conway gets some unsettling news.
12One Night With You
22 minJan 26, 1996
Five-year-old Tommy Laker is still missing, and Deakin discovers an evil and sinister ring which may hold the clue.
13Someone Else's Problem
22 minJan 30, 1996
Datta and Quinnan look into the mysterious death of a jogger, while Ackland and Jarvis try to reconcile a couple of warring lovers.
14Bounds Of Decency
22 minFeb 1, 1996
Slater and Garfield struggle to keep the peace when two women fall out over the same man.
15Happy Birthday
22 minFeb 2, 1996
Meadows and Croft investigate the murder of an elderly woman, and question two young children living on the floor below who may have heard what happened.
16Stop The Music
22 minFeb 6, 1996
Croft and a badly-hungover Beech investigate when a body is found in a car with a large amount of crack cocaine.
17Cold Light Of Day
22 minFeb 8, 1996
A reconstruction brings forward an unexpected witness to an assault on a 15-year-old boy.
18Back In Business
22 minFeb 9, 1996
Acting Superintendent Conway is stirred into action by a face from the past.
19Separate Rooms
22 minFeb 13, 1996
Lines investigates an allegation of underage sex.
20Going Guilty
22 minFeb 15, 1996
Cryer and Slater follow up on a murder but a legal loophole may allow the perpetrator to get away with it.
21Pieces Of Cake
22 minFeb 16, 1996
Beech is caught in the crossfire when uniform and C.I.D. fall out over a directive from Brownlow.
22Somebody's Home
22 minFeb 20, 1996
Quinnan and Keane have to help someone with a conviction for assaulting a police officer.
23Pointing The Finger
22 minFeb 22, 1996
Carver and Skase investigate an assault on an Asian schoolboy.
24Boy Meets Girl
22 minFeb 23, 1996
Croft investigates a series of vicious sexual assaults.
25Confession
22 minFeb 27, 1996
A man comes in to Sun Hill and confesses to murdering a woman who disappeared five years ago. D.C.I. Meadows, who headed the original investigation, and D.C. Carver talk to him and, when they are convinced he is lying, throw him out. The man soon returns, and this time he tells Carver something that wasn't in the news stories making the police take his confession more seriously.
26Home From Home
22 minFeb 29, 1996
Stamp and Slater are called to supervise the eviction of a father from his home.
27Open Wound
22 minMar 1, 1996
Skase and Deakin deal with a wounded crack dealer shot in the yard of a pub.
28Perfect Match
22 minMar 5, 1996
Beech and Croft try to track down a violent attacker.
29Someone Special
22 minMar 7, 1996
Lines and Skase investigate a possible arson attack on a nightclub.
30Bits & Pieces
22 minMar 8, 1996
Boyden and Slater search for the owner of a severed hand found on a rubbish tip.
31Home Help
22 minMar 12, 1996
Cryer and Slater handle a tricky case involving a disabled former police officer and his wayward son.
32Kicked Out
22 minMar 14, 1996
Jarvis and Page are called in to help in the deportation of an illegal immigrant who escapes from custody.
33On The Block
22 minMar 15, 1996
Boulton loses a suspect during an arrest and has to ask Monroe to help get him back.
34Getting Off
22 minMar 19, 1996
Boulton investigates a convicted drug addict and clashes with a drugs worker.
35Girls' Night
22 minMar 21, 1996
Loxton and Page deal with a bridegroom who disrupts a hen night.
36Blood Brothers
22 minMar 22, 1996
Meadows tries to get the truth from a terminally-ill Asian man after one of his sons is fatally injured during a family dispute.
37Broken Homes
22 minMar 23, 1996
Loxton and Keane chase a local tearaway, who gets injured. Conway has to deal with the resulting accusations of police harassment.
38A Hornet's Nest
22 minMar 28, 1996
Greig is accused with police brutality following a raid on a burglar's home.
39Dead Of Night
22 minMar 29, 1996
Quinnan's whereabouts are questioned when he fails to notice an injured woman on the station doorstep. June Ackland becomes acting Sergeant.
40Party Pooper
22 minApr 2, 1996
Slater's ability is questioned when he appears to mishandle two violent thugs at a party and his wallet, containing his warrant card, is stolen.
41More Haste
22 minApr 4, 1996
Keane has a bad day in court, while Monroe follows up on a domestic incident.
42Beating The Odds
22 minApr 5, 1996
Boulton investigates a notorious local bookie and prompts suspicions about Beech's private life.
43Animal
22 minApr 9, 1996
Boyden and Datta try to secure a conviction against a vicious pimp.
44Dangerous Game
22 minApr 11, 1996
Boulton, Carver and Deakin take part in a Flying Squad operation against a vicious gang of armed robbers.
45Dancers
22 minApr 12, 1996
Ch. Supt. Brownlow organises a tea dance for the Met Police Pensioners & Widows society. PCs Jarvis and Quinnan spend the afternoon dancing with admiring elderly ladies, WPC Polly Page is harrassed by a wheelchair-bound admirer, and PC Reg Hollis does a magic show. Brownlow is dreading the arrival of Geoffrey Allerton, an ex-copper who goes out of his way to complain about everything. When the minivan misses Allerton, Brownlow asks PC Tony Stamp to pick him up on the way to the bakery to pick up some cakes. When Stamp steps out of the bakery, he is horrified to find Brownlow's car has been stolen whilst Allerton was buying some tobacco. Packing Allerton and the cakes onto a bus, a desperate Stamp tries to retrieve Brownlow's car after it is impounded. When Allerton arrives at the dance at last, he causes a fuss when he recognises an armed blagger from a fifteen year old case at the wedding next door.
46And Nothing But
22 minApr 16, 1996
Loxton arrests a black man he suspects is responsible for a mugging and is accused of racism.
47Tale Of Two Cities
22 minApr 18, 1996
Greig is in pursuit of a local drug dealer. Two teenagers arrested for possession refuse to provide any information about their supplier.
48Cheating
22 minApr 19, 1996
Quinnan and Hollis have to decide whether a pub quiz champion is breaking the rules. Skase deals with the unfaithful wife of a local villain.
49Decent Proposals
22 minApr 23, 1996
Loxton and Quinnan investigate an employment agency that provides lucrative opportunities to women with financial troubles.
50Going For A Song
22 minApr 25, 1996
Carver calls on a former colleague to help with an antique clock that is a target for theft.
51Value Added
22 minApr 26, 1996
Hollis goes undercover in the seedy world of vice in pursuit of the unscrupulous owner of a clip joint.
52Professional Ethics
22 minApr 30, 1996
Greig and Lines investigate graffiti attacks on motor vehicles and uncover a fraud.
53Accidents Will Happen
22 minMay 2, 1996
Boyden and Page look into a protection racket.
54Time Spent
22 minMay 3, 1996
Beech uncovers the relationship between a former boss and a local crime lord. Carver is caught between two troubled lovers.
55Conspiracy Of Silence
22 minMay 7, 1996
Deakin and Boulton investigate a fatal stabbing and uncover jealousy and deceit.
56Cold Feet & Hot Coffee
22 minMay 9, 1996
Loxton and Page go undercover at a wedding to prevent a jilted lover spoiling the bride's big day.
57Rollover
22 minMay 10, 1996
Deakin comes down hard on a snout who tries to buck the system, and gets an unexpected result.
58Tough Love
22 minMay 14, 1996
Hollis and Garfield deal with an attack on a school bully.
59With This Ring
22 minMay 16, 1996
Keane comes across a suspect antiques dealer. Greig and Croft investigate a burglary and reopen a feud between two sisters.
60Final Drive
22 minMay 17, 1996
P.C. Mike Jarvis is on the last few days of the Advanced Driving Course at Hendon. He gets on well with fellow team-member W.P.C. Sommer, but both of them cannot stand the third officer in their group, P.C. Penrose, the smug, over-bearing son of a ""Black-Rat"" (traffic officer) who sees himself as the best driver on the course, let alone in the Met. The trio attends a quiz night the night before their ""final drive"", the all-important test of their advanced driving skills, and Jarvis stops Penrose from drinking too much before the test. Battling station rumours that he is being re-assessed, P.C. Tony Stamp arrives at Hendon to check on Jarvis's progress - and is pleased when Jarvis passes his final drive easily - just a few points short however of becoming a Class 1 (Area Car) driver. A hung-over and ungrateful Penrose also misses out on his Class 1 rating, but W.P.C. Sommer makes it.
61Voices
22 minMay 21, 1996
Datta and Greig suspect that a woman who claims she can hear voices may hold the key to a series of sexual assaults.
62Party On
22 minMay 23, 1996
Deakin and Croft have to deal with a gang of delinquents when one of them is bottled at an ecstasy party.
63Hard Enough
22 minMay 24, 1996
Boulton and Carver clash when a householder is arrested for murdering a burglar with a baseball bat. Boulton thinks it is justified to kill an intruder, but Carver does not; will it impede their investigation?
64Cuckoo
22 minMay 28, 1996
Page and Monroe are dragged into a family squabble.
65Helping Hands
22 minMay 30, 1996
Datta and Garfield arrest a G.P. for possession of cannabis, but he claims it is for use by one of his patients.
66Jekyll & Hyde
22 minMay 31, 1996
Brownlow witnesses a violent outburst on the road.
67Knocking On The Door
22 minJun 4, 1996
New DS Geoff Daly steps in to help Skase when a straightforward drugs bust goes wrong.
68Lies & Statistics
22 minJun 6, 1996
Boyden tries to help a young offender.
69Butting In
22 minJun 7, 1996
Jarvis steps in to help Page deal with a violent attack, but there are complications.
70The Bagman
22 minJun 11, 1996
Deakin investigates a violent attack on a small-time crook whom he suspects to have fallen in with bad company.
71Overstepping The Mark
22 minJun 13, 1996
Lines tries to get a juvenile offender to inform on a gang of dangerous thugs, while Daly is troubled by a determined probation officer.
72Filth
22 minJun 20, 1996
Deakin and Boulton investigate when a pimp is discovered badly beaten in a pile of rubbish.
73Camper
22 minJun 21, 1996
Slater and Boyden are involved in a drugs bust involving a camper van.
74Spill
22 minJun 25, 1996
PCs Quinnan and Stamp are first on the scene of a major chemical spill when a tanker truck hits some scaffolding near the Sun Hill tube station. Insp. Monroe arrives to supervise the evacuation of the area, as the fire department try to work out what chemical has been spilt, although a lack of documentation on the truck makes this difficult. The driver dies in hospital, but when his wife in informed by Uniform, she doesn't seem very upset. Further investigation reveals she is behind a scheme to provide unlicenced or disqualified drivers to the trucking company.
75Apron Strings
22 minJun 27, 1996
Cryer and Keane discover a woman dead in her bath and suspect her son of foul play.
76One Step Ahead
22 minJun 28, 1996
Meadows and Skase pursue an ex-convict who has sworn revenge on an informant. Boyden is called to help a prostitute who believes she is being followed.
77Starting Young
22 minJul 2, 1996
Jarvis and Keane deal with a boy in possession of a pensioner's prescription.
78Tarts Cards
22 minJul 4, 1996
Boyden and Slater investigate a series of offensive telephone calls.
79Born Again
22 minJul 5, 1996
Boulton investigates an assault on an old man.
80Kick Me Hard
22 minJul 9, 1996
Daly mounts an operation to catch muggers. Page goes undercover as a pregnant woman to act as bait.
81All Or Nothing
22 minJul 11, 1996
Quinnan and Keane discover the body of a young girl in a pub toilet. Meanwhile, Monroe and Stamp both have words with Slater about his extensive overtime.
82Unlucky In Love
22 minJul 12, 1996
Boyden investigates a dating agency that is rumoured to be providing underage girls.
83A Quick Return
22 minJul 16, 1996
Cryer and Keane investigate a series of street robberies and find four teenagers trying to buy their way into drug-dealing.
84Sartorial Elegance
22 minJul 18, 1996
Carver and Jarvis misjudge the condition of a witness, threatening Operation Eagle Eye.
85Don't Leave Me This Way
22 minJul 19, 1996
Loxton and Keane follow up a mugging but suspect that the victim knows more than she is letting on.
86Big Bullies
22 minJul 23, 1996
Monroe investigates a schoolboy's claim that he was assaulted by his teacher.
87Playing It By The Rules
22 minJul 25, 1996
Deakin is handed the chance to bust a drug dealer when his wife turns informant.
88True Colours
22 minJul 26, 1996
Daly is determined to find out why a white teenager is trying to take the blame for his black friends.
89Target
22 minJul 29, 1996
While speaking to Ackland and Loxton about the problem of local dog mess, a woman is shot dead by a sniper. Meadows and his CID team are tasked to investigate, and suspect that the woman was not the intended target, and it is strongly possible the sniper was after Loxton, who is set to testify in court against an attempted murderer that afternoon. However, when Ackland's house is set alight that night, CID come to the conclusion that she is the intended target. Writing up a list of possible suspects, Ackland gets sucked into a deadly cat-and-mouse game to try to draw the killer out - resulting in the death of one of Sun Hill's best officers. 📌 Feature length rebroadcast of the episodes "Fire", "All Tucked Up" and "Bait" from Series 11.
90Dead Man's Hand
22 minJul 30, 1996
Beech investigates the claim of one compulsive gambler to have murdered another.
91For Their Own Good
22 minAug 1, 1996
Boulton uses an informant as the bait to catch a dangerous villain.
92Theory & Practice
22 minAug 6, 1996
Ackland and McCann take the sergeant's exam. Cryer deals with a woman who is miscarrying and claims that she was assaulted by Page.
93Drinking Partners
22 minAug 8, 1996
Greig and Skase investigate when a drunk man is found unconscious and badly injured at the bottom of a flight of stairs.
94Lean On Me
22 minAug 9, 1996
Hollis gets ideas above his station when Barbara, a local tom with whom he has become friendly, tries to become his informant. Although Barbara claims that known fraduster David Gough is back out on the patch, Hollis struggles to convince Deakin and Meadows.
95Reminders
22 minAug 13, 1996
Hours after his release from prison, Dael Abbott is hauled back into custody by Daly and Carver following a stabbing. Daly pressures Emma Gilmore, the girlfriend of Abbott's associate, Michael Ceely, into giving evidence.
96Minding
22 minAug 15, 1996
Loxton and Keane arrest a woman for shoplifting, and later bail her from custody when she openly admits to the charge. But when she is discovered to have given a false identity, Grieg and Croft link the incident to a nanny believed to have kidnapped two of her charges.
97Follow The Van
22 minAug 16, 1996
Don Beech investigates a set of aggravated robberies, trying to prove the owner of a red van committed them.
98Don't Kill The Messenger
22 minAug 20, 1996
Mike Jarvis receives death threats from a youth who cannot accept that his father is a sex offender.
99Junior
22 minAug 22, 1996
When fifteen-year-old Mickey Hoyle is arresting for joyriding, Beech employs him as a snout to expose a crooked car ring run by the Hislop brothers, Wayne and Paul. DS Frank Thomas from Scotland Yard assists Beech and a less than impressed Lines with the investigation.
100Pony Express
22 minAug 23, 1996
Deakin has to decide whether to trust a Nigerian drug smuggler who offers to help catch a local dealer.
101Out Of Control
22 minAug 27, 1996
Jarvis deals with a young tearaway and tries to persuade the boy's father to take responsibility for his son's actions.
102Day Tripper
22 minAug 29, 1996
Greig hopes that a tip-off will help him to nail an old enemy but things don't go to plan.
103Waiting For Frank
22 minAug 30, 1996
DI Deakin poses as a nervous printer, waiting at the dog track to meet a mysterious man named ""Frank"" and a bent copper called ""Beech"". It all turns out to be an elaborate sting operation with Wimbledon police to catch a conman dealing in stolen credit cards.
104A Day In The Life
22 minSep 3, 1996
Keane is held hostage by a desperate armed robber.
105Second Chances
22 minSep 5, 1996
Deakin gets a vital lead on an unsolved murder, but his witness is an illegal immigrant who is about to be deported.
106Repossession
22 minSep 6, 1996
A petrol can, a lighter and a desperate man threatening to burn down a house. Can Conway talk him round?
107Liar
22 minSep 10, 1996
Rawton gets involved in a dispute between a drug addict and Croft, who is trying to find a witness who can testify that she was assaulted.
108Detained
22 minSep 12, 1996
Garfield and McCann investigate a vicious mugging.
109Karma
22 minSep 13, 1996
Deakin and Boulton are called into a women's prison to investigate claims by an officer that an inmate was pushed down a flight of stairs by the prison psychiatrist.
110Stolen Moments
22 minSep 17, 1996
McCann and Slater arrest a woman for petty theft, and she claims to have killed a cyclist while driving two years before.
111A Good Night Out
22 minSep 18, 1996
The results of the sergeants exams are in, and W.P.C. June Ackland has passed - but P.C. Gary McCann hasn't. As the relief organise a big night out in celebration of Ackland's promotion, McCann volunteers for night shift duty with P.C. Reg Hollis. Ch. Supt. Brownlow offers to pull some strings at Area to allow Ackland to stay as Sun Hill rather than transferring. Ackland politely invites Brownlow to the pub, and is horrified when he accepts. When Brownlow finally heads home, Dave Quinnan calls several minicabs to go out for a late night curry, but June and Polly are seperated when their cab driver makes off with their bags and warrant cards after being pulled over by a Stafford Row probationer, P.C. Oliver Oxley. Oxley is about to arrest them until the Stafford Row CAD officer vouches for June. June helps Oliver overcome bullying at his station, while they search for her missing bag. With the help of McCann, Hollis, and some Stafford Row officers, the cab driver is found and arrested.
112Chatterbox
22 minSep 19, 1996
Quinnan and a teenage burglary suspect are trapped in a broken lift in a housing estate.
113Too Close For Comfort
22 minSep 20, 1996
Page and Daly take opposing views in a case of alleged rape involving two cousins.
114Blame
22 minSep 24, 1996
Garfield and Datta deal with a family that is torn apart when the mother commits suicide by overdose of sleeping tablets.
115Once A Thief
22 minSep 26, 1996
Beech gets a result when a barrister on his blacklist is robbed.
116Party Animals
22 minSep 27, 1996
Quinnan and Datta are called to a stag party where the strippergram accuses the guests of trying to gang-rape her.
117Natural Causes
22 minOct 1, 1996
Slater and Ackland try to establish whether a pensioner who died on confronting a thief was murdered or died of natural causes.
118Known To Someone
22 minOct 3, 1996
Daly and Croft obtain information from a conflicted young man who suspects his brother of a series of violent attacks on women.
119Champing At The Bit
22 minOct 4, 1996
Jarvis and McCann attend the scene of an accident involving a woman driving a horsebox, who tests positive in a breath test. Deakin is after a violent attacker.
120Taking Out The Rubbish
22 minOct 8, 1996
Carver and Greig investigate a burglary but the residents on the estate are too scared to give evidence. Monroe determines to clear out all the known trouble-makers.
121Presumed Innocent
22 minOct 10, 1996
Cryer and Keane uncover the murky past of a teenage girl who has been killed in a road accident.
122Change Of Heart
22 minOct 11, 1996
Meadows and Rawton try to persuade the girlfriend of a rape suspect to help in his arrest.
123Hedging Your Bets
22 minOct 15, 1996
Tensions arise between Deakin and Beech after a bookie is robbed.
124Out Of The Past
22 minOct 17, 1996
Meadows has to decide where his loyalties lie when an old friend is accused of murder.
125Road To Recovery
22 minOct 18, 1996
Hollis is concerned about a patient who has recently been discharged from psychiatric care, and clashes with social services.
126Three Fools
22 minOct 22, 1996
Greig and Skase investigate when three small-time villains are beaten up over their involvement in a counterfeit money-laundering operation.
127Track Marks
22 minOct 24, 1996
Carver disapproves of Boulton's ruthless handling of an informant.
128In For The Kill
22 minOct 25, 1996
Meadows and Croft interview a young waiter accused of trying to kill his boss.
129Remote Control
22 minOct 29, 1996
Daly and Lines investigate a series of muggings at knifepoint.
130Telling Tales
22 minOct 31, 1996
Quinnan tries to persuade an assault victim to testify against her former boyfriend. Boulton and Skase are led on a wild goose chase.
131Old Codgers
22 minNov 1, 1996
A retired Police Sergeant arrives at Sun Hill claiming to know who murdered a girl more than 50 years previously. Against Quinnan and Greig's will, they both investigate.
132Trap
22 minNov 5, 1996
Slater gets into trouble after following up on a tip-off about a till snatch.
133All In The Mind
22 minNov 7, 1996
Monroe and Ackland suspect that a series of apparently unrelated incidents across Sun Hill may be linked to the release of a psychiatric patient trying to find her children.
134Trust Me
22 minNov 8, 1996
Carver and Rawton follow up an irregularity on an insurance claim submitted by a decorator and uncover a double life.
135Nice Boy
22 minNov 12, 1996
Croft and Boulton disagree on how to question a teenager who might be able to lead them to a violent gang.
136A Woman's Place
22 minNov 14, 1996
Ackland introduces single-manning at Sun Hill, causing problems for Brownlow.
137Finishing School
22 minNov 15, 1996
Slater and Keane reach the end of their probationary periods and face a final assessment.
138Death Of A Nobody
47 minNov 19, 1996
The murder of a taxi driver has all the hallmarks of a gangland execution. But why would anyone want to kill a complete nobody? Meadows and Deakin investigate this special 1 hour episode.
139Up The Wall
22 minNov 21, 1996
Hollis learns an important lesson in community policing when some friendly advice that he gives a resident on noise pollution backfires.
140Boiling Point
22 minNov 22, 1996
Loxton is investigated by the Complaints Investigation Bureau over an accusation that he assaulted a suspected burglar, although he claims to have been acting in self-defence.
141Mirror Image
22 minNov 26, 1996
Boulton arrests a woman for drug dealing, but Rawton suspects that she may be a victim of mistaken identity.
142Public Relations
22 minNov 28, 1996
Skase and Hollis demonstrate two differing approaches to police work when a young journalist writing about policing spends a day at Sun Hill.
143Lock 'Em In
22 minNov 29, 1996
Cryer and Page assist the distraught wife of a prisoner who reports her son missing and who fears that her husband is out to get her.
144Opportunity Costs
22 minDec 3, 1996
Brownlow orders Meadows and Conway to review their budgets, but Meadows decides to investigate the unsolved murder of a prostitute instead.
145Paying For It
22 minDec 5, 1996
Beech and Rawton investigate the apparent assault of a father by his son and uncover a family secret.
146Many Happy Returns
22 minDec 6, 1996
Boulton and Skase take part in a joint exercise with Customs and Excise to crack a fencing operation. Meadows is concerned that Sun Hill might end up footing the bill but not getting a result.
147Black Money
22 minDec 10, 1996
Croft and Rawton investigate some shady Romanian businessmen and a suitcase full of black paper.
148Scorned
22 minDec 12, 1996
Croft and Rawton investigate a dentist accused of indecent assault by one of his patients.
149Stolen Kisses
22 minDec 13, 1996
Monroe, Datta and Loxton talk down a nursery cleaner when she holds a 3-year-old girl hostage, then investigate the woman's claims she is the girl's biological mother.
150Jumping To Conclusions
22 minDec 17, 1996
Carver's patience is tested by a compulsive liar. Ackland and Quinnan search for a girl allegedly abducted by a religious cult.
151Toe The Line
22 minDec 19, 1996
Monroe and Conway uncover a bogus wheel-clamping operation.
152A Gun To The Head
22 minDec 20, 1996
Beech and Daly are put in an impossible situation when a judge decides to reveal the name of their informant.
153Merrily On High
22 minDec 24, 1996
The Assistant Commissioner has declared Sun Hill Police Station an alcohol-free zone - terrible news for Ch. Supt. Brownlow and Ch. Insp. Conway who hope to enjoy a ""liquid lunch"" when they take the A.C. to a posh French restaurant. It's even worse news for the detectives in C.I.D., who have decided they are not going to give up their Christmas party without a fight. D.C. Skase shows D.C. Croft how a police officer can get ""donations"" for the party from the local publicans, but as they return, Hicks, Brownlow and Conway arrive back from their lunch for a tour of the station. They are forced to pretend Skase is a prisoner, and an unhappy Rod is locked in the cells for several hours. An elderly man is arrested after a road rage incident in a supermarket carpark, but the police manage to reunite him with his estranged family for Christmas.
154Hers
22 minDec 26, 1996
Stamp and Page look into the theft of a hearse containing the coffin of a thief who died in a traffic accident.
155Hat Trick
22 minDec 27, 1996
Boulton and Skase investigate a car-ramming incident involving a member of a local pub team.
156The Right Thing
22 minDec 31, 1996
New WPC Jamila Blake joins Sun Hill after three years away from the job. She pairs with Stamp, and they find an overdosed boy during a foot pursuit, and Cryer takes an interest when he discovers the victim is on the basketball same team as a former Sun Hill officer’s son.
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