The Bill

1The Best Policy

22 minJan 2, 1992

D.C.I. Reid's influence in high places suddenly makes D.I. Burnside look vulnerable to criticism. CID investigate an armed robbery.

2A Friend In Need

22 minJan 7, 1992

P.C. Quinnan is the subject of a civil complaint. P.C.s Stamp and Stringer follow up on a fire at a home for ex-psychiatric patients, but find little care in the community.

3Whose Side Are You On?

22 minJan 9, 1992

D.C. Lines investigates a mugging, and tries to get the victim charged with the murder of his assailant.

4Lip Service

22 minJan 14, 1992

D.C. Lines is enjoying an off-duty pint in his local pub and becomes involved in a bar brawl.

5Illegals

22 minJan 16, 1992

D.C. Lines investigates when a cellarful of illegal immigrants is discovered. He enlists the help of Sgt. Boyden, who takes a fancy to one of the females. Lines warns him off.

6Fair Play

22 minJan 21, 1992

P.C. Quinnan investigates the illegal sale of steroids. P.C. Garfield is put on the spot when his old sparring partner is arrested.

7Dinosaur

22 minJan 23, 1992

D.I. Burnside's unorthodox policing methods, which include flushing an informant's head down a toilet, set him on a collision course with D.C.I. Reid, who has already received several complaints about Sun Hill officers. Reid fears the worst when she is called in to Scotland Yard for an urgent meeting with MS15.

8Joyride

22 minJan 28, 1992

A girl is seriously injured in a joyriding incident. Ch. Supt. Brownlow must decide whether he is prepared to risk a riot by sending officers into an estate to round up the culprits.

9Not Waving

22 minJan 30, 1992

A student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody.

10Mates

22 minFeb 4, 1992

Sgt. Cryer is finding being non-operational tedious. He goes undercover as a punter in a brothel, but his presence on the operation antagonises Sgt. Peters. Cryer goes to sees Ch. Supt. Brownlow about giving up his job as duty sergeant and going back to the relief.

11Lost Boy

22 minFeb 6, 1992

D.S. Greig is led to a vice ring when searching for a missing thirteen-year-old boy. D.C. Dashwood and W.P.C. Ackland are brought into an operation against ponces running rent boys.

12Chicken

22 minFeb 11, 1992

P.C. Stringer tries to stop some children from playing 'chicken' on the railway line, but one of them is run down by a train. Sgt. Peters transfers upstairs to the post of duty sergeant, swapping roles with Bob Cryer, who returns to the relief.

13Somebody Special

22 minFeb 13, 1992

Acting D.I. Greig tries to recruit a hardened female thief as a snout, but finds her more than a match for him. D.C.I. Reid is promoted out of Sun Hill to MS15.

14Previous Convictions

22 minFeb 18, 1992

Investigating an apparent accident in which a man's hand is crushed in a car-breaker's yard, Sgt. Maitland uncovers years of animosity, neglect and revenge.

15Beggar My Neighbour

22 minFeb 20, 1992

A tramp is attacked, leading the police into a web of crime.

16It's A Small World

22 minFeb 25, 1992

Thinking of leaving the force, D.C. Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security consultants.

17Licence

22 minFeb 27, 1992

A man convicted of strangling his wife has been released on licence, but the probation service fails to notify Sun Hill. His presence comes to light when his son causes a disturbance.

18Comeback

22 minMar 3, 1992

The community police station run by P.C. Smollett is fire-bombed. The area car is stolen from P.C. Loxton and W.P.C. Datta, and it is written off in an RTA.

19Fireproof

22 minMar 5, 1992

D.I. Burnside leads an investigation into the firebombing of the community police station.

20The Paddy Factor

22 minMar 10, 1992

D.C. Carver and W.D.C. Martella have a car thief under observation, and see him shot as he gets into a car. The Anti-Terrorist Squad is called in, and the IRA is suspected.

21The Wild Rover

22 minMar 12, 1992

D.S. Roach ignores the Anti-Terrorist Squad, and investigates a possible IRA cell.

22Coincidence

22 minMar 17, 1992

A small boy known for lying claims to have been the subject of an attempted abduction in an adventure playground.

23Going Soft

22 minMar 19, 1992

A routine trip to a magistrate for a warrant turns into a nightmare for D.C. Dashwood when he is taken prisoner by two hooded burglars.

24Re-Hab

22 minMar 24, 1992

Jack Meadows arrives to take charge of Sun Hill CID. He becomes involved with a father suspected of murdering his drug addict son.

25Acting Detective

22 minMar 26, 1992

A woman who collapsed at an airport is found to be a mule, smuggling drugs in her stomach. D.I. Burnside, with only limited time to mount an operation, gets W.P.C. French to take the courier's place in an attempt to uncover the dealer.

26Stopover

22 minMar 31, 1992

P.C. Smollett tries to offer a follow-up service to victims of crime. A woman whose husband is in prison, and who runs a guesthouse, keeps reporting an intruder on the premises. Smollett gives her support, but P.C. Garfield thinks he is wasting his time.

27Suspects

22 minApr 2, 1992

D.S. Greig arrests a suspect for an armed robbery, but is proved wrong.

28All The King's Horses

22 minApr 7, 1992

A lorry overturns and sheds its load outside a school, burying a boy and girl and putting P.C. Loxton to the test.

29Party Politics

22 minApr 9, 1992

W.D.C. Martella celebrates her birthday. D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach go to a party attended by a crooked businessman, who makes Burnside an offer he can't refuse.

30Trials & Tribulations

22 minApr 14, 1992

W.P.C. Marshall becomes a vital witness in a murder trial, and soon realises that someone is trying to intimidate her.

31A Can Of Worms

22 minApr 16, 1992

A traffic accident draws attention to a minicab firm.

32Timing

22 minApr 21, 1992

D.C.I. Meadows tries to find the link between three arson attacks. D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood track down an escaped prisoner, but Roach seems more interested in his beautiful wife.

33A Nice Little Line In Plastic

22 minApr 23, 1992

P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta arrest a girl using stolen credit cards and uncover a major racket.

34Trial & Error

22 minApr 24, 1992

An armed robber who put an innocent bystander in an wheelchair has his house firebombed by the victim's son. D.I. Burnside is determined to see justice done.

35Owning Up

22 minApr 30, 1992

P.C.s Loxton and Stringer follow up on a mugging but their case is nearly ruined when it collides with an investigation by D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows. Can W.P.C. Ackland crack the case?

36Up Behind

22 minMay 5, 1992

It's Saturday night, but CID are at work trailing a known criminal believed to be responsible for a series of artifice burglaries involving pensioners.

37Appearances

22 minMay 7, 1992

Following an argument with a drunken pub customer, a young barmaid is hit by a car and later dies. P.C.s Quinnan and Stringer have their suspicions about the customer. Could it be manslaughter?

38Principled Negotiation

22 minMay 12, 1992

D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach look favourably on an ex-villain with a loan-shark problem, but they expect favours in return.

39Sign Of Our Times

22 minMay 14, 1992

An armed robber admits to D.C. Lines that redundancy and the repossession of his house made him take to crime to solve his problems.

40Priorities

22 minMay 19, 1992

P.C.s Stringer and Loxton attend to a theft at an old people's home and begin to suspect that the ex-policeman who runs the home is ill-treating residents.

41Users

22 minMay 21, 1992

W.D.C. Martella arrests a woman for drug dealing. D.I. Burnside suspects that she is using teenage girls as couriers by offering them free holidays in Spain, but she is being exploited by a bigger dealer.

42Man Of The People

22 minMay 26, 1992

P.C. Stringer wins the election for the post of Federation Rep, beating the incumbent P.C. Hollis by fifty-eight votes to two. Ch. Supt. Brownlow decides to eat in the canteen with the other ranks, much to their discomfort.

43Runaway

22 minMay 28, 1992

D.S Roach investigates the beating of a teenage girl, and tries to establish if his suspect is also responsible for a number of murders being investigated by AMIP.

44Exposures

22 minJun 2, 1992

A young model claims that she was sexually assaulted during a photographic session. W.D.C. Martella discovers that every picture tells a story.

45Better The Devil

22 minJun 4, 1992

P.C. Stringer gets involved with a bizarre household, and discovers a horrifying case of parental cruelty in the attic. W.P.C. Marshall goes on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at Stafford Row.

46Prisoners

22 minJun 9, 1992

Sgt. Boyden and P.C. Hollis are hoping for a quiet night in the custody suite at Sun Hill, but that's not how it turns out.

47World To Rights

22 minJun 11, 1992

W.P.C. Marshall, on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at Stafford Row, makes an error of judgement and is attacked by a woman's husband.

48Do The Right Thing

22 minJun 16, 1992

P.C. Stringer is mugged by a gang, and determines to get his own back. P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta follow a cheque card fraudster.

49Hiding To Nothing

22 minJun 18, 1992

P.C. Stamp is ambushed by a gang of youths on a local estate. In trying to assist him, W.P.C. Ackland crashes the Area car, much to P.C. Loxton's delight.

50Punching Judy

22 minJun 23, 1992

A woman lies critically injured in hospital, beaten up by her husband. D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows interview the husband. W.P.C. Marshall decides to quit the Domestic Violence Unit.

51Vicious Circles

22 minJun 25, 1992

P.C. Hollis arrests a woman for being drunk in charge of a baby, and finds himself drawn into a complicated family set-up.

52Up All Night

22 minJun 30, 1992

P.C. Garfield pursues a burglar and is beaten up. Sgt. Boyden's inaction brings hostility from the relief and trouble for D.S. Roach.

53Part Of The Furniture

22 minJul 2, 1992

D.C. Dashwood is to be transferred to the Art and Antiques Squad. D.S. Roach hands him a burglary at an infants' school as a wind-up, but it develops into a case that allows Dashwood to show the others a thing or two.

54Snakes & Ladders

22 minJul 7, 1992

It's P.C. Garfield's first day back after the attack. The relief place bets on the likelihood of Garfield punching Sgt. Boyden, but Garfield eventually takes his revenge.

55Street Cleaning

22 minJul 9, 1992

Sgt. Cryer gets the relief to put the Garfield-Boyden conflict behind them and get back to work, to sort out the takeover of genuine beggars' pitches by violent professional thieves.

56Hands Up

22 minJul 14, 1992

Conway decides he needs to get back on the beat, and arrests a drunk for criminal damage.

57A Scandalous Act

22 minJul 16, 1992

P.C. Garfield brings in a teenaged girl arrested at a drugs party, and she accuses him of sexually assaulting her.

58Raiders

22 minJul 21, 1992

A ram-raid ends in tragedy when a boy is killed. But what was his part in the affair?

59Talk Out

22 minJul 23, 1992

A middle-aged couple arrive at the front desk and report their neighbour missing, but W.P.C. Ackland isn't sure that they are telling the whole truth.

60True Confessions

22 minJul 28, 1992

D.S. Roach is put under pressure when a suspect retracts a confession and accuses the police of oppression.

61Private Enterprise

22 minJul 30, 1992

D.C.I. Meadows tackles CID about passing intelligence to the collator; but D.S. Roach is reluctant to share information relating to his current operation.

62Getting Through

22 minAug 4, 1992

The night shift is saddled with a feud between two men who come to the front desk with allegations of GBH against each other.

63Last Night Of Freedom

22 minAug 6, 1992

Someone is stabbed on a stag night, but the likely suspect can't remember a thing about it.

64Cutting Loose

22 minAug 11, 1992

Burnside and Lines are returning a chief suspect to prison when they are ambushed by a gang of masked men, who spring him.

65Soft Targer

22 minAug 13, 1992

P.C. Smollett discovers that a local villain is driving people out of their flats and reletting them to squatters. At Sun Hill, a civilian typist is discovered to be having an affair with a known villain.

66I've Never Been To Harrogate

22 minAug 18, 1992

D.S. Greig and D.C. Woods investigate the mysterious collapse of an old lady who has been burgled.

67Human Resources

22 minAug 20, 1992

Two con men are preying on women through the small ads in the local paper. Lack of personnel for D.S. Roach's operation places W.D.C. Martella in danger.

68Exit

22 minAug 25, 1992

A loan shark is attacked. D.S. Greig has a vital witness who is young, blonde and pretty, but she keeps stringing him along, and then disappears.

69Loyalties

22 minAug 27, 1992

Acting on information from a snout, D.I. Burnside mounts a raid on crack-houses. When details of the raid are leaked, D.C.I. Meadows challenges Burnside over the trustworthiness of his team.

70Snapshot

22 minSep 1, 1992

A complaint over loud music quickly escalates into an armed siege, as a man waves a gun at P.C.s Stamp and Quinnan.

71Letting Go

22 minSep 3, 1992

Reg is playing with a train set before going out. He is looking for a place to live as he is moving out of the section house but ends up moving to a different corridor instead. Greig and Tosh investigates a stabbing in a station car park. The case is being dropped but Greig goes to see the widow and finds a new lead. June and Reg act as back up to bailiffs trying to evict a family. The case is turned over to Tosh.

72Travelling Light

22 minSep 8, 1992

Viv helps Donna dress up for a reconstruction of a murder case. They find a man who spoke to the dead woman and gives them a new lead. The ex-boyfriend of the murder victim asks to see Burnside protesting his innocence.

73Radio Waves

22 minSep 10, 1992

Monroe talks to Conway about a problem with a car chase. Tony and Dave were chasing joy riders with Ron in the back. Norika and George help catch the children who were joy riding. CID think they might be part of a gang knocking off car stereos. The fathers have a fight in custody after their children were interviewed.

74A Blind Eye

22 minSep 15, 1992

Viv brings in an elderly mugging victim who helps make an identikit picture. Boyden gets spoken to by Monroe about working with the relief. Tony assists George with a disturbance when there is another mugging which turns out to be a misunderstanding. Tony see what he thinks is a mugger getting beaten up but the suspect turns out to be an off-duty copper.

75Sympathy For the Devil

22 minSep 17, 1992

Tosh is at the building society waiting for an armed robber. Dave and Barry assist CID and they catch an old age pensioner. Steve goes to a disturbance behind a pub. He finds an attacked man. He thinks it might be racially motivated. It turns out to be a revenge attack.

76Force Is Part of the Service

22 minSep 22, 1992

Brownlow and Conway have a meeting with councillors about the changes in the police force. Conway gives them a tour of the station. Steve brings in a man suspected of street robbery. The man accuses Steve of harassment. Reg tells Steve the bad news that he brought in the wrong man. The man makes a complaint against Steve and Brownlow wants it sorted honestly. Steve is trying to get George to back up his story.

77On the Record, Off the Record

22 minSep 24, 1992

CID investigates a break-in at a warehouse which resulted in the theft of personal CD players. Steve spots the van used in the robbery. After talking to a worker with form, fingers start pointing at the security guard. Jim gets spoken to by Meadows about complaints. He gets into further trouble after arresting a man on information received.

78Stoning the Glasshouse

22 minSep 29, 1992

Bob visits a friend who is the head of a neighbourhood watch. His son is stealing to support his drug habit. Bob's friend thinks the police are turning a blind eye towards the Cockcroft Estate. Conway gets a report on the Cockcroft Estate and a visit from the head of the Cockcroft Action Committee complaining of harassment.

79Tip-Off

22 minOct 1, 1992

Tosh is asked for by a burglar whom he put inside. He gives Tosh information that there might be a bank robbery. CID catches the robbers after the job but when Tosh tries to arrange protection for his informant he is too late as the man has had his face slashed. Reg talks to Donna for an article in the station newspaper.

80Open to Offers

22 minOct 6, 1992

Monroe and the relief go to a pub where some men are damaging it. One of the men tries to blackmail Dave over some moonlighting Dave did to get off the charge. Monroe thinks the men might be involved in protection. Dave tells both Sgts Boyden and Maitland who advises him to tell Monroe. Dave asks Barry's advice as Fed Rep. Barry asks Reg's advice as he was previous Fed Rep.

81Playing God

22 minOct 8, 1992

CID are tied up with a court case. A burglary suspect of Ted's may have to be released as he is at court. Tony brings in an old lady who has been abusive in the street. Dave and George find a man in the street who might have killed his wife who had terminal cancer.

82Crack of Doom

22 minOct 13, 1992

There is a search of people looking for crack. A man has a scuffle with another man and claims a piece of crack was planted on him. Tony discovers the man, an ex-boxer, lives over the road from the crack house and CID ask if they could use it as a base for an obbo.

83Spit and Polish

22 minOct 15, 1992

Steve is late for shift. Just as Steve is about to arrest a fine defaulter Dave is nearly run over by a speeding BMW. Steve really wants to arrest the fine defaulter, who has already left by the time he gets back, but Dave wants to deal with the driver. They find the body of the car owner's lover in the boot of the car.

84Overdue

22 minOct 20, 1992

Burnside talks to a snout in a bus queue about a delivery. Woods and Carver observe the delivery and CID raid the premises. The cartons contain bricks and motor parts instead of the stolen goods expected. Burnside goes to a promotions board and is passed over.

85We Should Be Talking

22 minOct 22, 1992

George is following a silver car that might have been involved in a ramraid. While checking in with the station, his radio goes dead. Sgt. Cryer discovers the radio link is down. June is investigating a failure to stop and enlists the help of people on the estate to help find a hurt kid.

86Reasonable Grounds

22 minOct 27, 1992

Norika goes to see a man about a missing child. Barry has to tell a man his brother is dead after complaining of having to let a suspected burglar go with a caution. the man takes off as soon as he sees Barry.

87Discipline

22 minOct 29, 1992

An obbo on a club nearly goes wrong when a fight starts outside it. The man who started the fight turns out to be a D. S. suspended from the Drug Squad.

88Minefield

22 minNov 3, 1992

Sgt. Maitland finds himself in the wrong when he discovers a serious procedural error meant that a dangerous and possibly psychopathic man has been arrested twice for the same offence and released.

89Gamers

22 minNov 5, 1992

Tosh investigates a fire bombing of an Asian shop. Dave and Cathy investigates an Asian lady accused of shoplifting. Cathy thinks there is something going on. Her husband is gambling. Dave and Sgt. Boyden join the game.

90Occupational Hazard

22 minNov 10, 1992

When sex appeal doesn't get him what he wants, Harry Osborne turns vicious. W.D.C. Martella has to pick up the pieces.

91Just Send Some Flowers

22 minNov 12, 1992

W.D.C. Martella investigates a burglary that occurred during a funeral. D.C. Carver links it to previous burglaries and an employee with a criminal record who claims to be innocent.

92Waifs and Strays

22 minNov 17, 1992

A missing girl's blood-stained book leads D.C. Lines to uncover the family's dark secrets and come up with an unexpected result. P.C. Hollis has to deal with a lost dog. P.C. Loxton discovers the dog has been beaten and decides to keep it.

93Happy Families

22 minNov 19, 1992

What's a smart girl like Sharon doing with a villain like Daniel Batt? D.I. Burnside thinks it's all to do with female hormones, but W.D.C. Martella isn't so sure.

94Well Out of Order

22 minNov 24, 1992

Meadows and Burnside want to go in force to the Tankeray estate to root out the criminal element, but Brownlow is committed to a softer approach. P.C. Smollett proves more effective than C.I.D. at catching a dangerous mugger.

95Into The Mire

22 minNov 26, 1992

CID receive information that leads to the arrest of a prolific handler of stolen goods.

96Master Of The House

22 minDec 1, 1992

The body of a respectable family man is found on a notorious patch of wasteland.

97Fireworks

22 minDec 3, 1992

Stamp uses some old-fashioned policing methods to tackle the problem of children playing with railway detonators.

98Cold Shoulder

22 minDec 8, 1992

A local youth with form is stabbed in the centre of a densely populated housing development. D.C.I. Meadows investigates when no witnesses come forward.

99Safety First

22 minDec 10, 1992

D.I. Burnside investigates when a pawnbroker is shot in the leg with a legally-acquired shotgun during a robbery at his shop.

100Counting the Cost

22 minDec 15, 1992

A local hero who prevented a robbery, and was severely injured in the process, but received no compensation, is being harassed by a scrap dealer until W.P.C. Ackland turns the tables with some harassment of her own.

101Compassion

22 minDec 17, 1992

A probation officer seems eager to assist D.I. Burnside over the murder of a prostitute, but how close is she to the murderer?

102Finders Keepers

22 minDec 22, 1992

D.C. Carver finds a buried treasure and the glory should be his. D.C. Dashwood, now with the Art and Antiques Squad, takes the case away and gets a result.

103Return Match

22 minDec 24, 1992

When a collection of valuable dolls is stolen, D.C. Dashwood from the Art and Antiques Squad turns up, wrong-foots D.C. Lines and gets a result.

104High Places

22 minDec 29, 1992

An ex-criminal who used to be part of a circus high-wire act is found dead, apparently from a fall, but the pathologist says he died elsewhere.

105When Push Comes To Shove

22 minDec 31, 1992

Sun Hill officers are drinking after shift when some troublemakers arrive at the pub. W.P.C. Ackland tries to calm the situation, but P.C.s Quinnan and Loxton decide that she needs their protection, and provoke a fight with a violent thug.