Episode
The Bill: Animal
Overview
Boyden and Datta try to secure a conviction against a vicious pimp.
Details
- Series
- The Bill
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 43
- Air date
- 1996-04-09
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Animal is Episode 43 in Series 12 of The Bill. It aired on 1996-04-09. The runtime is 22 min.
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