The Bill: Series 13

Episode 1: The Old Pals' Act 1997-01-02 | 22 min Conway leads a raid on an after-hours pub, but during the raid, both Hollis and Keane are injured. Meanwhile, McCann and Slater stop a young boy trying to make an exit through the fire escape and find him in possession of cannabis and a substantial amount of money. Brownlow is called in when the boy is discovered to be the son of the local district judge. Episode 2: All's Fair 1997-01-03 | 22 min McCann and Keane investigate when a man is found mugged having been sprayed in the face with Mace. Hours later, a woman arrives at the station claiming to have been attacked by a mysterious assailant, whom she rebuffed with Mace. Daly has to work out which party is telling the truth, and to prove it decides to speak to one of the man's previous victims. Episode 3: Man Trap 1997-01-09 | 22 min PC Dave Quinnan and WPC Norieka Datta go to the scene where a teenage boy has been found dead from a massive electric shock in the flat of one of his neighbours. Dave knows the boy as he has arrested him before for burglary they talk to the tenant he tells them that he came home to find his flat broken into and the boy dead. It looks like murder but who would want to kill him ? Dave discovers a secret about the tenant and WPC Page finds out that the victim's older brother may know more than he is letting on. Episode 4: Bad Debt 1997-01-10 | 22 min George Talbot a loan shark reports his business records stolen DS Don Beech and WDC Suzy Croft go to talk to him he is glad that Don is handling the case as he tells Suzy that the two of them are old friends. SGT Ackland and WPC Page respond to an anonymous 999 call about an a woman being assaulted in her home but when they get to the address they talk to the woman who lives there Janet Ford and her daughter Lorna despite having a bruise on her face she tells them it must have been a prank and that she got the bruise from walking into a door both June and Polly believe that she was beaten and that it was her Lorna who made the call but with no complaint being filed they return to Sun Hill. After over hearing Suzy joking with the others about Don's shady friends, DCI Meadows warns Don about who he associates with and doing them favours. Lorna comes into the station to talk to June and Polly she tells them what really happened that a man hit herbecause her mum didn't have money he sai Episode 5: Professional Opinion 1997-01-14 | 22 min PC Tony Stamp and WPC Debbie Keane go to the scene of an arguement outside a flat on on the Jasmine Allen estate between a man and woman, the man tells them that his wife is inside but the woman won't let him speak to her she tells them that his wife doesn't want to see him. Episode 6: Testament 1997-01-16 | 22 min DS John Boulton and WDC Suzy Croft invetigate the sudden death of an apparently healthy middle-aged woman who lived alone, the F.M.E tells them that it looks like she suffocated in her sleep which he says is unual for someone her age not to wake themselves if they're having breathing difficulties going through her belongings Suzy finds a few things out of place in an otherwise spotlessly tidy flat as well as the fresh flowers Polly found in the rubbish bin outside that lead them to belive that someone else had been inside the flat recently. her boss tells John and Suzy that she was a quiet person and he doesn't know of anyone from work who'd been to her home. They find from entries in her diaries that lead them to an old friend of hers he tells them that they had met up again recently for the first time in almost thirty years and had been seeing each other for dinner once or twice a week and that he went arond to see her the day she died but there was already a man there he describes t Episode 7: A Policeman's Lot 1997-01-17 | 22 min PC Garfeld objects when a guard from a private security firm catches a suspected burglar he, Debbie, Gary McCann and Nick Slater were chasing after they lose him and is only to happy to believe the suspect when he claims that the guard assaulted him he begins checking him out and finds he has a criminal record for assault and when the comes in with tools used in the break in that he claims he saw the boy throw over a wall when he was chasing him George accuses him of being violent in arresting the boy and manufacturing evidence. While on patrol PC Stamp and WPC Blake come across an elderly lady who has been knocked down and may have been robbed, as it in the area controlled by the security firm they go to their offices to see if any of them may have seen what happened but the bossis less than keen to help because of the hassle George is giving his guard. When he later does decide to help people are not only able to ruin the boy's alibi for the time of the burglary but clear up how the Episode 8: The Devil You Know 1997-01-21 | 22 min George and Debbie attend a call about a disturbance outside a community hall where a birthday party is going on inside they put out the name of the suspect wanted for causing criminal damage Dave recognises it, he has arrested him for drug dealing and burglary he and Nick pick him up and take him back to Sun Hill he tells them he was there because of the birthday girl Amanda Ray he wanted her to go with him to another party but her boyfriend made her stay he admits the criminal damage he did it to get back at her. Later when Debbie and George find Amanda collapsed outside the hall from a suspected drug overdose her father blames the boyfriend for giving her the drugs and his father a teacher at canley comprehensive for not supervising the party very well. After Debbie arrests the boyfriend at the hospital for possession of cannabis he talks to George off the record and the truth comes out about who bought the drugs. Episode 9: Once Bitten 1997-01-23 | 22 min When an ex-girlfriend of Sgt.Boyden who left him several years earlier because of his refusal to quit the police is arrested and brought in Sun Hill Matt finds himself caught between his feelings for and DS Grieg's investigation into a drug smuggling ring run by her husband and her brother in law, but it soon becomes clear to him what he must do when not only does Grieg's investigation implicate her it also looks like she has lied to him about why she left her husband but also that she may be using him to find out how much the police know about her involvement and to help her avoid getting arrested. Episode 10: Turnaround 1997-01-24 | 22 min A recently released paedophile is reported missing by his sister the only member of his family to stick by him when he was charged with abducting and raping a child she tells them it is down to his victim's father who has been harassing and threatening her and her brother since he got out of prison. DCI Meadows who ran the original case is reluctant to go after the father however DI Deakin persists and when DC Skase finds blood and other signs of a struggle in the man's garden shed but no body Meadows decides they have to talk the victim's father and that he shold be the one to do it he gets him to admit to following him and phoning him and his sister to tell them he should leave Sun Hill but he denies having seen him the day he disappeared or knowing what happened in his house. Episode 11: Over The Fence 1997-01-28 | 22 min Sgt. Cryer and PC Loxton go to the scene of a disturbance between neighbours they manage to calm the situation down but when Steve recognises one of the neighbours from when he arrested him once a few years ago for burglary and then sees outside his house the box for an expensive computer which he suspects is stolen he and Bob find themselves drawn into another arguement between the two couples when they're both found to be in possession of computer equipment stolen during a ram raid robbery of a factory and each one claims to have bought it from the other. Episode 12: Grey Area 1997-01-30 | 22 min Irene Stanton a sister at St Hughes comes into the station to see DCI Meadows he agrees to talk to her even though he is busy so heand WDC Rawton listen to her as she tells them that last night Dr. Jonathan Forsyth helped an elderly woman to die she explains that herself and nurse Diana Holt were on duty and the patient Mrs. Southwell asked them to contact Dr. Forsyth and that when he came he told her and Diana to wait outside he then drew the curtain around the bed and when he came out told them she had passed away but she was suspicious because she saw him inject her with something other than the morphine he signed out from the dispensery then slip the vial in his coat pocket so she is sure he committed euphanasia so she came to the police rather than go through the hospitals official channels for fear they would cover it up. Episode 13: One Big Happy Family 1997-01-31 | 22 min P.C. Garfield's complaint that Ch. Supt. Brownlow and Ch. Insp. Conway are out touch with real police work brings an unexpected response: Conway goes on a ride along with P.C. Page and Brownlow goes for a walkabout in the station - much to the annoyance of Insp. Monroe, who feels he is being spied upon, and Sgt. Boyden who doesn't want him hanging around in custody. Brownlow is in CAD and reprimands Nick over the air for not using correct radio procedure. When Boyden is called away, Brownlow takes charge of the custody area where he clashes with D.S. Boulton over a prisoner's detention review time. P.C. Stamp and P.C. Slater do their best to avoid returning to the station while Brownlow is on the prowl, until they take what they think is an easy call about a fight at a kids' football match that ends with Nick being punched in the face by an irate father who he then arrests for assaulting him and the match referee. Page and Conway get on the trail of two men posing as TV engineers to ga Episode 14: The Eye Of The Beholder 1997-02-04 | 22 min Datta is trying to secure a conviction in a domestic violence case, but the victim unwittingly leaves out important details when giving evidence. Episode 15: Say A Little Prayer 1997-02-06 | 22 min Quinnan and Page try to find the culprit who threw a television set from the balcony of a block of flats and narrowly missed Slater. Episode 16: Downfall 1997-02-07 | 22 min Daly and Skase investigate after a man is found dead at the foot of the stairs in his apartment block. Episode 17: True To Life Player 1997-02-11 | 22 min A football star's return to Sun Hill turns sour when he is accused of raping an underage fan. Boulton and Carver investigate Episode 18: Take Away 1997-02-13 | 22 min Ackland investigates a complaint from a prisoner that he was given a pizza topped with cigarette ends. Episode 19: Your Call Too 1997-02-14 | 22 min Croft and Skase disagree when they have to choose between investigating an assault charge and a cocaine deal. Episode 20: Breaking Up 1997-02-18 | 22 min Rawton investigates a woman's claims that her ex-husband's mistress is trying to kill her. Episode 21: A Price To Pay 1997-02-20 | 22 min Boulton tries to trap a roomful of crooks, but Greig gets his man. Episode 22: Just Looking 1997-02-21 | 22 min Boyden deals with a man stopped for soliciting who claims he was searching for his missing daughter. Episode 23: A Tangled Web 1997-02-27 | 22 min Deakin and Croft investigate when a man is found shot with his brother's wife, as two unhappy marriages reach crisis point. Episode 24: Rolling In It 1997-02-28 | 22 min Slater and Quinnan find drugs in a Lamborghini, but the owner blames his unemployed brother-in-law. Episode 25: Added Bonus 1997-03-04 | 22 min Greig tries to establish why a man has confessed to a burglary that he didn't commit. Episode 26: Holding On 1997-03-06 | 22 min Cryer and Blake respond to a young man's claim that his stolen car had his four-month-old baby inside, but Blake suspects that the man's wife may know more about her son's disappearance than she is letting on. The plot thickens when Cryer interviews the man responsible for stealing the young man's car and he claims that he fed information about the man's extra marital relations to his wife. Episode 27: Crime Management 1997-03-07 | 22 min DI Chris Deakin has a word to DS John Boulton about his team's informants. Boulton has done pretty well, but DC Tosh Lines hasn't recruited a snout for months. Under pressure, Lines tries to recruit Karen Walsh, the wife of the victim of a recent attack which he'd investigated, but she refuses to grass on her husband or his associates. Lines puts pressure on the Walshes' landlord Pat Beresford who he believes was responsible for the attack, and is delighted when Beresford contacts him offering information. Episode 28: Age Gaps 1997-03-11 | 22 min Boulton and Rawton try to persuade a teenage girl to turn informant after her boyfriend is attacked by drug dealers. Episode 29: In The Dark 1997-03-12 | 22 min A blind woman, Tracy Cooper, helps the police catch a dangerous sex killer. She doesn't realise, however, that the guilty party is her husband. Episode 30: Crying Wolf 1997-03-13 | 22 min Monroe is called in to mediate when a former mental patient is accused of threatening behaviour by his elderly neighbours. Episode 31: Confidence 1997-03-14 | 22 min Keane uses information supplied by a friend to help C.I.D. in an operation against a drug dealer. Episode 32: All For Love 1997-03-18 | 22 min Greig and Lines investigate an assault on a man who has previously killed two people in a drink-driving accident, and suspect that a relative may have sought natural justice. Episode 33: Only The Lonely 1997-03-20 | 22 min Deakin and Skase investigate a fire, and find that a mother's grief has had unexpected repercussions. Episode 34: Copier 1997-03-21 | 22 min Rawton investigates the assault of a woman in her new flat and tries to link the attack to an unsolved case. Episode 35: Fashion Victims 1997-03-25 | 22 min Slater and Garfield arrest a boy for selling stolen goods. Episode 36: Hook Line & Sinker 1997-03-27 | 22 min Beech investigates a woman who uses her sexuality to con her business partner and clients. Episode 37: No Claims Bonus 1997-03-28 | 22 min Croft is concerned when Boulton decides to use a former colleague, now down on his luck, as an informant. Episode 38: Joker 1997-03-31 | 22 min Beech and Croft investigate the killing of a stand-up comic. Episode 39: Typecast 1997-04-01 | 22 min Boyden and Page try to find who is responsible for a series of graffiti attacks. Episode 40: A Hard Rain 1997-04-03 | 22 min Boulton and Croft have to deal with rival drug dealers when a customer suffers tragic consequences. Episode 41: Rings On Her Fingers 1997-04-04 | 22 min Jarvis and Rawton investigate the ram raiding of a shop. Episode 42: Strang Meeting 1997-04-08 | 22 min Conway coordinates the search for an escaped sex offender and a missing teenager who was last seen in his company. Episode 43: A Bitter Pill 1997-04-10 | 22 min Rawton and Skase investigate an attempted suicide by an ill woman, and suspect her son and daughter of assisting her. Episode 44: Dial M For Marmalade 1997-04-11 | 22 min Meadows investigates a murder by strangulation and suspects the homeless schizophrenic man whom the victim had befriended. Episode 45: Sisters 1997-04-15 | 22 min Daly and Croft investigate the suspicious death of one of three sisters. Episode 46: Flesh & Blood 1997-04-17 | 22 min Beech investigates the sudden death of a baby on the night that his parents celebrated their anniversary. Episode 47: Parklife 1997-04-18 | 22 min Loxton and W.P.C. Keane deal with the burglary of a pharmacy and a violent stabbing. Episode 48: Two's Company 1997-04-22 | 22 min Greig and Croft investigate a burglary and discover that the married householder had been in contact with a girl through a "lonely hearts" column. Episode 49: Inside Edge 1997-04-25 | 22 min Meadows and Rawton investigate the assault of a prison officer. Episode 50: You & Me Versus The World 1997-04-29 | 22 min Boulton and Lines investigate a vicious hammer attack. Episode 51: Pay Back 1997-05-01 | 22 min Episode 52: A Place of Your Own 1997-05-02 | 22 min Episode 53: Don't Want To Hear The Bad News 1997-05-06 | 22 min Episode 54: It's Good To Talk 1997-05-08 | 22 min Episode 55: Split Second 1997-05-09 | 22 min Episode 56: Old Fools 1997-05-13 | 22 min Episode 57: Auld Lang Syne 1997-05-15 | 22 min Episode 58: Warnings 1997-05-16 | 22 min Episode 59: Calling Time 1997-05-20 | 22 min Episode 60: Black & Blue 1997-05-22 | 22 min Episode 61: A Bunch Of Fives 1997-05-23 | 22 min Episode 62: Short Sharp Shock 1997-05-27 | 22 min Episode 63: Get You Back 1997-05-29 | 22 min Episode 64: Powers Of Persuasion 1997-05-30 | 22 min Episode 65: A Rock & A Hard Place 1997-06-03 | 22 min Episode 66: The Wrath Of God 1997-06-05 | 22 min Episode 67: Knight Errant 1997-06-06 | 22 min Episode 68: Punch Bag 1997-06-10 | 22 min Episode 69: Best Eaten Cold 1997-06-12 | 22 min Episode 70: Lucky Day 1997-06-13 | 22 min Episode 71: For Richer For Poorer 1997-06-17 | 22 min Episode 72: No More Milk 1997-06-19 | 22 min Episode 73: An Englishman's Home 1997-06-20 | 22 min Episode 74: Loyal To The Last 1997-06-24 | 22 min Episode 75: Rent 1997-06-26 | 22 min Episode 76: Last Respects 1997-06-27 | 22 min Episode 77: Too Much To Lose 1997-07-01 | 22 min Episode 78: Do Unto Others 1997-07-03 | 22 min Episode 79: Mid Life Crisis 1997-07-04 | 22 min Episode 80: Performing 1997-07-08 | 22 min Episode 81: Playing With Fire 1997-07-10 | 22 min Episode 82: No Guarantees 1997-07-11 | 22 min Episode 83: Gentleman Jim 1997-07-15 | 22 min Episode 84: Rift 1997-07-17 | 22 min Episode 85: Stand By Your Man 1997-07-18 | 22 min Episode 86: Replica 1997-07-22 | 22 min Episode 87: Mr Friday Night 1997-07-24 | 22 min Episode 88: Hitting The Nerve 1997-07-25 | 22 min Episode 89: Thicker Than Mud 1997-07-29 | 22 min Episode 90: Alternative Therapies 1997-07-31 | 22 min Episode 91: Foxed 1997-08-01 | 22 min Episode 92: These Foolish Things 1997-08-05 | 22 min Episode 93: Neighbours 1997-08-07 | 22 min Episode 94: Glass House 1997-08-08 | 22 min Episode 95: This Old Man 1997-08-12 | 22 min Episode 96: Tommy The Hero 1997-08-14 | 22 min Episode 97: Driven To It 1997-08-15 | 22 min Episode 98: A Man Out Walking His Dog 1997-08-19 | 22 min Episode 99: Hunt 1997-08-21 | 22 min Episode 100: Has Anyone Here Seen Bigmouth? 1997-08-22 | 22 min Episode 101: This Land Is Ours 1997-08-26 | 22 min Episode 102: Paying The Piper 1997-08-28 | 22 min Episode 103: On The Hurry Up 1997-08-29 | 22 min Episode 104: Not In The Script 1997-09-02 | 22 min Episode 105: Flower Power 1997-09-04 | 22 min Episode 106: A Breach Of Trust: Part I 1997-09-05 | 22 min Episode 107: A Breach Of Trust: Part II 1997-09-09 | 22 min Episode 108: Fool 1997-09-11 | 22 min Episode 109: Armed & Dangerous 1997-09-12 | 22 min Episode 110: Animals 1997-09-16 | 22 min Episode 111: Look Into My Eyes 1997-09-18 | 22 min Episode 112: Performance Anxiety 1997-09-19 | 22 min Episode 113: Different Strokes 1997-09-23 | 22 min Episode 114: Sparks 1997-09-25 | 22 min Episode 115: The Lion's Den 1997-09-26 | 22 min Episode 116: The Needs Of The Many 1997-09-30 | 22 min Episode 117: Cross Purposes 1997-10-02 | 22 min Episode 118: Free To Speak? 1997-10-03 | 22 min Episode 119: Dishonour Among Thieves 1997-10-07 | 22 min Episode 120: Coup De Grace 1997-10-09 | 22 min Episode 121: Night Of The Long Knives 1997-10-10 | 22 min Episode 122: Straying 1997-10-14 | 22 min Episode 123: A Bad Lot 1997-10-16 | 22 min Episode 124: Crimes Of A Lesser Passion 1997-10-17 Episode 125: Force 1997-10-21 | 22 min Episode 126: Walkabout 1997-10-23 | 22 min Episode 127: Shades Of Grey: Part I 1997-10-24 | 22 min Episode 128: Shades Of Grey: Part II 1997-10-28 | 22 min Episode 129: Women At Work 1997-10-30 | 22 min Episode 130: Solid Evidence 1997-10-31 | 22 min Episode 131: Going Down 1997-11-04 | 22 min Episode 132: Accomplice 1997-11-06 | 22 min Episode 133: Last Fare 1997-11-07 | 22 min Episode 134: Stolen Thunder 1997-11-11 | 22 min Episode 135: P.C. 1997-11-13 | 22 min Episode 136: No Trace 1997-11-14 | 22 min Episode 137: A New Way To Pay Off Old Debts 1997-11-18 | 22 min Episode 138: After All These Years 1997-11-20 | 22 min Episode 139: Sands Of Time 1997-11-21 | 22 min Episode 140: Identity Crisis 1997-11-25 | 22 min Episode 141: The Same Stripe: Part I 1997-11-28 | 22 min Episode 142: The Same Stripe: Part II 1997-12-02 | 22 min Episode 143: Hot Plastic 1997-12-04 | 22 min Episode 144: Gaybashing 1997-12-05 | 22 min Episode 145: Potential For Conflict 1997-12-09 | 22 min Episode 146: Heartbreak Hotel 1997-12-11 | 22 min Episode 147: Humpty Dumpty: Part I 1997-12-12 | 22 min Episode 148: Humpty Dumpty: Part II 1997-12-16 | 22 min Episode 149: Humpty Dumpty: Part III 1997-12-18 | 22 min Episode 150: Out 1997-12-19 | 22 min Episode 151: Twanky 1997-12-22 | 22 min Episode 152: Things That Go Bump In The Night 1997-12-30 | 22 min