Episode
The Bill: Say A Little Prayer
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- The Bill
- Season
- Season 13
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1997-02-06
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Say A Little Prayer is Episode 15 in Series 13 of The Bill. It aired on 1997-02-06. The runtime is 22 min.
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