Season
The Bill: Season 14
Overview
The series began with the appointment of new executive producer Richard Handford, who replaced Michael Chapman after his 9-year reign came to an end in the previous series. The appointment preceded discussions with broadcaster ITV about returning to the format of hour-long episodes, which the show last used on a regular basis in 1987. The request was approved, and hour-long episodes began to air twice weekly beginning in August, a format the series retained until moving to a later time-slot in 2009. Due to the rapid transition, several of the first hour-long episodes were originally written for the half-hour time-slot, and thus, some episodes contain two completely different stories, written by different writers, which jump from one to another.
Details
- Series
- The Bill
- Season
- Season 14
- Air date
- 1998-01-01
- Episodes
- 121 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Square Peg Round Hole
When a raid on a known drug addict goes awry, Boulton is spiked by the desperate criminal's needle, leaving Sun Hill's tough guy frightened, angry, and in need of an HIV test.
Episode 2: You Pays Your Money
Ackland and Quinnan investigate when a family are strangely silent about the death of their landlord.
Episode 3: Hard Cash
Beech and Carver go in search of a haul of £30,000 in banknotes, missing from a six-year-old robbery.
Episode 4: Taking It Easy
When an old man loses his life savings in a mugging, Boyden and Stamp suspect it was something more than coincidence.
Episode 5: Villain
Boyden deals with a frail old man brought into custody accused of attempted murder.
Episode 6: Forgive & Forget
Boyden and Stamp attempt to contain a father who wants revenge for his murdered son.
Episode 7: Girl Power
When a young girl has to carry a knife to defend herself at school, Keane and Stamp know it is time to step in.
Episode 8: Puppy Walk
Stamp is cynical when he feels a woman with a sob story may be playing games, but Ashton is taken in by her charms.
Episode 9: Sprog
Stamp and Page are sceptical as Ashton suggests there is more to a burglary than appears.
Episode 10: Out On A Limb
It's a life or death situation for Skase and Proctor when an assassin comes looking for his money.
Episode 11: Way Out West
Jarvis is full of his secondment to the Diplomatic Protection Group, so Stamp and Quinnan hatch a mischievous plan to take him down a peg or two.
Episode 12: Storyboards
New PC Eddie Santini, tall, dark and handsome with a dubious past, causes a stir when he arrives to join the team at Sun Hill.
Episode 13: For Your Love
Rawton and Skase assist a woman receiving anonymous threats.
Episode 14: Soft In The Head
Ashton goes missing from the scene of an accident.
Episode 15: Friends In High Places
A car belonging to a rival Chief Superintendent's wife is stolen right from under Santini and Quinnan's noses.
Episode 16: Love's Labours Lost
Proctor and Skase investigate the stalking of Proctor's ex-girlfriend.
Episode 17: Opposites
A series of muggings on a local estate lead Proctor and Carver to the house of a rather unusual couple.
Episode 18: Solicitous
Meadows and Skase discover a modern-day Robin Hood who appears to be alive and well and robbing the rich in Sun Hill.
Episode 19: A Rainy Night In Sun Hill
Santini is irritated at being paired with Hollis on a cold, wet night in Canley.
Episode 20: Unwarranted
While in a rush to catch a crook, Ashton trips and falls foul of the law.
Episode 21: A Bit Of Respect
Ackland sets out to trap a man who wants to take the law into his own hands.
Episode 22: The Parent Trap
Croft is puzzled by a couple who want their daughter arrested.
Episode 23: Sudden Death
Ackland and Quinnan are on the case when a man falls from his bedroom window. But was it an accident or office politics?
Episode 24: Back Up
Carver is let down by an unreliable snout, and needs Beech to get him out of a tricky situation.
Episode 25: A Little Help
Rawton and Skase realise they may be onto a serial attacker.
Episode 26: Guiding Hand
Page and McCann investigate what appears to be a straightforward case of attempted child abduction.
Episode 27: Good Faith: Part I
A clever lawyer runs rings around Beech in court in a case involving a notorious robber.
Episode 28: Good Faith: Part II
The tit-for-tat violence escalates between rival gangs in Sun Hill.
Episode 29: Good Faith: Part III
Beech's involvement with rival racketeers becomes more complicated.
Episode 30: No Doubt About It
A hungover Garfield injures a member of the public during the pursuit of a burglar, but Monroe is sceptical of Garfield's motives when he names a potential suspect.
Episode 31: One Of The Gang
Meadows and Daly get a tip-off about a gang of young muggers, but their information comes from an unlikely source...
Episode 32: Without A Prayer
Garfield and Keane try to discover the cause of death of a woman found dead in a church hall.
Episode 33: Lucky Find
When a girl goes missing by the river, Deakin sees an opportunity to nail an old adversary.
Episode 34: A Little Bit Of Paradise
McCann is sent in search of a valuable exotic bird.
Episode 35: Daydream Believer
Rawton and Daly investigate an assault on a resident of an old people's home.
Episode 36: Powder My Nose
Conway is the target of a blackmail attempt following a drunken night out.
Episode 37: Bad Feelings
Boulton is after a villain known to have an eye for the ladies.
Episode 38: Like Family
Quinnan and Blake search for a missing French au pair who has been moonlighting as a stripper.
Episode 39: Shattered
Cryer attends the death of a teenage girl and is subject to a complaint by the grieving father.
Episode 40: Home Movie
Boyden uncovers an illicit pornographic video operation.
Episode 41: Racer
Ashton tries to help a reformed teenage joyrider.
Episode 42: The Scent Of Compassion
Ashton's sense of compassion is crucial in solving a cruel assault case.
Episode 43: Driving Me Crazy
Quinnan and Ackland pursue a dangerous driver.
Episode 44: Manhunt
Deakin and Carver investigate a case of male rape.
Episode 45: Rebel Without A Licence
A speeding Pontiac and three ageing James Deans give Stamp and McCann a headache.
Episode 46: Sale Or Return: Part I
Boulton and Carver head for the river, chasing a particularly slippery customer.
Episode 47: Sale Or Return: Part II
Boulton and Carver continue thier investigation into illegal immigration and find their case complicated by an attractive woman.
Episode 48: Target Man
While football fever grips Sun Hill, Deakin hopes to get his man by following a tip-off. With Hollis to help him, how can he fail?
Episode 49: Mixed Feelings
Page tries to trace the mother of an abandoned baby, while Boulton and Rawton investigate an apparently racially motivated attack.
Episode 50: Wannabe
Skase is sceptical of a 14-year-old girl so smitten with him that she accuses her parents of being drug dealers.
Episode 51: One Small Step
Episode 52: Big Brother
Episode 53: Volcano
Episode 54: Money Talks
Episode 55: Brighton Rocks: Part I
Episode 56: Brighton Rocks: Part II
Episode 57: The Hare & The Tortoise
Episode 58: The Better Man
Episode 59: Red Herrings
Episode 60: Under The Grill
Episode 61: The Stork
Episode 62: One Of Us
Episode 63: Room To Manoeuvre
Episode 64: Out Of Hand
Episode 65: Watching The Detectives
Episode 66: A People Person
Episode 67: Spray
Episode 68: Three Cheers
Episode 69: Up For Trouble
Episode 70: The Bus Driver's Prayer
Episode 71: Loving Memory
Episode 72: Stop
Episode 73: Deep Secret
Episode 74: The Whip Hand
Episode 75: Bang!
Episode 76: Unlicensed
Episode 77: Vacant Possession
Episode 78: Sucking Eggs
Episode 79: Tainted Love: Part I
Episode 80: Tainted Love: Part II
Episode 81: Tainted Love: Part III
Episode 82: Cooking
Episode 83: Fighting Chance
Episode 84: King Of The Road
Episode 85: Wrong Place Wrong Time
Episode 86: One Man Two Faces
Episode 87: Shoot The Messenger
Episode 88: Too Little Too Late
Episode 89: Deep End
Episode 90: The Party's Over
Episode 91: Bang Bang You're Dead
Episode 92: Team Spirit
Episode 93: Urgent Assistance
Episode 94: Taking Sides
Episode 95: Deadly Impact
Episode 96: Big Day
Episode 97: Making Up
Episode 98: The Cross
Episode 99: Cast No Shadow
Episode 100: Betrayal
Episode 101: All For One
Episode 102: Trial Run
Episode 103: Section F
Episode 104: Bad Chemistry
Episode 105: Dog Eat Dog
Episode 106: Indiscretion
Episode 107: The Rate For The Job
Episode 108: For Interest Only
Episode 109: The Fat Lady Sings
Episode 110: Too Many Cooks
Episode 111: Team Play
Episode 112: Heat & Light
Episode 113: Ticking Clocks
Episode 114: Strange Bedfellows
Episode 115: Live & Ticking
Episode 116: All The Lonely People
Episode 117: The Personal Touch
Episode 118: Time Gentlemen Please
Episode 119: Puzzled
Episode 120: Christmas Star
Episode 121: S.A.D.