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The Bill: The Bill Season 20 Episode 42
Overview
PC Cameron Tait dives into the Thames to rescue the two children from the sinking car. He manages to get the girl out, but the boy is missing and the girl later dies in hospital. Cameron is deeply affected, and begins to sink into a deep depression, while PC Honey Harman does her best to console him. PC Gabriel Kent's vigilante actions on the Coal Lane Estate could be his undoing when one of his supporters, Laura Bryant, decides he's crossed the line, and reports his actions to DC Rob Thatcher. As Thatcher and DC Ken Drummond follow up Laura's allegations, Gabriel's accomplice Kev is found beaten and locked in the boot of a car. Drummond sees Irene Radford, head of a ruthless crime family on the estate, and it looks as though the Radfords are running a protection racket. DS Debbie McAllister leads a raid to arrest an aggravated burglary suspect, and DS Samantha Nixon realises he fits the profile of their serial rapist. DS Phil Hunter returns to work, but makes excuses that due to his i
Details
- Series
- The Bill
- Season
- Season 20
- Episode
- Episode 42
- Air date
- 2004-06-17
Episode context
The Bill Season 20 Episode 42 is Episode 42 in Season 20 of The Bill. It aired on 2004-06-17.
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Episode 41: The Bill Season 20 Episode 41
A skeptical DI Neil Manson reluctantly agrees to DS Samantha Nixon's requests to hire a profiler to help catch Sun Hill's serial rapist. Nixon and profiler Dr Hugh Wallis review the cases and the locations, and conclude that the perpetrator knows the area very well. PC Gabriel Kent's vigilante actions on the Coal Lane Estate spiral out of control when he arranges for a skinhead gang to attack two black youths as revenge for mugging an elderly Asian lady. With his former allies on the estate turning against him, Kent must act quickly to ensure his involvement is not discovered. Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy is in court in the case of a drink-driving Rastafarian she arrested for refusing a blood test, and is humiliated when the case is thrown out of court, and she is accused of racism and insensitivity to the man's religious beliefs. Advocate Jerome Taylor alerts the Borough Commander to the case, and Supt Adam Okaro is forced to offer Sgt Murphy a choice between transfer or demotion. PC Honey Ha
Episode 43: The Bill Season 20 Episode 43
DC Rob Thatcher is keeping a close eye on the Radfords despite the warnings of his colleagues. He eagerly arrests David Radford for selling bootleg DVDs on the Coal Lane Estate, but when David's mother Irene turns up with a proof of purchase, Thatcher knows he's been set up by his nemesis. DS Phil Hunter in running the CSU, and despite DC Jim Carver's misgivings, Hunter's forceful manner gets results when he convinces a reluctant pregnant domestic violence victim to testify. When a casino punter is mugged after a large win, Carver organises an undercover operation with PCs Cameron Tait and Honey Harman. Carver wins big on the tables, and sure enough, is mugged as he gets home. The team manage to crack the case when they realise the connection between one of the croupiers and a cab driver, but has Carver's big win tipped his addictive personality back into overdrive? Despite being on leave, PC Kerry Young returns to the station to declare her love to Cameron, but after being taunted by
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