Episode
The Bill: Tom Tiddler's Ground
Overview
Viv and June are on park patrol. A lady runs into a shed and locks herself in. A man is looking for his dog that went missing a year ago. Jim and Dashwood are watching a man's movements to try and catch his son who is a villain that Burnside wants
Details
- Series
- The Bill
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 50
- Air date
- 1989-06-22
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Tom Tiddler's Ground is Episode 50 in Series 5 of The Bill. It aired on 1989-06-22. The runtime is 22 min.
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