Episode
The Bill: Overspend
Overview
Taffy has come in for a shift before taking his holidays. He is worried he will miss his flight. He tries to saw a bed rail to remove a prisoner but ends up removing the bed head instead. Brownlow is trying to cut spending and tells Burnside that for the present they will have to use the buses. Carver misses his on the way to a supermarket to see about staff pilfering. He wrenches his ankle getting off the bus after a butcher smuggling meat out in his clothes. Penny is going by the PACE book
Details
- Series
- The Bill
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 53
- Air date
- 1989-07-04
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Overspend is Episode 53 in Series 5 of The Bill. It aired on 1989-07-04. The runtime is 22 min.
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