Episode
The Bill: Delivery On Time
Overview
Barry and Cathy are walking the beat when they are called to a burglary. Cathy and Barry are doing follow up calls when they are told the van is back. Jim is hungover and goes with Tosh to investigate the burglary. It turns out to be someone conning their way into houses by claiming to have a parcel. Tosh is called to court although he wants to catch the delivery man. Tosh just catches sight of the delivery man when he is called back to court. Grieg, Martella and Dashwood investigate stolen motorcycles at a bike shop.
Details
- Series
- The Bill
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 35
- Air date
- 1991-04-30
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Delivery On Time is Episode 35 in Series 7 of The Bill. It aired on 1991-04-30. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 34: Rules Of Engagement
Viv goes to a club. A bouncer is suspicious and when she goes outside to call in Burnside, he hits her over the back of the head. Her assailant is possibly involved with stolen property. Viv is worried her boyfriend is involved.
Episode 36: Black Monday
Tosh's car gets towed. He catches a bus and see a man who is supposed to have died 5 years ago. Burnside thinks it is a windup. After being spotted by Norika, he goes into the river for real this time. Carver brings in a car that is made up of 3 other cars.
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Episode 37: Jobs For The Boys
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Episode 32: Hammer To Fall
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Episode 38: Without Consent
A prostitute comes into the station to report a rape. Loxton tells her it is classed as non-payment of goods. June has problems making people treat it as a rape.
Episode 31: Caught Napping
The Metropolitan Police Serious Crimes Squad sweep into Sun Hill and commandeer the station's briefing room, setting a few noses out of joint in the process. They are there to investigate the murder of a police informant, who at the time of his death was under the protection of Sun Hill CID. DI Burnside and DS Roach come to blows when Roach refuses to share the blame for withdrawing officers from the safe house, and accuses Burnside of corruption.
Episode 39: Saints and Martyrs
June investigates a break in and thief of a pension book. June is told CPS won't be taking up her assault case so she brings a private summons. Brownlow, surprisingly, defends June at a senior management meeting. Hollis goes to talk to Brownlow about the air conditioner in the custody suite. Tosh goes to talk to the victim and is told that one of the two men was caught dropping maggots out of a tin into the sink. The sick man recognises one of the men.
Episode 30: Dead Man's Boots
Cryer tries to stop an elderly woman, who gave evidence as a witness in a murder trial, from being victimised on a council estate. The vacant position of duty sergeant is on offer at Sun Hill.
Episode 40: Observation
Reid takes over a joint surveillance operation. Burnside and Martella are asked to leave the flat they are observing from by the drunken tenet who then beats his wife. When he comes into the street after her, Burnside arrests him.
Episode 29: Now We're Motoring
Reg helps a man tow away a car. The owner comes to complain about the towing. Reg comes across another towing. Lines talks to a man about welding his car to make the MOT. He is getting grief from Reed. He seems to be setting up a deal where he delivers a car across the channel.
Episode 41: The Greater Good
Tosh and Jim are watching a wrecking yard. A car is seen driven into the yard stolen from a man who runs a youth centre. Tosh thinks it is an insurance fraud involving cars disappearing and claimed as stolen.