Episode
The Bill: Minimum Force
Overview
Tony and George go to a burglary. The home owner caught the burglar and beat him up. The wife comes back and says the burglar was a work mate collecting some pills for her. Viv and Jim check on the husband and find out that a work mate, who had his nose broken by him, has form for burglary. A drunken lady gets violent with some of the relief after making a disturbance outside a newsagent. She causes a nuisance while locked in the cells until she knocks herself out.
Details
- Series
- The Bill
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 52
- Air date
- 1991-06-27
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Minimum Force is Episode 52 in Series 7 of The Bill. It aired on 1991-06-27. The runtime is 22 min.
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