Episode
The Bill: Acting Detective
Overview
A woman who collapsed at an airport is found to be a mule, smuggling drugs in her stomach. D.I. Burnside, with only limited time to mount an operation, gets W.P.C. French to take the courier's place in an attempt to uncover the dealer.
Details
- Series
- The Bill
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 25
- Air date
- 1992-03-26
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Acting Detective is Episode 25 in Series 8 of The Bill. It aired on 1992-03-26. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 26: Stopover
P.C. Smollett tries to offer a follow-up service to victims of crime. A woman whose husband is in prison, and who runs a guesthouse, keeps reporting an intruder on the premises. Smollett gives her support, but P.C. Garfield thinks he is wasting his time.
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Episode 22: Coincidence
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Episode 28: All The King's Horses
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Episode 21: The Wild Rover
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Episode 29: Party Politics
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Episode 20: The Paddy Factor
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Episode 30: Trials & Tribulations
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