Episode
The Bill: Trial & Error
Overview
An armed robber who put an innocent bystander in an wheelchair has his house firebombed by the victim's son. D.I. Burnside is determined to see justice done.
Details
- Series
- The Bill
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 34
- Air date
- 1992-04-24
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Trial & Error is Episode 34 in Series 8 of The Bill. It aired on 1992-04-24. The runtime is 22 min.
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P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta arrest a girl using stolen credit cards and uncover a major racket.
Episode 35: Owning Up
P.C.s Loxton and Stringer follow up on a mugging but their case is nearly ruined when it collides with an investigation by D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows. Can W.P.C. Ackland crack the case?
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D.C.I. Meadows tries to find the link between three arson attacks. D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood track down an escaped prisoner, but Roach seems more interested in his beautiful wife.
Episode 36: Up Behind
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Episode 31: A Can Of Worms
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Episode 37: Appearances
Following an argument with a drunken pub customer, a young barmaid is hit by a car and later dies. P.C.s Quinnan and Stringer have their suspicions about the customer. Could it be manslaughter?
Episode 30: Trials & Tribulations
W.P.C. Marshall becomes a vital witness in a murder trial, and soon realises that someone is trying to intimidate her.
Episode 38: Principled Negotiation
D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach look favourably on an ex-villain with a loan-shark problem, but they expect favours in return.
Episode 29: Party Politics
W.D.C. Martella celebrates her birthday. D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach go to a party attended by a crooked businessman, who makes Burnside an offer he can't refuse.
Episode 39: Sign Of Our Times
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Episode 28: All The King's Horses
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Episode 40: Priorities
P.C.s Stringer and Loxton attend to a theft at an old people's home and begin to suspect that the ex-policeman who runs the home is ill-treating residents.