Episode
The Bill: A Better Life
Overview
An elderly woman disturbs an intruder in her home and Alistair is convinced that a known villain has committed the burglary, but the victim insists that he is not the culprit.
Details
- Series
- The Bill
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1993-02-05
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
A Better Life is Episode 15 in Series 9 of The Bill. It aired on 1993-02-05. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 14: No Thanks To You
George has a bad day. Firstly he fails to save the life of a glue sniffer and then allows a bail absconder to escape.
Episode 16: Echo
A girl goes missing and Jim and Alan suspect a known villain of murdering her until another man walks into another station and confesses.
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Episode 18: Cried Too Late
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Episode 11: Living It Down
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Episode 19: Gone For A Soldier
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Episode 10: Shock To The System
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Episode 20: Persuasion
Burnside investigates when a female drug dealer is attacked by another dealer to get off his patch.
Episode 9: On The Cards
Martella is taken off a two-week old murder hunt to work on a case involving obscene phone calls but soon stumbles on to evidence that leads her Dave Frank and Jim to the killer.
Episode 21: Hard Man
Greig investigates a stabbing and uncovers benefit fraud at a bed and breakfast establishment.