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The Bill

  • TV Series
  • 1984–20101984–2010
  • TV-14TV-14
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Colin Blumenau, Nula Conwell, Peter Ellis, Trudie Goodwin, Jon Iles, Gary Olsen, Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Tony Scannell, Jeff Stewart, and Mark Wingett in The Bill (1984)
Uniform and CID find themselves investigating a stabbing death.
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Police drama series following officers and detectives from Sun Hill Police Station in East London.Police drama series following officers and detectives from Sun Hill Police Station in East London.Police drama series following officers and detectives from Sun Hill Police Station in East London.
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    • Geoff McQueen(deviser)
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    • Graham Cole
    • Jeff Stewart
    • Trudie Goodwin
    • Geoff McQueen(deviser)
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    • Graham Cole
    • Jeff Stewart
    • Trudie Goodwin
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    • Won 2 BAFTA Awards

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    Lisa Geoghan
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    • Ch. Insp. Conway…
    Kevin Lloyd
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    Peter Ellis
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    Clive Wedderburn
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    • Trivia
      In November 2006, thieves stole editing machines and master tapes from the shows studios in Merton, South West London. Posing as a worker and wearing a high-visibility jacket, one of the thieves followed a real worker into the studios and took the equipment, walked out with it and was driven off in a getaway van. Two episodes (468 and 469) were dropped from the schedules in late December 2006, and it is rumored that the stolen tapes contained scenes from these episodes. These scenes were re-filmed and the episodes aired in May 2007, titled as Blood Money (2007) (episode 468) and To Honour and Obey (2007) (episode 469).
    • Quotes

      PC Cathy Bradford: D'you think Reg is all right?

      PC Gary Best: He's not exactly Rambo, is he?

      Insp. Gina Gold: Reg may not be a superhero, but I know who I'd like to be with me in a tight corner, and it wouldn't be you, Best, all right!

    • Crazy credits
      There were actually three versions of the credits featuring the plodding feet. There was a blue-tint version used in the original episodes in the 1980s, a 1990s fuzzy, overcast version and mid-1990s fine weather version.
    • Connections
      Edited into Total Cops (2003)

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    good show gone crap
    I am now 25 and religiously watched 'The Bill' since I was about 8 years old. I loved the show. It probably was a bit biased in showing cops as virtual angels but it was tightly scripted with good solid acting and was not too soapy.

    But ever since the changes made in the late 1990s I have not been able to watch this pile of drivel. The pathetic unbelievable plots are a joke. The characters are a bunch of sissies and it is more like an episode of 'Home and Away' than 'The Bill'. I cannot believe my mum still loves this show; but I know even she struggles to enjoy it.

    So thanks to the morons who changed a great show into a pile of crap. If I ever get cable TV it will be to watch the old episodes, not the rubbish on today.
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    • Oct 1, 2005

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      • August 16, 1983 (United Kingdom)
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      • Roundshaw, Wallington, Surrey, England, UK
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      • Thames Television
      • Talkback Thames
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