This episode made me realise about the victims of new technology.
All these wage snatch robbers put out of a job since the advent of online banking. These poor souls had to retrain to be online scammers. At least no sawn off shotgun is required for that.
A large wage roll snatch at a factory has Galloway looking for suspects.
The main suspect is the elderly wages clerk Mr White as the inside man. It was his last day in the job before retirement and he had varied his usual schedule during the wages day.
However he had been hit on the head by the robbers and was taken into hospital.
Eventually Galloway has to concede that White may not had been involved. The others are not so sure.
The episode ends with White dying in the custody room under pressure from the questioning. He also suffered from angina.
These early episodes of the Bill were made before the The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 came into force.
It seems no one took notice that the elderly man had just had a knock on his head and might be suffering from concussion. He seems to not have been informed of his right to have a lawyer. White was bought in the premise of helping the police with their enquiries.
There is a lot of urgency in the way these early episodes of The Bill were directed. Shot on video with smaller handheld cameras. The director really wants the viewer to be part of the action.
All these wage snatch robbers put out of a job since the advent of online banking. These poor souls had to retrain to be online scammers. At least no sawn off shotgun is required for that.
A large wage roll snatch at a factory has Galloway looking for suspects.
The main suspect is the elderly wages clerk Mr White as the inside man. It was his last day in the job before retirement and he had varied his usual schedule during the wages day.
However he had been hit on the head by the robbers and was taken into hospital.
Eventually Galloway has to concede that White may not had been involved. The others are not so sure.
The episode ends with White dying in the custody room under pressure from the questioning. He also suffered from angina.
These early episodes of the Bill were made before the The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 came into force.
It seems no one took notice that the elderly man had just had a knock on his head and might be suffering from concussion. He seems to not have been informed of his right to have a lawyer. White was bought in the premise of helping the police with their enquiries.
There is a lot of urgency in the way these early episodes of The Bill were directed. Shot on video with smaller handheld cameras. The director really wants the viewer to be part of the action.
