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First appearance of PC Cathy Marshall: 20 June 1989 () Race Davies and Arthur Smith: TBA: 50 "Tom Tiddler's Ground" John Bruce: P. J. Hammond: TBA: 22 June 1989 () Peter Benson: TBA: 51 "Make My Day" Michael Ferguson: Barry Appleton: First appearances of PCs Richard Turnham and Timothy Able: 27 June 1989 ()
The first series was due to consist of twelve episodes, but only eleven were fully completed. Scenes had already been shot for the missing episode, which was later completed as "The Chief Super's Party", with some rewriting reflecting cast changes, as the final episode of Series Two. In addition, a publicity photo featuring DI Galloway at a ...
The Bill was originally conceived in 1983 by Geoff McQueen, then a new television writer, as a one-off drama.McQueen had originally titled the production Old Bill. [2] It was picked up by Michael Chapman for ITV franchise holder Thames Television, who retitled it Woodentop as part of Thames's Storyboard series of one-off dramas and broadcast on ITV under the title Woodentop on 16 August 1983. [2]
The largest proportion of the cast play uniformed police constables. Gary Olsen appeared as Dave Litten in "Woodentop", the series pilot, as well as the entire first series, before returning as a guest star in 1986. He was the actor who appeared in the fewest episodes as a series regular.
In July that year, series creator and writer Geoff McQueen, died at the age of 46. During 1997, The Bill underwent a series of changes. At the end of 1996, the Ford Sierra Area Car in the opening title sequence was replaced with the programme's new Vaxhuall Vectra (despite the Vectra not appearing in any scenes until the summer). This led to ...
Included Episode 2-12 from the first series, excludes the pilot episode Woodentop. Series 2 [115] 1-12 1985–1986 Includes the complete second series. Series 3 [116] 1-12 1987 Includes the complete third series. Series 4 [117] 1-48 1988 Includes the complete fourth series. Series 5: Part 1 [118] 1-52 1989 Includes the first fifty-two episodes ...
Prior to appearing in The Bill Lloyd had already played the high-profile role of nightclub owner Don Watkins in the soap opera Coronation Street.He also appeared in a number of other television shows, including the first series of Starting Out, Boon, Minder, Dear John, Farrington of the F.O., Dempsey and Makepeace, Z-Cars, Andy Capp, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Blake's 7 and Casualty.
She is known for playing the role of DS Claire Stanton in the long running ITV drama The Bill from 1999 to 2001. She first appeared on The Bill as a victim, Penny Thompson, on episode 6 of series 11 in 1995. She has also appeared in several other television programmes, including A Touch of Frost and Kingdom.