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1 "Light Duties" Derek Lister: Geoff McQueen: First appearances of Insp Christine Frazer, PC Malcolm Haynes and SRO Marion Layland, first credited appearance of PC Tony Stamp, PC Jim Carver is promoted to DC: 19 July 1988 () Andy Secombe: TBA: 2 "The Three Wise Monkeys" Bill Brayne: Geoff McQueen: First appearance of Ch Insp Derek Conway
Farewell: The Bill: 30-31 1 2010 5 October 2011 [32] Includes the last ever episodes, Respect: Part 1 and Respect: Part 2, plus the behind-the-scenes documentary, Farewell: The Bill. DVD is in Region 0. Series 1 – 4: 1-84 17 1984–1988 1 February 2012 [33] Also includes the pilot episode of the series, Woodentop. DVD Box set is in Region 0 ...
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]
Both Jon Iles (DC Dashwood) and Tony Scannell (DS Roach) were initially booked to appear in only two episodes. The original casting was the responsibility of Pat O'Connell, and there is a strong link with some of the original male cast appearing in successful plays at the Royal Court Theatre in London during early 1983.
The series continued the approach from the previous year in merging procedural policing drama with personal lives being touched upon, but one change from the norm saw plots focused on the perspectives of the victims or their community, while the show also moved onto more hard-hitting issues including online grooming (Closing the Net Parts 1 & 2), domestic terrorism (Frontline), knife crime ...
A number of The Bill Video/Audio Commentaries for Series 5 episodes have been recorded with cast and crew, including actors Colin Blumenau (P.C. Taffy Edwards), Larry Dann (Sgt. Alec Peters), Trudie Goodwin (W.P.C. June Ackland), Robert Hudson (P.C. Yorkie Smith), Chris Humphreys (P.C. Richard Turnham), Jon Iles (D.C. Mike Dashwood), Andrew Mackintosh (D.S. Alastair Greig), Nick Reding (P.C ...
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On 6 February 2013, The Bill Series 12 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 12 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia). The show aired the death of PC Cathy Marshall early in the series, actress Lynne Miller departing after seven years in a mysterious plot that saw her drown whilst chasing a suspect, but it was never confirmed if she was ...