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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Bill Season 6 Episode 41 - Trojan Horse
    9.1/10(48 votes)

    #1 - Trojan Horse

    S6:E41

    P.C. Ken Melvin and P.C. Reg Hollis stop a young man for erratic driving, and a PNC check reveals the expensive car is stolen. Stamp and Quinnan arrive to transport the prisoner to Barton Street, and Melvin and Hollis volunteer to drive the car back to Sun Hill. As Melvin moves some of the building materials from the station renovations so he can park, the car explodes in a huge fireball. Hollis, Conway and Melvin are rushed to hospital - but Ken Melvin soon dies from his injuries. SO13 arrive at Barton Street to interview the car thief, who it turns out stole the car from an army major who was a likely terrorist target. Sgt. Cryer is outraged that the disaster could have been prevented as SO13 had the major under surveillance and could have stopped the car being stolen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Pat Dunlop

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  2. The Bill Season 7 Episode 33 - Cry Havoc
    9.1/10(58 votes)

    #2 - Cry Havoc

    S7:E33

    Quinnan and Stamp go to Whitegate Estate to arrest a man involved in a glassing the night before. When Peters tries to apprehend the assailant, he is stabbed and rushed to hospital.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Bill Season 9 Episode 36 - The Short Straw
    9.1/10(52 votes)

    #3 - The Short Straw

    S9:E36

    When her car breaks down on the way to the station, DC Viv Martella misses an important CID briefing about an obbo on a suspected armed robbery, and is furious when she is taken off the case by DI Frank Burnside. As CID and SO19 wait outside the target, Martella and PC Tony Stamp follow up a simple case to arrest a suspected bag snatcher. As they wait outside the suspect's house, a van pulls up, obscuring their view. Having missed the briefing, Martella fails to recognise the van's occupants as the armed robbers, and when she approaches their van she is shot and killed. Stamp is wounded, but manages to give a description of the van which is spotted by a traffic police motorcycle. As the India 99 police helicopter and SO19 cars pursue Martella's killers across London, PC Loxton and WPC Ackland disobey Ch. Insp. Cato's orders and pursue the suspect vehicle in the Area Car. The vehicle hits a bulldozer and explodes, killing all inside.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  4. The Bill Season 23 Episode 8 - School Of Hard Knocks
    9.0/10(20 votes)

    #4 - School Of Hard Knocks

    S23:E8

    With a gun to Harman and another on him, Nadir is forced to admit he is undercover. As Haskew, Shaw and Nadir dispute on whether or not Nadir is actually bent, Alvarez silences the room by shooting informant Eva Garcia. As Haskew drags Harman and Nadir to the drug deal, Nadir explains all to Harman, leaving her disgusted. With SOCA at the wrong location, the lorry is intercepted with it continuing in the wrong direction, but it is a bust. Nadir proves to Alvarez that the police are going to the wrong place to regain his trust, but he loses Haskew's when he tries to shoot him in attempt to stop Haskew killing Harman. A heart to heart between Nadir and Shaw sees them decide to elope with the cash, but not before CO19 storm the deal and engage in a firefight. As bullets fly and bodies drop, the Sun Hill team are left looking for their own in the casualties.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Bill Season 5 Episode 47 - FAT'AC
    8.8/10(61 votes)

    #5 - FAT'AC

    S5:E47

    Yorkie is on hand at the scene of a fatal accident. Everyone is being held up and Yorkie is stressing out. Petrol is leaking from crushed car which has dead occupants. Sgt. Penny, when he finally arrives, tells Yorkie off for not blocking off the road. When Yorkie goes to move a bus on, he discovers the bus driver is the husband of the driver of the crushed car. Yorkie is in shock and Viv is worried about him. Cryer seems to be the only one who understands. Yorkie is talking about giving up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Bill Season 16 Episode 23 - The Trial
    8.8/10(47 votes)

    #6 - The Trial

    S16:E23

    Santini goes on trial at the Old Bailey accused of the murder of Jessica Orton, but tries to talk to CIB and implicate Quinnan and Rawton. A prison guard tells Santini that Sherman's drugs charges are being dropped in favour of conspiracy to murder Santini and Fox, who turns up dead in her hotel room after an apparent suicide. With Ferguson executed and Timpney taken on side by Sherman's heavies, Santini's trial starts falling apart. Hagen is discredited by her Sun Hill colleagues when she lies under oath and breaks down in the witness box after being caught out. With Santini found not guilty, he is warned by his recently released cellmate that he is in grave danger from Sherman's heavies.

    Director:John Howard Davies
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Bill Season 18 Episode 18 - The Bill Season 18 Episode 18
    8.8/10(48 votes)

    #7 - The Bill Season 18 Episode 18

    S18:E18

    Superintendent Tom Chandler reads out the names of the dead and injured whilst trying to maintain dignity in the face of the public and the press. Sergeants June Ackland, Matt Boyden and Craig Gilmore are left discussing the unenviable task of speaking to the families and loved ones of their fellow officers. The boys make their excuses and a grief stricken June is left with to make the calls on her own. DC Danny Glaze convinces himself that if he'd spoken out against DS Vik Singh's indiscretions in the first place, none of this would have spiraled out of control like it has. He's determined to track down their prime suspect Jeff Simpson and enlists DC Duncan Lennox, saying he's determined to prove him guilty with or without Duncan's help. They search but Simpson knows they can't pin anything on him and arrogantly waits for them on the bonnet of Duncan's car. Meanwhile DC Mickey Webb's grief becomes unbearable. Superintendent Tom Chandler quietly suggests to DCI Jack Meadows that Mickey

    Director:Declan O'Dwyer
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Bill Season 24 Episode 33 - Shockwave
    8.8/10(24 votes)

    #8 - Shockwave

    S24:E33

    Two explosions happen whilst Emma and Sally are out on patrol. With many casualties Callum takes control of the situation. Emma learns from Jack about another possible bomb and as she tries to evacuate a building it goes off.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Bill Season 6 Episode 42 - Rites
    8.7/10(44 votes)

    #9 - Rites

    S6:E42

    It's the day of P.C. Ken Melvin's funeral, but the men and women of Sun Hill still have a job to do. P.C. Stamp volunteers to do a reading at the church service. W.D.C. Martella is annoyed when D.I. Burnside keeps CID out on an obbo when the funeral service is about to start. Two old friends turn up at the church: P.C. Taffy Edwards, now in the Wales Police, and Yorkie Smith, now working for a security firm. The funeral goes off without a hitch, as Sun Hill pays its last respects to one of its officers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Bill Season 15 Episode 33 - Lone Ranger
    8.7/10(41 votes)

    #10 - Lone Ranger

    S15:E33

    PC Eddie Santini tries to convince his lover, Jess Orton, to set him up with some drug dealers - he wants out of Sun Hill, and DS Timpney, his friend in Area Drugs, has promised him a place in the squad if Santini can get him evidence on them. At parade, Sgt. Bob Cryer assigns the relief a door-knocking campaign to warn the elderly residents of the area about two bogus callers posing as social workers who are responsible for a string of robberies. Leaving PC Hagen to cover for him, Santini meets Jessica, but not before hearing the culprits have been following the local Meals-On-Wheels van. Jessica has met up with an old friend, Ferguson, who is a big-time drugs importer. She wants Eddie to pose as her husband when they next meet to seal the deal. When Eddie returns to duty, Cryer is furious. An old army Major has had all his medals stolen by the bogus callers, and Santini had neglected to warn him. A desperate Santini gets Hagen to investigate the Major, and finds his claim is a scam.

    Director:Steve Shill
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Bill Season 8 Episode 12 - Chicken
    8.6/10(39 votes)

    #11 - Chicken

    S8:E12

    P.C. Stringer tries to stop some children from playing 'chicken' on the railway line, but one of them is run down by a train. Sgt. Peters transfers upstairs to the post of duty sergeant, swapping roles with Bob Cryer, who returns to the relief.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Bill Season 13 Episode 13 - One Big Happy Family
    8.6/10(36 votes)

    #12 - One Big Happy Family

    S13:E13

    P.C. Garfield's complaint that Ch. Supt. Brownlow and Ch. Insp. Conway are out touch with real police work brings an unexpected response: Conway goes on a ride along with P.C. Page and Brownlow goes for a walkabout in the station - much to the annoyance of Insp. Monroe, who feels he is being spied upon, and Sgt. Boyden who doesn't want him hanging around in custody. Brownlow is in CAD and reprimands Nick over the air for not using correct radio procedure. When Boyden is called away, Brownlow takes charge of the custody area where he clashes with D.S. Boulton over a prisoner's detention review time. P.C. Stamp and P.C. Slater do their best to avoid returning to the station while Brownlow is on the prowl, until they take what they think is an easy call about a fight at a kids' football match that ends with Nick being punched in the face by an irate father who he then arrests for assaulting him and the match referee. Page and Conway get on the trail of two men posing as TV engineers to ga

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Bill Season 14 Episode 5 - Villain
    8.6/10(39 votes)

    #13 - Villain

    S14:E5

    Boyden deals with a frail old man brought into custody accused of attempted murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Bill Season 16 Episode 36 - Search Me
    8.6/10(37 votes)

    #14 - Search Me

    S16:E36

    Stop and search is resumed when there is an outbreak of street robberies. Mannion asks Brownlow to stand in for him for a TV interview, but he ends up shifting blame after two undercover journalists are subject two stop and searches. With the relief furious at their chief, Brownlow joins Conway on the beat in the C.I.D. car. They respond to a call and collar one of the street robbers, but when the other robber hops onto a bus and Brownlow gets uniform to stop the bus, he comes under public criticism, although uniform can only see the funny side.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:J. C. Wilsher

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  15. The Bill Season 21 Episode 15 - The Bill Season 21 Episode 15
    8.6/10(20 votes)

    #15 - The Bill Season 21 Episode 15

    S21:E15

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Bill Season 8 Episode 11 - Lost Boy
    8.5/10(34 votes)

    #16 - Lost Boy

    S8:E11

    D.S. Greig is led to a vice ring when searching for a missing thirteen-year-old boy. D.C. Dashwood and W.P.C. Ackland are brought into an operation against ponces running rent boys.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Bill Season 12 Episode 45 - Dancers
    8.5/10(45 votes)

    #17 - Dancers

    S12:E45

    Ch. Supt. Brownlow organises a tea dance for the Met Police Pensioners & Widows society. PCs Jarvis and Quinnan spend the afternoon dancing with admiring elderly ladies, WPC Polly Page is harrassed by a wheelchair-bound admirer, and PC Reg Hollis does a magic show. Brownlow is dreading the arrival of Geoffrey Allerton, an ex-copper who goes out of his way to complain about everything. When the minivan misses Allerton, Brownlow asks PC Tony Stamp to pick him up on the way to the bakery to pick up some cakes. When Stamp steps out of the bakery, he is horrified to find Brownlow's car has been stolen whilst Allerton was buying some tobacco. Packing Allerton and the cakes onto a bus, a desperate Stamp tries to retrieve Brownlow's car after it is impounded. When Allerton arrives at the dance at last, he causes a fuss when he recognises an armed blagger from a fifteen year old case at the wedding next door.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Bill Season 14 Episode 24 - Back Up
    8.5/10(32 votes)

    #18 - Back Up

    S14:E24

    Carver is let down by an unreliable snout, and needs Beech to get him out of a tricky situation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Bill Season 15 Episode 13 - Badlands
    8.5/10(39 votes)

    #19 - Badlands

    S15:E13

    DS John Boulton is determined to catch a pair of brutal thieves, and he is certain that local crook Mick Glover is one of them. Ignoring protests from Uniform, who already have Glover under surveillance, Boulton leads a disasterous raid on Glover's flat, which puts PCs Quinnan and Garfield's informant Janie in grave danger. When Quinnan and Garfield find Janie's flat on the Jasmine Allen estate vandalised, Quinnan pursues the suspects, but finds himself seperated from Garfield, who can only watch in horror as his friend is beaten and stabbed by a gang of youths.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Bill Season 15 Episode 14 - Eyes Everywhere
    8.5/10(46 votes)

    #20 - Eyes Everywhere

    S15:E14

    With PC Quinnan in a critical condition in St Hugh's Hospital, the police descend on the Jasmine Allen estate, determined to catch those responsible. PC Garfield manages to identify most of the gang, and a young boy, Kevin White, bought in for questioning names them as the 'Sun Hill Massive'. Garfield and DS Boulton come to blows when Boulton denies any responsiblity for the attack on Quinnan. Acting on a tip-off, the police raid Mick Glover's flat again, finding he is responsible for the burgleries, and that his son Ben and Kevin White were the ones who stabbed Quinnan.

    Director:Ian White
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Bill Season 16 Episode 7 - Zero Tolerance
    8.5/10(20 votes)

    #21 - Zero Tolerance

    S16:E7

    Insp. Monroe has trouble dealing with a gang of boy-racers who are harassing and intimidating an elderly couple. When the old man dies after an altercation with the gang, Monroe is urged by Brownlow to show 'zero tolerance' to the youths. PC Smith gets close to a nurse at the St Hughs Nurses Home while investigating reports of a stalker in the area.

    Director:John Howard Davies
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Bill Season 16 Episode 16 - When The Bough Breaks
    8.5/10(45 votes)

    #22 - When The Bough Breaks

    S16:E16

    Boyden has a near miss on patrol when a van in front of him collides with a teenage girl. Her friend is identified by a mall security guard as a shoplifter, and after refusing to give her details, Boyden is shocked to discover the girl is Monroe's daughter Jackie. Boyden supports his boss through the ordeal, drawing on his own recent experience with his daughter Amy. As the relief rumour mill goes into overdrive, Monroe demands harsh action for Jackie to silence the officers claiming she will get off lightly. Monroe gets a reality check as he realises how badly fractured the relationship with his daughter is, and is determined to help her when she later goes missing. When Page finds drugs on Jackie's friend, Brownlow intervenes amidst media pressure about the fatal overdose of a teenage girl from Jackie's school, but has further media pressure to deal with when Jackie's arrest becomes public knowledge.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Bill Season 16 Episode 41 - The Deep Blue Sea
    8.5/10(45 votes)

    #23 - The Deep Blue Sea

    S16:E41

    With Leroy Jones being held captive by rival dealer Touissant, Rickman is sent to make a second purchase from the syndicate. Rickman tails her contact to a tower block in the city, where Touissant's crew burst in and shoot the ringleader of "The Syndicate" and Rickman's contact. When Jones is ordered to kill Toussaint's main rival, Nathan Clarke, Rickman finds she has fallen for Jones and confesses her love and status as a police officer. When he abandons her, she goes back to Sun Hill before getting into Touissant's so SO19 can conduct a raid. With Jones a surprise member of the group, Rickman warns him to leave, but she finds herself as a hostage for a vengeful Touissant when SO19 storm in.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Bill Season 18 Episode 1 - Loaded
    8.5/10(30 votes)

    #24 - Loaded

    S18:E1

    Des Taviner and Reg Hollis are in the Area Car enjoying the warm weather when Sergeant Craig Gilmore surprises them. He is unimpressed with their excuses and orders them to remove their sunglasses and get back to work. As they drive around, Hollis reveals that he is planning to propose to his girlfriend Helen. Unfortunately they are not currently on the best of terms having rowed after Hollis declined Helen's invitation to join her at a conference in Southend. Taviner announces that they are going to Southend and forces Reg to pretend that the car has broken down. Meanwhile Special Constable Terry Knowles and PC Nick Klein have arrested petty thief Derek Daly. As they head back for the station Knowles spots an attractive blonde in a car and persuades Klein to pull her over when she jumps a red light. Confident that he can get her phone number (like his hero Taviner would), Knowles approaches the blonde with a smile. Flirting outrageously he tries to get a date but with little success.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Bill Season 18 Episode 9 - Quinnan (4)
    8.5/10(47 votes)

    #25 - Quinnan (4)

    S18:E9

    The operation appears to be in jeopardy again when Petrit declares that he is going in search of his missing sister. Following a lead from a girl at a café, he and Carver visit a pool hall, but have no joy with the doorman. Page meets up with Cullen to give him an update, and tells him that she is convinced that they are being set up for extortion by Berisha. Her suspicions are later confirmed when Berisha presents Quinnan with a bill for excess staff. Initially, he refuses to pay, until Berisha starts to strangle him, watched by a helpless Webb and Lennox. A determined Petrit plans to return as a punter to the pool hall where his sister may be, which is identified as a brothel.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Trojan Horse" is the best rated episode of "The Bill". It scored 9.1/10 based on 48 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Pat Dunlop, it aired on 5/22/1990. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Cry Havoc".