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The Best Episodes of The Bill Season 12

Every episode of The Bill Season 12 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Bill Season 12!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Bill Season 12 Episode 153 - Merrily On High
    8.8/10(20 votes)

    S12:E153

    The Assistant Commissioner has declared Sun Hill Police Station an alcohol-free zone - terrible news for Ch. Supt. Brownlow and Ch. Insp. Conway who hope to enjoy a ""liquid lunch"" when they take the A.C. to a posh French restaurant. It's even worse news for the detectives in C.I.D., who have decided they are not going to give up their Christmas party without a fight. D.C. Skase shows D.C. Croft how a police officer can get ""donations"" for the party from the local publicans, but as they return, Hicks, Brownlow and Conway arrive back from their lunch for a tour of the station. They are forced to pretend Skase is a prisoner, and an unhappy Rod is locked in the cells for several hours. An elderly man is arrested after a road rage incident in a supermarket carpark, but the police manage to reunite him with his estranged family for Christmas.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Bill Season 12 Episode 45 - Dancers
    8.5/10(31 votes)

    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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  3. The Bill Season 12 Episode 104 - A Day In The Life
    8.5/10(28 votes)

    S12:E104

    Keane is held hostage by a desperate armed robber.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Bill Season 12 Episode 89 - Target
    8.4/10(23 votes)

    S12:E89

    While speaking to Ackland and Loxton about the problem of local dog mess, a woman is shot dead by a sniper. Meadows and his CID team are tasked to investigate, and suspect that the woman was not the intended target, and it is strongly possible the sniper was after Loxton, who is set to testify in court against an attempted murderer that afternoon. However, when Ackland's house is set alight that night, CID come to the conclusion that she is the intended target. Writing up a list of possible suspects, Ackland gets sucked into a deadly cat-and-mouse game to try to draw the killer out - resulting in the death of one of Sun Hill's best officers. 📌 Feature length rebroadcast of the episodes "Fire", "All Tucked Up" and "Bait" from Series 11.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Bill Season 12 Episode 131 - Old Codgers
    8.4/10(22 votes)

    S12:E131

    A retired Police Sergeant arrives at Sun Hill claiming to know who murdered a girl more than 50 years previously. Against Quinnan and Greig's will, they both investigate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Bill Season 12 Episode 51 - Value Added
    8.3/10(26 votes)

    S12:E51

    Hollis goes undercover in the seedy world of vice in pursuit of the unscrupulous owner of a clip joint.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Bill Season 12 Episode 74 - Spill
    8.3/10(21 votes)

    S12:E74

    PCs Quinnan and Stamp are first on the scene of a major chemical spill when a tanker truck hits some scaffolding near the Sun Hill tube station. Insp. Monroe arrives to supervise the evacuation of the area, as the fire department try to work out what chemical has been spilt, although a lack of documentation on the truck makes this difficult. The driver dies in hospital, but when his wife in informed by Uniform, she doesn't seem very upset. Further investigation reveals she is behind a scheme to provide unlicenced or disqualified drivers to the trucking company.

    Director:John Strickland
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Bill Season 12 Episode 25 - Confession
    8.2/10(29 votes)

    S12:E25

    A man comes in to Sun Hill and confesses to murdering a woman who disappeared five years ago. D.C.I. Meadows, who headed the original investigation, and D.C. Carver talk to him and, when they are convinced he is lying, throw him out. The man soon returns, and this time he tells Carver something that wasn't in the news stories making the police take his confession more seriously.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Bill Season 12 Episode 73 - Camper
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    S12:E73

    Slater and Boyden are involved in a drugs bust involving a camper van.

    Director:Moira Armstrong
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Bill Season 12 Episode 94 - Lean On Me
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    S12:E94

    Hollis gets ideas above his station when Barbara, a local tom with whom he has become friendly, tries to become his informant. Although Barbara claims that known fraduster David Gough is back out on the patch, Hollis struggles to convince Deakin and Meadows.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. The Bill Season 12 Episode 99 - Junior
    8.2/10(20 votes)

    S12:E99

    When fifteen-year-old Mickey Hoyle is arresting for joyriding, Beech employs him as a snout to expose a crooked car ring run by the Hislop brothers, Wayne and Paul. DS Frank Thomas from Scotland Yard assists Beech and a less than impressed Lines with the investigation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Bill Season 12 Episode 119 - Champing At The Bit
    8.2/10(25 votes)

    S12:E119

    Jarvis and McCann attend the scene of an accident involving a woman driving a horsebox, who tests positive in a breath test. Deakin is after a violent attacker.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Bill Season 12 Episode 48 - Cheating
    8.1/10(29 votes)

    S12:E48

    Quinnan and Hollis have to decide whether a pub quiz champion is breaking the rules. Skase deals with the unfaithful wife of a local villain.

    Director:Kate Cheeseman
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Bill Season 12 Episode 60 - Final Drive
    8.1/10(27 votes)

    S12:E60

    P.C. Mike Jarvis is on the last few days of the Advanced Driving Course at Hendon. He gets on well with fellow team-member W.P.C. Sommer, but both of them cannot stand the third officer in their group, P.C. Penrose, the smug, over-bearing son of a ""Black-Rat"" (traffic officer) who sees himself as the best driver on the course, let alone in the Met. The trio attends a quiz night the night before their ""final drive"", the all-important test of their advanced driving skills, and Jarvis stops Penrose from drinking too much before the test. Battling station rumours that he is being re-assessed, P.C. Tony Stamp arrives at Hendon to check on Jarvis's progress - and is pleased when Jarvis passes his final drive easily - just a few points short however of becoming a Class 1 (Area Car) driver. A hung-over and ungrateful Penrose also misses out on his Class 1 rating, but W.P.C. Sommer makes it.

    Director:Michael Ferguson
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Bill Season 12 Episode 138 - Death Of A Nobody
    8.1/10(28 votes)

    S12:E138

    The murder of a taxi driver has all the hallmarks of a gangland execution. But why would anyone want to kill a complete nobody? Meadows and Deakin investigate this special 1 hour episode.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Bill Season 12 Episode 3 - Runners Up
    8.0/10(21 votes)

    S12:E3

    Meadows offers a bottle of scotch as a reward for catching an elusive burglar.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Bill Season 12 Episode 11 - Worst Fears
    8.0/10(18 votes)

    S12:E11

    While Deakin investigates the kidnapping of a five-year-old boy, Conway gets some unsettling news.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Bill Season 12 Episode 66 - Jekyll & Hyde
    8.0/10(16 votes)

    S12:E66

    Brownlow witnesses a violent outburst on the road.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Bill Season 12 Episode 142 - Public Relations
    8.0/10(17 votes)

    S12:E142

    Skase and Hollis demonstrate two differing approaches to police work when a young journalist writing about policing spends a day at Sun Hill.

    Director:Brian Parker
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Bill Season 12 Episode 9 - Judgement Call
    7.9/10(18 votes)

    S12:E9

    Uniform and CID are on the lookout for escaped prisoner Jim Brodie, so both Brodie's wife and his drug dealer are under observation. PC Nick Slater and WPC Cathy Marshall pursue two burglers down to the riverfront, where one of them gives Slater a severe beating. Marshall sees a person on the barges and gives chase. By the time their backup arrives, delayed by PC Reg Hollis' dodgy belly, Marshall has disappeared. When her dead body is fished out of the river, the two crooks she and Slater had been pursuing are questioned over her possible murder. Searching the barge that Marshall was last seen, CID find evidence that someone has been sleeping rough on board - and it looks like it's their escaped prisoner, Brodie. The river police intercept Brodie fleeing to Amsterdam on his friend's boat, but there is not enough evidence to charge him for Cathy Marshall's murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Bill Season 12 Episode 12 - One Night With You
    7.9/10(21 votes)

    S12:E12

    Five-year-old Tommy Laker is still missing, and Deakin discovers an evil and sinister ring which may hold the clue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Bill Season 12 Episode 24 - Boy Meets Girl
    7.9/10(21 votes)

    S12:E24

    Croft investigates a series of vicious sexual assaults.

    Director:James Hawes
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Bill Season 12 Episode 31 - Home Help
    7.9/10(18 votes)

    S12:E31

    Cryer and Slater handle a tricky case involving a disabled former police officer and his wayward son.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Bill Season 12 Episode 80 - Kick Me Hard
    7.9/10(18 votes)

    S12:E80

    Daly mounts an operation to catch muggers. Page goes undercover as a pregnant woman to act as bait.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Bill Season 12 Episode 107 - Liar
    7.9/10(17 votes)

    S12:E107

    Rawton gets involved in a dispute between a drug addict and Croft, who is trying to find a witness who can testify that she was assaulted.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 12 Ratings Summary

"Merrily On High" is the best rated episode of The Bill season 12. It scored 8.8/10 from 20 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on December 24, 1996. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Dancers".