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The Best Episodes of The Bill Season 14

Every episode of The Bill Season 14 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Bill Season 14!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Bill Season 14 Episode 100 - Betrayal
    8.8/10(26 votes)

    S14:E100

    Boulton and Carver return to Sun Hill with Burnside in handcuffs, but upon their arrival, are pursued by two armed gunman who try to make sure that Burnside doesn't spill the beans on Hyde's operation. Meadows discovers that Burnside has been working under cover with the Yard, and decides that they must work together to get a result. Burnside manages to set up a meeting with a major Russian drugs importer, just as Michael Hyde planned to do. However, when his brother, Mark, works out what Burnside is up to, a standoff involving Burnside and his girlfriend ensues, and tragedy strikes. Burnside is then offered a job with crime OCCU, and informs Meadows they will be seeing more of each other.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Bill Season 14 Episode 117 - The Personal Touch
    8.8/10(29 votes)

    S14:E117

    Beech is approached by gangster Jimmy Smith for a favour after his house is ransacked. However, when Jimmy's girlfriend is also attacked and ransacked in her home, Burnside arrives from crime OCCU to take on the case. The latest burglaries are the work of a violent gang who have been operating up and down the country. The gang's vehicle is linked to David Evans, currently serving a prison sentence in Strangeways. Smith gets his son to plug Evans for information, and two members of the gang are identified. When Jimmy's girlfriend approaches Beech to say she has been having an affair with a member of the gang, Beech goes as far as secretly attacking Burnside in an attempt to cover up evidence.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Bill Season 14 Episode 89 - Deep End
    8.7/10(25 votes)

    S14:E89

    New W.P.C. Rosie Fox is partnered with P.C. Eddie Santini to investigate when the body of a junkie is washed up on the banks of the Thames. Santini and Fox argue over their cases, and it seems their working relationship will not be a smooth one. Santini reckons graduate Fox will not be able to handle the pressure when she goes undercover as a prostitute in a CID operation, then nearly ruins the operation when he finds himself attracted to her. Celebrating a successful arrest, the two share a drunken snog back at the station, but moments later Santini forces himself on Fox in the locker room, leaving her confused and frightened.

    Director:Ian White
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Bill Season 14 Episode 5 - Villain
    8.6/10(26 votes)

    S14:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Bill Season 14 Episode 66 - A People Person
    8.6/10(23 votes)

    S14:E66

    Tosh Lines and June Ackland investigate the death of an old acquaintance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Bill Season 14 Episode 72 - Stop
    8.6/10(18 votes)

    S14:E72

    Boulton suspects that Hollis is involved in a series of burglaries.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Bill Season 14 Episode 73 - Deep Secret
    8.6/10(29 votes)

    S14:E73

    Garfield teams up with an attractive young journalist when the wreckage of a World War II Spitfire is discovered in Sun Hill.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Bill Season 14 Episode 101 - All For One
    8.6/10(24 votes)

    S14:E101

    Santini is first on the scene of a serious car accident, and becomes a bit of a local hero when he bravely dives into the river to secure the car, which is teetering on the edge. However, the driver reveals to him that upon his possession he has a bag of cocaine, a present for his mistress. He asks Santini to destroy it if he doesn't make it. Santini manages to take possession of the bag when he recovers his personal affairs at the mortuary, but when Stamp and Garfield inadvertently discover Santini's misgivings, it's not long before they realise that their fellow officer may be playing for the other side. Harker is on the fence when Santini gives him a cock and bull story about the situation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Edward Canfor-Dumas

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  9. The Bill Season 14 Episode 24 - Back Up
    8.5/10(19 votes)

    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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  10. The Bill Season 14 Episode 68 - Three Cheers
    8.5/10(19 votes)

    S14:E68

    Hollis goes from a hero to a laughingstock when he arrests a notorious cat burglar before receiving an official complaint for throwing his lunch into a nearby garden. When the burglar asks to be interviewed by Hollis, he senses a chance to shut his mocking colleagues up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Bill Season 14 Episode 78 - Sucking Eggs
    8.5/10(20 votes)

    S14:E78

    Beech and Carver investigate the theft of a grandfather clock.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Bill Season 14 Episode 103 - Section F
    8.5/10(28 votes)

    S14:E103

    Meadows and Conway are both up for promotion against each other, and with an impending inspection from Area, both are out to impress. However, there are some comic and some life-threatening repercussions for them both. Firstly, Quinnan and Garfield deliberately ruin the late turn parade leading Skase into hot water, and he and Quinnan nearly coming to blows in front of Brownlow. Meanwhile, Sgt. Lamont is dealing with a troublesome prisoner in custody, who keeps flooding the toilets. Conway tries to lend a hand, but this only leads to further disasters. A young boy is then held hostage by an escaped prisoner who is armed, and Conway, against instruction, goes it alone to try and secure the boy's safety.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Bill Season 14 Episode 115 - Live & Ticking
    8.5/10(21 votes)

    S14:E115

    Hollis spots a gang of youths hanging around a phonebox acting suspiciously. When he goes to investigate, the phone box explodes as the result of a volatile homemade bomb being planted inside. When a second bomb goes off at a nearby primary school, badly injuring a young boy, Brownlow and Hollis question the ringleader who reveals that there are a total of ten bombs, which he has sold to his friends or classmates. Brownlow then demands Monroe set up a widescale operation to search for the remainder of the bombs. When one is found inside a boiler cupboard of a young boy living in a council block, Conway has trouble evacuating an agoraphobic resident. When Hollis finally catches up with the culprit, he reveals he has one more bomb.

    Director:Peter Cregeen
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Bill Season 14 Episode 18 - Solicitous
    8.4/10(20 votes)

    S14:E18

    Meadows and Skase discover a modern-day Robin Hood who appears to be alive and well and robbing the rich in Sun Hill.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Bill Season 14 Episode 87 - Shoot The Messenger
    8.4/10(20 votes)

    S14:E87

    Boulton is kidnapped by an aggrieved ex-con.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Bill Season 14 Episode 99 - Cast No Shadow
    8.4/10(31 votes)

    S14:E99

    Boulton investigates when a young girl is approached and attacked on the way home from school. Her father, a property developer, has been having trouble with a gang involved in a pub protection racket. Unable to locate the prime suspect, Michael Hyde, Boulton poses as a competition representative to get the location from his wife. He and Carver travel up to Manchester on Hyde's trail. When they run into trouble at a local pub, they find themselves being rescued by none other than Frank Burnside, who left Sun Hill in mysterious circumstances five years ago. Burnside, who is actually undercover, tries to inadvertently help his former colleagues to find and capture Hyde, but the plan goes awry.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Steve Griffiths

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  17. The Bill Season 14 Episode 120 - Christmas Star
    8.4/10(36 votes)

    S14:E120

    Santini and Page investigates when a young girl is knocked down in a hit-and-run incident. Santini manages to trace the owner of the car, but he denies all knowledge of the incident. Santini isn't convinced and decides to arrest him anyway. With the young girl recovering in hospital, Santini discovers she is a big fan of Arsenal FC, and in particular, Emmanuel Petit. Santini has a contact in the sports promotion industry and boasts that he can make a dream come true for the young girl by getting Petit to visit, but Page isn't sure he can deliver. Meanwhile, Stamp has the job of organizing the relief Christmas party, and finds a very cheap supplier for the booze, until he gets caught up in the middle of a Customs raid.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Bill Season 14 Episode 29 - Good Faith: Part III
    8.3/10(29 votes)

    S14:E29

    Beech's involvement with rival racketeers becomes more complicated.

    Director:Ian White
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Bill Season 14 Episode 75 - Bang!
    8.3/10(21 votes)

    S14:E75

    Harker and Keane's failure to properly search a prisoner leads to them being held at gunpoint in custody with Boyden.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Bill Season 14 Episode 95 - Deadly Impact
    8.3/10(29 votes)

    S14:E95

    It's Stamp's big day in court, and despite the fact that Quinnan has been called as a prosecution witness against him, his barrister is confident he will be found not guilty. When a witness to the incident is pulled apart for exaggerating the facts, Stamp realises that his chances of being found innocent are greater than he first thought. Ashton, his key defence witness, suffers a bout of nerves after advice from Hollis, but after conferring with Quinnan, manages to stay firm and keep the jury on side, while Conway is called as a character witness. Can his colleagues save his career, or are his years of loyal service going to be snuffed out by a guilty verdict?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Bill Season 14 Episode 109 - The Fat Lady Sings
    8.3/10(22 votes)

    S14:E109

    Quinnan ignores a plea for help from a mysterious opera singer whilst out on patrol, but later regrets his actions and ignores a number of shouts whilst trying to find her. Meanwhile, Holmes is dealing with a personal request from Brownlow, who has been asked by a local judge to investigate a number of threatening letters sent to him. Holmes and Quinnan soon come to realise that they are chasing the shady criminal. A new face at Sun Hill is causing quite a stir, in the form of Scottish DC Duncan Lennox. Lennox offers to provide Holmes assistance on the case after she discovers he has a personal acquaintance with the judge. A showdown at a local opera house goes awry when Stamp bursts in unexpectedly.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Bill Season 14 Episode 119 - Puzzled
    8.3/10(21 votes)

    S14:E119

    Quinnan investigates when his vet is forced to treat a dog that has been injected with heroin. Quinnan catches the owner in possession of cannabis, but he refuses to reveal how the dog was attacked. Meanwhile, Boulton has had word that a nasty pair of Turkish brothers are back in town. When Quinnan investigates a burglary at the address of the dog owner, he finds the owner in possession of a quantity of heroin stashed inside a plastic elephant. Boulton then discovers that his Turkish friends are the ones who after getting it back, so the pair set up a joint operation. Meanwhile, Hollis organises an inter-station pub quiz, and has trouble protecting the questions from the opposing teams, and an opportunist thief.

    Director:Steve Shill
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Bill Season 14 Episode 11 - Way Out West
    8.2/10(28 votes)

    S14:E11

    Jarvis is full of his secondment to the Diplomatic Protection Group, so Stamp and Quinnan hatch a mischievous plan to take him down a peg or two.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Bill Season 14 Episode 19 - A Rainy Night In Sun Hill
    8.2/10(21 votes)

    S14:E19

    Santini is irritated at being paired with Hollis on a cold, wet night in Canley.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Bill Season 14 Episode 30 - No Doubt About It
    8.2/10(19 votes)

    S14:E30

    A hungover Garfield injures a member of the public during the pursuit of a burglar, but Monroe is sceptical of Garfield's motives when he names a potential suspect.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 14 Ratings Summary

"Betrayal" is the best rated episode of The Bill season 14. It scored 8.8/10 from 26 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on October 29, 1998.