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The Best Episodes of The Bill Season 23

Every episode of The Bill Season 23 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Bill Season 23!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Bill Season 23 Episode 8 - School Of Hard Knocks
    9.0/10(21 votes)

    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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  2. The Bill Season 23 Episode 67 - Russian Roulette
    8.9/10(82 votes)

    S23:E67

    A masked kidnapper threatens to kill Monica if Phil does not return with the money Louis Dreyfuss owes his boss. He is driven to the casino to remove the ransom money from the safe - but stupidly tries to make his escape. Samantha is shocked to learn of his involvement in the case but allows her old partner to carry on with his undercover operation to the point of handing over the money - not realising Phil's philandering ways have made him more than one new enemy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Bill Season 23 Episode 19 - Episode 489
    8.3/10(20 votes)

    S23:E19

    Sgt Ackland and DS Carver are held hostage by drug dealers. Carver asks Ackland to take him back. Meanwhile, Sun Hill prepares Ackland's leaving party.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. The Bill Season 23 Episode 10 - Dead Man's Hand: Part I
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    S23:E10

    Nadir comes back to work in a relieved state after Meadows all but admits defeat in their search for Kristen Shaw. However, he is brought back to earth with a bump when Gold reports Harman missing to Meadows, with her last phone call coming on the day Eva Garcia disappeared. Tracking down Shaw, Nadir and his lover execute a plan to plant a lookalike on Harman's flight to Tenerife, but the Sun Hill team aren't fooled when they find the CCTV. With phone signals pinging at Bonham Wharf, Nadir panics that he is about to be caught and plans to flee. Keane and Hardy find a heavily pregnant female at the bottom of a flight of stairs after an apparent burglary, but it appears her partner may be implicated when it is revealed her stolen watch was originally stolen in another burglary, involving Heaton's estranged wife Rhiannon.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. The Bill Season 23 Episode 11 - Dead Man's Hand: Part II
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    S23:E11

    With Harman's body found and Nadir in custody, MIT swoop in to investigate. Meadows tries to think the best of Nadir and allows him to go home and get changed, but lives to regret it when Nadir slips surveillance, just as DNA proves he was at the scene. He heads off to meet Shaw, but begins to change his mind when he discovers Shaw still has the gun that killed Harman. With MIT and CID trying to track down the runaway lovers, Zain is left battling his conscious. Fletcher struggles to cope when Harman's mother asks to see him, finally accepting that he took her for granted. Elsewhere, Keane's emotions over Honey and another fight with Matt sees her lose her cool with a pair of bickering sisters when their father has angina attack, caused by their fight over a missing family heirloom.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Bill Season 23 Episode 32 - Blood Money
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    S23:E32

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    Director:Unknown
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  7. The Bill Season 23 Episode 55 - Caught by the Killer
    8.2/10(21 votes)

    S23:E55

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Bill Season 23 Episode 56 - Good Cop, Bad Cop
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    S23:E56

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Bill Season 23 Episode 76 - Episode 76
    8.1/10(17 votes)

    S23:E76

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    Director:Unknown
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  10. The Bill Season 23 Episode 9 - Burn Off
    8.0/10(17 votes)

    S23:E9

    Nadir awakes from a living nightmare to discover Jose Alvarez is in custody and Paul Haskew was killed in the firefight. He returns home to discover Shaw made it out of the bust in one piece, but both break down over the death of Harman. With Alvarez keeping quiet, Nadir thinks he's in the clear, until he hears a body was found in the water after the raid; has Harman been found? Alvarez hints at what Nadir has done, but the comment about betrayal makes Heaton and Meadows send Nadir into a safehouse. Meanwhile, Keane and Hardy investigate a burglary and discover that the homeowners were gassed with Nitrous Oxide before being ransacked. Their prime suspect is their former nanny, fired for having an affair with the husband, but his constant arguing with his wife impedes Keane and Hardy's attempts to get to the bottom of the case.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. The Bill Season 23 Episode 37 - Getting Away With Murder
    8.0/10(15 votes)

    S23:E37

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    Director:Unknown
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  12. The Bill Season 23 Episode 52 - Copycat Killer
    8.0/10(20 votes)

    S23:E52

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. The Bill Season 23 Episode 70 - Dead And Buried
    8.0/10(18 votes)

    S23:E70

    Sam investigates the background of an eastern European diplomat accused of a violent assault on a prostitute and learns he could be a murderer. The pressure is on when it emerges the suspect has full diplomatic immunity and is due to be deported within twenty-four hours. Phil and Grace interview a painter, whose valuable nude portrait of an ex-lover has been stolen. Leela accepts a post outside Sun Hill, unaware that her colleague Stone has pulled strings to ease her departure.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Bill Season 23 Episode 84 - Moving Target - 3
    8.0/10(14 votes)

    S23:E84

    Derek Jacobs becomes prime suspect for the rock against racism shootings. Manson leads the investigation into the murder of Abdul Muntqim. The search for the gunman leads to evidence confirming that local MP Paul Sagger is directly involved in the illegal importation of artefacts - and Sagger's partner reveals how he smuggled looted goods into the country in her son's coffin. The case reaches a dramatic climax when the killer turns up unexpectedly at the station.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. The Bill Season 23 Episode 7 - Lead On A Merry Chase
    7.9/10(17 votes)

    S23:E7

    The Alvarez case takes a sinister turn when Eva Garcia's brother turns up at the safehouse. Nadir persists on trying to talk Shaw out of the drug deal, but she refuses. When Garcia's brother is severely beaten whilst confronting Alvarez, the sting looks compromised, with Eva doing a runner from the safehouse after locking Harman in a room. Leaving for her holiday in Tenerife, Harman clashes with Fletcher when he decides not to come, but her journey home throws her right back into work when she finds Eva roaming the streets. Her attempts to lull her back to Sun Hill leads to both women being abducted, and a call from Haskew demanding Nadir at Bar Morocco quickly follows; has he been rumbled? Meanwhile, Perkins investigates a string of robberies involving lone businessmen staying at private hotels, and Hardy finds himself reprimanded by Wright for being heavily hungover at work.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. The Bill Season 23 Episode 30 - And Nothing but the Truth
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    S23:E30

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. The Bill Season 23 Episode 31 - Day of Reckoning
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    S23:E31

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. The Bill Season 23 Episode 40 - On The Edge
    7.9/10(17 votes)

    S23:E40

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    Director:Unknown
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  19. The Bill Season 23 Episode 51 - Death Or Glory
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    S23:E51

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. The Bill Season 23 Episode 54 - Model Murder Uncovered
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    S23:E54

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    Director:Unknown
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  21. The Bill Season 23 Episode 87 - Blackmailed
    7.9/10(14 votes)

    S23:E87

    Stuart is horrified to discover his trusted driver and friend is the mystery drug dealer the 'Postman', who plans to use him as his inside man at Sun Hill, using incriminating photos and unexplained payments into his bank account to blackmail him. Jo rumbles what is going on, but Stuart's efforts to put matters right just lead to greater danger. A drugs bust is thwarted by a tip-off, and Manson suspects a leak from within the team.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Bill Season 23 Episode 43 - Judgement Call
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    S23:E43

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. The Bill Season 23 Episode 47 - Cop Killer -1
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    S23:E47

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    Director:Richard Signy
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Bill Season 23 Episode 50 - Man Down
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    S23:E50

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. The Bill Season 23 Episode 78 - Line Of Fire - 2
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    S23:E78

    Schizophrenic Michael Simms threatens Shelley Cooper with a knife and when the woman is later killed, Manson orders CO19 to shoot him, assuming Simms is the culprit. In the subsequent inquiry by the department of professional standards, who also subject other officers in CID to criticism, the DI's judgement is called into question by his own superior officer, and he faces the prospect that his career could be over.

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Season 23 Ratings Summary

"School Of Hard Knocks" is the best rated episode of "The Bill" season 23. It scored 9/10 based on 21 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/25/2007. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Russian Roulette".