The Best Episodes of The Bill Season 25

Ara Byat calls to say that her niece has disappeared on the morning of the court case. It looks like the Devlin family have kidnapped her to stop Khaled Hasiq from testifying. Smithy takes the stand and has to decide whether to be honest with his answers. Stuart and Kezia decide to leave Sun Hill and join Heaton at the specialist trafficking unit. Jack becomes the station's new superintendent and Smithy is promoted to inspector.

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Callum and Smithy end up in a fight when they attend a training session. Allegations are made against Smithy by Jason Devlin who claims he set him up. Rachel learns from Heaton that he is leaving to set up a specialist unit targeting human trafficking and he asks her to join him on the new team.

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After a night out a couple return home to find their daughter missing and the story offered by the nanny ends up being unreliable.

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After Callum and Leon investigate a burglary they are called to say the missing goods have been returned. Connor Deegan admits his guilt and when his flat is searched by the police his sister is discovered beaten up there. It is she revealed that she is the the real thief and commited the crime to help pay for her drug habit. Connor agrees to help the police catch local drug dealer Darren Bailey.

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After a teenager is found dead following house party the main suspects are soon revealed to be a couple of his class mates.

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The baby girl's body is found and the nanny's boyfriend look like the guilty party. After being questioned though Sam and Jacob find themselves with a new suspect.

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Maria Joseph visits Nate at work to return the handcuffs he left at her house after they spent the night together. He is not happy though when he finds out that she tends to Aisha Katri's wounds at the hospital and did not get her to report being attacked to the police. As they argue Maria informs Nate that Aisha and her family are illegal immigrants.

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PCs Millie Brown and Mel Ryder come across a group of Polish teens hassling a burger seller whilst out on patrol. Pawel is arrested and DS Max Carter interrogates him and finds out he is the nephew of Marek, who runs a local extortion racket. When Carter discovers his latest operation he sets up a sting to bring him down and he asks Pawel's stepmother Julie, to help with it.

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CID's raid goes pear shaped after the disappearance of Marek Jankowski, and the shooting of informant Cezar Sobiesneki. Cezar's niece, Marek's sister in law Julie, accompanies him to hospital where he dies. Julie blames Carter for Cezar's death, and things get worse when Carter lets slip he killed her husband. When Marek attempts to abduct Julie's son Lukas, Carter convinces her to help him find her other son Pavel, prime suspect for Cezar's shooting, before CO19 do.

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Sally and Ben investigate a theft at a local social club. Magician Drake Danvers' gambling problems make him a prime suspect. When his girfriend is attacked, Drake admits that he is being blackmailed by somebody.

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Art Minshull is found unconscious injured in a layby. Smithy thinks the lorry he was driving has been hijacked for the cigarettes it was carrying. CTV footage shows Art and woman and a child getting into the back of the lorry though. Art will not tell the police the identity of the people who seem to have been smuggled into the country but does admit he was attacked.

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Nate and Mel investigate a burglary in a class at the school which leads on to a whole another case.

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Brown and the sister of a suspect in an armed robbery investigation are taken captive by armed drug addicts. Carter, convinced he knows who is behind both the robbery and the kidnapping, mounts an observation with Armstrong and Gayle, but their operation is compromised when the kidnap victim's ex-husband arrives at the scene to confront their prime suspect. When Carter discovers his prime suspect is not responsible, he enlists his help to identify two of his employees, the men suspected of the abduction. Fletcher is intrigued to discover the toy shop manager was victim of another armed robbery a few years earlier; is he foolish enough to try it again or is it pure coincidence?

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Jack thinks that his son has lied to him following the failed drugs bust. After talking to Sennett in hospital though he finds out that Ben actually tried to help the police. Petal calls the police when Linton Barry tries to break her door down. When Jack shows up he finds out that his son is OK but Petal has been taken hostage.

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Smithy and Ben come across a lorry shipping Afghan immigrants whilst they are out on patrol. DC Stevie Smith finds out that the translator at the station asked a young girl to lie whilst she is being questioned. Stevie finds out that Jason Devlin is involved in what is going on. There is trouble on the Westgate Estate when a riot breaks out.

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Ian Ellis is rushed to hospital following a suicide attempt in his cell, and things only go worse for Heaton when Banksy discovers Ellis was in custody when the third victim went missing, leading Ellis' family to call for Heaton’s job. He promises Ellis a quick release as he recovers in hospital, but Heaton offers to speed up the process if he gives information on two contractors that could be responsible. One is cleared, but the other is hunted down. After a chase, a woman is found unconscious but alive in his van, and Heaton considers using this to open up the suspect's wife.

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Sun Hill officers investigate an armed robbery at a jewellers and are shocked to discover the true identity of the criminal.

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Petal Ford is knocked out just outside a known drugs den. When Leon attends the crime scene a man trying to help her runs off. After Mickey questions her he is not convinced she is telling the truth. The man who was helping her is identified as Ben Meadows, Jack's son, who has just been released from jail. Ben does not want Mickey telling his father after he admits that he is Petal's boyfriend.

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Stevie and Jason are in hospital following the riot. Smithy feels bad about attacking Jason and Stone advises him to say nothing about what he has done. Khaled who is going out with Ara is questioned and he admits he is involved in the human trafficking. He informs them that Jason's father is the mastermind behind the operation and the team realise they will have a difficult time finding proo

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Smithy finds a taxi driver beaten up and his takings missing. An Oyster Card belonging to Ellie Gladstone is found nearby and she is questioned about the attack. As the case develops another suspect is uncovered.

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After having been seen arguing with her boyfriend in an alleyway a young woman is found badly beaten up. When the team look into the case they find her personal life very complex and it complicates the investigation.

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With CID hitting a brick wall in the investigation to the death of Susan Clark, Heaton interviews jailed murderer Ian Ellis. When another missing person is revealed, Heaton arrests him for Clark's murder. When the third body is found, Ellis goes on hunger strike and dismisses his solicitor, leading Heaton to come under fire.

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Heaton hold a press conference as he attempts to get a confession out of the prime suspects in the case. When the truth is finally revealed Heaton is shocked.

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A body of a murdered woman is found in a park. It is soon discovered that the body belongs to a woman who has been missing since 1988 and her family are informed. Heaton seems the similarities in the crime to a murder case he worked on 20 years ago.

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Nate and Ben investigate a break in at the home of Jill Bentley and learn that that her teenage daughter, Sarah, was home alone. Ben discovers that Sarah was holding a party at the time. After her boyfriend is found beaten up, Sarah admits there was a party and that Aubrey Haynes persuaded her to take drugs and then tried to attack her.

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