6.9/1024 votes#1 - The Morning After
Season 25 Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2009
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1027 votes
#2 - Little Girl Lost: Part I
Season 25 Episode 2 - Aired 1/7/2009
After a night out a couple return home to find their daughter missing and the story offered by the nanny ends up being unreliable.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1025 votes
#3 - Little Girl Lost: Part II
Season 25 Episode 3 - Aired 1/8/2009
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1020 votes
#4 - Teenage Kicks: Part I
Season 25 Episode 4 - Aired 1/15/2009
After a teenager is found dead following house party the main suspects are soon revealed to be a couple of his class mates.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1017 votes
#5 - Teenage Kicks: Part II
Season 25 Episode 5 - Aired 1/21/2009
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1015 votes
#6 - Feet Of Clay: Part I
Season 25 Episode 6 - Aired 1/22/2009
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1014 votes
#7 - Feet Of Clay: Part II
Season 25 Episode 7 - Aired 1/28/2009
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1015 votes
#8 - Feet Of Clay: Part III
Season 25 Episode 8 - Aired 1/29/2009
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1016 votes
#9 - One Year On
Season 25 Episode 9 - Aired 2/5/2009
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1016 votes
#10 - Bleeding Hearts
Season 25 Episode 10 - Aired 2/12/2009
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1017 votes
#11 - Broken Hearts
Season 25 Episode 11 - Aired 2/19/2009
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1023 votes
#12 - Righteous Kill: Part I
Season 25 Episode 12 - Aired 2/25/2009
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1023 votes
#13 - Righteous Kill: Part II
Season 25 Episode 13 - Aired 3/4/2009
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1017 votes
#14 - Bail Me Out
Season 25 Episode 14 - Aired 3/5/2009
As Carter, Dasari and Banks are trying to catch a drug dealer his accomplice injures a young woman as he tries to escape. The team are determined to find out his identity.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1015 votes
#15 - Matters Of The Mind
Season 25 Episode 15 - Aired 3/11/2009
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1014 votes
#16 - Leap Of Faith: Part I
Season 25 Episode 16 - Aired 3/12/2009
Some drugs are found at a local boxing club following an attempted suicide. The police have a hard time getting the truth out of anyone at the club. Beth and Terry finally come to some some of understanding. Beth finally receives the letter from Witness Protection she has been waiting for but it would mean leaving Sun Hill for good.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1016 votes
#17 - Leap Of Faith: Part II
Season 25 Episode 17 - Aired 3/18/2009
Beth and Nate discover a woman lying unconscious at the bottom of her stairs after they are called out to a domestic incident. It is revealed she is married to the owner of the boxing club, Charlie. Charlie insists that his wife just fell. Later their daughter is arrested for stealing money from her father's shop. Beth kisses Nate goodbye.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1017 votes
#18 - Decision Time
Season 25 Episode 18 - Aired 3/19/2009
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.
Director: Paul Wroblewski
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1015 votes
#19 - On The Money
Season 25 Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/2009
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1015 votes
#20 - Deal Me Out
Season 25 Episode 20 - Aired 3/26/2009
Sally and Millie attend a domestic disturbance at a house. Larry is throwing his girlfriend out who is a former drug addict as he believes she is using drugs again. When Larry's daughter later disappears he believes that his ex girlfriend is involved.
Director: Paul Wroblewski
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1013 votes
#21 - Got You Wrong
Season 25 Episode 21 - Aired 4/2/2009
Sgt Stone, called to the scene of a reported theft, realises that the suspect is the victim of domestic violence. She alerts Stone to a meeting between her husband and his criminal associates, so TDC Fletcher and DS Carter mount a surveillance operation.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1015 votes
#22 - Back To School
Season 25 Episode 22 - Aired 4/8/2009
Nate Roberts is assigned as the Safer Schools Officer at Deansgate School after investigating a case of arson there. When he and Smithy investigate a fight in a local park, Smithy ends up being stabbed. Nate is determined to catch the guilty culprit as Smithy recovers in hospital.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1014 votes
#23 - Learning Curve
Season 25 Episode 23 - Aired 4/9/2009
Nate has to investigate drugs being taken at Deansgate School after a pupil is taken to hospital after taking ecstasy. Everything is not as it seems though as he investigates the case.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/1014 votes
#24 - Peer Pressure
Season 25 Episode 24 - Aired 4/15/2009
When Rhys Tanner's home is broken into Nate investigates. Nate discovers that two school pupils could be involved and investigates further.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.3/1014 votes
#25 - Growing Pains
Season 25 Episode 25 - Aired 4/16/2009
Nate has to break up a fight between two parents at the school. Nate later finds out that one of them has become slandered in a rape case. After he is beaten up CID investigate and are shocked to discover the identity of the real culprit.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Bill Season 25
Every episode of The Bill Season 25 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Bill Season 25!
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats...
Genres:CrimeDrama
Network:ITV1
Season 25 Ratings Summary
"The Morning After" is the best rated episode of "The Bill" season 25. It scored 6.9/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/1/2009. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Little Girl Lost: Part I".