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The Best Episodes of The Bill Season 26

Every episode of The Bill Season 26 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Bill Season 26!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Bill Season 26 Episode 1 - Be A Man
    7.6/10(16 votes)

    #1 - Be A Man

    S26:E1

    Stone and Webb investigate after an incident occurs between Trevor Berwick and Dr Josh Thomas. It is thought by Trevor that Josh has been having an affair with his wife Penny. After Trevor is released he goes missing with his baby and Stone realises that he has over stepped the mark whilst questioning him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Bill Season 26 Episode 2 - Held Responsible
    6.8/10(18 votes)

    #2 - Held Responsible

    S26:E2

    Janine Clark tells the police that has been raped by her boyfriend Mark Watts and three of his friends and the team have to try and discover if what she is saying is the truth.

    Director:Karl Neilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Bill Season 26 Episode 3 - Duty Calls
    7.7/10(23 votes)

    #3 - Duty Calls

    S26:E3

    DC Jo Masters need to find proof after she thinks that man who broke in a couple's flat is a stalker. Jeremy claims that he and the woman called Ami are having an affair. Ami claims that she has never met Jeremy and Jo finds out they work at the same place and that Jeremy is a security guard. Jo thinks that Jeremy could of been using his position to spy on the woman. Jo receives some surprising news from Superintendent Meadows.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Bill Season 26 Episode 4 - New Beginnings
    6.8/10(15 votes)

    #4 - New Beginnings

    S26:E4

    Jo and Leon are sent to deal with an aggravated burglary which has left John Baker who owns the house dead. Max and Grace find out that John's wife Tanisha has been missing for around 20 years. They soon discover learn that John had been having an affair and that his wife was scared of him at the time she disappeared. After both Tanisha and Baker's son Ian confess to killing John, Grace tries to find out what really happened.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Bill Season 26 Episode 5 - Time Bomb
    7.2/10(15 votes)

    #5 - Time Bomb

    S26:E5

    After a letter bomb is delivered to an office, the manager thinks it to be a hoax. Grace thinks though that it could be the beginning of something a lot more sinister though. Callum finds out that the manager's brother is involved when then the equipment to make the bomb is found at his house.

    Director:Karl Neilson
    Writer:Steve Bailie

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  6. The Bill Season 26 Episode 6 - Keep Her Talking
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    #6 - Keep Her Talking

    S26:E6

    Stone and Taylor find themselves involved in an armed siege when Alan Wilcock calls stating that his unbalanced ex-wife Carly has locked herself in his house with their young son. After a shot is fired inside, CO19 are called in to help deal the situation. Jo Masters is able to establish a rapport with Carly through an Internet link. Carly becomes more upset at the tension begins to grow.

    Director:Gary Love
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Bill Season 26 Episode 7 - Crossing The Line
    8.2/10(19 votes)

    #7 - Crossing The Line

    S26:E7

    Clarinda Blake and Tim Hardacre are seen arguing in an alley by Callum on his way home after a night out. Callum ends up being beaten up when he tries to defend the girl. When she is questioned Clarinda insists she was the victim of a mugging. It is soon revealed that Clarinda's son Andy had been dealing drugs for Tim and when she found out, she confronted the man. When Tim ends up being released Callum decides to track him.

    Director:Declan O'Dwyer
    Writer:Clive Dawson

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  8. The Bill Season 26 Episode 8 - Red Tape
    7.1/10(13 votes)

    #8 - Red Tape

    S26:E8

    Stone and Masters have to deal with an incident outside a nightclub. Stone ends up using more force than is necessary to stop a passer-by from interfering and somebody records it on their mobile phone and posted the video online. Commander Lisa Kennedy and Supt Jack Meadows are worried about the media fallout and initiate an inquiry into what happened when the person in the video decides to press charges. DS Stevie Moss and DC Jacob Banks talk to the club's owner about the fight and discover that the man is hiding something as they try and clear their friend's name.

    Director:Paul Wroblewski
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Bill Season 26 Episode 9 - Protect & Serve
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    #9 - Protect & Serve

    S26:E9

    Roberts and Gayle are caught up in a shooting and Inspector Smith and Sergeant Masters have to investigate what happened.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Bill Season 26 Episode 10 - Ricochet
    7.0/10(15 votes)

    #10 - Ricochet

    S26:E10

    Jo and the team have to deal with a road traffic accident where a motorist has hit a youth who has since run off. A teenage boy is discovered lying fatally injured in a nearby park by a cyclist. The team have to work out if the incidents are related.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Bill Season 26 Episode 11 - Impact
    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #11 - Impact

    S26:E11

    The hunt for them who murdered Paul Sorrell continues after Devon Marshall and Jedda Atkins are released due to lack of evidence. Max believes that teenager Jasmine Harris has information she is hiding. Mickey doesn't want her involved but Neil over rules him. Devon makes a deal after his house is burgled and his car set on fire and tells the police who really fired the bullet.

    Director:Karl Neilson
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Bill Season 26 Episode 12 - The Truth Will Out
    7.2/10(19 votes)

    #12 - The Truth Will Out

    S26:E12

    After four-year-old Billy Sullivan goes missing from his father's garden an investigation is launched. CCTV footage shows the boy getting into a car with a false number plate. They soon discover that the false plates where sold to Peter Grigson. When the police catch up with Grigson, Billy is not with him. Grigson ends up admitting taking the boy but claims he called the police and said he dropped him off at a local market.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Bill Season 26 Episode 13 - Great Power
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    #13 - Great Power

    S26:E13

    After a body is discovered following a crowd-control situation at a football match, a murder investigation is launched. Jack Meadows decides to take his team to the ground to keep control when tension continues to grow between rival fans. Lisa Kennedy is worried as her son is attending the game and could end up being caught up in the trouble.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Bill Season 26 Episode 14 - Great Responsibility
    7.5/10(21 votes)

    #14 - Great Responsibility

    S26:E14

    Following the death of Yusef Hanoush at the football riot, the team find themselves under pressure from the media. CCTV evidence shows Commander Kennedy's son Mark at the scene of the murder. Mark is brought into the station for questioning. The team try to find out more about Yusef's life and soon learn that he was having an affair with his boss. Two more suspects are arrested and questioned.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Bill Season 26 Episode 15 - Bad Blood
    6.9/10(16 votes)

    #15 - Bad Blood

    S26:E15

    Jimmy Ferrier, a known drug dealer approaches Mickey following the death of his brother. Max and Mickey become suspicious about Ryan Lacey after attending the funeral. When the team get Jimmy to set up a meeting, Mickey is shocked to discover Max snorting cocaine and thinks Ryan could know more than he is saying.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Bill Season 26 Episode 16 - Paying The Price
    6.5/10(17 votes)

    #16 - Paying The Price

    S26:E16

    Jo and Benjamin are called out to a local hotel where a man named Mark Pierce is demanding to be let when he claims his wife Julia is staying there. Alan Marsh is found badly injured in her room whilst Julia has disappeared. Forensic reports show that she is not the culprit but how is she connected to the real attacker, Craig Chapman. Mark is able to identify Craig as Julia's brother who was supposed to have died in a car accident about 15 years ago.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Bill Season 26 Episode 17 - Suffer In Silence
    7.6/10(19 votes)

    #17 - Suffer In Silence

    S26:E17

    Paul Rayner is arrested for assaulting a man called John Morris. Paul insists that he was abused as a boy by Morris but it becomes apparent that it is a case of mistaken identity. When the police manage to find the man who Paul claims did abuse him they are unable to arrest him without more evidence. Paul tells them that the man abused somebody else as well but the other victim refuses to testify against him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Bill Season 26 Episode 18 - That Type Of Cop
    7.4/10(17 votes)

    #18 - That Type Of Cop

    S26:E18

    After a 15-year-old girl who has been missing for the pat two years is found confused and traumatised, the team attempt to identify her and discover why she is there. Helen ends up revealing that she was forced into prostitution by her boyfriend Hassan's uncle. When they discover him kissing another girl, the team realise they will need Helen's help to stop another girl ending up like her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Bill Season 26 Episode 19 - Deadly Consequences
    6.1/10(14 votes)

    #19 - Deadly Consequences

    S26:E19

    After the body of a missing boy called Matty Wallace is found in local woodland the police investigate. Jane , his mother, claims that she didn't realise he was missing until she went to his school. His stepfather says he has been working away for several days and knew nothing of the boy's disappearance. Following further investigation and the results of the postmortem, the team begin to think that Jane may hold the key to her son's death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Bill Season 26 Episode 20 - Walk On My Grave
    7.3/10(17 votes)

    #20 - Walk On My Grave

    S26:E20

    Matty Wallace's funeral is attended by Neil and Grace with the boy's stepfather Craig Gant. Max finds out that Gant has a criminal record for handling stolen goods but believes there is more to the story. A surveillance operation is planned when the team find out about a possible lorry hijacking.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Bill Season 26 Episode 21 - Ultimatum
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #21 - Ultimatum

    S26:E21

    The team go after Nigel Wren who has been grooming young girls on line pretending to be a 13 year old boy. Jacob and Terry go into Wren's house to put a trace on his Internet activity and they find out that he has made an arrangement to meet Kelli Sutton. The officers manage to arrest Wren but there is no sign of the girl at the meeting place.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Bill Season 26 Episode 22 - Intervention
    7.4/10(15 votes)

    #22 - Intervention

    S26:E22

    When an abandoned car is discovers with traces of blood nearby, the team are called in to investigate. The car is discovered as belonging to businessman Ajay Kapur, but his family say that he flew to India before the car was found. When they investigate further the police discover that Mr Kapur did not go to India and that somebody was following him. Mrs Kapur then finally admits that her husband has been kidnapped. The team try to get him back without anyone being hurt.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Bill Season 26 Episode 23 - Solace
    6.2/10(17 votes)

    #23 - Solace

    S26:E23

    Kirsty and Leon find the body of a young woman in a holdall on a rubbish dump. It is soon discovered that the body is that of Luisa Dias, a Venezuelan woman. The team learn that the night before she drowned. Her boyfriend Dominic Fisher and their son Paulo are nowhere to be found when Kirsty and Leo show up at the flat they shared but it looks like it is the place that she drowned at. The woman's brother, Roberto shows up at the flat and Leon has to break the news to him about his sister's death. When DI Manson manages to get hold of Fisher on the phone he admits to killing Luisa. After things take a dramatic turn, Kirsty and Leon end up spending the evening together.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Bill Season 26 Episode 24 - The Calling
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #24 - The Calling

    S26:E24

    Leon and Nate discover a woman named Jane Connor, badly injured next to a car. Jodie Knox who is suspected of being a passenger in the car ends up being arrested. She ends up naming Ashley Johnson as the driver and he is arrested. Leon ends up taking matters into his own hands.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Bill Season 26 Episode 25 - Taking A Stand
    7.1/10(17 votes)

    #25 - Taking A Stand

    S26:E25

    Callum and Kirsty are called out to the home of elderly widow called Jill Peters after her neighbour David Townsend reports a disturbance at the house. The woman claims that her home has been burgled but when she is questioned further she claims that she was raped. She refuses to let a doctor take a DNA sample making it impossible for the team to build a case. A new witness ends up coming forward with a description of a suspect that ends up matching David Townsend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 26 Ratings Summary

"Be A Man" is the best rated episode of "The Bill" season 26. It scored 7.6/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/7/2010. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Held Responsible".