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The Best Episodes of The Bill Season 6

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Bill Season 6 Episode 41 - Trojan Horse
    9.1/10(38 votes)

    S6:E41

    P.C. Ken Melvin and P.C. Reg Hollis stop a young man for erratic driving, and a PNC check reveals the expensive car is stolen. Stamp and Quinnan arrive to transport the prisoner to Barton Street, and Melvin and Hollis volunteer to drive the car back to Sun Hill. As Melvin moves some of the building materials from the station renovations so he can park, the car explodes in a huge fireball. Hollis, Conway and Melvin are rushed to hospital - but Ken Melvin soon dies from his injuries. SO13 arrive at Barton Street to interview the car thief, who it turns out stole the car from an army major who was a likely terrorist target. Sgt. Cryer is outraged that the disaster could have been prevented as SO13 had the major under surveillance and could have stopped the car being stolen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Pat Dunlop

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  2. The Bill Season 6 Episode 55 - What Kind of Man
    8.9/10(36 votes)

    S6:E55

    P.C. Quinnan investigates a burglary at a school. He thinks a man with a dog talking to the children might be talking to in connection with the Canley Fields murders. Sgt. Penny is after him to serve warrants. The suspect opens up to Sgt Penny who looks shell-shocked after the interview.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Bill Season 6 Episode 87 - Blue Murder
    8.8/10(24 votes)

    S6:E87

    The police are out on the streets of Sun Hill enforcing a crackdown on prostitution. P.C. Stamp nicks an underage tom named Suzanne, and W.P.C. Ackland cautions a would-be punter who mistakes her for a prostitute. An armed robbery at a local building society soon takes precedence. A security guard has been shot and wounded, and Ch. Supt. Brownlow, pending the arrival of PT17, authorises AFOs (Authorised Firearms Officers) Sgt. Cryer and P.C. Stamp to attend. P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Marshall locate the fleeing suspects and pursue them into a building site, but they come under fire from the shotgun wielding bandit. Cryer and Stamp arrive, and Cryer shouts a warning, but is forced to shoot and kill the robber (Skene) when he points the shotgun at Quinnan. It it later discovered by the S.O.C.O. that the shotgun was empty. Cryer's colleagues, including the police investigating the shooting are sympathetic and supportive of him, but Cryer seems deeply affected by the fact that he has taken a

    Director:Stuart Urban
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  4. The Bill Season 6 Episode 42 - Rites
    8.7/10(34 votes)

    S6:E42

    It's the day of P.C. Ken Melvin's funeral, but the men and women of Sun Hill still have a job to do. P.C. Stamp volunteers to do a reading at the church service. W.D.C. Martella is annoyed when D.I. Burnside keeps CID out on an obbo when the funeral service is about to start. Two old friends turn up at the church: P.C. Taffy Edwards, now in the Wales Police, and Yorkie Smith, now working for a security firm. The funeral goes off without a hitch, as Sun Hill pays its last respects to one of its officers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Bill Season 6 Episode 77 - Forget-Me-Not
    8.4/10(31 votes)

    S6:E77

    A D.S. from the Drug squad is looking for the D.C.I. Cathy recognises him. He is interested in Cathy and follows her on her beat as she checks a domestic. He turns out to be her ex-husband who wants her back. The wife involved in the domestic had been beaten regularly before she stabbed her husband. Quinnan is mouthing off in the canteen and Cathy takes offense. Later Dave wants to patch things up with her. When Dave goes to the hospital he comes across Cathy being threatened by her ex who takes a swing at Dave.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Russell Lewis

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  6. The Bill Season 6 Episode 100 - Start With The Whistle
    8.4/10(24 votes)

    S6:E100

    After the court case Sgt. Penny resigns for health reasons.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Bill Season 6 Episode 38 - Somebody's Husband
    8.3/10(27 votes)

    S6:E38

    Start of the observation. Burnside briefs the men. The Cleghorns think they are involved because of their breakin. Ted and Mike nearly catch the burglars responsible for the Cleghorns breakin but they can't find their shoes. June would have liked to be involved but gets sent to a house where the woman claims her husband has threatened to kill her. He is out but June discovers a radio scanner. He was turned down for the force. June follows him. June is attacked herself in the cemetry after helping another attack victim.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Bill Season 6 Episode 8 - Roger And Out
    8.2/10(26 votes)

    S6:E8

    Roach thinks Tosh has something going on the side. Penny is going to report Tosh for 'breach of regulations' by allowing a lodger to stay. Everyone from Cryer to Hollis feel Penny has gone too far.

    Director:David Giles
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Bill Season 6 Episode 51 - Witch Hunt
    8.2/10(23 votes)

    S6:E51

    6 weeks after the murder of Jenny Price, nothing seems to have happened. Wray thinks Lines should have followed up questioning of a school teacher. Wray thinks the man will tell them something if they keep asking. Lines loses it. The suspect is guilty because he sent the boy home before he was killed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Bill Season 6 Episode 88 - Effective Persuaders
    8.2/10(28 votes)

    S6:E88

    DC's Carver and Martella, DS Grieg, WPC Ackland, PC Quinnan and DI Burnside go on an interview technique training course. During role-play, Frank has to act as a knicker thief, while Jim takes his domestic problems out on Dave Quinnan - violently. [Source: jimsgirl]

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:J. C. Wilsher

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  11. The Bill Season 6 Episode 89 - A Sense of Duty
    8.2/10(25 votes)

    S6:E89

    A drunk in a restaurant is arrested by an off duty Roach. Penny is not happy that Roach doesn't come in with the drunk who knows the commissioner. Monroe thinks Roach was drinking. After a lot of chasing around after Roach to sign the custody papers and a public telling-off of Roach by Monroe, the drunk is released.

    Director:Bill Hays
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Bill Season 6 Episode 99 - One For The Road
    8.2/10(24 votes)

    S6:E99

    Penny gets pulled over after being at the pub. He thinks it is a wind-up. The officers are from Barton Street.

    Director:John Strickland
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Bill Season 6 Episode 4 - I Thought You'd Gone
    8.1/10(28 votes)

    S6:E4

    Inspector Frazer and Taffy Edwards are about to discover there is life after Sun Hill.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:J. C. Wilsher

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  14. The Bill Season 6 Episode 65 - Ground Rules
    8.1/10(28 votes)

    S6:E65

    D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood investigate stolen electrical goods. D.I. Burnside talks to Dashwood about interviewing a suspect in the back of a police car. P.C. Quinnan notices a man acting suspiciously in the market. He has stolen a charity jar from a pub. Ch. Supt. Brownlow is meeting with Ch. Insp. Conway and Insp. Monroe and tells them that the station is due a visit from the Inspectorate.

    Director:Michael Kerrigan
    Writer:Geoff McQueen

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  15. The Bill Season 6 Episode 78 - Something to Remember
    8.1/10(21 votes)

    S6:E78

    Brownlow is off to area for the commendation ceremony. Dave is getting one for the arrest of the man who murdered 2 children. His mother and girlfriend go to the presentation. Penny is losing it because of the commendation Dave got and Bob tells him some home truths. Cathy and Tony are called to a domestic at the parents of one of the murdered children.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Bill Season 6 Episode 93 - Decisions
    8.1/10(27 votes)

    S6:E93

    Reg welcomes Bob back from leave after the shooting. Top brass want to treat him with 'kid gloves' and don't want him to tkae his firearms refresher course. A social worker tells Bob of an old lady who had her purse snatched with her keys. She feels someone should visit her. On the way Bob finds obstruction at a market. At the house Bob finds weapons all around the house in case the thieves ise her keys. The old lady comes to the station with blood on her knife.

    Director:Tom Cotter
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Bill Season 6 Episode 103 - Safe As Houses
    8.1/10(27 votes)

    S6:E103

    Carver and Dashwood look after a very important witness. An attempted break-in could mean a move. Lines and Martella take over and there is a break-in by armed gunmen which turns out to be a fit up as the man is killed before he gets into the car.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Bill Season 6 Episode 7 - A Clean Division
    8.0/10(36 votes)

    S6:E7

    D.I. Burnside is delighted to be called out of a boring meeting at Stafford Row police station, especially as he thinks it's D.C. Carver with a lead on an important drugs case. Burnside is horrified to find, however, that Carver has been arrested for drink-driving by an over-zealous Stafford Row officer named P.C. Horden. Since Carver's police career is on the line, Burnside and Horden's more sympathetic colleagues manage to delay Carver's breath test for a while, and Carver eventually passes the breath test and is released.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Bill Season 6 Episode 34 - Corkscrew
    8.0/10(32 votes)

    S6:E34

    Burnside is not happy about Wray talking to his snout. Wray interviews the suspect at Barton Street but he won't talk in the station. While in hospital he tells Burnside that the snout is being protected by a sgt. from Barton Street. Conway thinks the leak must be in CID. Frank thinks the snout stitched him up. Wray tells burnside he has been promoted and will be stationed at Sunhill.

    Director:Michael Simpson
    Writer:J. C. Wilsher

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  20. The Bill Season 6 Episode 68 - My Favourite Things
    8.0/10(21 votes)

    S6:E68

    Monroe is unhappy about Quinnan. Garfield is helping Conway in the Property Office and a jemmy was missing. Quinnan used it to open a door of a house with a chip pan on the stove. This was the reason for the locker search. Hollis and Ackland are on standby for a demonstration. Monroe instigates a locker search and the relief are not happy.

    Director:Roger Tucker
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Bill Season 6 Episode 82 - Pride and Prejudice
    8.0/10(22 votes)

    S6:E82

    Garfield and Stamp see a burning car and a man putting it out. The man has HIV AIDS and George is worried about to process him so rings the Chief Medical Officer. The result is Conway being embarassed who shouts at Cryer who in turn shouts at George. Cathy and Barry call at a house that has graffiti about AIDS written all over the house.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Bill Season 6 Episode 92 - Testimony
    8.0/10(24 votes)

    S6:E92

    Hollis and Ackland are at the hospital waiting to hear how the victim from the burglary is whether she was raped. She wants to discharge herself. Roach interviews the suspect in the dumping of rubbish case. The suspect thinks he is there about garden rubbish. Roach thinks he burgled the house.

    Director:Christopher Hodson
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Bill Season 6 Episode 97 - Just For A Moment
    8.0/10(24 votes)

    S6:E97

    DC Jim Carver brings a suspect into custody, but while he is busy trying to charm WPC Norika Datta, the suspect grabs a knife and takes her hostage... [Source: jimsgirl]

    Director:Tom Cotter
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Bill Season 6 Episode 25 - One Of The Boys
    7.9/10(29 votes)

    S6:E25

    Viv is typing a report while Tosh and Carver are reading the paper. She seems to be considered office girl. Tosh asks her to pick up a prostitute for an alibi check who takes off when she sees Viv. Viv gives chase and tears her skirt. A car driver who gives her a lift thinks she is being a tease and makes her walk back to the station. After a lot of aggravation Viv brings the prostitute back to the station only to find CID doesn't need the alibi after all.

    Director:Alan Wareing
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Bill Season 6 Episode 32 - Close Co-operation
    7.9/10(28 votes)

    S6:E32

    Brownlow is not happy about the office arrangements at Barton Street. Burnside brings in a drug dealer who gets tripped up by Hollis. Penny finds him beaten in the cells and Barton Street doesn't want it to go higher than sergeants. The constable in custody lent the cell keys to another sgt. and the custody sgt. wants to keep it 'in house'.

    Director:Michael Simpson
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"Trojan Horse" is the best rated episode of "The Bill" season 6. It scored 9.1/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Pat Dunlop, it aired on 5/22/1990. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "What Kind of Man".