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The Best Episodes of The Bill Season 8

Every episode of The Bill Season 8 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Bill Season 8!

The Best Episodes of The Bill Season 8

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...
  1. Background image for Chicken
    8.6/10(39 votes)

    #1 - Chicken

    S8:E12

    P.C. Stringer tries to stop some children from playing 'chicken' on the railway line, but one of them is run down by a train. Sgt. Peters transfers upstairs to the post of duty sergeant, swapping roles with Bob Cryer, who returns to the relief.

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  2. Background image for Lost Boy
    8.5/10(34 votes)

    #2 - Lost Boy

    S8:E11

    D.S. Greig is led to a vice ring when searching for a missing thirteen-year-old boy. D.C. Dashwood and W.P.C. Ackland are brought into an operation against ponces running rent boys.

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  3. Background image for Not Waving
    8.4/10(37 votes)

    #3 - Not Waving

    S8:E9

    A student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody.

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    8.3/10(39 votes)

    #4 - All The King's Horses

    S8:E28

    A lorry overturns and sheds its load outside a school, burying a boy and girl and putting P.C. Loxton to the test.

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    8.2/10(46 votes)

    #5 - Comeback

    S8:E18

    The community police station run by P.C. Smollett is fire-bombed. The area car is stolen from P.C. Loxton and W.P.C. Datta, and it is written off in an RTA.

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  6. Background image for Acting Detective
    8.2/10(37 votes)

    #6 - Acting Detective

    S8:E25

    A woman who collapsed at an airport is found to be a mule, smuggling drugs in her stomach. D.I. Burnside, with only limited time to mount an operation, gets W.P.C. French to take the courier's place in an attempt to uncover the dealer.

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  8. Background image for A Friend In Need
    8.1/10(46 votes)

    #7 - A Friend In Need

    S8:E2

    P.C. Quinnan is the subject of a civil complaint. P.C.s Stamp and Stringer follow up on a fire at a home for ex-psychiatric patients, but find little care in the community.

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  9. Background image for Dinosaur
    8.1/10(47 votes)

    #8 - Dinosaur

    S8:E7

    D.I. Burnside's unorthodox policing methods, which include flushing an informant's head down a toilet, set him on a collision course with D.C.I. Reid, who has already received several complaints about Sun Hill officers. Reid fears the worst when she is called in to Scotland Yard for an urgent meeting with MS15.

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  10. Background image for Man Of The People
    8.1/10(36 votes)

    #9 - Man Of The People

    S8:E42

    P.C. Stringer wins the election for the post of Federation Rep, beating the incumbent P.C. Hollis by fifty-eight votes to two. Ch. Supt. Brownlow decides to eat in the canteen with the other ranks, much to their discomfort.

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  11. Background image for Joyride
    8.0/10(32 votes)

    #10 - Joyride

    S8:E8

    A girl is seriously injured in a joyriding incident. Ch. Supt. Brownlow must decide whether he is prepared to risk a riot by sending officers into an estate to round up the culprits.

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    8.0/10(38 votes)

    #11 - The Wild Rover

    S8:E21

    D.S. Roach ignores the Anti-Terrorist Squad, and investigates a possible IRA cell.

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  13. Background image for Hiding To Nothing
    8.0/10(37 votes)

    #12 - Hiding To Nothing

    S8:E49

    P.C. Stamp is ambushed by a gang of youths on a local estate. In trying to assist him, W.P.C. Ackland crashes the Area car, much to P.C. Loxton's delight.

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  14. Background image for The Paddy Factor
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    #13 - The Paddy Factor

    S8:E20

    D.C. Carver and W.D.C. Martella have a car thief under observation, and see him shot as he gets into a car. The Anti-Terrorist Squad is called in, and the IRA is suspected.

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    7.9/10(37 votes)

    #14 - Better The Devil

    S8:E45

    P.C. Stringer gets involved with a bizarre household, and discovers a horrifying case of parental cruelty in the attic. W.P.C. Marshall goes on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at Stafford Row.

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  16. Background image for It's A Small World
    7.8/10(38 votes)

    #15 - It's A Small World

    S8:E16

    Thinking of leaving the force, D.C. Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security consultants.

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  17. Background image for Trials & Tribulations
    7.8/10(38 votes)

    #16 - Trials & Tribulations

    S8:E30

    W.P.C. Marshall becomes a vital witness in a murder trial, and soon realises that someone is trying to intimidate her.

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  18. Background image for A Can Of Worms
    7.8/10(48 votes)

    #17 - A Can Of Worms

    S8:E31

    A traffic accident draws attention to a minicab firm.

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  19. Background image for The Best Policy
    7.7/10(40 votes)

    #18 - The Best Policy

    S8:E1

    D.C.I. Reid's influence in high places suddenly makes D.I. Burnside look vulnerable to criticism. CID investigate an armed robbery.

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  20. Background image for Licence
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    #19 - Licence

    S8:E17

    A man convicted of strangling his wife has been released on licence, but the probation service fails to notify Sun Hill. His presence comes to light when his son causes a disturbance.

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    7.7/10(46 votes)

    #20 - Fireproof

    S8:E19

    D.I. Burnside leads an investigation into the firebombing of the community police station.

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  22. Background image for Coincidence
    7.7/10(48 votes)

    #21 - Coincidence

    S8:E22

    A small boy known for lying claims to have been the subject of an attempted abduction in an adventure playground.

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    7.7/10(46 votes)

    #22 - Going Soft

    S8:E23

    A routine trip to a magistrate for a warrant turns into a nightmare for D.C. Dashwood when he is taken prisoner by two hooded burglars.

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  24. Background image for Prisoners
    7.7/10(38 votes)

    #23 - Prisoners

    S8:E46

    Sgt. Boyden and P.C. Hollis are hoping for a quiet night in the custody suite at Sun Hill, but that's not how it turns out.

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  25. Background image for Whose Side Are You On?
    7.6/10(47 votes)

    #24 - Whose Side Are You On?

    S8:E3

    D.C. Lines investigates a mugging, and tries to get the victim charged with the murder of his assailant.

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    7.6/10(35 votes)

    #25 - Up Behind

    S8:E36

    It's Saturday night, but CID are at work trailing a known criminal believed to be responsible for a series of artifice burglaries involving pensioners.

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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"Chicken" is the best rated episode of "The Bill" season 8. It scored 8.6/10 based on 39 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/11/1992. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Lost Boy".