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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 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 8 Ratings Summary

"The Best Policy" is the best rated episode of "The Bill" season 8. It scored 7.7/10 based on 39 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/2/1992. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "A Friend In Need".

  • The Best Policy
    7.7/1039 votes

    #1 - The Best Policy

    Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/1992

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Friend In Need
    8.0/1045 votes

    #2 - A Friend In Need

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 1/7/1992

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Whose Side Are You On?
    7.6/1046 votes

    #3 - Whose Side Are You On?

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 1/9/1992

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lip Service
    7.0/1031 votes

    #4 - Lip Service

    Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 1/14/1992

    D.C. Lines is enjoying an off-duty pint in his local pub and becomes involved in a bar brawl.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Illegals
    7.2/1031 votes

    #5 - Illegals

    Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 1/16/1992

    D.C. Lines investigates when a cellarful of illegal immigrants is discovered. He enlists the help of Sgt. Boyden, who takes a fancy to one of the females. Lines warns him off.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fair Play
    7.5/1020 votes

    #6 - Fair Play

    Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 1/21/1992

    P.C. Quinnan investigates the illegal sale of steroids. P.C. Garfield is put on the spot when his old sparring partner is arrested.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dinosaur
    8.0/1046 votes

    #7 - Dinosaur

    Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 1/23/1992

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Joyride
    7.9/1031 votes

    #8 - Joyride

    Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 1/28/1992

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Not Waving
    8.3/1036 votes

    #9 - Not Waving

    Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 1/30/1992

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mates
    7.4/1035 votes

    #10 - Mates

    Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 2/4/1992

    Sgt. Cryer is finding being non-operational tedious. He goes undercover as a punter in a brothel, but his presence on the operation antagonises Sgt. Peters. Cryer goes to sees Ch. Supt. Brownlow about giving up his job as duty sergeant and going back to the relief.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lost Boy
    8.3/1031 votes

    #11 - Lost Boy

    Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 2/6/1992

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chicken
    8.5/1036 votes

    #12 - Chicken

    Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 2/11/1992

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Somebody Special
    7.5/1034 votes

    #13 - Somebody Special

    Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 2/13/1992

    Acting D.I. Greig tries to recruit a hardened female thief as a snout, but finds her more than a match for him. D.C.I. Reid is promoted out of Sun Hill to MS15.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Previous Convictions
    7.4/1018 votes

    #14 - Previous Convictions

    Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/1992

    Investigating an apparent accident in which a man's hand is crushed in a car-breaker's yard, Sgt. Maitland uncovers years of animosity, neglect and revenge.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Beggar My Neighbour
    7.5/1034 votes

    #15 - Beggar My Neighbour

    Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 2/20/1992

    A tramp is attacked, leading the police into a web of crime.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • It's A Small World
    7.6/1035 votes

    #16 - It's A Small World

    Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/1992

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Licence
    7.5/1030 votes

    #17 - Licence

    Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 2/27/1992

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Comeback
    8.1/1044 votes

    #18 - Comeback

    Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 3/3/1992

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fireproof
    7.7/1044 votes

    #19 - Fireproof

    Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 3/5/1992

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Paddy Factor
    7.9/1036 votes

    #20 - The Paddy Factor

    Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 3/10/1992

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Wild Rover
    8.0/1036 votes

    #21 - The Wild Rover

    Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 3/12/1992

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Coincidence
    7.6/1046 votes

    #22 - Coincidence

    Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 3/17/1992

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Going Soft
    7.5/1044 votes

    #23 - Going Soft

    Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 3/19/1992

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Re-Hab
    7.4/1037 votes

    #24 - Re-Hab

    Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 3/24/1992

    Jack Meadows arrives to take charge of Sun Hill CID. He becomes involved with a father suspected of murdering his drug addict son.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Acting Detective
    8.1/1036 votes

    #25 - Acting Detective

    Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 3/26/1992

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A