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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 The Best Policy
    7.7/10(40 votes)

    #1 - 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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for A Friend In Need
    8.1/10(46 votes)

    #2 - 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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Whose Side Are You On?
    7.6/10(47 votes)

    #3 - 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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Lip Service
    7.1/10(32 votes)

    #4 - Lip Service

    S8:E4

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Illegals
    7.3/10(32 votes)

    #5 - Illegals

    S8:E5

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Fair Play
    7.5/10(21 votes)

    #6 - Fair Play

    S8:E6

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Dinosaur
    8.1/10(47 votes)

    #7 - 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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Joyride
    8.0/10(32 votes)

    #8 - 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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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Not Waving
    8.4/10(37 votes)

    #9 - 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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    Director:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Mates
    7.4/10(37 votes)

    #10 - Mates

    S8:E10

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Lost Boy
    8.5/10(34 votes)

    #11 - 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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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Chicken
    8.6/10(39 votes)

    #12 - 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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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Somebody Special
    7.5/10(36 votes)

    #13 - Somebody Special

    S8:E13

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Previous Convictions
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    #14 - Previous Convictions

    S8:E14

    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.

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Beggar My Neighbour
    7.5/10(36 votes)

    #15 - Beggar My Neighbour

    S8:E15

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

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    Director:Unknown
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  17. Background image for It's A Small World
    7.8/10(38 votes)

    #16 - 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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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Licence
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    #17 - 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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    Director:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Comeback
    8.2/10(46 votes)

    #18 - 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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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Fireproof
    7.7/10(46 votes)

    #19 - Fireproof

    S8:E19

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

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    Director:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Paddy Factor
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    #20 - 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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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for The Wild Rover
    8.0/10(38 votes)

    #21 - The Wild Rover

    S8:E21

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

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Coincidence
    7.7/10(48 votes)

    #22 - 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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    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Going Soft
    7.7/10(46 votes)

    #23 - 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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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Re-Hab
    7.5/10(39 votes)

    #24 - Re-Hab

    S8:E24

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

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

    #25 - 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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Season 8 Ratings Summary

"The Best Policy" is the best rated episode of "The Bill" season 8. It scored 7.7/10 based on 40 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/2/1992. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "A Friend In Need".