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The Worst Episodes of The Bill

Every episode of The Bill ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of The Bill!

Worst episode
S11E39 Swan Song
6.029 votes
Best episode
S9E36 The Short Straw
9.245 votes
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Season 16
8.1avg
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Bill Season 11 Episode 39 - Swan Song
    6.0/10(29 votes)

    S11:E39

    Loxton and McCann attempt to discover why a young girl is so frightened after having committed a robbery. Harris is approached by a flirtatious informant. Meanwhile, Page and Garfield arrest a man for stealing a scarf. However, it's not long before Greig and Ackland arrest the man again on suspicion of a jewellery robbery, unaware that he has been framed by his less than hapless housemate, who is none other than Harris' informant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Bill Season 8 Episode 29 - Party Politics
    5.9/10(23 votes)

    S8:E29

    W.D.C. Martella celebrates her birthday. D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach go to a party attended by a crooked businessman, who makes Burnside an offer he can't refuse.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Bill Season 1 Episode 8 - Rough in the Afternoon
    6.5/10(48 votes)

    S1:E8

    PC Carver and PC Edwards are called to a domestic and are informed by the neighbour that a child was taken by his father. Meanwhile, the mother has turned up at the station to report the abduction in person.

    Director:Christopher Hodson
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Bill Season 25 Episode 47 - Cry Wolf
    6.1/10(21 votes)

    S25:E47

    Macey, Mickey and Banksy question a girl about an alleged rape and find out that the attack actually took place two years. The team watch a video tape and her step father is disgusted when he finds out that he is accused of the crime. Caitlin later calls Mickey and tells him that she remembers who really attacked her with devastating consequences for two families.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Bill Season 25 Episode 25 - Growing Pains
    5.8/10(15 votes)

    S25:E25

    Nate has to break up a fight between two parents at the school. Nate later finds out that one of them has become slandered in a rape case. After he is beaten up CID investigate and are shocked to discover the identity of the real culprit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Bill Season 10 Episode 143 - Fly On The Wall
    6.3/10(28 votes)

    S10:E143

    Pearce and Croft investigate when rivalry between gangs of fly-posters escalates to assault.

    Director:Audrey Cooke
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Bill Season 10 Episode 127 - Land Of The Blind
    6.2/10(22 votes)

    S10:E127

    Deakin and Meadows are prosecuting a teenager for assault but McCann thinks he is innocent.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Bill Season 25 Episode 28 - Old Habits
    6.1/10(17 votes)

    S25:E28

    Former Sun Hill PC Diane Noble, now a Sergeant, joins Sun Hill for a night before joining her new post at Barton Street. She and Smithy lead the troops to a rooftop party at a building site, but events take a sinister twist when a boy falls from a ledge whilst high on ecstasy. Tests at hospital reveal they were mis-labelled as ketamine. Backed by Turner and Fletcher, uniform go undercover at a club to snare the dealer, with Taylor keen to impress Noble after getting off on the wrong foot. As Noble prepares to bow out of Sun Hill for one last time, she is called back to St. Hugh's when the overdose victim's father stands on the roof in a bid to commit suicide.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Bill Season 21 Episode 57 - The Bill Season 21 Episode 57
    6.1/10(16 votes)

    S21:E57

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Bill Season 24 Episode 13 - Driven To Kill
    6.1/10(16 votes)

    S24:E13

    Callum and Tony find themselves the victims of a prank calls. Will receives a call from two boys saying their father has kidnapped them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Bill Season 18 Episode 67 - Episode 059
    6.4/10(24 votes)

    S18:E67

    There's trouble brewing on the Bronte estate, where drug dealers and gangs are running riot and two rival ""crews"" are fighting for power. Sgt. June Ackland investigates when a Bronte resident reports that a young boy is being used as a drug courier by gang leader Reload, but when TDC Brandon Kane and PC Cathy Bradford investigate further, they discover the boy is only trying to ease the pain of his ailing mother. DS Phil Hunter hopes to get some information on the Bronte situation from his new girlfriend, Linda, but later finds that her 16-year-old daughter Chloe is more than willing to be pumped for information. PC Nick Klein, PC Kerry Young and Sgt. Matt Boyden are all attacked on the estate and warned off by Reload, and Insp. Gina Gold has had enough - she declares the Bronte a no-go area for her officers.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Bill Season 22 Episode 30 - Episode 407
    6.1/10(15 votes)

    S22:E30

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Bill Season 15 Episode 84 - Haunted
    6.6/10(34 votes)

    S15:E84

    DS Stanton, DC Lennox and DC Proctor are on an obbo at a spooky old building called the Old Pumping Station, which is supposed to be haunted. The trio tell each other ghost stories: back in his uniform days, Proctor was assigned to watch the house of a serial murderer. Investigating a noise, he meets a young woman called Cathy, who turns out to have been on of the killer's victims. A skeptical Stanton reveals how a psychic's assistance with a case she worked on turned out to be a hoax. Lennox, when he was in the Glasgow police, meets a dying crime boss who promises revenge from beyond the grave.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Bill Season 17 Episode 53 - Eye of the Lens
    6.5/10(27 votes)

    S17:E53

    Supt. Chandler assigns DC Kate Spears to a project involving CCTV cameras in the Sun Hill area. Much to Sgt Ackland's annoyance, she takes PC Jim Carver with her, and they have words. Spears tells Ackland to take it up with Chandler. But word is getting around that Spears gets special treatment from the boss. When a number of cameras are damaged, two youths who have threatened one of the operators, Pat Spencer, are suspected, but the culprit turns out to be Robert Slade, who the youths call ""weird"". Then Spears discovers Robert lives in community care and thinks the cameras are spying on him. Robert spends a lot of his time in an internet café and tells Hollis about his homepage, where Hollis sees a picture Robert has taken of a shopping centre security guard, Tony Malone. He is being given an envelope by known robber Roger Franklin, who has just finished doing time. Cullen assigns DS Singh and Kate Spears to find out how all these disparate players are involved. Then Pat Spencer is at

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Bill Season 2 Episode 11 - Whose Side Are You On?
    6.7/10(45 votes)

    S2:E11

    D.C. Mike Dashwood has organised a five-a-side indoor football match against a local youth group. Ch. Supt. Brownlow sees it as great publicity, and ropes in D.I. Roy Galloway for photo opportunities, despite his objections. D.S. Ted Roach investigate the murder of an old derelict, known only as 'King Henry'. P.C. Jim Carver injures his ankle chasing some bag-snatchers, and while Sgt. Cryer takes his place on the beat, Dashwood thinks Cryer is too old to take Carver's place on the team. P.C. Abe Lyttleton suggests W.P.C. Viv Martella, as she is good at netball. Dashwood convinces her to join the team, gaining brownie points from Mr Brownlow for selecting a W.P.C. for the squad. P.C. Pete Muswell arrests an unlicensed trader at the market selling fake designer watches. He chats up a traffic warden, and arranges to meet her for a date, but she stands him up. Muswell turns up at the match, and Cryer has a word with him about his prejudice against Lyttleton. After a shaky start, the Sun Hi

    Director:Peter Cregeen
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Bill Season 6 Episode 14 - Something To Hide
    6.5/10(24 votes)

    S6:E14

    Melvin is chasing a suspect and pulls his tracksuit top. The suspect had caused a disturbance after being caught fishing for something in a pond - a wrapped up gun shape but when the wrapping is removed it turns out to be a diamond necklace instead. Turnham talks to Norika on the way to a break-in although there are no signs of forced entry and the only thing missing is a ring. Tosh investigates and ties together both jewelry thefts. Turnham and Norika get involved in a fight in a pub.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Bill Season 11 Episode 50 - Good Intentions
    6.5/10(24 votes)

    S11:E50

    Quinnan and Page respond when a small boy falls from a window, but conflicting stories from the boy's brother and mother leaves Monroe to suspect that there is more to the case than first meets the eye. When the boy's brother is caught smashing the windows of the school caretaker, a tangled web of affairs begins to emerge, and it transpires that the boy's fall may have been an accident after all.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Bill Season 15 Episode 40 - Pillow Talk
    6.3/10(17 votes)

    S15:E40

    Worrell and Harker attend a deliberate hit and run. Quinnan and Garfield are tasked with tracking down the driver, Oliver Beaumann, who has allegedly run over his wife. When they transfer Beaumann to the nick, he passes out in the van. At the hospital a doctor asks one of them to stay, and while Garfield is happy at the idea of staying with Jenny for the night, Cryer demands Quinnan stays. Garfield is suspicious as Jenny is distant with him, and she later mentions to Quinnan she's doubtful over what Garfield wants long term. As they are distracted, Beaumann tries to escape, but Quinnan drags him back in. Beaumann then claims the husband of his wife's best friend is having an affair with his wife, and that he is armed with a gun intent on getting Beaumann out of the way. Quinnan is skeptical, but is quickly drawn into an armed siege.

    Director:Peter Cregeen
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Bill Season 25 Episode 17 - Leap Of Faith: Part II
    6.3/10(17 votes)

    S25:E17

    Beth and Nate discover a woman lying unconscious at the bottom of her stairs after they are called out to a domestic incident. It is revealed she is married to the owner of the boxing club, Charlie. Charlie insists that his wife just fell. Later their daughter is arrested for stealing money from her father's shop. Beth kisses Nate goodbye.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Bill Season 21 Episode 102 - Episode 374
    6.4/10(19 votes)

    S21:E102

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Bill Season 25 Episode 46 - Die By The Sword
    6.2/10(14 votes)

    S25:E46

    When Danny Sissoulu dies the team now have to deal with a murder enquiry. After Craig Middleton becomes the number one suspect he is brought in for questioning. He insists that he was confronted by the three youths in the park and that they where carrying a knife and continues that he only punched Danny. The officers are stunned by what Mo tells them after she cracks under the pressure.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Bill Season 26 Episode 23 - Solace
    6.4/10(18 votes)

    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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  23. The Bill Season 21 Episode 61 - Episode 61
    6.4/10(17 votes)

    S21:E61

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Bill Season 22 Episode 24 - The Bill Season 22 Episode 24
    6.4/10(17 votes)

    S22:E24

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Bill Season 25 Episode 62 - Twist Of Fate
    6.4/10(17 votes)

    S25:E62

    Guest starring Ian Kelsey as Brendan Newlyn. DC Grace Dasari re-opens the investigation into an old missing person case when the sister of the woman involved holds a man at knife-point in a Soho brothel, claiming he knows where her sister is. When a body is found, Grace feels guilty that she did not devote more time to the investigation at the time of the woman's disappearance.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Swan Song" is the worst rated episode of The Bill. It scored 6.0/10 from 29 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on April 13, 1995.

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