List of The Bill episodes

This is a list of The Bill episodes.

Series overview

Series		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	12		16 October 1984	22 January 1985
	2	12		11 November 1985	10 February 1986
	3	12		21 September 1987	7 December 1987
	4	48		19 July 1988	29 December 1988
	5	104		3 January 1989	28 December 1989
	6	104		2 January 1990	27 December 1990
	7	105		1 January 1991	31 December 1991
	8	105		2 January 1992	31 December 1992
	9	155		5 January 1993	31 December 1993
	10	156		4 January 1994	30 December 1994
	11	149		5 January 1995	29 December 1995
	12	156		2 January 1996	31 December 1996
	13	152		2 January 1997	30 December 1997
	14	121		1 January 1998	31 December 1998
	15	87		7 January 1999	31 December 1999
	16	86		4 January 2000	29 December 2000
	17	92		5 January 2001	21 December 2001
	18	86		3 January 2002	31 December 2002
	19	106		1 January 2003	31 December 2003
	20	98		7 January 2004	30 December 2004
	21	106		5 January 2005	29 December 2005
	22	93		4 January 2006	29 December 2006
	23	92		3 January 2007	28 December 2007
	24	88		2 January 2008	31 December 2008
	25	65		1 January 2009	29 December 2009
	26	31		7 January 2010	31 August 2010

Episodes

Series 1

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Episode notes	Guest stars	Original air date
1	"Woodentop"	Peter Cregeen	Geoff McQueen	Originally broadcast as part of the Storyboard series	Colin McCormack and Dawn Perllman	16 August 1983
2	"Funny Ol' Business - Cops and Robbers"	Peter Cregeen	Geoff McQueen	TBA	Sarah Webb, Paul Cooper and David Gooderson	16 October 1984
3	"A Friend in Need"	Peter Cregeen	Barry Appleton	First appearances of DS Ted Roach and DC Mike Dashwood	James Wilby, Perry Fenwick, Peter Lovstrom, Stanley McGeagh, Malcolm Rogers, Meera Syal and Esther Freud	23 October 1984
4	"Clutching at Straws"	Christopher Hodson	Barry Appleton	TBA	Bruce Payne, June Brown, Tim Barker and Albert Moses	30 October 1984
5	"Long Odds"	John Michael Phillips	Geoff McQueen	TBA	Sean Bean and John Lyons	6 November 1984
6	"It's Not Such a Bad Job After All"	John Woods	Barry Appleton	TBA	John Savident, Edward Brayshaw and Geoffrey Bateman	13 November 1984
7	"The Drugs Raid"	John Woods	Barry Appleton	First Appearance of PC Tony Stamp (uncredited)	Liz Smith, Norman Beaton, Roland Oliver, Cy Town and Mark Heath	20 November 1984
8	"A Dangerous Breed"	Christopher Hodson	Barry Appleton	TBA	Trevor Martin, John Bleasdale and John Hasler (uncredited)	27 November 1984
9	"Rough in the Afternoon"	Christopher Hodson	John Kershaw	TBA	James Marcus, Godfrey James, Bernard Kay and Tip Tipping	4 December 1984
10	"Burning the Books"	Peter Cregeen	Barry Appleton	TBA	Brian Croucher, James Faulkner and John Woodnutt	8 January 1985
11	"Death of a Cracksman"	Christopher Hodson	Barry Appleton	TBA	Kate Williams, Pam Ferris and Colin Spaull	15 January 1985
12	"The Sweet Smell of Failure"	John Michael Phillips	Barry Appleton	TBA	Leonard Fenton, Linal Haft, Wolfe Morris and Jack Le White	22 January 1985

Series 2

Series 3

Series 4

Series 5

Series 6

Series 7

Series 8

Series 9

Series 10

Series 11

Series 12

Series 13

Series 14

Series 15

Series 16

Series 17

Series 18

Series 19

Series 20

Series 21

Series 22

Series 23

Series 24

Series 25

Series 26

External links

• TV.com Show guide