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The Bill in 1996

Storylines[]

The year opened with Croft and Skase adopting different tactics when a series of hoax phone calls threatened to tear a family apart (Call Waiting); Boulton was keen to prove himself by arresting a local drug dealer (Outer); and a one hour story saw the tragic drowning of Marshall whilst chasing a suspect (Judgement Call). The new Crime Reporting Computer - CRIS - was introduced (Old Dogs New Tricks); a two part story featured a missing child (Worst Fears and One Night With You); and Beech and Croft were lead on a merry chase when a man was found dead in a car with a large amount of crack cocaine (Stop the Music).

Chief Superintendent Brownlow's return to Sun Hill caused a stir (Back in Business); a one hour special dealt with a compulsive confessor (Confession); and Stamp suffered a crisis of conscience when he was called to supervise the eviction of a father from his home (Home From Home). The search was on to find the owner of a left-hand found in a rubbish dump (Bits and Pieces); a Hens night saw the relief running around in circles (Girls' Night); and Ackland finally got her promotion to Acting Sergeant at least (Dead of Night).

Slater lost a girlfriend for not being truthful about his job (Party Pooper); Boulton's investigation of a local bookie raised suspicions about Beech's private life (Beating The Odds); and Boulton's unorthodox approach riled Carver in a one hour special (Dangerous Game). Acting Sergeant Ackland had her first surveillance job (Decent Proposals); DS Dashwood returned briefly from the Arts and Antiques squad (Going for a Song); and Hollis went undercover in a seedy nightclub (Value Added).

Also that year, Loxton and Page went undercover at a wedding (Cold Feet and Hot Coffee); Jarvis did his advanced driving test at Hendon (Final Drive); Brownlow witnessed road rage (Jekyll and Hyde); and DS Geoff Daly made his debut (Knocking on the Door). A sense of humour prevailed when Sun Hill held its annual tea dance for retired officers and police widows and Hollis did his magic act (Dancers); and the tale of a tanker lorry crashing outside a busy tube station and its contents of chemicals spilling out marked the 999th episode (Spill) in which all three emergency services worked together - police, fire and ambulance.

Monroe investigated when a young boy alleged he was assaulted by a school teacher (Big Bullies); Ackland and McCann took their Sergeant's exams (Theory and Practice); but McCann succumbed to some bad advice; and Daly and Carver went after a missing prisoner hell-bent on restoring his reputation as a hard man (Reminders). Beech employed the help of a teenage car thief to catch a dodgy car dealer (Junior); a group of Brownies visited Sun Hill (A Day in the Life) while Keane struggled with a fatally wounded robber; and WDC Rawton made her debut (Liar).  

The relief celebrated Ackland's promotion to Sergeant - having failed, McCann chose to work rather than party (A Good Night Out); Jarvis had to look after a horse in Sun Hill's yard (Champing at the Bit); and Deakin warned Beech that if he had any gambling debts he would be out of the force (Hedging Your Bets). Meadows had to decide where his loyalties lied when an old friend was arrested on a murder charge (Out Of The Past); Hollis clashed with a social worker over the handling of a man recently released from psychiatric care (Road to Recovery); and Quinnan and Greig helped an ex-Sun Hill Sergeant investigate a murder from World War 2 (Old Codgers).

Carver and Rawton unmasked a bigamist (Trust Me); Ackland instigated a policy of officers patrolling alone which proved dangerous (A Woman's Place); and Keane and Slater completed their probation period and underwent the traditional initiation ceremony (Finishing School). Meadows and Deakin investigated the apparent gangland execution of an innocuous taxi driver (Death of a Nobody - 1 hour special); Loxton came under scrutiny from the Complaints Investigation Bureau (Boiling Point); and both Hollis and Skase tried to impress a young journalist spending a day at Sun Hill (Public Relations).

At the end of the year, Croft and Rawton looked into a case involving a dentist charged with indecent assault (Scorned); Daly slipped up when giving evidence in court (A Gun to the Head); and Skase ended up behind bars at Christmas (Merrily on High). Boulton was infuriated when he had to investigate a case involving footballers (Hat Trick); Page and Stamp (pictured) were in pursuit of a missing hearse (Hers); and WPC Jamilla Blake arrived at the station (The Right Thing).

Episodes[]

962 - 12 - 1996x001 - Call Waiting - 02-Jan-1996
963 - 12 - 1996x002 - Second Sense - 04-Jan-1996
964 - 12 - 1996x003 - Runners Up - 05-Jan-1996
965 - 12 - 1996x004 - Keeping It In The Family - 09-Jan-1996
966 - 12 - 1996x005 - Home Truths - 11-Jan-1996
967 - 12 - 1996x006 - Outer - 12-Jan-1996
968 - 12 - 1996x007 - Better Half - 16-Jan-1996
969 - 12 - 1996x008 - No Assistance Required - 18-Jan-1996
970 - 12 - 1996x009 - Judgement Call - 19-Jan-1996
971 - 12 - 1996x010 - Old Dogs, New Tricks - 23-Jan-1996
972 - 12 - 1996x011 - Worst Fears - 25-Jan-1996
973 - 12 - 1996x012 - One Night With You - 26-Jan-1996
974 - 12 - 1996x013 - Someone Else's Problem - 30-Jan-1996
975 - 12 - 1996x014 - Bounds of Decency - 01-Feb-1996
976 - 12 - 1996x015 - Happy Birthday - 02-Feb-1996
977 - 12 - 1996x016 - Stop The Music - 06-Feb-1996
978 - 12 - 1996x017 - Cold Light of Day - 08-Feb-1996
979 - 12 - 1996x018 - Back In Business - 09-Feb-1996
980 - 12 - 1996x019 - Separate Rooms - 13-Feb-1996
981 - 12 - 1996x020 - Going Guilty - 15-Feb-1996
982 - 12 - 1996x021 - Pieces of Cake - 16-Feb-1996
983 - 12 - 1996x022 - Somebody's Home - 20-Feb-1996
984 - 12 - 1996x023 - Pointing The Finger - 22-Feb-1996
985 - 12 - 1996x024 - Boy Meets Girl - 23-Feb-1996
986 - 12 - 1996x025 - Confession - 27-Feb-1996
987 - 12 - 1996x026 - Home From Home - 29-Feb-1996
988 - 12 - 1996x027 - Open Wound - 01-Mar-1996
989 - 12 - 1996x028 - Perfect Match - 05-Mar-1996
990 - 12 - 1996x029 - Someone Special - 07-Mar-1996
991 - 12 - 1996x030 - Bits and Pieces - 08-Mar-1996
992 - 12 - 1996x031 - Home Help - 12-Mar-1996
993 - 12 - 1996x032 - Kicked Out - 14-Mar-1996
994 - 12 - 1996x033 - On The Block - 15-Mar-1996
995 - 12 - 1996x034 - Getting Off - 19-Mar-1996
996 - 12 - 1996x035 - Girls' Night - 21-Mar-1996
997 - 12 - 1996x036 - Blood Brothers - 22-Mar-1996
998 - 12 - 1996x037 - Broken Homes - 23-Mar-1996
999 - 12 - 1996x038 - A Hornet's Nest - 28-Mar-1996
1000 - 12 - 1996x039 - Dead of Night - 29-Mar-1996
1001 - 12 - 1996x040 - Party Pooper - 02-Apr-1996
1002 - 12 - 1996x041 - More Haste - 04-Apr-1996
1003 - 12 - 1996x042 - Beating The Odds - 05-Apr-1996
1004 - 12 - 1996x043 - Animal - 09-Apr-1996
1005 - 12 - 1996x044 - Dangerous Game - 11-Apr-1996
1006 - 12 - 1996x045 - Dancers - 12-Apr-1996
1007 - 12 - 1996x046 - And Nothing But... - 16-Apr-1996
1008 - 12 - 1996x047 - Tale of Two Cities - 18-Apr-1996
1009 - 12 - 1996x048 - Cheating - 19-Apr-1996
1010 - 12 - 1996x049 - Decent Proposals - 23-Apr-1996
1011 - 12 - 1996x050 - Going For A Song - 25-Apr-1996
1012 - 12 - 1996x051 - Value Added - 26-Apr-1996
1013 - 12 - 1996x052 - Professional Ethics - 30-Apr-1996 ~ GS: John Bowler
1014 - 12 - 1996x053 - Accidents Will Happen - 02-May-1996
1015 - 12 - 1996x054 - Time Spent - 03-May-1996
1016 - 12 - 1996x055 - Conspiracy of Silence - 07-May-1996
1017 - 12 - 1996x056 - Cold Feet and Hot Coffee - 09-May-1996
1018 - 12 - 1996x057 - Rollover - 10-May-1996 ~ GS: Libby Davison
1019 - 12 - 1996x058 - Tough Love - 14-May-1996
1020 - 12 - 1996x059 - With This Ring - 16-May-1996
1021 - 12 - 1996x060 - Final Drive - 17-May-1996
1022 - 12 - 1996x061 - Voices - 21-May-1996
1023 - 12 - 1996x062 - Party On - 23-May-1996
1024 - 12 - 1996x063 - Hard Enough - 24-May-1996
1025 - 12 - 1996x064 - Cuckoo - 28-May-1996
1026 - 12 - 1996x065 - Helping Hands - 30-May-1996
1027 - 12 - 1996x066 - Jekyll and Hyde - 31-May-1996 ~ GS: Matthew Crompton
1028 - 12 - 1996x067 - Knocking On The Door - 04-Jun-1996 ~ FRA: Geoff Daly
1029 - 12 - 1996x068 - Lies and Statistics - 06-Jun-1996
1030 - 12 - 1996x069 - Butting In - 07-Jun-1996 ~ GS: Lolita Chakrabarti
1031 - 12 - 1996x070 - The Bagman - 11-Jun-1996
1032 - 12 - 1996x071 - Overstepping The Mark - 13-Jun-1996
1033 - 12 - 1996x072 - Filth - 20-Jun-1996
1034 - 12 - 1996x073 - Camper - 21-Jun-1996
1035 - 12 - 1996x074 - Spill - 25-Jun-1996 ~ GS: Lolita Chakrabarti
1036 - 12 - 1996x075 - Apron Strings - 27-Jun-1996
1037 - 12 - 1996x076 - One Step Ahead - 28-Jun-1996
1038 - 12 - 1996x077 - Starting Young - 02-Jul-1996
1039 - 12 - 1996x078 - Tarts' Cards - 04-Jul-1996
1040 - 12 - 1996x079 - Born Again - 05-Jul-1996
1041 - 12 - 1996x080 - Kick Me Hard - 09-Jul-1996
1042 - 12 - 1996x081 - All or Nothing - 11-Jul-1996
1043 - 12 - 1996x082 - Unlucky In Love - 12-Jul-1996
1044 - 12 - 1996x083 - A Quick Return - 16-Jul-1996
1045 - 12 - 1996x084 - Sartorial Elegance - 18-Jul-1996
1046 - 12 - 1996x085 - Don't Leave Me This Way - 19-Jul-1996
1047 - 12 - 1996x086 - Big Bullies - 23-Jul-1996
1048 - 12 - 1996x087 - Playing It By The Rules - 25-Jul-1996
1049 - 12 - 1996x088 - True Colours - 26-Jul-1996
1050 - 12 - 1996x089 - Dead Man's Hand - 30-Jul-1996
1051 - 12 - 1996x090 - For Their Own Good - 01-Aug-1996 LRA: D.C. Alan Woods
1052 - 12 - 1996x091 - Theory and Practice - 06-Aug-1996
1053 - 12 - 1996x092 - Drinking Partners - 08-Aug-1996
1054 - 12 - 1996x093 - Lean On Me - 09-Aug-1996
1055 - 12 - 1996x094 - Reminders - 13-Aug-1996
1056 - 12 - 1996x095 - Minding - 15-Aug-1996
1057 - 12 - 1996x096 - Follow The Van - 16-Aug-1996
1058 - 12 - 1996x097 - Don't Kill The Messenger - 20-Aug-1996
1059 - 12 - 1996x098 - Junior - 22-Aug-1996
1060 - 12 - 1996x099 - Pony Express - 23-Aug-1996
1061 - 12 - 1996x100 - Out of Control - 27-Aug-1996 ~ GS: Lucy Speed
1062 - 12 - 1996x101 - Day Tripper - 29-Aug-1996
1063 - 12 - 1996x102 - Waiting For Frank - 30-Aug-1996
1064 - 12 - 1996x103 - A Day In The Life - 03-Sep-1996
1065 - 12 - 1996x104 - Second Chances - 05-Sep-1996
1066 - 12 - 1996x105 - Repossession - 06-Sep-1996
1067 - 12 - 1996x106 - The Liar - 10-Sep-1996 ~ FRA: W.D.C. Liz Rawton
1068 - 12 - 1996x107 - Detained - 12-Sep-1996 ~ GS: Scott Neal
1069 - 12 - 1996x108 - Karma - 13-Sep-1996
1070 - 12 - 1996x109 - Stolen Moments - 17-Sep-1996
1071 - 12 - 1996x110 - A Good Night Out - 18-Sep-1996
1072 - 12 - 1996x111 - Chatterbox - 19-Sep-1996
1073 - 12 - 1996x112 - Too Close for Comfort - 20-Sep-1996
1074 - 12 - 1996x113 - Blame - 24-Sep-1996
1075 - 12 - 1996x114 - Once A Thief - 26-Sep-1996
1076 - 12 - 1996x115 - Party Animals - 27-Sep-1996
1077 - 12 - 1996x116 - Natural Causes - 01-Oct-1996
1078 - 12 - 1996x117 - Known To Someone - 03-Oct-1996
1079 - 12 - 1996x118 - Champing At The Bit - 04-Oct-1996
1080 - 12 - 1996x119 - Taking Out The Rubbish - 08-Oct-1996
1081 - 12 - 1996x120 - Presumed Innocent - 10-Oct-1996
1082 - 12 - 1996x121 - Change of Heart - 11-Oct-1996
1083 - 12 - 1996x122 - Hedging Your Bets - 15-Oct-1996
1084 - 12 - 1996x123 - Out Of The Past - 17-Oct-1996 ~ GS: Sam Callis
1085 - 12 - 1996x124 - Road To Recovery - 18-Oct-1996
1086 - 12 - 1996x125 - Three Fools - 22-Oct-1996
1087 - 12 - 1996x126 - Track Marks - 24-Oct-1996
1088 - 12 - 1996x127 - In For The Kill - 25-Oct-1996
1089 - 12 - 1996x128 - Remote Control - 29-Oct-1996
1090 - 12 - 1996x129 - Telling Tales - 31-Oct-1996
1091 - 12 - 1996x130 - Old Codgers - 01-Nov-1996
1092 - 12 - 1996x131 - Trap - 05-Nov-1996
1093 - 12 - 1996x132 - All In The Mind - 07-Nov-1996
1094 - 12 - 1996x133 - Trust Me - 08-Nov-1996
1095 - 12 - 1996x134 - Nice Boy - 12-Nov-1996
1096 - 12 - 1996x135 - A Woman's Place - 14-Nov-1996
1097 - 12 - 1996x136 - Finishing School - 15-Nov-1996
1098 - 12 - 1996x137 - Death Of A Nobody - 19-Nov-1996
1099 - 12 - 1996x138 - Up The Wall - 21-Nov-1996
1100 - 12 - 1996x139 - Boiling Point - 22-Nov-1996
1101 - 12 - 1996x140 - Mirror Image - 26-Nov-1996
1102 - 12 - 1996x141 - Public Relations - 28-Nov-1996
1103 - 12 - 1996x142 - Lock 'em In - 29-Nov-1996
1104 - 12 - 1996x143 - Opportunity Costs - 03-Dec-1996
1105 - 12 - 1996x144 - Paying For It - 05-Dec-1996
1106 - 12 - 1996x145 - Many Happy Returns - 06-Dec-1996
1107 - 12 - 1996x146 - Black Money - 10-Dec-1996
1108 - 12 - 1996x147 - Scorned - 12-Dec-1996
1109 - 12 - 1996x148 - Stolen Kisses - 13-Dec-1996
1110 - 12 - 1996x149 - Jumping To Conclusions - 17-Dec-1996
1111 - 12 - 1996x150 - Toe The Line - 19-Dec-1996
1112 - 12 - 1996x151 - Toe The Line - 19-Dec-1996
1113 - 12 - 1996x152 - A Gun To The Head - 20-Dec-1996
1114 - 12 - 1996x153 - Merrily On High - 24-Dec-1996
1115 - 12 - 1996x154 - Hers - 26-Dec-1996
1116 - 12 - 1996x155 - Hat Trick - 27-Dec-1996
1117 - 12 - 1996x156 - The Right Thing - 31-Dec-1996



Preceded by:
1995 Episodes (Series 11)
1996 Episodes (Series 12)
(Episode Chronology)
Succeeded by:
1997 Episodes (Series 13)


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