Plot[]
D.I. Burnside waits impatiently at the train station to pick up a D.S. Jarvis from one of the country forces, who is arriving in London to arrest a suspect believed to be living in Sun Hill. After warning Jarvis for punching the suspect in the face, Burnside takes Jarvis to an East End club where the badly-behaved country copper ends up fighting with the manager and bouncer over the cost of a prostitute. P.C. Edwards and P.C. Haynes attend a bus crash where the driver and several passengers are badly injured. Accompanying the driver to hospital, it is discovered he was suffering from epilepsy which he had not declared to his employers. W.P.C. Martella drives Sgt. Penny to a doctor's check-up to ascertain whether he can return to normal duties after his shooting.
Cast[]
Regular cast[]
- D.I. Burnside - Christopher Ellison
- D.C. Dashwood - Jon Iles
- D.C. Carver - Mark Wingett
- Sgt. Penny - Roger Leach
- W.P.C. Martella - Nula Conwell
- P.C. Edwards - Colin Blumenau
- P.C. Haynes - Eamonn Walker
Guest cast[]
- D.C. Sanders - Neil Conrich
- D.S. Jarvis - John Labanowski
- Mrs Williams - Claire Benedict
- George - Andreas Markos
- Mrs Dellow - Nicky Furre
- Mr. Harris - Richard Henry
- Bus Insp. Doland - Mike Carnell
- Guard - Errol J. Edmonson
Notes[]
- This is the first episode in the series thus far to not feature Eric Richard as Sgt. Bob Cryer.
- In 2019, Costume Designer Jennie Tate recorded an audio commentary for this episode for The Bill Podcast.
Commercial releases[]
- This episode has been released on the following releases:
- In Australia, on The Bill: Season 4 & 5 DVD set, released by Magna Pacific on 4th December 2006 and re-released on the Series Four DVD set on 31st August 2011; the compilation Series 1-4 DVD set on 1st February 2012 and The 80s Collection DVD box set on 3rd April 2013, all by Shock Entertainment and then later re-released by ViaVision on the Series 1-4 DVD set on 16th September 2020.
- In the UK, on The Bill: Volume 1 DVD set, released by Network Entertainment on 30th June 2008.
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