Bait aka Target (Part 3) | |
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| Episode No.: |
928; 1995x116 |
| Writer(s): |
Edward Canfor-Dumas |
| Director: |
John Strickland |
| Airdate: |
 12th October 1995 |
| Series: |
11 (1995 Episodes) |
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Bait
Bait is the 928th episode of The Bill.
The identity of the man trying to kill W.P.C. Ackland may be revealed when a former army officer is overheard boasting that he was paid to "kill a copper". C.I.D. link him to a young man who committed suicide in prison after Ackland arrested him for dealing drugs on the Jasmine Allen estate. W.D.S. Morgan realises that their witness, Mrs Cooper, is behind the plan as she turns out to be the mother of the dead boy. Mrs Cooper is arrested for conspiracy to murder, and she reveals that the assassin is lying in wait for Ackland at the safe house. As Ackland and an SO1 team head off to the safe house to draw the killer out, they are ambushed by a man on a motorbike just outside the station, and Morgan is killed in a hail of gunfire as she rushes to warn them. The motorcyclist is knocked off his bike by a car and is knocked unconscious - it is Siegar.
Cast[]
Main cast
- W.P.C. Ackland - Trudie Goodwin
- D.C.I. Meadows - Simon Rouse
- D.I. Deakin - Shaun Scott
- D.S. Beech - Billy Murray
- D.C. Woods - Tom Cotcher
- D.C. Lines - Kevin Lloyd
- Sgt. Cryer - Eric Richard
- D.C. Skase - Iain Fletcher
- Acting Supt. Conway - Ben Roberts
- Ch. Insp. Stritch - Mark Spalding
- Insp. Monroe - Colin Tarrant
- Sgt. Steele - Robert Perkins
- P.C. Slater - Alan Westaway
- P.C. Garfield - Huw Higginson
- W.P.C. Marshall - Lynne Miller
- Sgt. Boyden - Tony O'Callaghan
- W.P.C. Datta - Seeta Indrani
- P.C. Quinnan - Andrew Paul
- P.C. Jarvis - Stephen Beckett
- P.C. Loxton - Tom Butcher
- P.C. McCann - Clive Wedderburn
Guest cast
- W.D.S. Morgan - Mary Jo Randle
- Supt. Graves - Antony Carrick
- D.I. Scales - Oliver Haden
- W.D.C. Watson - Zita Sattar
- Mrs Cooper - Lesley Clare O'Neill
- Lady Car Driver - Amanda Abbington
- Intruder - Barry Aird
- Lindy Burns - Sarah Whittuck
Notes[]
- Final appearance of Ch. Insp. Paul Stritch (Mark Spalding). No on-screen explanation is given for his disappearance, although he would eventually be replaced as Chief Inspector (Ops) by Derek Conway
- Final appearance of W.D.S. Jo Morgan (Mary Jo Randle), who is murdered in this episode.