Episode:By The Skin of Our Teeth

By The Skin of Our Teeth

Episode No.		Series
188	1990x001	6

Original Airdate

2nd January 1990

Written By

Arthur McKenzie

Directed By

Bren Simson

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By The Skin of Our Teeth is the 188th episode of The Bill.

Able in attendance.

P.C. Hollis is gossiping in the locker room. Probationer P.C. Able is sent to a pub to deal with a man on valium. The man ends up going to his mother-in-law's house and trashing the place. Able sorts out a fight outside a pub and discovers the drunk he brought in had been robbed. Ch. Supt. Brownlow and Ch. Insp. Conway discuss starting salaries before Brownlow goes to a board selecting candidates for a graduate entry scheme.

Cast

Main cast

• Mark Haddigan as P.C. Able
• Peter Ellis as Ch. Supt. Brownlow
• Ben Roberts as Ch. Insp. Conway
• Larry Dann as Sgt. Peters
• Roger Leach as Sgt. Penny
• Seeta Indrani as W.P.C. Datta
• Mark Powley as P.C. Melvin
• Andrew Paul as P.C. Quinnan
• Huw Higginson as P.C. Garfield
• Chris Humphreys as P.C. Turnham
• Jeff Stewart as P.C. Hollis
• Graham Cole as P.C. Stamp
• Nula Conwell as W.P.C. Martella

Guest cast

• Tony - Paul Kynman
• Landlord - Jeff Gear
• Woman in Market - Barbara Keogh
• Ch. Insp. Gilbey - Nigel Le Vaillant
• Supt. Wilkes - James Lister
• Gower - Robert Perkins
• Turnbull - Jem Wall
• 1st Drunk - Gary Twomey
• 2nd Drunk - Tom Eastwood
• Susan's Mother - Eliza Hunt
• Susan - Joanna Hargreaves

Notes

• Inspector Monroe is mentioned a number of times as if he is in charge of the relief, but Insp. Frazer does not leave Sun Hill until three episodes later.
• Robert Perkins, who appears as Gower in this episode, would later join the cast as Sgt. Ray Steele.
• Both P.C. Able. and P.C. Ken Melvin refer to the pub that Able attends to, near the beginning of the episode as the Green Man. However, a quick camera angle during the episode shows the name of the pub is actually The Grey Horse.