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Home Beat
| Episode No. | Series | |
| 15 | 1985x007 |
Original Airdate
2nd December 1985 
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Home Beat is the 15th episode of The Bill. Petty crime and racial attacks; can a community police itself or will it always need men like Cryer's to do the dirty work.
Plot[]
Brownlow wants to start a Neighbourhood watch scheme with the support of Smith and Carver. After a rather heated meeting that got hijacked by interlopers, he discovers his petrol was nicked. The Ahmeds are having problems as racist language has been graffitied upon their house, soon after a protest erupts and their house is later firebombed. CID raid a modern day 'Fagin' who has been using a youth group as cover.
Cast[]
(Episode Cast: in credits order)
- Colin Blumenau as P.C. Edwards
- Ralph Brown as P.C. Muswell
- Nula Conwell as W.P.C. Martella
- Ronny Cush as P.C. Lyttleton
- Peter Ellis as Chief Supt. Brownlow
- Trudie Goodwin as W.P.C. Ackland
- Robert Hudson as P.C. Smith
- Jon Iles as Det. Con. Dashwood
- Roger Leach as Sgt. Penny
- Eric Richard as Sgt. Cryer
- John Salthouse as Det. Insp. Galloway
- Tony Scannell as Det. Sgt. Roach
- Jeff Stewart as P.C. Hollis
- Chris Walker as P.C. Shaw
- Mark Wingett as P.C. Carver
- Jonathan Milton as P.C. Nicholson
- Peter Czajkowski as P.C. Wright
- John Rawnsley as Gypsy
- Alison King as Gypsy Wife
- Michael Mawby as Man with Car at Pound
- Charu Bala Chokshi as Indian Lady
- Ozzie Stevens as Lad Signing on Bail
- Nick Stringer as Terry Mitchell
- Harjit Singh as Mohammed Quadir
- Shay Gorman as Pongo Johnson
- Maggie Flint as Maizie Stannard
- Larry Noble as Mr. Farley
- Badi Uzzaman as Mr. Ahmed
- Alan Ford as Tony Kemp
- Michael Gunn as Caretaker
- Astley Harvey as West Indian
- Lucita Lijertwood as West Indian Wife
- Patricia Kane as Mrs. Spriggs
- Lala Lloyd as Lady Pensioner
- Arthur Kohn as Male Interloper
- Karen Crewe as Female Interloper
- Janina Faye as Mrs. Pullen
- Vera Jakob as Neighbour
- Peter Beverley as Man in Street
- John Rutter as Paul
- Maiser Asghar as Ahmed's Daughter
- Meriel Scholfield as Woman Protester
- Rosalind Elliot as Mrs. Kinsey
- Katya Mirza as Mrs. Ahmed
- Anne Havard as Molly
- John Lyons as Fire Investigations Officer
Notes[]
Nick Stringer, who plays Terry Mitchell, would later join the cast as P.C. Ron Smollett.