Minimum Force
| Episode No. | Series | |
| 343 | 1991x052 |
Original Airdate
27th June 1991 
Written By
Simon Andrew Stirling
Produced By
William Brayne
Episode Chronology:
Minimum Force is the 343rd episode of The Bill.
P.C. Stamp and P.C. Garfield go to a burglary, where the homeowner has caught the burglar and beaten him unconscious. The homeowner's wife comes home and says the burglar was just a workmate collecting some pills for her. W.D.C. Martella and D.C. Carver look into the homeowner's background, and find out that a former workmate, who had his nose broken by him, has form for burglary.
A drunken woman gets violent with some of the relief after making a disturbance outside a newsagent. She causes a nuisance while locked in the cells until she knocks herself out.
Credits[]
Main cast
- Sgt. Cryer - Eric Richard
- D.I. Burnside - Christopher Ellison
- D.C. Lines - Kevin Lloyd
- D.C. Carver - Mark Wingett
- W.D.C. Martella - Nula Conwell
- Sgt. Maitland - Sam Miller
- W.P.C. Datta - Seeta Indrani
- P.C. Stringer - Jonathan Dow
- P.C. Stamp - Graham Cole
- P.C. Garfield - Huw Higginson
- P.C. Quinnan - Andrew Paul
- W.P.C. Marshall - Lynne Miller
- P.C. Smollett - Nick Stringer
- P.C. Young - Colin Alldridge
- Sgt. Corrie - Roland Oliver
Guest cast
- Greaves - John Benfield
- Mrs Greaves - Jane Wood
- Rogers - Paul Bigley
- Mann - Anthony Allen
- Mrs Mann - Sara Clee
- Annie - Stephanie Fayerman
- Arun - Royce Hounsell
- Jain - Khursheed U. Khan
- S.O.C.O. - James Warrior
- Ambulanceman - Danny McCarthy
- Doctor - Simon Greenall
- Nurse - Jo-Anne Knowles