Episode:Not Without Cause

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Not Without Cause

Episode No.		Series
35	1987x012	3

Original Airdate

7th December 1987

Written By

Barry Appleton

Directed By

Peter Cregeen

Episode Chronology:

Previous

Overnight Stay

Next

Light Duties

Not Without Cause is the 35th episode of The Bill.

Plot

Sgt. Penny is asked by a landlord to talk to a lady on the top floor of his property who is keeping cats. He is shot in the stomach when he triggers a booby-trap by opening the door. When Penny doesn't respond to radio calls, the station is worried about him and organises a search party. The landlord turns up at the station and talks to D.I. Galloway who doesn't make the connection.

Insp. Kite nicks four people for a breach of peace that he caused.

A suspected poisoning of chocolate bars is traced to a supermarket.

Cast

Regular Cast: Colin Blumenau as P.C. Edwards Nula Conwell as W.P.C. Martella Larry Dann as Sgt. Peters Trudie Goodwin as W.P.C. Ackland Ashley Gunstock as P.C. Robin Frank Robert Hudson as P.C. Smith Jon Iles as Det. Con. Dashwood Roger Leach as Sgt. Penny Mark Powley as P.C. Melvin Eric Richard as Sgt. Cryer John Salthouse as Det. Insp. Galloway Tony Scannell as Det. Sgt. Roach Simon Slater as Insp. Kite Jeffrey Stewart as P.C. Hollis Chris Walker as P.C. Shaw Mark Wingett as P.C. Carver

Guest Cast: Richard Cordery as Sgt. Edgar Ruby Head as Alice Emma Longfellow as Miss Daly Cheryl Miller as Miss Mann Janette Legge as Wendy Penny Gareth Morris as Howard Henry Goodman as Dimitri Glyn Grain as Mr. Rees Paul Brennan as Mercer Caroline Lee-Johnson as Dr. Zenith Denyse Alexander as Hospital Receptionist Clair Kavanagh as Janice Schilling Katrina Mansoor as Small Girl Malcolm Frederick as Mr. Saunders Patrick Godfrey as Mr. Bell Amanda Walker as Mrs. Bell Jonathan Hackett as Lorry Driver Elizabeth Stewart as Woman at School

Notes

• This was the final episode to feature the original arrangement of the theme music.
• This was the final episode in the original one-hour format. The show would return the following year as a twice-weekly half-hourly show, broadcast all year round. Other than occasional hour-long episodes, the show would return to the one-hour format 11 years later.
• Final appearances of D.I. Roy Galloway (John Salthouse), Insp. Brian Kite (Simon Slater) and P.C. Nick Shaw (Chris Walker), with their departures never explained on screen.