| Episode No. | Series | |
| 1547 | 2000x071 |
On the Hook, Part One is the 1547th episode of The Bill.
The new CID team arrives at Sun Hill, along with the new Superintendent, Tom Chandler, who makes himself known to the team by serving breakfast in the canteen.
DCI Meadows is facing a disciplinary board hearing, but is assigned to head the investigation of an apparently racially-motivated harassment of a local family, and the main suspect turns out to be Helen Freeley, a woman Meadows had an affair with several years previously. As the Sun Hill officers get to know the new faces at the local pub, Helen Freeley's son Darren is found murdered.
Credits[]
Main cast
- Simon Rouse as DCI Jack Meadows
- Steven Hartley as Supt Tom Chandler
- Ged Simmons as DI Alex Cullen
- George Rossi as DC Duncan Lennox
- Karl Collins as DC Danny Glaze
- Chris Simmons as DC Mickey Webb
- Raji James as DS Vik Singh
- Natalie Roles as DS Debbie McAllister
- Tania Emery as DC Kate Spears
- Gary Grant as DC Paul Riley
- Ben Roberts as Ch Insp Derek Conway
- Colin Tarrant as Insp Andrew Monroe
- Eric Richard as Sgt Bob Cryer
- Trudie Goodwin as Sgt June Ackland
- Suzanne Maddock as PC Cass Rickman
- Rene Zagger as PC Nick Klein
- Jeff Stewart as PC Reg Hollis
- Alex Walkinshaw as PC Dale Smith
- Graham Cole as PC Tony Stamp
- Andrew Paul as PC Dave Quinnan
- Mark Wingett as PC Jim Carver
- Samantha Robson as PC Vicky Hagen
- Lisa Geoghan as PC Polly Page
- Jane Wall as PC Di Worrell
- Holly Davidson as PC Roz Clarke
- Ben Peyton as PC Ben Hayward
Guest cast
- Helen Freeley - Lynne Pearson
- Laura Meadows - Sian Webber
- Frank Griffiths - Ade Sapara
- Melody Griffiths - Nicole Charles
- Darren Freeley - Richard Frame
- Michael Freeley - Danny Nutt
- Commander Emily Harris - Susan Tracy
- FME - Alison Rose
- KJ Leonard - Jotham Annan
- Oz Benson - Sean Carnegie
- Sita - Meera Kumar
First appearances of Supt. Tom Chandler, DI Alex Cullen, DS Debbie McAllister, DS Vik Singh, DC Kate Spears and DC Paul Riley.