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{{EpisodeInfobox |EpisodeTitle = {{PAGENAME}} |Image = 136.jpg |Image_Size = 290px |EpisodeYearxNo = 1989x053 |Series = 5 |Airdate = 4th July 1989 |Written_By = [[Christopher Russell]] |Directed_By = [[Terry Marcel]] |Prev = [[Provocation]] |Next = [[Between Friends]] |EpisodeNo = 136 }}'''Overspend''' is the 136th episode of ''[[The Bill]]''. [[Francis Edwards|P.C. Edwards]] has come in for a shift before taking his holidays. He is worried he will miss his flight. He tries to saw a bed rail to remove a prisoner but ends up removing the bed head instead. [[Charles Brownlow|Ch. Supt. Brownlow]] is trying to cut spending and tells [[Frank Burnside|D.I. Burnside]] that for the present CID will have to use the buses. [[Jim Carver|D.C. Carver]] misses his on the way to a supermarket to see about staff pilfering. He wrenches his ankle getting off the bus chasing a butcher, who is smuggling meat out of the supermarket in his clothes. [[Tom Penny|Sgt. Penny]] is going by the PACE book, much to Burnside's annoyance. '''Main cast''' *Christopher Ellison as D.I. Burnside *Mark Wingett as D.C. Carver *Colin Blumenau as P.C. Edwards *Roger Leach as Sgt. Penny *Ben Roberts as Ch. Insp. Conway *Peter Ellis as Ch. Supt. Brownlow *Larry Dann as Sgt. Peters *Eamonn Walker as P.C. Haynes *Lynne Miller as W.P.C. Marshall '''Guest cast''' * Marion - Susan Majolier * Linda Marriot - Barbara Hickmott * Gordon Marriot - Colin Spaull * Purkis - Stephen Marcus * Debbie Finch - Karen Frawley * Lady on bus - Betty Romaine * Store Manager - Ralph Watson * Street Trader - Charles Cork * Female Dancer - Lesia Melnyk * Mrs Finch - Angela Vale * Bus Driver - John Benson * Interpreter - Ania Marson [[Category:1989 Episodes|Overspend]] [[Category:Series 5|Overspend]]
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