Episode:Strange Bedfellows

Strange Bedfellows

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Episode No.		Series
1382	1998x114	14

Original Airdate

11 December 1998

Written By

Len Collin

Directed By

Frank W. Smith

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Strange Bedfellows is the 1382nd episode of The Bill.

D.C.I. Burnside uses a convicted paedophile to help find a missing boy.

In 2022, writer Len Collin, director Frank W. Smith and executive producer Richard Handford shared memories of this episode for a The Bill Podcast Video Commentary

Credits

Main cast

• Chris Ellison as D.C.I. Burnside
• Simon Rouse as D.C.I. Meadows
• George Rossi as D.C. Lennox
• Mark Wingett as D.C. Carver
• Andrew Paul as P.C. Quinnan
• Graham Cole as P.C. Stamp
• Michael Higgs as P.C. Santini
• Jeff Stewart as P.C. Hollis
• Matthew Crompton as P.C. Harker
• Samantha Robson as W.P.C. Hagen
• Peter Ellis as Ch. Supt. Brownlow
• Ben Roberts as Ch. Insp. Conway
• Colin Tarrant as Insp. Monroe
• Tony O'Callaghan as Sgt. Boyden

Guest cast

• Carl Jones - David Cook
• Jennifer Casey - Lesley Clare O'Neill
• Tom Casey - John Vine
• Steve Potter - Sebastian Abineri
• D.C. Henderson - John Phythian
• Harry - Jimmy Roussounis
• Davinia - Cleo Sylvestre
• Divisional Scene Examiner - Andrew Blair