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Gina Gold

Gina Gold

IC:	Gender
1	Female

Marital Status:

Single

Occupation:

Affiliation:

Curr. Posting:

Curr. Rank:

Curr. Call Sign:

Sierra Oscar 1

Years Active:

2002-2008

Occ. Status

Resigned

● Service Record ●

Portrayed by:

Roberta Taylor

● First Appearance:	2002x032 - Episode 021
● Last Appearance:	2008x069 - An Honour To Serve - Part 2

List of Appearances

Gina Gold was a character in The Bill between 2002 and 2008.

Biography

Background

Gold joined the Met in 1983, but was sidelined soon after a bank job. She had a relationship with her Sergeant, Adam Okaro, however she ended it when she was diagnosed with menopause. She knew Adam wanted kids, but she never gave him the choice. She only told him this in 2002, when Adam became her Superintendent at Sun Hill. She also had a brother, Richard, who worked with Gold's school friend Marilyn Hendry. Dicky was arrested and jailed for a gas station raid Hendry organized, and he later killed himself in his cell.

Gold became an Inspector in 1993 (according to Jack Meadows). She transferred to Sun Hill in 2002 after the station fire, on the back of a reputation as a hard as nails thief-taker. She immediately found herself on the end of an official complaint, when she kneed a gaybasher in the testicles. In early 2003 she started showing how she could force out officers she despised; the first being Gemma Osbourne. After messing up on an armed robbery, Gold set her sights on former friend Gemma. When Gemma let two asylum seekers bound for deportation go, Gold told Gemma to resign. After a screaming match, Gemma walked out.

Gold found herself arrested in mid 2003, after a drinking match she went on was rigged by competitive friend and opponent Dale Smith, saw her on a drink driving charge after crashing her car the day after. Smith rigged the result, much to Gold's fury, however, she walked off the charges.

In 2004 after a bank raid went downhill, resulting in the death of the manager, Smith was accused of raping Gold's former friend Kerry Young. After drawing it out for as long as possible, Young dropped the allegations. However, Gold decided she wanted Young out, especially when she compromised an operation into another nemesis of Gold; Irene Radford. Gold told Young she wanted her out, but Young was untimely killed in the arms of Smith, who had revealed his feelings for Young. Gold dropped resentment and gave a moving speech at Kerry's funeral.

She had a brief relationship with CPS lawyer Jonathan Fox in 2004, during which she went on an African safari. It ended when Jonathan discovered commitment was not on the cards, as she gave away a free wedding reception to June Ackland and Jim Carver.

Gold was held hostage by Irene Radford as her empire crumbled; and after a chase, a hold out at a house and a standoff at an airfield, Radford was gunned down by a resentful Rob Thatcher, looking to avenge the death of his father at the hands of Radford, with Thatcher in turn taken out by CO19.

Gold's iron lady image started to crumble when she was diagnosed with cancer after the 2005 Sun Hill Fire, and she revealed it to Okaro at the funeral of his wife and children. Gold supported her grieving friend, but couldn't take the pressure when he took leave. After being suspended for drinking on duty (actually as a scapegoat for botched armed raid by Acting Super Amanda Prosser), Gold met Smith and revealed she had lost her cancer. At Sun Hill's 50th anniversary, which Gold attended with Okaro, Gold acted as negotiator when a grieving father took several officers hostage in CID. Okaro said he'd take the reigns if Gold returned. Gold did, and immediately looked to bring down another 'duff' officer; PC Amber Johannsen. After making her feel inferior and useless, along with the failure of Amber's probationary exams, Amber quit.

When Okaro was promoted again, to Borough Commander, Gold clashed with new Superintendent John Heaton. His zero tolerances methods were looked down upon, as were his attempts to pension off older officers. When Heaton convinced a rape victim to sit with her attacker in attempts to force a confession, she gained respect for her new boss.

Gold had another brief relationship with married barrister Peter Harris. Gold liked the idea of not having to commit, but when Harris was abducted, he left his wife on the revelation of their relationship, but Gold felt he should've stayed with her, and pushes him away.

Gold slowly started to feel officer's deaths when PC Honey Harman was shot dead. She was stunned when 22 year old Billy Rowan was killed on his first day as probationer. During the incident, she had a bullying complaint filed against her by PC Emma Keane. The pair worked a rape case and bonded, and Keane dropped the allegation, but Gold took leave under advice of the Fairness at Work team.

When Keane was killed, Gold started to collapse. She reprimanded Sergeant Callum Stone & PC Sally Armstrong for heroically rescuing a woman from a car in the River Thames, but revealed she didn't want to fill out a risk assessment after death file again. When Smithy was held hostage at a school, Gold finally cracked, and decided she'd resign.

Gina was mentioned in 2010, when Smith mentioned to Stone they'd had a drink together, implying the pair stayed in touch after she resigned.

Service Record

2002- Joins Sun Hill

2002- Official complaint for assaulting a suspect

2003- Arrested for drink driving

2005- Suspended for drinking on duty

2007- Bullying allegation from PC Emma Keane

2008- Emma Keane Death

2008- Stressed by deaths and concerned about more

2008- Resigns when Smithy is held hostage

Family and Relationships

Family

Unnamed mother and father
Richard 'Dicky' Gold (deceased)

Friendships/Partners

Adam Okaro (ex-boyfriend, 1980s, became close friends when Okaro served at Sun Hill between 2002 & 2006).
Johnathan Fox (ex-boyfriend, 2004)- Gina and Jonathan had a brief fling, but he wanted a more serious relationship.
Peter Harris (ex-boyfriend, 2006-2007)- A married barrister, their relationship ended when Peter was abducted and their affair was exposed.
Dale Smith (close friends)- When Smithy returned in 2003 after two years at SO19, he became more professional, and Gold liked his professional attitude to the job, and were friends up to and beyond her resignation in 2008. Smith mentioned her in series 26, saying they went for a drink.
Samantha Nixon (close friends)- Both were busy women, who had a professional attitude for the job. Nixon was also an Inspector between 2002 & 2003, and 2007 & 2009.
Cass Rickman, Kerry Young, Roberta 'Robbie' Cryer & Gemma Osbourne- The five girls used to go on drinking parties but slowly disbanded; Cass was murdered, Kerry and Gina fell out when Kerry nearly wrecked a rape case in court, Robbie was fired after ignoring an urgent assistance call on her first day in CAD and Gemma resigned after messing up on several cases.
June Ackland- The pair clashed in Gold's first year, as Ackland headed the Community Safety Unit, but by Ackland's retirement in 2007, the pair had established a strong working relationship.

Main Storylines

2002- Complaint for assaulting a suspect

2002- Faces old nemesis in armed robbery case.

2003- Caught drink driving.

2004- Relationship with Johnathan Fox

2004- Goes head to head with another nemesis; crime boss Irene Radford.

2005- Gets cancer, has treatment

2005- Suspended for drinking on duty

2005- Hostage situation

2006- Nightclub disaster

2007- Bullying allegation

2008- Emma Keane Death and Fallout

2008- Resigns

Notes

Gina is seen driving an Area Car in Episode 098, meaning she had a license from her earlier days as a PC and Sergeant.
Her boyfriend Peter Harris, in 2006 & 2007, was portrayed by Peter Guinness, who is married to Gina's actress, Roberta Taylor.

Preceded by:
Inspector Andrew Monroe

Sun Hill Inspector
2002-2008

Succeeded by:
Inspector Rachel Weston

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+'''Gina Gold''' was a character in The Bill between 2002 and 2008.
-Gina Gold is the [[Inspector]] at [[Sun Hill Police Station|Sun Hill]] who succeeded [[Andrew Monroe]] as [[Inspector]]-recently she went on holiday and [[Dale Smith|Smithy]] took over as Acting [[Inspector]] until she returned.
+== Biography ==
+=== Background ===
+Gold joined the Met in 1983, but was sidelined soon after a bank job. She had a relationship with her [[Sergeant]], [[Adam Okaro]], however she ended it when she was diagnosed with menopause. She knew Adam wanted kids, but she never gave him the choice. She only told him this in 2002, when Adam became her Superintendent at Sun Hill. She also had a brother, Richard, who worked with Gold's school friend Marilyn Hendry. Dicky was arrested and jailed for a gas station raid Hendry organized, and he later killed himself in his cell.
+Gold became an Inspector in 1993 (according to Jack Meadows). She transferred to Sun Hill in 2002 after the station fire, on the back of a reputation as a hard as nails thief-taker. She immediately found herself on the end of an official complaint, when she kneed a gaybasher in the testicles. In early 2003 she started showing how she could force out officers she despised; the first being [[Gemma Osbourne]]. After messing up on an armed robbery, Gold set her sights on former friend Gemma. When Gemma let two asylum seekers bound for deportation go, Gold told Gemma to resign. After a screaming match, Gemma walked out.
+Gold found herself arrested in mid 2003, after a drinking match she went on was rigged by competitive friend and opponent [[Dale Smith]], saw her on a drink driving charge after crashing her car the day after. Smith rigged the result, much to Gold's fury, however, she walked off the charges.
+In 2004 after a bank raid went downhill, resulting in the death of the manager, Smith was accused of raping Gold's former friend [[Kerry Young]]. After drawing it out for as long as possible, Young dropped the allegations. However, Gold decided she wanted Young out, especially when she compromised an operation into another nemesis of Gold; [[Irene Radford]]. Gold told Young she wanted her out, but Young was untimely killed in the arms of Smith, who had revealed his feelings for Young. Gold dropped resentment and gave a moving speech at Kerry's funeral.
+She had a brief relationship with CPS lawyer Jonathan Fox in 2004, during which she went on an African safari. It ended when Jonathan discovered commitment was not on the cards, as she gave away a free wedding reception to June Ackland and Jim Carver.
+Gold was held hostage by Irene Radford as her empire crumbled; and after a chase, a hold out at a house and a standoff at an airfield, Radford was gunned down by a resentful [[Rob Thatcher]], looking to avenge the death of his father at the hands of Radford, with Thatcher in turn taken out by CO19.
+Gold's iron lady image started to crumble when she was diagnosed with cancer after the [[2005 Sun Hill Fire]], and she revealed it to Okaro at the funeral of his wife and children. Gold supported her grieving friend, but couldn't take the pressure when he took leave. After being suspended for drinking on duty (actually as a scapegoat for botched armed raid by Acting Super [[Amanda Prosser]]), Gold met Smith and revealed she had lost her cancer. At Sun Hill's 50th anniversary, which Gold attended with Okaro, Gold acted as negotiator when a grieving father took several officers hostage in CID. Okaro said he'd take the reigns if Gold returned. Gold did, and immediately looked to bring down another 'duff' officer; PC [[Amber Johannsen]]. After making her feel inferior and useless, along with the failure of Amber's probationary exams, Amber quit.
+When Okaro was promoted again, to Borough Commander, Gold clashed with new Superintendent John Heaton. His zero tolerances methods were looked down upon, as were his attempts to pension off older officers. When Heaton convinced a rape victim to sit with her attacker in attempts to force a confession, she gained respect for her new boss.
+Gold had another brief relationship with married barrister Peter Harris. Gold liked the idea of not having to commit, but when Harris was abducted, he left his wife on the revelation of their relationship, but Gold felt he should've stayed with her, and pushes him away.
+Gold slowly started to feel officer's deaths when PC [[Honey Harman]] was shot dead. She was stunned when 22 year old [[Billy Rowan]] was killed on his first day as probationer. During the incident, she had a bullying complaint filed against her by PC [[Emma Keane]]. The pair worked a rape case and bonded, and Keane dropped the allegation, but Gold took leave under advice of the Fairness at Work team.
+When Keane was killed, Gold started to collapse. She reprimanded Sergeant [[Callum Stone]] & PC [[Sally Armstrong]] for heroically rescuing a woman from a car in the River Thames, but revealed she didn't want to fill out a risk assessment after death file again. When Smithy was held hostage at a school, Gold finally cracked, and decided she'd resign.
+Gina was mentioned in 2010, when Smith mentioned to Stone they'd had a drink together, implying the pair stayed in touch after she resigned.
 ==Service Record==
 - [[Episode 021|Joins Sun Hill]]
-- [[Episode 024|Has complaint for assaulting a suspect]]
+- [[Episode 024|Official complaint for assaulting a suspect]]
 - [[Episode 139|Arrested for drink driving]]
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 ==Family and Relationships==
-Gina is only married to the job, but that is exactly how she likes it. She has had a few flings whilst at [[Sun Hill Police Station|Sun Hill]] though.
+=== Family ===
-She started dating Senior CPS lawyer [[Johnathan Fox]] in 2004 when he arrived at [[Sun Hill Police Station|Sun Hill]]. Their relationship lasted for 4 months, but in that short time Gina really fell head over heels for him. He even whisked her away for a break in Africa on a safari. However, when they arrived back Gina found it difficult to tell him how she really felt about him and as the relief started to speculate more and more about their relationship, Gina felt she was starting to lose their respect. Jonathan began to realise that no matter how she felt about him, and him for her, the job was always going to be more important and that she could never make a full commitment to him. He decided that he couldn't stay at [[Sun Hill Police Station|Sun Hill]] and Gina was left heartbroken and crushed when he transferred. In 2005 Gina was diagnosed with cervical cancer and went through the horrendous process of chemo and radiotherapy. Half way through the ordeal though Jonathan turned up out of the blue and she felt hope again. However, this hope was not to last and she was left feeling crushed again after he told her he was seeing someone else. After this she decided she couldn't have Jonathan around any more because it was too painful for her, she told him to leave and that was the last we saw of him.
+* Unnamed mother and father
+* Richard 'Dicky' Gold (deceased)
+=== Friendships/Partners ===
-Gina made a full recovery from her cancer and started enjoying single life again, however in November 2006 she met local businessman Peter Harris. Peter made quite an impression on the formidable [[Inspector]], because after a gruelling day at the station, with faulty electrics and an attempted murder in custody, Gina agreed to go out with him for dinner. The next morning saw Gina calmly getting ready for work, assuming that once Peter had left it would just be a one night stand. A few hours later Peter turned up at the station and invited himself round to Ginas'. That night as he poured the wine he spilled the beans that he was married, he fully expected to get the glass of wine poured over him, but this suited Gina as it meant she could have fun without the complications of a relationship. However, after few months Gina decided that things were getting too intense for her when he started sending gifts and arriving unannounced to the station. She spent their last night together in a hotel, only to find a few hours later his wife at the station reporting him missing. A full scale search was set after a ransom was sent, but when Gina and Peters' wife Mary found Peter, it turned out to be their next door neighbour and close friend Barry. He forced Peter to tell Mary not only about his affair with Gina but also with his own wife who had died a few months previously. Gina was left feeling ashamed and hurt when Mary turned on her, but her own response was that it was more than she deserved. Peter tried to persuade Gina that he loved her and that they should be together after Mary kicked him out, but Gina wasn't interested; Peter had taken her for a ride making her believe he was honourable instead of a serial philanderer.
+* [[Adam Okaro]] (ex-boyfriend, 1980s, became close friends when Okaro served at Sun Hill between 2002 & 2006).
+* [[Johnathan Fox]] (ex-boyfriend, 2004)- Gina and Jonathan had a brief fling, but he wanted a more serious relationship.
-Although during his time at [[Sun Hill Police Station|Sun Hill]] [[Adam Okaro]] and Gina were never an item, they had been a couple during the 80's. They had been together a number of years and had even lived together. When he first started at [[Sun Hill Police Station|Sun Hill]] in 2002 there was clearly tension between [[Adam Okaro|Adam]] and Gina but it didn't become completely clear why until December 2002. Things between them had been quite serious and they had even discussed having a family together. However, when Gina discovered she didn't have the ability to conceive and therefore couldn't give [[Adam Okaro|Adam]] what he wanted, she left him without giving him a reason. In 2002 she finally gave him the reason why and we could see that there was still a spark between the old flames. They decided to set their disagreement aside and worked well together for the next few years. On several occasions it was made clear that there was still feelings between them, [[Adam Okaro|Adam]] made it obvious that he disapproved of her relationship with Jonathan when he caught them in a passionate embrace. After [[Adam Okaro|Adam]]'s family died in a car accident in 2005, he went into a slight self destruct mode and was nearly shot when he put himself undercover to catch a drugs dealer. In the hospital Gina explained to him what she could have lost had he been shot, and she told him how much she really cared. This was a friendship that could have turned into something more but was never given the chance after [[Adam Okaro|Adam]] was promoted in 2006.
+* Peter Harris (ex-boyfriend, 2006-2007)- A married barrister, their relationship ended when Peter was abducted and their affair was exposed.
+* [[Dale Smith]] (close friends)- When Smithy returned in 2003 after two years at SO19, he became more professional, and Gold liked his professional attitude to the job, and were friends up to and beyond her resignation in 2008. Smith mentioned her in series 26, saying they went for a drink.
-We don't know much about Gina's family background except what she lets slip when her guard is down. In December 2002 she bumped into an old school 'friend', a very nasty woman named Marilyn Costello. Marilyn goaded Gina about being a soft touch when she took pity on Marilyn's son, who was adopted by Marilyn's sister. Gina tried to take a swing at Marilyn when she started talking about Gina's younger brother Richard. Seemingly he liked to play at being the hard man but when it came to it he didn't have the bottle. He was involved in some sort a job with Marilyn and her mates when they were younger, they let Richard take the rap for a murder that they committed and when he was found guilty he couldn't handle prison. Gina lost the only real family she had when Richard committed suicide in his cell.
+* Samantha Nixon (close friends)- Both were busy women, who had a professional attitude for the job. Nixon was also an Inspector between 2002 & 2003, and 2007 & 2009.
+* Cass Rickman, Kerry Young, Roberta 'Robbie' Cryer & Gemma Osbourne- The five girls used to go on drinking parties but slowly disbanded; Cass was murdered, Kerry and Gina fell out when Kerry nearly wrecked a rape case in court, Robbie was fired after ignoring an urgent assistance call on her first day in CAD and Gemma resigned after messing up on several cases.
-Gina was shown in 098 that she was a secondary area car driver.
+* June Ackland- The pair clashed in Gold's first year, as Ackland headed the Community Safety Unit, but by Ackland's retirement in 2007, the pair had established a strong working relationship.
-When she was diagnosed with cancer the first person she told was [[Dale Smith|Smithy]]. He tried to persuade her to tell her family but Gina explained that her father was dead and her Mother was in a nursing home. She made it clear why her Mother was in a home when [[Dale Smith|Smithy]] tried to make her see sense. Gina explained that her Mother had been addicted to Valium as far back as she could remember and when [[Dale Smith|Smithy]] asked if it was her Dad that raised her, she hinted that he hadn't really been around. It became clearer later on about her relationship with her parents when she talked to Jonathan Fox about her idea of settling down. She told him her father was a liar,and a criminal but most of all a coward. She went on to explain about one memory that stuck out in her mind. She said that in the early hours of the morning when she was a small child, she came across her mother on the kitchen floor. She had passed out and Gina tried pulling her up. As she struggled on, the front door opened and in walked her Dad, he stood in the hall way and watched what was going on and then he opened the front door and left again.
-With her experiences of family life and relationships, it is understandable about how she feels. She has always said she quite likes being single and being dedicated to her job and I think that is how she plans to stay.
-She settled in to life at [[Sun Hill Police Station|Sun Hill]] and although she had the reputation for being a dragon (which was really how she liked it), she had gained the reputation as someone you'd want fighting your corner.
 ==Main Storylines==
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 - Relationship with [[Johnathan Fox]]
+- Goes head to head with another nemesis; crime boss Irene Radford.
 - Gets cancer, has treatment
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 - [[An Honour To Serve - Part 2|Resigns]]
-[[Category:Inspectors]]
-== Skills[[Category:Sun Hill Personnel]] ==
+== Notes[[Category:Sun Hill Personnel]] ==
 * Gina is seen driving an Area Car in [[Episode 098]], meaning she had a license from her earlier days as a PC and Sergeant.
+* Her boyfriend Peter Harris, in 2006 & 2007, was portrayed by Peter Guinness, who is married to Gina's actress, Roberta Taylor.
-* Gina has her Sergeant's and Inspector's exams.
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+ | years = 2002-2008
+ | before = Inspector [[Andrew Monroe]]
+ | after = Inspector [[Rachel Weston]]
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+[[Category:Inspectors]]
+[[Category:Sun Hill Personnel/Uniform]]
+[[Category:Area Car Drivers]]
+[[Category:Police Officers]]