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Plot[]

P.C. Ramsey and P.C. Haynes attend a flat where the occupants have discovered a decayed skeleton in the wall where they were going to build a fireplace. Sgt. Cryer, D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood are called in, and a forensic expert soon arrives to examine the body. What looks like a baby's body is also found, but it turns out to be a doll. While CID search for former occupants and interview the Trants' obnoxious neighbours, a note is found in the wall from a merchant sailor who couldn't afford a funeral, so he put his dead wife's body in the wall.

Cast[]

Regular cast[]

Guest cast[]

  • Trant - Anthony Allen
  • Mrs. Trant - Jane Wood
  • Debbie Trant - Nicola Jane Scott
  • Goodhall - Richard Beale
  • Jenner - Russell Dixon
  • Mrs. Jenner - Delia Lindsay
  • Passmore - Ronald Leigh-Hunt
  • Photographer - Wayne Jackman

Commercial releases[]

  • This episode has been released on the following releases:
    • In Australia, on The Bill: Season 4 & 5 DVD set, released by Magna Pacific on 4th December 2006 and re-released on the Series Four DVD set on 31st August 2011; the compilation Series 1-4 DVD set on 1st February 2012 and The 80s Collection DVD box set on 3rd April 2013, all by Shock Entertainment and then later re-released by ViaVision on the Series 1-4 DVD set on 16th September 2020.
    • In the UK, on The Bill: Volume 2 DVD set, released by Network Entertainment on 2nd March 2009.