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Alan Woods was a character in The Bill from 1992 until 1996.

Alan Woods
D.C

D.C. Alan Woods

IC: Gender
1Male   Male
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Police Officer
Metropolitan Police     Sun Hill
Rank: Detective Constable
Status: 1992-1996
Affiliation: Metropolitan Police
●  Service Record  ●
Current Status
Transferred
Portrayed by:Tom Cotcher
 ● First Appearance: Hands Up
 ● Last Appearance: For Their Own Good
List of Appearances


Profile[]

Few people ruffled DC Alan Woods. The detective from Glasgow, who transferred to Sun Hill following Mike Dashwood's transfer to the Antique Squad in 1992, had seen most things in over twenty years in the force, and nothing put him off his stroke. Or nothing did, until DI Sally Johnson arrived and got right up his nose. To him she spelled trouble: a cop who would stop at nothing to get her own way. Jo Morgan wasn't his favourite DS, either. The dogged determination she displayed was not his style, and when she said she would cover for him once, and didn't, he told her exactly how he felt: insulted.

Unlike them, Woods had nothing to prove. He had an unblemished reputation for honesty and stability. He was married for the second time, to an English woman, although he kept his family, like his feelings on most things, close to his chest. He was known to have been a very good flanker in rugby by everyone in the station, even Chief Superintendent Charles Brownlow knew. More comfortable in a male working environment, he was quietly pleased when Chris Deakin took over as CID's boss. Alan was quite content at Sun Hill, zooming around in the Astra, bashing down doors and frog-marching suspects to the cells. He provided an island of calm in the stormy seas of CID before his transfer in 1996.

In 2018, actor Tom Cotcher recorded a 2-part interview for The Bill Podcast.

Service Record[]

  • 1992 - Posted to Sun Hill
  • 1996 - Transferred away from Sun Hill

Family and Relationships[]

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