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The BillSeries 9

The ninth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 155 episodes, broadcast between 5 January – 31 December 1993. The series was released on DVD for the first time on 3 October 2012, in Australia. In 2020, Audio Commentaries were released for the episodes 'Blind Spot' (with writer Roger Davenport) and 'Compliments of the Service' with actor Mike Burnside (D.A.C. Trevor Hicks).

Episodes

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    E01 Dying Breed

    Jan 5, 1993 · 22m

    Carver is injured in an armed robbery at Bennetts Jewellers and Woods discovers a link between the burglary the murder of Sammy Chambers in 1988 and Robbie Campbell.

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    E02 Fact Of Life

    Jan 7, 1993 · 22m

    The law allows a known burglar to go free but Greig and Quinnan desperately try to pin him down again.

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    E03 All Through The Night

    Jan 8, 1993 · 22m

    Stamp expects a dull evening on the party patrol until he is paired with a pretty young female Environmental Health Officer Diane Eckersley.

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    E04 New Tune Old Fiddle

    Jan 12, 1993 · 22m

    Conway learns of a new chief inspector being posted to Sun Hill as Community Liaison Officer and he feels that he's been overlooked and applies for it himself without telling Brownlow.

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    E05 Delinquent

    Jan 14, 1993 · 22m

    Dave arrests a persistent young offender is arrested for burgling his parents house.

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    E06 Bringing Up Baby

    Jan 15, 1993 · 22m

    Datta investigates the sale of a missing newborn baby as she Monroe and CID are work against the clock to find her.

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    E07 Rainy Days & Mondays

    Jan 19, 1993 · 22m

    Loxton And Marshall get called to a women's hostel when one of the girls claims to have been indecently assaulted by the night guard Alan And Steve later get wind that the warden is up to no good herself.

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    E08 Supply & Demand

    Jan 21, 1993 · 22m

    Harris visits Jardine the joint founder of Operation Bumblebee while Garfield takes on a complaint about a pornographic home video of a housewife in a bubble bath leads to a result for Alistair Donna and the Sun Hill Operation Bumblebee team.

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    E09 On The Cards

    Jan 22, 1993 · 22m

    Martella is taken off a two-week old murder hunt to work on a case involving obscene phone calls but soon stumbles on to evidence that leads her Dave Frank and Jim to the killer.

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    E10 Shock To The System

    Jan 26, 1993 · 22m

    Charles returns from holiday to discover the news that Derek has been appointed new area Community Liaison Officer and Sgt Jane Kendall of Prescott Street arrives for Her Youth And Community and Section Staff Sergeant interview to pit her wits against Sun Hill's own Lamont.

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    E11 Living It Down

    Jan 28, 1993 · 22m

    Social worker Lynda Chambers Frank and Viv lead the search for Debbie Fisher a missing victim of abuse but instead they jointly uncover a child pornography ring.

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    E12 Heat Of The Moment

    Jan 29, 1993 · 22m

    A woman admits to killing her husband but insists that she did it in the heat of the moment. Viv believes her, Meadows on the other hand is convinced that the crime was premeditated.

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    E13 Shake Rattle N Roll

    Feb 2, 1993 · 22m

    PC Mike Jarvis has an unusual first day having to watch Charles loses his temper with Monroe over pub landlord and Known villain Terry McGill.

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    E14 No Thanks To You

    Feb 4, 1993 · 22m

    George has a bad day. Firstly he fails to save the life of a glue sniffer and then allows a bail absconder to escape.

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    E15 A Better Life

    Feb 5, 1993 · 22m

    An elderly woman disturbs an intruder in her home and Alistair is convinced that a known villain has committed the burglary, but the victim insists that he is not the culprit.

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    E16 Echo

    Feb 9, 1993 · 22m

    A girl goes missing and Jim and Alan suspect a known villain of murdering her until another man walks into another station and confesses.

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    E17 Fagins

    Feb 11, 1993 · 22m

    Frank lets Sun Hill's burglars know he and Operation Bumblebee mean business.

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    E18 Cried Too Late

    Feb 12, 1993 · 22m

    An arrested woman shoplifter refuses to talk to the police when Datta finally breaks through the wall of silence a tragic tale of domestic violence unfolds.

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    E19 Gone For A Soldier

    Feb 16, 1993 · 22m

    Ackland is teamed up with military policeman Dakin who has come to Sun Hill to find a young soldier David Armstrong who has gone Absent Without Leave with an army gun.

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    E20 Persuasion

    Feb 18, 1993 · 22m

    Burnside investigates when a female drug dealer is attacked by another dealer to get off his patch.

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    E21 Hard Man

    Feb 19, 1993

    Greig investigates a stabbing and uncovers benefit fraud at a bed and breakfast establishment.

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    E22 Missionary Work

    Feb 23, 1993 · 22m

    Conway has to decide which of two grant bids he should recommend to Hicks he and Garfield want to use police funds to support a local youth club while Cato and Brownlow have their own ideas.

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    E23 Hypocritical Oath

    Feb 25, 1993 · 22m

    The overdose of a boy on the Cockcroft Estate enables D.C.s Woods and Carver to link registered addicts to a doctor.

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    E24 Trivial Pursuits

    Feb 26, 1993 · 22m

    Loxton ignores a call to a domestic argument between two lovers as a waste of time but when he is called back to the same address, he finds himself staring down the barrel of a gun.

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    E25 Out Of The Mouths

    Mar 2, 1993 · 22m

    Hollis takes the Bumblebee message into a local school, asking for help in the fight against burglary. One of the boys asks him to help end a domestic nightmare.

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    E26 Keeping In Touch

    Mar 4, 1993 · 22m

    An employee of a private security firm is identified by the elderly blind woman he assaulted.

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    E27 If It Isn't Hurting

    Mar 5, 1993 · 22m

    New trainee constable Croft learns some old style policing methods from Burnside.

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    E28 Keeping Out Of Trouble

    Mar 9, 1993 · 22m

    A woman claims to have inside information about a series of violent raids on petrol stations which are nipped in the bud by Meadows and Roach.

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    E29 School Of Hard Knocks

    Mar 11, 1993 · 22m

    Burnside investigates the abduction of a villain's son.

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    E30 A Little Family Business

    Mar 12, 1993 · 22m

    Meadows investigates a burglary gone wrong while Cato is gunning for Loxton and Stringer.

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    E31 Breaking The Chain

    Mar 16, 1993 · 22m

    Kendall tries to keep a young offender from a life of crime.

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    E32 The Fortress

    Mar 18, 1993 · 22m

    The owner of an off licence shop makes a citizen's arrest of a young shoplifter and Maitland arrests the shopkeeper for use of unreasonable force.

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    E33 In Broad Daylight

    Mar 19, 1993 · 22m

    While on the trail of two rapists Morgan investigates an attempted abduction and puts her life in danger.

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    E34 Credible Witness

    Mar 23, 1993 · 22m

    Stringer feels discredited when his description of a thief fleeing from a jeweller's shop conflicts with that of the main witness, who works in the shop.

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    E35 The Price Of Fame

    Mar 25, 1993 · 22m

    Page goes undercover as a model to investigate a possible scam at a modelling agency.

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    E36 The Short Straw

    Mar 26, 1993 · 22m

    When her car breaks down on the way to the station, DC Viv Martella misses an important CID briefing about an obbo on a suspected armed robbery, and is furious when she is taken off the case by DI Frank Burnside. As CID and SO19 wait outside the target, Martella and PC Tony Stamp follow up a simple case to arrest a suspected bag snatcher. As they wait outside the suspect's house, a van pulls up, obscuring their view. Having missed the briefing, Martella fails to recognise the van's occupants as the armed robbers, and when she approaches their van she is shot and killed. Stamp is wounded, but manages to give a description of the van which is spotted by a traffic police motorcycle. As the India 99 police helicopter and SO19 cars pursue Martella's killers across London, PC Loxton and WPC Ackland disobey Ch. Insp. Cato's orders and pursue the suspect vehicle in the Area Car. The vehicle hits a bulldozer and explodes, killing all inside.

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    E37 Missing

    Mar 30, 1993 · 22m

    A young man with an intellectual disability goes missing and Burnside has to deal with the consequences for the parents.

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    E38 Goods Received

    Apr 1, 1993 · 22m

    Greig investigates a burglary at an ailing business a case that leads him to a missing schoolboy.

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    E39 Double Enmity

    Apr 2, 1993 · 22m

    Woods goes undercover as a contract killer to expose a woman who wants her husband killed.

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    E40 Hard Evidence

    Apr 6, 1993 · 22m

    A murder investigation team arrive at Sun Hill. Meadows is uneasy at the Corby's approach who is willing to exploit his relationship with Woods to get a result regardless of the evidence.

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    E41 High Hopes & Low Life

    Apr 8, 1993 · 22m

    Carver and Morgan investigate a career ending attack on a promising young boxer.

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    E42 On The Loose

    Apr 9, 1993 · 22m

    Loxton and Garfield corner a savage pit bull terrier at an illegal dogfight while Boyden tracks down a pensioner who has turned to crime.

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    E43 Out Of Court

    Apr 13, 1993 · 22m

    Stamp and Ackland are keen to get a conviction against a woman for assault on a minicab driver, but she is acquitted.

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    E44 Bedfellows

    Apr 15, 1993 · 22m

    Chief Inspector Cato arrests two youths, actions which cause a riot outside Sun Hill station.

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    E45 Cat & House

    Apr 17, 1993 · 22m

    A woman is keen to be get rid of her burglar boyfriend and his fence with whom she has been having an affair.

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    E46 Brothers

    Apr 20, 1993 · 22m

    Two young brothers are suspected of burglary and Croft discovers that they were deserted by their mother and left to fend for themselves.

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    E47 Playing Away

    Apr 22, 1993 · 22m

    Ackland arrests a fifteen-year-old boy for shoplifting and finds herself investigating his relationship with a woman twenty years his senior.

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    E48 Coming To Terms

    Apr 24, 1993 · 22m

    The parents of a young man awaiting trial for the murder of a child are distressed when their home is broken into and they receive threatening phone call and Ackland discovers the connection.

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    E49 Return To Sender

    Apr 27, 1993 · 22m

    A young postwoman is beaten up but the motive is unclear and she seems unwilling to talk to the police.

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    E50 Sticks & Stones

    Apr 29, 1993 · 22m

    When Lines hits the jackpot during a raid, it makes an already difficult court case for Greig even harder.

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    E51 Tangled Webs

    May 1, 1993 · 22m

    A mysteriously unmotivated break-in at a garage leads Burnside to a web of sexual deception and a jealous husband's rampage.

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    E52 Recruiting Officer

    May 4, 1993 · 22m

    Maitland enlists McCann's help in reassuring a young black applicant whose wife has serious misgivings about the job but McCann is discovering racism within the force for himself.

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    E53 Give Em An Inch

    May 6, 1993 · 22m

    Cato allows a demonstration to go ahead despite being warned that it could be hijacked by racists. When things turn ugly, he is forced to reverse his previous orders.

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    E54 By Hook Or By Crook

    May 8, 1993 · 22m

    Roach is disgusted when a judge halts the trial of a man accused of crippling a police officer and decides to take matters into his own hands.

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    E55 Home To Roost

    May 11, 1993 · 22m

    Dave and Tony attend to an assault victim at the market while sergeant Kendall organises an outing and take some local kids to Chessington World of Adventures, with a reluctant Steve assigned as a last-minute replacement for an ill Ron.

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    E56 In Safe Hands

    May 13, 1993 · 22m

    Lines and Morgan arrest two members of a shoplifting team.

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    E57 Punch Drunk

    May 15, 1993 · 22m

    Called to attend to a pub brawl, PC Tony Stamp and PC Dave Quinnan are stunned to find one man unconscious and the other Sun Hill's own DS Ted Roach. Roach is taken back to the station, and while DI Frank Burnside manages to pursuade the victim to drop the charges against him, nothing can be done when Roach headbutts Insp. Andrew Monroe during a heated argument. Ch. Supt. Brownlow calls in MS15 to investigate him, but Roach turns in his warrant card and walks out of the station.

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    E58 Fall Out

    May 18, 1993 · 22m

    With the departure of Roach one of his informants wants out Burnside and Monroe investigate threats against her.

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    E59 Awaydays

    May 20, 1993 · 22m

    An elderly ex copper is in London to search for his estranged daughter and claims that he has been robbed in his hotel which Lines investigates.

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    E60 Pride & Joy

    May 22, 1993 · 22m

    When a young woman's car is stolen with a baby on board CID fear an abduction and mount a search Garfield tries to mediate with a private clamping firm.

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    E61 Fast Food

    May 25, 1993 · 22m

    Carver and Woods are caught napping when a street robber escapes from under their noses but uncover a drugs operation at a takeaway restaurant. P.C. Loxton and Sgt. Maitland are in trouble when Loxton is accused of stealing money from a drunk in the cells.

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    E62 Soft Touch

    May 27, 1993 · 22m

    Stamp's driving prowess is questioned when he fails to stop a runaway road-roller and Jarvis finds a revolver in a rubbish bin while Burnside investigates a murder confession.

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    E63 We Gave Him All Our Love

    May 29, 1993 · 22m

    When the body of a 14-year-old boy is washed up by the tide Cryer feels that he owes the parents an explanation.

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    E64 Hearts & Minds

    Jun 1, 1993 · 22m

    Burnside disagrees with Conway's approach to a young offender.

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    E65 Cry Baby

    Jun 3, 1993 · 22m

    Page and Monroe attend what appears to be a cot death, but it transpires that the baby has a head injury Meadows investigates.

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    E66 A Willing Victim

    Jun 5, 1993 · 22m

    Garfield introduces a boxer friend to a business manager but Pearce has the manager under investigation.

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    E67 Rank Outsider

    Jun 8, 1993 · 22m

    Loxton's prisoner is released after Page makes a mistake in the CAD room whilst Loxton and Jarvis try to get the prisoner back before Cato finds out.

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    E68 Tender Mercies

    Jun 10, 1993 · 22m

    Datta assists a woman who has reported her husband missing while Lines uncovers a loan-sharking operation.

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    E69 Double Take

    Jun 12, 1993 · 22m

    Greig and Croft investigate a burglary the property is found in a garden shed but was it stolen?

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    E70 Mouth & Trousers

    Jun 15, 1993 · 22m

    Stringer clashes with Cato about a serious shortage of officers and the ban on overtime meanwhile two families fight out their differences.

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    E71 Uses & Abuses

    Jun 16, 1993 · 22m

    A woman walking home late at night thinks she is being followed by a young man and blinds him with oven cleaner. Is it self-defence or assault?

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    E72 Picking A Winner

    Jun 19, 1993 · 22m

    P.C. Quinnan goes undercover as a refuse collector to investigate a series of burglaries.

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    E73 Broken

    Jun 22, 1993 · 22m

    Insp. Monroe deals with the case of an alcoholic former coal miner who tries to organise exploited workers.

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    E74 Insider Dealing

    Jun 24, 1993 · 22m

    A prisoner admits to crimes he didn't commit to gain a transfer.

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    E75 To Have & To Hold

    Jun 26, 1993 · 22m

    A woman alleges rape by her estranged husband, but he insists that she consented. D.I. Burnside investigates.

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    E76 Honour Among Thieves

    Jun 29, 1993 · 22m

    D.I. Burnside questions three robbers after a botched getaway and is given conflicting stories as they try to incriminate one another.

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    E77 Somebody To Love

    Jul 1, 1993 · 22m

    W.P.C. Datta tries to help a battered wife. W.P.C. Ackland and D.S. Greig find some strange connections when a housebreaking is linked to a lonely hearts advert.

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    E78 Morning Has Broken

    Jul 3, 1993 · 22m

    Monroe acts quickly after a tip-off about a robbery at a supermarket. Meanwhile CID try to foil a kidnapping and robbery plot, only to be impeded by lack of resources.

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    E79 Swaps

    Jul 6, 1993 · 22m

    P.C. Loxton and Garfield swap jobs. Loxton has to deal with the new screen phones in the CAD room, while Garfield attends a fatal RTA.

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    E80 Trust

    Jul 8, 1993 · 22m

    D.S. Greig suspects that his informant is giving him the run around, but it becomes clear that she is being fed false information.

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    E81 Divided We Fall

    Jul 10, 1993 · 22m

    A man found knocking on old people's doors turns out to be suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and attempting to contact family members. Sgt. Cryer realises that one old lady has cause to be afraid.

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    E82 A Duty Of Care

    Jul 13, 1993 · 22m

    Sgt. Cryer and P.C. Garfield attend a warehouse where a seventeen-year-old boy has fallen from a forklift truck to his death. Cryer is convinced it was no accident.

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    E83 Family Values

    Jul 15, 1993 · 22m

    P.C. Jarvis assists the investigation into a violent lorry hijack, where the driver suffered a fatal head injury.

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    E84 A Matter Of Life & Death

    Jul 17, 1993 · 22m

    An elderly man is arrested for beating his wife, but the couple have a bigger secret to hide. P.C. Quinnan is guilty of dangerous driving.

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    E85 Kith & Kin

    Jul 20, 1993 · 22m

    When a woman is hospitalised, her son burgles her house and steals money, and her daughter starts to strip the house of its contents. Garfield and Marshall are forced to change their minds about a young offender who has befriended the woman, and to whom she has bequeathed her house.

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    E86 Part Of The Family

    Jul 22, 1993 · 22m

    The theft of a necklace reveals a case of domestic violence against a young Bangladeshi woman. Police examine immigration laws and find that she has no freedom at all.

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    E87 Mighty Atoms

    Jul 24, 1993 · 22m

    Hours after a tough warning from Ch. Insp. Conway, a notorious young offender is in trouble again. He holds the clue to the whereabouts of a missing teenager.

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    E88 A Malicious Prosecution

    Jul 27, 1993 · 22m

    A civil action is brought against P.C. Garfield, W.P.C. Marshall and Sgt. Cryer for wrongful arrest, malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. Meanwhile, P.C. Quinnan is accused of assaulting a college student.

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    E89 Outbreak

    Jul 29, 1993 · 22m

    A violent remand prisoner escapes from hospital. W.D.S. Morgan and W.P.C. Croft question the prison officers who fell asleep while guarding him.

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    E90 Unreliable Witness

    Jul 31, 1993 · 22m

    A timid music teacher is intimidated by a violent ex-pupil. Ch. Insp. Cato is furious when P.C. Garfield lets a thief get away.

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    E91 Sweet Charity

    Aug 3, 1993 · 22m

    P.C.s Hollis and Stamp are caught in the crossfire when a mother and daughter fall out over a mutual boyfriend. Sgt. Cryer pursues bogus charity workers.

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    E92 David & Goliath

    Aug 5, 1993 · 22m

    A mother refuses to testify against her husband, accused of abusing their 14-year-old son. P.C. Jarvis intercedes on the boy's behalf.

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    E93 What A Pair

    Aug 7, 1993 · 22m

    A man working for an illegal escort agency seems to be stealing cash and credit cards from his female clients. W.P.C. Ackland arranges a date with him.

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    E94 Desirable Property

    Aug 10, 1993 · 22m

    There is series of break-ins at properties sold through a single agency. P.C. Quinnan enlists the assistance of an estate agent.

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    E95 Blind Spot

    Aug 12, 1993 · 22m

    P.C. Jarvis and McCann know who is guilty of assault, but can't prove it. D.S. Pearce suggests that they should claim to have witnessed the incident.

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    E96 Carrying The Load

    Aug 14, 1993 · 22m

    W.D.S. Morgan and D.C. Lines investigate a lorry hijack. The husband of the depot owner is seriously assaulted.

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    E97 Deadly Weapon

    Aug 17, 1993 · 22m

    The life of an unborn child hangs in the balance following a road traffic accident. The investigation uncovers a trail of corruption.

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    E98 All The Wrong Connections

    Aug 19, 1993 · 22m

    A girl accused of knocking down a young woman in the street has an alibi. D.C.I. Meadows crosses swords with an old enemy.

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    E99 Give & Take

    Aug 21, 1993 · 22m

    W.P.C. Polly Page sees W.D.S. Sally Johnson from Stafford Row plant drugs on a known dealer.

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    E100 Desperate Measures

    Aug 24, 1993 · 22m

    A 15-year-old boy is driven to desperate measures. W.P.C. Ackland has to decide whether he or his mother is at risk.

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    E101 To Catch A Thief

    Aug 26, 1993 · 22m

    D.C. Carver arrests a pickpocket.

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    E102 Natural Reaction

    Aug 28, 1993 · 22m

    D.C. Carver catches a fourteen-year-old thief. He and D.C. Lines question a man about his relationship with the girl.

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    E103 Desperate Remedies

    Aug 31, 1993 · 22m

    PC Garfield is tasked with retrieving an ill boy's inhaler but comes up against a series of other problems whilst doing so.

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    E104 Bright Lights

    Sep 2, 1993 · 22m

    CID investigate attempts at sexual assault by an electrician who turns out to have connections with the local psychiatric hospital. W.D.S. Morgan puts herself on the line to catch him.

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    E105 Bare Faced Lies

    Sep 4, 1993 · 22m

    CID investigate the sale of stolen cigarettes and alcohol to pubs in the Sun Hill area. D.I. Burnside comes to the aid of an old friend, and D.S. Pearce goes to see a stripper.

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    E106 But Not Forgotten

    Sep 7, 1993 · 22m

    An important visitor comes to Sun Hill to see D.I. Burnside, but he is gone.

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    E107 Push

    Sep 9, 1993 · 22m

    W.P.C. Page gets stuck in a lift with a pregnant 15-year-old girl and has to assist with the birth.

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    E108 Bad Reaction

    Sep 10, 1993 · 22m

    Det. Insp. Harry Haines arrives for his first day at Sun Hill and helps track down a drug dealer who is distributing dangerous tablets.

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    E109 Compliments Of The Service

    Sep 15, 1993 · 22m

    A public relations exercise by Ch. Supt. Brownlow is threatened by a drugs raid on the Jasmine Allen estate.

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    E110 Game Of Two Halves

    Sep 16, 1993 · 22m

    W.D.C. Croft is in uniform for the day, to Ch. Insp. Cato's delight.

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    E111 The Knowledge

    Sep 18, 1993 · 22m

    D.I. Haines gets involved in a war between an Asian minicab firm and a black cab operator.

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    E112 No Place Like Home

    Sep 21, 1993 · 22m

    Residents from the Greenfield Estate protest about the presence of an absconder from a nearby unit for young offenders.

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    E113 Customer Care

    Sep 23, 1993 · 22m

    D.I. Haines is annoyed by a young man who refuses to take an allegation of rape seriously. P.C. Loxton looks after two children left alone by their mother and who have stolen £100 from a neighbour.

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    E114 The Right Man For The Job

    Sep 25, 1993 · 22m

    Sgt. Boyden deals with a case of joyriding which ends with a crash and uncovers an insurance fraud.

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    E115 A Day In The Life Of

    Sep 28, 1993 · 22m

    A woman parks her car with P.C. Loxton's permission, but it gets clamped. Loxton is unable to prevent a young man from committing suicide and blames Ch. Insp. Conway's parking initiative.

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    E116 Having What It Takes

    Sep 30, 1993 · 22m

    When the youngest member of a notorious crime family comes into the station to confess to a three-year-old murder, D.C.I. Meadows hopes he will be able to clear up a case from his time at AMIP.

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    E117 Play the Game

    Oct 2, 1993 · 22m

    Chief Inspector Cato's bullish tactics put noses out of joint, after a pub brawl turns into a murder enquiry.

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    E118 Unlucky For Some

    Oct 5, 1993 · 22m

    One of the employees at a bingo hall reveals that a robbery there was an inside job.

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    E119 Gift Of The Gab

    Oct 7, 1993 · 22m

    D.S. Pearce and W.P.C. Croft investigate bogus callers who are stealing people's pension money.

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    E120 A Class Act

    Oct 9, 1993 · 22m

    When a drugs raid fails to deliver, it is D.C. Carver's dislike of a customer that reaps unexpected results.

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    E121 Dangerous Trade

    Oct 12, 1993 · 22m

    A tragic accident involving a teenage boy alerts W.P.C. Page and P.C. Quinnan to an illegal trade in imported alcohol.

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    E122 Cheating Heart

    Oct 14, 1993 · 22m

    A man has persuaded two women to lend him money for a bar in Spain. The trouble starts when they find out about one another. Sgt. Boyden deals with the consequences.

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    E123 Somewhere To Hang My Hat

    Oct 16, 1993 · 22m

    An old soldier is found at the bottom of a flight of stairs, but did he fall or was he pushed? D.C. Lines and W.D.S. Morgan have their suspicions.

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    E124 No Comment

    Oct 19, 1993 · 22m

    An old man has been murdered in his flat. D.C.I. Meadows has two suspects in custody, but both claim the right to silence.

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    E125 Shrinkage

    Oct 21, 1993 · 22m

    Sgt. Cryer convinces Ch. Supt. Brownlow of the virtues of an arrest referral scheme offering counselling to those arrested on drugs offences. W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Quinnan act to stop a gang of professional shoplifters.

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    E126 Street Legal

    Oct 23, 1993 · 22m

    P.C. Loxton investigates an assault and uncovers a ring of car thieves. P.C. Hollis launches a one-man public relations drive.

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    E127 The Green Eyed Monster

    Oct 26, 1993 · 22m

    D.I. Haines works with AMIP on a murder investigation and uncovers some secrets in the victim's past.

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    E128 Behind Closed Doors

    Oct 28, 1993 · 22m

    An Indian woman is the victim of domestic violence. The husband is arrested, but community leaders attempt to secure his release so that he can be dealt with by the woman's family.

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    E129 Links In The Chain

    Oct 30, 1993 · 22m

    Sgt. Cryer and P.C. Garfield investigate a break-in at a storage warehouse, putting Meadows on the trail of a small-time drug dealer with heavyweight connections.

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    E130 Care In The Community

    Nov 2, 1993 · 22m

    An old woman is found dead in an empty house and Quinnan and Garfield are called in to investigate. Jarvis arrests a violent youth for assault.

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    E131 You Don't Always Get What You Want

    Nov 4, 1993 · 22m

    Quinnan and Ackland support a C.I.D. raid on the house of a burglary suspect. Croft and Greig persuade a young mother to help with their inquiries.

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    E132 Reason To Believe

    Nov 6, 1993 · 22m

    Haines and Morgan work on a murder investigation with AMIP when a body is found after an office party.

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    E133 Let Slip

    Nov 9, 1993 · 22m

    Page and Jarvis are called to deal when two rottweilers terrorise a shopping centre and attack a young girl.

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    E134 Until Proven Guilty

    Nov 11, 1993 · 22m

    Steele and Ackland find a man who has been beaten up to dissuade him from testifying against a vicious loan shark. The C.P.S. suggests dropping the case but Meadows secures the assistance of a lesser villain to get the evidence for a prosecution.

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    E135 The Hard Sell

    Nov 13, 1993 · 22m

    Quinnan witnesses a robbery. He suspects that a derelict shop is being used as an auction house for stolen property.

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    E136 Consequences

    Nov 16, 1993 · 22m

    Meadows and Morgan lead a raid on a club in pursuit of a drug dealer who is laundering money through car sales.

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    E137 A Question Of Identity

    Nov 18, 1993 · 22m

    A neighbour spots an HIV-positive drug addict breaking into a house.

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    E138 Cutting Edge

    Nov 20, 1993 · 22m

    Polly and Gary are called to the Parkmead Estate about a burglary at a flat which results in the wife assaulted and taken to St Hughes. The husband came home and discovered the burglar still there. When Polly talks to the husband at the hospital, he is very upset. He tells Polly and Gary what happened when he saw the burglar and says he chopped off 3 of the burglar's fingers when they were in the kitchen. the fingers were put into a jar of gherkins. Alan Woods tries to get the jar put into the canteen fridge but one of the canteen workers threatens to close down the canteen if it goes into the fridge. So he puts them into the fridge in the conference room. Tosh and Jim interview a patient who has lost 3 fingers who claims his fingers were caught in a lorry door.

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    E139 Put Down

    Nov 23, 1993 · 22m

    An invalid is found dead in bed, and the wife is charged with aiding and abetting a suicide.

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    E140 Left Behind

    Nov 25, 1993 · 22m

    A convicted wife-beater has been released on parole. He, his wife and son all end up in Sun Hill on suspicion of violent assaults.

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    E141 Real Villains

    Nov 27, 1993 · 22m

    Croft and Cryer examine the remains of a burned-out car on the Whitegate estate, where residents are concerned about the increase in lawlessness.

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    E142 Questionable Judgement

    Nov 30, 1993 · 22m

    A homeless man is found murdered and a teenage girl has gone missing.

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    E143 Taking Care Of Business

    Dec 2, 1993 · 22m

    A store participating in Conway's business watch scheme has been burgled, and one of the suspects is beaten up.

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    E144 The Law In Their Hands

    Dec 4, 1993 · 22m

    Steele and Garfield arrest a father and son who assaulted the man they believe burgled their house. Loxton and Quinnan catch the real thief.

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    E145 Cause For Complaint

    Dec 7, 1993 · 22m

    Monroe investigates a complaint about an unattended emergency call, which the victim attributes to racial prejudice.

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    E146 Blood Counts

    Dec 9, 1993 · 22m

    A postman is attacked, and Carver discovers the remains of a mailbag in the embers of a fire. Pearce struggles with a false confession. McCann is in trouble over a false arrest.

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    E147 Hurting Inside

    Dec 11, 1993 · 22m

    A convicted burglar absconds while on day release from prison.

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    E148 Corroboration

    Dec 14, 1993 · 22m

    Carver and Jarvis are in court, but the case against a man accused of robbing a couple at knife point may fall because of poor identification evidence.

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    E149 Death Of A Ladies' Man

    Dec 16, 1993 · 22m

    A woman reports her husband missing. Greig and Croft establish that the man is a bigamist and an armed robber.

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    E150 An Ill Wind

    Dec 18, 1993 · 22m

    A body is retrieved from a building yard after a deadly toxic gas was fed through the building.

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    E151 Keep On Trucking

    Dec 21, 1993 · 22m

    While Garfield is giving tickets, a truck does a right hand turn and then the driver does a runner leaving the truck in the middle of the road. Tony and George have an argument after the truck is parked in the yard blocking access. Cato gets the truck moved back out. George checks the truck's travel disk. Tony and Norika find a front door open and find the house burgled and the occupants on holiday. A lady reports a burglary next door while the occupants are on holiday. It is the 3rd holiday burglary this month. CID are trying to find the link between the 3. Dave is told that a truck fitting the description was seen at the burglary. Donna finds out that all 3 holiday goers used the same coach firm to get to the airport.

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    E152 A Family Trait

    Dec 23, 1993 · 22m

    A house is broken into and Greig thinks he knows who did it. Greig visits the suspect's house. The injured boy's watch turns up in the bed of the suspect's son's. Polly is sent to St. Hughes to investigate an assault. The mother of the boy thinks it is bullying and that her son is not the only one. Her son's watch is missing. The school is unco-operative with D. S. Morgan. The injured boy gives Morgan the name of Greig's suspect's son.

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    E153 Paid In Full

    Dec 24, 1993 · 22m

    Ram raiders attempt to break into an Asain electrical store. Sgt. Boyden and George stop ithile Dave gives chase to another of the raiders. One of the neighbouring store owners brings in a bottle of stotch for Sgt. Boyden and the store owners give him a CD player. Monroe is not happy that Boyden was given something. Woods is sent to check on stolen money at B.P.C. Software. The suspect is an ex offender. When interviewed, the suspect claims she was set up because the security officer tried to assault her like he had with another employee.

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    E154 Cause For Concern

    Dec 28, 1993 · 22m

    Steve and Dave are talking when a speeding driver goes past. The driver tells Dave that the hospital had just rang and her husband was critical. Suzy calls on the driver because she returned home to find it burgled. Dave and Steve are sent to check out the address of the lady at the hospital(that Danny overhears) and surprises 2 blokes. While Tony is driving the burglars' van, one of them get into the van and tells Tony to get a move on. Tony and Norika are called to check a domestic disturbance. Norika is concerned about the asian wife. The husband is very dominating. The domestic starts again. On entering the house Norika and Tony find the husband stabbed and his wife in shock with a knife in her hand. Norika didn't notice the knife at first. The wife claims it was an accident. While Danny is at the hospital checking on the victim, he overhears a lady asking about her husband who is supposed to be injured at the hospital. Woods talks to friends of the couple and their d

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    E155 Nothing Ventured

    Dec 31, 1993 · 22m

    George is chasing a suspect but loses him. Steve searches the area and spots him. When caught he has just dropped some LSD tabs. The suspect tries to do a deal with the D.I. about getting bail to attend his brother's wedding. Regional Crime Squad:Drugs are in the station and organising a raid on the factory. Meadows gets upset because of a missing witness and Meadows wants the D.I. to go and talk to the witness. The D.I. wants to be in on the drug raid. Haines talks to the very scared witness. Haines is head hunted back to the drug squad. Meadows is not happy when told by Brownlow.

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