The Bill

Name: Final Straw
Duration: 40 min

S10 E74 ∙ Final Straw ∙ 40 min

DS Greig suspects a caretaker of burgling his own school, but his attempt at suicide makes the case a difficult one.

Contains Flashing Images and Mature Themes

S10 E1 · Links in the Chain
A break-in at a warehouse, puts DCI Meadows on the trail of a small-time drug dealer.
S10 E2 · Care in the Community
Quinnan and Garfield investigate when an elderly woman is found dead in an empty house.
S10 E3 · You Don't Always Get What You Want
Ackland arrests a mother for possession of heroin. A teenager spots her bicycle for sale.
S10 E4 · Reason to Believe
A major incident team is called in when a man is murdered after a leaving party.
S10 E5 · Let Slip
Jarvis and Page deal with the aftermath of an attack by a pair of escaped Rottweilers.
S10 E6 · Until Proven Guilty
A man is beaten up by loan shark. DCI Meadows secures the evidence for a prosecution.
S10 E7 · The Hard Sell
An unlicensed auction house, a shop burglary, an armed robber's stepson: what's the link?
S10 E8 · Consequences
DCI Meadows and WDS Morgan raid a club looking for a drug dealer who is laundering money
S10 E9 · A Question of Identity
A neighbour spots an HIV-positive drug addict breaking into a house.
S10 E10 · Put Down
An elderly man is found dead in his bed but the circumstances are unclear.
S10 E11 · Left Behind
A wife-beater is released on parole. He and his family end up in Sun Hill about an assault
S10 E12 · Real Villains
WDC Croft and Sgt Cryer examine the remains of a burned-out car on the Whitegate estate.
S10 E13 · Questionable Judgement
A homeless man is found dead and a teenage girl raising money for the shelter is missing.
S10 E14 · Taking Care of Business
Ch. Insp. Conway's "Business Watch" scheme is in jeopardy when a shop is burgled.
S10 E15 · The Law in thier Hands
Steele and Garfield deal with a case of summary justice, directed at the wrong target.
S10 E16 · Cause for Complaint
Insp Monroe investigates an unattended emergency call, attributed to racial prejudice.
S10 E17 · Blood Counts
DS Pearce receives a false confession. PC McCann is in trouble over a false arrest.
S10 E18 · Hurting Inside
D.C. Lines tries to track down an escaped prisoner whose daughter is on drugs.
S10 E19 · Corroboration
D.C. Carver, P.C. Jarvis and Insp. Monroe attend the trial of a robbery suspect.
S10 E20 · Death of a Ladies Man
DS Greig investigates a missing husband but which of his wives will identify the body?
S10 E21 · An Ill Wind
A businessman is found dead by toxic gas in his office. Is it suicide or murder?
S10 E22 · Keep on Trucking
A lorry driver abandons his vehicle after being pulled over, PC Garfield's is suspicious.
S10 E23 · A Family Trait
D.S. Greig and W.D.S. Morgan find themselves pursuing a father and son.
S10 E24 · Paid in Full
Monroe is unimpressed when Boyden accepts a reward from the owner of an electrical shop.
S10 E25 · Cause for Concern
Burglars target houses by phoning owners and telling them their relative is in hospital.
S10 E26 · Cutting Edge
A burglar leaves three of his fingers behind at the scene of the crime.
S10 E27 · Nothing Ventured
DI Haines is excited about of raiding a major LSD factory, but DCI Meadows has other ideas
S10 E28 · Games
Loxton and Monroe investigate the disappearance of a 9-year-old boy who is into computers
S10 E29 · Second Sight
The high-flying new D.I., Sally Johnson, arrives at Sun Hill and peruses violent robbers.
S10 E30 · Darkness Before Dawn
The bodies of a young woman and her child are discovered at the base of a tower block.
S10 E31 · He Who Waits
A man gets killed after disturbing a burglar. PC Garfield cordons the area to people.
S10 E32 · Mix and Match
Pearce and Steele deal with a stolen luxury car. DCI Cato decides to join their operation.
S10 E33 · Dealer Wins
DI Johnson and DS Pearce are summoned as witnesses to testify against two dealers.
S10 E34 · No Job for an Amateur
WPC Ackland and PC Bostock investigate reports of an intruder at a nurses home.
S10 E35 · Judge and Jury
PC Stamp and WPC Ackland interview a woman who has been mugged.
S10 E36 · The Mourning After
PC Stamp and PC Hollis attend a morning call to a young man lying stabbed on the common.
S10 E37 · Just Say No
Ch Insp Conway catches a young girl kicking a car.
S10 E38 · Mud Sticks
A woman is found beaten unconscious near a brothel.
S10 E39 · One Bad Turn
Following residents' complaints Ch Insp Cato instigates a clampdown on prostitution .
S10 E40 · Faith in the System
DC Carver and DC Lines spot a girl breaking into a car and arrest her.
S10 E41 · Keeping Mum
When Greig and Croft arrest a 15-year-old boy, they find his mother has been beaten up.
S10 E42 · Double Vision
Three men are arrested when DI Johnson oversees the interception of a van of stolen drink
S10 E43 · No Access
WDS Morgan investigates an assault on a nine-year-old boy.
S10 E44 · Ways and Means
Quinnan and Marshall respond to a burglary call, finding ad boy breaking into his house.
S10 E45 · Cutting It
Ch. Insp. Cato handles a sexual harassment complaint made by a WPC against her Sergeant.
S10 E46 · Secrets
Linton reveals he is serving a community sentence for sexual offences.
S10 E47 · Bin-Men
A 17-year-old boy is caught riding a stolen motorcycle.
S10 E48 · Ducking and Diving
PC McCann is beaten unconscious, DI Johnson sets up an operation to catch the culprits
S10 E49 · Gone Away
DI Johnson works with a Customs officer to catch a violent loan shark and drugs importer
S10 E50 · Dead Men don't Drive Cars
PC Quinnan and PC Loxton investigate a man has taking driving tests using false names
S10 E51 · Saturday Night's All Right
Monroe and his officers are called to a party where the organiser has been assaulted.
S10 E52 · Ranks and Files
PC Stamp and PC Garfield are called to an incident between an ex-copper and a teenager.
S10 E53 · Business as Usual
WPC Ackland and PC Quinnan investigate a shop burglary.
S10 E54 · Root of All Evil
DI Johnson and DC Woods investigate the scene of an arson attack.
S10 E55 · Man to Man
A man reported missing by his wife is found shot dead the next day.
S10 E56 · Menace
DS Greig and WPC Croft visit Sally Firth who has been burgled.
S10 E57 · Killjoys
A pirate radio station interferes with police radio transmission.
S10 E58 · One of Them
A father beats up his son for being gay.
S10 E59 · Day of Reckoning
Bannon's daughter calls to report that two men have abducted her father.
S10 E60 · Sleeping with the Fishes
A boat is reported drifting down the Thames, and a body is found in the river.
S10 E61 · Fair Exchange
Monroe and Woods arrive at a burnt-out house, which may have been started deliberately.
S10 E62 · Last Rights
A mother suffering from a rare spinal tumour takes an overdose.
S10 E63 · Mean Streak
WDS Morgan stakes out an attempted armed robbery, but two of the three suspects escape.
S10 E64 · Pig in the Middle
DC Carver and DC Woods receive a tip-off to a crack dealer's house on the Bronte Estate.
S10 E65 · House Arrest
DCI Meadows enlists the assistance of a ex-con to deal with a young villian.
S10 E66 · Clubbing Together
A young man is assaulted by a bouncer outside a nightclub, but was he selling drugs?
S10 E67 · Pals
Area complaints want to speak to PC Jarvis after some foul play during a rugby match.
S10 E68 · Sold Out
DS Greig uncovers a crime of passion. WDS Morgan investigates stolen car parts.
S10 E69 · Last Orders
DCI Meadows works with an ex-cop employed by a brewery to solve the theft of beer kegs.
S10 E70 · All the Comforts of Home
WPC Marshall deals with a teenage runaway found sleeping rough.
S10 E71 · Wild Justice
A burglary suspect is positively identified by a witness but has a solid alibi.
S10 E72 · Give Away
PC Hollis and Sgt Boyden are on the trail of stolen koi carp.
S10 E73 · Nowhere to Run
WPC Datta deals with a complex case of domestic violence.
S10 E74 · Final Straw
DS Greig suspects a caretaker of burgling his own school.
S10 E75 · Bodyguard of Lies
WPC Ackland uncovers a series of muggings. Insp Monroe organises an observation on a pub.
S10 E76 · Friends Like That
PC Quinnan deals with a desperate man.
S10 E77 · Disclosures
DS Greig and WPC Ackland are in court for the trial of a man accused of burglary.
S10 E78 · Big Eagle Day
Boyden, Garfield, Page and Stamp investigate a complaint of loud music being played at 3am.
S10 E79 · Bottleneck
Restructuring recommended by the Sheehy Report is apparently on the horizon at Sun Hill.
S10 E80 · Honour and Obey
Skase betrays a mysoginist attitude when he and Croft investigate a series of thefts.
S10 E81 · Hot off the Press
Cato investigates when Hollis finds racist leaflets being distributed by a schoolgirl.
S10 E82 · Killing Time
An angry, young boy with a gun roams the streets. Can Sgt Cryer get to him in time?
S10 E83 · Butter Wouldn't Melt
PC Quinnan and Ch Insp Cato close in on a den of thieves centred around an ageing hippie.
S10 E84 · All Things Nice
A drugs raid on a pub is a great success until DC Lines finds a body.
S10 E85 · No Way to Treat a Lady
WPC Page is assaulted during a domestic.
S10 E86 · The Price
The key witness to an attempted murder vanishes.
S10 E87 · Old Scores
Sgt Boyden receives an anonymous tip-off but suspects that he has been set up.
S10 E88 · Branded
DCI Meadows interrogates a convicted sex offender whose father can't face the truth.
S10 E89 · Good Friends
A seemingly straight-forward burglary becomes complicated.
S10 E90 · RTA
Insp Monroe investigates a fatal road traffic accident.
S10 E91 · No Marks
DCI Meadows and Sgt Cryer try to gain the trust of a small boy found in his pyjamas.
S10 E92 · Sweetness and Light
A gang of teenagers cause a nuisance on a estate.
S10 E93 · Hey Diddle Diddle
DCI Meadows receives a tape of a deathbed confession to murder.
S10 E94 · Funny Money
D.C. Lines investigates when a number of counterfeit 10-pound notes show up around Sun Hill.
S10 E95 · Till Death Us Do Part
Quinnan and Loxton are called to a canal to investage the claims of a homeless man.
S10 E96 · All Along the Watchtower
PC Stamp is called to deal with a 14 year-old car thief who has badly injured a young girl.
S10 E97 · Snowblind
DC Skase investigates some crack dealers but bites off more than he can chew.
S10 E98 · Lesson to be Learned
DC Lines investigates when a young black student is accused of attacking a schoolmaster.
S10 E99 · Dear John
A man's body is found outside a block of flats, seemingly having fallen from above.

S10 E74 ∙ Final Straw ∙ 40 min

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