The Bill

Name: Unfamiliar Territory
Duration: 40 min

Series 12 Episode 43
Unfamiliar Territory
Duration: 40 minutes
Subtitles available

PC Slater and WPC Keane have doubts about whether they can handle the pressures of the job.

Contains Flashing Images and Mature Themes

S12 E1 · Uncle Bob
Sgt Cryer's exemplary record is threatened when there is a complaint made against him.
S12 E2 · Street Life
Brian Elliott, a friend of Ch Insp Conway, is robbed by a prostitute and her accomplice.
S12 E3 · A Fighting Chance
WPC Marshall breaks the arm of a suspect, but he may be an innocent man.
S12 E4 · Going Home
PC Garfield and WPC Page protect a mugger from a gang seeking revenge.
S12 E5 · High Score
Acting DI Deakin enlists the help of a schoolboy to solve a case of computer crime.
S12 E6 · Throwback
DC Woods and WDC Croft investigate a series of vicious robberies on petrol stations.
S12 E7 · Eyes & Ears
A pedestrian is critically injured in a hit-and-run accident, a witness is keen to help.
S12 E8 · Good Housekeeping
DCI Meadows clashes with Acting Supt Conway when finances threaten an operation.
S12 E9 · Is That the Time?
Having become disillusioned with police work, Cato's behaviour becomes erratic.
S12 E10 · New Moves
New probationers PC Slater and WPC Keane arrive for their first day at Sun Hill.
S12 E11 · Flora & Fauna
PC Hollis thinks that Sun Hill could do with a face-lift, and turns his hand to gardening.
S12 E12 · Loose Cannon
Is Acting DI Deakin undermining a uniformed operation into under-aged prostitutes?
S12 E13 · Count to Ten
WPC Ackland looks for support when she is accused of perverting the course of justice.
S12 E14 · Alone
Acting DI Deakin and DS Greig are held hostage by a desperate gunman.
S12 E15 · Quits
PC Slater is made a laughing stock when he falls victim to a practical joke.
S12 E16 · Stopping Time
WPC Page tries to trace a hit-and-run driver who knocked down a man in her care.
S12 E17 · Value for Money
A burglary victim spots his own television in the window of a second-hand electrical shop.
S12 E18 · Little Green Apples
The new Chief Inspector, Paul Stritch, creates an impression on his first day at Sun Hill.
S12 E19 · Never Too Young
Ackland and McCann deal with a hit-and-run accident, while Cryer runs truancy initiative.
S12 E20 · Lost & Found
PC Loxton displays a lack of tact when a man is robbed by a rent boy.
S12 E21 · Hair Trigger
Acting DI Deakin investigates the fatal shooting of a mother by her teenage son.
S12 E22 · Learning Curve
Acting DI Deakin and DC Carver find some buried treasure in a Chinese takeaway.
S12 E23 · Not Just for Christmas
Hollis investigates when two dogs are stolen, Datta and Quinnan deal with a missing woman.
S12 E24 · Swan Song
Loxton and McCann investigate why a young girl is so frightened after committing a robbery
S12 E25 · In on the Game
The long-running crime drama following the work of the officers at Sun Hill police station
S12 E26 · Your Witness
A friend of DC Woods is a witness to a violent assault and is threatened by the attacker.
S12 E27 · Life's a Bitch
DS Beech and DC Carver investigate a case of vandalism and are drawn into a gangland war.
S12 E28 · Old Habitats
WPC Ackland deals with a woman who refuses to leave her soon-to-be demolished flat.
S12 E29 · Babyface
Page and Marshall find a young boy being assaulted.
S12 E30 · Deeds of Mercy
Deakin attends his appeal against demotion after his affair with a senior officer's wife.
S12 E31 · Damage
More drama from Sun Hill, where DCI Meadows and DS Pearce investigate an attempted murder.
S12 E32 · When Opportunity Knocks
There's tension in Sun Hill when WPC Keane goes undercover to help trap a burglar.
S12 E33 · Have-A-Go Hero
There's drama when PC Slater comes face-to-face with a violent criminal.
S12 E34 · Memorial
A pair of tower blocks are being blown up, but DC Skase is concerned with bank card fraud.
S12 E35 · Good Intentions
PC Quinnan and WPC Page respond when a small boy falls from a window.
S12 E36 · Losing Streak
Beech and Monroe are at loggerheads following the recovery of a body from the Thames.
S12 E37 · In the Midnight Hour
Cryer and Page uncover some painful family secrets when they try to find a lost girl.
S12 E38 · Never Forget a Face
WDC Croft looks for a solution when a witness to an attack cannot identify the assailant.
S12 E39 · Quiet Night In
Sgt. Boyden attempts to liven up a dull night shift, but quickly comes to regret his idea.
S12 E40 · Looking After Your Own
WPC Ackland is attacked by a drug dealer and ends up in hospital.
S12 E41 · Four Walls
DS Greig and WDC Croft uncover love and prejudice when a family is accused of robbery.
S12 E42 · O.T.S.
While searching for an child, Keane confronts a prostitute, but finds her with Beech.
S12 E43 · Unfamiliar Territory
PC Slater and WPC Keane have doubts about whether they can handle the job.
S12 E44 · Feeling Guilty
The officers of Sun Hill investigate after a pregnant woman is mugged and assaulted.
S12 E45 · See No Evil
PC Hollis is the only witness to a fight between two of his colleagues.
S12 E46 · Looking for Justice
DC Carver deals with a family angered when a criminal is allowed to walk free.
S12 E47 · Other Voices
WPC Keane and PC Slater try to investigate a stabbing, but they are hampered.
S12 E48 · Water Wings
PC Slater, on attachment to the River Police, contends with a biker gang.
S12 E49 · They All Look the Same
PC Loxton is furious at being tricked by an illegal immigrant.
S12 E50 · Trying it On
DS Greig investigates a burglary with all the hallmarks of a well-known cat burglar.
S12 E51 · Better Off Dead
Slater & Ackland find a girl walking the streets and take her home to an unpleasant scene
S12 E52 · Today & Tomorrow
Deakin and Pearce clash over conflicting information from their respective informants
S12 E53 · Upstairs & Downstairs
Ch Insp Stritch goes out on the beat with PC Garfield.
S12 E54 · Bedside Manner
DS Pearce ignores the advice of the new F.M.E., putting a prisoner's life on the line.
S12 E55 · Who Cares?
Sgt. Cryer and WPC Keane uncover a case of elder abuse.
S12 E56 · Kicking
PC Jarvis and WPC Page investigate the death of a martial arts student.
S12 E57 · Big Hitters
Croft has to let a suspect go after an assault victim is too scared to identify him.
S12 E58 · Picking Up the Pieces
Sgt Cryer investigates when a disturbed young man claims to have assaulted someone.
S12 E59 · Big Boy's Rules
Carver & Skase look into the hi-jacking of a lorry whilst being shadowed by a violent gang
S12 E60 · A Woman of Substance
WPC Datta and PC Jarvis try to track down a missing girl and fear she has been kidnapped.
S12 E61 · With Friends Like These
A suspected child abductor is picked out at an identity parade, but CPS refuses to proceed
S12 E62 · No Choice
WPC Ackland and PC Garfield become involved in a unusual case of life and death.
S12 E63 · The Lives of Brian
After a theft on a building site, suspicion falls on a workman, is he who he claims to be?
S12 E64 · Skin Deep
PC McCann is framed. A youth with a grudge and a family of racists may have set him up.
S12 E65 · Kid
A desperate mother's young daughter is kidnapped as a result of her son's drug habit.
S12 E66 · A Bird in the Hand
DCI Meadows and DC Woods are investigating a tape when someone confesses on a radio show.
S12 E67 · Over the Top
PC Loxton and WPC Keane go after a gang of youths who are terrorising a housing estate.
S12 E68 · Body Beautiful
WDC Croft and DC Skase go undercover to catch a steroids dealer.
S12 E69 · What the Eye Doesn't See
DS Beech investigates a robbery at a jewellers but Lines and Croft are uncomfortable.
S12 E70 · In Control
Marshall and Slater clash over how to handle an assault victim with drugs in her flat
S12 E71 · Presumed Guilty
DCI Meadows and DI Deakin are trying to catch a serial rapist.
S12 E72 · Under the Doctor
Keane goes undercover at a "slimming clinic" with a doctor over-prescribing amphetamine.
S12 E73 · Ritual
DI Deakin and WDC Croft investigate when a mummified body is found in an allotment shed.
S12 E74 · Whipping Boy
DC Lines wonders if a school bully has now committed murder.
S12 E75 · The Devil You Don't Know
WPC Datta comforts the girlfriend of a violent drug user while his death is investigated.
S12 E76 · Normal Behaviour
The mother of a young offender provides him an alibi when a woman is assaulted and robbed.
S12 E77 · Charity & Beating
PC Hollis arrests a homeless youth, leaving his colleagues wondering at his new approach.
S12 E78 · Nearest & Dearest
Keane finds an elderly woman dead at the bottom of her stairs. Is her home help involved?
S12 E79 · Mother's Ruin
Sgt Boyden finds out that he has a daughter - and so does DS Beech.
S12 E80 · Russian Doll
DI Deakin and WDC Croft investigate a terrible smell coming from a basement.
S12 E81 · Mitigating Circumstances
A teenage boy makes allegations of abuse at a children's home.
S12 E82 · Now & Then
WPC Ackland thinks a former prostitute arrested for drug dealing is protecting someone
S12 E83 · Three In a Bed
Jarvis brings in a drunk driver, Beech recognises him as a detective from another station.
S12 E84 · The Writing on the Wall
P.C. Hollis wants to know who wrote graffiti about him around the station.
S12 E85 · Too Clever By Half
DC Carver goes undercover as a barman in a pub where a gang is running an extortion racket
S12 E86 · Heat
DS Greig and DC Skase investigate possible arson after a fire burns down a block of flats
S12 E87 · Still Waters
A diving team find a corpse in a dock. Deakin and Lines instantly have a suspect in mind.
S12 E88 · All in the Game
DS Beech and DC Carver investigate the hit-and-run of a young football star.
S12 E89 · Sins of the Father
PC Quinnan and WPC Page look into an assault of a man by his 12-year-old daughter.
S12 E90 · Night Beat
Sgt Cryer is taken hostage at gunpoint by an aggrieved husband over a custody case.
S12 E91 · Balancing the Scales
A store detective renowned for his bravery is accused of assaulting a shoplifter.
S12 E92 · For Services Rendered
DS Pearce investigates the case of a man being blackmailed by an escort agency.
S12 E93 · Response Time
Ch. Insp. Stritch's response time exercise lands P.C. Loxton in trouble.
S12 E94 · Knowing the Score
DI Deakin and WDS Morgan attend Court to testify against a dangerous drug dealer.
S12 E95 · Some You Lose
DI Deakin and WDS Morgan are in court for the prosecution of a dangerous drugs dealer.
S12 E96 · Rock-A-Bye Baby
Monroe investigates when a new-born baby is kidnapped, apparently by a pregnant woman.
S12 E97 · Video Nasty
Sun Hill CID search for a booby-trapped TV set after a bomb destroys an electrical shop.
S12 E98 · Bad Pictures
Carver and Woods investigate when a film of child pornography is developed at a local shop
S12 E99 · Fire
A woman is shot in a busy shopping street while talking to Loxton and Ackland.

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