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The Bill

  • 29 Series
  • 2,388 Episodes
  • Category: Crime Drama
  • Subtitles available

Long-running drama with the bobbies and detectives at London's Sun Hill police station.

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All episodes for series 17 of The Bill

  • S17 E1 · Appropriate Action

    Cryer is more concerned than Webb about the disappearance of a schoolgirl.

  • S17 E2 · Criminal Practice

    McAllister and Riley make their mark on Sun Hill, but don't do it entirely by the book.

  • S17 E3 · Upon Information Received

    The latest business scam from DC Riley's brother leaves him hot under the collar.

  • S17 E4 · No Victim

    Worrell's involvement with a case doesn't make for a perfect marriage.

  • S17 E5 · Common Language

    Russian prostitutes, a gang of squaddies and his own mistakes lead Smith into hot water.

  • S17 E6 · PC Smith

    Smith volunteers to protect two gay witnesses.

  • S17 E7 · Family Honour

    McAllister's bulldozer approach gets her into trouble with Ackland over a sensitive case.

  • S17 E8 · Words of Wisdom

    Flattery gets Chandler nowhere when he falls into Ackland's bad books.

  • S17 E9 · Out of the Frying Pan

    Drama with the bobbies and detectives of Sun Hill.

  • S17 E10 · Mexican Stand-Off

    Ross begins to suspect that he is being taken for a ride by McAllister.

  • S17 E11 · Cruise Control

    Sun Hill CID track down an attacker who preys on gay men.

  • S17 E12 · Real Crime

    Chandler is impressed with Spears's handling of a case.

  • S17 E13 · Home and Away

    The stress of being torn between two women has taken it's toll on Quinnan.

  • S17 E14 · Going Under

    It's decision time for Quinnan when Jenny announces she is leaving.

  • S17 E15 · Faultline

    Quinnan is accused of attacking a young criminal and of endangering his colleagues.

  • S17 E16 · Long Shadows - Part 1

    Sun Hill is forced to accept the legacy of DS Beech.

  • S17 E17 · Long Shadows - Part 2

    Cullen warns Meadows that he is playing with fire when Chandler's past is questioned.

  • S17 E18 · Higher Power

    Carver uses his experiences of alcoholism to help a friend, but McAllister meddles again.

  • S17 E19 · Touched by Evil

    Clarke enjoys a secondment as Glaze's partner.

  • S17 E20 · The Leopard - Part 1

    Smithy has his eye on the future, but his big mouth may well prove to be his downfall.

  • S17 E21 · The Leopard - Part 2

    Klein's relationship with the relief hits the rocks. Smith's future hangs in the balance.

  • S17 E22 · Tolerance - Part 1

    While Smithy is being interviewed for SO19, Chandler is already picking on someone else.

  • S17 E23 · Tolerance - Part 2

    Can Cryer win the fight for his career against as formidable a foe as Chandler?

  • S17 E24 · Promised Land

    Just when Klein seems to be out of the bad books at work, trouble visits him at home.

  • S17 E25 · Return of the Hunter

    Smithy returns to Sun Hill, but the stakes are high when Cryer is taken hostage.

  • S17 E26 · Tour of Duty

    Gilmore, the new sergeant, arrives at Sun Hill amidst rumours about his sexuality.

  • S17 E27 · Lies of Silence

    Seconded to the Serious Crime Group, Lennox is paired with an old colleague - Liz Rawton.

  • S17 E28 · Over the Hill

    Boyden and Hagen are thrown together on an outdoor-pursuits weekend.

  • S17 E29 · Head over Heels

    Hayward and Stamp get in trouble with Gilmore after a close shave with a gunman.

  • S17 E30 · Hitting Home

    A reluctant Cryer attends his retirement bash with a mystery guest.

  • S17 E31 · Value Judgement

    Hagen makes a career-changing decision, while Boyden stands helpless on the sidelines.

  • S17 E32 · Collateral Damage

    McAllister is faced with some big decisions when her ex-snout, Ross, turns up at Sun Hill.

  • S17 E33 · A Week of Nights - Part 1

    New arrival PC Des Taviner makes his presence felt at Sun Hill.

  • S17 E34 · A Week of Nights - Part 2

    McAllister and Glaze believe they have found the Jasmine Allen rapist.

  • S17 E35 · Wednesday

    Glaze's loyalties are put to the test when a friend is arrested for racial assault.

  • S17 E36 · Billy the Kid

    Boyden's intrigued by a young whippersnapper's efforts to get arrested.

  • S17 E37 · Deep End

    Santini takes an interest in Fox when she goes undercover as a prostitute.

  • S17 E38 · The Party's Over

    Santini is desperate to make up with Fox, but she maintains what he did was unforgivable.

  • S17 E39 · Bang Bang, You're Dead

    Santini continues to target Fox and a paintball game becomes an opportunity for harassment

  • S17 E40 · Team Spirit

    Every member of the team is affected when Fox makes her complaint against Santini official

  • S17 E41 · Urgent Assistance

    When Stamp has a serious accident in the area car, his future in the force is in jeopardy.

  • S17 E42 · Taking Sides

    Stamp attends the funeral of Simon Attwell, the victim of a police accident.

  • S17 E43 · Deadly Impact

    On the day of Stamp's trial, Quinnan is called by the prosecution.

  • S17 E44 · Big Day

    Stamp's future hangs in the balance as he awaits his disciplinary hearing.

  • S17 E45 · Making Up

    It's Stamp's first day back in the area car. Will things go smoothly?

  • S17 E46 · The Cross

    Sun Hill has a new WDC - Kerry Holmes. Unfortunately, she is partnered with John Boulton.

  • S17 E47 · Cast No Shadow

    On the job in Manchester, Carver meets a ghost - and hero - from his past.

  • S17 E48 · Betrayal

    Burnside is back in Sun Hill - in handcuffs!

  • S17 E49 · All For One

    A man may drown unless Santini acts. Is Eddie a saint or a sinner?

  • S17 E50 · Trial Run

    Skase skives off work to moonlight as a bodyguard, but ends up in trouble.

  • S17 E51 · Section F

    Meadows and Conway are both up for promotion, leading to repercussions at Sun Hill.

  • S17 E52 · Bad Chemistry

    Daly and Holmes deal with domestic violence, an explosion and an armed siege.

  • S17 E53 · Dog Eat Dog

    Santini and Cryer are at loggerheads over how to deal with the knifing of a prostitute.

  • S17 E54 · Indescretion

    Rawton tries to find out how a video of a child giving evidence ended up in a sex club.

  • S17 E55 · The Rate for the Job

    An old flame poses a tough dilemma for Beech, and he in turn poses a dilemma for Daly.

  • S17 E56 · For Interest Only

    Brownlow strikes a deal with an old villain, with a bit of help from Meadows.

  • S17 E57 · The Fat Lady Sings

    Quinnan and Holmes come to the aid of a local opera singer, helped by a mysterious new DC.

  • S17 E58 · Too Many Cooks

    A routine investigation leads Monroe to vice, drugs and violence in the Chinese community.

  • S17 E59 · Team Play

    Lennox and Proctor compete to take on the case of an assaulted nurse.

  • S17 E60 · Heat and Light

    Sparks fly as Boulton races to catch an increasingly ambitious arsonist.

  • S17 E61 · Ticking Clocks

    A high-profile baby snatch has Deakin and Boulton chasing different leads.

  • S17 E62 · Strange Bedfellows

    Burnside relies on a convicted paedophile to find a missing boy.

  • S17 E63 · Live and Ticking

    The officers at Sun Hill search for a batch of home-made bombs.

  • S17 E64 · All the Lonely People

    Rawton goes undercover as a lonely heart to find a murderer and two missing women.

  • S17 E65 · The Personal Touch

    Beech's corrupt past is in danger of being exposed by Burnside.

  • S17 E66 · Time, Gentlemen Please!

    Daly and Rawton work undercover in a pub while investigating a protection racket.

  • S17 E67 · Puzzled

    Quinan and Boulton are faced with a drugged dog and an unreliable hippie.

  • S17 E68 · Christmas Star

    A hit-and-run incident inspires Santini to make a young girl's dream come true.

  • S17 E69 · S.A.D.

    Boyden's love of mince pies leads to a shocking revelation.

  • S17 E70 · Long Term Investment

    Deakin and Holmes set a trap for an old adversary to find a missing kidnap ransom.

  • S17 E71 · Chasing Shadows

    In the world of Turkish gambling, an undercover officer goes missing.

  • S17 E72 · Follow Through

    Holmes goes undercover as a prison inmate to crack a drugs ring.

  • S17 E73 · Walking on Water

    A body in a boat finds Beech and Daly in troubled waters.

  • S17 E74 · The Wrong Horse

    Garfield volunteers for a weekend at the races.

  • S17 E75 · No Love Lost

    Boyden is forced to rely on Santini when a one-night stand goes terribly wrong.

  • S17 E76 · Pond Life

    A registered paedophile has moved into Sun Hill. But how long can it stay a secret?

  • S17 E77 · Murder, What Murder?

    Garfield has got problems - a body with no head and a reporter who fancies him rotten.

  • S17 E78 · Age of Chivalry

    Police hunt two suspected serial rapists, but neither will admit to their guilt.

  • S17 E79 · Slinging Mud

    Meadows goes to court and finds himself on trial.

  • S17 E80 · Under Duress

    Boulton and Rawton clash when a house fire reveals a sordid secret.

  • S17 E81 · Sleeping with the Enemy

    Burnside investigates a predatory gang of women - with Lennox and Skase as bait.

  • S17 E82 · Badlands

    A gang of teenage boys take revenge on a Sun Hill policeman.

  • S17 E83 · Eyes Everywhere

    PC Quinnan is still fighting for his life in hospital, but who is to blame?

  • S17 E84 · Yesterday's Hero

    Dave Quinnan is on the mend but, on the streets, Garfield and Boulton are still at war.

  • S17 E85 · On Air

    Conway gets beginner's nerves on his first radio talk show, but has to find his feet fast.

  • S17 E86 · To Catch a Cobra

    Boulton joins Burnside on the trail of two cunning Indian crime bosses.

  • S17 E87 · Weekends are for Wimps

    Conway cancels his football to cover for a flu-ridden Meadows. Then a wanted man surfaces.

  • S17 E88 · Piggy in the Middle

    Burnside's unorthodox methods bring Sun Hill and Kerry Holmes under siege.

  • S17 E89 · Sex, Lies and Videotape

    Sun Hill is the subject of a fly-on-the wall documentary.

  • S17 E90 · Out and About

    Quinnan is back on the streets - but has he still got what it takes to be a copper?

  • S17 E91 · Kiss Chase

    Gossip is rife when Luke Ashton is accused of getting a teenage witness pregnant.

  • S17 E92 · On the Road

    Lennox and Rawton go on the road with an enigmatic con man.

  • S17 E93 · Pressure Point

    New technology or old-fashioned copper's instinct? Lennox and Proctor must fight it out.

  • S17 E94 · Look Away Now

    Harker and Beech clash over the family from hell.

  • S17 E95 · A Question of Trust: Part 1

    Will 'Robocop' Boulton get the blame for chasing a suspect to his death?

  • S17 E96 · A Question of Trust: Part 2

    Is Boulton a murderer? The jury must decide.

  • S17 E97 · True Lies

    Harker thinks his luck is in when an attractive woman gives him a lead on a juicy case.

  • S17 E98 · Back to Basics

    DC Carver comes up with a plan for a career shift, but will Sun Hill buy it?

  • S17 E99 · Makeover

    Carver has his first day back in uniform. Can he hack it back on the street?

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