The Bill

Name: When the Bough Breaks
Duration: 1 h

Series 18 Episode 73
When the Bough Breaks
Duration: 60 minutes
Subtitles available

Things are not necessarily all they seem when Monroe's daughter is arrested, and it takes Boyden to point out that there are two sides to every story.

S18 E1 · Tinderbox
The senior officers at Sun Hill go on a team-building exercise.
S18 E2 · Set-Up
Tensions mount in Sun Hill as Kerry Holmes decides to exact revenge on Boulton.
S18 E3 · Lone Ranger
Santini's dodgy dealing is threatened by Hagen - so how can Eddie ensure her silence?
S18 E4 · Old Flame
Santini's burning ambitions go up in smoke when Rosie Fox returns to Sun Hill.
S18 E5 · Push It
With Fox in pursuit, Santini takes more chances.
S18 E6 · Kiss Off
With Fox on his tail and blood on his hands, Santini's luck is running out.
S18 E7 · Foreign Body
Meadows and Skase enlist the help of the French police to track down a wife killer.
S18 E8 · Borderline
PC Rickman begins her career at Sun Hill by losing a gun on her way to the lab.
S18 E9 · Confessions of a Zoo Keeper
Conway and Brownlow spend a night in the cells.
S18 E10 · Pillow Talk
Guarding a prisoner in hospital sounds dull to Quinlan, but a man with a gun changes that.
S18 E11 · Heavy Plant Crossing
A shoot-out at a site yard threatens Garfield's plans for a romantic evening.
S18 E12 · Good Relations
Hollis's caravan becomes the target of a young arsonist.
S18 E13 · Big Fish
Deakin nets an international drug dealer.
S18 E14 · Taxed
Dale Smith accuses Luke Ashton of cowardice.
S18 E15 · Cracked Up
Dale Smith is on Luke Ashton's case.
S18 E16 · Wedded Bliss
Smith and Rickman uncover an illegal marriage fraud.
S18 E17 · Lucky Jim
Depressed about his future on the beat, Carver unwittingly sleeps with a prostitute.
S18 E18 · Screwdriver
Proctor's head is turned by a glamorous detective sergeant.
S18 E19 · Inside Out
Beech and Glaze are sent to Shadwell Prison to quell a riot.
S18 E20 · Critical Mass
Sun Hill has to be evacuated when a bomb is found in the station.
S18 E21 · Ring-A-Ring-A-Roses
Could a punter really be trying to infect the prostitutes of Sun Hill with the HIV virus?
S18 E22 · The Only Way Is Up
Meadows has a crisis on his hands when he fails to hear a cry for help.
S18 E23 · Rock Bottom
Harker and Daly lock horns over the integrity of a reformed drug dealer.
S18 E24 · Sun Hill Boulevard
A hungover Rickman goes to the local lido.
S18 E25 · Lola
PC Page deals with what she believes to be a trapped animal in a cellar.
S18 E26 · Integrity: Part 1
A new PC joins Sun Hill. Does he bring more crime with him than he is likely to fight?
S18 E27 · Integrity: Part 2
Smith's involvement with a dangerous racist puts Brownlow's covert operation in jeopardy.
S18 E28 · Cold Calling
Rawton and Meadows clash when a violent ex-con returns to Sun Hill.
S18 E29 · Millennium
Poisoned oranges and peculiar theories pose a problem for DS Stanton on her first day.
S18 E30 · The Three Sergeants
Ackland, Boyden and Cryer are at each other's throats after a prisoner dies in custody.
S18 E31 · Trade Off
Beech pulls rank when Glaze arrests one of his informants.
S18 E32 · Treading Water
An unhappy Carver is offered a ticket out of Sun Hill.
S18 E33 · Look Again
Hollis uncovers a protection racket on a housing estate.
S18 E34 · Love and War: Part 1
Garfield is anxious to know where he stands with Jenny.
S18 E35 · Love and War: Part 2
Quinnan's secret comes out, dividing Sun Hill. Quinnan and Garfield clash.
S18 E36 · Hot Money
Burnside and Meadows set up an undercover operation in a local casino.
S18 E37 · Crash Landing
A plane makes a crash-landing in Sun Hill.
S18 E38 · Father's Day
Boyden's estranged daughter asks him for protection.
S18 E39 · Sweet Sixteen
Skase becomes a figure of fun after being abducted and robbed by a gang of teenage girls.
S18 E40 · Denial
Carver loses a lot of friends when the relief realises how much he has changed.
S18 E41 · Walking the Line
Lennox is outraged to be accused of racism by a suspected robber.
S18 E42 · Cover Stories
Burnside discovers Carver's drinking habit, but he has secrets of his own to protect.
S18 E43 · Security
Quinnan tries to catch the person who is threatening his friend.
S18 E44 · Up in Smoke: Part 1
Knowledge of Carver's drinking is becoming more widespread around Sun Hill.
S18 E45 · Up in Smoke: Part 2
The relief have to cover for Carver yet again when he arrives at the station drunk.
S18 E46 · Homework
A romantic evening at home for Ackland spirals into something more sinister.
S18 E47 · Knowing You
Holmes falls out with Proctor when he publicly undermines her.
S18 E48 · Consumers
Fears for Carver's safety grow when a youth is arrested in possession of his credit card.
S18 E49 · Lock In
Carver hits rock bottom when Burnside is forced to arrest his old friend for murder.
S18 E50 · Money For Nothing
The Sun Hill team form a syndicate to buy a greyhound.
S18 E51 · A Night to Forget
Quinnan's stag night is being organised by Hollis, so will anything go right?
S18 E52 · A Day to Remember
What could possibly go wrong on Quinnan's wedding day?
S18 E53 · Judgement Day
Lennox and Rawton are drawn closer together when a ghost from Rawton's past returns.
S18 E54 · Haunted
CID must deal with ghosts, clairvoyants and messages from beyond the grave.
S18 E55 · When the Snow Lay Round About
It's two nights before Christmas, and the whole of Sun Hill is hoping for a quiet night.
S18 E56 · Blowing It All Away
PC Rickman becomes increasingly friendly with a drug user.
S18 E57 · All Change
CID joins the uniform beat as Sun Hill helps police the eve of the new millennium.
S18 E58 · Angel
Things turn nasty for Burnside when he tries to catch a male rapist turned murderer.
S18 E59 · In the Firing Line
Smith goes undercover as a contract killer in a drug-dealing feud.
S18 E60 · Thug on the Tyne: Part 1
Burnside asks for Rawton's help in a major undercover operation in Newcastle.
S18 E61 · Thug on the Tyne: Part 2
After Rawton's cover seems to have been blown, Burnside finds himself in deep water.
S18 E62 · Riot City
Conway mans the barricades in a riot situation.
S18 E63 · Crime and Punishment
Hollis stumbles across some grave goings-on at a crematorium.
S18 E64 · Zero Tolerance
Inspector Monroe clamps down on anti-social behaviour among the youth of Sun Hill.
S18 E65 · Scoop
Conway becomes involved with a call girl, but is the charming Linda all that she seems?
S18 E66 · Beasts
Harker investigates a dangerous group of animal liberation activists.
S18 E67 · Trusting the Enemy
Beech calls in a favour to help Rickman embarrass an old enemy.
S18 E68 · On the Wagon
Is Carver really on the wagon, or have his colleagues reason to doubt him?
S18 E69 · The Untouchables
Can Glaze find the connection between a burning man, a girl and a man in a baseball cap?
S18 E70 · Streetwise
While Skase tries to catch a local crook, problems mount in the search for a missing kid.
S18 E71 · Inside Straight
Beech and Deakin play a game of cards where the stakes are high and the company dangerous.
S18 E72 · Reasons to be Fearful
Beech and Boyden lock horns once again down at Sun Hill.
S18 E73 · When the Bough Breaks
Things are not necessarily all they seem when Monroe's daughter is arrested.
S18 E74 · Nightwork
Ackland is disturbed when a young girl from her past reappears on the streets of Sun Hill.
S18 E75 · Meltdown: Part 1
PC Quinnan finds himself making an emotional return to the scene of his previous stabbing.
S18 E76 · Meltdown: Part 2
Quinnan's involvement with the troubled estate deepens.
S18 E77 · Meltdown: Part 3
Quinnan attempts to settle a year-long grievance with Boulton.
S18 E78 · Kiss Off: Part 1
Two-part special. Eddie and Rosie have a showdown.
S18 E79 · Kiss Off: Part 2
The CID realise that both Santini and Fox are in trouble.
S18 E80 · The Trial of Eddie Santini
PC Eddie Santini appears at the Old Bailey charged with murder.
S18 E81 · The Driver
Hagen is sent undercover to chauffeur the front woman for a vice business.
S18 E82 · Protect and Survive
DC Webb faces his first night duty alone at Sun Hill.
S18 E83 · Take It or Leave It
Beech's old girlfriend gets knocked down by a car.
S18 E84 · Over the Edge
An officer is accused of disobeying an order during a riot situation.
S18 E85 · Loyalty
Webb and Holmes are mystified by Lennox's behaviour during an enquiry.
S18 E86 · Wheels
Hagen is chosen to drive the new crime car, and Stamp isn't happy about it.
S18 E87 · Warm Bodies: Part 1
Boulton and Stanton join forces when two separate assault cases seem to be connected.
S18 E88 · Warm Bodies: Part 2
Who is the other man in Stanton's life?
S18 E89 · Blurred Around the Edges
Smith finds his loyalties become divided between old army friends and police colleagues.
S18 E90 · Catch a Falling Star
Conway cannot believe his luck when he meets a pop star.
S18 E91 · The Squad
Stamp is faced with a baptism of fire on his first day's attachment to the Flying Squad.
S18 E92 · White Lies
Carver finds himself babysitting the family of a potential cop killer.
S18 E93 · Search Me
Brownlow tries to regain the team's confidence after a rise in street crime in the area.
S18 E94 · Love or Money
Stanton tries to prove that Beech is on the take.
S18 E95 · Going Public
Webb's judgement is clouded when he falls for the beautiful wife of an assault victim.
S18 E96 · A Sprat to Catch a Mackerel: Part 1
Cass Rickman reluctantly agrees to go undercover again.
S18 E97 · The Hare and the Hounds: Part 2
Rickman is identified as being part of a team involved in an armed robbery.
S18 E98 · Deep Blue Sea: Part 3
Rickman's trust in Leroy is pushed to the limit as local gang warfare erupts.
S18 E99 · Room Service
A free night of bliss in a luxury hotel goes horribly wrong for Boulton and Stanton.

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