The Bill

Name: Catch a Falling Star
Duration: 1 h

S18 E90 ∙ Catch a Falling Star ∙ 60 min

Stories from the Sun Hill streets. Conway cannot believe his luck when he meets a pop star from his youth, but little does he know there's trouble ahead.

Contains Mature Themes

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 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.

S18 E90 ∙ Catch a Falling Star ∙ 60 min

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