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Series 20 Episode 16
Lifelines
Duration: 60 minutes
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A girls' night out leads to a fatal mistake for ostracised officer Hagen.

G

Contains Mature Themes

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All episodes for series 20 of The Bill

S20 E1 · Brittaniamania, Going Underground: Part 1
Webb infiltrates a gang of football hooligans.
S20 E2 · Britanniamania: To us and ours: Part 2
McAllister's cover starts to slip.
S20 E3 · Britanniamania: Kick off: Part 3
Webb becomes absorbed in his role.
S20 E4 · Britanniamania: Stand by me: Part 4
Webb fears for his safety.
S20 E5 · Beech on the Run
Renegade cop Don Beech finds Sydney is closer to Sun Hill than he imagined.
S20 E6 · On A Clear Day
Cass Rickman gets a blast from the past.
S20 E7 · Come Live With Me
Rickman is torn between her career and her love life.
S20 E8 · In Another Life
Leroy is persuaded to work for the CID.
S20 E9 · Crush
An all-girl gang causes chaos.
S20 E10 · Liquid City
Kate Spears investigates a spate of burglaries.
S20 E11 · A Pound of Flesh
Boyden's wayward daughter returns.
S20 E12 · Home Run
Boyden's daughter goes off the rails.
S20 E13 · Debt of Love
Boyden searches for his daughter.
S20 E14 · Blood and Money
Boyden investigates an illegal fight.
S20 E15 · Hidden Agendas
A bungled raid puts Boyden in the firing line.
S20 E16 · Lifelines
S20 E17 · Sacrifice
Elderly residents become targets for criminals.
S20 E18 · White Cliffs of Dover
Meadows confronts an old enemy.
S20 E19 · Value of Nothing
Lennox investigates an art fraudster.
S20 E20 · Money Man
Danny Glaze goes undercover at a top-security prison.
S20 E21 · Beyond the Call
Kate Spears goes undercover to catch a killer.
S20 E22 · Night Games
The team trail a serial rapist.
S20 E23 · Aftershock
Spears escapes Cork's clutches.
S20 E24 · Compulsion
Spears' suspicions about Cork intensify.
S20 E25 · Shout
DC Spears grows increasingly distrustful of DS Cork.
S20 E26 · Judas Kiss
Spears is proved right.
S20 E27 · Slash and Burn
Events reach a dramatic conclusion as the murderer is unmasked.
S20 E28 · For Better and Worse
Page hunts a missing woman.
S20 E29 · Special Attention
Taviner leads a new recruit astray.
S20 E30 · Lure of the Sirens
Stamp and Knowles fall out.
S20 E31 · The Risk Factor
Knowles spots a registered sex offender.
S20 E32 · Loaded
Knowles has a traumatic experience.
S20 E33 · Not to Praise Him
Knowles's death prompts a manhunt.
S20 E34 · Do Not Pass Go
Taviner pursues Knowles' killer.
S20 E35 · Juliet
A girl with Down's syndrome goes missing.
S20 E36 · Set in Stone
New PC Cathy Bradford makes a big impression.
S20 E37 · Quinnan - Part 1
The team investigates illegal immigrants.
S20 E38 · Quinnan - Part 2
The team goes undercover to expose the illegal immigrants ring.
S20 E39 · Quinnan - Part 3
Quinnan and Page get intimate.
S20 E40 · Quinnan - Part 4
Page is taken hostage.
S20 E41 · Quinnan - Part 5
Drama with the bobbies and detectives of Sun Hill.
S20 E42 · Quinnan - Part 6
Drama with the bobbies and detectives of Sun Hill.

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