The Bill

Name: Trial and Error: Part 1
Duration: 1 h

Series 27 Episode 64
Trial and Error: Part 1
Duration: 60 minutes
Subtitles available

Suspected rapist Tom Norris stands trial, but walks free after the victim's plucky effort to give evidence crumbles under tough interrogation.

Contains Mature Themes, Sexual Themes and Violence

S27 E1 · The Deadly Game
New DC Stevie Moss brings a breath of fresh air to CID.
S27 E2 · Shadow Stalker
A student barmaid reports being attacked in the park on her way home from work.
S27 E3 · To Catch a Killer - Part 1
An 11-year-old is abducted, leading to fears a copycat child killer is on the loose.
S27 E4 · To Catch a Killer - Part 2
Media interest mounts in the Clark abduction case.
S27 E5 · Witness: Innocent Blood
Smithy helps the victim of a knife attack on the Jasmine Allen estate.
S27 E6 · Witness: Wall of Silence
Smithy battles to save Carly's life following the shooting.
S27 E7 · Witness: Breaking Point
Diane and Nate investigate an attack on a doctor on the Jasmine Allen estate.
S27 E8 · Witness: Deadly Secret
Carly's funeral descends into chaos.
S27 E9 · Witness: Protection
Tito Morientes is arrested on the testimony of Alisha Danniels.
S27 E10 · Witness: Hit and Run
The hit-and-run attack leaves Alisha Danniels too shaken and terrified to testify.
S27 E11 · Witness: Truth & Lies
Tension mounts as Fox and Morientes stand trial for the murder of Carly Samuels.
S27 E12 · Witness: The Final Act
Smithy finally gets his witness to court to testify against Fox and Morientes.
S27 E13 · Driven to Kill
Gina clamps down on hoax calls following a string of humiliating set-ups by teenagers.
S27 E14 · Payback
Sally and Ben find a 12-year-old at the wheel of a stolen vehicle.
S27 E15 · Cover Up
Ben is incensed to find his protege Liam Harvey badly beaten.
S27 E16 · The Hit
A teenage runaway befriends vagrant Jimmy Chadwick and is caught up in a shooting.
S27 E17 · Spilt Blood
A club owner looks certain to escape rape charges for the third time in his seedy career.
S27 E18 · Deadly Cocktail
A woman reports seeing a body thrown into the river.
S27 E19 · Heat on the Beat
Heaton upsets everyone by deciding to join his PCs on the beat.
S27 E20 · Corrupted
Sally is caught up in a nightclub brawl.
S27 E21 · Break-In
A violent burglary on a pensioner produces the most unlikely suspects.
S27 E22 · Beth Undercover
Beth gets a lead on a dealer and persuades Max to let her go undercover at a party.
S27 E25 · Blood Rush: Part 1
Stevie and Stuart attempt to arrest a brothel keeper for the murder of a prostitute.
S27 E26 · Blood Rush: Part 2
Stuart faces an anxious wait for the HIV test results after being stabbed with a needle.
S27 E27 · Sins of the Father: Part 1
An ageing gangster tries to rescue his grandson from a life of crime.
S27 E28 · Sins of the Father: Part 2
Smithy and Max investigate the killing of Jacko Jackson.
S27 E29 · Going Under
Following an armed robbery on an antiques shop, Jack agrees to go undercover.
S27 E30 · Overkill
When a man is arrested for attempted murder, Emma bends the rules to prove he is innocent.
S27 E31 · RIP PI
DC Jacob Banks joins the team in time to investigate the murder of a private detective.
S27 E32 · City Slickers
Sally works undercover in a City trading house to investigate a disappearance.
S27 E33 · Frontline: Shockwave
Emma and Sally are first to respond when explosions rock Sun Hill.
S27 E34 · Frontline: Aftershock
The Sun Hill team come to terms with Emma's death.
S27 E35 · Frontline: End Game
The Sun Hill watch pay their respects at Emma's graveside.
S27 E36 · Lucky Lucky Lucky
Neil's first day back at work goes from bad to worse.
S27 E37 · Running Scared
Nikki interrogates a boy whose missing father is mixed up in a drug dealers' turf war.
S27 E38 · Cowboy Country
Tensions between Terry and Max are brought to a head.
S27 E39 · We Are Family: Part 1
Beth bonds with teenage runaway Lucy Burton.
S27 E40 · We Are Family: Part 2
Beth is distraught when Lucy Burton's body is found in an apparent suicide.
S27 E41 · New Blood
New constables Leon Taylor, Millie Brown and Arun Ghir have a busy day.
S27 E42 · Landfill Killer
A woman's body is found on a landfill site.
S27 E48 · Jack of Hearts
After a game of poker, Jack is horrified when a motorist runs over one of the party.
S27 E49 · Body of Evidence
During an investigation, Mickey discovers the solicitor is Banksy's wife.
S27 E50 · Lifesaver
A drunk driver injures a teenager in a hit-and-run incident.
S27 E51 · Teacher's Pet
Investigations reveal a teacher found unconscious was having an affair with a pupil.
S27 E52 · Seize the Day
Martin Jarvis guest stars as a car dealer impaled by a scaffolding pole.
S27 E53 · Street Kid
New Sun Hill team member Sgt Rachel Weston joins forces with Mickey and Mel.
S27 E54 · Blind Alley
Rachel and Nate chase a man seen standing over the body of a woman in an alleyway.
S27 E55 · Getting Personal
A joyrider is horrified to learn she has been carrying a dead body in the boot.
S27 E56 · Game Plan: Part 1
Shaun Williamson guest stars as East End crime kingpin Dave Monks.
S27 E57 · Game Plan: Part 2
The undercover operation to entrap gangster Dave Monks goes awry.
S27 E58 · Demolition Girl
Sally tries to retrieve evidence from a tower block scheduled for demolition.
S27 E59 · Over the Limit
Ben and Callum try to cover for Sally after she is involved in a drink-driving collision.
S27 E60 · Before the Fall
Investigations into an assault lead the Sun Hill team to someone in the witness protection scheme.
S27 E61 · After the Fall
Eddie Olosunje suggests Jay Newman's death may have been suicide.
S27 E62 · Secret History: Part 1
Banksy is shocked to learn that his lawyer wife Naomi has been mugged.
S27 E63 · Secret History: Part 2
Banksy and Naomi are alibied for the serious assault on Henshaw.
S27 E64 · Trial and Error: Part 1
Suspected rapist Tom Norris stands trial.
S27 E65 · Trial and Error: Part 2
Norris's housemate Dan Cox falls under suspicion in the rape case.
S27 E66 · Funny Money
A shoplifter is found in possession of forged bank notes.
S27 E67 · Appropriate Force
Callum realises a bank job resembles a case he once solved.
S27 E68 · An Honour to Serve: Part 1
A stabbing victim accuses the husband of a woman he once had a brief affair with.
S27 E69 · An Honour to Serve: Part 2
Stalker Jake Quinn holds Smithy and two schoolgirls hostage.
S27 E70 · Hide and Seek
Rachel takes up her duties as an Inspector by organising a joint raid with CID on a crack den.
S27 E71 · First Strike
Rachel is frustrated when two brothers offer different versions of the stabbing of a drug dealer.
S27 E72 · Hold Me Tight: Part 1
A hysterical mother reports her eight-year-old daughter missing.
S27 E73 · Hold Me Tight: Part 2
Evidence reveals Mason Kemble was present at his classmate's murder.
S27 E74 · The Rookie
Will joins the CID team as a trainee, and tackles the case of a developer.
S27 E75 · Fools Rush In
Arun is incensed when a gang on the Bronte estate sets upon a young couple.
S27 E76 · Loved and Lost
A teenage girl is found beaten, bloodied and unconscious in an alleyway.
S27 E78 · In Deep
A barrister's daughter with a cocaine habit is pushed out of a car by her supplier.
S27 E79 · Proof of Life: Part 1
Working undercover as a cab driver, Terry is caught up in an international kidnap plot.
S27 E80 · Proof of Life: Part 2
Jack and his team follow the gang to Germany and help arrange a ransom pick-up.
S27 E81 · One Day, But Not Today
Tony supervises Nate's driving assessment, which turns into a pursuit of a stolen vehicle.
S27 E82 · Forgotten Child: Part 1
A teenage runaway is found dead from an overdose.
S27 E83 · Forgotten Child: Part 2
Mickey and Jo organise a sting to catch the ringleader of the network trafficking teenage girls.
S27 E84 · Santa's Little Helper
Stevie helps Stuart uncover a Christmas burglary scam.
S27 E85 · Too Hot to Handle: Part 1
Stuart encourages Stevie to work undercover as heroin dealer Rob Towler's girlfriend.
S27 E86 · Too Hot to Handle: Part 2
Stuart finally catches up with Stevie and Rob, and his suspicions are confirmed.
S27 E87 · Too Hot to Handle: Part 3
Stevie reveals to Stuart why she rescued Towler.
S27 E88 · Second Chance
Mel's brother is charged with a stabbing.

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