The Bill

Name: Paying the Price
Duration: 1 h

S29 E16 ∙ Paying the Price ∙ 60 min

A woman disappears after the man she claims to be her lover is found badly beaten in a hotel room, but when the assailant is found, nobody's story sounds convincing.

Contains Mature Themes

S29 E1 · Be A Man
Mickey suspects a man questioned for assaulting an imagined love rival is dangerously unbalanced.
S29 E2 · Held Responsible
A 16-year-old claims she has been gang raped by her boyfriend and three of his friends.
S29 E3 · Duty Calls
Jo goes on a hunt for evidence after a robbery seems far more sinister than it first appears.
S29 E4 · New Beginnings
On her first shift as a sergeant, Jo investigates an aggravated robbery.
S29 E5 · Time Bomb
A letter bomb proves to be harmless, but Grace has a hunch that worse is to follow.
S29 E6 · Keep Her Talking
A desperate woman barricades herself and alerts the police to the fact her children are being neglected.
S29 E7 · Crossing the Line
Callum is off duty when he intervenes in an argument and is badly beaten.
S29 E8 · Red Tape
A fight staged outside a club as a smokescreen for a robbery leaves a woman seriously wounded.
S29 E9 · Protect and Serve
A witness gives Ben and Nate a lead after their patrol car is hit by a stray bullet.
S29 E10 · Ricochet
Jo's team is summoned to the scene of a road traffic accident.
S29 E11 · Impact
Morale within the team picks up as the hunt for Paul Sorrel's killer begins to make progress.
S29 E12 · The Truth Will Out
Suspicion falls on the father of a four-year-old boy who goes missing.
S29 E13 · Great Power
Jack directs an operation to keep rival football fans apart.
S29 E14 · Great Responsibility
Commander Kennedy prepares to face a hostile media over the football crowd murder.
S29 E15 · Bad Blood
A known drug dealer asks Mickey to investigate the suspicious death of his brother.
S29 E16 · Paying the Price
A woman disappears after the man she claims to be her lover is found beaten in a hotel room.
S29 E17 · Suffer in Silence
A man attacks the wrong person in a misjudged effort to take revenge on his childhood abuser.
S29 E18 · That Type of Cop
A 15-year-old girl is found wandering the streets covered in burns and bruises.
S29 E19 · Deadly Consequences
A body found in woodland is identified as that of an 11-year-old boy.
S29 E20 · Walk on My Grave
Max discovers the dead boy's stepfather has criminal connections.
S29 E21 · Ultimatum
Max wants to arrest a man grooming teenage girls, but Grace urges him to gather watertight evidence.
S29 E22 · Intervention
PCs Gayle and Roberts discover an abandoned car.
S29 E23 · Solace
Kirsty and Leon discover the body of a Venezuelan woman on a rubbish dump.
S29 E24 · The Calling
A pregnant woman is injured in what appears to be a carjacking.
S29 E25 · Taking a Stand
Callum and Kirsty investigate a burglary and discover an elderly widow has been raped.
S29 E26 · Who Dares Wins
A man found beaten to death turns out to have a drink problem and two badly neglected children.
S29 E27 · Balance of Power
A couple fail to turn up at the airport for a flight to Italy and their dog is brutally killed.
S29 E28 · Death Knock
Callum struggles with the shocking news of his father's death.
S29 E29 · Tombstone
Callum is determined to uncover the truth about the rape allegation against his dead father.
S29 E30 · Respect: Part 1
A teenage gang member dies in Smithy's arms after being stabbed.
S29 E31 · Respect: Part 2
Last-ever episode. Callum finally proves himself to Smithy.

S29 E16 ∙ Paying the Price ∙ 60 min

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