Season 15
(1999)
Overview
The fifteenth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 87 episodes, broadcast between 7 January and 31 December 1999. The series saw a notable change as female officers were no longer introduced by the W acronym in ranking, with the last mention of this when Liz Rawton was introduced as a WDC in Follow Through. By the following episode, Walking on Water, female characters were simply introduced as PC/DC etc. On 5 June 2013, The Bill Series 15 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 1…
Cast
as Jack Meadows
as Dave Quinnan
as Polly Page
as Matt Boyden
as Di Worrell
as PC Luke Ashton
Episodes
Long Term Investment 0.0
January 7, 1999
Deakin's surveillance on convicted kidnapper Frank Tully's release from custody is immediately blown out when Tully spo…
Chasing Shadows 0.0
January 14, 1999
Boyden recruits an SO10 officer to go undercover in order to expose an illegal poker ring running out of a local Turkis…
Follow Through 0.0
January 21, 1999
Daly and Rawton are seconded to a women's prison run by a friend of Brownlow's after an inmate is savagely assaulted, a…
Walking On Water 0.0
January 26, 1999
Meadows is furious when a joint operation with Area Drugs to arrest local dealer Danny Rickman is blown out. Stamp and …
The Wrong Horse 0.0
January 28, 1999
Garfield and Hagen volunteer to protect a jockey due to give evidence against a crooked bookmaker. On offer is a weeken…
No Love Lost 0.0
February 2, 1999
Boyden, Ashton and Santini head out for a night in a club, and Boyden bets his PCs that he can pull any girl in the clu…
Pond Life 0.0
February 4, 1999
Meadows recruits Quinnan and Rawton to receive a notorious sex offender, Ray Ballantyne, from another division. However…
Murder, What Murder? 0.0
February 9, 1999
Garfield assists the River Police when a decapitated body is pulled out of the Thames. As he clears the scene, he recog…
Age Of Chivalry 0.0
February 11, 1999
Burnside is seconded to Sun Hill to catch a pair of serial rapists operating in the area. As Burnside tracks down a kno…
Slinging Mud 0.0
February 18, 1999
Deakin is approached by a station cleaner who claims to have found £5000 in used notes under Proctor's desk. Proctor re…
Under Duress 0.0
February 23, 1999
Boulton and Rawton attend the scene of a house fire, and not only does the chief identify the building as a brothel, he…
Sleeping With The Enemy 0.0
February 25, 1999
Skase and Lennox enlist the help of Burnside as they investigate a series of robberies at local business conventions. B…
Badlands 0.0
March 2, 1999
DS John Boulton is determined to catch a pair of brutal thieves, and he is certain that local crook Mick Glover is one …
Eyes Everywhere 0.0
March 4, 1999
With PC Quinnan in a critical condition in St Hugh's Hospital, the police descend on the Jasmine Allen estate, determin…
Yesterday's Hero 0.0
March 18, 1999
Tension between DS Boulton and PC Garfield over Dave Quinnan's stabbing reaches boiling point on an obbo with PC Hollis…
On Air 0.0
March 23, 1999
Hagen and Santini find a shaken woman her home after an abandoned 999 call. Holmes spearheads the investigation when th…
To Catch A Cobra 0.0
March 25, 1999
Burnside's failure to inform Sun Hill of a Crime OCCU stakeout on a local museum leads to Page and Harker blowing their…
Weekends Are For Wimps 0.0
March 30, 1999
Conway is furious when Meadows asks him to cover for Brownlow due to a bout of flu. Determined to make it to Stamford B…
Piggy In The Middle 0.0
April 1, 1999
Ashton intervenes as a pair of masked men try to set fire to a house. Burnside is seconded from Crime OCCU to investiga…
Sex Lies & Videotape 0.0
April 6, 1999
Brownlow has agreed for a fly-on-the-wall documentary crew to film in the station. Boulton and Carver soon become the s…
Out & About 0.0
April 8, 1999
Quinnan returns to work after his stabbing. Questions are raised about his capabilities, and when he manhandles a suspe…
Kiss Chase 0.0
April 13, 1999
While PC Page is assisting Ruth Watts in filing assault charges against her husband, Ken Watts, Luke Ashton is having r…
On The Road 0.0
April 15, 1999
Lennox and Rawton go to Salisbury to bring in a con-man, George Riordian, for questioning, but he proves to be a slippe…
Pressure Point 0.0
April 20, 1999
Proctor and Lennox find themselves at the cutting edge of forensic science when they try to solve a burglary case, wher…
Look Away Now 0.0
April 22, 1999
Monroe notifies uniform of a private investigation group conducting surveillance on local criminal family, the Drakes, …
A Question Of Trust: Part I 0.0
April 27, 1999
Boulton and Skase get a major lead from an informant on local armed robber Anthony Payne, who has been off the radar fo…
A Question Of Trust: Part II 0.0
April 29, 1999
Boulton prepares to face an inquest for the death in custody of notorious armed robber Anthony Payne. Payne's brother S…
True Lies 0.0
May 4, 1999
Boyden tasks Garfield and Ashton with setting up an observation on a parade of shops where a gang of young dealers have…
Back To Basics 0.0
May 6, 1999
Carver is devastated when his final transfer appeal is turned down, ending his hopes of remaining a DC and avoiding ten…
Makeover 0.0
May 11, 1999
It's Jim Carver's first day back in uniform, and he puts up with some good-natured ribbing from his new colleagues. Pai…
Tinderbox 0.0
May 18, 1999
Tension, drama and comical mishaps abound as Brownlow, Meadows and Conway head to the Yorkshire Moors for an orientatio…
Set Up 0.0
May 25, 1999
A young girl, Emma Finney, is attacked in the street and DC Kerry Holmes suspects a racial motive, as Emma and her fami…
Lone Ranger 0.0
June 1, 1999
PC Eddie Santini tries to convince his lover, Jess Orton, to set him up with some drug dealers - he wants out of Sun Hi…
Old Flame 0.0
June 8, 1999
As he and PC Quinnan investigate a burglar alarm, PC Eddie Santini sees Jessica Orton meeting covertly with Ferguson. M…
Push It 0.0
June 15, 1999
Jessica Orton is brought in for questioning, but is released without charge. When she returns home, PC Santini is waiti…
Kiss Off 0.0
June 22, 1999
Vicki Hagen finds Eddie Santini's tickets to Amsterdam, and questions him about them, but he is evasive. DCI Pallister …
Foreign Body 0.0
June 24, 1999
A suspected armed robber dies after his car crashes during a chase with police. He is identified as Alain Savoie, a Fre…
Borderline 0.0
June 29, 1999
A CID raid nets a gun which DS Beech believes could have been used in a recent shooting. New PC Cass Rickman is entrust…
Confessions Of A Zookeeper 0.0
July 1, 1999
Ch. Insp. Derek Conway organises a charity 'lock-up' in the Sun Hill cells - the prisoners for the night being himself,…
Pillow Talk 0.0
July 6, 1999
Worrell and Harker attend a deliberate hit and run. Quinnan and Garfield are tasked with tracking down the driver, Oliv…
Heavy Plant Crossing 0.0
July 8, 1999
Sgt. Matt Boyden organises a simple obbo to catch a gang stealing an excavator from a building site. The situation is m…
Good Relations 0.0
July 13, 1999
Rising crime levels on the council estates sees Ch. Supt. Brownlow with two additional problems: a gang of over-zealous…
Big Fish 0.0
July 15, 1999
Skase is skeptical when an informant tells him a small-time dealer is in cahoots with a South American dealer. However,…
Taxed 0.0
July 20, 1999
PC Luke Ashton and PC Dale Smith chase a stabbing suspect onto an estate, but are separated and Ashton is paralysed wit…
Cracked Up 0.0
July 22, 1999
Ashton reels after being accused of cowardice by new boy Smithy. The team attend a group counselling session over Smith…
Wedded Bliss 0.0
July 27, 1999
PC Smith and PC Rickman deal with a disturbance at a registry office, and DC Proctor and DC Holmes discover an ingeniou…
Lucky Jim 0.0
July 29, 1999
Worrell and Garfield fail to catch a stolen 4x4 in pursuit, the latest in a long line of such vehicles being stolen, bu…
Screwdriver 0.0
August 3, 1999
Holmes and Proctor investigate the rape of a woman inside a mental health facility. After discovering a separate attack…
Inside Out 0.0
August 5, 1999
Beech and Glaze are sent to Shadwell Prison to investigate allegations that three prison officers are responsible for t…
Critical Mass 0.0
August 10, 1999
Insp. Monroe is skeptical but cautious when a young woman, Emma Crawford, rings Sun Hill and says she thinks her boyfri…
Ring A Ring O Roses 0.0
August 12, 1999
June and Cass are called to the flat of a prostitute named Allie after tracing malicious calls made from her phone, onl…
The Only Way Is Up 0.0
August 17, 1999
Meadows is approached by DCI Calder of Barton Street, who was a DC of Meadows at AMIP. Calder admits while he is on the…
Rock Bottom 0.0
August 24, 1999
Harker is disappointed when he fails to save the life of an overdosing man, so when Conway offers him the role of Youth…
Sunhill Boulevard 0.0
August 31, 1999
PC Cass Rickman calls in sick after over-indulging at a barbecque for the relief the previous night. PC Harker and PC S…
Lola 0.0
September 1, 1999
DI Deakin leads CID and Uniform on a series of disasterous raids to catch alleged DSS fraudsters, while PC Polly Page i…
Integrity: Part I 0.0
September 16, 1999
Sun Hill efforts to protect the organisers of a community festival are in vain when the convoy is attacked. New PC Nick…
Integrity: Part II 0.0
September 19, 1999
With DS Vickers blackmailing him over his use of cannabis, Klein is more determined than ever to bring the corrupt offi…
Cold Calling 0.0
September 21, 1999
Rawton is furious when Meadows pulls her OBBO on convicted rapist David Trigg, due to budgetary reasons. She is quickly…
Millennium 0.0
September 23, 1999
DCI Jack Meadows introduces new DS Claire Stanton to the rest of the CID team, who are jealous when she manages to land…
The Three Sergeants 0.0
September 28, 1999
Sgt. Matt Boyden is not looking forward to another night shift in Custody, but a noisy prisoner demanding food turns ou…
Trade Off 0.0
September 30, 1999
Deakin is furious when Carver and Rickman blow an OBBO to arrest a major dealer. Furious at constant put-downs by his f…
Treading Water 0.0
October 5, 1999
PCs Jim Carver and Cass Rickman wander through a CID obbo, allowing suspect Micky Harris to go free. Trying to make ame…
Look Again 0.0
October 7, 1999
PC Reg Hollis turns up late for parade, and an angry Sgt. Boyden assigns him to an eviction followed by traffic duty on…
Love & War: Part I 0.0
October 12, 1999
PC George Garfield is in quite a state - his girlfriend Jenny Delaney has just returned from South America and he is ea…
Love & War: Part II 0.0
October 14, 1999
Back at the section house, George Garfield confronts Dave Quinnan about his relationship with Jenny, and then storms of…
Hot Money 0.0
October 19, 1999
Hollis and Hagen are laughed off by CID when they provide a tipoff on an upcoming armed robbery at a casino, provided b…
Crash Landing 0.0
October 21, 1999
Daly makes a daring rescue as he and Holmes witness a light aircraft crash outside a local stadium. He identifies the p…
Father's Day 0.0
October 28, 1999
Boyden is surprised when his estranged daughter Amy shows up at the station, offering third-hand info that her boyfrien…
Sweet Sixteen 0.0
November 2, 1999
Deakin mounts an OBBO to catch a girl gang who have been robbing punters in nightclubs and casinos. Sending Skase under…
Denial 0.0
November 4, 1999
Leaving a pub, a drunken Jim Carver is approached by Alec Facer, a former DI who he met while in CID. Facer offers him …
Walking The Line 0.0
November 9, 1999
A Polish shopkeeper tells police he was attacked by three black youths, and DC Duncan Lennox and DC Tom Proctor arrest …
Cover Stories 0.0
November 16, 1999
Burnside recruits a team of Sun Hill officers as he goes undercover with Stanton, posing as his wife, to track down a g…
Security 0.0
November 18, 1999
Stamp and Page attend a break at the home of Barton Street PC Steve Bennett, who returns after a night out with Quinnan…
Up In Smoke: Part I 0.0
November 23, 1999
DCI Meadows and DC Skase are furious when PC Jim Carver turns up drunk to give evidence in a court case - evidence whic…
Up In Smoke: Part II 0.0
November 25, 1999
DCI Scanlon from Kent Constabulary arrives to investigate the attack on the Home Office convoy. PC Jim Carver pays Vern…
Homework 0.0
November 30, 1999
On a romantic night with her new boyfriend Steve, Ackland's neighbour interrupts after revealing she has found a gun in…
Knowing You 0.0
December 2, 1999
Daly leads a raid on the home of a violent pimp who has been recruiting teenage girls. However, the prime suspect vanis…
Consumers 0.0
December 7, 1999
Carver is assaulted before his shift and mugged, and as he wanders the streets dazed and confused, he befriends a group…
Lock In 0.0
December 9, 1999
Jim Carver wakes up to find himself in bed lying next to the dead body of Clare Sullivan, an aged prostitute. He is ut…
Money For Nothing 0.0
December 14, 1999
Boyden leads a dog racing syndicate with Klein, Stamp, Rickman and Quinnan. He is keen to keep it secret from fiancee J…
A Night To Forget 0.0
December 15, 1999
As Dave Quinnan's stag night begins, an old friend turns up - Steve Loxton. A newly sober Jim Carver faces temptation a…
A Day To Remember 0.0
December 16, 1999
Dave Quinnan wakes up on the day of his wedding with a splitting headache and bleached eyebrows. Despite the incompeten…
Judgement Day 0.0
December 21, 1999
DC Liz Rawton arrives at the station to find an envelope on her desk containing cut-up lingerie and rose petals. After …
Haunted 0.0
December 23, 1999
DS Stanton, DC Lennox and DC Proctor are on an obbo at a spooky old building called the Old Pumping Station, which is s…
When The Snow Lay All Around 0.0
December 24, 1999
A young runaway waiting for his foster parents, a bickering Russian barbershop quartet and a drunk and disorderly elf f…
Blowing It All Away 0.0
December 30, 1999
On a night out with her friend Lynn, Cass Rickman meets two men, Jamie and Ben, who offer her some dope which she refus…
All Change 0.0
December 31, 1999
It's New Year's Eve 2000, all police leave has been cancelled and even CID officers are back in uniform for the night. …