Season 17
(2001)
Overview
Series 17 of British television drama The Bill consisted of 92 episodes, broadcast between 5 January and 21 December 2001. As well as 85 regular episodes, the series also included a spinoff Beech is Back, following a special 90-minute episode in Australia. The story follows ex-Sun Hill officer Claire Stanton, now a DI, as she goes to Australia to try and extradite ex-DS Don Beech for the murder of his colleague John Boulton. The spinoff that follows concludes the Beech storyline, which began in…
Cast
as Jack Meadows
as Dave Quinnan
as Polly Page
as Gary Best
as Cameron Tait
as Matt Boyden
as Eva Sharpe
as Alex Cullen
as Di Worrell
as Steve Loxton
as Roy Galloway
as Beth Green
as Donna Harris
as Kirsty Knight
Episodes
Appropriate Action 0.0
January 5, 2001
A teenage boy is found badly beaten, and a young girl, Lisa, from the same school is missing. DC Webb shows little int…
Criminal Practice 0.0
January 9, 2001
DC Webb and DC Riley wait outside a cafe, whilst inside DS Debbie McAllister is conducting a rather clumsy undercover s…
Upon Information Received 0.0
January 12, 2001
CID investigate a spate of car thefts, and DS McAllister's informant Jamie Ross gives her a tip-off about a gang of Fre…
No Victim 0.0
January 16, 2001
PC Worrell and PC Quinnan attend to a woman threatening to jump off a bridge. She turns out to be Sarah Collins, the wi…
Common Language 0.0
January 19, 2001
A young Russian girl leads Dale Smith out of a nightclub, where he is promptly attacked by three men. Despite Smith's p…
PC Smith 0.0
January 23, 2001
Hoping it will convince Supt. Chandler to endorse his transfer to SO19, PC Smith volunteers with PC Klein to 'babysit' …
Family Honour 0.0
January 26, 2001
Supt. Chandler is speaking at a meeting on the Larkmead Estate, but vandalism and a petrol bomb cut short his talk. Sgt…
Words Of Wisdom 0.0
January 30, 2001
After an ear-bending from Marsha Harris, Supt. Chandler is determined to bring to an end the one-boy crime wave on the …
Out Of The Frying Pan 0.0
February 2, 2001
DS McAllister continues to get useful tip offs from her informant and lover, Jamie Ross, including one about an armed r…
Mexican Stand Off 0.0
February 6, 2001
DS McAllister pushes her informant and lover Jamie Ross too far when she tapes a privileged conversation between Ross a…
Cruise Control 0.0
February 9, 2001
DC Webb poses as a 'rent-boy' in Eddington Park, a well-known gay beat in Sun Hill, as he and DC Lennox investigate a s…
Real Crime 0.0
February 13, 2001
DC Kate Spears is assigned to a domestic violence case, but is alarmed when DC Mickey Webb realises the perpetrator, Ne…
Home and Away 0.0
February 16, 2001
Supt. Chandler is outraged when he finds out about the aggrevated burglery of a deaf and blind woman in the local paper…
Going Under 0.0
February 20, 2001
Dave Quinnan arrives late after rowing with Jenny all night. Ever the troublemaker, Sgt. Boyden sends him out on patrol…
Faultline 0.0
February 23, 2001
Dave Quinnan just stands and watches as a shopkeeper and a young woman are attacked by a gang of thugs at his local cor…
Long Shadows (1) 0.0
March 2, 2001
When DC Lennox is accused of planting evidence in an armed robbery case, DCI Meadows is determined to charge the suspec…
Long Shadows (2) 0.0
March 6, 2001
Under pressure from Supt. Chandler and the NCS to release Phil Brown, DCI Meadows convinces Moira Scott to admit to Geo…
Higher Power 0.0
March 9, 2001
PC Jim Carver attends to a drug dealer found badly beaten on the Larkmead Estate, but finds himself in a dilemma when a…
Touched By Evil 0.0
March 16, 2001
PC Roz Clarke is on attachment to CID, and puts up with the usual teasing from the detectives and her uniform colleague…
The Leopard (1) 0.0
March 20, 2001
PC Smith and PC Klein attend to Mr Kennedy, whose house and garden shed have been attacked by vandals repeatedly over t…
The Leopard (2) 0.0
March 23, 2001
PC Klein is offered the position of partnership officer, but he is shunned by the relief, who think he grassed Smithy u…
Tolerance (1) 0.0
March 27, 2001
Sgt. Bob Cryer is approaching his 30th year of service, but some of the senior officers at the station doubt he is stil…
Tolerance (2) 0.0
March 30, 2001
When the victim in yesterday's domestic disturbance turns up badly beaten and left for dead, her husband is adamant he …
Promised Land 0.0
April 3, 2001
PC Nick Klein becomes involved when Kosovan refugees housed at a council estate are being harassed and attacked. Later,…
Return of the Hunter 0.0
April 6, 2001
Sgt. Cryer and PC Hayward attend an incident at a local school where an angry divorcee, Chris Finnessey, is demanding t…
Tour of Duty 0.0
April 10, 2001
Visiting Bob Cryer in hospital, June Ackland is horrified to find that Cryer doesn't know he has already been replaced …
Lies of Silence 0.0
April 13, 2001
On temporary assignment to the Serious Crime Group, DC Lennox is surprised to find Liz Rawton is Acting DI at SCG. The …
Over the Hill 0.0
April 17, 2001
It's Sgt. Matt Boyden's 40th birthday, and to make matters worse, he has to cancel a date to attend an outward-pursuit …
Head Over Heels 0.0
April 20, 2001
Tony Stamp joins a dating agency for professional people, telling them he is an antiques dealer, and as he is living in…
Hitting Home 0.0
April 24, 2001
The relief have organised a farewell party for Bob Cryer, but it sounds like he's not too keen to go, so Ch. Insp. Conw…
Value Judgement 0.0
April 27, 2001
A man matching the description of a local paedophile is seen lurking outside a local school, but when the police visit …
Collateral Damage 0.0
May 1, 2001
DS McAllister is surprised to run into her former lover and informant Jamie Ross in a bar, when he returns to Sun Hill …
A Week of Nights (2) 0.0
May 4, 2001
New Area Car driver, PC Des Taviner, makes an instant (but negative) impression on the relief when he starts work on th…
A Week of Nights (2) 0.0
May 8, 2001
DS McAllister and DC Glaze are certain they've got their man for the Jasmine Allen rapes - Lenworth Lomanu, a convicted…
Wednesday 0.0
May 11, 2001
PC Klein and PC Taviner arrest two men fighting in the street. DC Danny Glaze is surprised to see one of the men is his…
Billy the Kid 0.0
May 15, 2001
A ten-year-old boy who calls himself 'Billy the Kid' is arrested twice in one day, and when Sgt. Boyden speaks to him, …
Still Crazy 0.0
May 18, 2001
PC Dave Quinnan returns to duty, and is determined to prove to everyone that he's back to normal after his breakdown. O…
Complicity (1) 0.0
May 25, 2001
DS Vik Singh goes undercover to a 'car cruise', where he becomes involved with a well-organised car ringing gang led by…
Complicity (2) 0.0
June 1, 2001
Tyro Shaw threatens to blow DS Singh's cover in the car-ringing gang, but is convinced otherwise. Singh seems to have i…
Suffer the Little Children 0.0
June 8, 2001
DI Cullen leads a drugs raid on a warehouse owned by his old nemesis, Terry Barlow, but finds nothing. Cullen is furiou…
Happy and Glorious 0.0
June 15, 2001
The Section House is closing, and PC Reg Hollis is not only looking for a new place to live, he is also applying for a …
Gun Crazy (1) 0.0
June 19, 2001
A mad gunman is on the loose in Sun Hill. Supt. Chandler takes a personal interest in the case, but when he confides hi…
Gun Crazy (2) 0.0
June 22, 2001
At the stakeout of the prime suspect, Chandler prevaricates, and Meadows has to act quickly when McAllister is in morta…
The Jury's Out 0.0
June 26, 2001
After a minor car accident in the High Street, PC Jim Carver breathalyses an elderly man, but takes sympathy on him and…
Lick of Paint 0.0
June 29, 2001
A spate of graffiti taggings in Sun Hill sees the police showing zero tolerance to the perpetrators. PC Carver is sympa…
Temptation 0.0
July 3, 2001
PC Roz Clarke has been working double shifts all week, and goes behind Sgt. Ackland's back to get some more overtime fr…
Envy 0.0
July 6, 2001
Clarke helps Taviner track down stolen diggers and crime families while moonlighting in telesales to pay off her debts.
Greed 0.0
July 10, 2001
A distraught PC Roz Clarke fails her probation exams, and goes AWOL instead of returning to the station. A gang of thie…
Redemption 0.0
July 13, 2001
PC Roz Clarke unsuccessfully applies for a police loan. PC Des Taviner buys her a pushbike and suggests she sell her sc…
The Dark Side 0.0
July 17, 2001
PC Ben Hayward breaks down when telling primary school pupils about the death of his sister during an anti-drugs talk. …
Angel Rooms 0.0
July 20, 2001
PC Hayward and PC Klein arrange to get their stories straight over the missing bag of heroin. Roz Clarke ends up sleepi…
Paint It Black 0.0
July 24, 2001
Klein's doubts about an unstable Hayward seem to be justified when his friend puts his life in the hands of Raven - an …
Eye of the Lens 0.0
July 31, 2001
Supt. Chandler assigns DC Kate Spears to a project involving CCTV cameras in the Sun Hill area. Much to Sgt Ackland's a…
Another Country 0.0
August 3, 2001
While on foot patrol on the Jasmine Allen estate, PC Jim Carver contends with an elderly man, Ronnie Atkins, who wants …
Britanniamania: Going Underground 0.0
August 7, 2001
When an undercover officer from the Met's Football Intelligence Unit (FIU) is found stabbed after a football game, Supt…
Britanniamania: To Us and Ours 0.0
August 10, 2001
DC Mickey Webb is close to infiltrating the Britannia gang, despite the suspiscions of some of its members - suspiscion…
Episode 57 0.0
August 12, 2001
Britanniamania: Stand By Me 0.0
August 17, 2001
A series of dawn raids captures most of the Britannia gang, but Julian Napper and Gary Hughes are still at large. With …
Beech on the Run 0.0
August 19, 2001
Don Beech turns up in Sydney, Australia, and almost immediately hooks up with Frankie Nguyen, a Vietnamese-Australian w…
Episode 60 0.0
August 19, 2001
Come Live With Me 0.0
September 18, 2001
PC Cass Rickman's lover Leroy Jones asks her to move to South Africa with him. As PC Sam Harker becomes involved in the…
In Another Life 0.0
September 21, 2001
PC Sam Harker tells DI Cullen that he knows Leroy Jones didn't kill DS Hanbury, but they still use the charge as levera…
Crush 0.0
September 25, 2001
A gang of masked girls armed with baseball bats run riot at a wedding, but escape with the presents before PC Taviner a…
Liquid City 0.0
September 28, 2001
While at a police function on the Thames with Supt. Chandler and DC Spears, DI Cullen spots a man climbing through the …
A Pound of Flesh 0.0
October 2, 2001
Boyden finds himself paying crooks in order to clear his daughter's debts.
Home Run 0.0
October 5, 2001
Boyden puts his job and his love life on the line when his daughter disappears.
Debt of Love 0.0
October 9, 2001
Amy's money worries are still causing concern for Boyden and her debts put them both in danger after he tries to rescue…
Blood and Money 0.0
October 12, 2001
Sergeant June Ackland is visiting Sergeant Matthew Boyden at home to discuss his missing daughter Amy. Ackland reassure…
Hidden Agenda 0.0
October 16, 2001
As they enter Sun Hill, PC Vicky Hagen suggests to Matthew Boyden that a short holiday might save their rocky relations…
Lifelines 0.0
October 19, 2001
In the station locker room, PC Roz Clarke tells PC Cass Rickman that she's got tickets for a hot club. As they laugh, V…
Sacrifice 0.0
October 26, 2001
As the dead body of her one-night-stand, Rob Seaton, is carried out of Polly Page's flat, PC Vicky Hagen is taken into …
White Cliffs of Dover 0.0
November 2, 2001
Jack Meadows faces an old enemy, while a beautiful woman makes him an offer that is too good to be true.
The Value of Nothing 0.0
November 9, 2001
DC Duncan Lennox is on a week's secondment to Scotland Yard's Art and Antiques Squad. Investigating a young woman, Tess…
Money Man 0.0
November 16, 2001
An escape bid turns into a hostage situation as DC Danny Glaze goes undercover in prison.
Beyond the Call 0.0
November 20, 2001
Kate Spears is sent undercover to catch the murderer of McAllister's lover, but does McAllister push her too far?
Night Games 0.0
November 23, 2001
Sun Hill is eagerly preparing for the final of the 'Ask A Policeman' quiz but when Sergeant Ackland lets them down at t…
Aftershock 0.0
November 27, 2001
A traumatized Spears' attempts to escape the horrific events of the weekend are hindered by the surprise re-appearance …
Compulsion 0.0
November 30, 2001
DI Liz Rawton addresses her team and puts forward the theory that rape victim Terri's death was not suicide but murder.…
Shout 0.0
December 4, 2001
DI Liz Rawton and DS Peter Cork are visiting the scene of the latest attack. Cork is doubtful that the perpetrator is '…
Judas Kiss 0.0
December 7, 2001
DC Spears's hunch is proved correct when the truth about the rapes turns out to be more terrifying than anyone imagined.
Slash and Burn 0.0
December 11, 2001
Terrified, DC Kate Spears hides as Ferdinand crouches over DS Cork's motionless body and removes his car keys. When Spe…
For Better, For Worse 0.0
December 14, 2001
Polly Page is up against it when the wife of a murderous ex-con goes missing.
Special Attention 0.0
December 18, 2001
PCs Des Taviner and Reg Hollis are 'volunteered' to look after new recruit Terry Knowles. Taviner is unimpressed and te…
Lure of the Sirens 0.0
December 20, 2001
An angry PC Des Taviner, who is the Area Car Driver, has been allocated to CAD duty by Sergeant Craig Gilmore who is de…
The Risk Factor 0.0
December 21, 2001
PCs Jim Carver and Des Taviner are following PC Polly Page and Terry Knowles into a flat where they find terrified tena…
Deadly Encounter 0.0
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