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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

Simon Rouse as Jack Meadows
Simon Rouse

as Jack Meadows

Andrew Paul as Dave Quinnan
Andrew Paul

as Dave Quinnan

Lisa Geoghan as Polly Page
Lisa Geoghan

as Polly Page

Ciarán Griffiths as Gary Best
Ciarán Griffiths

as Gary Best

Daniel MacPherson as Cameron Tait
Daniel MacPherson

as Cameron Tait

Tony O'Callaghan as Matt Boyden
Tony O'Callaghan

as Matt Boyden

Diane Parish as Eva Sharpe
Diane Parish

as Eva Sharpe

Ged Simmons as Alex Cullen
Ged Simmons

as Alex Cullen

Jane Wall as Di Worrell
Jane Wall

as Di Worrell

Tom Butcher as Steve Loxton
Tom Butcher

as Steve Loxton

John Salthouse as Roy Galloway
John Salthouse

as Roy Galloway

Louisa Lytton as Beth Green
Louisa Lytton

as Beth Green

Louise Harrison as Donna Harris
Louise Harrison

as Donna Harris

Sarah Manners as Kirsty Knight
Sarah Manners

as Kirsty Knight

Episodes

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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…

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January 9, 2001

DC Webb and DC Riley wait outside a cafe, whilst inside DS Debbie McAllister is conducting a rather clumsy undercover s…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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January 23, 2001

Hoping it will convince Supt. Chandler to endorse his transfer to SO19, PC Smith volunteers with PC Klein to 'babysit' …

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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…

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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 …

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February 2, 2001

DS McAllister continues to get useful tip offs from her informant and lover, Jamie Ross, including one about an armed r…

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February 6, 2001

DS McAllister pushes her informant and lover Jamie Ross too far when she tapes a privileged conversation between Ross a…

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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…

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February 13, 2001

DC Kate Spears is assigned to a domestic violence case, but is alarmed when DC Mickey Webb realises the perpetrator, Ne…

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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…

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February 20, 2001

Dave Quinnan arrives late after rowing with Jenny all night. Ever the troublemaker, Sgt. Boyden sends him out on patrol…

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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…

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March 2, 2001

When DC Lennox is accused of planting evidence in an armed robbery case, DCI Meadows is determined to charge the suspec…

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March 6, 2001

Under pressure from Supt. Chandler and the NCS to release Phil Brown, DCI Meadows convinces Moira Scott to admit to Geo…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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March 30, 2001

When the victim in yesterday's domestic disturbance turns up badly beaten and left for dead, her husband is adamant he …

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April 3, 2001

PC Nick Klein becomes involved when Kosovan refugees housed at a council estate are being harassed and attacked. Later,…

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April 6, 2001

Sgt. Cryer and PC Hayward attend an incident at a local school where an angry divorcee, Chris Finnessey, is demanding t…

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April 10, 2001

Visiting Bob Cryer in hospital, June Ackland is horrified to find that Cryer doesn't know he has already been replaced …

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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 …

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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April 27, 2001

A man matching the description of a local paedophile is seen lurking outside a local school, but when the police visit …

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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 …

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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…

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May 8, 2001

DS McAllister and DC Glaze are certain they've got their man for the Jasmine Allen rapes - Lenworth Lomanu, a convicted…

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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…

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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, …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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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…

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June 22, 2001

At the stakeout of the prime suspect, Chandler prevaricates, and Meadows has to act quickly when McAllister is in morta…

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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…

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June 29, 2001

A spate of graffiti taggings in Sun Hill sees the police showing zero tolerance to the perpetrators. PC Carver is sympa…

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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…

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July 6, 2001

Clarke helps Taviner track down stolen diggers and crime families while moonlighting in telesales to pay off her debts.

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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…

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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…

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July 17, 2001

PC Ben Hayward breaks down when telling primary school pupils about the death of his sister during an anti-drugs talk. …

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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…

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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 …

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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…

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August 3, 2001

While on foot patrol on the Jasmine Allen estate, PC Jim Carver contends with an elderly man, Ronnie Atkins, who wants …

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August 7, 2001

When an undercover officer from the Met's Football Intelligence Unit (FIU) is found stabbed after a football game, Supt…

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August 10, 2001

DC Mickey Webb is close to infiltrating the Britannia gang, despite the suspiscions of some of its members - suspiscion…

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August 12, 2001

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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 …

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August 19, 2001

Don Beech turns up in Sydney, Australia, and almost immediately hooks up with Frankie Nguyen, a Vietnamese-Australian w…

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August 19, 2001

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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October 2, 2001

Boyden finds himself paying crooks in order to clear his daughter's debts.

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October 5, 2001

Boyden puts his job and his love life on the line when his daughter disappears.

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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…

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October 12, 2001

Sergeant June Ackland is visiting Sergeant Matthew Boyden at home to discuss his missing daughter Amy. Ackland reassure…

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October 16, 2001

As they enter Sun Hill, PC Vicky Hagen suggests to Matthew Boyden that a short holiday might save their rocky relations…

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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…

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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 …

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November 2, 2001

Jack Meadows faces an old enemy, while a beautiful woman makes him an offer that is too good to be true.

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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…

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November 16, 2001

An escape bid turns into a hostage situation as DC Danny Glaze goes undercover in prison.

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November 20, 2001

Kate Spears is sent undercover to catch the murderer of McAllister's lover, but does McAllister push her too far?

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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…

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November 27, 2001

A traumatized Spears' attempts to escape the horrific events of the weekend are hindered by the surprise re-appearance …

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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.…

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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 '…

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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.

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December 11, 2001

Terrified, DC Kate Spears hides as Ferdinand crouches over DS Cork's motionless body and removes his car keys. When Spe…

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December 14, 2001

Polly Page is up against it when the wife of a murderous ex-con goes missing.

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December 18, 2001

PCs Des Taviner and Reg Hollis are 'volunteered' to look after new recruit Terry Knowles. Taviner is unimpressed and te…

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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…

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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…

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