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Series 4

(1988)

Overview

The fourth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of forty-eight episodes, broadcast between 19 July – 29 December 1988. This series was the first to adopt a half-hour format, and the theme tune had its first of several updates. The series was first released on DVD on 4 December 2006 in Australia, incorrectly packaged as Seasons 4 & 5, when in fact the set only contained the entire series four. The series was later issued in four separate volumes in the United Kingdom, availa…

Cast

Christopher Ellison as Frank Burnside
Christopher Ellison

as Frank Burnside

Susan Majolier as Marion Layland
Susan Majolier

as Marion Layland

Vicky Gee-Dare as Suzanne Ford
Vicky Gee-Dare

as Suzanne Ford

Peter Ellis as Charles Brownlow
Peter Ellis

as Charles Brownlow

Barbara Thorn as Christine Frazer
Barbara Thorn

as Christine Frazer

Ben Roberts as Derek Conway
Ben Roberts

as Derek Conway

Ashley Gunstock as Robin Frank
Ashley Gunstock

as Robin Frank

Colin Blumenau as Francis Edwards
Colin Blumenau

as Francis Edwards

Eric Richard as Bob Cryer
Eric Richard

as Bob Cryer

Graham Cole as Tony Stamp
Graham Cole

as Tony Stamp

Jeff Stewart as Reg Hollis
Jeff Stewart

as Reg Hollis

Jon Iles as Mike Dashwood
Jon Iles

as Mike Dashwood

Larry Dann as Alec Peters
Larry Dann

as Alec Peters

Mark Wingett as Jim Carver
Mark Wingett

as Jim Carver

Nula Conwell as Viv Martella
Nula Conwell

as Viv Martella

Robert Hudson as Tony Smith
Robert Hudson

as Tony Smith

Roger Leach as Tom Penny
Roger Leach

as Tom Penny

Tony Scannell as Ted Roach
Tony Scannell

as Ted Roach

Trudie Goodwin as June Ackland
Trudie Goodwin

as June Ackland

Mark Powley as Ken Melvin
Mark Powley

as Ken Melvin

Kelly Lawrence as Claire Brind
Kelly Lawrence

as Claire Brind

Kevin Lloyd as Alfred Lines
Kevin Lloyd

as Alfred Lines

Nick Reding as Pete Ramsey
Nick Reding

as Pete Ramsey

Episodes

Light Duties poster

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July 19, 1988

Recently promoted to CID, D.C. Carver is feeling seasick while he and D.S. Roach work on a case on the police launch. T…

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July 21, 1988

D.S. Ted Roach and D.C. Mike Dashwood are on the trail of armed robbers who have taken a women hostage. Sgt. Penny is s…

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July 26, 1988

P.C. Pete Ramsey arrives as Sun Hill, nearly running P.C. Taffy Edwards over with his Porsche and parking in the Chief …

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July 28, 1988

Sgt. Cryer leads a raid to enforce an eviction order on a squat occupied by upper-class kids, watched by Councillor Tho…

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August 2, 1988

W.P.C. Viv Martella and W.P.C. June Ackland report entry by artifice involving a bogus gasman to Acting D.I. Ted Roach.…

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August 4, 1988

Ch. Insp. Conway briefs the relief on a massive raid about to take place on Frontline, a gang of football thugs. Two po…

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August 9, 1988

P.C. Frank and W.P.C. Martella attend an incident where a pregnant woman has stabbed her husband with a bread knife. Th…

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August 11, 1988

P.C. Yorkie Smith assists P.C. Taffy Edwards dealing with a traffic snarl-up caused by a young man, Mickey Cozens. Mick…

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August 16, 1988

D.I. Burnside waits impatiently at the train station to pick up a D.S. Jarvis from one of the country forces, who is ar…

Alarms and Embarrassments poster

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August 18, 1988

Yorkie investigates a robbery of an off-licence. Penny is thinking of his holiday. Roach has a case thrown out of c…

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August 23, 1988

Yorkie has problems with kids at a youth group. He chases a group of kids in a stolen car that ends up with 2 deaths a…

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August 25, 1988

P.C. Smith and P.C. Melvin are first on the scene of a traffic accident. The cars are on fire, and both officers risk t…

Bad Faith poster

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August 30, 1988

TSG, Haynes, Ramsey, Mike and Jim are staking out a tower block to bring in a burglary suspect. Bob and Taffy find so…

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September 1, 1988

P.C. Ramsey and P.C. Haynes attend a flat where the occupants have discovered a decayed skeleton in the wall where they…

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September 6, 1988

P.C. Ramsey investigates noises in a rubbish chute, and finds a newborn baby which he rushes to hospital. In the CAD ro…

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September 8, 1988

A dangerous escaped prisoner is supposed to visit his girlfriend in Sun Hill, and a massive obbo is in place to catch h…

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September 13, 1988

Viv has hay fever and tries to get medication but is called to a café with a dead body and is man-handled by the decea…

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September 15, 1988

D.I. Burnside sets up a trap on a residential street: an open vanload of video recorders. He, Carver, Roach and Dashwoo…

Community Relations poster

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September 20, 1988

P.C. Melvin and P.C. Ramsey are in a garden shed doing an obbo on a garage believed to contain with stolen motorbikes. …

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September 22, 1988

Taffy is trying to find someone to form a syndicate to buy ½ share in a greyhound which turns out to be stolen. Reg is…

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September 27, 1988

P.C. Haynes and P.C. Ramsey attend a domestic where a pregnant woman, Joanna Mancini, has been beaten by her husband wi…

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September 29, 1988

W.P.C. Brind is late for parade, and misses a warning to the uniform relief to stay away from the Dock Industrial Estat…

They Say We're Rough poster

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October 4, 1988

Viv and Ken go to an army surplus store that seems to be being supplied off the back of a lorry. Van used to deliver t…

Blue for a Boy poster

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October 6, 1988

W.P.C. Martella and P.C. Edwards are on the beat, and intervene when they find a man arguing with a young mother. D.C. …

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October 11, 1988

D.S. Roach spots a drug deal taking place on the Rochester Estate, but he, Carver and Dashwood fail to catch the dealer…

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October 13, 1988

P.C. Edwards and W.P.C. Ackland are on their lunch break, and they warn a man for flying a model helicopter too close t…

The Quick and the Dead poster

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October 18, 1988

Sgt. Peters attends a physical fitness evaluation, but does not do too well. P.C. Ramsey and P.C. Frank gives chase whe…

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October 20, 1988

P.C. Ramsey and P.C. Smith are looking after a witness in a court case. Ramsey is amused that the witness, Andrew Pike,…

Here We Go Loopy Lou poster

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October 25, 1988

Bob. Claire and Taffy investigate the report of a man carrying a cross which is found hanging from a crane. They com…

Stop and Search poster

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October 27, 1988

Sgt. Cryer introduces two special constables who will be joining the relief: Mary Kilnair and Brian Defoe. While on pat…

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November 1, 1988

W.P.C. Martella and P.C. Stamp take an American woman who has been caught shoplifting into custody. She is very insiste…

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November 2, 1988

It's a busy day on the station front desk, and P.C. Smith fails to notice that someone has left a hold-all next to the …

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November 8, 1988

P.C. Melvin sees a chemist being robbed, but he has powder thrown in his face and the thieves escape. D.C. Carver is co…

Paper Chase poster

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November 10, 1988

A schoolgirl has been abducted, and D.I. Burnside is determined to find her. The girl's father is reluctant to have the…

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November 15, 1988

While Melvin and Haynes are on the beat, they are nearly decoyed away from a robbery. Giving chase Haynes is diverted …

Conflict poster

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November 17, 1988

Lines and Carver are doing an obbo on a man who might lead them to an arms dump. June and Ramsey arrest him because he…

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November 22, 1988

Due to her slight resemblance to a missing woman, W.P.C. Brind reluctantly agrees to perform a reconstruction of her di…

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November 24, 1988

Old Habits poster

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November 29, 1988

W.P.C. Brind is called to the house of an elderly lady, Mrs Lomax, who has just been robbed. The old lady is in such a …

The Silent Gun poster

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December 1, 1988

P.C. Haynes arrives at a house to investigate what seems like a routine disturbance. Instead he finds a bailiff who has…

An Old-Fashioned Term poster

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December 6, 1988

P.C. Edwards and W.P.C. Morgan find the naked body of a young woman who appears to have gassed herself to death, but th…

Getting Stressed poster

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December 8, 1988

Frazer is driving to work when she sees an accident. On informing the man she has rescued she is a police officer he h…

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December 13, 1988

An asian lad rings Burnside about a big fight. After checking it out, Carver and Tosh's car get turned over. The lad …

Guessing Game poster

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December 15, 1988

Neighbours report an elderly man hasn't been seen for a couple of days, and P.C. Ramsey breaks into the house to find t…

The Assassins poster

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December 20, 1988

Burnside and Tosh are in a cafe waiting to catch a group of people who take apart restaurants. They turn out to be uppe…

Outmoded poster

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December 22, 1988

Sun Hill police are being called out to a series of bogus shouts which the Yard pins down to a computer hacker breaking…

Digging Up the Past poster

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December 27, 1988

An excavator on a building site has uncovered some human remains, and Sgt. Cryer calls in C.I.D. Cryer is avoiding retu…

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December 29, 1988

D.C. Dashwood and D.C. Carver are on an obbo in a street where a spate of burglaries has taken place. They see a young …