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
as Frank Burnside
as Marion Layland
as Suzanne Ford
as Charles Brownlow
as Christine Frazer
as Derek Conway
as Robin Frank
as Francis Edwards
as Bob Cryer
as Tony Stamp
as Reg Hollis
as Mike Dashwood
as Alec Peters
as Jim Carver
as Viv Martella
as Tony Smith
as Tom Penny
as Ted Roach
as June Ackland
as Ken Melvin
as Claire Brind
as Alfred Lines
as Pete Ramsey
Episodes
Light Duties 0.0
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…
The Three Wise Monkeys 0.0
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…
Good Will Visit 0.0
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 …
Home Sweet Home 0.0
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…
All in Good Faith 0.0
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.…
Just Call Me Guvnor 0.0
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…
Caught Red Handed 0.0
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…
Homes and Gardens 0.0
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…
Country Cousin 0.0
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 0.0
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…
Stealing Cars and Nursery Rhymes 0.0
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…
Hold Fire 0.0
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 0.0
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…
Requiem 0.0
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…
Trespasses 0.0
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…
Save the Last Dance for Me 0.0
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…
Runaround 0.0
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…
The Trap 0.0
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 0.0
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. …
A Dog's Life 0.0
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…
Trouble and Strife 0.0
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…
Running Late 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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. …
Chasing the Dragon 0.0
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…
The Coop 0.0
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 0.0
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…
Witness 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
October 27, 1988
Sgt. Cryer introduces two special constables who will be joining the relief: Mary Kilnair and Brian Defoe. While on pat…
Spook Stuff 0.0
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…
Evacuation 0.0
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 …
Personal Imports 0.0
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 0.0
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…
Intruder 0.0
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 0.0
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…
Duplicates 0.0
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…
Snout 0.0
November 24, 1988
Old Habits 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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…
Tigers 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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 0.0
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…
Taken Into Consideration 0.0
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 …