Series 6
(1990)
Overview
The sixth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 104 episodes, broadcast between 2 January – 27 December 1990. The series was first released on DVD as part of the Collection 5 and Collection 6 DVD boxsets in Australia, made available on 9 April – 8 October 2008, respectively. The series was later re-issued as two-half series boxsets in Australia, released on 7 March 2012. The above artwork is taken from the most recent Australian release. It features images of DC Tosh Line…
Cast
as Jack Meadows
as Dave Quinnan
as Steve Loxton
as Frank Burnside
as Marion Layland
as Suzanne Ford
as Alistair Greig
as Timothy Able
as Kim Reid
as Charles Brownlow
as Christine Frazer
as Derek Conway
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 Alfred Lines
as Phil Young
as Richard Turnham
as George Garfield
as Cathy Marshall
as Norika Datta
as Andrew Monroe
as Barry Stringer
as Delia French
as Ron Smollett
as John Maitland
Episodes
By The Skin Of Our Teeth 0.0
January 2, 1990
Hollis is gossiping in the locker room. Able is sent to a pub to deal with a man on valium. The man ends going to his…
Officers And Gentlemen 0.0
January 4, 1990
D.C. Jim Carver and Ch. Insp. Conway face an embarrassing situation when a thief confesses to a crime that Jim has alre…
Carry Your Bags Sir 0.0
January 9, 1990
Charles tells Derek to organise a group of officers needed to escort a German police officer around London who is looki…
I Thought You'd Gone 0.0
January 11, 1990
Inspector Frazer and Taffy Edwards are about to discover there is life after Sun Hill.
C.A.D. 0.0
January 16, 1990
Hollis is organising a blood bank at the station and Peters is not happy because Viv is lying down. She is sent to ass…
A Day Lost 0.0
January 18, 1990
Garfield and Norika investigate a report of a man hanging round a school's gate. A boy is missing so they start a full…
A Clean Division 0.0
January 23, 1990
D.I. Burnside is delighted to be called out of a boring meeting at Stafford Row police station, especially as he thinks…
Roger And Out 0.0
January 25, 1990
Roach thinks Tosh has something going on the side. Penny is going to report Tosh for 'breach of regulations' by allow…
Addresses 0.0
January 30, 1990
Viv and Sgt. Cryer are on night patrol. They stop a lady wheeling a suitcase looking for an address. They are asked t…
Michael Runs The Family Now 0.0
February 1, 1990
Burnside talks to his snout about the robbery of a video shop that was owned by the son of a dead villain who has taken…
Against The Odds 0.0
February 6, 1990
Dashwood is walking through an old subway and is approached by a snout with info about a potential gang war on the plot…
Blood Sucker 0.0
February 8, 1990
Susanne and Ken investigate a domestic. The wife says she fell down stairs initially. Neighbour keeps interrupting. …
Workers In Uniform 0.0
February 13, 1990
Able and Susanne moan about ruined weekend, so do Turnham and Hollis. A street festival that had been thought to have …
Something To Hide 0.0
February 15, 1990
Melvin is chasing a suspect and pulls his tracksuit top. The suspect had caused a disturbance after being caught fishi…
The Old Men's Run 0.0
February 20, 1990
Cryer and Conway are training for the Divisional ¼ marathon. Cryer notices a man in a wheelchair being mugged by some …
Legacies 0.0
February 22, 1990
Tony and Viv are investigating a break-in. Tosh talks to the old lady after the SOCO has been. Tosh thinks it is part…
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow 0.0
February 27, 1990
Burnside brings in a van of party goers involved with drugs. On the way up to tell Burnside he has to meet a snout, Tos…
Something Special 0.0
March 1, 1990
Reg and Turnham chuck out the drunks. Sgt. Peters later discovers the cell keys missing and thinks one of the drunks m…
Enemies 0.0
March 6, 1990
A group of asian youths cause a diversion which one raids the till when Peters tries to stop them. His father is impor…
Safe Place 0.0
March 8, 1990
Roach is not getting far after a bank robbery. It appears to be an exact copy of a robbery that occurred eight years b…
Burnside Knew My Father 0.0
March 13, 1990
Papa Reeves, an old friend from D.I. Burnside's uniform days, plans to end the life of his terminally-ill wife. Burnsid…
Watching 0.0
March 15, 1990
Garfield and Quinnan go to a school that reports an intruder. The intruder has been patrolling the school. Quinnan se…
University Challenge 0.0
March 20, 1990
A lady approaches Tony and tells him there are men in masks in the supermarket. He goes in to see and radios in about …
Growing Pains 0.0
March 22, 1990
PC George Garfield gets a collar, and spends hours interogatting him - without the use of a tape machine! - only to dis…
One Of The Boys 0.0
March 27, 1990
Viv is typing a report while Tosh and Carver are reading the paper. She seems to be considered office girl. Tosh asks…
Beggars and Choosers 0.0
March 29, 1990
June and Tony walk through an underpass where the homeless sleep. There is a riot there later. The Surveyor's branch…
Citadel 0.0
April 3, 1990
Brownlow is off to the Forward Planning Meeting. Brownlow is worried Sunhill could not cope in 10-20 with reduced reso…
Blue Eyed Boy 0.0
April 5, 1990
Burnside moans about the result of a court case. Melvin comes in late and forgot he was due in court the day before. …
Full House 0.0
April 10, 1990
Penny complains to Munro about the alterations. They move to Barton Street temporarily. Brownlow is complaining about…
Big Fish, Little Fish 0.0
April 12, 1990
Burnside is talking to a snout about a delivery going through couriers. Tosh temporarily breaks the chain. The conten…
Information Received 0.0
April 17, 1990
When D.S. Roach's case against Mickey Owen, a protection racketeer, is thrown out of court, Roach comes under pressure …
Close Co-operation 0.0
April 19, 1990
Brownlow is not happy about the office arrangements at Barton Street. Burnside brings in a drug dealer who gets tripp…
Middleman 0.0
April 24, 1990
Greig, Carver and Tosh arrest a man for burglary and drugs. Burnside recuits him as a snout and Operation Middleman is…
Corkscrew 0.0
April 26, 1990
Burnside is not happy about Wray talking to his snout. Wray interviews the suspect at Barton Street but he won't talk …
Obsessions 0.0
May 1, 1990
Martella is called to a solictor's house where one of his clients has come to see if he will keep his promise to marry …
Small Hours 0.0
May 3, 1990
Norika and Dave call at a flat that has graffiti on the door. Dave doesn't believe reports of harassment. Norika and …
Victims 0.0
May 8, 1990
Tosh talks to Conway about his report and later talks to a lady about being attacked and he thinks the attacks may be l…
Somebody's Husband 0.0
May 10, 1990
Start of the observation. Burnside briefs the men. The Cleghorns think they are involved because of their breakin. T…
Canley Fields 0.0
May 15, 1990
A child is reported abducted. D.C. Lines interviews one witness and D.S. Roach the other. Three dog teams and TSG are j…
The Night Watch 0.0
May 17, 1990
Garfield and Young are called to a party at a squat. They call back and get attacked by the party goers. The man who …
Trojan Horse 0.0
May 22, 1990
P.C. Ken Melvin and P.C. Reg Hollis stop a young man for erratic driving, and a PNC check reveals the expensive car is …
Rites 0.0
May 24, 1990
It's the day of P.C. Ken Melvin's funeral, but the men and women of Sun Hill still have a job to do. P.C. Stamp volunte…
Answers 0.0
May 29, 1990
Tosh and Dashwood call at a house, where there seems to a party in the backyard, about an incident 2 years ago. The hus…
A Fresh Start 0.0
May 31, 1990
Brownlow is photographed outside the completed building. There are 8 rooms uncompleted. Garfield stops the Mayor att…
A Case To Answer 0.0
June 5, 1990
Martella is in court. The case is the rape allegation. Marie wants to drop the case. Carver and Dashwood surprise Line…
Line-up 0.0
June 7, 1990
Tony chases a suspect into a shopping precinct after a robbery. George stays with the victim. The foresnic evidence w…
Police Powers 0.0
June 12, 1990
Bob arrests a soccer player at half time for GBH. Monroe wants to take the man to the station after the game. The two t…
Action Book 0.0
June 14, 1990
Meadows is conducting the investigation of the murders of Jenny Price and Graham Butler. A car has been reported seen i…
Tactics 0.0
June 19, 1990
A D.I. from Sheffield has information involving a big operation to catch a gang of five villains nicking heavy plant ma…
Scores 0.0
June 21, 1990
Roach and Lines are watching a man. Burnside needs an arrest to make up his figures. The man watched is shot by anoth…
Witch Hunt 0.0
June 26, 1990
6 weeks after the murder of Jenny Price, nothing seems to have happened. Wray thinks Lines should have followed up que…
Close To Home 0.0
June 28, 1990
Ackland is called to a hospital where a doctor is concerned about child abuse. Another child could have done it. Cryer …
Breaking Point 0.0
July 3, 1990
A girl has been knocked off her bike. The girl is worried her father will be cross. The girl has bruises on her back an…
Jumping The Gun 0.0
July 5, 1990
There has been a holdup. W.D.C. Martella goes to with the victim to the hospital. Her daughter who is a witness is in s…
What Kind of Man 0.0
July 10, 1990
P.C. Quinnan investigates a burglary at a school. He thinks a man with a dog talking to the children might be talking …
Beat Crime 0.0
July 12, 1990
Unsocial Hours 0.0
July 17, 1990
Interpretations 0.0
July 19, 1990
Angles 0.0
July 24, 1990
Watch My Lips 0.0
July 26, 1990
Jim Carver is assaulted while trying to question a suspect - James Doyle - who is later revealed to be deaf. He firmly…
Feeling Brave 0.0
July 31, 1990
DC Jim Carver and PC Tony Stamp come across a Post Office burglary in progress. They take off in pursuit - and Jim fin…
Come Fly With Me 0.0
August 2, 1990
June and Tony are called to a disturbance outside a travel agents who has gone bust. The landlord has a wounded hand f…
Attitudes 0.0
August 7, 1990
Young, Garfield, Stamp and Loxton are playing cards. Young wins. The others decide to give Young a hard time as Garfiel…
Robbo 0.0
August 9, 1990
Lines and Carver catch some lads changing number plates on a car. An ex-special who gave the tip off caused one of the…
Ground Rules 0.0
August 14, 1990
D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood investigate stolen electrical goods. D.I. Burnside talks to Dashwood about interviewing a…
Once a Copper 0.0
August 16, 1990
Burnside briefs the troops about a raid. The informant is scared and wants to back out, and when the raid takes place, …
Vendetta 0.0
August 21, 1990
Garfield is in a shop when he notices a kid acting suspiciously. Burnside recognises the boy as being from a family of…
My Favourite Things 0.0
August 23, 1990
Monroe is unhappy about Quinnan. Garfield is helping Conway in the Property Office and a jemmy was missing. Quinnan …
Win Some Lose Some 0.0
August 28, 1990
Some dustbins have been stolen. Stringer thinks there is something in it but Quinnan thinks it is a wind up. The bins…
Up The Steps 0.0
August 30, 1990
Peters Loxton and Young go to court. The defendant says the police were heavy handed. A witness to a fraud is thinki…
Where There's a Will 0.0
September 4, 1990
A solicitor calls at the station to ask Cryer to call to learn something to his advantage. Loxton was investigating a…
Near The Knuckle 0.0
September 6, 1990
Datta and Stamp investigate a domestic. The husband says his wife hasn't been herself lately. His wife tries to blame…
Body Language 0.0
September 11, 1990
Stamp and Stringer chase a group of black youths. Stringer's got away but Stamp corners one in a building who maintain…
When Did You Last See Your Father? 0.0
September 13, 1990
Cathy and Reg investigate an RTA involving a coachload of school children. The driver had been to an all-night party b…
Eye-Witness 0.0
September 18, 1990
Cryer investigates a fight at a petrol station between football supporters that results in the death of the driver. Br…
Sufficient Evidence 0.0
September 20, 1990
Monroe talks to Garfield and Hollis about their arrest rates. Quinnan and Datta are sent to investigate a loud party …
Forget-Me-Not 0.0
September 25, 1990
A D.S. from the Drug squad is looking for the D.C.I. Cathy recognises him. He is interested in Cathy and follows her …
Something to Remember 0.0
September 27, 1990
Brownlow is off to area for the commendation ceremony. Dave is getting one for the arrest of the man who murdered 2 ch…
Off The Leash 0.0
October 2, 1990
Dashwood and Lines investigates a robbery. The witness is not prepared to give a statement until the gang is caught. B…
Family Ties 0.0
October 4, 1990
Burnside is in court giving evidence. Because of flooding at the prison, the prisoners are brought back to Sunhill. B…
Old Friends 0.0
October 9, 1990
Ted is at the hospital seeing the 82 year old victim of a mugging. Her son is an ex-copper. It turns out that the son…
Pride and Prejudice 0.0
October 11, 1990
Garfield and Stamp see a burning car and a man putting it out. The man has HIV AIDS and George is worried about to proc…
Housey Housey 0.0
October 16, 1990
Quinnan, Marshall and Monroe are on hand while squatters are evicted. One of the squatters takes a swing at the bailiff…
Connelly's Kids 0.0
October 18, 1990
Greig and Carver arrest a man on suspicion of handling stolen property. The priest thinks the father is beating the son…
One of Those Days 0.0
October 23, 1990
Loxton and Ackland argue about height requirements. They are called to an RTA where a pregnant woman was involved in a…
Jack-The-Lad 0.0
October 25, 1990
Stamp and Datta call at a house where they find 2 women fighting because the woman being attacked is having an affair w…
Blue Murder 0.0
October 30, 1990
The police are out on the streets of Sun Hill enforcing a crackdown on prostitution. P.C. Stamp nicks an underage tom n…
Effective Persuaders 0.0
November 1, 1990
DC's Carver and Martella, DS Grieg, WPC Ackland, PC Quinnan and DI Burnside go on an interview technique training cours…
A Sense of Duty 0.0
November 6, 1990
A drunk in a restaurant is arrested by an off duty Roach. Penny is not happy that Roach doesn't come in with the drunk…
Lying-In-Wait 0.0
November 8, 1990
Sgt. Peters is taking roll call. Cathy is acting sergeant. Sgt. Peters is asked to investigate a smell causing a dist…
Plato For Policemen 0.0
November 13, 1990
A building site night watchman complains about illegal dumping on the site. Loxton pulls out a video from a bag. Roac…
Testimony 0.0
November 15, 1990
Hollis and Ackland are at the hospital waiting to hear how the victim from the burglary is whether she was raped. She …
Decisions 0.0
November 20, 1990
Reg welcomes Bob back from leave after the shooting. Top brass want to treat him with 'kid gloves' and don't want him …
Know Your Enemy 0.0
November 22, 1990
Lies 0.0
November 27, 1990
Old Wounds 0.0
November 29, 1990
Tony stops the driver of an American car. His dad had died in custody. While Jim is interviewing a suspect he has a …
Just For A Moment 0.0
December 4, 1990
DC Jim Carver brings a suspect into custody, but while he is busy trying to charm WPC Norika Datta, the suspect grabs a…
Market Forces 0.0
December 6, 1990
One For The Road 0.0
December 11, 1990
Penny gets pulled over after being at the pub. He thinks it is a wind-up. The officers are from Barton Street.
Start With The Whistle 0.0
December 13, 1990
After the court case Sgt. Penny resigns for health reasons.
Out of The Blue 0.0
December 18, 1990
June is late for work. Monroe notices her arrival. Her friendship with Wray is the subject of station gossip. June thin…
Street Smart 0.0
December 20, 1990
Monroe has horsemanure in his driveway. Tony and Reg plan to plant something in his car. The relief are working to ru…
Safe As Houses 0.0
December 26, 1990
Carver and Dashwood look after a very important witness. An attempted break-in could mean a move. Lines and Martella …
Friends and Neighbours 0.0
December 27, 1990
Steve and Phil are called to a disturbance. They find two men attacking a car. One of the men was from Birmingham. R…