Series 8
(1992)
Overview
The eighth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 105 episodes, broadcast between 2 January – 31 December 1992. The series was released on DVD for the first time on 6 June 2012, in Australia. It features the above artwork, which features images of PC Steve Loxton and DC Mike Dashwood.
Cast
as Jack Meadows
as Dave Quinnan
as Polly Page
as Matt Boyden
as Steve Loxton
as Donna Harris
Episodes
The Best Policy 0.0
January 2, 1992
D.C.I. Reid's influence in high places suddenly makes D.I. Burnside look vulnerable to criticism. CID investigate an ar…
A Friend In Need 0.0
January 7, 1992
P.C. Quinnan is the subject of a civil complaint. P.C.s Stamp and Stringer follow up on a fire at a home for ex-psychia…
Whose Side Are You On? 0.0
January 9, 1992
D.C. Lines investigates a mugging, and tries to get the victim charged with the murder of his assailant.
Lip Service 0.0
January 14, 1992
D.C. Lines is enjoying an off-duty pint in his local pub and becomes involved in a bar brawl.
Illegals 0.0
January 16, 1992
D.C. Lines investigates when a cellarful of illegal immigrants is discovered. He enlists the help of Sgt. Boyden, who t…
Fair Play 0.0
January 21, 1992
P.C. Quinnan investigates the illegal sale of steroids. P.C. Garfield is put on the spot when his old sparring partner …
Dinosaur 0.0
January 23, 1992
D.I. Burnside's unorthodox policing methods, which include flushing an informant's head down a toilet, set him on a col…
Joyride 0.0
January 28, 1992
A girl is seriously injured in a joyriding incident. Ch. Supt. Brownlow must decide whether he is prepared to risk a ri…
Not Waving 0.0
January 30, 1992
A student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody.
Mates 0.0
February 4, 1992
Sgt. Cryer is finding being non-operational tedious. He goes undercover as a punter in a brothel, but his presence on t…
Lost Boy 0.0
February 6, 1992
D.S. Greig is led to a vice ring when searching for a missing thirteen-year-old boy. D.C. Dashwood and W.P.C. Ackland a…
Chicken 0.0
February 11, 1992
P.C. Stringer tries to stop some children from playing 'chicken' on the railway line, but one of them is run down by a …
Somebody Special 0.0
February 13, 1992
Acting D.I. Greig tries to recruit a hardened female thief as a snout, but finds her more than a match for him. D.C.I. …
Previous Convictions 0.0
February 18, 1992
Investigating an apparent accident in which a man's hand is crushed in a car-breaker's yard, Sgt. Maitland uncovers yea…
Beggar My Neighbour 0.0
February 20, 1992
A tramp is attacked, leading the police into a web of crime.
It's A Small World 0.0
February 25, 1992
Thinking of leaving the force, D.C. Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security con…
Licence 0.0
February 27, 1992
A man convicted of strangling his wife has been released on licence, but the probation service fails to notify Sun Hill…
Comeback 0.0
March 3, 1992
The community police station run by P.C. Smollett is fire-bombed. The area car is stolen from P.C. Loxton and W.P.C. Da…
Fireproof 0.0
March 5, 1992
D.I. Burnside leads an investigation into the firebombing of the community police station.
The Paddy Factor 0.0
March 10, 1992
D.C. Carver and W.D.C. Martella have a car thief under observation, and see him shot as he gets into a car. The Anti-Te…
The Wild Rover 0.0
March 12, 1992
D.S. Roach ignores the Anti-Terrorist Squad, and investigates a possible IRA cell.
Coincidence 0.0
March 17, 1992
A small boy known for lying claims to have been the subject of an attempted abduction in an adventure playground.
Going Soft 0.0
March 19, 1992
A routine trip to a magistrate for a warrant turns into a nightmare for D.C. Dashwood when he is taken prisoner by two …
Re-Hab 0.0
March 24, 1992
Jack Meadows arrives to take charge of Sun Hill CID. He becomes involved with a father suspected of murdering his drug …
Acting Detective 0.0
March 26, 1992
A woman who collapsed at an airport is found to be a mule, smuggling drugs in her stomach. D.I. Burnside, with only lim…
Stopover 0.0
March 31, 1992
P.C. Smollett tries to offer a follow-up service to victims of crime. A woman whose husband is in prison, and who runs …
Suspects 0.0
April 2, 1992
D.S. Greig arrests a suspect for an armed robbery, but is proved wrong.
All The King's Horses 0.0
April 7, 1992
A lorry overturns and sheds its load outside a school, burying a boy and girl and putting P.C. Loxton to the test.
Party Politics 0.0
April 9, 1992
W.D.C. Martella celebrates her birthday. D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach go to a party attended by a crooked businessman, …
Trials & Tribulations 0.0
April 14, 1992
W.P.C. Marshall becomes a vital witness in a murder trial, and soon realises that someone is trying to intimidate her.
A Can Of Worms 0.0
April 16, 1992
A traffic accident draws attention to a minicab firm.
Timing 0.0
April 21, 1992
D.C.I. Meadows tries to find the link between three arson attacks. D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood track down an escaped p…
A Nice Little Line In Plastic 0.0
April 23, 1992
P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta arrest a girl using stolen credit cards and uncover a major racket.
Trial & Error 0.0
April 24, 1992
An armed robber who put an innocent bystander in an wheelchair has his house firebombed by the victim's son. D.I. Burns…
Owning Up 0.0
April 30, 1992
P.C.s Loxton and Stringer follow up on a mugging but their case is nearly ruined when it collides with an investigation…
Up Behind 0.0
May 5, 1992
It's Saturday night, but CID are at work trailing a known criminal believed to be responsible for a series of artifice …
Appearances 0.0
May 7, 1992
Following an argument with a drunken pub customer, a young barmaid is hit by a car and later dies. P.C.s Quinnan and St…
Principled Negotiation 0.0
May 12, 1992
D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach look favourably on an ex-villain with a loan-shark problem, but they expect favours in ret…
Sign Of Our Times 0.0
May 14, 1992
An armed robber admits to D.C. Lines that redundancy and the repossession of his house made him take to crime to solve …
Priorities 0.0
May 19, 1992
P.C.s Stringer and Loxton attend to a theft at an old people's home and begin to suspect that the ex-policeman who runs…
Users 0.0
May 21, 1992
W.D.C. Martella arrests a woman for drug dealing. D.I. Burnside suspects that she is using teenage girls as couriers by…
Man Of The People 0.0
May 26, 1992
P.C. Stringer wins the election for the post of Federation Rep, beating the incumbent P.C. Hollis by fifty-eight votes …
Runaway 0.0
May 28, 1992
D.S Roach investigates the beating of a teenage girl, and tries to establish if his suspect is also responsible for a n…
Exposures 0.0
June 2, 1992
A young model claims that she was sexually assaulted during a photographic session. W.D.C. Martella discovers that ever…
Better The Devil 0.0
June 4, 1992
P.C. Stringer gets involved with a bizarre household, and discovers a horrifying case of parental cruelty in the attic.…
Prisoners 0.0
June 9, 1992
Sgt. Boyden and P.C. Hollis are hoping for a quiet night in the custody suite at Sun Hill, but that's not how it turns …
World To Rights 0.0
June 11, 1992
W.P.C. Marshall, on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at Stafford Row, makes an error of judgement and is attack…
Do The Right Thing 0.0
June 16, 1992
P.C. Stringer is mugged by a gang, and determines to get his own back. P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta follow a cheque ca…
Hiding To Nothing 0.0
June 18, 1992
P.C. Stamp is ambushed by a gang of youths on a local estate. In trying to assist him, W.P.C. Ackland crashes the Area …
Punching Judy 0.0
June 23, 1992
A woman lies critically injured in hospital, beaten up by her husband. D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows interview the husb…
Vicious Circles 0.0
June 25, 1992
P.C. Hollis arrests a woman for being drunk in charge of a baby, and finds himself drawn into a complicated family set-…
Up All Night 0.0
June 30, 1992
P.C. Garfield pursues a burglar and is beaten up. Sgt. Boyden's inaction brings hostility from the relief and trouble f…
Part Of The Furniture 0.0
July 2, 1992
D.C. Dashwood is to be transferred to the Art and Antiques Squad. D.S. Roach hands him a burglary at an infants' school…
Snakes & Ladders 0.0
July 7, 1992
It's P.C. Garfield's first day back after the attack. The relief place bets on the likelihood of Garfield punching Sgt.…
Street Cleaning 0.0
July 9, 1992
Sgt. Cryer gets the relief to put the Garfield-Boyden conflict behind them and get back to work, to sort out the takeov…
Hands Up 0.0
July 14, 1992
Conway decides he needs to get back on the beat, and arrests a drunk for criminal damage.
A Scandalous Act 0.0
July 16, 1992
P.C. Garfield brings in a teenaged girl arrested at a drugs party, and she accuses him of sexually assaulting her.
Raiders 0.0
July 21, 1992
A ram-raid ends in tragedy when a boy is killed. But what was his part in the affair?
Talk Out 0.0
July 23, 1992
A middle-aged couple arrive at the front desk and report their neighbour missing, but W.P.C. Ackland isn't sure that th…
True Confessions 0.0
July 28, 1992
D.S. Roach is put under pressure when a suspect retracts a confession and accuses the police of oppression.
Private Enterprise 0.0
July 30, 1992
D.C.I. Meadows tackles CID about passing intelligence to the collator; but D.S. Roach is reluctant to share information…
Getting Through 0.0
August 4, 1992
The night shift is saddled with a feud between two men who come to the front desk with allegations of GBH against each …
Last Night Of Freedom 0.0
August 6, 1992
Someone is stabbed on a stag night, but the likely suspect can't remember a thing about it.
Cutting Loose 0.0
August 11, 1992
Burnside and Lines are returning a chief suspect to prison when they are ambushed by a gang of masked men, who spring h…
Soft Targer 0.0
August 13, 1992
P.C. Smollett discovers that a local villain is driving people out of their flats and reletting them to squatters. At S…
I've Never Been To Harrogate 0.0
August 18, 1992
D.S. Greig and D.C. Woods investigate the mysterious collapse of an old lady who has been burgled.
Human Resources 0.0
August 20, 1992
Two con men are preying on women through the small ads in the local paper. Lack of personnel for D.S. Roach's operation…
Exit 0.0
August 25, 1992
A loan shark is attacked. D.S. Greig has a vital witness who is young, blonde and pretty, but she keeps stringing him a…
Loyalties 0.0
August 27, 1992
Acting on information from a snout, D.I. Burnside mounts a raid on crack-houses. When details of the raid are leaked, D…
Snapshot 0.0
September 1, 1992
A complaint over loud music quickly escalates into an armed siege, as a man waves a gun at P.C.s Stamp and Quinnan.
Letting Go 0.0
September 3, 1992
Reg is playing with a train set before going out. He is looking for a place to live as he is moving out of the section…
Travelling Light 0.0
September 8, 1992
Viv helps Donna dress up for a reconstruction of a murder case. They find a man who spoke to the dead woman and gives …
Radio Waves 0.0
September 10, 1992
Monroe talks to Conway about a problem with a car chase. Tony and Dave were chasing joy riders with Ron in the back. …
A Blind Eye 0.0
September 15, 1992
Viv brings in an elderly mugging victim who helps make an identikit picture. Boyden gets spoken to by Monroe about wo…
Sympathy For the Devil 0.0
September 17, 1992
Tosh is at the building society waiting for an armed robber. Dave and Barry assist CID and they catch an old age pensi…
Force Is Part of the Service 0.0
September 22, 1992
Brownlow and Conway have a meeting with councillors about the changes in the police force. Conway gives them a tour of…
On the Record, Off the Record 0.0
September 24, 1992
CID investigates a break-in at a warehouse which resulted in the theft of personal CD players. Steve spots the van use…
Stoning the Glasshouse 0.0
September 29, 1992
Bob visits a friend who is the head of a neighbourhood watch. His son is stealing to support his drug habit. Bob's fr…
Tip-Off 0.0
October 1, 1992
Tosh is asked for by a burglar whom he put inside. He gives Tosh information that there might be a bank robbery. CID …
Open to Offers 0.0
October 6, 1992
Monroe and the relief go to a pub where some men are damaging it. One of the men tries to blackmail Dave over some moo…
Playing God 0.0
October 8, 1992
CID are tied up with a court case. A burglary suspect of Ted's may have to be released as he is at court. Tony bring…
Crack of Doom 0.0
October 13, 1992
There is a search of people looking for crack. A man has a scuffle with another man and claims a piece of crack was pl…
Spit and Polish 0.0
October 15, 1992
Steve is late for shift. Just as Steve is about to arrest a fine defaulter Dave is nearly run over by a speeding BMW. …
Overdue 0.0
October 20, 1992
Burnside talks to a snout in a bus queue about a delivery. Woods and Carver observe the delivery and CID raid the prem…
We Should Be Talking 0.0
October 22, 1992
George is following a silver car that might have been involved in a ramraid. While checking in with the station, his r…
Reasonable Grounds 0.0
October 27, 1992
Norika goes to see a man about a missing child. Barry has to tell a man his brother is dead after complaining of havi…
Discipline 0.0
October 29, 1992
An obbo on a club nearly goes wrong when a fight starts outside it. The man who started the fight turns out to be a D.…
Minefield 0.0
November 3, 1992
Sgt. Maitland finds himself in the wrong when he discovers a serious procedural error meant that a dangerous and possib…
Gamers 0.0
November 5, 1992
Tosh investigates a fire bombing of an Asian shop. Dave and Cathy investigates an Asian lady accused of shoplifting. …
Occupational Hazard 0.0
November 10, 1992
When sex appeal doesn't get him what he wants, Harry Osborne turns vicious. W.D.C. Martella has to pick up the pieces.
Just Send Some Flowers 0.0
November 12, 1992
W.D.C. Martella investigates a burglary that occurred during a funeral. D.C. Carver links it to previous burglaries and…
Waifs and Strays 0.0
November 17, 1992
A missing girl's blood-stained book leads D.C. Lines to uncover the family's dark secrets and come up with an unexpecte…
Happy Families 0.0
November 19, 1992
What's a smart girl like Sharon doing with a villain like Daniel Batt? D.I. Burnside thinks it's all to do with female …
Well Out of Order 0.0
November 24, 1992
Meadows and Burnside want to go in force to the Tankeray estate to root out the criminal element, but Brownlow is commi…
Into The Mire 0.0
November 26, 1992
CID receive information that leads to the arrest of a prolific handler of stolen goods.
Master Of The House 0.0
December 1, 1992
The body of a respectable family man is found on a notorious patch of wasteland.
Fireworks 0.0
December 3, 1992
Stamp uses some old-fashioned policing methods to tackle the problem of children playing with railway detonators.
Cold Shoulder 0.0
December 8, 1992
A local youth with form is stabbed in the centre of a densely populated housing development. D.C.I. Meadows investigate…
Safety First 0.0
December 10, 1992
D.I. Burnside investigates when a pawnbroker is shot in the leg with a legally-acquired shotgun during a robbery at his…
Counting the Cost 0.0
December 15, 1992
A local hero who prevented a robbery, and was severely injured in the process, but received no compensation, is being h…
Compassion 0.0
December 17, 1992
A probation officer seems eager to assist D.I. Burnside over the murder of a prostitute, but how close is she to the mu…
Finders Keepers 0.0
December 22, 1992
D.C. Carver finds a buried treasure and the glory should be his. D.C. Dashwood, now with the Art and Antiques Squad, ta…
Return Match 0.0
December 24, 1992
When a collection of valuable dolls is stolen, D.C. Dashwood from the Art and Antiques Squad turns up, wrong-foots D.C.…
High Places 0.0
December 29, 1992
An ex-criminal who used to be part of a circus high-wire act is found dead, apparently from a fall, but the pathologist…
When Push Comes To Shove 0.0
December 31, 1992
Sun Hill officers are drinking after shift when some troublemakers arrive at the pub. W.P.C. Ackland tries to calm the …