Series 12
156 episodes · Jan 2, 1996
The twelfth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 156 episodes, broadcast between 2 January and 31 December 1996. On 6 February 2013, The Bill Series 12 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 12 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia). The show aired the death of PC Cathy Marshall early in the series, actress Lynne Miller departing after seven years in a mysterious plot that saw her drown whilst chasing a suspect, but it was never confirmed if she was pushed or slipped off a riverside barge during the pursuit. The death followed that of DS Jo Morgan in a four-part special towards the end of the previous series, with the first three of the four episodes rebroadcast in the summer as part of a single special episode; Target.
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- S12E1
Call Waiting
Jan 2, 199622mSkase and Croft investigate a series of hoax phone calls that are tearing a family apart.
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Runners Up
Jan 5, 199622mMeadows offers a bottle of scotch as a reward for catching an elusive burglar.
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Keeping It In The Family
Jan 9, 199622mLines and Skase try to avert an ice-cream war in Sun Hill after a vendor is assaulted.
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Better Half
Jan 16, 199622mBeech and Croft investigate the murder of a hairdresser who had been fighting for a share of her dead fiancé's estate.
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No Assistance Required
Jan 18, 199622mDatta is called to a burglary and is subjected to the unwanted affections of a civic-minded admirer. Monroe is suspicious when Loxton tries to settle an old score.
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Judgement Call
Jan 19, 199622mUniform and CID are on the lookout for escaped prisoner Jim Brodie, so both Brodie's wife and his drug dealer are under observation. PC Nick Slater and WPC Cathy Marshall pursue two burglers down to the riverfront, where one of them gives Slater a severe beating. Marshall sees a person on the barges and gives chase. By the time their backup arrives, delayed by PC Reg Hollis' dodgy belly, Marshall has disappeared. When her dead body is fished out of the river, the two crooks she and Slater had been pursuing are questioned over her possible murder. Searching the barge that Marshall was last seen, CID find evidence that someone has been sleeping rough on board - and it looks like it's their escaped prisoner, Brodie. The river police intercept Brodie fleeing to Amsterdam on his friend's boat, but there is not enough evidence to charge him for Cathy Marshall's murder.
- S12E10
Old Dogs New Tricks
Jan 23, 199622mAs Sun Hill gets to grips with its new computer system, Boyden discovers that it pays to stay one step ahead of the opposition.
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Worst Fears
Jan 25, 199622mWhile Deakin investigates the kidnapping of a five-year-old boy, Conway gets some unsettling news.
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One Night With You
Jan 26, 199622mFive-year-old Tommy Laker is still missing, and Deakin discovers an evil and sinister ring which may hold the clue.
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Someone Else's Problem
Jan 30, 199622mDatta and Quinnan look into the mysterious death of a jogger, while Ackland and Jarvis try to reconcile a couple of warring lovers.
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Bounds Of Decency
Feb 1, 199622mSlater and Garfield struggle to keep the peace when two women fall out over the same man.
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Happy Birthday
Feb 2, 199622mMeadows and Croft investigate the murder of an elderly woman, and question two young children living on the floor below who may have heard what happened.
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Stop The Music
Feb 6, 199622mCroft and a badly-hungover Beech investigate when a body is found in a car with a large amount of crack cocaine.
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Cold Light Of Day
Feb 8, 199622mA reconstruction brings forward an unexpected witness to an assault on a 15-year-old boy.
- S12E18
Back In Business
Feb 9, 199622mActing Superintendent Conway is stirred into action by a face from the past.
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Going Guilty
Feb 15, 199622mCryer and Slater follow up on a murder but a legal loophole may allow the perpetrator to get away with it.
- S12E21
Pieces Of Cake
Feb 16, 199622mBeech is caught in the crossfire when uniform and C.I.D. fall out over a directive from Brownlow.
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Somebody's Home
Feb 20, 199622mQuinnan and Keane have to help someone with a conviction for assaulting a police officer.
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Pointing The Finger
Feb 22, 199622mCarver and Skase investigate an assault on an Asian schoolboy.
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Confession
Feb 27, 199622mA man comes in to Sun Hill and confesses to murdering a woman who disappeared five years ago. D.C.I. Meadows, who headed the original investigation, and D.C. Carver talk to him and, when they are convinced he is lying, throw him out. The man soon returns, and this time he tells Carver something that wasn't in the news stories making the police take his confession more seriously.
- S12E26
Home From Home
Feb 29, 199622mStamp and Slater are called to supervise the eviction of a father from his home.
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Open Wound
Mar 1, 199622mSkase and Deakin deal with a wounded crack dealer shot in the yard of a pub.
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Someone Special
Mar 7, 199622mLines and Skase investigate a possible arson attack on a nightclub.
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Bits & Pieces
Mar 8, 199622mBoyden and Slater search for the owner of a severed hand found on a rubbish tip.
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Home Help
Mar 12, 199622mCryer and Slater handle a tricky case involving a disabled former police officer and his wayward son.
- S12E32
Kicked Out
Mar 14, 199622mJarvis and Page are called in to help in the deportation of an illegal immigrant who escapes from custody.
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On The Block
Mar 15, 199622mBoulton loses a suspect during an arrest and has to ask Monroe to help get him back.
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Getting Off
Mar 19, 199622mBoulton investigates a convicted drug addict and clashes with a drugs worker.
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Girls' Night
Mar 21, 199622mLoxton and Page deal with a bridegroom who disrupts a hen night.
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Blood Brothers
Mar 22, 199622mMeadows tries to get the truth from a terminally-ill Asian man after one of his sons is fatally injured during a family dispute.
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Broken Homes
Mar 23, 199622mLoxton and Keane chase a local tearaway, who gets injured. Conway has to deal with the resulting accusations of police harassment.
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A Hornet's Nest
Mar 28, 199622mGreig is accused with police brutality following a raid on a burglar's home.
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Dead Of Night
Mar 29, 199622mQuinnan's whereabouts are questioned when he fails to notice an injured woman on the station doorstep. June Ackland becomes acting Sergeant.
- S12E40
Party Pooper
Apr 2, 199622mSlater's ability is questioned when he appears to mishandle two violent thugs at a party and his wallet, containing his warrant card, is stolen.
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More Haste
Apr 4, 199622mKeane has a bad day in court, while Monroe follows up on a domestic incident.
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Beating The Odds
Apr 5, 199622mBoulton investigates a notorious local bookie and prompts suspicions about Beech's private life.
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Animal
Apr 9, 199622mBoyden and Datta try to secure a conviction against a vicious pimp.
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Dangerous Game
Apr 11, 199622mBoulton, Carver and Deakin take part in a Flying Squad operation against a vicious gang of armed robbers.
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Dancers
Apr 12, 199622mCh. Supt. Brownlow organises a tea dance for the Met Police Pensioners & Widows society. PCs Jarvis and Quinnan spend the afternoon dancing with admiring elderly ladies, WPC Polly Page is harrassed by a wheelchair-bound admirer, and PC Reg Hollis does a magic show. Brownlow is dreading the arrival of Geoffrey Allerton, an ex-copper who goes out of his way to complain about everything. When the minivan misses Allerton, Brownlow asks PC Tony Stamp to pick him up on the way to the bakery to pick up some cakes. When Stamp steps out of the bakery, he is horrified to find Brownlow's car has been stolen whilst Allerton was buying some tobacco. Packing Allerton and the cakes onto a bus, a desperate Stamp tries to retrieve Brownlow's car after it is impounded. When Allerton arrives at the dance at last, he causes a fuss when he recognises an armed blagger from a fifteen year old case at the wedding next door.
- S12E46
And Nothing But
Apr 16, 199622mLoxton arrests a black man he suspects is responsible for a mugging and is accused of racism.
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Tale Of Two Cities
Apr 18, 199622mGreig is in pursuit of a local drug dealer. Two teenagers arrested for possession refuse to provide any information about their supplier.
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Cheating
Apr 19, 199622mQuinnan and Hollis have to decide whether a pub quiz champion is breaking the rules. Skase deals with the unfaithful wife of a local villain.
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Decent Proposals
Apr 23, 199622mLoxton and Quinnan investigate an employment agency that provides lucrative opportunities to women with financial troubles.
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Going For A Song
Apr 25, 199622mCarver calls on a former colleague to help with an antique clock that is a target for theft.
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Value Added
Apr 26, 199622mHollis goes undercover in the seedy world of vice in pursuit of the unscrupulous owner of a clip joint.
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Professional Ethics
Apr 30, 199622mGreig and Lines investigate graffiti attacks on motor vehicles and uncover a fraud.
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Time Spent
May 3, 199622mBeech uncovers the relationship between a former boss and a local crime lord. Carver is caught between two troubled lovers.
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Conspiracy Of Silence
May 7, 199622mDeakin and Boulton investigate a fatal stabbing and uncover jealousy and deceit.
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Cold Feet & Hot Coffee
May 9, 199622mLoxton and Page go undercover at a wedding to prevent a jilted lover spoiling the bride's big day.
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Rollover
May 10, 199622mDeakin comes down hard on a snout who tries to buck the system, and gets an unexpected result.
- S12E59
With This Ring
May 16, 199622mKeane comes across a suspect antiques dealer. Greig and Croft investigate a burglary and reopen a feud between two sisters.
- S12E60
Final Drive
May 17, 199622mP.C. Mike Jarvis is on the last few days of the Advanced Driving Course at Hendon. He gets on well with fellow team-member W.P.C. Sommer, but both of them cannot stand the third officer in their group, P.C. Penrose, the smug, over-bearing son of a ""Black-Rat"" (traffic officer) who sees himself as the best driver on the course, let alone in the Met. The trio attends a quiz night the night before their ""final drive"", the all-important test of their advanced driving skills, and Jarvis stops Penrose from drinking too much before the test. Battling station rumours that he is being re-assessed, P.C. Tony Stamp arrives at Hendon to check on Jarvis's progress - and is pleased when Jarvis passes his final drive easily - just a few points short however of becoming a Class 1 (Area Car) driver. A hung-over and ungrateful Penrose also misses out on his Class 1 rating, but W.P.C. Sommer makes it.
- S12E61
Voices
May 21, 199622mDatta and Greig suspect that a woman who claims she can hear voices may hold the key to a series of sexual assaults.
- S12E62
Party On
May 23, 199622mDeakin and Croft have to deal with a gang of delinquents when one of them is bottled at an ecstasy party.
- S12E63
Hard Enough
May 24, 199622mBoulton and Carver clash when a householder is arrested for murdering a burglar with a baseball bat. Boulton thinks it is justified to kill an intruder, but Carver does not; will it impede their investigation?
- S12E65
Helping Hands
May 30, 199622mDatta and Garfield arrest a G.P. for possession of cannabis, but he claims it is for use by one of his patients.
- S12E67
Knocking On The Door
Jun 4, 199622mNew DS Geoff Daly steps in to help Skase when a straightforward drugs bust goes wrong.
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Butting In
Jun 7, 199622mJarvis steps in to help Page deal with a violent attack, but there are complications.
- S12E70
The Bagman
Jun 11, 199622mDeakin investigates a violent attack on a small-time crook whom he suspects to have fallen in with bad company.
- S12E71
Overstepping The Mark
Jun 13, 199622mLines tries to get a juvenile offender to inform on a gang of dangerous thugs, while Daly is troubled by a determined probation officer.
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Filth
Jun 20, 199622mDeakin and Boulton investigate when a pimp is discovered badly beaten in a pile of rubbish.
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Camper
Jun 21, 199622mSlater and Boyden are involved in a drugs bust involving a camper van.
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Spill
Jun 25, 199622mPCs Quinnan and Stamp are first on the scene of a major chemical spill when a tanker truck hits some scaffolding near the Sun Hill tube station. Insp. Monroe arrives to supervise the evacuation of the area, as the fire department try to work out what chemical has been spilt, although a lack of documentation on the truck makes this difficult. The driver dies in hospital, but when his wife in informed by Uniform, she doesn't seem very upset. Further investigation reveals she is behind a scheme to provide unlicenced or disqualified drivers to the trucking company.
- S12E75
Apron Strings
Jun 27, 199622mCryer and Keane discover a woman dead in her bath and suspect her son of foul play.
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One Step Ahead
Jun 28, 199622mMeadows and Skase pursue an ex-convict who has sworn revenge on an informant. Boyden is called to help a prostitute who believes she is being followed.
- S12E77
Starting Young
Jul 2, 199622mJarvis and Keane deal with a boy in possession of a pensioner's prescription.
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Tarts Cards
Jul 4, 199622mBoyden and Slater investigate a series of offensive telephone calls.
- S12E80
Kick Me Hard
Jul 9, 199622mDaly mounts an operation to catch muggers. Page goes undercover as a pregnant woman to act as bait.
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All Or Nothing
Jul 11, 199622mQuinnan and Keane discover the body of a young girl in a pub toilet. Meanwhile, Monroe and Stamp both have words with Slater about his extensive overtime.
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Unlucky In Love
Jul 12, 199622mBoyden investigates a dating agency that is rumoured to be providing underage girls.
- S12E83
A Quick Return
Jul 16, 199622mCryer and Keane investigate a series of street robberies and find four teenagers trying to buy their way into drug-dealing.
- S12E84
Sartorial Elegance
Jul 18, 199622mCarver and Jarvis misjudge the condition of a witness, threatening Operation Eagle Eye.
- S12E85
Don't Leave Me This Way
Jul 19, 199622mLoxton and Keane follow up a mugging but suspect that the victim knows more than she is letting on.
- S12E86
Big Bullies
Jul 23, 199622mMonroe investigates a schoolboy's claim that he was assaulted by his teacher.
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Playing It By The Rules
Jul 25, 199622mDeakin is handed the chance to bust a drug dealer when his wife turns informant.
- S12E88
True Colours
Jul 26, 199622mDaly is determined to find out why a white teenager is trying to take the blame for his black friends.
- S12E89
Target
Jul 29, 199622mWhile speaking to Ackland and Loxton about the problem of local dog mess, a woman is shot dead by a sniper. Meadows and his CID team are tasked to investigate, and suspect that the woman was not the intended target, and it is strongly possible the sniper was after Loxton, who is set to testify in court against an attempted murderer that afternoon. However, when Ackland's house is set alight that night, CID come to the conclusion that she is the intended target. Writing up a list of possible suspects, Ackland gets sucked into a deadly cat-and-mouse game to try to draw the killer out - resulting in the death of one of Sun Hill's best officers. 📌 Feature length rebroadcast of the episodes "Fire", "All Tucked Up" and "Bait" from Series 11.
- S12E90
Dead Man's Hand
Jul 30, 199622mBeech investigates the claim of one compulsive gambler to have murdered another.
- S12E91
For Their Own Good
Aug 1, 199622mBoulton uses an informant as the bait to catch a dangerous villain.
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Theory & Practice
Aug 6, 199622mAckland and McCann take the sergeant's exam. Cryer deals with a woman who is miscarrying and claims that she was assaulted by Page.
- S12E93
Drinking Partners
Aug 8, 199622mGreig and Skase investigate when a drunk man is found unconscious and badly injured at the bottom of a flight of stairs.
- S12E94
Lean On Me
Aug 9, 199622mHollis gets ideas above his station when Barbara, a local tom with whom he has become friendly, tries to become his informant. Although Barbara claims that known fraduster David Gough is back out on the patch, Hollis struggles to convince Deakin and Meadows.
- S12E95
Reminders
Aug 13, 199622mHours after his release from prison, Dael Abbott is hauled back into custody by Daly and Carver following a stabbing. Daly pressures Emma Gilmore, the girlfriend of Abbott's associate, Michael Ceely, into giving evidence.
- S12E96
Minding
Aug 15, 199622mLoxton and Keane arrest a woman for shoplifting, and later bail her from custody when she openly admits to the charge. But when she is discovered to have given a false identity, Grieg and Croft link the incident to a nanny believed to have kidnapped two of her charges.
- S12E97
Follow The Van
Aug 16, 199622mDon Beech investigates a set of aggravated robberies, trying to prove the owner of a red van committed them.
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Don't Kill The Messenger
Aug 20, 199622mMike Jarvis receives death threats from a youth who cannot accept that his father is a sex offender.
- S12E99
Junior
Aug 22, 199622mWhen fifteen-year-old Mickey Hoyle is arresting for joyriding, Beech employs him as a snout to expose a crooked car ring run by the Hislop brothers, Wayne and Paul. DS Frank Thomas from Scotland Yard assists Beech and a less than impressed Lines with the investigation.
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Pony Express
Aug 23, 199622mDeakin has to decide whether to trust a Nigerian drug smuggler who offers to help catch a local dealer.
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Out Of Control
Aug 27, 199622mJarvis deals with a young tearaway and tries to persuade the boy's father to take responsibility for his son's actions.
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Day Tripper
Aug 29, 199622mGreig hopes that a tip-off will help him to nail an old enemy but things don't go to plan.
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Waiting For Frank
Aug 30, 199622mDI Deakin poses as a nervous printer, waiting at the dog track to meet a mysterious man named ""Frank"" and a bent copper called ""Beech"". It all turns out to be an elaborate sting operation with Wimbledon police to catch a conman dealing in stolen credit cards.
- S12E105
Second Chances
Sep 5, 199622mDeakin gets a vital lead on an unsolved murder, but his witness is an illegal immigrant who is about to be deported.
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Repossession
Sep 6, 199622mA petrol can, a lighter and a desperate man threatening to burn down a house. Can Conway talk him round?
- S12E107
Liar
Sep 10, 199622mRawton gets involved in a dispute between a drug addict and Croft, who is trying to find a witness who can testify that she was assaulted.
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Karma
Sep 13, 199622mDeakin and Boulton are called into a women's prison to investigate claims by an officer that an inmate was pushed down a flight of stairs by the prison psychiatrist.
- S12E110
Stolen Moments
Sep 17, 199622mMcCann and Slater arrest a woman for petty theft, and she claims to have killed a cyclist while driving two years before.
- S12E111
A Good Night Out
Sep 18, 199622mThe results of the sergeants exams are in, and W.P.C. June Ackland has passed - but P.C. Gary McCann hasn't. As the relief organise a big night out in celebration of Ackland's promotion, McCann volunteers for night shift duty with P.C. Reg Hollis. Ch. Supt. Brownlow offers to pull some strings at Area to allow Ackland to stay as Sun Hill rather than transferring. Ackland politely invites Brownlow to the pub, and is horrified when he accepts. When Brownlow finally heads home, Dave Quinnan calls several minicabs to go out for a late night curry, but June and Polly are seperated when their cab driver makes off with their bags and warrant cards after being pulled over by a Stafford Row probationer, P.C. Oliver Oxley. Oxley is about to arrest them until the Stafford Row CAD officer vouches for June. June helps Oliver overcome bullying at his station, while they search for her missing bag. With the help of McCann, Hollis, and some Stafford Row officers, the cab driver is found and arrested.
- S12E112
Chatterbox
Sep 19, 199622mQuinnan and a teenage burglary suspect are trapped in a broken lift in a housing estate.
- S12E113
Too Close For Comfort
Sep 20, 199622mPage and Daly take opposing views in a case of alleged rape involving two cousins.
- S12E114
Blame
Sep 24, 199622mGarfield and Datta deal with a family that is torn apart when the mother commits suicide by overdose of sleeping tablets.
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Once A Thief
Sep 26, 199622mBeech gets a result when a barrister on his blacklist is robbed.
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Party Animals
Sep 27, 199622mQuinnan and Datta are called to a stag party where the strippergram accuses the guests of trying to gang-rape her.
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Natural Causes
Oct 1, 199622mSlater and Ackland try to establish whether a pensioner who died on confronting a thief was murdered or died of natural causes.
- S12E118
Known To Someone
Oct 3, 199622mDaly and Croft obtain information from a conflicted young man who suspects his brother of a series of violent attacks on women.
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Champing At The Bit
Oct 4, 199622mJarvis and McCann attend the scene of an accident involving a woman driving a horsebox, who tests positive in a breath test. Deakin is after a violent attacker.
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Taking Out The Rubbish
Oct 8, 199622mCarver and Greig investigate a burglary but the residents on the estate are too scared to give evidence. Monroe determines to clear out all the known trouble-makers.
- S12E121
Presumed Innocent
Oct 10, 199622mCryer and Keane uncover the murky past of a teenage girl who has been killed in a road accident.
- S12E122
Change Of Heart
Oct 11, 199622mMeadows and Rawton try to persuade the girlfriend of a rape suspect to help in his arrest.
- S12E123
Hedging Your Bets
Oct 15, 199622mTensions arise between Deakin and Beech after a bookie is robbed.
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Out Of The Past
Oct 17, 199622mMeadows has to decide where his loyalties lie when an old friend is accused of murder.
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Road To Recovery
Oct 18, 199622mHollis is concerned about a patient who has recently been discharged from psychiatric care, and clashes with social services.
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Three Fools
Oct 22, 199622mGreig and Skase investigate when three small-time villains are beaten up over their involvement in a counterfeit money-laundering operation.
- S12E127
Track Marks
Oct 24, 199622mCarver disapproves of Boulton's ruthless handling of an informant.
- S12E128
In For The Kill
Oct 25, 199622mMeadows and Croft interview a young waiter accused of trying to kill his boss.
- S12E129
Remote Control
Oct 29, 199622mDaly and Lines investigate a series of muggings at knifepoint.
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Telling Tales
Oct 31, 199622mQuinnan tries to persuade an assault victim to testify against her former boyfriend. Boulton and Skase are led on a wild goose chase.
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Old Codgers
Nov 1, 199622mA retired Police Sergeant arrives at Sun Hill claiming to know who murdered a girl more than 50 years previously. Against Quinnan and Greig's will, they both investigate.
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Trap
Nov 5, 199622mSlater gets into trouble after following up on a tip-off about a till snatch.
- S12E133
All In The Mind
Nov 7, 199622mMonroe and Ackland suspect that a series of apparently unrelated incidents across Sun Hill may be linked to the release of a psychiatric patient trying to find her children.
- S12E134
Trust Me
Nov 8, 199622mCarver and Rawton follow up an irregularity on an insurance claim submitted by a decorator and uncover a double life.
- S12E135
Nice Boy
Nov 12, 199622mCroft and Boulton disagree on how to question a teenager who might be able to lead them to a violent gang.
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A Woman's Place
Nov 14, 199622mAckland introduces single-manning at Sun Hill, causing problems for Brownlow.
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Finishing School
Nov 15, 199622mSlater and Keane reach the end of their probationary periods and face a final assessment.
- S12E138
Death Of A Nobody
Nov 19, 199647mThe murder of a taxi driver has all the hallmarks of a gangland execution. But why would anyone want to kill a complete nobody? Meadows and Deakin investigate this special 1 hour episode.
- S12E139
Up The Wall
Nov 21, 199622mHollis learns an important lesson in community policing when some friendly advice that he gives a resident on noise pollution backfires.
- S12E140
Boiling Point
Nov 22, 199622mLoxton is investigated by the Complaints Investigation Bureau over an accusation that he assaulted a suspected burglar, although he claims to have been acting in self-defence.
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Mirror Image
Nov 26, 199622mBoulton arrests a woman for drug dealing, but Rawton suspects that she may be a victim of mistaken identity.
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Public Relations
Nov 28, 199622mSkase and Hollis demonstrate two differing approaches to police work when a young journalist writing about policing spends a day at Sun Hill.
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Lock 'Em In
Nov 29, 199622mCryer and Page assist the distraught wife of a prisoner who reports her son missing and who fears that her husband is out to get her.
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Opportunity Costs
Dec 3, 199622mBrownlow orders Meadows and Conway to review their budgets, but Meadows decides to investigate the unsolved murder of a prostitute instead.
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Paying For It
Dec 5, 199622mBeech and Rawton investigate the apparent assault of a father by his son and uncover a family secret.
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Many Happy Returns
Dec 6, 199622mBoulton and Skase take part in a joint exercise with Customs and Excise to crack a fencing operation. Meadows is concerned that Sun Hill might end up footing the bill but not getting a result.
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Black Money
Dec 10, 199622mCroft and Rawton investigate some shady Romanian businessmen and a suitcase full of black paper.
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Scorned
Dec 12, 199622mCroft and Rawton investigate a dentist accused of indecent assault by one of his patients.
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Stolen Kisses
Dec 13, 199622mMonroe, Datta and Loxton talk down a nursery cleaner when she holds a 3-year-old girl hostage, then investigate the woman's claims she is the girl's biological mother.
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Jumping To Conclusions
Dec 17, 199622mCarver's patience is tested by a compulsive liar. Ackland and Quinnan search for a girl allegedly abducted by a religious cult.
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Toe The Line
Dec 19, 199622mMonroe and Conway uncover a bogus wheel-clamping operation.
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A Gun To The Head
Dec 20, 199622mBeech and Daly are put in an impossible situation when a judge decides to reveal the name of their informant.
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Merrily On High
Dec 24, 199622mThe Assistant Commissioner has declared Sun Hill Police Station an alcohol-free zone - terrible news for Ch. Supt. Brownlow and Ch. Insp. Conway who hope to enjoy a ""liquid lunch"" when they take the A.C. to a posh French restaurant. It's even worse news for the detectives in C.I.D., who have decided they are not going to give up their Christmas party without a fight. D.C. Skase shows D.C. Croft how a police officer can get ""donations"" for the party from the local publicans, but as they return, Hicks, Brownlow and Conway arrive back from their lunch for a tour of the station. They are forced to pretend Skase is a prisoner, and an unhappy Rod is locked in the cells for several hours. An elderly man is arrested after a road rage incident in a supermarket carpark, but the police manage to reunite him with his estranged family for Christmas.
- S12E154
Hers
Dec 26, 199622mStamp and Page look into the theft of a hearse containing the coffin of a thief who died in a traffic accident.
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Hat Trick
Dec 27, 199622mBoulton and Skase investigate a car-ramming incident involving a member of a local pub team.
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The Right Thing
Dec 31, 199622mNew WPC Jamila Blake joins Sun Hill after three years away from the job. She pairs with Stamp, and they find an overdosed boy during a foot pursuit, and Cryer takes an interest when he discovers the victim is on the basketball same team as a former Sun Hill officer’s son.