List of The Bill characters

The Bill is a long-running British television police procedural television series, named after a slang term for the police. The characters are all police officers or civilian staff at the fictional Sun Hill police station in London.

Rank	Name	Actor	Last Appearance
Deputy Assistant Commissioner	Georgia Hobbs	Kazia Pelka	1 March 2007
Commander	Lisa Kennedy	Julie Graham	8 April 2010
Ch Supt	Ian Barratt	John McArdle	3 November 2005
Ch Supt	Charles Brownlow	Peter Ellis	2 May 2002
Ch Supt	Guy Mannion	Nick Miles	26 October 2001
Ch Supt	Adam Okaro	Cyril Nri	14 September 2006
Supt	John Heaton	Daniel Flynn	16 July 2009
Supt	Tom Chandler	Steven Hartley	16 October 2002
Supt	Jack Meadows	Simon Rouse	31 August 2010
Supt	Amanda Prosser	Serena Gordon	22 September 2005
Ch Insp/ Acting Supt	Derek Conway	Ben Roberts	28 March 2002
Ch Insp	Philip Cato	Philip Whitchurch	3 March 1995
Ch Insp	Paul Stritch	Mark Spalding	28 March 1995
DCI	Frank Burnside	Christopher Ellison	4 September 1993
DCI	Kim Reid	Carolyn Pickles	13 February 1992
DCI	Rowanne Morell	Tanya Franks	7 December 2005
DCI	Gordon Wray	Clive Wood	20 December 1990
DI	Alex Cullen	Ged Simmons	20 August 2002
DI	Chris Deakin	Shaun Scott	31 October 2000
DI	Roy Galloway	John Salthouse	17 December 1987
DI	Harry Haines	Gary Whelan	31 December 1993
DI	Sally Johnson	Jaye Griffiths	27 January 1995
DI	Neil Manson	Andrew Lancel	31 August 2010
DI	Claire Stanton	Clara Salaman	31 October 2000
DI	Samantha Nixon	Lisa Maxwell	18 June 2009
Insp	Christine Frazer	Barbara Thorn	11 January 1990
Insp	Brian Kite	Simon Slater	7 December 1987
Insp	Andrew Monroe	Colin Tarrant	16 April 2002
Insp	Dale Smith	Alex Walkinshaw	31 August 2010
Insp	Gina Gold	Roberta Taylor	2 October 2008
Insp	Rachel Weston	Claire Goose	16 June 2009
Sgt	Matthew Boyden	Tony O'Callaghan	1 May 2003
Sgt	Stuart Lamont	Steve Morley
Sgt	Joseph Corrie	Roland Oliver	18 July 1991
Sgt	Bob Cryer	Eric Richard	24 April 2001
Sgt	Craig Gilmore	Hywel Simons	6 February 2003
Sgt	Jane Kendall	Liz Crowther
Sgt	John Maitland	Sam Miller	25 May 1993
Sgt	Tom Penny	Roger Leach	13 December 1990
Sgt	Alec Peters	Larry Dann	27 February 1992
Sgt	Ray Steele	Robert Perkins	11 April 1996
Sgt	June Ackland	Trudie Goodwin	8 March 2007
Sgt	Callum Stone	Sam Callis	31 August 2010
Sgt	Jo Masters	Sally Rogers	31 August 2010
Sgt	Nikki Wright	Gillian Taylforth	31 August 2008
Sgt	Diane Noble	Kaye Wragg	30 April 2009
DS	Don Beech	Bill Murray	31 October 2000
DS	John Boulton	Russell Boulter	7 October 2000
DS	Jim Carver	Mark Wingett	24 February 2005
DS	Geoff Daly	Ray Ashcroft	31 October 2000
DS	Ramani DeCosta	Thusitha Jayasundera	23 February 2006
DS	Max Carter	Christopher Fox	31 August 2010
DS	Stevie Moss	Lucy Speed	31 August 2010
DS	Phil Hunter	Scott Maslen	17 October 2007
DS	Debbie McAllister	Natalie Roles	10 November 2004
DS	Jo Morgan	Mary Jo Randle	12 October 1995
DS	Danny Pearce	Martin Marquez	21 September 1995
DS	Ted Roach	Tony Scannell	15 May 1993
DS	Vik Singh	Raji James	4 April 2002
DS	Stuart Turner	Doug Rao	16 July 2009
CSE	Lorna Hart	Siobhan Redmond
CSE.	Eddie Olosunje	Jason Barnett	31 August 2010
CPS Lawyer	Jonathan Fox	Larry Lamb
CPS Lawyer	Matt Hinckley	Mark Dexter	3 May 2007
CAD Officer	Dean McVerry	Luke Hamill
PC	Polly Page	Lisa Geoghan	8 April 2004
SRO	Roberta Cryer	Moya Brady	31 December 2003
SRO	Julian Tavell	Nick Patrick
SRO	Marilyn Chambers	Vickie Gates	24 February 2005
PCSO	Colin Fairfax	Tim Steed
CSP	Rachel Inns	Amanda Abbington	2 August 2007
DoPA	Mia Perry	Jo Anne Knowles	14 June 2007
DRO	Rochelle Barratt	Anna Acton	31 January 2005
StCh. Supt.	Marion	Susan Majorlier
PC.	Leon Taylor	Dominic Power	31 August 2010
PC.	Roger Valentine	John Bowler	31 August 2010
PC.	Mel Ryder	Rhea Bailey	31 August 2010
PC.	Kirsty Knight	Sarah Manners	31 August 2010
PC.	Ben Gayle	Michar Balfour	31 August 2010
PC	Nate Roberts	Ben Richards	10 August 2010
PC	Sally Armstrong	Ali Bastian	17 December 2009
PC	Timothy Able	Mark Haddigan	1 March 1990
PC	Jamila Blake	Lolita Chakrabarti	28 January 1999
PC	Adam Bostock	Carl Brincat	6 September 1994
PC	Cathy Bradford	Connie Hyde	15 January 2004
PC	Ruby Buxton	Nicola Alexis
PC	Dan Casper	Chris Jarvis	16 August 2007
PC	Roz Clarke	Holly Davidson	11 November 2001
PC	Norika Datta	Seeta Indrani
PC	Claire Brind	Kelly Lawrence	28 December 1989
PC	Andrea Dunbar	Natalie J. Robb	24 February 2005
PC	Francis "Taffy" Edwards	Colin Blumenau	11 January 1990
PC	Suzanne Ford	Vicky Gee-Dare	7 November 1991
PC	Rosie Fox	Caroline Catz	2 April 2000
PC	Millie Brown	Clare Foster	29 December 2009
PC	Robin Frank	Ashley Gunstock	11 July 1989
PC	Delia French	Natasha Williams	26 March 1992
PC	George Garfield	Huw Higginson	14 October 1999
PC	Gabriel Kent	Todd Carty	6 October 2005
PC	Arun Ghir	Abhin Galeya	19 March 2009
PC	Beth Green	Louisa Lytton	18 March 2009
PC	Vicky Hagen	Samantha Robson	26 October 2001
PC	Sam Harker	Matthew Crompton	18 April 2002
PC	Donna Harris	Louise Harrison	27 February 1996
PC	Lewis Hardy	Aml Ameen	19 July 2007
PC	Malcolm Haynes	Eamonn Walker	22 August 1989
PC	Honey Harman	Kim Tiddy
PC	Ben Hayward	Ben Peyton	16 April 2002
PC	Yvonne Hemmingway	Michele Austin	15 November 2006
PC	Steve Hunter	James Lloyd
PC	Reg Hollis	Jeff Stewart	12 March 2008
PC	Mike Jarvis	Stephen Beckett
PC	Leela Kapoor	Seema Bowri	26 September 2007
PC	Debbie Keane	Andrea Mason)	22 September 1998
PC	Emma Keane	Melanie Gutteridge	1 May 2008
PC	Nick Klein	René Zagger	8 April 2004
PC	Dave Litten	Gary Olsen	22 January 1985
PC	Steve Loxton	Tom Butcher	14 November 1997
PC	Abe Lyttleton	Ronnie Cush	10 February 1986
PC	Cathy Marshall	Lynne Miller	19 January 1996
PC	Garry McCann	Clive Wedderburn
PC	Ken Melvin	Mark Powley	22 May 1990
PC	Sheelagh Murphy	Bernie Nolan	11 October 2005
PC	Pete Muswell	Ralph Brown	10 February 1986
PC	Gemma Osbourne	Jane Danson	21 May 2003
PC	Danesh Patel	Sonesh Sira	23 November 1987
PC	Lance Powell	Ofo Uhiara
PC	Dave Quinnan	Andrew Paul	27 February 2002
PC	Pete Ramsey	Nick Reding	25 July 1989
PC	Cass Rickman	Suzanne Maddock	12 December 2002
PC	Billy Rowan	Ben Lee	5 July 2007
PC	Eddie Stantini	Michael Higgs
PC	Nick Shaw	Chris Walker	7 December 1987
PC	Nick Slater	Alan Westaway	31 October 1997
PC	Tony 'Yorkie' Smith	Robert Hudson
PC	Ron Smollet	Nick Stringer
PC	Tony Stamp	Graham Cole	5 November 2009
PC	Barry Stringer	Jonathan Dow	15 June 1993
PC	Cameron Tait	Daniel MacPherson	22 July 2004
PC	Des Taviner	Paul Usher	17 March 2004
PC	Richard Turnham	Chris Humphreys	10 April 1990
PC	Di Worrell	Jane Wall	16 April 2002
PC	Phil Young	Colin Alldridge
PC	Kerry Young	Beth Cordingly	21 December 2004
PC	Laura Bryant	Melanie Kilburn	25 May 2006
SC	Terry Knowles	Alex Avery	3 January 2002
DC	Ken Drummond	Russell Floyd	23 February 2005
DC	Juliet Becker	Rae Baker	30 October 2003
DC	Gary Best	Ciaran Griffiths	20 July 2005
DC	Suzi Croft	Kerry Peers	24 February 1998
DC	Danny Glaze	Karl Collins	8 October 2003
DC	Kerry Holmes	Joy Brook	31 October 2000
DC	Brandon Kane	Pal Aron	15 January 2004
DC	Duncan Lennox	George Rossi	2 January 2003
DC	Jacob Banks	Patrick Robinson	31 August 2010
DC	Alfred "Tosh" Lines	Kevin Lloyd	9 June 1998
DC	Grace Dasari	Amita Dhiri	31 August 2010
DC	Terry Perkins	Bruce Byron	31 August 2010
DC	Mickey Webb	Chris Simmons	31 August 2010
DC	Viv Martella	Nula Conwell	26 March 1993
DC	Zain Nadir	TJ Ramini	20 December 2007
DC	Tom Proctor	Gregory Donaldson
DC	Liz Rawton	Libby Davison	21 December 1999
DC	Paul Riley	Gary Grant	16 April 2002
DC	Eva Sharpe	Diane Parish	10 March 2004
DC	Will Fletcher	Gary Lucy	7 January 2010
DC	Suzie Sim	Wendy Kweh	19 July 2006
DC	Rod Skase	Iain Fletcher	17 February 2000
DC	Rob Thatcher	Brian Bovell	29 December 2004
DC	Alan Woods	Tom Cotcher	1 August 1996
DC	Tom Baker	Vic Gallucci

Notable cast members

Notable characters

This is a list of the most notable characters to have appeared on The Bill, being those who have been in the series for some considerable time and have had a significant impact on the series.

• Billy Murray appeared in The Bill for 5 years playing DS Don Beech. The character was a corrupt police officer, notably having murdered DS John Boulton, forcing Beech to go on the run. Since leaving The Bill, Murray's career has included a stint on EastEnders as Johnny Allen and two films, Rollin' With The Nines and Rise of the Footsoldier. The character also spawned Beech on the Run and Beech is Back.
• Russell Boulter played DS John Boulton from 1995 to 2000, the character having first appeared as a DC in 1994. The character had a reputation for being a hard man, and was once suspected of deliberately killing a suspect, although he was cleared. He later had a relationship with DS Claire Stanton, who was an anti-corruption officer targeting Don Beech. John was ultimately murdered by Beech, leading to the collapse of CID and the removal of Charles Brownlow as Superintendent.
• Tony O'Callaghan played Sergeant Matt Boyden for 12 years from 1991–2003. Boyden was shot dead by his daughter's boyfriend so she can profit from insurance money to fund her drug habit. Tony O'Callaghan has also appeared in The Magnificent Evans, Family Affairs, Holby City, Doctors and Shameless.
• Peter Ellis played Chief Superintendent Charles Brownlow for over 16 years from the start of the series in 1984 to 2000, when the character tendered his resignation in light of the Don Beech scandal. In 1983, Ellis appeared in the play Trafford Tanzi opposite Toyah Wilcox.
• Christopher Ellison played DCI Frank Burnside for 5 years. Since leaving The Bill, Ellison has enjoyed a guest stint as Len Harker in EastEnders. Ellis has also appeared in Minder, Casualty, Judge John Deed and voiced a Doctor Who audio adventure. The character spawned spin off Burnside.
• Mark Wingett played DS Jim Carver from 1983 to 2005. After building up gambling debts, the character left Sun Hill. Since leaving, Wingett has also appeared in EastEnders, the British version of American Chopper and Spartacus.
• Eric Richard played Sergeant Bob Cryer from 1984–2001, the character leaving when he was accidentally shot by then PC Dale Smith. Prior to appearing in The Bill, Richard appeared in a number of TV programmes including Open All Hours, Made In Britain and Shoestring.
• Scott Maslen played DS Phil Hunter from 2002–07, the character was written out with a transfer to Special Operations. Since leaving The Bill, Maslen has played the character of Jack Branning in EastEnders.
• Todd Carty played PC Gabriel Kent from 2003–05, the character left when his false identity was uncovered. As well as The Bill, Carty has appeared in a number of television series including EastEnders, Grange Hill, Heartbeat and Holby City.
• Kevin Lloyd played DC Tosh Lines from 1988–98, the character was written out as having accepted a position in the Coroner's Office after the actor was sacked for turning up drunk. The actor died a week after his dismissal.
• Andrew Paul played PC Dave Quinnan from 1989–2002 when the character left to transfer to SO10. Since leaving The Bill, Paul has enjoyed a brief stint on EastEnders as Maxwell Moon and on Where The Heart Is until the programme was axed in 2006.
• Lisa Geoghan played PC Polly Page from 1992 to 2004. After assisting a friend's suicide, she was tried for murder and returned to Sun Hill as a Civilian CAD Officer, a role which she ultimately resigned from.
• Jeff Stewart played PC Reg Hollis from 1984–2008. In 2008, the character was written out with the character resigning after being traumatised by the death of colleagues in a bomb blast. After learning of his axing from the show, Stewart attempted suicide on set by slashing his wrists. Stewart has not been on television since but has starred in the Miike Snow video, Black & Blue.
• Lisa Maxwell played DI Samantha Nixon from 2002–09 until the character transferred to the child exploitation unit. In April 2009, she made an appearance, discussing The Bill, on The Paul O'Grady Show and now appears on Loose Women.
• Roberta Taylor played Inspector Gina Gold from 2002–08, the character leaving due to the stress of the job. Taylor has since only appeared as a guest panelist on Loose Women, The Wright Stuff and The Paul O'Grady Show.
• Graham Cole played PC Tony Stamp from 1984–2009. The character was written out as part of the 2009 revamp after producers felt that he didn't fit the new show. Cole's last episode was shown on November 5, 2009 and his departure means The Bill has no original characters remaining.
• Trudie Goodwin played Sergeant June Ackland from 1983 to 2007, appearing first in Woodentop. The character retired in 2007 after her on-screen relationship with DC Jim Carver came to an abrupt end. When Goodwin left The Bill in 2007 she was not only the longest serving cast member in the history of The Bill, but also held the world record for the longest time an actor has portrayed a police character.
• Alex Walkinshaw has played Inspector Dale "Smithy" Smith since 1999. Walkinshaw made three "one off" appearances in the series prior to becoming a regular cast member and has made appearances in several other British soaps and serial dramas.
• Simon Rouse has played Superintendent Jack Meadows since 1990, though the character only became a regular role in 1992. Aside from The Bill, Rouse has had small appearances in a number of other British television series including Robin of Sherwood, The Professionals, Casualty, and Minder.
• Chris Simmons played DC Mickey Webb from 2000 to 2010. He appeared twice on the show playing different roles, most notably as a criminal in 1999, before joining the cast as a regular in the following year. He left the series temporarily in 2003, as the culmination of a storyline where his character was raped. He made several guest appearances before returning as a regular in 2005.

Notable Actors

This is a list of some of the most notable actors to have made brief or cameo appearances in The Bill.

• Keira Knightley played child burglar Sheena Rose in a 1995 episode entitled "Swan Song".
• David Tennant played kidnapper Steven Clemens in a 1995 episode of The Bill called "Deadline".
• Paul O'Grady - credited as "Paul Savage" - played transvestite Roxanne in three episodes of The Bill between 1988 and 1990.
• Sean Bean played robber Horace Clark in a 1984 episode of The Bill entitled "Long Odds"
• Ralf Little played Tommy Lawson in the 2001 episodes Judas Kiss, Shout, Aftershock and Night Games.
• Emma Bunton played the role of Janice in the 1993 episode Missionary Work.
• Catherine Tate appeared in the 1993 episode Give and Take and 1994 instalment Fly on the Wall.
• James McAvoy played a Scottish runaway named Gavin in a 1997 episode entitled Rent.
• Loraine Kelly appeared as herself in a 2003 episode when PC Cathy Bradford appeared on her GMTV show.

References

• Official Website
• The Bill Bios