List of The Bill characters (E-L)

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This is a list of characters from the police drama The Bill ordered alphabetically by character surname. For a full list of characters ordered by rank, see list of The Bill characters. The characters are all police officers or civilian staff at the fictional Sun Hill police station in London.

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[edit] Francis “Taffy″ Edwards

Francis Morgan Edwards
First appearance	Woodentop (16/08/1983)
Last appearance	I Thought You'd Gone (11/01/1990)
Cause/reason	Transferred to Wales
Portrayed by	Colin Blumenau
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	101

The character Francis "Taffy" Edwards, portrayed by Colin Blumenau, was at Sun Hill right from the beginning, in the pilot, Woodentop. However in that episode the character was named "Taffy Morgan".^[1] .

Edwards was described as a quiet country boy from a poor farming community near Bangor. On his stag night, Edwards ended up drunk and naked, abandoned by his mates, much to the horror of his future Welsh bride, Mary.^[2]

Edwards left Sun Hill after requesting and receiving a transfer back to Wales.

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[edit] Will Fletcher

Will Fletcher
First appearance	Episode 371 (14/12/2005)
Last appearance	December 2009
Cause/reason	Unknown
Portrayed by	Gary Lucy
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Detective Constable
Call sign	DC Fletcher (SO 543 2005-2008)
Spouse(s)	None

Will is played by Gary Lucy. Will grew up in Hemel Hempstead with his parents and sister. He was inspired to join the police by a friend of his father's, who was an Area Car driver in the police force and often told him about his work.

Like most others at Sun Hill, he did his training at Hendon. It is not clear where he served his probationary period or indeed how long he has been in the force, but he previously served at Hemel Hempstead and he was later transferred to Sun Hill.

He is a fan of cars and motorcycles and in his spare time, he enjoys boxing. When he was injured, he was unable to compete in the tournament with PC Dan Casper. However, he stood in his friend's corner for every match and tried to convince Dan to tell Inspector Gina Gold about his steroid abuse.

He showed strong feelings for colleague PC Emma Keane and was violently opposed to her marriage to lawyer Matt Hinckley. Despite being beaten up on Emma's wedding day after she revealed to Matt that she slept with Will and being able to prove that Matt was behind the attack, he turned up at the wedding to wish them well.

He later began a relationship with PC Honey Harman, but they split up after he refused to go on holiday with her in Tenerife. Honey was later shot and killed after being held captive by drug barons. Will was devastated initially, having been one of the first on the scene when Honey's body was discovered, but later came to terms with her death.

He became close friends with Dan, and the two were frequently seen paired on the beat together until Dan resigned. Since then he has been paired with PC Roger Valentine, PC Benjamin Gayle and PC Tony Stamp among others. Will transferred to CID in August 2008, after his police work impressed DI Manson. He was the first uniformed officer to transfer to CID since DC Gary Best, and is, in July 2009, set to make the move from T/DC to a fully fledged DC. Will will be leaving Sun Hill in December 2009.

[edit] Rosie Fox

Rosie Fox
First appearance	Deep End (25/08/1998)
Last appearance	The Trial Of Eddie Santini (02/04/2000)
Cause/reason	Transferred (Later Murdered)
Portrayed by	Caroline Catz
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable/Detective Sergeant
Call sign	487

Played by the actress Caroline Catz, Rosie Fox has a difficult and ultimately tragic career at Sun Hill. PC Eddie Santini tries to rape her and she transfers to another station. After being promoted to Detective Sergeant, she later returns to give evidence in a trial, but meets her untimely death before she is due to give evidence against Santini. DC Liz Rawton finds her dead in her hotel room.

[edit] Suzanne Ford

Suzanne Ford
First appearance	Runaround (13/09/1988)
Last appearance	Balls in the Air (07/11/1991)
Cause/reason	Left Sun Hill
Portrayed by	Vikki Gee-Dare
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	659

The character Suzanne Ford, portrayed by Vikki Gee-Dare, saw her role as serving the community rather than catching thieves. She had considered becoming a nurse before joining the police force and had a profoundly deaf sister. She was thus proficient in using sign language and served at Sun Hill for three years before transferring elsewhere.^[2] .

[edit] Robin Frank

Robin Frank
First appearance	Funny Ol' Business - Cops And Robbers (16/10/1984)
Last appearance	Traffic (11/07/1989)
Cause/reason	Left Sun Hill
Portrayed by	Ashley Gunstock
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	330

The character PC Robin Frank, portrayed by Ashley Gunstock, was from Bethnal Green, the son of schoolteacher and married to a nurse, Angela. He spent most of his time at Sun Hill behind a desk in CAD Computer-assisted dispatch, after having been shot by a robber during a hostage situation at a block of flats. His whistle was known to annoy June Ackland.^[2]

[edit] Inspector Christine Frazer

Inspector Christine Frazer
First appearance	Light Duties (19/07/1988)
Last appearance	I Thought You'd Gone (11/01/1990)
Cause/reason	Resigned From Police Force
Portrayed by	Barbara Thorn
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Station Inspector

Christine serves at Sun Hill for a year and a half. She resigns from the force when she leaves Sun Hill in protest over Chief Superintendent Charles Brownlow siding with Chief Inspector Derek Conway. After leaving the force she proceeds to write a thesis about discrimination in the force, specifically sexism.

[edit] Delia French

Delia French
First appearance	Don’t Like Mondays (25/07/1989)
Last appearance	Acting Detective (26/03/1992)
Cause/reason	Left Sun Hill
Portrayed by	Natasha Williams
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	832

PC French serves at Sun Hill for three years. She resigns from her job shortly after an undercover operation she is involved in with DCI Frank Burnside.

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[edit] Roy Galloway

Roy Galloway
First appearance	Woodentop (16/08/1983)
Last appearance	Not Without Cause (07/12/1987)
Cause/reason	Resigned
Portrayed by	Robert Pugh (Pilot) John Salthouse (series)
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Detective Inspector

Roy Galloway prides himself on being one of the youngest Inspectors in the Metropolitan Police. An impulsive man, he is a thief taker in the classic mould, always seeming to be playing a game of good old fashioned cops and robbers. Nobody is above suspicion for Galloway. Even when fencing information from one of his snouts, he always takes what they say with a grain of salt.

Although he sometimes shows a wisdom of years beyond his own age, Galloway is also every bit as fiery as his red-coloured hair suggests. When frustrated, he will not hesitate to take those frustrations out on colleagues. This places him in many tricky situations with his immediate subordinate, DS Ted Roach, who wants Galloway's job. At one point, June Ackland considers resigning after Galloway blames her for his own troubles. Only the timely intervention of Sergeant Bob Cryer stops the situation from escalating out of control.

He is married, with one daughter. The pressures of his job lead to him spending less and less time with them, however. Eventually he goes through a bitter divorce, which he takes hard. Characteristically, this only leads to him throwing himself even further into his work.

Over time, he mellows to the point where he is even willing to step in defence of Bob Cryer after he accidentally runs into a pensioner in a car during a wet, night-time call out. The two men share a strong long-time bond, but rarely has Galloway been so proactive in helping his uniform colleagues.

After three years in Sun Hill, Galloway decides to leave. The exact reasons for his departure are kept vague and confidential, but it comes as a shock to some and a relief to others.

[edit] George Garfield

George Garfield
First appearance	Only a Little Bit of Thieving (02/05/1989)
Last appearance	Love and War part II (14/10/1999)
Cause/reason	Left the police force
Portrayed by	Huw Higginson
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	218

PC Garfield served at Sun Hill for over 10 years. He later resigns from the police force after it emerges that his best friend, Dave Quinnan, was having an affair with his fiancée.

[edit] Benjamin Gayle

Benjamin Gayle
First appearance	Cracking Under Pressure (27/09/2007)
Portrayed by	Micah Balfour
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	SO 795

Benjamin arrived in September 2007 and is played by Micah Balfour. On his first day he was cornered in a woodland by 3 gang members and fought them all off giving one of them a broken collar bone. He has an uneven temper: he once broke a man's nose because he didn't like the way that the man treated his son and almost lost his job as a result.

[edit] Arun Ghir

Arun Ghir
First appearance	12 June 2008
Last appearance	19 March 2009
Portrayed by	Abhin Galeya
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	PC
Call sign	SO 354

Arun joined the Bill as a replacement for PC Reg Hollis along with PC Emma Keane's replacement PC Millie Brown and transfer PC Leon Taylor. Arun had a quiet time during his time on the beat at Sun Hill apart from one episode when he was set on by thugs. Arun left Sun Hill after he was suspended for contributing to two illegal immigrants' escape, citing that he didn't feel being a police officer was for him.

[edit] Craig Gilmore

Craig Gilmore
First appearance	Tour Of Duty (10/04/2001)
Last appearance	Episode # 088 (06/02/2003)
Cause/reason	Transferred
Portrayed by	Hywel Simons
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Sergeant
Call sign	33

Gilmore is recruited to replace his predecessor, Bob Cryer. In many ways he is the exact opposite of his predecessor. Whereas Cryer is modest, experienced and respected, Gilmore has been fast-tracked to promotion, has been a sergeant for less than a year and is considered by his colleagues to be arrogant. He is the first openly gay sergeant in the show's history. He left Sun Hill after receiving a severe beating and having a relationship with PC Luke Ashton, a closeted homosexual, who was married to PC Kerry Young at the time.

[edit] Danny Glaze

Danny Glaze
First appearance	Makeover (11/05/99)
Last appearance	Episode 155(08/10/03)
Cause/reason	Fled the country
Portrayed by	Karl Collins
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Detective Constable

A local Londoner, Glaze is streetwise and has a good sense of humour. He comes to Sun Hill after meeting Liz Rawton in a training course and was persuaded to join her in CID. Danny's Afro was a classic & other officers at Sun Hill would often burst into 'Carwash! Danny Glaze is going to the Carwash!' on sight of it.

Glaze later gets caught up in the scandal surrounding Des Taviner, when he finds out that Des planted evidence in accused murderer Jeff Simpson's residence. He reluctantly covers for him because he knew Simpson was guilty but later his conscience begins getting the better of him. Simpson claims he was set up and former Sun Hill officer Sally Johnson investigates the case. Glaze eventually reveals the truth, but to avoid prosecution he keeps £20,000, which he came across during a robbery case and flees to South Africa and is never heard of again.

[edit] Gina Gold

Inspector Gina Gold
First appearance	Episode # 021 27 June 2002
Last appearance	An Honour To Serve- Part 2 2 October 2008
Cause/reason	Retired
Portrayed by	Roberta Taylor
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Inspector
Call sign	Sierra Oscar 1
Spouse(s)	None

Gina Gold first appeared on The Bill on 27 June 2002, shortly after the events of the fire. Gina was known for her 'iron fist', which led PC Emma Keane to lead a bullying allegation against her. Consequently, she left The Bill on leave, but soon returned. Gina was one of the well known members of the Bill crew, having been on the programme for many years. Gina worked closely with Sergeant Dale Smith, who was one of her closest friends at the station.

In 2003, following a heavy drinking session with Sgt. Dale Smith, Gina Gold was breathalysed on her way to work by hapless DC Gary Best, after being involved in a prang with another car. She tested positive but Smithy (Sgt Smith) got her off the charge by repeating the test at Sun Hill and lying that it proved negative.

No sooner had he arrived at Sun Hill than Gabriel Kent had formed a new drinking club for uniform lads- Straight White and Male Police (SWAMP). When Gina Gold got to hear about it, she ordered that it be disbanded and confided in Sgt Dale Smith that she didn't trust Kent. She was a shrewd judge.

When Gina left Sun Hill, Smithy was considered for the inspector's job, but Gina said that she believed that Smithy would much prefer to remain as a sergeant, following his stressful experience last time. Newcomer Sergeant Rachel Weston was promoted to inspector in the end, by Superintendent John Heaton.

On Gina's departure, she and Smithy shared an emotional moment when, after saying that she would be missed, he said, "Goodnight, Ma'am. Gina replied tearfully, "Goodnight, Sergeant", before looking tearfully around her office.

[edit] Beth Green

Beth Green
The Bill character
First appearance	Baby Trade 16 May 2007
Last appearance	Leap Of Faith- Part 2 18 March 2009
Cause/reason	Transferred to Witness Protection
Portrayed by	Louisa Lytton
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Gender	Female
Age	20
Date of birth	1989
Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	SO 258
Nationality	English

On Beth's first day on the beat, she is paired with PC Emma Keane. As they investigate a break-in at a house, Beth's nerves get the better of her. As a suspect is being restrained with CS spray, she sprays not only the suspect in the eyes but also Emma. Beth reveals that on a previous occasion she had accidentally sprayed herself by spraying a CS can backwards. She is more successful later on in using her CS spray, this time to stop a fleeing suspect.

Although Beth gets on well with some of her colleagues, particularly PC Dan Casper, who is impressed by her attention to detail and her memory, there are still a few who have doubts about their latest recruit. Emma draws attention to her girlish appearance and nicknames her 'Little Miss Daisy Chain'. PC Will Fletcher is irritated that Beth is attracted to him.

In one episode, she is hit on the head with a bottle by an escaped convict and knocked out. She is also hit with a rake, knocking her unconscious, and left tied up in a hospital cupboard by the escaped Larry Franks. In another episode (Crash Test) she was almost sprayed in the face with Acid.

In episode 530 (Crash Test), Beth goes undercover to aid Terry Perkins's investigation of a notorious loan shark. Beth's cover is Terry's drug addicted daughter seeking money to pay back her dealer.

On Thursday March 12 2009 in the episode 'Leap of Faith', Beth reveals to PC Tony Stamp that she has applied for a job in witness protection. Before she can say anything else the two officers spot a woman called Molly Anderson standing on the edge of a bridge. As Beth tries to talk her down, Mel and Nate arrive. When Molly jumps into the water, Nate dives in after her. After a stressful day Beth heads back to the station and finds a letter from witness protection. She is accepted for Witness Protection and leaves at the end of the second part of the episode.

[edit] Alistair Greig

Alistair Greig
First appearance	Getting It Right (03/01/1989)
Last appearance	Cooking (28/07/1998)
Cause/reason	Left Sun Hill
Portrayed by	Andrew Mackintosh
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Detective Sergeant

DS Greig is a seasoned police officer, ex Vice squad at West End Central. He served at Sun Hill for nine years as a DS. He was passed over for promotion twice and left Sun Hill rather than face the humiliation of being demoted back to uniform after his appeal against tenure fails. Due to the fact he is a member of CID he does not have a callsign and is simply referred to as "DS Greig" in radio communications.

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[edit] Vicky Hagen

Vicky Hagen
First appearance	Big Brother (07/05/1998)
Last appearance	Sacrifice (26/10/2001)
Cause/reason	Left Sun Hill
Portrayed by	Samantha Robson
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	361

Vicky serves at Sun Hill three years. She leaves after a series of unfortunate incidents culminating in a one-night stand that she picks up, who commits suicide in her bath. She was known as a bit of an 'old woofer'. Vicky transfers out of the Met to another force.

[edit] Harry Haines

Harry Haines
First appearance	Bad Reaction (10/09/1993)
Last appearance	Nothing Ventured (31/12/1993)
Cause/reason	Returned To The Drugs Squad
Portrayed by	Gary Whelan
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Detective Inspector

He serves at Sun Hill for a total of three months. Harry, who used to be part of the Drug Squad is forcibly transferred to Sun Hill CID. However, it only takes him three months to get his transfer back to the Drug Squad. He later returns to Sun Hill briefly to help DCI Jack Meadows with an ongoing drugs operation.

[edit] Lewis Hardy

Lewis Hardy
The Bill character
First appearance	Episode # 380 (11/01/06)
Last appearance	Death Or Glory (19/07/07)
Cause/reason	Joined Operation Trident
Portrayed by	Aml Ameen
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Gender	Male
Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	SO 128
Relatives	Dominic (cousin)
Religion	none
Nationality	english

Lewis started at Sun Hill with fellow PC Emma Keane, who had a privileged upbringing. Lewis was a working class black who had spent most of his teenage life on the streets with a small gang in Hackney. Lewis was arrested numerous times, finally, for a drug offence of which he was innocent. He was taken under the wing of one of the officers who supported and inspired him to join the Metropolitan Police Force.

Lewis was smart with sharp wit who was encouraged by his teachers to go to University. After realising the amount of debt he would get into, he decided to apply to Hendon with the support of the officer from his local station. Lewis may not have always seen eye to eye with some of the older members of the relief, but his personality always shone through. It was difficult to hold a grudge against him. He left Sun Hill after a harrowing but successful undercover operation infiltrating the Skens gang of which his cousin was a member. Whilst in hospital after being shot he was offered a transfer to Trident which he quickly snapped up.

[edit] Sam Harker

Sam Harker
First appearance	Jekyll and Hyde (31/05/1996)
Last appearance	Episode 010 (18/04/2002)
Cause/reason	Died in the Sun Hill fire
Portrayed by	Matthew Crompton
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	416
Spouse(s)	Andrea Dunbar

Sam serves at Sun Hill five years.PC Sam Harker was 26, single, born in St Helens, Liverpool. He transferred to Sun Hill from Heathrow police because he wanted to broaden his experience with a spell at an East End nick. Harker relished his job. He always knew what he would do with his life, coming from a long line of policemen - his father was a copper in Liverpool, as was his elder brother. As far as he was concerned, it beat working for a living! He was easy going, with a naturally friendly manner and a ready smile and was not easily fazed. Members of the public found him thoughtful and straightforward in his dealings, and locally he became a popular and respected uniform beat bobby. He also had the sense to leave the troubles of policing at work with his uniform at the end of the shift, and found it easy to relax with his mates and a beer.

Tragically, Sam died in hospital after being critically injured in an explosion at Sun Hill after race riots got out of hand

[edit] Honey Harman

Honey Louise Harman
First appearance	Episode 098
Last appearance	Episode 478
Cause/reason	Shot by drug dealer Kristen Shaw
Portrayed by	Kim Tiddy
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	158
Spouse(s)	Scott Burnett

PC Honey Harman was born and raised in Ilford, Essex. She always excelled in sport at school but did rather poorly in academic studies. As a young adult, she worked as a fitness instructor and personal trainer. She eventually became bored of working in gyms and decided that she wanted to help people and also to work in a physically demanding job, so she joined the police.

Honey was kind-hearted and always wanted to see the best in people; she also believed strongly in first impressions. Although she may not have been the most academically gifted officer the station has seen, her instinct and physical ability never let her down. A vegetarian who declared her body to be a temple, Honey was physically fearless and never doubted her own abilities. She was willing to put herself in dangerous situations because she knew that she was capable of, at least physically, dealing with anything. Her judo skills came in more than handy when she got herself into sticky situations whilst chasing suspects. Paperwork was another story - she hated it with a passion and would do anything to avoid the mounting pile on her desk!

Having no awareness of her own attractiveness, Honey was perhaps initially unintentionally inappropriate with some of the men on the relief. Her love life was never plain sailing; Honey split from her footballer fiancé Fletch after she discovered he was cheating on her.

On 28 April 2005, she married Scott William Burnett. Unknown to her, he had murdered his wife Karen whose case was under investigation. Scott takes Honey to an isolated seaside cottage in Kent. In conversation, it slips out that he killed his wife. He takes the battery out from his phone so the police can't track him down, but Honey secretly puts it back in. Discovering this, he realised that she betrayed him and the police would be there soon. He stormed out and disappeared beneath the waves. Honey rushed after him and managed to resuscitate him but he was facing a life in jail without the woman he loved, he wished she had not bothered.

Following her kidnapping by a Colombian drugs gang, Honey attempted to arrest drugs dealer Kristen Shaw, 'for kidnapping a police officer and accessory to murder'. In the ensuing struggle, a gun was accidentally let off, fatally wounding Honey. After Honey died, a shocked Kristen said to her bent policeman boyfriend, Zain Nadir, "I...I didn't mean to - she's dead, and it's all my fault, but she was trying to take you away from me..."

[edit] Donna Harris

Donna Harris
First appearance	Discretion (19/11/1991)
Last appearance	Confession (27/02/1996)
Cause/reason	Left Sun Hill
Portrayed by	Louise Harrison
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	335

Donna served at Sun Hill for five years. She came shortly after Sgt Matt Boyden arrived at the station. Her role at Sun Hill as collator was effectively made redundant by the introduction of a new computer system used by the police force and she resigned.

[edit] Lorna Hart

Lorna Hart
First appearance	Inner Demons
Last appearance	Moving Target: Part 3
Cause/reason	Left Sun Hill
Portrayed by	Siobhan Redmond
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Occupation	Police Civiilan Staff
Title	Crime Scene Examnier

Lorna joined Sunhill as a crime scene examiner. She gained a close relationship to DS Stuart Turner and worked on the case of murdered model Cindy Statham. After her photographer, Rachel Inns kidnapped and held DC Jo Masters for discovering she was the murderer, she threatened to shoot her, CO19 stormed the factory and Jo talked her out of it. She was then replaced by CSE Eddie Olosunje.

[edit] Malcolm Haynes

Malcolm Haynes
First appearance	Light Duties (19/07/1988)
Last appearance	Pressure (22/08/1989)
Cause/reason	Left Sun Hill
Portrayed by	Eamonn Walker
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	351

When The Bill was changed to a twice weekly half hour programme in 1988, the regular cast was expanded to include some new characters. Amongst the newcomers were PC Malcom Haynes, who makes his debut in the first half hour episode, "Light Duties". It is clear from dialogue in the episode, that Haynes has only just arrived at Sun Hill. Without much tact, old fashioned sergeant, Alec Peters, asks Haynes if he is settling in well and Haynes surmises that he only asked this because he is black. In fact, Haynes quickly establishes a good working relationship with his fellow officers and in particular the maverick PC Pete Ramsey. Haynes has been a Police Officer for some years including around the time of the Brixton riots. When Pete Ramsey is shot during a bank raid, Haynes changes, becoming argumentative with both members of the public and PC Edwards, who never liked Ramsey. Thirteen months after his arrival, Haynes suddenly disappears from Sun Hill. It is presumed he has decided to transfer to another station as he could no longer work at the station. Haynes appears in the title sequence during his year in the programme, suggesting that he is designated as one of the main characters.

[edit] Ben Hayward

Ben Hayward
First appearance	First Impressions Part I (19/09/2000)
Last appearance	Episode 008 (16/04/2002)
Cause/reason	Died in the Sun Hill Fire
Portrayed by	Ben Peyton
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	740

Ben serves at Sun Hill for two years. He dies in the Sun Hill Fire caused by the race riots.

[edit] Superintendent John Heaton

Superintendent John Heaton
First appearance	Episode 421 (June 22nd 2006)
Last appearance	(July 16th 2009)
Portrayed by	Daniel Flynn
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Occupation	Superintendent
Call sign	SO 52

Heaton became Superintendent at Sun Hill in June 2006, having previously been a Detective Chief Inspector. He is very much a 'hands-on' officer, leading several raids.

He is married to Rhiannon Heaton; they have an adopted child, Charlie.

Heaton is known as a 'cool, level headed officer' and takes crime very seriously.

In 2006 he had an affair with DAC Georgia Hobbs, but ended the relationship when he found out that DAC Hobbs had pushed to get Sun Hill closed as she had promised the land to a developer. After taping a conversation where she admitted her role to Heaton he turned both her and the evidence over to the Directorate of Professional Standards. Heaton also had an affair with Mickey Webb's girlfriend Mia Perry

In 2007 John's old enemy and former colleague in the police, Ray Moore, a gangster and club owner, arrives in Sun Hill from Manchester. Knowing how ruthless Moore can be, Heaton sends Rhiannon and Charlie to Bristol for safety.

In 2009 John Heaton (Daniel Flynn) reaches the toughest point of his career when he discovers that a man he sent down for murder 20 years ago was innocent, and that he let a serial killer go undetected. While Sun Hill’s finest struggle to keep faith in the boss that they thought was invincible, John must rebuild his confidence – and his reputation. He is determined to right the wrongs, win back the respect of his colleagues and ensure that justice is finally served.

John Heaton was DC Grace Dasari's DCI at her previous job, and knew PC Diane Noble previously, through her ex-husband.

In an episode aired on Wednesday July 15, Heaton announced that he is leaving Sun Hill to join a people trafficking unit. Heaton left, and took Inspector Weston, DS Turner and DC Walker with him to his new station. As a result DCI Meadows was promoted to Superintendent, Sergeant Smith was promoted to Inspector, DC Moss is expected to be promoted to DS, and T/DC Fletcher is expected to become a fully fledged DC

[edit] Police Constable/Sergeant Yvonne Hemmingway

Sergeant Yvonne Hemmingway
First appearance	Episode 156 (09/10/2003)
Last appearance	Episode 459 (15/11/2006)
Cause/reason	Transferred and Promoted to Sergeant at another station
Portrayed by	Michele Austin
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable / Sergeant
Call sign	SO 298 (as PC) & SO 48 (as Sergeant)

Yvonne serves at Sun Hill for three years. Yvonne is a skilled area car driver and serves as Acting Sergeant twice; once while June Ackland is on her honeymoon and the other time when Sergeant Dale Smith is wrongly imprisoned for murder. Yvonne's career almost comes to an end when she faces criminal charges due to the death of a young man she was trying to arrest after she struck him with her asp. An inquiry is held, and she is acquitted of all charges when it is ruled she acted in self-defence.

Yvonne later leaves Sun Hill to become a Sergeant at another station working with young offenders.^[3]

[edit] Senior Crown Prosecutor (SCP) Matt Hinckley

Senior Crown Prosecutor (SCP) Matt Hinckley
First appearance	Episode #410 (27/4/06)
Last appearance	Day of Reckoning (03/5/07)
Cause/reason	Arrested and Charged for Attempted Murder of PC Emma Keane
Portrayed by	Mark Dexter
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Occupation	Solicitor
Spouse(s)	Emma Keane

After dating Emma Keane for a while, Matt marries her. The night before the wedding she opens up to Matt and tells him about the brief affair she had with Will Fletcher.

Matt gets his friends to beat up Will but the next day Will gives Matt a well deserved punch and they both drop the charges made against each other. Matt later attempts to murder Emma after she threatens to leave him after she discovers that his ex-girlfriend is alive, after he told her she was dead. Emma turns to alcohol and begins drinking. After a short fight, she hits him over the head with the bottle. Emma is arrested but later she is proved innocent and Matt is arrested for the attempted murder of his wife.

[edit] Reg Hollis

List of The Bill characters (E-L)
First appearance	16 October 1984
Last appearance	12 March 2008
Cause/reason	Resigned due to PC Keane's death
Portrayed by	Jeff Stewart
Information
Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	SO 171

Taffy Edwards was originally going to have the Reg Hollis persona but the producers of The Bill changed their minds at the last minute and decided to give the whiney voice, silly jokes and odd ways to Reg in the second series.^{[citation needed]} Reg is officially introduced in "Funny Ol' Business - Cops and Robbers", and is gradually perceived in the series as a loner; the unpopular oddball of the relief, who spends most of his time carrying out light duties such as serving as the station's collator and Federation representative. Reg however tires of being behind a desk and requests to be assigned on foot patrols. He proves to be a capable officer, on one of his early outings from the station he charges into a hostage situation and disarms a potentially dangerous gunman.^[3]

Reg is a loner for most of his time at Sun Hill; however, an unlikely friendship-buddy pairing with Des Taviner changes him, and gives him more social confidence.^[3] Upon Des's arrival at Sun Hill, Des and Reg are paired up in the area car, which sees the beginning of a friendship that provides some of character's most memorable moments. It is truly a turning point when Reg, who was always so uptight, accompanies Des when he skips work to take a trip in the area car across the UK, attempting to convince Reg to propose to his Asian girlfriend. Des is well known for referring to Reg as "Reggie Babe" in his Scouse accent; Des being the only person to call him this.

After it is discovered that Des is responsible for The Sun Hill Fire (2002), which killed many of the officers, he goes on the run for a short while, and at one point he contacts Reg to apologise for everything. Reg responds telling him that he is a coward, and it should be the families of those he killed he should have been apologising to. Minutes later, armed police have Des surrounded, and Reg arrests him. Later on that afternoon, Des is beaten to death in his cell by a manic depressive, ending his relationship with Reg on bad terms.

In a spin-off episode aired on ITV2 shortly after Des's death, Reg receives a video tape that Des made immediately prior to going on the run. It's Des's last attempt to applogise to Reg for dragging him into the mess, and the episode includes clips from their partnership over the years. The episode ends with Des reflecting on the irony of going on the run funded by fifty pound notes, and Reg, as he finishes his drink, forgiving Des's memory.

Reg began a relationship with Marilyn Chambers, Sun Hill's Front Desk Officer at the time. After dating for a few months, Reg plans to propose to her at the railway station where he had taken her on their first date, where Reg discovered she was actually interested in his hobby of trainspotting. While Reg is waiting at the railway station for Marilyn to arrive, but she is killed in The Sun Hill Fire (2005).^[3] Reg is deeply upset by her death, and he finds her replacement very hard to swallow while he is grieving.

Reg's position has recently been threatened by Superintendent John Heaton. Tony Stamp urges him to change his approach to policing. Reg, however, refuses to compromise on his principles and says, "if Superintendent Heaton's idea of running an efficient nick is to get rid of anyone over 30, I'm not sure I want to work for him". Heaton has recently started to realise how much respect and loyalty Reg receives from his colleagues. Following June Ackland's departure, Reg considers tendering his resignation; however Tony is able to convince him not to.

Reg resigned from the force following Emma Keane's death in the terrorist bombs in Sun Hill in May 2008.

[edit] Kerry Holmes

Kerry Holmes
First appearance	"The Cross" (Tue 20/10/98)
Last appearance	"All Fall Down Part 2" (Tue 31/10/00)
Cause/reason	Transferred to another station
Portrayed by	Joy Brook
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Detective Constable

Kerry Holmes was caught up in the Don Beech Scandal and was so disgusted by the inference she was involved in his corrupt activities that she requested an immediate transfer away from Sun Hill.

[edit] Detective Sergeant / Sergeant Phil Hunter

Detective Sergeant / Sgt Phil Hunter
First appearance	Episode 029
Last appearance	"Collateral Damage" (Wed 17/10/07)
Cause/reason	Resigned/Transferred
Portrayed by	Scott Maslen
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Detective Sergeant
Call sign	DS Hunter (SO 99 as Sergeant Hunter (2007)
Family	Steve Hunter (brother)
Spouse(s)	Cindy Hunter

Scott Maslen's character, was involved in many storylines. From travelling to Romania, with fellow DS, Sam Nixon, to his relationship with DS Debbie McAllister, while married to his wife, Cindy. Within the show, he also has two children, each by a different mother.

While in Romania, Sam and Phil embarked on a secret relationship when they returned, after sleeping together in a backstreet B&B after getting shot at in a drive-by shooting. Sam broke off the relationship not much later, and they went back to being just friends.

Phil developed a rivalry with DS Stuart Turner, both for results at work and for Sam Nixon's affections. He also clashed with his younger brother, PC Steve Hunter who spent time posted at Sun Hill. Scott Maslen, who portrayed Phil, left The Bill in Autumn 2007 to play Jack Branning in BBC1 soap EastEnders.

[edit] Steve Hunter

Steve Hunter
First appearance	Episode 224
Last appearance	Episode 405
Cause/reason	Transferred to Derby
Portrayed by	James Lloyd
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Call sign	759
Family	Phil Hunter (brother)

Steve Hunter arrived at Sun Hill Police Station as a probationer, much to the disdain of his brother DS Phil Hunter, who was mortified at the thought of his eager younger sibling being around the place all of the time. In fact, any chance he got, Phil tried to get Steve transferred out of the station.

Steve was naïve and likeable, yet slightly awkward and a dreamer. He clearly idolised his brother, but when he realised that he couldn't meet Phil's high expectations of him, he decided to transfer to Derby.

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[edit] Rachel Inns

Rachel Inns
First appearance	A Model Murder Part 1 (27/06/07)
Last appearance	Caught by the Killer (2/08/07)
Cause/reason	Arrested for kidnapping DC Jo Masters and the murder of Cindy Statham.
Portrayed by	Amanda Abbington
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Occupation	Crime Scene Photographer

Rachel is a photographer at Sun Hill who is responsible for photographing crime scenes and evidence.

Rachel first appears working on the murder of supermodel Cindy Statham, who she went to school with. It is later discovered by DC Jo Masters that Rachel killed Cindy because she was the one who encouraged Cindy to become a model but was never acknowledged for it. Before Jo can arrest her she kidnaps her and attempts to kill her, but is arrested by CO19 before she can succeed.

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[edit] Mike Jarvis

Mike Jarvis
Last appearance	Volcano (08/05/1998)
Cause/reason	Left Sun Hill
Portrayed by	Stephen Beckett
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	517

Mike serves at Sun Hill for five years and then, after being on a temporary detachment to the Diplomatic Protection Group he transfers to the department permanently.

[edit] Amber Johannsen

Amber Johannsen
First appearance	Episode 264 (01/12/2004)
Last appearance	Episode 377 (29/12/2005)
Cause/reason	Resigned
Portrayed by	Myfanwy Waring
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	888

Amber only served at Sun Hill for a year before resigning. During this time, much of it paired with PC Yvonne Hemmingway, she repeatedly demonstrated poor judgment and attitude, refusing to accept responsibility for any of her mistakes.

She resigned from her job at Sun Hill and the police force after Inspector Gina Gold encouraged her to do so due to her lack of commitment to the job.

[edit] Sally Johnson

Sally Johnson
First appearance	Second Sight (06/01/1994)
Last appearance	Done Is Done (27/01/1995)
Cause/reason	Resigned From Police Force
Portrayed by	Jaye Griffiths
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Detective Inspector

After being pushed out of Sun Hill to take a desk job monitoring overtime in the force she finally resigns from her position as a police officer. She becomes a private investigator and returns to Sun Hill to investigate whether Jeff Simpson had been set up for the murders in the Sun Hill Fire.

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[edit] Leela Kapoor

Leela Kapoor
First appearance	Episode 268 (15/12/2004)
Last appearance	Dead and Buried (26/09/2007)
Cause/reason	Transferred to the Foreign Office
Portrayed by	Seema Bowri
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable (PC)
Call sign	SO 437
Spouse(s)	Paresh Kapoor

Leela is described as having no sense of humour and not being a team player, although she has gradually relaxed after becoming friends with PCs Honey Harman, Dan Casper and Emma Keane, the latter she is assigned to as a beat tutor when she first arrives at Sun Hill. She is also the current station Federation Representative, as she is the only person who wanted the position when it became available. Leela is professional and good natured most of the time, but sometimes she can be very strict.

Very little is known of Leela outside of the job and the character has rarely been the focus of storylines in The Bill. Arguably, Leela's most memorable storyline is her arrival at Sun Hill and her confrontation with PC Sheelagh Murphy for infamously grassing on a Barton Street colleague.

Leela transferred from Sun Hill to work at the Foreign Office after Sergeant Callum Stone recommended her to a Foreign Office representative in order to protect himself after he heard about her transfer from Barton Street and the aforementioned whistle-blowing incident.

[edit] Debbie Keane

Debbie Keane
First appearance	New Moves (07/03/1995)
Last appearance	Taking Sides (22/09/1998)
Cause/reason	Left Sun Hill
Portrayed by	Andrea Mason
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Nickname(s)	Debs
Gender	Female
Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	561

Debbie Keane was played by Andrea Mason from 1995 to 1998. She joined Sun Hill at the same time as fellow Hendon classmate, Nick Slater. She was generally regared as the more promising of the two recruits, impressing her superiors with her mature and friendly manner. Her background as an Outward Bound instructor allowed her to cope easily with the physical demands of on-the-beat police work.^[4]

[edit] Police Constable Emma Keane

Police Constable Emma Keane
First appearance	Episode # 380 (January 11th 2006)
Last appearance	Frontline: Shockwave (May 1st 2008)
Cause/reason	Killed in Terrorist Attack
Portrayed by	Melanie Gutteridge
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	SO 361
Spouse(s)	Matt Hinckley (divorced)

Emma graduated from University. From a middle-class background, she is the daughter of DCI Frank Keane from the Department of Professional Standards, but is determined to prove that she earned her position in the police force on merit rather than nepotism. Emma came across as smart and fun-loving. After graduating from University, Emma trained at Hendon for five weeks before being posted to Sun Hill, and completed her training there, recently graduating from her probationary period.

After being involved in an incident, where a fellow policeman was killed, Emma was convinced that Inspector Gina Gold was bullying her. She made a formal complaint but it was not until they worked together on a rape case that she realised Gina was not really bullying her and tried to withdraw the complaint. Unfortunately, she goes to see the superintendent and he tells her his hands are tied on the matter but the complaint was later withdrawn.

While dating CPS solicitor Matt Hinckley, Emma had a one-night stand with Will Fletcher, Emma later agreed to marry Matt out of guilt for cheating on him. However, the night before her wedding, she opened up to Matt and told him about the brief affair. Matt got his friends to beat up Will but during the course of the next day Will punched Matt and they agree not to press charges against each other. Emma and Matt get married and both go back at work after their honeymoon. Shortly after the wedding, Matt reveals that he wants to start a family with Emma fairly soon but she does not feel ready.

Later, when Emma finds out that Matt lied to her about his ex-girlfriend being dead, she confronts him with evidence that she is still alive. The two have an argument and Matt attempts to strangle her. She hit him on the head with a Vodka bottle, which is just within reach. Matt later claimed that Emma tried to kill him but was arrested, following an investigation into the incident. After the incident, Emma grew closer to Will.

Emma was killed when she attempted to evacuate a building she suspected was threatened by a terrorist attack. In the absence of her sergeant, Callum Stone, Emma was forced to attempt the evacuation alone, until a bomb went off with Emma inside. When Stone arrived, he attempted frantically to revive the PC, but to no avail. Stone is racked with guilt at Emma's death, and that he may have been able to do something about it, had he been where he should have. He later took his frustration out on Sergeant Smith, and the two sergeants are pulled apart by a furious Inspector Gold. It became clear that the actions of one police officer can have far-reaching effects on the rest of the team, and it's hard to imagine how life at Sun Hill can ever get back to normal. [1]

PC Keane was replaced by PC Millie Brown in June 2008. Millie arrived with Reg Hollis's replacement PC Arun Ghir and a new transfer PC Leon Taylor.

[edit] Gabriel Kent

Gabriel Kent (Real name David Kent)
First appearance	Episode 126 (02/07/2003)
Last appearance	Episode 353 (06/10/2005)
Cause/reason	Deceased - suicide
Portrayed by	Todd Carty
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	416

PC Gabriel Kent was one of the most corrupt and deranged police officers ever to work at Sun Hill. and he is DC Ken Drummond's and DS Fiona Drummond's evil arch enemy

On the outside, Gabriel appeared to be a respectable police officer, but was just as quick to exploit trust as he was to gain it. Before joining the Metropolitan Police, Gabriel spent sixteen years in the Royal Navy. He was not highly regarded by other sailors as he was thought of as a bully with a short temper.

He later joined the Met to get revenge on Sgt June Ackland; June had given birth to a son and put him up for adoption. Gabriel's parents adopted June's son and gave him all the praise, making their own son extremely bitter and jealous. Gabriel arrived at Sun Hill under his brother's ID wanting revenge on June, but his insanity grew as he demolished people and his colleagues when he committed fraud, perjury, pretend incest, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, conspiracy to murder, rape and murder.

Throughout his time at Sun Hill, Gabriel evolved from a bullying bigot into a serial killer.

Gabriel first appeared as a stranger who scared off a mugger from off-duty Sergeant June Ackland before he joined Sun Hill. When he arrived at Sun Hill, he brought a mature aged attitude to the force; he was keen to do good and enforce the law. In the beginning, he worked mostly by the book, but soon the power went to his head. His first victim was PC Ruby Buxton who resigned from the force when Kent bullied her into lying on the stand at a court appearance. Inspector Gina Gold was immediately aware of his actions and kept a watchful eye over him after the incident. So greatly annoyed at his superior was Kent that he turned to blackmail when he discovered that she had been caught over the legal alcohol limit, and used this to force her hand.

After exploiting and assaulting people psychologically, he became more physical when involved in the marriage of DC Jim Carver to Marie Graham. Called out to a disturbance at their home, Gabriel took control of the situation when he hit Jim over the head with a vodka bottle. Jim and Marie subsequently ended up in hospital, confused about what had actually occurred. However, Marie reported seeing Gabriel hit Jim with the bottle but Gabriel cleverly cleared his name, although Gina was not convinced by his side of the story.

Gabriel then moved onto June by playing on her insecurities and seducing her. They began a relationship, which they kept to themselves. However, Gina had done some digging into Gabriel's background and found his birth certificate, showing that his birth name was Robert Ackland - the son June had given up for adoption. DC Carver found the birth certificate and showed it to June. Shocked and horrified that she had committed incest, June confronted Gabriel and he admitted that he was her son. However, he repented and revealed to June that her son was in fact his adoptive brother, after she told him that her son's birth was the result of a rape when June was a teenager, and that their relationship was all part of his revenge plan. Shocked and furious, June threatened to tell the relief the truth, but Kent convinced her to remain quiet by giving her the chance to meet her son. PC Kent's secret was again kept behind closed doors.

Gabriel continued his menacing ways by using unorthodox methods to stop criminals, exerting physical violence and fabricating evidence. He was assigned as community officer for the Cole Lane Estate for a while where he continued to issue his own brand of justice. He violently assaulted a paedophile and hired thugs to beat up a loan shark to punish them for terrorising residents and for their crimes. Things really began to get out of hand when he had two teenage boys beaten up as punishment for robbing an elderly woman. After this incident, his behaviour was reported by Laura Bryant, a Cole Lane resident at the time but again he managed to clear his name of her complaint and was removed from his role.

For many months, Sun Hill was terrorised by a serial sniper who targeted criminals. During this reign of terror, three victims were shot dead by the mysterious gunman - Lee Sandford, one of the teenage residents on the Cole Lane Estate who Gabriel had beaten up, Malcolm Willard who had sexually abused DC Terry Perkins and his brother Ben, when they were children, and Christopher Spinks, a local drug dealer. There were suspicions that Gabriel was the sniper, but Gabriel appeared to be cleared when he was almost shot by the sniper himself when dealing with a suspect. It turned out that the sniper was Jason Hardy, an ex-Navy friend of Kent's and that Kent was a conspirator to the three murders the sniper had carried out. Gabriel held many grievances against criminals in the community and supplied the names of the three victims to Hardy, and it was Hardy who pulled the trigger.

When the net began to close in on Hardy and officers arrived to arrest him, Kent was one step ahead of them and threw Hardy from his high-rise balcony to protect his secret. PC Steve Hunter witnessed this, but Gabriel convinced him that he was trying to hold onto Hardy to stop him falling, when in fact he had let go deliberately. Despite Gabriel being cleared, his colleagues grew more suspicious about him and question marks remained over his behaviour.

For some time, Gabriel had been obsessed with colleague PC Kerry Young. When Kerry slept with Sergeant Dale Smith, who was secretly in love with her, after a heavy drinking session. Gabriel twisted the situation out of his hatred for Sergeant Smith by cruelly tricking Kerry into accusing Smithy of date-rape, and persuading her to make an official allegation. He then spread the news around the relief but Kerry withdrew the allegation after realising that Smithy was incapable of rape. After that, Gabriel developed a sick interest in Kerry and tried to get close to her and kissed her while on duty, but Kerry pushed him away as she was seeing PC Cameron Tait at the time. Gabriel convinced himself that she was deliberately 'leading him on', making him think that they could have had a relationship, and when Kerry agreed to marry Cameron, Gabriel accused her of 'pushing him too far' and 'winding him up' and violently raped her. Shocked and traumatised by the vicious attack, Kerry confided in Cameron but Gabriel convinced him that Kerry slept with him willingly and was just the girl who cried rape when she was unfaithful, knowing no one would believe her after her previous rape allegation. Kerry was distraught when Cameron didn't believe her and ended their relationship.

Knowing she couldn't report him, Gabriel mentally taunted Kerry and played mind games, before admitting to Cameron that he did indeed rape her. Cameron convinced Kerry to report it but Gabriel blackmailed her for neglecting her duty during an armed robbery at a bank and threatened to end her career if she did so. His last sick game with Kerry was to deliberately goad Cameron into assaulting him in the station canteen. Cameron's career was on the line after his attack on Gabriel and he left Sun Hill the next day and returned to Australia alone. Kerry went completely off the rails when she couldn't tell the truth, and she warned Gabriel that the battle was far from over and swore she would find a way to destroy him like he destroyed her.

Kerry eventually found comfort in Smithy among others when he declared his undying love for her. Finally, her chance to put Gabriel behind bars came when she discovered his true identity from June Ackland, after she tried to tell June about the rape. Kerry vowed to reveal the truth to the rest of the officers but just after she declared her undying love for Smithy, Gabriel used Hardy's sniper rifle to shoot Kerry outside the station from a nearby rooftop to stop her from exposing him. She died in Smithy's arms. Gabriel stood victorious as Kerry could no longer expose him, but that didn't last for long because he regretted killing her when he discovered that as a result of him raping her, she was pregnant with his child.

After acting extremely inappropriately at Kerry's funeral, Gabriel pushed a devastated Smithy so far with his attitude towards Kerry's death that Smithy flipped out at him and attacked him. Seizing an opportunity to cover his tracks as a rapist and a murderer and to get one over Smithy out of his hatred for the Sergeant and his jealousy of Kerry's love for him, Gabriel announced to the relief that Kerry was pregnant with his son when she died and manipulated them into believing that he and Kerry had been secretly dating in her last months of life. Everyone believed him, but were confused as they never knew about it. Gabriel, however, convinced them that he and Kerry wanted to keep their 'relationship' quiet and told them that they both meant everything to each other, making himself look like the love of Kerry's life.

Luckily however, a grief-stricken and angry Smithy was not as easily fooled; he knew none of Gabriel's stories about Kerry made sense. Although Gabriel almost had him convinced at first, everything finally began to add up when Smithy discovered that Kerry had claimed that Gabriel raped her before she died. However, he still didn't know what to believe until Kerry's grieving father, George, came to the station to collect Kerry's belongings and meet Smithy. Unfortunately, Gabriel interceded and told George about Kerry's pregnancy and their secret 'relationship' but that didn't stop George telling Smithy what Kerry felt for him and that she called him her 'knight in shining armour'. Gabriel overheard the conversation and once again pushed Smithy too far with his lies when he told their colleagues that Kerry called him her 'knight in shining armour'. Furious and realising that what Kerry said was indeed true, Smithy reported the rape allegation to the Murder Investigation Team. Out of all his love for his girlfriend, Smithy swore to expose Gabriel as a rapist and avenge Kerry's death.

A fellow officer PC Andrea Dunbar worked alongside Sergeant Smith to expose Gabriel for his crimes. Kerry had confided in Andrea about her rape at Gabriel's hands the day before her death and informed Smithy. Despite the fact that MIT couldn't pin Kerry's rape on Gabriel, Andrea kept digging into his background after the death of the sniper when she realised that Gabriel was connected to him and the murders of his three victims. Gabriel, however, realised Andrea was onto him after seeing her talking to PCSO Laura Bryant about his actions on the Cole Lane Estate and threatened her if she didn't back off. Despite the threat, Andrea continued her investigation and finally found the evidence that she and Smithy needed to put Gabriel away.

Andrea was then exposed as an undercover journalist and Smithy refused to listen to her because of the nature of her deception. When Andrea convinced him that they had evidence against Gabriel, Smithy agreed to let her collect it from her pigeonhole. The evidence that Andrea obtained was a newspaper article from Gabriel's days in the Navy and a photograph of him and Hardy, proving his true identity. However, Gabriel caught her with the article, held her hostage in a store room and admitted all of his crimes when Andrea pieced all the pieces of the jigsaw together. After some convincing, he appeared repentant and ready to give himself up until disaster struck at Sun Hill; misguided PCSO Colin Fairfax drove a petrol-laden van through the reception of Sun Hill station, which was followed by a huge explosion. Minutes later, Gabriel seized his opportunity for a second chance, rose from the ashes and left Andrea to perish in the resulting fire with the evidence she had against him.

Gabriel was then hailed by his colleagues as the hero who had rescued Smithy from the burning station. But they were all unaware that he had deliberately left Andrea in the fire. Smithy, however, did not share this general enthusiasm for Gabriel. He still believed Kerry's rape allegation against him and even believed that he was involved in her murder; aided by Andrea telling him that Gabriel was working alongside Jason Hardy and that she had the evidence to prove it. When Andrea's body was later recovered from under a pile of rubble, Gabriel believed he had finally gotten away with his crimes and seized his opportunity to put them all behind him and make a fresh start.

After the fire, Gabriel appeared to be a changed man, keeping out of trouble and performing good police work. However, he wasn't a changed man for long when he held off the temptation to begin a relationship with Sgt Sheelagh Murphy. Instead, he chose to seek solace in prostitutes, but after regaining trust in his colleagues, he became selfish once again by dating Sheelagh while still having a prostitute girlfriend. It was a bumpy relationship, but even when June warned Sheelagh off, Smithy drunkenly revealed that Kerry said he raped her and Gabriel himself told her that he pushed the sniper to his death, Sheelagh was never swayed. Despite the rocky nature of the relationship, the two later became engaged.

After successfully killing Kerry, Andrea and the sniper, everything seemed to be going well for Gabriel. But several months after the fire, his chances of getting away with everything he had done were once again put at risk.

On the day of Sun Hill Police Station's 50th anniversary, Gabriel's world started to collapse when an unexpected visitor came to the station asking to see June Ackland - his brother, the real Gabriel Kent who had returned to Sun Hill from the USA for good. Gabriel tried to convince his colleagues that the man claiming to be Gabriel Kent was an insane person he had come across before who had stolen his identity. Immediately after the real Gabriel was shot and fell off a balcony during a siege at Sun Hill station, Gabriel visited him in hospital and threatened him to keep quiet about his identity.

Luckily however, PC Laura Bryant told Sergeant Smith that the man shot during the siege had arrived at the station asking for June and saying that his name was Gabriel Kent. Smithy began to put more pieces of the puzzle together when he told Laura that June had a son she gave up for adoption called Gabriel Kent, and that he thought Robert Ackland's birth certificate belonged to PC Gabriel Kent. Smithy and Laura went to June, and Laura told her that the gunshot victim said his name was Gabriel Kent. When Smithy told June that he knew she had a son, June told them that the man they had been working with for the past two years was not her son and not Gabriel Kent.

When Smithy brought June to the hospital, she recognised her son immediately and identified him as the real Gabriel Kent. June then explained to Smithy how she had her son when she was sixteen, following a rape, and was forced to give him up by her parents. She revealed that PC Gabriel Kent was really David Kent, her son's adoptive brother. June explained that David had stolen his brother's identity to work in the Force and get revenge on her because he blamed her for all the errors in his life after his parents adopted her son. June intended to tell Superintendent Adam Okaro about her son and PC Kent's true identity, but Smithy persuaded not to as she could have lost her job over keeping it secret for so long. Smithy confided in June about Kerry's rape allegation against Gabriel, and was devastated when it was finally confirmed as true when June told him that Kerry had come to see her before she died and had tried to tell her something but was unable to.

Gabriel was worried that he was at risk and asked Sheelagh to move away and leave the country with him. Sheelagh seriously considered Gabriel's idea and told Laura. Horrified, Laura revealed Gabriel's secret to Sheelagh and begged her not to leave with him. Suspicious and stunned by Laura's revelation, Sheelagh went through Gabriel's packed suitcase and found his brother's ID card and mobile phone, only to be caught by him. Gabriel confessed to Sheelagh that he was David Kent, but swore that he loved her and that they could still get away together. Sheelagh tried to escape, but Gabriel caught her, beat her and tied her up. Laura and PC Tony Stamp later found her and rescued her. Gabriel then made his way to the hospital to try to kill the real Gabriel by turning off his life support machine and suffocating him with a pillow. Thinking his brother was dead, he left. Luckily, PC Steve Hunter reached the real Gabriel just in time and the doctors successfully resuscitated him.

The fake Gabriel knew his time was running out when he saw Smithy arrive with uniformed officers as he and June investigated a disturbance in a block of flats. Knowing that he had been exposed and Smithy had come to arrest him, Gabriel snapped at June once again. He dragged her up to the rooftop, vented all his remaining anger on her, handcuffed her to the railing, blamed his troubles on her and confessed to his crimes. Luckily, Smithy climbed up to where they were in time to overhear Gabriel's confession and save June. When Gabriel confessed to the rape and murders of Kerry and Andrea, Smithy flew into a rage, charged at Gabriel and the two men had an aggressive fist-fight but before Smithy could arrest him, Gabriel overpowered him and knocked him unconscious.

Realising that his time was finally up, the evil David Kent made one last decision and threw himself off the rooftop to his death to avoid spending the rest of his life in prison.

[edit] Inspector Brian Kite

Inspector Brian Kite
First appearance	The New Order Of Things (21/09/1987)
Last appearance	Not Without Cause (07/12/1987)
Cause/reason	Left Sun Hill
Portrayed by	Simon Slater
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Inspector

Inspector Brian Kite made himself very unpopular while he kept close watch on his relief. University educated, he saw himself as the modern face of policing: rule bound, PACE-quoting, politically correct, making all the right moves. In reality he was pedantic, officious and uncompassionate.

[edit] Nick Klein

Nick Klein
First appearance	Integrity part I (16/09/1999)
Last appearance	Episode 206 (08/04/2004)
Cause/reason	Went into witness protection
Portrayed by	René Zagger
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	140

Klein is a fun loving, spliff loving, charlie loving and popular officer in Sun Hill but goes on a downward spiral after the death of his friend and colleague PC Cass Rickman. He becomes addicted to cocaine and is sent to rehab by Adam Okaro. He returns briefly but is soon sent away again, into witness protection after he is set up by Phil Hunter.

[edit] Special Constable Terry Knowles

Special Constable Terry Knowles
First appearance	Special Attention (18/12/01)
Last appearance	Loaded (03/01/02)
Cause/reason	Stabbed, later died on duty
Portrayed by	Alex Avery
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Special Constable
Spouse(s)	Dani Knowles

Terry was killed, while on duty, by a woman whom he had stopped for a traffic offence. He had lived with his wife, Dani.

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[edit] Detective Constable Duncan Lennox

Detective Constable Duncan Lennox
First appearance	The Fat Lady Sings (27/11/98)
Last appearance	Episode 077 (02/01/03)
Cause/reason	Joined M.I.T
Portrayed by	George Rossi
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Detective Constable
Call sign	DC lennox / DS Lennox of M.I.T

Duncan comes to Sun Hill from Epsom prison and his motives for wanting a transfer to the East End are at first a mystery to his new colleagues in CID. A bulky Glaswegian with an ironic sense of humour, he quickly makes his presence felt, particularly with the women in the station, whom he treats with a combination of appreciative chivalry and old-fashioned sexism. Duncan manages to combine an air of profound laziness with sudden bursts of enthusiasm If he senses the chance of a good arrest, he pursues a case with dogged determination.

There is nothing he enjoys more than arresting a villain, and he thoroughly annoys his victims by treating them with immense affability. Thirty-nine years old, with twenty-one years' service behind him, Duncan can be irritatingly smug about his experience of the job, an inveterate tease and, when roused, witheringly accurate in his put-downs, but his ready wit wins him friends and allies in the station. He is not as impulsive as some and often acts as the middle-man preferring to see both sides of an argument.

The chink in his armour is his wife, Shona, who he treats with a healthy degree of respect and secretly adores, until she has an affair and leaves him. Shona is a highflying career woman, working for one of the larger financial institutions, and it is her salary rather than Duncan's that pays for their Docklands Riverside apartment. When Shona says jump, Duncan's only question is how high, a fact that his colleagues come to understand when they realise that it is her job that dictated the move to Sun Hill. Duncan is beginning a life on his own and slowly beginning to realise that he is up for standing on his own two feet.

One step ahead of the game, Duncan decides to move onwards and upwards, becoming part of the Murder Investigation Team. One of his first assignments brings him back to Sun Hill to investigate the Sun Hill serial killer.

[edit] Alfred "Tosh" Lines

Alfred Lines
First appearance	Stop and Search (27/10/88)
Last appearance	A People Person (09/06/98)
Cause/reason	Took a position in the Coroner's Office
Portrayed by	Kevin Lloyd
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Occupation	Police Detective
Title	Detective Constable

Tosh served for a decade at Sun Hill and he then took a position in the Coroner's Office.

[edit] Dave Litten

Dave Litten
First appearance	Woodentop (16/08/1983)
Last appearance	The Sweet Smell of Failure (22/01/1985)
Cause/reason	Left Sun Hill
Portrayed by	Gary Olsen
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	201

Dave served for two years at Sun Hill and leaves after being accepted on a trainee investigator course.

[edit] Steve Loxton

Steve Loxton
First appearance	Police Powers (12/06/1990)
Last appearance	No Trace (14/11/1997)
Cause/reason	Resigned
Portrayed by	Tom Butcher
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	363

After being involved in an incident where he was involved in an illegal search of an off duty black police officer, Steve resigns from Sun Hill.

He later returned for Dave Quinnan's wedding, an episode which is rarely repeated due to public outcry about scenes in the episode. In it Steve was still the down-on-his-luck ex-PC who is now flagged by Manchester Police as a drug-trafficker.

[edit] Abe Lyttleton

Abe Lyttleton
First appearance	Snouts and Red Herrings (11/11/1985)
Last appearance	The Chief Superintendent’s Party (10/02/1986)
Cause/reason	Left Sun Hill
Portrayed by	Ronnie Cush
Information
Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Police Constable
Call sign	342

Abe Lyttleton is introduced as the first black police officer ever to grace Sun Hill. Upon arriving, there is mention that it is his third posting in only three and a half years, which is put down to him having trouble settling in as a "minority within a minority." Most of the relief welcome him, however he is constantly given a hard time by fellow newcomer PC Pete Muswell, whom believes that it is a mistake to include ethnic minorities in the Met. During their time at Sun Hill, Lyttleton is the victim of many of Muswell's racial attacks, whose nicknames for the minority include "Snowball" and "Paleface". Lyttleton rises above his racial taunts on many occasions, and in the end he even goes on to win Muswell's grudging respect. He does not stay long at Sun Hill however, and leaves after three months.

Abe suffers from vertigo, as revealed in an episode where he is forced to go onto a roof and arrest a man who is throwing tiles onto the street.

[edit] References

[edit] General References

• Silver, Rachel (1999). The Bill: The Inside Story: Behind the Scenes of Britain's Top Police Drama. HarperCollins, London. ISBN 978-0-00-257137-1. 
• The Bill Bios
• The Bill Official Site
• Tibballs, Geoff (2003). The Bill: The Complete Lowdown on 20 Years at Sun Hill. ABC Books, Sydney. ISBN 0-7333-1330-2. 

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