The Bill series 6
| The Bill | |
|---|---|
| Season 6 | |
 Series 6 (Australian DVD Cover) | |
| No. of episodes | 104 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 2 January – 27 December 1990 |
| Series chronology | |
The sixth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 104 episodes, broadcast between 2 January – 27 December 1990. The series was first released on DVD as part of the Collection 5 and Collection 6 DVD boxsets in Australia, made available on 9 April – 8 October 2008, respectively. The series was later reissued as two-half series boxsets in Australia, released on 7 March 2012. The above artwork is taken from the most recent Australian release. It features images of DC Tosh Lines and DI Frank Burnside. The original Collection box-sets contained sole images of PC Reg Hollis and DS Ted Roach. In the UK, the first nine episodes were released on DVD under the title Volume 7, on 2 September 2013.
A number of Audio Commentaries for Series 6 episodes have been recorded with cast and crew, including stars Larry Dann (Sgt. Alec Peters), Chris Humphreys (P.C. Richard Turnham), Jon Iles (D.C. Mike Dashwood) and Lynne Miller (W.P.C. Cathy Marshall), writers Russell Lewis, Garry Lyons and J.C. Wilsher, camera operator Alison Chapman and producer Tony Virgo.[1]
Cast changes
Arrivals
- Insp. Andrew Monroe (Episode 4-)
- DCI Gordon Wray (Episode 33-)
- PC Barry Stringer (Episode 41-)
- Det. Supt. Jack Meadows (Episode 45-)
- PC Steve Loxton (Episode 47-)
- PC Ron Smollett (Episode 50-)
- DAC Trevor Hicks (Episode 78-)
- WPC Delia French (Episode 79-)
- Sgt. Joseph Corrie (Episode 100-)
- DCI Kim Reid (Episode 102-)
- Sgt. John Maitland (Episode 103-)
Departures
- Insp. Christine Frazer - Took a leave of absence to write a thesis on women in the police
- PC Timothy Able - Unexplained
- PC Francis "Taffy" Edwards - Transferred to a Welsh police force
- PC Richard Turnham - Transferred to MS11
- PC Ken Melvin - Killed in the first Sun Hill station fire
- Sgt. Tom Penny - Resigned after being arrested for drink driving
- DCI Gordon Wray - Transferred after having an affair with WPC June Ackland
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Episode notes | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188 | 1 | "By The Skin of Our Teeth" | Nigel Le Vaillant and Robert Perkins guest stars. | Bren Simson | Arthur McKenzie | 2 January 1990 |
| 189 | 2 | "Officers and Gentlemen" | Laurence Harrington guest stars. | Diana Patrick | Steve Trafford | 4 January 1990 |
| 190 | 3 | "Carry Your Bags Sir" | Phil Nice and Brigitte Kahn guest star. | Simon Jones | John Milne | 9 January 1990 |
| 191 | 4 | "I Thought You'd Gone" | First appearance of Insp. Andrew Monroe, Final appearances of PC Francis 'Taffy' Edwards and Insp. Christine Frazer | Nick Laughland | J. C. Wilsher | 11 January 1990 |
| 192 | 5 | "C.A.D." | Geraldine Fitzgerald, Stephen Finlay and Richard Vobes guest star. In 2020, writer J.C. Wilsher recorded an Audio Commentary for this episode[2] | Chris Hodson | J.C. Wilsher | 16 January 1990 |
| 193 | 6 | "A Day Lost" | TBA | Phillip Casson | Les Pollard | 18 January 1990 |
| 194 | 7 | "A Clean Division" | David Lonsdale guest stars. | Derek Lister | Julian Jones | 23 January 1990 |
| 195 | 8 | "Roger And Out" | TBA | David Giles | John Kershaw | 25 January 1990 |
| 196 | 9 | "Addresses" | Victor Maddern guest stars. | Chris Lovett | Peter J. Hammond | 30 January 1990 |
| 197 | 10 | "Michael Runs The Family Now" | Roy Holder and Robert Aldous guest star. | John Michael Phillips | Kieran Prendiville | 1 February 1990 |
| 198 | 11 | "Against The Odds" | Terry Downes and Harry Fielder guest star. In 2019, actor Jon Iles and camera operator Alison Chapman recorded an Audio Commentary for this episode[3] | Keith Washington | Arthur McKenzie | 6 February 1990 |
| 199 | 12 | "Bloodsucker" | TBA | Chris Hodson | Steve Trafford | 8 February 1990 |
| 200 | 13 | "Workers in Uniform" | TBA | Colm Villa | J.C. Wilsher | 13 February 1990 |
| 201 | 14 | "Something To Hide" | TBA | John Michael Phillips | Tom Needham | 15 February 1990 |
| 202 | 15 | "The Old Men's Run" | TBA | David Hayman | John Milne | 20 February 1990 |
| 203 | 16 | "Legacies" | Wendy van der Plank and Symond Lawes guest star. | Chris Hodson | Peter Gibbs | 22 February 1990 |
| 204 | 17 | "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" | Louise Lombard, Harry Landis and Jon Finch guest star. | Colm Villa | Geoff McQueen | 27 February 1990 |
| 205 | 18 | "Something Special" | Final Appearance of PC Timothy Able, Lorraine Ashbourne guest stars. | David Giles | Guy Meredith | 1 March 1990 |
| 206 | 19 | "Enemies" | Badi Uzzaman guest stars. | Alan Wareing | Philip Martin | 6 March 1990 |
| 207 | 20 | "Safe Place" | Frank Jarvis guest stars. | Tom Cotter | Peter J. Hammond | 8 March 1990 |
| 208 | 21 | "Burnside Knew My Father" | Rudolph Walker and David Gooderson guest star. | Tom Cotter | Lennie James | 13 March 1990 |
| 209 | 22 | "Watching" | Norman Rossington guest stars. | Chris Lovett | Peter Gibbs | 15 March 1990 |
| 210 | 23 | "University Challenge" | George Irving and Mary Maude guest star. | Derek Lister | Simon Moss | 20 March 1990 |
| 211 | 24 | "Growing Pains" | TBA | Phillip Casson | Barry Appleton | 22 March 1990 |
| 212 | 25 | "One of the Boys" | WPC Viv Martella is promoted to WDC, Andy Serkis guest stars. | Alan Wareing | Jonathan Rich | 27 March 1990 |
| 213 | 26 | "Beggars and Choosers" | Wally K. Daly and Bryan Coleman guest star. | Bob Hird | Steve Trafford | 29 March 1990 |
| 214 | 27 | "Citadel" | Roger Brierley, Christopher Godwin, Jon Glover and Michael Bilton guest star. In 2020, actor Chris Humphreys and writer J.C. Whilsher recorded an Audio Commentary for this episode[4] | Bob Hird | J.C. Wilsher | 3 April 1990 |
| 215 | 28 | "Blue Eyed Boy" | David Hayman and Kika Mirylees guest star. | Nick Laughland | Julian Jones | 5 April 1990 |
| 216 | 29 | "Full House" | Final Appearance of PC Richard Turnham | Julian Aymes | Arthur McKenzie | 10 April 1990 |
| 217 | 30 | "Big Fish, Little Fish" | Oliver Smith guest stars. | Nick Laughland | Patrick Harkins | 12 April 1990 |
| 218 | 31 | "Information Received" | Dean Harris, Ann Mitchell and Paul O'Grady guest star. | Michael Simpson | Kevin Clarke | 17 April 1990 |
| 219 | 32 | "Close Co-Operation" | Patrick Cremin guest stars. In 2020, writer Garry Lyons and actor Larry Dann recorded an Audio Commentary for this episode[5] | Michael Simpson | Garry Lyons | 19 April 1990 |
| 220 | 33 | "Middleman" | First appearance of DCI Gordon Wray | Michael Simpson | J.C. Wilsher | 24 April 1990 |
| 221 | 34 | "Corkscrew" | Matthew Scurfield and Pete Lee-Wilson guest star. | Michael Simpson | J.C. Wilsher | 26 April 1990 |
| 222 | 35 | "Obsessions" | Clare Clifford and Nicholas Gecks guest star. | Julian Aymes | Peter Gibbs | 1 May 1990 |
| 223 | 36 | "Small Hours" | David Neilson guest stars. | Mike Vardy | Kevin Clarke | 3 May 1990 |
| 224 | 37 | "Victims" | John Cater guest stars. | Derek Lister | Jonathan Rich | 8 May 1990 |
| 225 | 38 | "Somebody's Husband" | John Cater guest stars. | Derek Lister | Jonathan Rich | 10 May 1990 |
| 226 | 39 | "Canley Fields" | Gary Webster guest stars. | Mike Vardy | Christopher Russell | 15 May 1990 |
| 227 | 40 | "The Night Watch" | Emma Chambers and Mark Addy guest stars. | Graham Theakston | J.C. Wilsher | 17 May 1990 |
| 228 | 41 | "Trojan Horse" | Final appearance of PC Ken Melvin, David Warwick guest stars. In 2019, producer Tony Virgo recorded an Audio Commentary for this episode[6] | Graham Theakston | Pat Dunlop | 22 May 1990 |
| 229 | 42 | "Rites" | First appearance of PC Barry Stringer, Guest appearances by Francis 'Taffy' Edwards and Tony 'Yorkie' Smith. Kika Mirylees guest stars. | Derek Lister | Jonathan Rich | 24 May 1990 |
| 230 | 43 | "Answers" | Anthony May guest stars. | Chris Hodson | Peter J. Hammond | 29 May 1990 |
| 231 | 44 | "A Fresh Start" | First appearance as a recurring character of Det. Supt. Jack Meadows, Tony Caunter, Mmoloki Chrystie, Desmond Cullum-Jones and Paul Antony-Barber guest star. | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | 31 May 1990 |
| 232 | 45 | "A Case To Answer" | Emma Chambers, Mark Addy and Cyril Nri guest star. | Stuart Burge | J.C. Wilsher | 5 June 1990 |
| 233 | 46 | "Line Up" | TBA | Stuart Burge | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | 7 June 1990 |
| 234 | 47 | "Police Powers" | First appearance of PC Steve Loxton, Ian Reddington guest stars. | Gordon Flemyng | Julian Jones | 12 June 1990 |
| 235 | 48 | "Action Book" | Michael Garner guest stars. | Graham Theakston | Christopher Russell | 14 June 1990 |
| 236 | 49 | "Tactics" | Ben Onwukwe guest stars. | Graham Theakston | Arthur McKenzie | 19 June 1990 |
| 237 | 50 | "Scores" | First appearance of PC Ron Smollett | Gordon Flemyng | Peter J. Hammond | 21 June 1990 |
| 238 | 51 | "Witch Hunt" | Ron Cook guest stars. | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | 26 June 1990 |
| 239 | 52 | "Close To Home" | Doña Croll guest stars. | Nick Laughland | Christopher Russell | 28 June 1990 |
| 240 | 53 | "Breaking Point" | TBA | Peter Barber-Fleming | Les Pollard | 3 July 1990 |
| 241 | 54 | "Jumping The Gun" | TBA | Peter Barber-Fleming | David Hoskins | 5 July 1990 |
| 242 | 55 | "What Kind of Man" | Jim McManus guest stars. | Chris Lovett | Christopher Russell | 10 July 1990 |
| 243 | 56 | "Beat Crime" | John Alford and Lyndam Gregory guest star. | Nick Laughland | J.C. Wilsher | 12 July 1990 |
| 244 | 57 | "Unsocial Hours" | Peter Benson guest stars. | Derek Lister | J.C. Wilsher | 17 July 1990 |
| 245 | 58 | "Interpretations" | Shaheen Khan and Jenna Russell guest star. | Julian Aymes | Jonathan Rich | 19 July 1990 |
| 246 | 59 | "Angles" | TBA | Roger Tucker | Arthur McKenzie | 24 July 1990 |
| 247 | 60 | "Watch My Lips" | TBA | Julian Aymes | Patrick Harkins | 26 July 1990 |
| 248 | 61 | "Feeling Brave" | Colin McCormack guest stars. | Richard Holthouse | John Milne | 31 July 1990 |
| 249 | 62 | "Come Fly With Me" | Albert Moses, Tariq Yunus and Raymond Llewellyn guest star. | Michael Kerrigan | Peter Gibbs | 2 August 1990 |
| 250 | 63 | "Attitudes" | Liz Gebhardt guest stars. | Richard Holthouse | Arthur McKenzie | 7 August 1990 |
| 251 | 64 | "Robbo" | John Bardon guest stars. | Chris Lovett | Brian Finch | 9 August 1990 |
| 252 | 65 | "Ground Rules" | Andrew McCulloch guest stars. | Michael Kerrigan | Geoff McQueen | 14 August 1990 |
| 253 | 66 | "Once a Copper" | TBA | Frank W Smith | Robin Mukherjee | 16 August 1990 |
| 254 | 67 | "Vendetta" | Amanda Mealing and Luan Peters guest star. | Graham Theakston | Peter Brooks | 21 August 1990 |
| 255 | 68 | "My Favourite Things" | Sue Woodford guest stars. | Roger Tucker | Arthur McKenzie | 23 August 1990 |
| 256 | 69 | "Win Some Lose Some" | Colin Jeavons guest stars. | Jeremy Ancock | Jonathan Rich | 28 August 1990 |
| 257 | 70 | "Up The Steps" | Dominic Jephcott and Eileen Helsby guest star. | Jeremy Ancock | Carolyn Sally Jones | 30 August 1990 |
| 258 | 71 | "Where There's a Will" | Bernard Gallagher guest stars. | Garth Tucker | Patrick Harkins | 4 September 1990 |
| 259 | 72 | "Near The Knuckle" | Dorothy Tutin and David Quilter guest star. | Nick Hamm | Ayshe Raif | 6 September 1990 |
| 260 | 73 | "Body Language" | Ian Redford guest stars. | Nick Hamm | Dick Sharples | 11 September 1990 |
| 261 | 74 | "When Did You Last See Your Father?" | Billy Murray and Gertan Klauber guest star. | Bob Gabriel | Barry Appleton | 13 September 1990 |
| 262 | 75 | "Eye-Witness" | David Harewood guest star. | Graham Theakston | Christopher Penfold | 18 September 1990 |
| 263 | 76 | "Sufficient Evidence" | Abigail Thaw guest stars. | Garth Tucker | Rib Davis | 20 September 1990 |
| 264 | 77 | "Forget-Me-Not" | Jack Ellis guest stars. In 2021, Lynne Miller (W.P.C. Cathy Marshall) and writer Russell Lewis recorded an Audio Commentary for this episode[7] | Frank W Smith | Russell Lewis | 25 September 1990 |
| 265 | 78 | "Something to Remember" | First appearance of DAC Trevor Hicks, Pippa Hinchley guest stars. | Laura Sims | Christopher Russell | 27 September 1990 |
| 266 | 79 | "Off The Leash" | First appearance of WPC Delia French, Declan Mulholland guest stars. | Chris Hodson | Christopher Russell | 2 October 1990 |
| 267 | 80 | "Family Ties" | John Golightly and David Quilter guest star. | Chris Lovett | Martyn Wade | 4 October 1990 |
| 268 | 81 | "Old Friends" | Sydney Livingstone and Marian McLoughlin guest star. | Michael Kerrigan | Nick Collins | 9 October 1990 |
| 269 | 82 | "Pride and Prejudice" | David Easter guest stars. | Laura Sims | Tim Firth | 11 October 1990 |
| 270 | 83 | "Housey Housey" | Sian Thomas and Paul Copley guest star. | William Brayne | John Chambers | 16 October 1990 |
| 271 | 84 | "Connelly's Kids" | TBA | Chris Lovett | Michael Cameron | 18 October 1990 |
| 272 | 85 | "One of Those Days" | TBA | Nick Laughland | Roger Leach | 23 October 1990 |
| 273 | 86 | "Jack-The-Lad" | Linda Marlowe and Jacquetta May guest star. | Bill Hays | Michael Baker | 25 October 1990 |
| 274 | 87 | "Blue Murder" | Bob Mason and Patsy Palmer guest star. | Stuart Urban | Russell Lewis | 30 October 1990 |
| 275 | 88 | "Effective Persuaders" | Ron Donachie and Tony Rohr guest star. | Nick Laughland | J.C. Wilsher | 1 November 1990 |
| 276 | 89 | "A Sense of Duty" | Jeremy Nicholas guest stars. | Bill Hays | Julian Jones | 6 November 1990 |
| 277 | 90 | "Lying in Wait" | TBA | William Brayne | Chris Boucher | 8 November 1990 |
| 278 | 91 | "Plato For Policemen" | Kerry Peers and Charles Kay guest star. | Chris Hodson | Robin Mukherjee | 13 November 1990 |
| 279 | 92 | "Testimony" | Bruce Alexander, Kerry Peers and Nicola Stapleton guest star. | Chris Hodson | Robin Mukherjee | 15 November 1990 |
| 280 | 93 | "Decisions" | Patricia Hayes and Patricia Brake guest star. | Tom Cotter | Arthur McKenzie | 20 November 1990 |
| 281 | 94 | "Know Your Enemy" | Beryl Cooke guest stars. | Moria Armstrong | Nick Collins | 22 November 1990 |
| 282 | 95 | "Lies" | Adele Silva guest stars. | Roger Tucker | Brendan McDonald | 27 November 1990 |
| 283 | 96 | "Old Wounds" | Alan Ford guest stars. | Roger Tucker | Ian Briggs | 29 November 1990 |
| 284 | 97 | "Just for a Moment" | Charlie Creed-Miles guest stars. | Tom Cotter | Susan Shattock | 4 December 1990 |
| 285 | 98 | "Market Forces" | Steven Mackintosh, Roberta Taylor and Peter Craze guest star. | Sarah Pia Anderson | Peter Brooks | 6 December 1990 |
| 286 | 99 | "One for the Road" | Philip Whitchurch and Lloyd McGuire guest star. | John Strickland | Michael Crompton | 11 December 1990 |
| 287 | 100 | "Start with the Whistle" | First appearance of Sgt. Joseph Corrie, Final appearance of Sgt. Tom Penny, Stephen Churchett guest stars. | John Strickland | J.C. Wilsher | 13 December 1990 |
| 288 | 101 | "Out of The Blue" | Alec Christie and Peter Ferdinando guest star. | Moria Armstrong | J.C. Wilsher | 18 December 1990 |
| 289 | 102 | "Street Smart" | First appearance of DCI Kim Reid, Final appearance of DCI Gordon Wray, Robert Wisdom and Morgan Deare guest star. | Sarah Pia Anderson | J.C. Wilsher | 20 December 1990 |
| 290 | 103 | "Safe As Houses" | First Appearance of Sgt John Maitland, Ken Hutchison guest stars. | Tom Cotter | Russell Lewis | 26 December 1990 |
| 291 | 104 | "Friends and Neighbours" | Brian Croucher, Doug Bradley, Allan Surtees and Richard Davies guest star. | Mike Dormer | Christopher Russell | 27 December 1990 |
References
- ^ "The Bill Podcast is creating Exclusive Podcasts, Reactions and Commentaries".
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- ^ "The Bill Podcast is creating Exclusive Podcasts, Reactions and Commentaries".
- ^ "The Bill Podcast is creating Exclusive Podcasts, Reactions and Commentaries".
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- ^ "The Bill Podcast is creating Exclusive Podcasts, Reactions and Commentaries".
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