Confessions of a Killer (The Bill)

The Sun Hill Fire was a storyline in the long-running police procedural British television series, The Bill.

Events of the Sun Hill Fire

During 2005, the fictional character of Colin Fairfax was added to the cast of Sun Hill Police Station as a Community Support Officer. Later in the year, his position was terminated after his racist views being discovered. After Fairfax had been dismissed, Detective Constable Ken Drummond was sent to formally arrest Fairfax. After being knocked out by Fairfax, Ken awoke in a van laden with explosives hurtling towards Sun Hill Police Station. After Fairfax jumping out before the impact, the van crashed into the front office of Sun Hill and the explosives failed to go off. After Reg Hollis phoned Station Reception Officer Marilyn Chambers the spark allowed the explosives to ignite, causing an explosion to hurtle through the station.

The episode concluded two storylines: PC Hollis's relationship with SRO Chambers and the undercover journalist, Andrea Dunbar, who had infiltrated the ranks of Sun Hill to produce stories to sell to the press. Shortly before the bombing, Gabriel Kent had taken PC Dunbar hostage in a store-room, as she threatened to expose him as the Sun Hill Sniper who killed Kerry Young, and reveal his name as false, having assumed his foster brother's identity so he could join the police. As the explosion ripped through Sun Hill, the ceiling caved in on the store room trapping PC Dunbar, and PC Kent left her to die despite begging him to help her and promising she would destroy the evidence against him.

Characters involved in the fire

• Constable Andrea Dunbar
• Station Reception Officer Marilyn Chambers
• Constable Gabriel Kent
• Sergeant Dale Smith
• Detective Constable Ken Drummond
• Civil Support Staff Cleaner Margaret 'Maggie' Barnes
• Detective Sergeant Ramani DeCosta
• Sergeant June Ackland
• Detctive Constable Jim Carver
• PCSO Colin Fairfax

Casualties

• Detective Constable Ken Drummond - Died
• Constable Andrea Dunbar - Died
• SRO Marilyn Chambers - Hospitalised, later died
• Sergeant [[Dale Smith (The Bill)|Dale 'Smithy' Smith] - Hospitalized, Recovered