The Bill series 8
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| The Bill | |
|---|---|
| Season 8 | |
 Series 8 (Australian DVD Cover) | |
| No. of episodes | 105 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 2 January – 31 December 1992 |
| Series chronology | |
The eighth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 105 episodes, broadcast between 2 January – 31 December 1992. The series was released on DVD for the first time on 6 June 2012, in Australia. It features the above artwork, which features images of PC Steve Loxton and DC Mike Dashwood.
Cast changes
Arrivals
- DCI Jack Meadows
- DC Alan Woods
- WPC Polly Page
- PC Gary McCann
Departures
- DCI Kim Reid
- WPC Suzanne Ford
- DC Mike Dashwood
- Sgt. Alec Peters
- WPC Delia French
Episodes
| # | Title | Episode notes | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Best Policy" | Clive Wedderburn guest stars. | Derek Lister | Victoria Taylor | 2 January 1992 |
| 2 | "A Friend in Need" | Christopher Saul, Edmund Pegge, Don McCorkindale and Pauline Letts guest star. | Bill Pryde | Duncan Gould | 7 January 1992 |
| 3 | "Whose Side Are You On?" | William Simons and Tom Kelly guest star. | Bill Hays | Duncan Gould | 9 January 1992 |
| 4 | "Lip Service" | Oliver Smith, Ian Reddington, Sherrie Hewson and Samantha Womack guest star. | Derek Lister | Arthur Ellis | 14 January 1992 |
| 5 | "Illegals" | Michael McStay guest stars. | Laura Sims | Christopher Russell | 16 January 1992 |
| 6 | "Fair Play" | Alex Walkinshaw, Roger Griffiths and Graham Cull guest star. | Niall Leonard | Mark Holloway | 21 January 1992 |
| 7 | "Dinosaur" | Jo Martin, Zig Byfield and Jeremy Bulloch guest star. | Laura Sims | Victoria Taylor | 23 January 1992 |
| 8 | "Joyride" | Colin Spaull, Linda Polan and Terry Molloy guest star. | John Strickland | Mike Harris | 28 January 1992 |
| 9 | "Not Waving" | Dexter Fletcher guest stars. | Richard Holthouse | Russell Lewis | 30 January 1992 |
| 10 | "Mates" | Annie Hulley guest stars. | Derek Lister | Phillip Palmer | 4 February 1992 |
| 11 | "Lost Boy" | Robert Glenister guest stars. | Nicholas Laughland | Mark Holloway | 6 February 1992 |
| 12 | "Chicken" | John Bleasdale, Liz Gebhardt and Richard Ashley guest star. | Chris Lovett | Julian Jones | 11 February 1992 |
| 13 | "Somebody Special" | Final appearance of DCI Kim Reid | John Strickland | Christopher Russell | 13 February 1992 |
| 14 | "Previous Convictions" | TBA | Aisling Walsh | Tony Etchells | 18 February 1992 |
| 15 | "Beggar My Neighbour" | Beryl Cooke and Brenda Kempner guest star. | Niall Leonard | Jonathan Whitten | 20 February 1992 |
| 16 | "It's a Small World" | Ian Redford, Kenneth Cope, Paul Jerricho and Peter Spraggon guest star. | Bill Pryde | Barry Appleton | 25 February 1992 |
| 17 | "Licence" | Sally Rogers and Tom Georgeson guest star. | Gordon Flemyng | Neil McKay | 27 February 1992 |
| 18 | "Comeback" | Reginald Jessup guest stars. | John Darnell | Julian Jones | 3 March 1992 |
| 19 | "Fireproof" | Sidney Kean and Rachel Victoria Roberts guest star. | Mike Dormer | Julian Jones | 5 March 1992 |
| 20 | "The Paddy Factor" | Edward Peel guest stars. | Chris Lovett | J. C. Wilsher | 10 March 1992 |
| 21 | "The Wild Rover" | Edward Peel and Clare Clifford guest star. | Chris Lovett | J.C. Wilsher | 12 March 1992 |
| 22 | "Coincidence" | Rod Culbertson, Denise Black and Tommy Wright guest star. | Patrick Lau | Peter J. Hammond | 17 March 1992 |
| 23 | "Going Soft" | Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Anna Cropper and Freddie Earlle guest star. | Derek Lister | Barry Appleton | 19 March 1992 |
| 24 | "Re-Hab" | First appearance of DCI Jack Meadows | Derek Lister | Tony Etchells | 24 March 1992 |
| 25 | "Acting Detective" | Final appearance of PC Delia French | Nicholas Laughland | Mark Holloway | 26 March 1992 |
| 26 | "Stopover" | Edward Burnham guest stars. | Aisling Walsh | Peter J. Hammond | 31 March 1992 |
| 27 | "Suspects" | Eric Deacon, Roger Blake and Nick Burnell guest stars. | Richard Holthouse | Phillip Palmer | 2 April 1992 |
| 28 | "All the King's Horses" | TBA | John Darnell | Duncan Gould | 7 April 1992 |
| 29 | "Party Politics" | Dominic Keating, Barbara Wilshere and Derek Martin guest star. | Alan Bell | Susan Shattock | 9 April 1992 |
| 30 | "Trials and Tribulations" | Final appearance of Sgt. Alec Peters and Amelda Brown guest star. | Chris Lovett | Anthony Valentine | 14 April 1992 |
| 31 | "A Can of Worms" | Andrew Carr guest stars. | Charles Beeson | Duncan Gould | 16 April 1992 |
| 32 | "Timing" | Robin Soans guest stars. | Aisling Walsh | Russell Lewis | 21 April 1992 |
| 33 | "A Nice Little Line in Plastic" | TBA | Sarah Pia Anderson | Margaret Simpson | 23 April 1992 |
| 34 | "Trial and Error" | Ian McElhinney, John Hannah, Steve Swinscoe, Ben Aris, Martin Matthews and Graeme Eton guest star. | Alan Bell | Edward Dumas | 28 April 1992 |
| 35 | "Owning Up" | TBA | Charles Beeson | Martyn Wade | 30 April 1992 |
| 36 | "Up Behind" | TBA | Sarah Pia Anderson | J.C. Wilsher | 5 May 1992 |
| 37 | "Appearances" | John Duttine guest stars. | Patrick Lau | Simon Moss | 7 May 1992 |
| 38 | "Principled Negotiation" | Pete Postlethwaite and Vincent Brimble guest star. | Gordon Flemyng | J.C. Wilsher | 12 May 1992 |
| 39 | "Sign of Our Times" | Lindsey Coulson guest stars. | Laura Sims | David Squire | 14 May 1992 |
| 40 | "Priorities" | Kathleen Worth guest stars. | Anya Camilleri | Neil McKay | 19 May 1992 |
| 41 | "Users" | Elizabeth Carling guest stars. | Laura Sims | Simon Moss | 21 May 1992 |
| 42 | "Man of the People" | TBA | Richard Holthouse | Christopher Russell | 26 May 1992 |
| 43 | "Runaway" | Brian Bovell and Colin McCormack guest star. | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | 28 May 1992 |
| 44 | "Exposures" | Ché Walker and David Schofield guest star. | Richard Holthouse | Mark Holloway | 2 June 1992 |
| 45 | "Better the Devil" | Rudolph Walker, Andrew Powell and Caroline John guest star. | Jeremy Silberston | Russell Lewis | 4 June 1992 |
| 46 | "Prisoners" | David Chandler guest stars. | Chris Lovett | Victoria Taylor | 9 June 1992 |
| 47 | "World To Rights" | Jeremy Young guest stars. | Graham Theakston | Russell Lewis | 11 June 1992 |
| 48 | "Do the Right Thing" | TBA | Christopher Hodson | Marianne Colbran | 16 June 1992 |
| 49 | "Hiding to Nothing" | TBA | Graham Theakston | Jonathan Rich | 18 June 1992 |
| 50 | "Punching Judy" | TBA | Moira Armstrong | Russell Lewis | 22 June 1992 |
| 51 | "Vicious Circles" | Carol Harrison guest stars. | Christopher Hodson | Duncan Gould | 25 June 1992 |
| 52 | "Up All Night" | Cindy O'Callaghan guest stars. | Mike Dormer | Tony Etchells | 30 June 1992 |
| 53 | "Part of the Furniture" | Final appearance of DC Mike Dashwood, Linda Henry and James Garbutt guest star. | Udayan Prasad | Christopher Russell | 2 July 1992 |
| 54 | "Snakes and Ladders" | TBA | Mike Dormer | Tony Etchells | 7 July 1992 |
| 55 | "Street Cleaning" | TBA | Laura Sims | Christopher Russell | 9 July 1992 |
| 56 | "Hands Up" | First appearance of DC Alan Woods, Cheryl Hall, Rowena Cooper and Carl Rigg guest star | Michael Simpson | Christopher Russell | 14 July 1992 |
| 57 | "A Scandalous Act" | Martine McCutcheon and Carolyn Pickles guest stars. | Anya Camilleri | Anthony Valentine | 16 July 1992 |
| 58 | "Raiders" | Janet Lees Price guest star. | Brian Parker | Rib Davis | 21 July 1992 |
| 59 | "Talk Out" | TBA | Brian Parker | Peter J. Hammond | 23 July 1992 |
| 60 | "True Confessions" | Tenniel Evans guest stars. | Jeremy Silberston | Edward Dumas | 28 July 1992 |
| 61 | "Private Enterprise" | Lucy Benjamin guest stars. | Patrick Lau | Carolyn Sally Jones | 29 July 1992 |
| 62 | "Getting Through" | Roberta Taylor and Brian Croucher guest star. | Andrew Higgs | Carolyn Sally Jones | 4 August 1992 |
| 63 | "Last Night of Freedom" | Jamie Foreman and Peter Lovstrom guest star. | Chris Clough | Lizzie Mickery | 6 August 1992 |
| 64 | "Cutting Loose" | Allan Corduner and Jonathan Kydd guest star. | Chris Clough | Steve Trafford | 11 August 1992 |
| 65 | "Soft Target" | Paterson Joseph and Michael Ripper guest star. | Laura Sims | Roy MacGregor | 13 August 1992 |
| 66 | "I've Never Been to Harrogate" | Charles Kay guest stars. | Moira Armstrong | Christopher Russell | 18 August 1992 |
| 67 | "Human Resources" | Bruce Alexander guest stars. | Andrew Higgs | Robert Jones | 20 August 1992 |
| 68 | "Exit" | Sarah Alexander guest stars. | Tom Cotter | Peter J. Hammond | 25 August 1992 |
| 69 | "Loyalties" | Dean Gaffney guest stars. | Tom Cotter | Duncan Gould | 27 August 1992 |
| 70 | "Snapshot" | Colin Wells guest stars. | Mike Dormer | Tony Etchells | 1 September 1992 |
| 71 | "Letting Go" | Martin Marquez, Alan Westaway and Ian MacKenzie guest star. | Chris Lovett | Joanne Maguire | 3 September 1992 |
| 72 | "Travelling Light" | John Flanagan guest stars. | Sheree Folkson | Rod Lewis | 8 September 1992 |
| 73 | "Radio Waves" | TBA | Chris Lovett | Simon Moss | 10 September 1992 |
| 74 | "A Blind Eye" | Russell Boulter, Adjoa Andoh and Eileen Way guest star. | Mike Dormer | Julian Jones | 15 September 1992 |
| 75 | "Sympathy For the Devil" | Harry Fowler, Vladek Sheybal and Sakuntala Ramanee guest star. | Sheree Folkson | Edward Dumas | 17 September 1992 |
| 76 | "Force Is Part of the Service" | Bhasker Patel and Sally Faulkner guest star. | Anya Camilleri | J.C. Wilsher | 22 September 1992 |
| 77 | "On the Record, Off the Record" | Patricia Ford, Alan Ford, Allan Corduner and Roy Heather guest star. | Anya Camilleri | David Hoksins | 24 September 1992 |
| 78 | "Stoning the Glasshouse" | Anthony Daniels, Mark Arden and Stephen Moore guest star. | David Attwood | Anthony Valentine | 29 September 1992 |
| 79 | "Tip-Off" | Brian Capron and Martyn Whitby guest star. | John Darnell | Sebastian Walker | 1 October 1992 |
| 80 | "Open to Offers" | Tim McInnerny guest stars. | Roger Gartland | Russell Lewis | 6 October 1992 |
| 81 | "Playing God" | Pat Nye guest stars. | Roger Gartland | Margaret Phelan | 8 October 1992 |
| 82 | "Crack of Doom" | TBA | John Darnell | Gregory Evans | 13 October 1992 |
| 83 | "Spit and Polish" | First appearance of PC Polly Page | Frank W. Smith | Robert Jones | 15 October 1992 |
| 84 | "Overdue" | Lloyd McGuire and George Raistrick guest star. | Chris Lovett | J.C. Wilsher | 20 October 1992 |
| 85 | "We Should Be Talking" | TBA | David Attwood | Duncan Gould | 22 October 1992 |
| 86 | "Reasonable Grounds" | June Page and Larry Martyn guest star. | Colm Villa | Julian Spilsbury | 27 October 1992 |
| 87 | "Discipline" | John Flanagan guest stars. | Colm Villa | Joanna Maguire | 29 October 1992 |
| 88 | "Minefield" | TBA | Jean Stewart | Carolyn Sally Jones | 3 November 1992 |
| 89 | "Gamers" | Gordon Warnecke guest stars. | Frank W. Smith | Jonathan Myerson | 5 November 1992 |
| 90 | "Occupational Hazard" | First Appearance of PC Gary McCann | Jean Stewart | Carolyn Sally Jones | 10 November 1992 |
| 91 | "Just Send Some Flowers" | TBA | Chris Lovett | Michael Jenner | 12 November 1992 |
| 92 | "Waifs and Strays" | Barbara Keogh and Leon Davis guest star. | Haldance Duncan | Jonathan Rich | 17 November 1992 |
| 93 | "Happy Families" | Charlotte Coleman and Christopher Saul guest star. | Andrew Higgs | David Hoskins | 19 November 1992 |
| 94 | "Well Out of Order" | Chrissie Cotterill guest stars. | Peter Smith | Steve Trafford | 24 November 1992 |
| 95 | "Into the Mire" | TBA | Peter Smith | Steve Trafford | 26 November 1992 |
| 96 | "Master of the House" | TBA | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | 1 December 1992 |
| 97 | "Fireworks" | Jenny McCracken guest stars. | Nicholas Laughland | Duncan Gould | 3 December 1992 |
| 98 | "Cold Shoulder" | TBA | Haldane Duncam | Tony Etchells | 8 December 1992 |
| 99 | "Safety First" | TBA | Nicholas Laughland | Mick Duffy | 10 December 1992 |
| 100 | "Counting the Cost" | Glyn Pritchard guest stars. | Laurence Moody | Anthony Valentine | 15 December 1992 |
| 101 | "Compassion" | TBA | Chris Lovett | Frank Kippax | 17 December 1992 |
| 102 | "Finders Keepers" | Guest appearance by DC Mike Dashwood, Terence Bayler and John Cater guest star | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | 22 December 1992 |
| 103 | "Return Match" | Guest appearance by DC Mike Dashwood, Bill Moody guest stars | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | 24 December 1992 |
| 104 | "High Places" | Anna Keaveney and Caroline John guest star. | Jeremy Silberston | Peter J. Hammond | 29 December 1992 |
| 105 | "When Push Comes To Shove" | TBA | Matthew Evans | Tony Etchells | 31 December 1992 |
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