The Bill series 5
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| The Bill | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
 Series 5 (Australian DVD Cover) | |
| No. of episodes | 104 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 3 January – 28 December 1989 |
| Series chronology | |
The fifth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 104 episodes, broadcast between 3 January – 28 December 1989. The series was first released on DVD as part of the Collection 3 and Collection 4 DVD boxsets in Australia, made available on 8 August – 7 November 2007, respectively. The first four episodes of the series were later issued on DVD in the United Kingdom, under the title Volume 4, on 15 March 2010. The next thirteen episodes of series 5 were released on DVD in the UK, under the title Volume 5, on 11 July 2011, the next 48 episodes of Series five were released on DVD in the UK under the title Volume 6, on 15 October 2012 and the remaining episodes were released on DVD in the UK under the title Volume 7, on 2 September 2013. The series was later re-issued as two half-series boxsets in Australia, released on 7 March 2012. The above DVD artwork is taken from the most recent Australian release. It features images of DC Jim Carver and Sgt. Bob Cryer. The British volume artwork features a collage image featuring a variety of characters from across the season. The original Collection boxsets contained sole images of PC Pete Ramsey and PC June Ackland respectively. A number of The Bill Audio Commentaries for Series 5 episodes have been recorded with cast and crew, including writers Garry Lyons, Christopher Russell and J.C. Wilsher, plus stars Robert Hudson, Chris Humphreys, Jon Iles, Andrew Mackintosh and Barbara Thorn.[1]
Cast changes
Arrivals
- PC Timothy Able
- WPC Norika Datta
- PC George Garfield
- DS Alistair Greig
- Sgt Stuart Lamont
- WPC Cathy Marshall
- PC Dave Quinnan
- PC Richard Turnham
- PC Phil Young
Departures
- WPC Claire Brind
- PC Robin Frank
- PC Malcolm Haynes
- PC Pete Ramsey
- PC Yorkie Smith
Episodes
| # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Episode notes | Guest stars | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Getting It Right" | Terry Daw | Barry Appleton | First appearance of DS Alistair Greig | Bernard Horsfall, Brian Miller and Norman Hartley | 3 January 1989 |
| 2 | "A Reflection of Glory" | Christopher Hodson | Brendan J. Cassin | TBA | Stefan Schwartz | 5 January 1989 |
| 3 | "One To One" | Jan Sargent | Christopher Russell | TBA | Arabella Weir | 10 January 1989 |
| 4 | "The Mugging and the Gypsies" | Barry Davis | David Halliwell | TBA | Albert Welling and Melanie Hill | 12 January 1989 |
| 5 | "The Chain of Command" | Robert Tronson | Christopher Short | TBA | Brian Bovell, Stella Gonet, Ray Armstrong and Gilbert Wynne | 17 January 1989 |
| 6 | "Life and Death" | Robert Tronson | Kieran Prendiville | TBA | Elisabeth Sladen, Arthur Blake, Christine Pollon, Philip Anthony and David Beckett | 19 January 1989 |
| 7 | "Hothead" | Phillip Casson | Edwin Pearce | TBA | Larry Martyn, Michael Melia, Stephen Churchett, John Caesar and John Baddeley | 24 January 1989 |
| 8 | "Steamers" | Terry Green | Gerry Huxham | TBA | Timothy Bateson | 26 January 1989 |
| 9 | "Duty Elsewhere" | Jeremy Summers | Brendan J. Cassin | TBA | Ricco Ross | 31 January 1989 |
| 10 | "Saturday Blues" | Jeremy Summers | David Squire | TBA | Julia Chambers, Tim Munro, Roy Skelton, Geoffrey Cheshire, Adrienne Burgess and Brenda Kempner | 2 February 1989 |
| 11 | "N.F.A." | Keith Washington | Arthur McKenzie | TBA | Peter-Hugo Daly, Betty Marsden and John Ringham | 7 February 1989 |
| 12 | "The Price You Pay" | Keith Washington | Kieran Prendiville | TBA | Arthur Kelly, Debbie Arnold, Godfrey James and Tony Osoba | 9 February 1989 |
| 13 | "The Key of the Door" | Christopher Hodson | Barry Appleton | TBA | Shirin Taylor and Bernard Martin | 14 February 1989 |
| 14 | "Cock Up" | Brian Farnham | Tony Grounds | TBA | Rod Culbertson, Ricci Harnett and Hugh Hayes | 16 February 1989 |
| 15 | "Repercussions" | Brian Farnham | Tony Grounds | TBA | Rod Culbertson and John Fortune | 21 February 1989 |
| 16 | "A Death In The Family" | Christopher Hodson | John Foster | TBA | Dione Inman and Eric Deacon | 23 February 1989 |
| 17 | "In the Frame" | Barry Davis | Barry Appleton | TBA | John Flanagan, William Simons and Roger Nott | 28 February 1989 |
| 18 | "A Good Result" | Jeremy Summers | Christopher Russell | TBA | Oliver Parker and Tommy Wright | 2 March 1989 |
| 19 | "Conscience" | Jeremy Summers | Barry Appleton | TBA | Patrick O'Connell | 7 March 1989 |
| 20 | "Sunday Sunday" | Terry Marcel | Richard LeParmentier and Paddy Fletcher | TBA | Sarah Prince, Ann Way and Chris Chering | 9 March 1989 |
| 21 | "Climate" | Brian Parker | P. J. Hammond | TBA | Robin Soans | 14 March 1989 |
| 22 | "Bad Company" | Terry Marcel | Brendan J. Cassin | TBA | Steve McFadden, Victor Winding, Cyril Shaps and Joann Kenny | 16 March 1989 |
| 23 | "Suspicious Minds" | Terry Green | Kieran Prendiville | TBA | Kellie Bright | 21 March 1989 |
| 24 | "Intuition" | Brian Parker | Jonathan Rich | TBA | Del Henney, Zig Byfield and Harry Fielder | 23 March 1989 |
| 25 | "Loss" | Brian Farnham | P. J. Hammond | TBA | Stephanie Fayerman | 28 March 1989 |
| 26 | "Procedure" | Terry Green | John Milne | TBA | Richard Willis | 30 March 1989 |
| 27 | "Luck of the Draw" | Keith Washington | Patrick Harkins | TBA | Allan Surtees, Ian Redford and Stephen Flynn | 4 April 1989 |
| 28 | "No Strings" | Brian Farnham | Kevin Clarke | TBA | Paul O'Grady | 6 April 1989 |
| 29 | "Fool's Gold" | Keith Washington | David Squire | TBA | Billy Murray and Danny Webb | 11 April 1989 |
| 30 | "The Visit" | Alan Wareing | Barry Appleton | TBA | John Hamill, Ian Collier, Gordon Reid, Luan Peters and Brian Hall | 13 April 1989 |
| 31 | "One For the Ladies" | Terry Green | Brendan J. Cassin | TBA | Kirstie Pooley | 18 April 1989 |
| 32 | "No Shelter" | Terry Marcel | Julian Jones | TBA | Kelly Marcel, Mark Haddigan and Arnold Lee | 20 April 1989 |
| 33 | "Out to Lunch" | Brian Parker | Julian Jones | TBA | Brian Capron, Michael Mellinger and Adrienne Burgess | 25 April 1989 |
| 34 | "Free Wheel" | Alan Wareing | P. J. Hammond | TBA | Liz Gebhardt, Ian Talbot and Charles Pemberton | 27 April 1989 |
| 35 | "Only a Bit of Thieving" | Brian Parker | Chris Barlas | First appearance of PC George Garfield | Hazel McBride and Nicholas Pinnock | 2 May 1989 |
| 36 | "Communications" | Alan Wareing | Jonathan Rich | TBA | Oliver Haden and Hugh Hayes | 4 May 1989 |
| 37 | "Silver Lining" | Mike Dormer | Colin Giffin | TBA | Catherine Schell | 9 May 1989 |
| 38 | "Suffocation Job" | Brian Farnham | P. J. Hammond | TBA | Yvonne Antrobus and Liz Fraser | 11 May 1989 |
| 39 | "Mickey Would Have Wanted It" | Brian Farnham | Kieran Prendiville | TBA | Peter Guinness | 16 May 1989 |
| 40 | "Blood Ties" | Mike Dormer | Chris Barlas | TBA | David Collings | 19 May 1989 |
| 41 | "You'll Be Back" | Richard Standeven | Shirley Cooklin | TBA | Dominic Keating | 23 May 1989 |
| 42 | "Fort Apache - Sun Hill" | Antonia Bird | Barry Appleton | TBA | Tom Georgeson, Bill Stewart, Tip Tipping and Peter Lovstrom | 25 May 1989 |
| 43 | "Waste" | Richard Standeven | Al Hunter | TBA | Suzanne Bertish, John Barrard, Roland Oliver and John Gillett | 30 May 1989 |
| 44 | "The Strong Survive" | Sharon Miller | Brendan J. Cassin | TBA | Dexter Fletcher and Michael Robbins | 1 June 1989 |
| 45 | "Loving Care" | Michael Owen Morris | Al Hunter | TBA | Philippa Urquhart | 6 June 1989 |
| 46 | "Back on the Streets" | Alan Wareing | Simon Moss | TBA | Toni Palmer | 8 June 1989 |
| 47 | "FAT'AC" | John Bruce | Julian Jones | TBA | Roy Boyd, Tony Haygarth, Richard Huw and Martin Gower | 13 June 1989 |
| 48 | "Somewhere By Chance" | Terry Marcel | Barry Appleton | TBA | Bruce Alexander | 15 June 1989 |
| 49 | "A Quiet Life" | Sharon Miller | Simon Moss | First appearance of PC Cathy Marshall | Race Davies and Arthur Smith | 20 June 1989 |
| 50 | "Tom Tiddler's Ground" | John Bruce | P. J. Hammond | TBA | Peter Benson and Andrew Carr | 22 June 1989 |
| 51 | "Make My Day" | Michael Ferguson | Barry Appleton | First appearances of PC Richard Turnham and PC Timothy Able | Martin Benson, John Abineri, Arthur Whybrow and Christopher Burgess | 27 June 1989 |
| 52 | "Provocation" | Michael Ferguson | Edwin Pearce | TBA | JoAnne Good | 29 June 1989 |
| 53 | "Overspend" | Terry Marcel | Christopher Russell | TBA | Colin Spaull and Ralph Watson | 4 July 1989 |
| 54 | "Between Friends" | Barry Davis | Barry Appleton | TBA | John Horsley, Richard Moore and David McAlister | 6 July 1989 |
| 55 | "Traffic" | Bill Brayne | Christopher Russell | Final Appearance of PC Robin Frank | Leslie Ash and Gordon Reid | 11 July 1989 |
| 56 | "The Sacred Seal" | Michael Owen Morris | Brendan J. Cassin | TBA | Philip Middlemiss | 13 July 1989 |
| 57 | "Subsequent Visits" | Bill Brayne | Arthur McKenzie | TBA | Dave Carter | 18 July 1989 |
| 58 | "User Friendly" | Graham Theakston | Barry Appleton | TBA | Brian Southwood | 20 July 1989 |
| 59 | "Don't Like Mondays" | Antonia Bird | Barry Appleton | Final Appearance of PC Pete Ramsey | Helena Little and Natasha Williams | 25 July 1989 |
| 60 | "Pickup" | Michael Owen Morris | John Milne | TBA | Martin Cochrane and Jillie Meers | 27 July 1989 |
| 61 | "Kidding" | Michael Ferguson | Jonathan Rich | TBA | Madhav Sharma | 1 August 1989 |
| 62 | "Black Spot" | Michael Owen Morris | Arthur McKenzie | TBA | Brian Hibbard, Julie Graham and Desmond McNamara | 3 August 1989 |
| 63 | "Taken for a Ride" | Terry Marcel | Barry Appleton | TBA | Michael Cochrane, Keith Drinkel and Les Conrad | 8 August 1989 |
| 64 | "Time Out" | Terry Marcel | Barry Appleton | TBA | Ben Onwukwe and Brian Croucher | 10 August 1989 |
| 65 | "Leaving" | Terry Marcel | Christopher Russell | Final Appearance of PC Yorkie Smith | Declan Mulholland and Kathy Burke | 15 August 1989 |
| 66 | "Street Games and Board Games" | Barry Davis | J. C. Wilsher | TBA | Rebecca Lacey and David Savile | 17 August 1989 |
| 67 | "Pressure" | Barry Davis | Kevin Clarke | Final Appearance of PC Malcolm Haynes | Joseph Marcell, Aimée Delamain and Ahmed Khalil | 22 August 1989 |
| 68 | "A Little Knowledge" | James Cellan Jones | Christopher Russell | TBA | Richard Tate, Colin Fay and Kathleen Bidmead | 24 August 1989 |
| 69 | "Pathways" | Michael Ferguson | P. J. Hammond | TBA | Rhoda Lewis and George Waring | 29 August 1989 |
| 70 | "Seen To Be Done" | James Cellan Jones | Jonathan Rich | TBA | James Cosmo | 31 August 1989 |
| 71 | "Tulip" | Keith Washington | Barry Appleton | TBA | Michael Attwell, Trevor Cooper and Ilario Bisi-Pedro | 5 September 1989 |
| 72 | "Nothing But The Truth" | Keith Washington | Arthur McKenzie | TBA | Seymour Green and Kevin McNally | 7 September 1989 |
| 73 | "It's Not Majorca" | Niall Leonard | Julian Jones | TBA | Zohra Sehgal | 12 September 1989 |
| 74 | "Mending Fences" | Niall Leonard | Julian Jones | TBA | Zohra Sehgal | 14 September 1989 |
| 75 | "Exit Lines" | Derek Lister | Brian Finch | First appearance of PC Norika Datta | Barbara Durkin and Constance Chapman | 19 September 1989 |
| 76 | "That Old Malarkey" | Barry Davis | Julian Jones | TBA | TBA | 21 September 1989 |
| 77 | "Greig Versus Taylor" | Clive Fleury | Christopher Russell | TBA | Derek Newark | 26 September 1989 |
| 78 | "Tottering" | Chris Lovett | Simon Moss | TBA | Stephen Garlick | 28 September 1989 |
| 79 | "I Counted Them All Out" | Paul Harrison | Kieran Prendiville | TBA | Ian Brimble, Count Prince Miller and Bernard Finch | 3 October 1989 |
| 80 | "Zig Zag" | Chris Lovett | P. J. Hammond | TBA | Jo Rowbottom, Roy Heather and Tim Barker | 5 October 1989 |
| 81 | "A Matter of Trust" | Derek Lister | Kieran Prendiville | TBA | Tony O'Callaghan, Carl Rigg and Freddie Earlle | 10 October 1989 |
| 82 | "Tourist Trap" | Diana Patrick | Pete Dearsley | TBA | David Ashton and Petra Markham | 12 October 1989 |
| 83 | "The One That Got Away" | David Attwood | Jonathan Rich | TBA | TBA | 17 October 1989 |
| 84 | "Found Offending" | Eva Kolouchova | John Kershaw | TBA | Caroline Milmoe and Tim Whitnall | 19 October 1989 |
| 85 | "All Part of The Job" | Bren Simson | Colin Giffin | TBA | Barry Andrews and Ray Trickett | 24 October 1989 |
| 86 | "In The Cold" | Graham Theakston | J.C Wilsher | TBA | Peter Russell | 26 October 1989 |
| 87 | "Just a Little Runaround" | Eva Kolouchova | Richard Ireson | TBA | Iain Rogerson and Dominic Mafham | 31 October 1989 |
| 88 | "A Fair Appraisal" | Nick Laughland | Garry Lyons | TBA | Tessa Peake-Jones, Kenneth Farrington and David Sibley | 2 November 1989 |
| 89 | "Visitors" | Clive Fleury | Kevin Clarke | TBA | June Page, Andrew Robertson and Dennis Chinnery | 7 November 1989 |
| 90 | "Private Wars" | Nicholas Prosser | Guy Meredith | TBA | Prentis Hancock | 9 November 1989 |
| 91 | "Feasting With Panthers" | Simon Cellan Jones | J.C Wilsher | TBA | David Allister and Frank Coda | 14 November 1989 |
| 92 | "By The Book" | Jeremy Silberston | John Milne | TBA | Renu Setna and Michael Bilton | 16 November 1989 |
| 93 | "Beer and Bicycles" | Nick Laughland | Christopher Russell | TBA | Nigel Humphreys | 21 November 1989 |
| 94 | "Grace of God" | David Hayman | Paddy Fletcher and Richard LeParmentier | TBA | Douglas Henshall, Christopher Fairbank, Katherine Parr, Louis Mahoney, Shay Gorman and David Blake Kelly | 23 November 1989 |
| 95 | "Just Another Day" | Nicholas Prosser | J.C Martindale | TBA | Andrew Forbes | 28 November 1989 |
| 96 | "Gone Fishing" | Nick Laughland | Jonathan Rich | TBA | Harry Fowler | 30 November 1989 |
| 97 | "Early Bird" | Eva Kolouchova | Tom Needham | TBA | TBA | 5 December 1989 |
| 98 | "Just For The Crack" | Jeremy Silberston | Steve Trafford | TBA | Alan Ford and David John | 7 December 1989 |
| 99 | "Woman In Brown" | Eva Kolouchova | Alan Clews | TBA | Mark Greenstreet, Sheila Gill and Walter Sparrow | 12 December 1989 |
| 100 | "Speaking Freely" | David Attwood | Gary Lyons | TBA | TBA | 14 December 1989 |
| 101 | "The Return of The Prodigal Son" | Keith Washington | John Kershaw | TBA | Michael Graham Cox and Karl Johnson | 19 December 1989 |
| 102 | "Chinese Whispers" | Julian Aymes | Christopher Russell | First appearances of PC Phil Young and PC Dave Quinnan | Michael Wisher and Martin Friend | 21 December 1989 |
| 103 | "Powers of Exclusion" | Julian Aymes | J.C Wilsher | TBA | Norman Beaton | 26 December 1989 |
| 104 | "Saturday Night Fever" | Bren Simson | Edwin Pearce | Final Appearance of PC Claire Brind | Gordon Salkilld, Clive Rowe and Alec Wallis | 28 December 1989 |
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