The Bill series 16
| The Bill | |
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| Season 16 | |
| No. of episodes | 86 |
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| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 4 January – 29 December 2000 |
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Series 16 of British television drama The Bill consisted of 86 episodes, broadcast between 4 January – 26 December 2000. As well as 83 regular episodes, the series also included a two-part recap special, Kiss Off, featuring a condensed broadcast of the Series 15 episodes "Lone Ranger", "Old Flame", "Push It" and "Kiss Off", prior to a special episode, The Trial of Eddie Santini, which provides closure to the Santini storyline from 1999. The series also sees a major cast change, with CID obliterated when the Don Beech Scandal reached its denouement. A total of 10 cast members left, only beaten by tallies from season 25 (11 departures) and season 18 (13 departures). On 5 June 2013, The Bill Series 16 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 16 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia).
Cast changes
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Departures
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Episodes
| No. | Title | Episode notes | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Angel" | Gerard Murphy guest stars | Michael Ferguson | Steve Griffiths | 4 January 2000 |
| 2 | "In the Firing Line" | TBA | Bob Blagden | Clive Dawson | 6 January 2000 |
| 3–4 | "Thug on the Tyne" | Final appearance of DCI Frank Burnside, guest appearance of Liz Rawton | Ken Hannam | Steve Griffiths | 11 January 2000 13 January 2000 |
| 5 | "Riot City" | P.H. Moriarty guest stars | Ian White | J. C. Wilsher | 18 January 2000 |
| 6 | "Crime and Punishment" | Shirley Anne Field guest stars | Baz Taylor | Arthur Ellis | 25 January 2000 |
| 7 | "Zero Tolerance" | Martha Cope, David Robb and David Daker guest star | John Davies | Ron Rose | 27 January 2000 |
| 8 | "Scoop" | Eva Pope guest stars | Brian Farnham | Chris McWatters | 1 February 2000 |
| 9 | "Beasts" | TBA | Gwennan Sage | Andy Armitage | 3 February 2000 |
| 10 | "Trusting the Enemy" | TBA | N. G. Bristow | Kathrine Smith | 8 February 2000 |
| 11 | "On the Wagon" | Duncan Preston, Russell Hunter and Nadim Sawalha guest star | Jeremy Silbertson | Rod Lewis | 10 February 2000 |
| 12 | "The Untouchables" | TBA | Moira Armstrong | A. Valentine | 15 February 2000 |
| 13 | "Streetwise" | Final appearance of DC Rod Skase, Alison Newman, Clive Carter and Terence Beesley guest star | Julian Holmes | Alison Fisher | 17 February 2000 |
| 14 | "Inside Straight" | TBA | Chris Lovett | Chris Ould | 22 February 2000 |
| 15 | "Reasons to be Fearful" | Souad Faress guest stars | Brian Parker | Nigel Baldwin | 24 February 2000 |
| 16 | "When the Bough Breaks" | TBA | Chris Lovett | Manjit Singh | 29 February 2000 |
| 17 | "Nightwork" | TBA | Brian Farnham | Ray Brooking | 2 March 2000 |
| 18–20 | "Meltdown" | Gerry Cowper, JoAnne Good, Ian Puleston-Davies and Stuart Organ guest star | Ged Maguire | Hugh Ellis & Tom Needham | 6–7 March 2000 9 March 2000 |
| 21–23 | "Kiss Off The Trial of Eddie Santini" | Final appearances of PC Eddie Santini and DS Rosie Fox, guest appearance of Liz Rawton | Ian White | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 14–21 March 2000 2 April 2000 |
| 24 | "The Driver" | Todd Boyce guest stars | Tania Diez | Steve Handley | 11 April 2000 |
| 25 | "Protect and Survive" | First appearance of DC Mickey Webb, Frances Lima guest stars | John Davies | Paul Finch | 13 April 2000 |
| 26 | "Take It or Leave It" | Clare Higgins, Graham Pountney and John Warnaby guest stars | Peter Cregeen | David G. McDonagh | 18 April 2000 |
| 27 | "Over the Edge" | Kaye Wragg, Tom Georgeson, Edward Petherbridge and Samantha Bond guest-star | Albert Barber | Chris Ould | 20 April 2000 |
| 28 | "Loyalty" | TBA | Geoff Harris | Rod Beacham | 25 April 2000 |
| 29 | "Wheels" | TBA | Jo Shoop | Richard Stoneman | 27 April 2000 |
| 30–31 | "Warm Bodies" | TBA | Michael Cocker | Gregory Evans | 2–4 May 2000 |
| 32 | "Blurred Around the Edges" | TBA | Chris Lovett | Nigel Baldwin | 9 May 2000 |
| 33 | "Catch a Falling Star" | Hywel Bennett and Lynda Baron guest star | Clive Fleury | Isabelle Grey | 11 May 2000 |
| 34 | "The Squad" | Bruce Byron and John Pickard guest star | Brian Farnham | Candy Denman | 18 May 2000 |
| 35 | "White Lies" | TBA | Christopher Hodson | Simon Sharkey | 23 May 2000 |
| 36 | "Search Me" | Martyn Lewis, Ofo Uhiara, Colin Spaull and David Sibley guest star | Don Leaver | Stephen Plaice | 25 May 2000 |
| 37 | "Love or Money" | Linda Lusardi guest stars | Peter Cregeen | Neil Clarke | 26 May 2000 |
| 38 | "Going Public" | TBA | Frank W. Smith | J. C. Wilsher | 1 June 2000 |
| 39–41 | "Trust" | Roger Blake guest stars | Ken Hannam | Stephen Plaice | 2–8 June 2000 |
| 42 | "Room Service" | Elaine Ives-Cameron guest stars | Chris Lovett | Gregory Evans | 9 June 2000 |
| 43 | "Soft Talking" | Ian Redford guest stars | David Penn | Philip Gadwin | 13 June 2000 |
| 44 | "Beyond Conviction" | Cathy Tyson, Hugh Quarshie, Cyril Nri and Rupert Vansittart guest star | Michael Ferguson | Chris McWatters | 27 June 2000 |
| 45 | "Whispers" | Final appearance of DC Tom Proctor, Judy Holt guest stars | Ken Grieve | Richard Stoneman | 4 July 2000 |
| 46 | "Caught Short" | Robert Cavanah and James Coombes guest star | John Davies | Patrick Melanaphy | 11 July 2000 |
| 47 | "Bad Habits" | Ginny Holder and Tania Emery guest star | Brian Farnham | Maxwell Young | 18 July 2000 |
| 48 | "Say It With Flowers" | TBA | Carol Wilks | David Hoskins | 25 July 2000 |
| 49 | "No-One's That Honest" | Michael Jayston guest stars | N. G. Bristow | Arthur Ellis | 1 August 2000 |
| 50 | "No Man's Land" | TBA | Chris Lovett | Simon Sharkey | 8 August 2000 |
| 51 | "Time to Kill" | Dominic Mafham guest stars | Jeremy Silberston | Carolyn Sally Jones | 15 August 2000 |
| 52 | "Doppelganger" | Roger Walker guest stars | Helen Caldwell | Terry Hodgkinson | 22 August 2000 |
| 53–55 | "Lullaby" | Benedict Wong and Wendy Kweh guest star | Jo Johnson & Paul Murton | Tom Needham & Graham Mitchell | 25 August 2000 -1 September 2000 |
| 56–58 | "Gentle Touch" | Flora Montgomery and Jonathan Wrather guest star | Laurence Moody | Alison Fisher, Tony Mulholland & Julian Spilsbury | 5 September 2000 -12 September 2000 |
| 59 | "Some Like It Hot" | Del Henney guest stars | John Davies | Richard Stoneman | 15 September 2000 |
| 60–61 | "First Impressions" | First appearances of PCs Ben Hayward and Roz Clarke, Tracy Ann Oberman guest stars | Michael Owen Morris | Rod Lewis | 19–22 September 2000 |
| 62–63 | "Old Enemies and New Friends" | Guest appearance of Ted Roach, Antony Cotton guest stars | Ken Grieve | Len Collin | 26–29 September 2000 |
| 64–66 | "Beech I" | Linda Lusardi guest stars | Ian White, Michael Cocker & Alan Macmillan | Clive Dawson, Steve Griffiths, Neil Clarke & Gregory Evans | 3–6 October 2000 |
| 67 | "In Safe Hands" | Amanda Mealing guest stars | Jo Johnson | A. Valentine | 13 October 2000 |
| 68–70 | "Beech II" | Final appearance of DS John Boulton, Linda Lusardi guest stars | Derek Lister, Peter Cregeen & Richard Holthouse | Steve Griffiths | 17–24 October 2000 |
| 71–72 | "All Fall Down" | Final appearances of Ch. Supt. Charles Brownlow, DI Chris Deakin, DS Geoff Daly and DC Kerry Holmes, departures of DS Claire Stanton and DS Don Beech, Mark McGann and Linda Lusardi guest star | Michael Cocker | Hugh Ellis & Chris Ould | 27–31 October 2000 |
| 73–74 | "On the Hook" | First appearances of Supt Tom Chandler, DI Alex Cullen, DS Debbie McAllister, DS Vik Singh and DCs Kate Spears and Paul Riley | Ged Maguire | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | 3–7 November 2000 |
| 75 | "A Girl's Best Friend" | TBA | Bruce McDonald | Damian Wayling | 10 November 2000 |
| 76 | "Carnival" | TBA | Jamie Nuttgens | Jim Guthrie | 14 November 2000 |
| 77 | "Behind Enemy Lines" | 90-minute special, Paul Jerricho guest stars | Rob Bailey | Manjit Singh | 17 November 2000 |
| 78 | "A Gathering Storm" | Noel Clarke and Reggie Yates guest star | Gwennan Sage | Nigel Baldwin | 21 November 2000 |
| 79 | "Sorted" | TBA | Ed Fraiman | Peter Lloyd | 24 November 2000 |
| 80 | "Team Colours" | Dominic Power guest stars | Brian Parker | Stephen McAteer | 1 December 2000 |
| 81 | "Two Way Burn" | TBA | Brian Parker | Stephen Handley | 5 December 2000 |
| 82 | "Friends" | Final appearance of PC Gary McCann | Gwennan Sage | Candy Denman | 12 December 2000 |
| 83–84 | "Bad for Your Health" | Jim McManus and Zig Byfield guest star | Roger Tucker | Alison Fisher & Julian Spilsbury | 15–19 December 2000 |
| 85–86 | "The Night Before... ...The Morning After" | Christmas Special Matt Willis guest stars | Chris Lovett | Richard Stoneman | 22–29 December 2000 |
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