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The Bill
Season 17
No. of episodes92
Release
Original networkITV
Original release5 January –

21 December 2001
Series chronology
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Series 16
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Series 18
List of episodes

Series 17 of British television drama The Bill consisted of 92 episodes, broadcast between 5 January and 21 December 2001. As well as 85 regular episodes, the series also included a series of seven special episodes featuring former Detective Sergeant Don Beech, and the newly promoted Detective Inspector Claire Stanton, one of which was filmed in Australia, which concludes the Beech storyline, which began in Series 16. Although the idea of making the series into a serial drama did not fully take effect until April 2002, many of the stories in the latter half of the year were multi-part stories, some containing up to six episodes, such as the "Night Games" saga. The two-part episode "Lifelines" is the last two-parter to feature in the series until the return of episode titles in 2007. On 14 August 2013, The Bill Series 17 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 17 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia).

Cast changes

Episodes

# Title Episode notes Directed by Written by Original air date
1"Appropriate Action"
Matt Healy guest starsEd FraimanPaul Finch5 January 2001 (2001-01-05)
2"Criminal Practice"
Clodagh Rodgers guest starsPeter CregeenJ. C. Wilsher9 January 2001 (2001-01-09)
3"Upon Information Received"
TBAPeter CregeenSimon Sharkey12 January 2001 (2001-01-12)
4"No Victim"
Zienia Merton guest starsGraeme HarperAndy Armitage16 January 2001 (2001-01-16)
5"Common Language"
Harry Towb guest starsTania DiezNigel Baldwin19 January 2001 (2001-01-19)
6"PC Smith"
Harry Towb and Nick Patrick guest starTania DiezChris McWaters23 January 2001 (2001-01-23)
7"Family Honour"
Michele Austin guest starsJo ShoopKathrine Smith26 January 2001 (2001-01-26)
8"Words of Wisdom"
Michele Austin guest starsJo ShoopMarc Pye30 January 2001 (2001-01-30)
9"Out of the Frying Pan"
TBABaz TaylorSimon Sharkey2 February 2001 (2001-02-02)
10"Mexican Stand-Off"
TBABaz TaylorSimon Sharkey6 February 2001 (2001-02-06)
11"Cruise Control"
John Duttine guest starsJo JohnsonChris Fewtrell9 February 2001 (2001-02-09)
12"Real Crime"
TBAGraeme HarperPhillip Gladwin13 February 2001 (2001-02-13)
13"Home and Away"
TBAKen HannamMark Holloway16 February 2001 (2001-02-16)
14"Going Under"
New title sequence and theme introduced, final appearance of Nurse Jenny QuinnanKen HannamRichard Stoneman20 February 2001 (2001-02-20)
15"Faultline"
Departure of PC Dave QuinnanJohn DaviesAlison Fisher23 February 2001 (2001-02-23)
16–17"Long Shadows"
Lisa Maxwell and Michael Elphick guest starGwennan SageMaxwell Young2–6 March 2001 (2–6 March 2001)
18"Higher Power"
Sara Stockbridge and Ian Burfield guest starJohn DaviesMarcus Brent9 March 2001 (2001-03-09)
19"Touched By Evil"
Tom Chadbon, Stafford Gordon and Ryan Early guest starKen GrieveRon Rose16 March 2001 (2001-03-16)
20–21"The Leopard"
Harry Towb, John Cater and Ray Lonnen guest starJohn DowerStephen Plaice20–23 March 2001 (20–23 March 2001)
22–23"Tolerance"
Ray Lonnen and Juliet Cadzow guest starAlan MacmillanPhil Ford27–30 March 2001 (27–30 March 2001)
24"Promised Land"
Ray Lonnen and Tony Selby guest starChris LovettChris Ould3 April 2001 (2001-04-03)
25"Return of the Hunter"
Liza Walker guest starsEd FraimanStephen Plaice6 April 2001 (2001-04-06)
26"Tour of Duty"
First appearance of Sgt Craig GilmoreAlbert BarberStuart Blackburn10 April 2001 (2001-04-10)
27"Lies of Silence"
Guest appearance of now A/DI Liz RawtonRon BainDerek Lister13 April 2001 (2001-04-13)
28"Over the Hill"
Aidan J. David guest starsMichael Owen MorrisHenrietta Hardy17 April 2001 (2001-04-17)
29"Head Over Heels"
TBAAlbert BarberEd Jones20 April 2001 (2001-04-20)
30"Hitting Home"
Final regular appearance of Bob Cryer as Sgt, departure of Dale Smith as PC, Ray Lonnen guest starsEd FraimanJim Davies24 April 2001 (2001-04-24)
31"Value Judgement"
TBAMichael Owen MorrisJulian Spilsbury27 April 2001 (2001-04-27)
32"Collateral Damage"
TBAKen GrieveJ.C. Wilsher1 May 2001 (2001-05-01)
33–34"A Week of Nights"
First appearance of PC Des Taviner, Mark Monero guest starsMichael FergusonLen Collin4–8 May 2001 (4–8 May 2001)
35"Wednesday"
TBASusan TullyJim Gutherie11 May 2001 (2001-05-11)
36"Billy the Kid"
TBAGed MaguireNigel Baldwin15 May 2001 (2001-05-15)
37"Still Crazy"
Return of PC Dave QuinnanSusan TullyRichard Stoneman18 May 2001 (2001-05-18)
38–39"Complicity"
Russell Tovey guest starsBruce McDonaldNicholas McInerny & Tanika Gupta25 May-1 June 2001 (25 May-1 June 2001)
40"Suffer the Little Children"
Alex Norton and Rosie Cavaliero guest starRon BainPaul Powell8 June 2001 (2001-06-08)
41–42"Happy and Glorious"
Tessa Peake-Jones guest starsRob BaileyMark Holloway15 June 2001 (2001-06-15)
43–44"Gun Crazy"
Peter Halliday guest starsRichard HolthouseGregory Evans19–22 June 2001 (19–22 June 2001)
45"The Jury's Out"
Barry Jackson and T. P. McKenna guest starGraham MooreArthur Ellis26 June 2001 (2001-06-26)
46"Lick of Paint"
Mary Tamm, Ashley Walters and Paul Antony-Barber guest starGed MaguireGeoff Lindsay29 June 2001 (2001-06-29)
47"Temptation"
Daniel Mays guest starsGraeme HarperEd Jones3 July 2001 (2001-07-03)
48"Envy"
TBAGraeme HarperNeil Clarke6 July 2001 (2001-07-06)
49"Greed"
Cindy O'Callaghan guest starsKen GrieveNeil Clarke10 July 2001 (2001-07-10)
50"Redemption"
Patrick Cremin guest starsKen GrieveStuart Blackburn & Debbie Jones13 July 2001 (2001-07-13)
51–53"The Dark Side"
Neil Fitzmaurice and June Page guest starJohn Howard Davies & Chris LovettRod Lewis, Stephen Plaice & Manjit Singh17–24 July 2001 (17–24 July 2001)
54"Eye of the Lens"
Dean Lennox Kelly guest starsChris LovettPhillip Gladwin31 July 2001 (2001-07-31)
55"Another Country"
John Woodvine and Morris Perry guest starJohn Howard DaviesChris Ould3 August 2001 (2001-08-03)
56–59"Britanniamania"
Karl Howman guest starsBrian Parker & Frank W. SmithLen Collin, Steve Hawes & Scott Cherry7–17 August 2001 (7–17 August 2001)
60"Beech on the Run"
90-minute special, return of Don Beech and now DI Claire Stanton, John Noble and Jason Clarke guest starIan WhiteSteve Griffiths19 August 2001 (2001-08-19)
61–66"Beech is Back"
Final appearance of Claire Stanton, departure of Don BeechDerek Lister & Justin HardyTony McHale21 August 2001 (2001-08-21) -
7 September 2001
67–69"Trust, Part II"
TBAMike Adams & Michael MorrisStephen Plaice & Marcus Brent14–21 September 2001 (14–21 September 2001)
70"Crush"
TBAHerbert WisePhil Ford25 September 2001 (2001-09-25)
71"Liquid City"
Hilda Braid guest starsHerbert WisePhillip Gladwin28 September 2001 (2001-09-28)
72–74"Debt of Love"
Jaime Murray, Nick Brimble and Archie Panjabi guest starPenelope Shales & Michael Owen MorrisJulie White & Hugh Ellis2–9 October 2001 (2–9 October 2001)
75"Blood and Money"
Robert Blythe and Andrew McCulloch guest starJJ KeithChris Ould12 October 2001 (2001-10-12)
76"Hidden Agendas"
Gerard Murphy and Gordon Warnecke guest starJJ KeithJulian Spilsbury16 October 2001 (2001-10-16)
77–78"Lifelines"
Final appearances of PC Vicky Hagen and Ch. Supt. Guy Mannion, Clare Clifford and Margot Leicester guest starRoberto BanguraStephen Plaice & Neil Clarke19–26 October 2001 (19–26 October 2001)
79"White Cliffs of Dover"
TBAJohn BruceSteve Handley2 November 2001 (2001-11-02)
80"The Value of Nothing"
Jonathan Aris guest starsAlbert BarberEd Jones9 November 2001 (2001-11-09)
81"Money Man"
90-minute special, Michael J. Jackson and David Schofield guest starGraham MooreSteve Handley16 November 2001 (2001-11-16)
82"Beyond the Call"
TBAAlbert BarberJ.C. Wilsher20 November 2001 (2001-11-20)
83–88"Night Games"
Final appearances of PC Roz Clarke and DI Liz Rawton, Tristan Gemmill, Tony Blackburn, Ralf Little, Bruno Tonioli, Brian Croucher, Michael McKell and Eric Mason guest starLaurence Moody, Declan O'Dwyer & John DaviesElizabeth Anne-Wheal, Gregory Evans, Richard Stoneman & Henrietta Hardy23 November-
11 December 2001 (23 November-
11 December 2001)
89"For Better, For Worse"
Hilda Braid guest starsMichael Owen MorrisSteve Hawes14 December 2001 (2001-12-14)
90–92"Special Constable"
First appearance of SC Terry Knowles, Robin Lermitte and Christopher Adamson guest starKen Hannam & John BruceStuart Blackburn & Len Collin18–21 December 2001 (18–21 December 2001)


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