The Bill series 11
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| The Bill | |
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| Season 11 | |
 Series 11 DVD cover | |
| No. of episodes | 149 |
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| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 5 January – 29 December 1995 |
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The eleventh series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 149 episodes, broadcast between 5 January – 29 December 1995. The series saw a relatively small number of changes made to the cast. Cast members Philip Whitchurch (Ch. Insp. Cato) and Jaye Griffiths (DI Johnson) both left the series in early 1995, with Johnson's position being taken by current cast member Shaun Scott (DS Deakin) who was reinstated to his previous rank of DI, while Mark Spalding joined the cast as Ch. Insp. Stritch, before himself leaving later in the year.
Martin Marquez left his role as DS Pearce in September 1995, before being replaced by Russell Boulter, who joined the cast as DS Boulton. Other new arrivals in the series include Billy Murray (DS Beech), Alan Westaway (PC Slater) and Andrea Mason (WPC Keane). The series also saw the brief return of Mary Jo Randle as DS Morgan, before her character was killed off in a special four-part story arc in which a hitman targeted WPC Ackland. On 6 February 2013, the complete series was released on DVD in Australia.
Cast changes
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Episodes
| # | Title | Episode notes | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "To Crack a Nut" | Sheila Ruskin guest stars. | Nicholas Mallett | Chris Lang | 5 January 1995 |
| 2 | "Hot Stuff" | Guest appearance by DI Harry Haines | Robin Sheppard | Candy Denman | 6 January 1995 |
| 3 | "Hit and Miss" | Ian Cullen and Mark Benton guest star. | Robin Sheppard | Jo O'Keefe | 10 January 1995 |
| 4 | "Hard Cases" | Rob Edwards and Jane Hazlegrove guest star. | Martin Hutchings | Katherine Way | 12 January 1995 |
| 5 | "The Protection Racket" | Robert Demeger guest stars. | Nicholas Mallett | Edwin Pearce | 13 January 1995 |
| 6 | "Crossfire" | Clara Salaman guest stars. | Laurence Moody | Fred Kerins | 17 January 1995 |
| 7 | "Little Boy Lost" | Melanie Walters guest star. | Keith Boak | Scott Cherry | 19 January 1995 |
| 8 | "Hard Knocks" | TBA | Brian Parker | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | 20 January 1995 |
| 9 | "New Management" | TBA | Jeremy Silberston | Steve Griffiths | 24 January 1995 |
| 10 | "Powerless" | Robert Pugh, Maureen Beattie and Daniela Denby-Ashe guest star. | Paul Unwin | Geoff McQueen | 26 January 1995 |
| 11 | "Done Is Done" | Final appearance of DI Sally Johnson, Sean Gilder guest stars. | Alan Bell | Chris Ould | 27 January 1995 |
| 12 | "Getting Even" | DS Chris Deakin is made Acting DI, Terence Beesley guest stars. | David Skynner | Steve Griffiths | 31 January 1995 |
| 13 | "Taking the Blame" | Chrissie Cotterill and Sebastian Abineri guest stars. | Haldane Duncan | Matthew Wingett | 2 February 1995 |
| 14 | "Expert Witness" | First appearance of DS Don Beech, Debra Gillett and Brian Peck guest star. | Alan Bell | Simon Frith | 3 February 1995 |
| 15 | "Just Another Caution" | Richardson Morgan guest stars. | Jonathan Dent | Bob Eaton | 7 February 1995 |
| 16 | "Uncle Bob" | June Page, Oliver Smith, Jeffery Kissoon and P.G. Stephens guest star. | Derek Lister | Scott Cherry | 9 February 1995 |
| 17 | "Street Life" | Sara Stockbridge, Jeffery Kissoon and Michael Troughton guest star. | Paul Unwin | Rory MacGregor | 10 February 1995 |
| 18 | "A Fighting Chance" | Ivan Kaye guest stars. | Laurence Moody | Kevin Scouler | 14 February 1995 |
| 19 | "Going Home" | Michael Mellinger, Peter Lovstom and Christopher Saul guest star. | David Skynner | Jim Hawkins | 14 February 1995 |
| 20 | "High Score" | Nicholas Murchie guest stars. | Gill Wilkinson | Terry Hodgkinson | 17 February 1995 |
| 21 | "Throwback" | Hazel Douglas guest stars. | Gill Wilkinson | Peter J. Hammond | 23 February 1995 |
| 22 | "Eyes and Ears" | Ian Bartholomew guest stars. | Peter Barber-Fleming | Michael Jenner | 24 February 1995 |
| 23 | "Good Housekeeping" | Jenny McCracken and Sheila Gill guest star | Tom Cotter | J. C. Wilsher | 28 February 1995 |
| 24 | "Is That the Time?" | Final appearance of Ch. Insp. Philip Cato, Geoffrey Beevers and Robert Daws guest star | Tom Cotter | Steve Griffiths | 3 March 1995 |
| 25 | "New Moves" | First appearances of PCs Nick Slater and Debbie Keane, John McArdle and Stuart Organ guest star. | Chris Clough | Neil Clarke | 7 March 1995 |
| 26 | "Flora and Fauna" | Alex Walkinshaw and Johnny Dennis guest star. | Haldane Duncan | Simon Moss | 9 March 1995 |
| 27 | "Loose Cannon" | TBA | Simon Meyers | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | 10 March 1995 |
| 28 | "Count to Ten" | Ian Thompson guest stars | Christopher Hodson | David Hoskins | 14 March 1995 |
| 29 | "Alone" | Niall Buggy and Terry Molloy guest star. | Jan Sargeant | Jonathan Myerson | 17 March 1995 |
| 30 | "Quits" | Ian Liston guest stars | Keith Boak | Rory MacGregor | 21 March 1995 |
| 31 | "Stopping Time" | Penelope Nice, Paul Putner and John Judd guest star. | Jonathan Dent | Duncan Gould | 23 March 1995 |
| 32 | "Value for Money" | Dominic Brunt guest stars. | Peter Barber-Fleming | Maxwell Young | 24 March 1995 |
| 33 | "Little Green Apples" | First appearance of Ch. Insp. Paul Stritch, Timothy Bateson and Jonathan Kydd guest star | Nicholas Laughland | Robert Jones | 28 March 1995 |
| 34 | "Never Too Young" | Carol Harrison guest stars. | Chris Lovett | Jonathan Myerson | 30 March 1995 |
| 35 | "Lost and Found" | Vincenzo Pellegrino and Renu Setna guest star. | Keith Boak | Suj Ahmed | 31 March 1995 |
| 36 | "Hair Trigger" | TBA | Derek Lister | Tom Needham | 4 April 1995 |
| 37 | "Learning Curve" | David Schofield, John Flanagan, Trevor Cooper, Eric Mason and Terence Lodge guest star. | Carol Wiseman | Barry Simner | 7 April 1995 |
| 38 | "Not Just For Christmas" | Basil Moss, Roy Pattison and Cliff Parisi guest star. | Chris Lovett | Julian Spilsbury | 11 April 1995 |
| 39 | "Swan Song" | Keira Knightley, Pat Roach, Gordon Warnecke and Lois Baxter guest star. | Pip Broughton | Lyndon Mallet | 13 April 1995 |
| 40 | "In on the Game" | Alex Kingston and Andrew Burt guest star. | Pip Broughton | Sebastian Secker-Walker | 14 April 1995 |
| 41 | "Your Witness" | Christopher Whittingham guest stars. | Simon Meyers | David Hoskins | 18 April 1995 |
| 42 | "Life's a Bitch" | Philip Martin Brown guest stars. | David Yates | Chris Ould | 21 April 1995 |
| 43 | "Old Habitats" | Luisa Bradshaw-White, Lesley Nightingale and Linda Bassett guest star. | Laurence Moody | Neil Clarke | 25 April 1995 |
| 44 | "Baby Face" | Shaun Curry guest stars. | Gwennan Sage | Edwin Pearce | 27 April 1995 |
| 45 | "Deeds of Mercy" | DS Chris Deakin is promoted to DI, Martin Cochrane and Carl Forgione guest star | Brian Farnham | J. C. Wilsher | 28 April 1995 |
| 46 | "Damage" | Thomas Wheatley guest stars. | Audrey Cooke | Peter J. Hammond | 2 May 1995 |
| 47 | "When Opportunity Knocks" | TBA | Laurence Moody | David G. McDonagh | 4 May 1995 |
| 48 | "Have a Go Hero" | Mark Lambert and Julie Peasgood guest star. | Sarah Harding | Len Collin | 5 May 1995 |
| 49 | "Memorial" | TBA | Laurence Moody | Neil Clarke | 9 May 1995 |
| 50 | "Good Intentions" | Annie Hulley guest stars. | Chris Clough | Geoff McQueen | 11 May 1995 |
| 51 | "Losing Streak" | Jason Watkins and Toni Palmer guest star. | Martin Hutchings | Edwin Pearce | 12 May 1995 |
| 52 | "In the Midnight Hour" | Gawn Grainger, Karen Westwood and Angela Pleasence guest star. | Carol Wiseman | Steve Handley | 16 May 1995 |
| 53 | "Never Forget a Face" | Nick Patrick guest stars. | Mike Cocker | Simon Frith | 18 May 1995 |
| 54 | "A Quiet Night In" | Emma Cunniffe, Kay Stonham, David Daker, Jo Kendall Shirley Stelfox and Frank Coda guest star. | Nicholas Laughland | Richard Stoneman | 19 May 1995 |
| 55 | "Looking After Your Own" | Jez Butterworth guest stars. | Mike Cocker | Richard Stoneman | 23 May 1995 |
| 56 | "Four Walls" | Robin Soans and Mary Healey guest star. | Dominic Lees | Stephen Plaice | 25 May 1995 |
| 57 | "O.T.S." | Connie Hyde guest stars. | Nicholas Laughland | David Hoskins | 26 May 1995 |
| 58 | "Unfamiliar Territory" | Stephen Frost guest stars. | Laurence Moody | Simon Moss | 30 May 1995 |
| 59 | "Feeling Guilty" | Paul Jesson and Charlie Creed-Miles guest star. | David Yates | Tim Hyndman | 1 June 1995 |
| 60 | "See No Evil" | Daniel Ryan guest stars. | Douglas Mackinnon | Steve Griffiths | 2 June 1995 |
| 61 | "Looking For Justice" | Dean Harris guest stars. | Nicholas Laughland | Roy MacGregor | 6 June 1995 |
| 62 | "Other Voices" | Benjamin Whitrow and Maureen O'Brien guest star. | David Yates | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | 8 June 1995 |
| 63 | "Water Wings" | Andrew McCulloch guest stars. | Chris Clough | Michael Jenner | 9 June 1995 |
| 64 | "They All Look the Same" | Tyler Butterworth guest stars. | Audrey Cooke | Maxwell Young | 13 June 1995 |
| 65 | "Trying It On" | David Horovitch guest stars. | Sarah Harding | Gregory Evans | 15 June 1995 |
| 66 | "Better Off Dead" | TBA | Dominic Lees | Candy Denman | 16 June 1995 |
| 67 | "Today and Tomorrow" | Ysobel Gonzalez, Ross McCall and Mark Letheren guest star. | Gill Wilkinson | Sheila Duncan | 20 June 1995 |
| 68 | "Upstairs, Downstairs" | Razaaq Adoti guest stars. | A.J. Quinn | Barry Simner | 22 June 1995 |
| 69 | "Bedside Manner" | Carol Hawkins guest stars. | Dominic Lees | Candy Denman | 23 June 1995 |
| 70 | "Who Cares?" | Maurice Denham and Kenneth Colley guest star. | Martin Hutchings | Mark Holloway | 27 June 1995 |
| 71 | "Kicking" | Rosie Marcel and David Harewood guest star. | Gwennan Sage | Mark Holloway | 29 June 1995 |
| 72 | "Big Hitters" | Dicken Ashworth guest stars. | Peter Barber-Fleming | Neil Clarke | 30 June 1995 |
| 73 | "Picking up the Pieces" | Zig Byfield and Roy Heather guest star. | A.J. Quinn | Nicholas McInerny | 4 July 1995 |
| 74 | "Big Boy's Rules" | David Graham and Jeff Nuttall guest star. | Peter Barber-Fleming | Julian Spilsbury | 6 July 1995 |
| 75 | "Woman of Substance" | Tony Guilfoyle and Ruth Gemmell guest star. | Ken Horn | Peter Gibbs | 7 July 1995 |
| 76 | "With Friends Like These" | Mark Addy guest stars. | Paul Unwin | Maxwell Young | 11 July 1995 |
| 77 | "No Choice" | TBA | Paul Unwin | Tom Needham | 13 July 1995 |
| 78 | "The Lives of Brian" | Ken Stott guest stars. | David Richards | David Hoskins | 14 July 1995 |
| 79 | "Skin Deep" | Burt Caesar guest stars. | Robin Sheppard | Simon Frith | 18 July 1995 |
| 80 | "Kid" | Simon Merrells guest stars. | David Skynner | Mark Holloway | 20 July 1995 |
| 81 | "A Bird in the Hand" | Albert Welling and Paul Barber guest star. | Simon Meyers | Tom Needham | 21 July 1995 |
| 82 | "Over the Top" | TBA | David Skynner | Bob Eaton | 25 July 1995 |
| 83 | "Body Beautiful" | Lesley Vickerage and Mark Arden guest star. | Jonathan Dent | James Stevenson | 27 July 1995 |
| 84 | "What the Eye Doesn't See" | Claire Goose guest stars. | Baz Taylor | Ray Brooking | 28 July 1995 |
| 85 | "In Control" | Jim McManus guest stars. | Jonathan Dent | Matthew Wingett | 1 August 1995 |
| 86 | "Presumed Guilty" | Karen Henthorn and Amanda Drew guest star. | Nicholas Mallett | David Hoskins | 3 August 1995 |
| 87 | "Under the Doctor" | Susannah Corbett guest stars. | Mike Cocker | Simon Moss | 4 August 1995 |
| 88 | "Ritual" | Denys Hawthorne and Graeme Eton guest star | Brian Farnham | Peter J. Hammond | 8 August 1995 |
| 89 | "Whipping Boy" | TBA | Danny Hiller | Graham White | 10 August 1995 |
| 90 | "The Devil You Don't Know" | Roy Skelton and Terence Lodge guest star. | Jeremy Silberston | Steve Handley | 11 August 1995 |
| 91 | "Normal Behaviour" | TBA | Chris Lovett | Graham Mitchell | 15 August 1995 |
| 92 | "Charity and Beating" | Lucy Davis guest stars. | Danny Hiller | Richard Stoneman | 17 August 1995 |
| 93 | "Nearest and Dearest" | Colin Buchanan guest stars. | Brian Farnham | Duncan Gould | 18 August 1995 |
| 94 | "Mother's Ruin" | Idris Elba guest stars. | Derek Lister | Isabelle Grey | 22 August 1995 |
| 95 | "Russian Doll" | TBA | James Cellan Jones | Sebastian Secker-Walker | 24 August 1995 |
| 96 | "Mitigating Circumstances" | Ray Winstone and Nigel Lindsay guest star. | Nicholas Laughland | Suj Ahmed | 25 August 1995 |
| 97 | "Now and Then" | Scott Neal guest stars. | Derek Lister | John Brennan | 29 August 1995 |
| 98 | "Three in a Bed" | TBA | A.J. Quinn | Chris Ould | 31 August 1995 |
| 99 | "The Writing on the Wall" | TBA | A.J. Quinn | Mark Holloway | 1 September 1995 |
| 100 | "Too Clever by Half" | David Sibley guest stars | Simon Meyers | Steve Griffiths | 5 September 1995 |
| 101 | "Heat" | Owen Aaronovitch and Andrew Lancel guest stars. | Kate Cheeseman | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 7 September 1995 |
| 102 | "Still Waters" | TBA | Baz Taylor | J. C. Wilsher | 8 September 1995 |
| 103 | "All in the Game" | Michael Attwell and Roy North guest star. | Nicholas Mallett | Edwin Pearce | 12 September 1995 |
| 104 | "Sins of the Father" | TBA | Robin Sheppard | Carole Forbes | 14 September 1995 |
| 105 | "Night Beat" | Laurence Richardson guest stars. | John Bruce | Chris Lang | 15 September 1995 |
| 106 | "Balancing the Scales" | Charlie Condou and David Quilter guest star. | Chris Lovett | Julian Perkins | 19 September 1995 |
| 107 | "For Services Rendered" | Final appearance of DS Danny Pearce | Mike Cocker | Jonathan Myerson | 21 September 1995 |
| 108 | "Response Time" | TBA | Jeremy Silberston | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 22 September 1995 |
| 109 | "Knowing the Score (Part 1)" | Return of DS Jo Morgan, Meera Syal, Martin Reeve, Rob Jarvis, Rowena Cooper, Moya Brady and Martin Matthews guest star | Laurence Moody | Margaret Phelan | 26 September 1995 |
| 110 | "Some You Lose (Part 2)" | Meera Syal, Moya Brady, Rowena Cooper, Rob Jarvis and Martin Matthews guest star. | Laurence Moody | Margaret Phelan | 28 September 1995 |
| 111 | "Rock-a-bye Baby" | Victoria Alcock and Martyn Whitby guest stars. | Baz Taylor | David G. McDonagh | 29 September 1995 |
| 112 | "Video Nasty" | Darren Tighe and Michael Redfern guest star. | James Cellan Jones | David Hoskins | 3 October 1995 |
| 113 | "Bad Pictures" | Shaun Parkes, Jasper Britton, Geoffrey Leesley and Ian Redford guest star. | Laurence Moody | Terry Hodgkinson | 5 October 1995 |
| 114 | "Fire (Part 1)" | Joan Ann Maynard and Dee Sadler guest star. | John Strickland | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 6 October 1995 |
| 115 | "All Tucked Up (Part 2)" | Gareth Williams and Dee Sadler guest star. | John Strickland | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 10 October 1995 |
| 116 | "Bait (Part 3)" | Final Appearance of DS Jo Morgan Antony Carrick and Amanda Abbington guest star. | John Strickland | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 12 October 1995 |
| 117 | "Damage Limitation (Part 4)" | Final Appearance of Ch. Insp. Paul Stritch | John Strickland | Edwin Pearce | 13 October 1995 |
| 118 | "Solid Gold Cert" | TBA | Laurence Moody | Neil Clarke | 17 October 1995 |
| 119 | "Mugs" | Bruce Byron guest stars. | Dominic Lees | Mark Holloway | 19 October 1995 |
| 120 | "Off Limits" | Annette Badland, Patsy Rowlands and Shirin Taylor guest star. | Dominic Lees | Peter J. Hammond | 20 October 1995 |
| 121 | "Strictly Personal" | Sasha Alexander guest stars. | Keith Boak | Marianne Colbran | 24 October 1995 |
| 122 | "Day of Rest" | Ray Trickett guest stars. | A.J. Quinn | Roy MacGregor | 26 October 1995 |
| 123 | "Allegations and Allegiances" | Emma Amos guest stars. | Baz Taylor | Nigel Baldwin | 27 October 1995 |
| 124 | "Honeypot" | Craig Charles and Joe Absolom guest star. | Simon Meyers | Nick Crittenden | 31 October 1995 |
| 125 | "Saved" | First regular appearance of DS John Boulton | Jeremy Silberston | Matthew Wingett | 2 November 1995 |
| 126 | "A Year and A Day" | TBA | Gwennan Sage | Nicholas McInerny | 3 November 1995 |
| 127 | "With This Body" | Peter Craze guest stars. | Simon Meyers | Len Collin | 7 November 1995 |
| 128 | "Deadline" | David Tennant, Dermot Crowley, Barbara Marten and Honeysuckle Weeks guest star. | A.J. Quinn | David Hoskins | 8 November 1995 |
| 129 | "Lockdown" | Charles Dale, Sean Scanlan, Pip Torrens, Geoffrey McGivern and Stevan Rimkus guest star. | Nick Laughland | Stephen Plaice | 9 November 1995 |
| 130 | "Last Waltz" | Christine Kavanagh guest stars. | Michael Simpson | Tom Needham | 10 November 1995 |
| 131 | "Compensation" | Gwyneth Strong and Bernard Holley guest star. | Jeremy Silbertson | Nigel Baldwin | 14 November 1995 |
| 132 | "The Wee Small Hours" | Carol Leader guest stars. | Gwennan Sage | Michael Jenner | 16 November 1995 |
| 133 | "Photocall" | Matt Bardock guest stars. | John Strickland | J. C. Wilsher | 17 November 1995 |
| 134 | "Love Me, Love My Dog" | Maggie Ollerenshaw guest stars. | John Bruce | Maxwell Young | 21 November 1995 |
| 135 | "Heart of Gold" | David Gooderson guest stars. | Christopher Hodson | Neil Clarke | 23 November 1995 |
| 136 | "Dying Breath" | Nicholas Donnelly guest stars | Michael Simpson | Gregory Evans | 24 November 1995 |
| 137 | "Poison" | Oscar James guest stars. | Keith Boak | Chris Lang | 28 November 1995 |
| 138 | "Three in a Row" | Graham Cull guest stars | Ken Hannam | Renny Krupinski | 30 November 1995 |
| 139 | "Neutral Territory" | Wil Johnson guest stars. | Tom Cotter | David G. McDonagh | 1 December 1995 |
| 140 | "Getaway" | Tom Hollander and Kate Eaton guest star. | Kate Cheeseman | Candy Denman | 4 December 1995 |
| 141 | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | Peter Tuddenham and John Ioannou guest star. | Christopher Hodson | Jim Hawkins | 7 December 1995 |
| 142 | "Natural Justice" | Renu Setna, Ahmed Khalil, Sakuntala Ramanee and Barbara Wilshere guest star. | Robin Sheppard | Graham Mitchell | 12 December 1995 |
| 143 | "Got To Get A Body" | Sally George, Kelly Marcel and Craig Heaney guest star. | Michael Cocker | Stephen C. Handley | 14 December 1995 |
| 144 | "No Questions Asked" | Marc Warren and Philip McGough guest star. | Catherine Morshead | Ron Rose | 15 December 1995 |
| 145 | "Sweet Innocent" | TBA | Michael Cocker | Scott Cherry | 19 December 1995 |
| 146 | "Drop" | Lee Turnbull guest stars. | Tom Cotter | Mark Holloway | 21 December 1995 |
| 147 | "On the Lookout" | Chris Gascoyne and Jennifer Guy guest star. | Kate Cheeseman | Richard McBrien | 22 December 1995 |
| 148 | "Ties that Bind" | Alan Cooke guest stars. | Ken Hannam | Ron Rose | 28 December 1995 |
| 149 | "Journey Home" | Greg Donaldson, Patrick Jordan and Stewart Bevan guest star. | Diana Patrick | Graham Harvey | 29 December 1995 |
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