The Bill series 12
| The Bill Series 12 | |
|---|---|
| Series 12 | |
| No. of episodes | 156 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 2 January – 31 December 1996 |
| Series chronology | |
The twelfth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 156 episodes, broadcast between 2 January and 31 December 1996. On 6 February 2013, The Bill Series 12 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 12 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia).
Cast changes
Arrivals
- DS Geoff Daly
- DC Liz Rawton
- PC Jamila Blake
Departures
- PC Cathy Marshall
- PC Donna Harris
- Sgt Ray Steele
- DC Alan Woods
Episodes
| # | Title | Episode notes | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Call Waiting" | Susannah Wise guest stars. | John Bruce | Simon Moss | 2 January 1996 |
| 2 | "Second Sense" | Cheryl Hall guest stars. | Diana Patrick | Peter Gibbs | 4 January 1996 |
| 3 | "Runners Up" | Tracey Childs guest stars. | Nick Laughland | Robert Jones | 5 January 1996 |
| 4 | "Keeping It in the Family" | Nicholas Pinnock and Lloyd McGuire guest star. | Frank W. Smith | Tony Lindsay | 9 January 1996 |
| 5 | "Home Truths" | Danny Dyer guest stars. | June Howson | Katharine Way | 11 January 1996 |
| 6 | "Outer" | Rhona Mitra guest stars. | Nick Laughland | J. C. Wilsher | 12 January 1996 |
| 7 | "Better Half" | Nigel Humphreys guest stars. | Catherine Morshead | Jonathan David | 16 January 1996 |
| 8 | "No Assistance Required" | Neil Stuke guest stars. | Robin Sheppard | Richard Stoneman | 18 January 1996 |
| 9 | "Judgement Call" | Hour-long episode, Final appearance of PC Cathy Marshall, Tina Hobley, Nicholas Ball, Don McCorkindale and Polly Jo Pleasence guest star. | Martin Hutchings | Julian Spilsbury | 19 January 1996 |
| 10 | "Old Dogs, New Tricks" | Catherine Tate and John Barrowman guest stars. | Frank W. Smith | Jonathan Myerson | 23 January 1996 |
| 11 | "Worst Fears: Part 1" | Clare Holman guest stars. | Robin Shepperd | Richard Stoneman | 25 January 1996 |
| 12 | "One Night With You: Part 2" | TBA | Derek Lister | Chris Ould | 26 January 1996 |
| 13 | "Someone Else's Problem" | Richard Beale guest stars. | John Bruce | Renny Krupinski | 30 January 1996 |
| 14 | "Bounds of Decency" | Frances Barber guest stars. | Corin Campbell Hill | Avril E. Russell | 1 February 1996 |
| 15 | "Happy Birthday" | James Marsters and Michelle Gomez guest stars. | Sarah Harding | Tom Needham | 2 February 1996 |
| 16 | "Stop the Music" | Sharon Duncan Brewster guest stars. | Sarah Harding | Margaret Ousby | 6 February 1996 |
| 17 | "Cold Light of Day" | Martin Gower guest stars. | Corin Campbell Hill | David G. McDonagh | 8 February 1996 |
| 18 | "Back in Business" | Andrew Powell guest stars. | Laurence Moody | Peter Gibbs | 9 February 1996 |
| 19 | "Separate Rooms" | Camilla Power guest stars. | Jan Sargent | Nick Crittenden | 13 February 1996 |
| 20 | "Going Guilty" | Nicola Bryant guest stars. | James Hawes | Mark Holloway | 15 February 1996 |
| 21 | "Pieces of Cake" | Anthony Head and Karen Gillan guest stars. | Derek Lister | Maxwell Young | 16 February 1996 |
| 22 | "Somebody's Home" | Philip Bloomfield guest stars. | Jan Sargent | Simon Tyrrell | 20 February 1996 |
| 23 | "Pointing the Finger" | Ron Donachie guest stars. | Simon Meyers | Edwin Pearce | 22 February 1996 |
| 24 | "Boy Meets Girl" | Rosie Marcel and Alexis Denisof guest stars. | James Hawes | Simon Moss | 23 February 1996 |
| 25 | "Confession" | Hour-long episode, Guest appearance by DS Danny Pearce, Final appearance of PC Donna Harris, David Westhead guest stars. | David Richards | Terry Hodgkinson | 27 February 1996 |
| 26 | "Home From Home" | Mark Straker guest stars. | June Howson | Stephen McAteer | 29 February 1996 |
| 27 | "Open Wound" | TBA | John Bruce | Tom Needham | 1 March 1996 |
| 28 | "Perfect Match" | TBA | Laurence Moody | Carolyn Sally Jones | 1 March 1996 |
| 29 | "Someone Special" | Bruce Alexander guest stars. | Gwennan Sage | Carolyn Sally Jones | 7 March 1996 |
| 30 | "Bits and Pieces" | Lucy Benjamin and Peter Benson guest star. | Simon Meyers | Terry Hodgkinson | 8 March 1996 |
| 31 | "Home Help" | Angela Bruce guest stars. | Michael Simpson | Peter Mills | 12 March 1996 |
| 32 | "Kicked Out" | TBA | Michael Ferguson | Stephen C. Handley | 14 March 1996 |
| 33 | "On the Block" | Kenneth Watson guest stars. | Michael Ferguson | J. C. Wilsher | 15 March 1996 |
| 34 | "Getting Off" | TBA | Michael Cocker | Graham Mitchell | 19 March 1996 |
| 35 | "Girls' Night" | TBA | Gill Wilkinson | Gwyneth Hughes | 21 March 1996 |
| 36 | "Blood Brothers" | Roshan Seth and Sebastian Abineri guest star. | Jeremy Silberston | Manjit Singh | 22 March 1996 |
| 37 | "Broken Homes" | Elaine Donnelly guest stars. | Robert Del Maestro | Gregory Evans | 23 March 1996 |
| 38 | "A Hornet's Nest" | Melanie Kilburn and Chrissie Cotterill guest star. | Robert Del Maestro | Candy Denman | 28 March 1996 |
| 39 | "Dead of Night" | Rosie Cavaliero and Will Barton guest star. | Ian White | Julian Jones | 29 March 1996 |
| 40 | "Party Pooper" | Daniel Casey guest stars | James Hawes | Isabelle Grey | 2 April 1996 |
| 41 | "More Haste" | Steve Swinscoe guest stars. | Jeremy Silberston | David Hoskins | 4 April 1996 |
| 42 | "Beating the Odds" | Jamie Glover, Amelia Curtis and Freddie Earlle guest star. | Ian White | Edwin Pearce | 5 April 1996 |
| 43 | "Animal" | Ian Reddington, Sara Powell and Sheree Murphy guest star. | Kate Cheeseman | Tom Needham | 9 April 1996 |
| 44 | "Dangerous Game" | Hour-long episode, Final appearance of Sgt Ray Steele, Tracey Wilkinson and David Telfer guest star. | Brian Parker | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 10 April 1996 |
| 45 | "Dancers" | Kathleen Worth, Tenniel Evans, Ray Armstrong and Reginald Jessup guest star. | Nick Laughland | Mark Holloway | 12 April 1996 |
| 46 | "And Nothing But" | TBA | Michael Simpson | Richard Stoneman | 16 April 1996 |
| 47 | "Tale of Two Cities" | Petra Markham guest stars. | Tom Cotter | Spenser Frearson | 18 April 1996 |
| 48 | "Cheating" | Leslie Phillips guest stars. | Kate Cheeseman | Spenser Frearson | 19 April 1996 |
| 49 | "Decent Proposals" | Clare Cathcart and Trevor Cooper guest star. | Gill Wilkinson | Jonathan Myerson | 23 April 1996 |
| 50 | "Going For a Song" | Guest appearance by DS Mike Dashwood, Carole Nimmons guest stars. | Martin Hutchings | Julian Spilsbury | 25 April 1996 |
| 51 | "Value Added" | Malcolm Terris guest stars. | Simon Meyers | Barry Simner | 26 April 1996 |
| 52 | "Professional Ethics" | John Bowler and Barry Ewart guest star. | Chris Lovett | David Hoskins | 30 April 1996 |
| 53 | "Accidents Will Happen" | TBA | Tom Cotter | David G. McDonagh | 2 May 1996 |
| 54 | "Time Spent" | Paul Kember guest stars. | Chris Lovett | Chris Ould | 3 May 1996 |
| 55 | "Conspiracy of Silence" | Ann Davies guest stars. | Peter Barber-Fleming | Margaret Phelan | 7 May 1996 |
| 56 | "Cold Feet and Hot Coffee" | Vilma Hollingbery and Stephen Churchett guest star. | Gwennan Sage | Julian Perkins | 9 May 1996 |
| 57 | "Rollover" | Libby Davison guest stars. | Michael Simpson | Nick Crittenden | 10 May 1996 |
| 58 | "Tough Love" | John Michie and Dione Inman guest star. | Martin Hutchings | Katharine Way | 14 May 1996 |
| 59 | "With This Ring" | Roger Avon guest stars. | Nick Laughland | John Brennan | 16 May 1996 |
| 60 | "Final Drive" | Thomas Craig guest stars. | Michael Ferguson | Mark Holloway | 17 May 1996 |
| 61 | "Voices" | Sian Thomas and David Quilter guest star. | Moira Armstrong | Peter J. Hammond | 21 May 1996 |
| 62 | "Party On" | TBA | Danny Hiller | Mark Illis | 23 May 1996 |
| 63 | "Hard Enough" | Elizabeth Berrington and Christopher Saul guest star. | Dominic Lees | Lyndon Mallett | 24 May 1996 |
| 64 | "Cuckoo" | Honeysuckle Weeks and Campbell Morrison guest star. | Danny Hiller | Nicholas McInerny | 28 May 1996 |
| 65 | "Helping Hands" | Aidan J. David guest stars. | Peter Duffell | Clive Dawson | 30 May 1996 |
| 66 | "Jekyll and Hyde" | Matthew Crompton guest stars. | Danny Hiller | Edwin Pearce | 31 May 1996 |
| 67 | "Knocking on the Door" | First appearance of DS Geoff Daly | John Bruce | Steve Handley | 4 June 1996 |
| 68 | "Lies and Statistics" | Sean Gilder and David Quilter guest star. | James Hawes | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 6 June 1996 |
| 69 | "Butting In" | Barry Jackson, David Quilter and Lolita Chakrabarti guest star. | Michael Simpson | Sebastian Secker Walker | 7 June 1996 |
| 70 | "The Bagman" | Roy Macready and Sidney Kean guest star. | Michael Cocker | Richard McBrien | 11 June 1996 |
| 71 | "Overstepping the Mark" | Kris Marshall and David Quilter guest star. | John Bruce | Michael Jenner | 13 June 1996 |
| 72 | "Filth" | TBA | Jo Shoop | Graham Mitchell | 20 June 1996 |
| 73 | "Camper" | Timothy Bateson guest stars. | Moira Armstrong | Terry Hodgkinson | 21 June 1996 |
| 74 | "Spill" | Hour-long episode, Lolita Chakrabarti, Bob Mason and Toni Palmer guest star. | John Strickland | Michael Jenner | 25 June 1996 |
| 75 | "Apron Strings" | Denyse Alexander guest stars. | Adrian J. Fearnley | Len Collin | 27 June 1996 |
| 76 | "One Step Ahead" | Ken Hutchison and Roy Skelton guest star. | Simon Massey | Candy Denman | 28 June 1996 |
| 77 | "Starting Young" | Peter Russell guest stars. | Michael Ferguson | Andrew Rattenbury | 2 July 1996 |
| 78 | "Tarts Cards" | Annie Hulley guest stars. | Simon Meyers | Margaret Ousby | 4 July 1996 |
| 79 | "Born Again" | Alexandra Gilbreath and Chris Tranchell guest stars. | Robin Sheppard | Simon Frith | 5 July 1996 |
| 80 | "Kick Me Hard" | TBA | Audrey Cooke | Gregory Evans | 9 July 1996 |
| 81 | "All or Nothing" | Martyn Read guest stars. | Adrian J. Fearnley | Philip Kingston | 11 July 1996 |
| 82 | "Unlucky In Love" | Anna Keaveney and Joanne Froggatt guest star. | Jo Shoop | Jonathan Rich | 12 July 1996 |
| 83 | "A Quick Return" | TBA | Brian Parker | Stephen McAteer | 16 July 1996 |
| 84 | "Sartorial Elegance" | TBA | Simon Massey | Nigel Baldwin | 18 July 1996 |
| 85 | "Don't Leave Me This Way" | Albert Welling and Karen Gledhill guest star. | Ian White | Graham White | 19 July 1996 |
| 86 | "Big Bullies" | Jim McManus guest stars. | Michael Simpson | Ron Rose | 23 July 1996 |
| 87 | "Playing It By The Rules" | TBA | Chris Lovett | Sheila Duncan | 25 July 1996 |
| 88 | "True Colours" | John Owens guest stars. | Brian Parker | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 26 July 1996 |
| 89 | "Target" | Final appearance of WDS Jo Morgan | John Strickland | Edward Canford-Dumas | 29 July 1996 |
| 90 | "Dead Man's Hand" | Jamie Foreman guest stars. | Dominic Lees | Simon Tyrrell | 30 July 1996 |
| 91 | "For Their Own Good" | Final appearance of DC Alan Woods, Lynn Farleigh and Billy McColl guest star | Peter Duffell | Nigel Baldwin | 1 August 1996 |
| 92 | "Theory and Practice" | TBA | Peter Barber-Fleming | Maxwell Young | 6 August 1996 |
| 93 | "Drinking Partners" | Bob Appleby guest stars. | Peter Lydon | Matthew Wingett | 8 August 1996 |
| 94 | "Lean On Me" | Ian Brimble guest stars. | Simon Meyers | Barry Simner | 9 August 1996 |
| 95 | "Reminders" | Vas Blackwood and Laurie Brett guest star. | Chris Lovett | Michael Jenner | 13 August 1996 |
| 96 | "Minding" | TBA | Nick Laughland | Mark Holloway | 15 August 1996 |
| 97 | "Follow The Van" | Donald Douglas guest stars. | Robin Sheppard | Stephen Plaice | 16 August 1996 |
| 98 | "Don't Kill the Messenger" | Michael McStay and Christopher Whittingham guest star. | Jim Shields | Isabelle Grey | 20 August 1996 |
| 99 | "Junior" | Zig Byfield guest stars. | Jim Shields | Julian Perkins | 22 August 1996 |
| 100 | "Pony Express" | Andy Linden guest stars. | Simon Meyers | David G. McDonagh | 23 August 1996 |
| 101 | "Out of Control" | David Hargreaves guest stars. | Ian White | Edwin Pearce | 27 August 1996 |
| 102 | "Day Tripper" | John Gillett guest stars. | Gill Wilkinson | Chris Smyth | 29 August 1996 |
| 103 | "Waiting For Frank" | TBA | Robert Del Maestro | Chris Ould | 30 August 1996 |
| 104 | "A Day in the Life" | Kulvinder Ghir and Maxine Evans guest stars. | Audrey Cooke | Robert Jones | 3 September 1996 |
| 105 | "Second Chances" | TBA | Nick Laughland | Manjit Singh | 5 September 1996 |
| 106 | "Repossession" | Gerry Cowper guest stars. | Peter Lydon | Lyndon Mallet | 6 September 1996 |
| 107 | "The Liar" | First appearance of DC Liz Rawton, Elizabeth Bennett guest stars. | Michael Simpson | Spenser Frearson | 10 September 1996 |
| 108 | "Detained" | Scott Neal guest stars. | Ken Horn | Jimmy Gardner | 12 September 1996 |
| 109 | "Karma" | TBA | Brian Parker | Edward Canford-Dumas | 13 September 1996 |
| 110 | "Stolen Moments" | Judy Flynn guest stars. | Audrey Cooke | Julian Perkins | 17 September 1996 |
| 111 | "A Good Night Out" | Hour-long episode, Martin Glyn Murray, Oliver Smith and Bill Moody guest star. | Tom Cotter | Richard Stoneman | 18 September 1996 |
| 112 | "Chatterbox" | Adrian Bower and Desmond Askew guest stars. | Ian White | Simon Moss | 19 September 1996 |
| 113 | "Too Close For Comfort" | Vincent Pickering guest stars. | Robin Sheppard | Maxwell Young | 20 September 1996 |
| 114 | "Blame" | Gerry Cowper guest stars. | Chris Lovett | Gwyneth Hughes | 24 September 1996 |
| 115 | "Once a Thief" | TBA | Robert Del Maestro | Tony Mulholland | 26 September 1996 |
| 116 | "Party Animals" | Jake Wood guest stars. | Moira Armstrong | Katharine Way | 27 September 1996 |
| 117 | "Natural Causes" | Colin Buchanan, Rachel Weaver and Mary Healey guest star. | Morag Fullarton | Simon Tyrrell | 1 October 1996 |
| 118 | "Known To Someone" | JoAnne Good and Gerry Cowper guest star. | Derek Lister | Joanne Maguire | 3 October 1996 |
| 119 | "Champing at the Bit" | Neil Daglish guest stars. | Diana Patrick | Robert Jones | 4 October 1996 |
| 120 | "Taking Out the Rubbish" | Joel Beckett and Antony Webb guest star. | Ken Horn | A. Valentine | 8 October 1996 |
| 121 | "Presumed Innocent" | Michael McKell and Roger Blake guest star. | Harry Bradbeer | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 10 October 1996 |
| 122 | "Change of Heart" | TBA | Gill Wilkinson | Graham Mitchell | 11 October 1996 |
| 123 | "Hedging Your Bets" | Peter Jeffrey guest stars | Roger Gartland | Candy Denman | 15 October 1996 |
| 124 | "Out of the Past" | Kate Eaton guest stars. | Robin Sheppard | Tony Lindsay | 17 October 1996 |
| 125 | "Road to Recovery" | TBA | Jo Shoop | Len Collin | 18 October 1996 |
| 126 | "Three Fools" | Johanna Hargreaves guest stars. | Moira Armstrong | Mark Illis | 22 October 1996 |
| 127 | "Track Marks" | David John Pope guest stars. | Harry Bradbeer | James Stevenson | 24 October 1996 |
| 128 | "In for the Kill" | TBA | Derek Lister | Tom Needham | 25 October 1996 |
| 129 | "Remote Control" | TBA | Steve Shill | Julian Spilsbury | 29 October 1996 |
| 130 | "Telling Tales" | Derek Newark and Malcolm Tierney guest star. | Jo Shoop | Renny Krupinski | 31 October 1996 |
| 131 | "Old Codgers" | Freddie Jones and Patrick Godfrey guest star. | Martin Hutchings | Chris Ould | 1 November 1996 |
| 132 | "Trap" | TBA | Christopher Hodson | Michael Jenner | 5 November 1996 |
| 133 | "All in the Mind" | TBA | Diana Patrick | Edwin Pearce | 7 November 1996 |
| 134 | "Trust Me" | Paul Greenwood guest stars. | Roger Gartland | Isabelle Grey | 8 November 1996 |
| 135 | "Nice Boy" | Nadim Sawalha guest stars. | Brian Parker | Scott Cherry | 12 November 1996 |
| 136 | "A Woman's Place" | Derek Crewe guest stars. | James Hawes | Simon Moss | 14 November 1996 |
| 137 | "Finishing School" | TBA | Michael Cocker | Barry Simner | 15 November 1996 |
| 138 | "Death of a Nobody" | Hour-long episode, Peter Guinness and Philip McGough guest star. | Simon Meyers | Tom Needham | 19 November 1996 |
| 139 | "Up the Wall" | Clive Kneller guest stars. | Steve Shill | Lyndon Mallett | 21 November 1996 |
| 140 | "Boiling Point" | Kenneth Colley guest stars. | Christopher Hodson | Neil Clarke | 22 November 1996 |
| 141 | "Mirror Image" | TBA | John Bruce | Katharine Way | 26 November 1996 |
| 142 | "Public Relations" | TBA | Brian Parker | Philip Kingston | 28 November 1996 |
| 143 | "Lock 'Em In" | Jeremy Bulloch guest stars. | Roger Gartland | Sebastian Secker Walker | 29 November 1996 |
| 144 | "Opportunity Costs" | TBA | Martin Hutchings | Edward Canford-Dumas | 3 December 1996 |
| 145 | "Paying For It" | TBA | Jane Prowse | Mark Holloway | 5 December 1996 |
| 146 | "Many Happy Returns" | Paul Jerricho guest stars. | Adrian J. Fearnley | Andrew Rattenbury | 6 December 1996 |
| 147 | "Black Money" | Dominic Guard and Danny Webb guest star. | Roger Gartland | Terry Hodgkinson | 10 December 1996 |
| 148 | "Scorned" | Brian Protheroe and Jane Slavin guest star. | Morag Fullarton | Tracey Black | 12 December 1996 |
| 149 | "Stolen Kisses" | Samantha Seager and Jo Martin guest star. | Michael Cocker | Manjit Singh | 13 December 1996 |
| 150 | "Jumping to Conclusions" | Nick Burnell guest stars. | Harry Bradbeer | Philip Kingston | 17 December 1996 |
| 151 | "Toe the Line" | Michael Attwell, Michelle Gomez and David Schofield guest star. | James Hawes | Stephen Plaice | 19 December 1996 |
| 152 | "A Gun to the Head" | John Fraser and Rob Edwards guest star. | Chris Lovett | Maxwell Young | 20 December 1996 |
| 153 | "Merrily On High" | Danny Dyer and Frank Mills guest star. New opening sequence introduced. | Michael Cocker | Robert Jones | 24 December 1996 |
| 154 | "Hers" | Tamzin Outhwaite guest stars. | Michael Cocker | Mark Holloway | 26 December 1996 |
| 155 | "Hat Trick" | Sion Tudor Owen and Eric Mason guest star. | John Bruce | Stephen Greenhorn | 27 December 1996 |
| 156 | "The Right Thing" | First appearance of PC Jamila Blake, Paul Bettany guest stars. | Nigel Douglas | Tony Mulholland | 31 December 1996 |
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