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The Bill - S10 - E52

Conway arranges a party and plans to sound out the Deputy Assistant Commissioner about changes to the senior ranks, but Meadows, and Brownlow take the opportunity to do the same. While the top brass play politics, Johnson sets about trapping an escaped prisoner.

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The Bill: Season 10 - 101 Episode s

10x2 - Second Sight
January 6, 1994
Jim is moaning about a tom(prostitute). Tosh and Jim are told to keep on the case. they go to a shop where they climb on the roof to observe the tom. While on observation they notice she has 2 visitors - 1 a biker, the other a known drug dealer. They bring in the tom and when he goes upstairs, Jim discovers the biker is wanted for the robbery everyone else was working on. The new D.I. walks up the stairs with Conway. as she arrives in the office she takes a phone call telling her there is a robbery in progress at a pub with the robbers still on premises. CID head down there leaving Tosh and Jim to deal with the tom. Steve and Polly arrive to find an injured man outside. George and Tony arrive in the area car as two men take off on a motor bike. Crofts has noticed a pattern emerging in the money snatches.
10x3 - Darkness Before Dawn
January 7, 1994
Sgt Boyden and Polly are on patrol and discuss Reg's plans for a parachute jump. Polly takes a visit to a tower block where a domestic has been reported. There doesn't appear to be anyone in although the tv is still on. A body is noticed under the balcony and on checking they discover she jumped with her baby. Inspector Monroe comes down and talks to the man who reported the disturbance. Meadows and Carver also come down. Boyden finds a man sitting by the side of the road, who turns out to be the baby's father. When interviewed he has problems answering the questions. He came down from Scotland to try to be a family.
10x4 - He Who Waits
January 11, 1994
George tapes off an area around a house where a body has been found. AMIT turns up. There is a way through the attic into the empty house next door. The murdered man is supposed to have no money and is not very popular. There is a local tom's wallet in the next door house. George is asked about the dead man by a lad who has been primed by a man in a van which takes off when he sees George approaching. The new owners of the house arrive as the body is removed.
10x5 - Mix & Match
January 13, 1994
Pearce and Steele are looking for a stolen car that has a tracking system installed. The car is not there. The rep from the tracking company is very enthusiastic about the system. Pearce and Steele find a range rover in a lockup that is stolen along with the missing car. They think the garage could be a good spot for an observation. Monroe is not too happy but Cato is all for it. Tony and June are part of the surveillance team. A car drives into the yard and June recognises one of the men that Pearce then follows.
10x6 - Dealer Wins
January 14, 1994
A tom is in family court on trial to work out whether her daughter should stay with her althought she was charged with possession. Jim and Suzy talk to some of the tom's friends to be able to help her. They are told that the tom's boyfriend is trying to put her daughter on the game and she doesn't know. Meadows organises teams to lead raids on 4 different targets.
10x7 - No Job For An Amateur
January 18, 1994
June and Adam go to a nurse's home where a nurse was attacked. They discover a door wedged open. A nurse told June the man had called earlier to see another nurse. June calls Adam a narrow minded bigot in the canteen. The nurse who had the male visitor the night before is attacked and turns out to be moonlighting as a tom. Tony and Mike are told to go to a hotel where a woman was assaulted. Boyden talks to the injured woman before her pimp appears. He talks to Monroe about a pattern appearing of toms being beaten as soon as they get into a room.
10x8 - Judge & Jury
January 20, 1994
Quinnan brings in a shoplifter. A woman talks to Jim and Suzy about being mugged. Jim thinks he knows who the mugger is. They go to talk to the suspect. The duty solicitor is not happy about how Jim conducted the interview. On checking an acquaintance of the suspect, they find designer jackets in his lock-up. He is brought in under suspicion of receiving stolen goods. June and Tony talk to a service station owner who had a car drive off without paying for the petrol she had put into the car. Her husband is the duty solicitor. Driving off is not an arrestable offense. June is concerned that this is not the first offense the suspect has committed.
10x9 - The Mourning After
January 21, 1994
Tony and Reg are called to a stabbing in canley fields. Sgt. Cryer and June arrive to help. the victim is DOA at the hospital. The doctor thinks he was attacked 3 hours previously. D.S. Morgan goes to see the victim's mother and discovers she is blind. When the mother checks the body, she discovers it is not her son. Alan talks to a shopkeeper who saw a group of men chasing another one. tosh talks to the party thrower and finds a leather jacket similar ro the one on the body. The wallet inside belongs to the owner of an incorrectly parked mini who never came home the night before.
10x10 - Just Say No
January 25, 1994
Conway is at a meeting when he sees a girl kicking a car and then tells Conway about the murder of a crack dealer. The girl is scared of her parents. Meadows and Conway are arguing over the girl's info. Tony and Reg are in an electrical store dealing with a shoplifter who gave her name as Elizabeth Barrett. She has a passbook in her possession belonging to the girl connected with the dead crack dealer. She turns out to be the girl who was being raped by the dealer when he was killed.
10x11 - Mud Sticks
January 27, 1994
A woman is found beaten unconscious near a brothel.
10x12 - One Bad Turn
January 29, 1994
Norika and Steve are patroling 9 beat and later will be taking Ch. Insp. Cato out. They put out signs and caution kerb crawlers. They nick the tom when she is brought back and caution the punter who turns out to be a supplier of drugs. She is later found beaten in an alley. Dave and Mike are also patrolling 9 beat and removing cards from phone boxes. They talk to one of the toms. Driving around Dave spots a man wanted for jumping bail and lose him in the market.
10x13 - Faith In The System
February 1, 1994
Jim and Tosh are in a transit van when they hear shouting. Jim goes to investigate and finds a man being beaten up by D.C Boulton from Barton St. Jim is not prepared to lie for D.C. Boulton about the arrest. The suspect makes a complaint against Boulton. Boulton is not happy Jim won't back him up as a witness to the arrest. Monroe is pressurising Jim into turning Boulton in and Pearce is pressurising him to back up Boulton. The suspect is also pressurising Jim. Jim and Tosh catch a girl breaking into a car and talk to Conway about her. Jiom gets a place in a house for the girl via Conway. She gives the name of the man who told her to get the BMW.
10x14 - Keeping Mum
February 3, 1994
Greig and Crofts call on a boy, who had been nicked previously as a pick pocket, because they want to talk to him about burglaries. When they arrive, the boy calls them in because his mother has been assaulted by his father. The boy sold a stolen brooch to a man so he could use the money for his mother. Donna comes up with a link with the burlaries to an alarm firm - 3 of the houses only had dummy boxes. Greig and Crofts visit the security firm manager who mentions a lad in the firm also plays with the boy with the brooch. Lines talks to the mother as he is now handling the assault case. The victim couldn't give a reason for the attack but previous attacks have been over very little. Her son was also hit.
10x15 - Double Vision
February 4, 1994
D.C.s Skase, Lines and D.I.Johnson along with Morgan, Pearce and Woods watch a man get into a vasn to do a deal to buy wine that had been hi-jacked. DCI Meadows thinks this arrest of the men in the van has stopped some hi-jacks. Steve is not happy he was left out after feeding Pearce the information. Steve goes and complains to the man who gave him the info. Pearce also gets into trouble because he had got the info from a man he had never seen. Meadows talks to the man watched in the morning who has a license in a false name but he is not prepared to grass on the man they believe was behind the hi-jacks. Monroe argues with Johnson about holding the prisoners. Their mother comes to check on them. Johnson talks to Loxton about running a snout and she apologises. They then go to talk to the snout and find out he had told the other men held about the deal.
10x16 - No Access
February 8, 1994
A boy has been assaulted and Donna comes up with a possible suspect. Another boy has been reported missing and his mother is concerned because of the attacks. The boy was last seen near to where the suspect lives. Morgaqn and Carver talk to the suspect who denies doing anything. Carver then goes to talk to a counsellor at the sunhill Men's Group. Morgan talks to some boys who saw the missing boy go off with a man. The man turns out to be his dad. The suspect admits to assaulting two boys but denies abducting the missing child. He was very upset about visits with his children.
10x17 - Ways & Means
February 10, 1994
Carver and Lines are on the way to speak to witnesses when they see a man wrestling with a woman who is known to the police. She has some info about shoplifters which she gives to Boyden. Cathy and Dave deqal with a break-in which turns out to be a boy gaining entry to his own home because his mum isn't home. Polly arrested her for shoplifting. Norika and Cathy talk to a complaintive who is being intimidated by her husband into dropping the case. Her husband is released on bail and later stabbed.
10x18 - Cutting It
February 11, 1994
Bevis accuses Keegan of sexual harassment.
10x19 - Secrets
February 15, 1994
Pressured by Boyden's questions, Linton reveals he is serving a community sentence for sexual offences.
10x20 - Bin-Men
February 17, 1994
A 17-year-old boy is caught riding a stolen motorcycle.
10x21 - Ducking & Diving
February 18, 1994
McCann is beaten up by two men after being called to a warehouse burglary with Jarvis.
10x22 - Gone Away
February 22, 1994
Meadows and Johnson investigate couriers smuggling in heroin.
10x23 - Dead Men Don't Drive Cars
February 24, 1994
Monroe and Cryer investigate a man who is taking driving tests for dead men.
10x24 - Saturday Night's All Right
February 25, 1994
Monroe and his officers are called to a rent party where the organiser has been seriously assaulted.
10x25 - Ranks & Files
March 1, 1994
Stamp and Garfield are called to an incident between an ex-copper and a teenager.
10x26 - Business As Usual
March 3, 1994
A clothing store gets broken into.
10x27 - Root Of All Evil
March 4, 1994
Johnson and Woods investigate the scene of an arson attack.
10x28 - Man To Man
March 8, 1994
A man reported missing by his wife, is found shot dead the next day.
10x29 - Menace
March 10, 1994
Greig and Croft visit Sally Firth who has been burgled.
10x30 - Killjoys
March 11, 1994
A pirate radio station interferes with police radio transmission.
10x31 - One Of Them
March 15, 1994
A father beats up his son for being gay.
10x32 - Day Of Reckoning
March 17, 1994
As CID resign themselves to losing Grieve, Bannon's daughter calls to report that two men have abducted her father.
10x33 - Sleeping With The Fishes
March 18, 1994
A boat is reported drifting down the Thames, and a body is found in the river.
10x34 - Fair Exchange
March 22, 1994
Morgan and Woods arrive at a burnt-out house and are told that the fire may have been started deliberately.
10x35 - Last Rights
March 24, 1994
A mother suffering from a rare spinal tumour takes an overdose.
10x36 - Mean Streak
March 25, 1994
Lines, Garfield and Bostock go undercover at a milk depot.
10x37 - Pig In The Middle
March 29, 1994
Woods and Carver receive a tip-off to a crack dealer's house on the Bronte Estate.
10x38 - House Arrest
March 31, 1994
Meadows and Woods investigate a robbery. Meadows enlists the assistance of an ex-con to deal with a young villain.
10x39 - Clubbing Together
April 1, 1994
A doorman is arrested for assault for an incident outside a nightclub.
10x40 - Pals
April 5, 1994
Area Complaints want to speak to Jarvis after some foul play during a rugby match. Stamp and Marshall deal with a case of double identity.
10x41 - Sold Out
April 7, 1994
Greig uncovers a crime of passion. Morgan goes after a man handling stolen car parts.
10x42 - Last Orders
April 8, 1994
Meadows works with a brewery security guard to solve the theft of kegs of beer after another guard is assaulted by the thieves.
10x43 - All The Comforts Of Home
April 12, 1994
Marshall deals with a teenaged runaway found sleeping rough and showing signs of a beating. Ackland and Quinnan are called to a disturbance at the home of the girl's mother. Pearce and Carver make an embarrassing mistake.
10x44 - Wild Justice
April 14, 1994
A burglary suspect is positively identified by a witness but has a solid alibi. Johnson, Greig and Croft uncover an elaborate scheme of revenge.
10x45 - Give Away
April 15, 1994
Morgan and Lines clash with a vicious thug. Hollis and Boyden are on the trail of stolen koi carp.
10x46 - Nowhere To Run
April 19, 1994
Datta deals with a complex case of domestic violence. Quinnan and Greig act on a tip-off from a local jeweller.
10x47 - Final Straw
April 21, 1994
Greig suspects a caretaker of burgling his own school, but his attempt at suicide makes the case a difficult one.
10x48 - Bodyguard Of Lies
April 22, 1994
Ackland uncovers a series of muggings. Johnson is unimpressed, but Monroe, acting on Ackland's information, organises an observation on a pub.
10x49 - Friends Like That
April 26, 1994
Quinnan finds himself drawn into the problems of a man whose life is falling apart.
10x50 - Disclosures
April 28, 1994
Greig is confident of securing the conviction of a violent burglar, until a witness arrives in court and alleges that Ackland did not record her complete statement.
10x51 - Big Eagle Day
April 29, 1994
Boyden, Garfield, Datta and Hollis respond to a noise nuisance complaint and find two known villains in a room littered with thousands of pounds in banknotes.
10x52 - Bottleneck
May 3, 1994
Conway arranges a party and plans to sound out the Deputy Assistant Commissioner about changes to the senior ranks, but Meadows, and Brownlow take the opportunity to do the same. While the top brass play politics, Johnson sets about trapping an escaped prisoner.
10x53 - Honour & Obey
May 5, 1994
Skase betrays a misogynist attitude when he and Croft investigate a series of thefts of wedding gifts.
10x54 - Hot Off The Press
May 6, 1994
Cato wants to find out who is behind the printing of racist leaflets. A campaign to rid the streets of illegally parked vehicles uncovers the distributor.
10x55 - Killing Time
May 10, 1994
An angry, young boy with a gun roams the streets. Can Cryer get to him in time?
10x56 - Butter Wouldn't Melt
May 12, 1994
Quinnan and Cato close in on a den of thieves, centred around an ageing hippie inciting youngsters to steal car radios.
10x57 - All Things Nice
May 13, 1994
A drugs raid on a pub is a great success until Lines finds a body. Johnson has to move fast to achieve a result.
10x58 - No Way To Treat A Lady
May 17, 1994
Page is assaulted during a domestic. Cato is furious that Sgt. Steele has included some off-the-record remarks in the minutes of a meeting. Carver acts on information received to catch a villain.
10x59 - The Price
May 19, 1994
The key witness to an attempted murder vanishes.
10x60 - Old Scores
May 20, 1994
Boyden receives an anonymous tip-off but suspects that he has been set up. His suspicions are confirmed when MS15 turn up at the pick-up point.
10x61 - Branded
May 24, 1994
Meadows interrogates a convicted sex offender whose father can't face the truth about his son.
10x62 - Good Friends
May 26, 1994
A seemingly straightforward burglary becomes complicated when one of Johnson's informants is given a false alibi.
10x63 - RTA
May 27, 1994
Monroe investigates a fatal road traffic accident and begins to suspect that the driver may have crashed the car on purpose.
10x64 - No Marks
May 31, 1994
Meadows and Cryer try to gain the trust of a small boy from Devon found wandering about in his pyjamas.
10x65 - Sweetness & Light
June 2, 1994
A gang of teenagers cause a nuisance on an estate, and a boy on a scrambling bike is almost decapitated.
10x66 - Hey Diddle Diddle
June 3, 1994
Meadows receives a tape of a deathbed confession to murder.
10x67 - Funny Money
June 7, 1994
Lines and Meadows uncover two counterfeiters who haven't quite been clever enough.
10x68 - Till Death Do Us Part
June 9, 1994
Loxton and Quinnan are called to a canal where a familiar tramp claims to have fished out a DSS inspector.
10x69 - All Along The Watchtower
June 10, 1994
Stamp is called to deal with a 14-year-old car thief who has badly injured a young girl. Conway and Monroe deal with the consequences.
10x70 - Snowblind
June 14, 1994
Skase investigates some crack dealers but bites off more than he can chew and faces a mauling from Meadows.
10x71 - Lesson To Be Learned
June 16, 1994
A young black student is accused of a savage attack on a schoolmaster, but Lines thinks that the teachers have something to hide.
10x72 - Dear John
June 17, 1994
Meadows investigates when a man who appears to have fallen to his death from a block of flats is found to have a knife wound in his back. Investigations lead to a second body.
10x73 - Within Limits
June 21, 1994
Boyden investigates an assault and helps a former lover deal with her violent husband. Garfield thinks the sergeant may be up to his old tricks again.
10x74 - Tails You Lose
June 23, 1994
Skase's informant needs protection, but he is compromised when he uncovers the full extent of her criminal activities.
10x75 - Gate Fever
June 24, 1994
A murderer is released from prison on licence. Cryer deals with the victim's parents, who are unable to accept that their other daughter befriended him while he was in prison.
10x76 - The Road Not Taken
June 28, 1994
Page finds her loyalties tested when she arrests an old school friend in a drugs raid.
10x77 - Fallen Angel
June 30, 1994
Woods investigates the activities of a cowboy builder, and uncovers a customer's scheme to exact revenge.
10x78 - A Touch Of Braid
July 1, 1994
D.I. Johnson's raid on a flat goes wrong when a young boy flees and falls from the third-floor balcony. Brownlow has to pick up the pieces.
10x79 - Masquerade
July 5, 1994
Greig realises that a house has been burgled twice. Conway helps to arrest a most unusual burglar with a very special talent.
10x80 - Good Days
July 7, 1994
Lines and Woods attempt to solve the mysterious disappearance of an armed robber, and eventually uncover the answer after calling on his mistress.
10x81 - Banned
July 8, 1994
Johnson's methods are called into question when she removes an aggressive solicitor's clerk from an interview with a robbery suspect.
10x82 - Parental Guidance
July 12, 1994
Lines helps Ackland track down a delinquent son but he should be worrying about his own.
10x83 - Settling The Score
July 14, 1994
Quinnan chances his arm in order to get an arrest. Carver realises that one of his informants has set up a suspect to clear the way for an affair with his wife.
10x84 - High Drivers
July 15, 1994
Monroe is called to a fatal traffic accident than deals with a case of mistaken identity.
10x85 - Personal Space
July 19, 1994
Croft and Woods interview a man suspected of abducting a girl.
10x86 - Public Spirit
July 21, 1994
A businessman seems unconcerned after one of his employees is fatally injured in a street fight over drug-dealing territories.
10x87 - Dirty Laundry
July 22, 1994
Johnson tries to stop a drugs war from developing after a crack addict is shot.
10x88 - Paying The Price
July 26, 1994
Conway clips the wing-mirror of a car and finds himself listening to a man's confession to an attempted armed robbery.
10x89 - Best Interests
July 28, 1994
Morgan has to choose between heart and head when trying to track down a boy who has been abducted by his father.
10x90 - Easy Prey
July 29, 1994
Meadows investigates when a recluse is found dead in his flat. He appears to have been assaulted but may have taken an overdose.
10x91 - Unfinished Business
August 2, 1994
Johnson attempts to track down a violent escaped prisoner. The arrival of Chris Deakin is delayed, as he has to give evidence in court.
10x92 - War Of Nerves
August 4, 1994
Datta has a difficult case, unfriendly colleagues and Cato's support.
10x93 - Legacy
August 5, 1994
Deakin shares information that Johnson needs to solve her case, but on his own terms.
10x94 - Death & Taxes
August 9, 1994
Ackland and Quinnan investigate a break-in at a pharmacy. Cryer unearths extortion among the young homeless.
10x95 - In Too Deep
August 11, 1994
Meadows and Deakin investigate the fatal shooting of a young windscreen washer and uncover a link to a local drug dealer.
10x96 - You Belong To Me
August 12, 1994
Datta and Cryer investigate the disappearance of a seventeen-year-old girl and find that her half-sister and brother-in-law have something to hide.
10x97 - Looking For Mr Right
August 16, 1994
Morgan and Woods investigate a serious assault and are led to a case of kidnap and extortion.
10x98 - Skinning Cats
August 18, 1994
Meadows and Conway fall out over the handling of an informant. Quinnan traces a vanload of stolen meat.
10x99 - Full Contact
August 19, 1994
Meadows is annoyed when a lorry carrying cigarettes is hi-jacked. Stamp and Ackland intervene in a fight in a pub car park between two thieves who have fallen out over the landlady.
10x100 - Partners
August 23, 1994
The shooting of a jeweller has Chris and Suzi investigating as an armed man is arrested by Reg and Steve.
10x101 - On The Latch
August 25, 1994
Meadows and Morgan investigate what appears to be the violent death of an old soldier in a drugs-related burglary.
10x102 - Wall Of Silence
August 26, 1994
Stamp and Ackland respond to an anonymous call and find a man in a curious state of undress.

10x2 - Second Sight

10x3 - Darkness Before Dawn

10x4 - He Who Waits

10x5 - Mix & Match

10x6 - Dealer Wins

10x7 - No Job For An Amateur

10x8 - Judge & Jury

10x9 - The Mourning After

10x10 - Just Say No

10x11 - Mud Sticks

10x12 - One Bad Turn

10x13 - Faith In The System

10x14 - Keeping Mum

10x15 - Double Vision

10x16 - No Access

10x17 - Ways & Means

10x18 - Cutting It

10x19 - Secrets

10x20 - Bin-Men

10x21 - Ducking & Diving

10x22 - Gone Away

10x23 - Dead Men Don't Drive Cars

10x24 - Saturday Night's All Right

10x25 - Ranks & Files

10x26 - Business As Usual

10x27 - Root Of All Evil

10x28 - Man To Man

10x29 - Menace

10x30 - Killjoys

10x31 - One Of Them

10x32 - Day Of Reckoning

10x33 - Sleeping With The Fishes

10x34 - Fair Exchange

10x35 - Last Rights

10x36 - Mean Streak

10x37 - Pig In The Middle

10x38 - House Arrest

10x39 - Clubbing Together

10x40 - Pals

10x41 - Sold Out

10x42 - Last Orders

10x43 - All The Comforts Of Home

10x44 - Wild Justice

10x45 - Give Away

10x46 - Nowhere To Run

10x47 - Final Straw

10x48 - Bodyguard Of Lies

10x49 - Friends Like That

10x50 - Disclosures

10x51 - Big Eagle Day

10x52 - Bottleneck

10x53 - Honour & Obey

10x54 - Hot Off The Press

10x55 - Killing Time

10x56 - Butter Wouldn't Melt

10x57 - All Things Nice

10x58 - No Way To Treat A Lady

10x59 - The Price

10x60 - Old Scores

10x61 - Branded

10x62 - Good Friends

10x63 - RTA

10x64 - No Marks

10x65 - Sweetness & Light

10x66 - Hey Diddle Diddle

10x67 - Funny Money

10x68 - Till Death Do Us Part

10x69 - All Along The Watchtower

10x70 - Snowblind

10x71 - Lesson To Be Learned

10x72 - Dear John

10x73 - Within Limits

10x74 - Tails You Lose

10x75 - Gate Fever

10x76 - The Road Not Taken

10x77 - Fallen Angel

10x78 - A Touch Of Braid

10x79 - Masquerade

10x80 - Good Days

10x81 - Banned