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Episode 78

A Touch Of Braid

July 1, 1994

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The Bill - S10 - E78

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.

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The Bill: Season 10 - 101 Episode s

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.
10x103 - Business Opportunities
August 30, 1994
McCann finds Tony Wright sleeping rough on a bench, yet learns that he owns a house just around the corner. His curiosity leads to an investigation by Pearce of the Irish roofer, Samuel O'Rourke, who has targetted Tony, depressed and alone, for large weekly payments for roofing work he never carried out.
10x104 - A Little Learning
September 1, 1994
When a teacher seems reluctant to bring a charge of indecent assault against a pupil, Woods has to question her motives. Is Stephanie telling the truth or is she being used to get at the boy?
10x105 - Right Way, Wrong Way
September 2, 1994
Aggro between the West Indian and Chinese communities threatens to escalate as Steele and McCann investigate.
10x106 - Instant Response
September 6, 1994
A couple of kids in a stolen Jaguar are causing all sorts of trouble and accidents throughout Sun Hill. PC Tony Stamp and PC Reg Hollis pursue in the Area Car, but all police efforts to stop the car fail. The kids seem to always be one step ahead of the police, until Stamp realises they must have a police radio or scanner. Changing frequencies, they force the Jag into an abandoned bottling plant, where the driver, Rob Orme, has vowed to 'teach the police a lesson' after his father has been sentenced to twelve years in prison. Climbing to the roof of the building, Rob taunts Stamp and Ch. Insp. Derek Conway as they try to talk him down, but accidentally slips and falls to his death.
10x107 - Washback
September 8, 1994
Investigating a sawn-off shotgun found in a house fire, Lines is led to Lee Ruddick, a crack dealer. When Lines and Johnson team up to raid him, Ruddick eats the evidence, with fatal consequences.
10x108 - Kickback
September 9, 1994
When Lee Ruddick dies at St Hugh's, CIB is called in and DI Johnson is accused on manslaughter. Claudia Morris, the complainant and chief witness, later withdraws her allegation, but just as Johnson seems to be in the clear, Ruddick's family serves her with a private prosecution for manslaughter.
10x109 - Birthright
September 13, 1994
Ackland and Datta are drawn into the past when a couple are pestered by a young woman claiming to be a long-lost daughter. Meanwhile, a death message to an old lady reveals a relative she had forgotten she had.
10x110 - Threats & Promises
September 15, 1994
A young man is stabbed by a member of a notorious family of criminals, but no witnesses are prepared to come forward.
10x111 - Inside
September 16, 1994
A man holds a woman hostage in a flat. Jarvis is faced with the task of talking him out. As Jarvis builds a rapport with him, the investigation led by Monroe constructs a worrying picture of the hostage-taker. Can he be talked out or will force be necessary?
10x112 - Back On The Chain Gang
September 20, 1994
Morgan owes an old villain a favour, but pays a heavy price for her loyalty.
10x113 - Out In The Cold
September 22, 1994
Jarvis, Loxton, Page and Cato deal with a trio of squatters and a violent landlord.
10x114 - Living Legend
September 23, 1994
When Meadows arrests notorious robber Kenny Stone in a drugs-for-money exchange, Stone isn't in possession of the drugs. Meadows fails to detain Stone long enough to charge him, but he dies in his cell as he is about to be released.
10x115 - Runners & Riders
September 27, 1994
Meadows is worried that a vicious attack was meted out in revenge for the conviction of a loan shark.
10x116 - Down & Out
September 29, 1994
Johnson's seeking vital information concerning a gang of payphone thieves. She comes into conflict with Custody Sergeant Boyden when she asks to speak to a prisoner with a history of mental illness.
10x117 - Inquest
September 30, 1994
Sun Hill are at the Coroner's Court for the inquest on Stone, who died in custody. Did the Great Bullion Robber die of natural causes or are Sun Hill officers in some way to blame for his death?
10x118 - Grey Matter
October 4, 1994
Johnson investigates an apparently racially-motivated attack.
10x119 - Blackout
October 6, 1994
Lines retraces the steps of an alcoholic who comes out of a two-day blackout and believes that he has committed a crime.
10x120 - The Cold Consumer
October 7, 1994
Page deals with the sudden death of an unidentified man in the bathroom of a high class prostitute.
10x121 - Saving Face
October 11, 1994
Carver ends up leading 'Operation Cock-up' and is determined not to look an idiot in front of Deakin.
10x122 - Silent Partner
October 13, 1994
Pearce and Croft investigate a burglary at a block of flats for the elderly, and she becomes suspicious of a woman who claims to be from a befriending charity called Here to Help.
10x123 - One Born Every Minute
October 14, 1994
A rape allegation sends Deakin into the murky world of pimps and prostitutes.
10x124 - Backlash
October 18, 1994
Johnson stands trial for manslaughter of Lee Ruddick, and allegations of a police cover-up.
10x125 - Taken On Trust
October 20, 1994
An unexploded German WW2 bomb is discovered on the riverside right in then middle of CID's surveillance operation. As the evacuation gets underway, a bunch of squatters refuse to leave thinking it's an attempt to evict them. After Monroe assures the bomb threat is geniune they leave but Carver and Pierce then sneak into the squatter's house and discover hidden drugs. They then arrest the squatter.
10x126 - Bridgework
October 21, 1994
Meadows and Cato are at loggerheads, but Conway couldn't care less it's his birthday.
10x127 - Land Of The Blind
October 25, 1994
Deakin and Meadows are prosecuting a teenager for assault but McCann thinks he is innocent.
10x128 - Indecent Exposure
October 27, 1994
Pearce and Croft fall out over the arrest of a disabled drugs dealer.

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

10x82 - Parental Guidance

10x83 - Settling The Score

10x84 - High Drivers

10x85 - Personal Space

10x86 - Public Spirit

10x87 - Dirty Laundry

10x88 - Paying The Price

10x89 - Best Interests

10x90 - Easy Prey

10x91 - Unfinished Business

10x92 - War Of Nerves

10x93 - Legacy

10x94 - Death & Taxes

10x95 - In Too Deep

10x96 - You Belong To Me

10x97 - Looking For Mr Right

10x98 - Skinning Cats

10x99 - Full Contact

10x100 - Partners

10x101 - On The Latch

10x102 - Wall Of Silence

10x103 - Business Opportunities

10x104 - A Little Learning

10x105 - Right Way, Wrong Way

10x106 - Instant Response

10x107 - Washback