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Deakin comes down hard on a snout who tries to buck the system, and gets an unexpected result.

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The Bill: Season 12 - 101 Episode s

12x7 - Better Half
January 16, 1996
Beech and Croft investigate the murder of a hairdresser who had been fighting for a share of her dead fiancé's estate.
12x8 - No Assistance Required
January 18, 1996
Datta is called to a burglary and is subjected to the unwanted affections of a civic-minded admirer. Monroe is suspicious when Loxton tries to settle an old score.
12x9 - Judgement Call
January 19, 1996
Uniform and CID are on the lookout for escaped prisoner Jim Brodie, so both Brodie's wife and his drug dealer are under observation. PC Nick Slater and WPC Cathy Marshall pursue two burglers down to the riverfront, where one of them gives Slater a severe beating. Marshall sees a person on the barges and gives chase. By the time their backup arrives, delayed by PC Reg Hollis' dodgy belly, Marshall has disappeared. When her dead body is fished out of the river, the two crooks she and Slater had been pursuing are questioned over her possible murder. Searching the barge that Marshall was last seen, CID find evidence that someone has been sleeping rough on board - and it looks like it's their escaped prisoner, Brodie. The river police intercept Brodie fleeing to Amsterdam on his friend's boat, but there is not enough evidence to charge him for Cathy Marshall's murder.
12x10 - Old Dogs New Tricks
January 23, 1996
As Sun Hill gets to grips with its new computer system, Boyden discovers that it pays to stay one step ahead of the opposition.
12x11 - Worst Fears
January 25, 1996
While Deakin investigates the kidnapping of a five-year-old boy, Conway gets some unsettling news.
12x12 - One Night With You
January 26, 1996
Five-year-old Tommy Laker is still missing, and Deakin discovers an evil and sinister ring which may hold the clue.
12x13 - Someone Else's Problem
January 30, 1996
Datta and Quinnan look into the mysterious death of a jogger, while Ackland and Jarvis try to reconcile a couple of warring lovers.
12x14 - Bounds Of Decency
February 1, 1996
Slater and Garfield struggle to keep the peace when two women fall out over the same man.
12x15 - Happy Birthday
February 2, 1996
Meadows and Croft investigate the murder of an elderly woman, and question two young children living on the floor below who may have heard what happened.
12x16 - Stop The Music
February 6, 1996
Croft and a badly-hungover Beech investigate when a body is found in a car with a large amount of crack cocaine.
12x17 - Cold Light Of Day
February 8, 1996
A reconstruction brings forward an unexpected witness to an assault on a 15-year-old boy.
12x18 - Back In Business
February 9, 1996
Acting Superintendent Conway is stirred into action by a face from the past.
12x19 - Separate Rooms
February 13, 1996
Lines investigates an allegation of underage sex.
12x20 - Going Guilty
February 15, 1996
Cryer and Slater follow up on a murder but a legal loophole may allow the perpetrator to get away with it.
12x21 - Pieces Of Cake
February 16, 1996
Beech is caught in the crossfire when uniform and C.I.D. fall out over a directive from Brownlow.
12x22 - Somebody's Home
February 20, 1996
Quinnan and Keane have to help someone with a conviction for assaulting a police officer.
12x23 - Pointing The Finger
February 22, 1996
Carver and Skase investigate an assault on an Asian schoolboy.
12x24 - Boy Meets Girl
February 23, 1996
Croft investigates a series of vicious sexual assaults.
12x25 - Confession
February 27, 1996
A man comes in to Sun Hill and confesses to murdering a woman who disappeared five years ago. D.C.I. Meadows, who headed the original investigation, and D.C. Carver talk to him and, when they are convinced he is lying, throw him out. The man soon returns, and this time he tells Carver something that wasn't in the news stories making the police take his confession more seriously.
12x26 - Home From Home
February 29, 1996
Stamp and Slater are called to supervise the eviction of a father from his home.
12x27 - Open Wound
March 1, 1996
Skase and Deakin deal with a wounded crack dealer shot in the yard of a pub.
12x28 - Perfect Match
March 5, 1996
Beech and Croft try to track down a violent attacker.
12x29 - Someone Special
March 7, 1996
Lines and Skase investigate a possible arson attack on a nightclub.
12x30 - Bits & Pieces
March 8, 1996
Boyden and Slater search for the owner of a severed hand found on a rubbish tip.
12x31 - Home Help
March 12, 1996
Cryer and Slater handle a tricky case involving a disabled former police officer and his wayward son.
12x32 - Kicked Out
March 14, 1996
Jarvis and Page are called in to help in the deportation of an illegal immigrant who escapes from custody.
12x33 - On The Block
March 15, 1996
Boulton loses a suspect during an arrest and has to ask Monroe to help get him back.
12x34 - Getting Off
March 19, 1996
Boulton investigates a convicted drug addict and clashes with a drugs worker.
12x35 - Girls' Night
March 21, 1996
Loxton and Page deal with a bridegroom who disrupts a hen night.
12x36 - Blood Brothers
March 22, 1996
Meadows tries to get the truth from a terminally-ill Asian man after one of his sons is fatally injured during a family dispute.
12x37 - Broken Homes
March 23, 1996
Loxton and Keane chase a local tearaway, who gets injured. Conway has to deal with the resulting accusations of police harassment.
12x38 - A Hornet's Nest
March 28, 1996
Greig is accused with police brutality following a raid on a burglar's home.
12x39 - Dead Of Night
March 29, 1996
Quinnan's whereabouts are questioned when he fails to notice an injured woman on the station doorstep. June Ackland becomes acting Sergeant.
12x40 - Party Pooper
April 2, 1996
Slater's ability is questioned when he appears to mishandle two violent thugs at a party and his wallet, containing his warrant card, is stolen.
12x41 - More Haste
April 4, 1996
Keane has a bad day in court, while Monroe follows up on a domestic incident.
12x42 - Beating The Odds
April 5, 1996
Boulton investigates a notorious local bookie and prompts suspicions about Beech's private life.
12x43 - Animal
April 9, 1996
Boyden and Datta try to secure a conviction against a vicious pimp.
12x44 - Dangerous Game
April 11, 1996
Boulton, Carver and Deakin take part in a Flying Squad operation against a vicious gang of armed robbers.
12x45 - Dancers
April 12, 1996
Ch. Supt. Brownlow organises a tea dance for the Met Police Pensioners & Widows society. PCs Jarvis and Quinnan spend the afternoon dancing with admiring elderly ladies, WPC Polly Page is harrassed by a wheelchair-bound admirer, and PC Reg Hollis does a magic show. Brownlow is dreading the arrival of Geoffrey Allerton, an ex-copper who goes out of his way to complain about everything. When the minivan misses Allerton, Brownlow asks PC Tony Stamp to pick him up on the way to the bakery to pick up some cakes. When Stamp steps out of the bakery, he is horrified to find Brownlow's car has been stolen whilst Allerton was buying some tobacco. Packing Allerton and the cakes onto a bus, a desperate Stamp tries to retrieve Brownlow's car after it is impounded. When Allerton arrives at the dance at last, he causes a fuss when he recognises an armed blagger from a fifteen year old case at the wedding next door.
12x46 - And Nothing But
April 16, 1996
Loxton arrests a black man he suspects is responsible for a mugging and is accused of racism.
12x47 - Tale Of Two Cities
April 18, 1996
Greig is in pursuit of a local drug dealer. Two teenagers arrested for possession refuse to provide any information about their supplier.
12x48 - Cheating
April 19, 1996
Quinnan and Hollis have to decide whether a pub quiz champion is breaking the rules. Skase deals with the unfaithful wife of a local villain.
12x49 - Decent Proposals
April 23, 1996
Loxton and Quinnan investigate an employment agency that provides lucrative opportunities to women with financial troubles.
12x50 - Going For A Song
April 25, 1996
Carver calls on a former colleague to help with an antique clock that is a target for theft.
12x51 - Value Added
April 26, 1996
Hollis goes undercover in the seedy world of vice in pursuit of the unscrupulous owner of a clip joint.
12x52 - Professional Ethics
April 30, 1996
Greig and Lines investigate graffiti attacks on motor vehicles and uncover a fraud.
12x53 - Accidents Will Happen
May 2, 1996
Boyden and Page look into a protection racket.
12x54 - Time Spent
May 3, 1996
Beech uncovers the relationship between a former boss and a local crime lord. Carver is caught between two troubled lovers.
12x55 - Conspiracy Of Silence
May 7, 1996
Deakin and Boulton investigate a fatal stabbing and uncover jealousy and deceit.
12x56 - Cold Feet & Hot Coffee
May 9, 1996
Loxton and Page go undercover at a wedding to prevent a jilted lover spoiling the bride's big day.
12x57 - Rollover
May 10, 1996
Deakin comes down hard on a snout who tries to buck the system, and gets an unexpected result.
12x58 - Tough Love
May 14, 1996
Hollis and Garfield deal with an attack on a school bully.
12x59 - With This Ring
May 16, 1996
Keane comes across a suspect antiques dealer. Greig and Croft investigate a burglary and reopen a feud between two sisters.
12x60 - Final Drive
May 17, 1996
P.C. Mike Jarvis is on the last few days of the Advanced Driving Course at Hendon. He gets on well with fellow team-member W.P.C. Sommer, but both of them cannot stand the third officer in their group, P.C. Penrose, the smug, over-bearing son of a ""Black-Rat"" (traffic officer) who sees himself as the best driver on the course, let alone in the Met. The trio attends a quiz night the night before their ""final drive"", the all-important test of their advanced driving skills, and Jarvis stops Penrose from drinking too much before the test. Battling station rumours that he is being re-assessed, P.C. Tony Stamp arrives at Hendon to check on Jarvis's progress - and is pleased when Jarvis passes his final drive easily - just a few points short however of becoming a Class 1 (Area Car) driver. A hung-over and ungrateful Penrose also misses out on his Class 1 rating, but W.P.C. Sommer makes it.
12x61 - Voices
May 21, 1996
Datta and Greig suspect that a woman who claims she can hear voices may hold the key to a series of sexual assaults.
12x62 - Party On
May 23, 1996
Deakin and Croft have to deal with a gang of delinquents when one of them is bottled at an ecstasy party.
12x63 - Hard Enough
May 24, 1996
Boulton and Carver clash when a householder is arrested for murdering a burglar with a baseball bat. Boulton thinks it is justified to kill an intruder, but Carver does not; will it impede their investigation?
12x64 - Cuckoo
May 28, 1996
Page and Monroe are dragged into a family squabble.
12x65 - Helping Hands
May 30, 1996
Datta and Garfield arrest a G.P. for possession of cannabis, but he claims it is for use by one of his patients.
12x66 - Jekyll & Hyde
May 31, 1996
Brownlow witnesses a violent outburst on the road.
12x67 - Knocking On The Door
June 4, 1996
New DS Geoff Daly steps in to help Skase when a straightforward drugs bust goes wrong.
12x68 - Lies & Statistics
June 6, 1996
Boyden tries to help a young offender.
12x69 - Butting In
June 7, 1996
Jarvis steps in to help Page deal with a violent attack, but there are complications.
12x70 - The Bagman
June 11, 1996
Deakin investigates a violent attack on a small-time crook whom he suspects to have fallen in with bad company.
12x71 - Overstepping The Mark
June 13, 1996
Lines tries to get a juvenile offender to inform on a gang of dangerous thugs, while Daly is troubled by a determined probation officer.
12x72 - Filth
June 20, 1996
Deakin and Boulton investigate when a pimp is discovered badly beaten in a pile of rubbish.
12x73 - Camper
June 21, 1996
Slater and Boyden are involved in a drugs bust involving a camper van.
12x74 - Spill
June 25, 1996
PCs Quinnan and Stamp are first on the scene of a major chemical spill when a tanker truck hits some scaffolding near the Sun Hill tube station. Insp. Monroe arrives to supervise the evacuation of the area, as the fire department try to work out what chemical has been spilt, although a lack of documentation on the truck makes this difficult. The driver dies in hospital, but when his wife in informed by Uniform, she doesn't seem very upset. Further investigation reveals she is behind a scheme to provide unlicenced or disqualified drivers to the trucking company.
12x75 - Apron Strings
June 27, 1996
Cryer and Keane discover a woman dead in her bath and suspect her son of foul play.
12x76 - One Step Ahead
June 28, 1996
Meadows and Skase pursue an ex-convict who has sworn revenge on an informant. Boyden is called to help a prostitute who believes she is being followed.
12x77 - Starting Young
July 2, 1996
Jarvis and Keane deal with a boy in possession of a pensioner's prescription.
12x78 - Tarts Cards
July 4, 1996
Boyden and Slater investigate a series of offensive telephone calls.
12x79 - Born Again
July 5, 1996
Boulton investigates an assault on an old man.
12x80 - Kick Me Hard
July 9, 1996
Daly mounts an operation to catch muggers. Page goes undercover as a pregnant woman to act as bait.
12x81 - All Or Nothing
July 11, 1996
Quinnan and Keane discover the body of a young girl in a pub toilet. Meanwhile, Monroe and Stamp both have words with Slater about his extensive overtime.
12x82 - Unlucky In Love
July 12, 1996
Boyden investigates a dating agency that is rumoured to be providing underage girls.
12x83 - A Quick Return
July 16, 1996
Cryer and Keane investigate a series of street robberies and find four teenagers trying to buy their way into drug-dealing.
12x84 - Sartorial Elegance
July 18, 1996
Carver and Jarvis misjudge the condition of a witness, threatening Operation Eagle Eye.
12x85 - Don't Leave Me This Way
July 19, 1996
Loxton and Keane follow up a mugging but suspect that the victim knows more than she is letting on.
12x86 - Big Bullies
July 23, 1996
Monroe investigates a schoolboy's claim that he was assaulted by his teacher.
12x87 - Playing It By The Rules
July 25, 1996
Deakin is handed the chance to bust a drug dealer when his wife turns informant.
12x88 - True Colours
July 26, 1996
Daly is determined to find out why a white teenager is trying to take the blame for his black friends.
12x89 - Target
July 29, 1996
While speaking to Ackland and Loxton about the problem of local dog mess, a woman is shot dead by a sniper. Meadows and his CID team are tasked to investigate, and suspect that the woman was not the intended target, and it is strongly possible the sniper was after Loxton, who is set to testify in court against an attempted murderer that afternoon. However, when Ackland's house is set alight that night, CID come to the conclusion that she is the intended target. Writing up a list of possible suspects, Ackland gets sucked into a deadly cat-and-mouse game to try to draw the killer out - resulting in the death of one of Sun Hill's best officers. 📌 Feature length rebroadcast of the episodes "Fire", "All Tucked Up" and "Bait" from Series 11.
12x90 - Dead Man's Hand
July 30, 1996
Beech investigates the claim of one compulsive gambler to have murdered another.
12x91 - For Their Own Good
August 1, 1996
Boulton uses an informant as the bait to catch a dangerous villain.
12x92 - Theory & Practice
August 6, 1996
Ackland and McCann take the sergeant's exam. Cryer deals with a woman who is miscarrying and claims that she was assaulted by Page.
12x93 - Drinking Partners
August 8, 1996
Greig and Skase investigate when a drunk man is found unconscious and badly injured at the bottom of a flight of stairs.
12x94 - Lean On Me
August 9, 1996
Hollis gets ideas above his station when Barbara, a local tom with whom he has become friendly, tries to become his informant. Although Barbara claims that known fraduster David Gough is back out on the patch, Hollis struggles to convince Deakin and Meadows.
12x95 - Reminders
August 13, 1996
Hours after his release from prison, Dael Abbott is hauled back into custody by Daly and Carver following a stabbing. Daly pressures Emma Gilmore, the girlfriend of Abbott's associate, Michael Ceely, into giving evidence.
12x96 - Minding
August 15, 1996
Loxton and Keane arrest a woman for shoplifting, and later bail her from custody when she openly admits to the charge. But when she is discovered to have given a false identity, Grieg and Croft link the incident to a nanny believed to have kidnapped two of her charges.
12x97 - Follow The Van
August 16, 1996
Don Beech investigates a set of aggravated robberies, trying to prove the owner of a red van committed them.
12x98 - Don't Kill The Messenger
August 20, 1996
Mike Jarvis receives death threats from a youth who cannot accept that his father is a sex offender.
12x99 - Junior
August 22, 1996
When fifteen-year-old Mickey Hoyle is arresting for joyriding, Beech employs him as a snout to expose a crooked car ring run by the Hislop brothers, Wayne and Paul. DS Frank Thomas from Scotland Yard assists Beech and a less than impressed Lines with the investigation.
12x100 - Pony Express
August 23, 1996
Deakin has to decide whether to trust a Nigerian drug smuggler who offers to help catch a local dealer.
12x101 - Out Of Control
August 27, 1996
Jarvis deals with a young tearaway and tries to persuade the boy's father to take responsibility for his son's actions.
12x102 - Day Tripper
August 29, 1996
Greig hopes that a tip-off will help him to nail an old enemy but things don't go to plan.
12x103 - Waiting For Frank
August 30, 1996
DI Deakin poses as a nervous printer, waiting at the dog track to meet a mysterious man named ""Frank"" and a bent copper called ""Beech"". It all turns out to be an elaborate sting operation with Wimbledon police to catch a conman dealing in stolen credit cards.
12x104 - A Day In The Life
September 3, 1996
Keane is held hostage by a desperate armed robber.
12x105 - Second Chances
September 5, 1996
Deakin gets a vital lead on an unsolved murder, but his witness is an illegal immigrant who is about to be deported.
12x106 - Repossession
September 6, 1996
A petrol can, a lighter and a desperate man threatening to burn down a house. Can Conway talk him round?
12x107 - Liar
September 10, 1996
Rawton gets involved in a dispute between a drug addict and Croft, who is trying to find a witness who can testify that she was assaulted.

12x7 - Better Half

12x8 - No Assistance Required

12x9 - Judgement Call

12x10 - Old Dogs New Tricks

12x11 - Worst Fears

12x12 - One Night With You

12x13 - Someone Else's Problem

12x14 - Bounds Of Decency

12x15 - Happy Birthday

12x16 - Stop The Music

12x17 - Cold Light Of Day

12x18 - Back In Business

12x19 - Separate Rooms

12x20 - Going Guilty

12x21 - Pieces Of Cake

12x22 - Somebody's Home

12x23 - Pointing The Finger

12x24 - Boy Meets Girl

12x25 - Confession

12x26 - Home From Home

12x27 - Open Wound

12x28 - Perfect Match

12x29 - Someone Special

12x30 - Bits & Pieces

12x31 - Home Help

12x32 - Kicked Out

12x33 - On The Block

12x34 - Getting Off

12x35 - Girls' Night

12x36 - Blood Brothers

12x37 - Broken Homes

12x38 - A Hornet's Nest

12x39 - Dead Of Night

12x40 - Party Pooper

12x41 - More Haste

12x42 - Beating The Odds

12x43 - Animal

12x44 - Dangerous Game

12x45 - Dancers

12x46 - And Nothing But

12x47 - Tale Of Two Cities

12x48 - Cheating

12x49 - Decent Proposals

12x50 - Going For A Song

12x51 - Value Added

12x52 - Professional Ethics

12x53 - Accidents Will Happen

12x54 - Time Spent

12x55 - Conspiracy Of Silence

12x56 - Cold Feet & Hot Coffee

12x57 - Rollover

12x58 - Tough Love

12x59 - With This Ring

12x60 - Final Drive

12x61 - Voices

12x62 - Party On

12x63 - Hard Enough

12x64 - Cuckoo

12x65 - Helping Hands

12x66 - Jekyll & Hyde

12x67 - Knocking On The Door

12x68 - Lies & Statistics

12x69 - Butting In

12x70 - The Bagman

12x71 - Overstepping The Mark

12x72 - Filth

12x73 - Camper

12x74 - Spill

12x75 - Apron Strings

12x76 - One Step Ahead

12x77 - Starting Young

12x78 - Tarts Cards

12x79 - Born Again

12x80 - Kick Me Hard

12x81 - All Or Nothing

12x82 - Unlucky In Love

12x83 - A Quick Return

12x84 - Sartorial Elegance

12x85 - Don't Leave Me This Way

12x86 - Big Bullies