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June 3, 1997

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Deakin and Carver come under pressure from Conway to find a vicious robber who has been preying on elderly victims.

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The Bill: Season 13 - 101 Episode s

13x15 - Say A Little Prayer
February 6, 1997
Quinnan and Page try to find the culprit who threw a television set from the balcony of a block of flats and narrowly missed Slater.
13x16 - Downfall
February 7, 1997
Daly and Skase investigate after a man is found dead at the foot of the stairs in his apartment block.
13x17 - True To Life Player
February 11, 1997
A football star's return to Sun Hill turns sour when he is accused of raping an underage fan. Boulton and Carver investigate
13x18 - Take Away
February 13, 1997
Ackland investigates a complaint from a prisoner that he was given a pizza topped with cigarette ends.
13x19 - Your Call Too
February 14, 1997
Croft and Skase disagree when they have to choose between investigating an assault charge and a cocaine deal.
13x20 - Breaking Up
February 18, 1997
Rawton investigates a woman's claims that her ex-husband's mistress is trying to kill her.
13x21 - A Price To Pay
February 20, 1997
Boulton tries to trap a roomful of crooks, but Greig gets his man.
13x22 - Just Looking
February 21, 1997
Boyden deals with a man stopped for soliciting who claims he was searching for his missing daughter.
13x23 - A Tangled Web
February 27, 1997
Deakin and Croft investigate when a man is found shot with his brother's wife, as two unhappy marriages reach crisis point.
13x24 - Rolling In It
February 28, 1997
Slater and Quinnan find drugs in a Lamborghini, but the owner blames his unemployed brother-in-law.
13x25 - Added Bonus
March 4, 1997
Greig tries to establish why a man has confessed to a burglary that he didn't commit.
13x26 - Holding On
March 6, 1997
Cryer and Blake respond to a young man's claim that his stolen car had his four-month-old baby inside, but Blake suspects that the man's wife may know more about her son's disappearance than she is letting on. The plot thickens when Cryer interviews the man responsible for stealing the young man's car and he claims that he fed information about the man's extra marital relations to his wife.
13x27 - Crime Management
March 7, 1997
DI Chris Deakin has a word to DS John Boulton about his team's informants. Boulton has done pretty well, but DC Tosh Lines hasn't recruited a snout for months. Under pressure, Lines tries to recruit Karen Walsh, the wife of the victim of a recent attack which he'd investigated, but she refuses to grass on her husband or his associates. Lines puts pressure on the Walshes' landlord Pat Beresford who he believes was responsible for the attack, and is delighted when Beresford contacts him offering information.
13x28 - Age Gaps
March 11, 1997
Boulton and Rawton try to persuade a teenage girl to turn informant after her boyfriend is attacked by drug dealers.
13x29 - In The Dark
March 12, 1997
A blind woman, Tracy Cooper, helps the police catch a dangerous sex killer. She doesn't realise, however, that the guilty party is her husband.
13x30 - Crying Wolf
March 13, 1997
Monroe is called in to mediate when a former mental patient is accused of threatening behaviour by his elderly neighbours.
13x31 - Confidence
March 14, 1997
Keane uses information supplied by a friend to help C.I.D. in an operation against a drug dealer.
13x32 - All For Love
March 18, 1997
Greig and Lines investigate an assault on a man who has previously killed two people in a drink-driving accident, and suspect that a relative may have sought natural justice.
13x33 - Only The Lonely
March 20, 1997
Deakin and Skase investigate a fire, and find that a mother's grief has had unexpected repercussions.
13x34 - Copier
March 21, 1997
Rawton investigates the assault of a woman in her new flat and tries to link the attack to an unsolved case.
13x35 - Fashion Victims
March 25, 1997
Slater and Garfield arrest a boy for selling stolen goods.
13x36 - Hook Line & Sinker
March 27, 1997
Beech investigates a woman who uses her sexuality to con her business partner and clients.
13x37 - No Claims Bonus
March 28, 1997
Croft is concerned when Boulton decides to use a former colleague, now down on his luck, as an informant.
13x38 - Joker
March 31, 1997
Beech and Croft investigate the killing of a stand-up comic.
13x39 - Typecast
April 1, 1997
Boyden and Page try to find who is responsible for a series of graffiti attacks.
13x40 - A Hard Rain
April 3, 1997
Boulton and Croft have to deal with rival drug dealers when a customer suffers tragic consequences.
13x41 - Rings On Her Fingers
April 4, 1997
Jarvis and Rawton investigate the ram raiding of a shop.
13x42 - Strang Meeting
April 8, 1997
Conway coordinates the search for an escaped sex offender and a missing teenager who was last seen in his company.
13x43 - A Bitter Pill
April 10, 1997
Rawton and Skase investigate an attempted suicide by an ill woman, and suspect her son and daughter of assisting her.
13x44 - Dial M For Marmalade
April 11, 1997
Meadows investigates a murder by strangulation and suspects the homeless schizophrenic man whom the victim had befriended.
13x45 - Sisters
April 15, 1997
Daly and Croft investigate the suspicious death of one of three sisters.
13x46 - Flesh & Blood
April 17, 1997
Beech investigates the sudden death of a baby on the night that his parents celebrated their anniversary.
13x47 - Parklife
April 18, 1997
Loxton and W.P.C. Keane deal with the burglary of a pharmacy and a violent stabbing.
13x48 - Two's Company
April 22, 1997
Greig and Croft investigate a burglary and discover that the married householder had been in contact with a girl through a "lonely hearts" column.
13x49 - Inside Edge
April 25, 1997
Meadows and Rawton investigate the assault of a prison officer.
13x50 - You & Me Versus The World
April 29, 1997
Boulton and Lines investigate a vicious hammer attack.
13x51 - Pay Back
May 1, 1997
Beech and Carver investigate a vicious attack, but have to piece the evidence together when neither the suspect nor victim can remember what happened.
13x52 - A Place of Your Own
May 2, 1997
Garfield and Page search for a missing teenager and come across a man who exploits children in care.
13x53 - Don't Want To Hear The Bad News
May 6, 1997
Daly and Skase investigate a burglary and uncover a deep rift between the suspect's girlfriend and her mother.
13x54 - It's Good To Talk
May 8, 1997
Monroe coordinates a search for the victims of a kidnapping.
13x55 - Split Second
May 9, 1997
Page ends up in a hostage situation following a failed armed robbery.
13x56 - Old Fools
May 13, 1997
Greig and Croft enlist the help of two pensioners to trap a team of burglars.
13x57 - Auld Lang Syne
May 15, 1997
A man found nursing a broken ankle in a private garden claims he was taking a short cut over a fence. Rawton does not believe him, but can she prove otherwise?
13x58 - Warnings
May 16, 1997
Boyden and Datta respond to an apparent sighting of a missing woman by her daughter.
13x59 - Calling Time
May 20, 1997
Boulton and Rawton investigate when a pub landlord is run over after giving Boulton information.
13x60 - Black & Blue
May 22, 1997
Jarvis and Keane arrest a nanny for stealing from her employers.
13x61 - A Bunch Of Fives
May 23, 1997
DS Don Beech is found brutally beaten in an alley adjacent to a Chinese restuarant. Whilst his colleagues wish to extract retribution, Brownlow attempts to use more amenable methods, leading to a race for both CID and Uniform to find his attackers. But was Beech on police business at the time?
13x62 - Short Sharp Shock
May 27, 1997
Boulton and Skase investigate a mugging, but the victim's father takes the law into his own hands
13x63 - Get You Back
May 29, 1997
Quinnan and Keane deal with a teenage girl with a broken nose who claims that her ex-boyfriend assaulted her.
13x64 - Powers Of Persuasion
May 30, 1997
Rawton and Boulton have to decide whether to find the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run incident, or to prosecute the witness.
13x65 - A Rock & A Hard Place
June 3, 1997
Deakin and Carver come under pressure from Conway to find a vicious robber who has been preying on elderly victims.
13x66 - The Wrath Of God
June 5, 1997
Skase and Carver have to deal with a preacher who specialises in dodgy miracles.
13x67 - Knight Errant
June 6, 1997
Loxton struggles to cope with a young female suspect who makes no secret of her attraction to him.
13x68 - Punch Bag
June 10, 1997
Skase and Croft investigate the circumstances leading to a mother ending up unconscious at the foot of a stairway.
13x69 - Best Eaten Cold
June 12, 1997
Greig and Rawton investigate a journalist's claims that he acted in self-defence to stop an intruder.
13x70 - Lucky Day
June 13, 1997
DC Tosh Lines is going stir-crazy as DCI Jack Meadows has them transcribing interviews for the CPS. Asking Meadows if he can follow up a snout's information, Tosh heads for the Beckwith Arms pub, where he spots a dodgy motor. Approaching the owner, Pete Gapper, Tosh tries to ascertain if the car is stolen, and Gapper offers to sell him another car. Returning to the station, Tosh finds a furious D.I. Noble from the Stolen Vehicles Squad, who accuses him of compromising their operation. To make the best of the situation, and since Tosh believes this will be the suspect's last sale, he goes undercover to ensnare Gapper. As the police move in, Gapper pulls out a handgun, but the timely arrival of an SO19 team soon sees him arrested. Back at the station, Tosh is resentful that his younger colleagues get all the breaks and resources, but Meadows tells him that his experience earns him more respect than he thinks.
13x71 - For Richer For Poorer
June 17, 1997
Quinnan and Garfield look into the disappearance of a man reported missing by his mother, although his wife has her doubts.
13x72 - No More Milk
June 19, 1997
Rawton and Page have to deal with a 14-year-old tearaway and half a million pounds in counterfeit money.
13x73 - An Englishman's Home
June 20, 1997
Garfield and Blake are called to help enforce a demolition order on a home extension, when an ongoing dispute between neighbours erupts into violence.
13x74 - Loyal To The Last
June 24, 1997
Blake arrests a woman for assault and Beech tries to persuade her to help convict her husband for forgery.
13x75 - Rent
June 26, 1997
Boyden and Keane investigate the hit-and-run of a young busker.
13x76 - Last Respects
June 27, 1997
Meadows hopes that a family funeral will lure a couple of jewel thieves into the open.
13x77 - Too Much To Lose
July 1, 1997
Stamp tries to persuade an unhappy convict not to ruin his chances of release.
13x78 - Do Unto Others
July 3, 1997
Loxton and Keane try to sift the truth from three conflicting stories when a severe case of bullying results in a fifteen-year-old boy being stabbed.
13x79 - Mid Life Crisis
July 4, 1997
Daly and Skase discover that a jeweller is fencing stolen goods.
13x80 - Performing
July 8, 1997
Boyden and Page come to the aid of a former porn actress who is worried that her younger sister faces a similar fate.
13x81 - Playing With Fire
July 10, 1997
Meadows and Lines suspect that the owner of a beauty salon set it on fire herself to claim on the insurance policy.
13x82 - No Guarantees
July 11, 1997
Rawton tries to stop a loan shark who is terrorising his female customers, but finds it hard to get the victims to talk
13x83 - Gentleman Jim
July 15, 1997
WPC Jamilla Blake rejoins the Met, and to the envy of the relief, is placed on attachment to CID. DC Jim Carver, behind on his paperwork, is far from pleased when Blake drags him around Sun Hill following up leads on a trivial car theft case. Their investigations, however, lead them to a gang of armed robbers.
13x84 - Rift
July 17, 1997
Slater and Ackland attend to what appears to be a teenage catfight over an older man.
13x85 - Stand By Your Man
July 18, 1997
Daly tries to find out who is forcing a convict to smuggle drugs into a prison.
13x86 - Replica
July 22, 1997
Loxton and McCann confiscate a gun.
13x87 - Mr Friday Night
July 24, 1997
Boyden and Page grill a witness after the disappearance of a good-time girl.
13x88 - Hitting The Nerve
July 25, 1997
Greig and Carver react when one prosecution witness disappears and another ends up in a coma two days before the trial.
13x89 - Thicker Than Mud
July 29, 1997
Deakin and Beech investigate an arson attack on a small, respectable clothes shop.
13x90 - Alternative Therapies
July 31, 1997
Skase and Boulton investigate the theft of illegally imported body parts of endangered animals from a Chinese pharmacy.
13x91 - Foxed
August 1, 1997
Daly and Carver investigate the burglary of an antiques shop and are struck by the strange behaviour of the sales assistant.
13x92 - These Foolish Things
August 5, 1997
D.C.I Meadows leads an investigation into the snatching of a child from his pram and uncovers a case of extortion.
13x93 - Neighbours
August 7, 1997
P.C. Garfield and W.P.C. Keane try to settle a neighbourhood feud.
13x94 - Glass House
August 8, 1997
D.S. Boulton and D.C. Lines try to persuade a woman to help catch her husband, who is involved in a drug deal.
13x95 - This Old Man
August 12, 1997
Garfield is affected by the death of an old man.
13x96 - Tommy The Hero
August 14, 1997
W.D.C. Rawton has to choose between solving a minor domestic dispute and finding two violent robbers.
13x97 - Driven To It
August 15, 1997
When a local cabbie offers his services to help ensnare a drug pusher, Daly jumps at the idea.
13x98 - A Man Out Walking His Dog
August 19, 1997
Boyden is unsure as to the cause of death when a man's body is found in a car, poisoned by alcohol and exhaust fumes. Is it really a straightforward suicide?
13x99 - Hunt
August 21, 1997
Sgt. Boyden and D.S. Beech try to find a couple before a vicious drug-dealer gets to them.
13x100 - Has Anyone Here Seen Bigmouth?
August 22, 1997
D.S. Daly and D.I. Deakin try to find an informant who has disappeared following a failed police operation.
13x101 - This Land Is Ours
August 26, 1997
Sgt. Cryer and Ch. Supt. Brownlow police a demonstration at a development site after peaceful protesters are threatened with violence.
13x102 - Paying The Piper
August 28, 1997
D.S. Boulton's investigation is hampered by an informant who is putting family loyalty first.
13x103 - On The Hurry Up
August 29, 1997
When a flying bottle causes Slater to crash a panda, Monroe bans all pandas from responding to priority calls, a move that leads to frustration amongst the relief. Slater is suspicious as to why Loxton won't assist him in the investigation into a series of hoax calls linked to his crash.
13x104 - Not In The Script
September 2, 1997
When Slater is recommended by Rawton for undercover work, he is overjoyed. His colleagues however ridicule him, and their interference almost costs them a trial operation. Will he bottle it?
13x105 - Flower Power
September 4, 1997
P.C. Hollis discovers a hoard of illegally imported wildflower bulbs and helps in the subsequent Customs and Excise operation.
13x106 - A Breach Of Trust: Part I
September 5, 1997
Daly's worst fears are realised when a nurse reports that she has received malicious phone calls from a mentally-disturbed ex-prisoner.
13x107 - A Breach Of Trust: Part II
September 9, 1997
Daly and Blake are forced to release their prime suspect, and the race is on to prove his guilt before he strikes again.
13x108 - Fool
September 11, 1997
P.C. Quinnan and Sgt. Boyden want to use a would-be stand-up comedian as an informant, but he is as hopeless off-stage as he is on.
13x109 - Armed & Dangerous
September 12, 1997
P.C. McCann is convinced that a gun remains unaccounted for when a gang of armed robbers is captured.
13x110 - Animals
September 16, 1997
Ackland and Blake investigate the dangerous world of dog fighting full of vicious dogs and hard men.
13x111 - Look Into My Eyes
September 18, 1997
D.I. Deakin and W.P.C. Blake follow up allegations of attempted rape against a stage hypnotist.
13x112 - Performance Anxiety
September 19, 1997
Sun Hill's performance comes under scrutiny, and officers from C.I.D. and uniform compete against each other in a bid to solve the most crimes.
13x113 - Different Strokes
September 23, 1997
P.C. Slater goes undercover in an attempt to draw out a thief.
13x114 - Sparks
September 25, 1997
Beech loses his cool with an antsy DS from stafford row, while Skase falls for the charm of his female DC.
13x115 - The Lion's Den
September 26, 1997
Slater goes undercover as a Bouncer at a club run by the notorious Guy Walsh. As Slater gains his trust, will he be exposed?

13x15 - Say A Little Prayer

13x16 - Downfall

13x17 - True To Life Player

13x18 - Take Away

13x19 - Your Call Too

13x20 - Breaking Up

13x21 - A Price To Pay

13x22 - Just Looking

13x23 - A Tangled Web

13x24 - Rolling In It

13x25 - Added Bonus

13x26 - Holding On

13x27 - Crime Management

13x28 - Age Gaps

13x29 - In The Dark

13x30 - Crying Wolf

13x31 - Confidence

13x32 - All For Love

13x33 - Only The Lonely

13x34 - Copier

13x35 - Fashion Victims

13x36 - Hook Line & Sinker

13x37 - No Claims Bonus

13x38 - Joker

13x39 - Typecast

13x40 - A Hard Rain

13x41 - Rings On Her Fingers

13x42 - Strang Meeting

13x43 - A Bitter Pill

13x44 - Dial M For Marmalade

13x45 - Sisters

13x46 - Flesh & Blood

13x47 - Parklife

13x48 - Two's Company

13x49 - Inside Edge

13x50 - You & Me Versus The World

13x51 - Pay Back

13x52 - A Place of Your Own

13x53 - Don't Want To Hear The Bad News

13x54 - It's Good To Talk

13x55 - Split Second

13x56 - Old Fools

13x57 - Auld Lang Syne

13x58 - Warnings

13x59 - Calling Time

13x60 - Black & Blue

13x61 - A Bunch Of Fives

13x62 - Short Sharp Shock

13x63 - Get You Back

13x64 - Powers Of Persuasion

13x65 - A Rock & A Hard Place

13x66 - The Wrath Of God

13x67 - Knight Errant

13x68 - Punch Bag

13x69 - Best Eaten Cold

13x70 - Lucky Day

13x71 - For Richer For Poorer

13x72 - No More Milk

13x73 - An Englishman's Home

13x74 - Loyal To The Last

13x75 - Rent

13x76 - Last Respects

13x77 - Too Much To Lose

13x78 - Do Unto Others

13x79 - Mid Life Crisis

13x80 - Performing

13x81 - Playing With Fire

13x82 - No Guarantees

13x83 - Gentleman Jim

13x84 - Rift

13x85 - Stand By Your Man

13x86 - Replica

13x87 - Mr Friday Night

13x88 - Hitting The Nerve

13x89 - Thicker Than Mud

13x90 - Alternative Therapies

13x91 - Foxed

13x92 - These Foolish Things

13x93 - Neighbours

13x94 - Glass House