20x18 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 18

March 11, 2004

PC Nick Klein and PC Yvonne Hemingway attend a disturbance at a funeral home and discover an unusual case: the body and casket of the mother of the Coombes brothers has disappeared - including £350,000. Turning the case over to DS Debbie McAllister and DC Ken Drummond in CID, the officers investigate all the involved parties including the brother, the funeral director and the security guard. Against her better judgement and PC Tony Stamp's warnings, Polly Page befriends journalist Frank Fisher who helps her out when she cops abuse and vandalism from local youths. PC Reg Hollis and Sgt. Dale Smith check out the local Lido swimming pool when the manager reports a break-in. Finding nothing, they return to the station, but when Reg heads back on his own, he is confronted by Des Taviner who wants to tie up the loose ends between them before he disappears for good. Reg's absence stirs Insp. Gina Gold's suspicions and she heads to the Lido with an SO19 team who manage to catch and arrest Tavi

20x19 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 19

March 17, 2004

Paramedics fail to revive Des Taviner, and MIT's DI Madden who has arrived to question Des about the Sun Hill bombing finds himself investigating the suspect's murder instead. Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy comes under particular scrutiny from MIT, given her history with Des, and her decision to place a mentally unstable prisoner in the same cell. Tensions between Sgts Murphy and June Ackland reach an all-time high when June is unable to confirm Sheelagh's innocence. Supt. Adam Okaro is determined to nail big-time criminal Bob Coles, suspected of people smuggling, and DI Neil Manson dangles the carrot of a free trip to Paris for the officer who arrests Coles. With DS Hunter and DC Thatcher both promising their partners a weekend away, DC Terry Perkins eventually wins the trip and auctions it to Hunter and Thatcher for charity. Polly Page ignores PC Tony Stamp's warnings about journalist Frank Fisher, and begins to feel disillusioned about her return to the Met. Undercover journalist PC Andrea Du

20x20 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 20

March 18, 2004

20x21 - Smoking Demons

March 24, 2004

As PC Nick Klein recovers from his forced heroin overdose at the hands of Dennis Weaver's henchmen, Sgt. Dale Smith and PC Kerry Young try to prove Nick's innocence beyond doubt as his condition and his previous history with drugs make his testimony unreliable. Nick confronts DS Phil Hunter and accuses him of telling Weaver that he had been a drug addict. Polly Page's house is broken into, and she begins to suspect that her night of passion with journalist Frank Fisher may have been a big mistake as he is the main suspect, particularly after an expose on her murder trial appaers in the local paper. Kerry Young and PC Cameron Tait have a huge row at the pub after Smithy tells Tait that Young has slept with him and Nick Klein. As PC Gabriel Kent watches, Young accepts a lift home with Smithy.

20x22 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 22

March 25, 2004

With PC Nick Klein in a police safe house, an enraged Dennis Weaver throttles DS Phil Hunter, demanding Klein's location. Having woken up with Sgt Dale Smith, PC Kerry Young realises she has no memory of the previous night, and is racked with guilt that she has cheated on her boyfriend, PC Cameron Tait. She takes the morning-after pill as a precaution, but is puzzled by PC Gabriel Kent's intense interest in the evening's events. Front Desk Officer Marilyn Chambers joins PC Reg Hollis on a trainspotting expedition, but Reg's passion for locomotives makes way for another kind of passion when the two share a kiss. Polly Page is devestated when the story of her murder trial appears in the papers, and she ends her relationship with journalist Frank Fisher when he offers her money for an ""exclusive"".

20x23 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 23

March 31, 2004

DS Debbie McAllister is determined to investigate links between her boss, DI Neil Manson, and a possibly corrupt magistrate when a drug dealer makes accusations during interview. PC Gabriel Kent plays on PC Kerry Young's feelings of guilt after her night with Sgt Dale Smith, by suggesting that Smithy may have raped her. Polly Page finds her home trashed and covered in offensive graffiti. She suspects her next-door neighbour, but could journalist Frank Fisher be involved? Out at the pub, PC Cameron Tait sees DS Phil Hunter meeting with crime boss Dennis Weaver.

20x24 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 24

April 1, 2004

DS Debbie McAllister is determined to investigate links between her boss, DI Neil Manson, and a possibly corrupt magistrate when a drug dealer makes accusations during interview. PC Gabriel Kent plays on PC Kerry Young's feelings of guilt after her night with Sgt Dale Smith, by suggesting that Smithy may have raped her. Polly Page finds her home trashed and covered in offensive graffiti. She suspects her next-door neighbour, but could journalist Frank Fisher be involved? Out at the pub, PC Cameron Tait sees DS Phil Hunter meeting with crime boss Dennis Weaver.

20x25 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 25

April 7, 2004

PC Nick Klein is back in the safe house, but when DS Phil Hunter gives the address to Dennis Weaver, a hitman is contracted to kill Klein. Meeting with the hitman to retrieve the gun and a photo of Nick's body, Weaver realises Hunter has set him up when the police lead by Supt Okaro and DCI Meadows swoop in on them. Escaping into North Canley Forest, a terrified Hunter barely escapes with his life as a maniacal Weaver swears revenge for his treachery. With Weaver on the loose, however, Nick Klein is relieved of duty and placed in deep witness protection far outside of London, but not before Hunter and Sgt Dale Smith have a chance to clear up their differences with him. Police Staff Polly Page investigates a forged drivers licence, but is reprimanded for exceeding her remit as a civillian staff member. Polly visits Cathy Bradford in a secure psychiatric unit, where Cathy tells her she is ""undercover"" in the hospital. Considering recent events and Bradford's taunts, Polly resigns from Su

20x26 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 6

April 8, 2004

PC Nick Klein is back in the safe house, but when DS Phil Hunter gives the address to Dennis Weaver, a hitman is contracted to kill Klein. Meeting with the hitman to retrieve the gun and a photo of Nick's body, Weaver realises Hunter has set him up when the police lead by Supt Okaro and DCI Meadows swoop in on them. Escaping into North Canley Forest, a terrified Hunter barely escapes with his life as a maniacal Weaver swears revenge for his treachery. With Weaver on the loose, however, Nick Klein is relieved of duty and placed in deep witness protection far outside of London, but not before Hunter and Sgt Dale Smith have a chance to clear up their differences with him. Police Staff Polly Page investigates a forged drivers licence, but is reprimanded for exceeding her remit as a civillian staff member. Polly visits Cathy Bradford in a secure psychiatric unit, where Cathy tells her she is ""undercover"" in the hospital. Considering recent events and Bradford's taunts, Polly resigns from Su

20x27 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 27

April 14, 2004

A major road traffic accident in Sun Hill sees a seriously injured man, Adrian Collins, rushed to St Hugh's Hospital. When Uniform discover a handgun and balaclava in Collins' car, and after questioning from DC Terry Perkins and PC Kerry Young, Collins admits he was on his way to a bank robbery. When an alarm is triggered at a nearby bank, Sgt Dale Smith realises the robbery has proceeded without Collins and takes charge of the situation. With SO19 delayed in traffic, Smithy has trouble commanding the respect of his officers with rumours of Kerry's alleged rape flying around. An angry PC Cameron Tait confronts him and the two nearly come to blows until they agree to concentrate on the job at hand. The lone bank robber is Trevor Willets, and he demands a getaway car. The situation gets even worse when the bank's terrified manager is pushed out with a bomb strapped to his waist. The bank manager's partner, and Willets' ex-wife Louise is brought to the scene, but her hysterical presence d

20x28 - Episode 28

April 15, 2004

20x29 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 28

April 15, 2004

PC Kerry Young is found injured but alive in the rubble after the explosion behind the bank, but the bank manager was killed in the explosion. As DS Samantha Nixon investigates the aftermath, there is considerable question over where the blame will lie. PC Cameron Tait begs Kerry not to reveal that they were arguing when the bomb went off, but he later reveals this to DS Nixon, as well as telling her about Kerry's accusation of rape against Sgt Dale Smith. Smithy comes under scrutiny as he was in charge of the operation, and PC Andrea Dunbar admits that she told Louise Willets that the bomb was a fake. Under pressure from her editor, Dunbar may be able to keep him sweet with the date rape story which is now the talk of the station. PC Gabriel Kent steals the CCTV footage that would reveal what happened and could incriminate Kerry Young.

20x30 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 30

April 28, 2004

DC Terry Perkins is undercover in prison, where he investigates convicted paedophile Charles Mawdsley who is believed to be running a paedophile ring with the help of one of the prison guards. DS Ramani de Costa appears as a prison counsellor, acting as Terry's contact with the outside world, but when Terry opens up in a group therapy session, Ramani begins to suspect that he was abused as a child. By arresting a corrupt guard who was dealing drugs, Supt Okaro hopes to force Mawdsley to play his hand, but in interview, the guard reveals that the prison's assistant governor is also corrupt. Okaro and de Costa race to the prison just in time to stop Terry from being killed by Mawdsley. Meanwhile DI Neil Manson gets a call from a prisoner at the same nick who wants to pass on information about a huge planned diamond robbery - the grass is none other than Don Beech, Manson's former sergeant at Barton Street and former Sun Hill DS.

20x32 - Episode 211

April 29, 2004

DS Sam Nixon and DS Debbie McAllister investigate when the stolen digger turns up at a transport site. DI Neil Manson's suspicions are proven correct, but nobody else knows that Manson's tip-offs are coming from Don Beech. The arrival of DI Peter Cavanaugh, an Australian cop on attachment to the NCIS, sets hearts a-flutter, but DCI Jack Meadows is furious when DI Manson's liaisons with Beech are revealed. New PC Lance Powell arrests a black teenager on suspicion of shoplifting, but cops a warning from Supt Adam Okaro to tread more carefully with the black community in future. An angry Powell is fair game for DC Rob Thatcher and undercover journalist PC Andrea Dunbar, who are both seeking to prove that Okaro has it in for his black officers. PC Gary Best is stunned when Powell tells him he's gay.

20x33 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 33

May 6, 2004

After failing to capture Trevor Little and his gang after their aborted diamond raid, DI Neil Manson begins to have his doubts about his Australian colleague, DI Peter Cavanaugh, and suspects he may be leaking information to the gang. The rivalry between the two DIs escalates, but Cavanaugh has his eye set on DS Samantha Nixon, and the two share a passionate kiss. Insp Gina Gold and CPS Lawyer Jonathan Fox's verbal sparring also turns to passion, and PCs Cameron Tait and Kerry Young decide to give their disasterous relationship another try. PC Gabriel Kent continues his vendetta against Coal Lane resident Roy Stafford who he suspects is a paedophile. When he suspects Stafford has staged a robbery to gain access to the victim's grandchildren, he crosses the line and attacks Stafford, beating him badly. Supt Adam Okaro sends the hate mail he has received for forensic examination, but with the sender almost certainly an officer in his station, they most likely know how to cover their trac

20x34 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 34

May 13, 2004

DI Neil Manson's suspicions about DI Peter Cavanaugh continue during an obbo on the diamond heist suspects. When the suspects get away from them, Cavanaugh doesn't seem particularly concerned. Concerned for the safety of DS Samantha Nixon and PC Cameron Tait who are undercover as waiting staff on the target boat, Manson orders DS Phil Hunter on to the boat as well. PC Gabriel Kent could be in trouble when Roy Stafford turns up at the station to report Kent's assault on him. Insp. Gina Gold is delighted she may be able to get rid of the evil Gabriel at last, but a Coal Lane resident arrives and gives Kent an alibi. She has an ulterior motive however - as well as approving of Kent's brutal actions on Stafford, she wants him to enact some vigilante justice on a loan shark on the estate. CPS Lawyer Jonathan Fox asks Gina Gold out on a date, and Supt Adam Okaro continues to receive hate mail from within the station.

20x35 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 35

May 19, 2004

Don Beech has the only evidence that could incriminate corrupt DI Peter Cavanaugh. DCI Jack Meadows is reluctant to have to rely on the slippery Beech, but Supt Adam Okaro insists he is their only choice. DI Neil Manson and DS Phil Hunter take Beech to visit Maggie Black who has the incriminating tape, and Beech asks Manson if he can have ten minutes alone to ""say goodbye"" to Maggie. Manson foolishly agrees, and when DS Hunter goes to interrupt their little liaison, he finds himself held at gunpoint. Beech is on the run again! DI Peter Cavanaugh contacts DS Samantha Nixon and declares his love for her, begging her to join him on the run. She agrees, but informs DCI Meadows of his plans. Using her mobile as a tracking device, Meadows and his team close in, but when Cavanaugh realises he's been betrayed he takes Nixon hostage. DS Ramani De Costa requests a profiler when she suspects a serial rapist may be at work in Sun Hill, but is told that another attack must take place before a profi

20x36 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 36

May 20, 2004

DCs Rob Thatcher and Ken Drummond are on an obbo watching a witness in a fraud case, when Ken's son Alex turns up on the doorstep in a state of shock. While on a night out with his mates to celebrate his 17th birthday, Alex believes he has killed a prostitute. Drummond leaves Alex with Thatcher, and rushes to the woman's flat - she is dead, and Ken hastily removes evidence from the scene (Alex's hat). With their obbo blown, and Thatcher suspecting their target has switched places with another person, he and Alex manage to salvage the operation when they find some vital evidence in the target's rubbish bin. When Ken informs Alex of the death, he runs off and is found the next morning threatening to jump off a building, but he is talked down by his father. Drummond replaces the evidence and reluctantly calls in MIT, and Alex is arrested. DI Neil Manson and DS Samantha Nixon discuss DI Cavanaugh's corruption and Don Beech's escape, and they know DCI Jack Meadows will be furious. Meadows a

20x37 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 37

May 27, 2004

PC Gabriel Kent and PC Kerry Young attend a call to what initially appears to be the case of a ""bunny-boiler"", Sharon Wallace, stalking her ex-boyfriend, Chris Loftus. Kent, however, sees the fear in the Sharon's eyes, and when she is later attacked, he probes further and discovers that the boyfriend is blackmailing her with some nude photos in his possession. Holding the threat of the incriminating CCTV tape of the bank explosion over her, Gabriel convinces a reluctant Kerry to distract Chris while he breaks into his flat and retrieves the photos. Mission accomplished, he tells Kerry he's wiped the tape, and she is so relieved, she nearly kisses him. Back at the station, PC Cameron Tait stuns Kerry further with a surprise marriage proposal. DI Neil Manson is cleared of any involvement in Don Beech's escape, but DCI Jack Meadows warns him he's still on thin ice. DC Ken Drummond is also relieved when his son is cleared of manslaughter. CID's attention is diverted when a car containing a

20x38 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 38

June 2, 2004

DS Phil Hunter is desperate to find his daughter Madison, who has been abducted by Dennis Weaver. DCI Jack Meadows orders him not to get involved in the investigation, and assigns DS Samantha Nixon to keep an eye on Hunter. Hunter and Nixon investigate when a kilo of cocaine is found in a car after a chase with police, and find the driver Sonny Jonson at the hospital. PC Yvonne Hemmingway arrests a 17-year old girl, Shirley Moss, on shoplifiting charges and forms a bond with the girl when Shirley tells her she's pregnant. Hemmingway convinces the shopkeeper to drop the charges, and when the father of Shirley's child turns out to be big-time drug dealer Rifkin, Hunter and Nixon organise an SO19 raid on Rifkin's flat, but with drug courier Sonny and Shirley both in police custody, Rifkin clearly has his bases covered. PC Gary Best is surprised when the SO19 sergeant at the raid turns out to be PC Lance Powell's partner, Mark Rollins. Yvonne offers Shirley a place to stay at her flat, but

20x39 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 39

June 3, 2004

DS Samantha Nixon drags a wounded DS Phil Hunter out of the line of fire of an enraged Dennis Weaver, and the two escape into an abandoned Tube tunnel. PC Yvonne Hemmingway is frustrated when police red tape prevents her from helping pregnant teenager Shirley who has been badly beaten. Hemmingway angrily confronts Supt Adam Okaro, and his reaction attracts the interest of DC Rob Thatcher. PC Gary Best tracks down Shirley's mother, and Hemmingway convinces her to testify against Stuart Rifkin. Realising DS Hunter and DS Nixon are missing, DI Neil Manson and DS Debbie McAllister try to track them down with the help of Phil's daughter Madison and his informant Stephen Fletcher. Barricaded in a storage room, a delerious Hunter admits to Nixon that he blackmailed and betrayed Nick Klein, but when Nixon tries to get help, Dennis Weaver attacks them. As Weaver and Nixon fight, Hunter manages to get hold of the gun, and he shoots Weaver, ending the ordeal. PC Gabriel Kent visits PC Kerry Young

20x40 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 40

June 9, 2004

PC Kerry Young is in turmoil after her rape at the hands of the evil PC Gabriel Kent. Naturally, Kent denies the charge, and he insinuates that Kerry has ""cried wolf"" before, when she accused Sgt. Dale Smith of rape. Confiding in her fiance, PC Cameron Tait, Kerry is shocked when Cameron doesn't believe her story. He insists she makes the allegation official if they are to stay together, but Kerry is reluctant to do so after the incident with Smithy. DS Samantha Nixon must decide whether to defend DS Phil Hunter when questions arise over Hunter's killing of Dennis Weaver. As the only witness, Nixon can clear Hunter's name if she confirms Weaver was killed in self-defence. Back in CID, DC Jim Carver and DS Debbie McAllister investigate a young man going nuts on steroids.

20x41 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 41

June 10, 2004

A skeptical DI Neil Manson reluctantly agrees to DS Samantha Nixon's requests to hire a profiler to help catch Sun Hill's serial rapist. Nixon and profiler Dr Hugh Wallis review the cases and the locations, and conclude that the perpetrator knows the area very well. PC Gabriel Kent's vigilante actions on the Coal Lane Estate spiral out of control when he arranges for a skinhead gang to attack two black youths as revenge for mugging an elderly Asian lady. With his former allies on the estate turning against him, Kent must act quickly to ensure his involvement is not discovered. Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy is in court in the case of a drink-driving Rastafarian she arrested for refusing a blood test, and is humiliated when the case is thrown out of court, and she is accused of racism and insensitivity to the man's religious beliefs. Advocate Jerome Taylor alerts the Borough Commander to the case, and Supt Adam Okaro is forced to offer Sgt Murphy a choice between transfer or demotion. PC Honey Ha

20x42 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 42

June 17, 2004

PC Cameron Tait dives into the Thames to rescue the two children from the sinking car. He manages to get the girl out, but the boy is missing and the girl later dies in hospital. Cameron is deeply affected, and begins to sink into a deep depression, while PC Honey Harman does her best to console him. PC Gabriel Kent's vigilante actions on the Coal Lane Estate could be his undoing when one of his supporters, Laura Bryant, decides he's crossed the line, and reports his actions to DC Rob Thatcher. As Thatcher and DC Ken Drummond follow up Laura's allegations, Gabriel's accomplice Kev is found beaten and locked in the boot of a car. Drummond sees Irene Radford, head of a ruthless crime family on the estate, and it looks as though the Radfords are running a protection racket. DS Debbie McAllister leads a raid to arrest an aggravated burglary suspect, and DS Samantha Nixon realises he fits the profile of their serial rapist. DS Phil Hunter returns to work, but makes excuses that due to his i

20x43 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 43

June 24, 2004

DC Rob Thatcher is keeping a close eye on the Radfords despite the warnings of his colleagues. He eagerly arrests David Radford for selling bootleg DVDs on the Coal Lane Estate, but when David's mother Irene turns up with a proof of purchase, Thatcher knows he's been set up by his nemesis. DS Phil Hunter in running the CSU, and despite DC Jim Carver's misgivings, Hunter's forceful manner gets results when he convinces a reluctant pregnant domestic violence victim to testify. When a casino punter is mugged after a large win, Carver organises an undercover operation with PCs Cameron Tait and Honey Harman. Carver wins big on the tables, and sure enough, is mugged as he gets home. The team manage to crack the case when they realise the connection between one of the croupiers and a cab driver, but has Carver's big win tipped his addictive personality back into overdrive? Despite being on leave, PC Kerry Young returns to the station to declare her love to Cameron, but after being taunted by

20x45 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 45

July 7, 2004

PC Yvonne Hemingway puppywalks probationer PC Steve Hunter on his first day at Sun Hill. Eager to impress, Steve lets slip some gossip about Phil's impotency, which soon is all over the station. A furious Phil Hunter demands his brother be transferred, and desperate to make amends, Steve follows up an informant's info on a bootleg liquour ring. Finding himself at gunpoint, Steve may not live to regret his indiscretion. PC Kerry Young boldly confronts PC Gabriel Kent at his flat, and records him admitting to her rape. Gabriel is too smart for her though, and takes her dictaphone and mobile. He seems to be showing remorse for his actions, but just as quickly turns and taunts her once again. Kerry takes a pair of scissors and attacks him. PC Sheelagh Murphy and PC Lance Powell investigate when homophobic graffiti is scrawled over a restauranteur's car and business. The man insists he isn't gay, and when Murphy and Powell check the CCTV footage, Murphy is shocked when it leads them to a fr

20x46 - Episode 226 Season 20 Episode 46

July 8, 2004

20x48 - Episode 227

July 14, 2004

DS Samantha Nixon and Dr Hugh Wallis are concentrating on the Royal Navy link to the serial rapist, and interview a Scottish prostitute whose rape over ten years previously matches the profile and may have started the rapist off. PC Andrea Dunbar hides a press clipping of an article she wrote about the incident, but fears for her cover when a journalist colleague arrives at the station to interview PC Lance Powell as the 'new face of Sun Hill'. Powell investigates what looks like another homophobic hate crime when a man is bashed after meeting a young man at a gay club. PC Sheelagh Murphy is shocked when she recognises her son Conor on the CCTV evidence, and Powell is forced to arrest Conor for GBH. DC Jim Carver and PC Honey Harman investigate when a fortune teller has her crystal ball stolen, and Jim later visits June Ackland in hospital where he hands her a ring and proposes to her. PC Gabriel Kent all but admits to PC Cameron Tait that he raped PC Kerry Young, then calls off sick.

20x49 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 49

July 21, 2004

The net is closing in on Alan Kennedy, the main suspect for the serial rapes. Kennedy is not at home when the police raid his flat, and several other leads - an allotment he keeps, and his (deceased) mother - also fall through. Eventually he is found through his hobby of falconry and arrested. CPS lawyer Jonathan Fox warns that more than the forensic evidence is needed to prosecute Kennedy, and reluctant witness Khadija Miah is brought into the station to identify him as her assailant. However, when Khadija runs into PC Gabriel Kent, PC Kerry Young could lose her job over the fact that she may have ""tainted"" the witness by showing her Gabriel's photograph. PC Cameron Tait's job is also on the line after his attack on Kent in the canteen. Despite Kent's agreement to a transfer, Tait decides to leave Sun Hill, London and Kerry Young behind and he catches a cab to Heathrow to fly back to Sydney.

20x50 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 50

July 22, 2004

With insufficient forensic evidence to charge him, DI Neil Manson and DS Samantha Nixon have 24 hours to extract a confession from serial rape suspect Alan Kennedy. CPS laywer Jonathan Fox, who previously defended Kennedy on an assault charge, watches the proceedings with great interest, but the stress may be too much for him, and he jeopardises his relationship with Insp. Gina Gold when he makes a comment about her not having children. With police scouring Kennedy's mother's flat for forensic evidence or clues which will help, Manson and Nixon continue their interview, but Kennedy is a tough nut to crack. The next day, literally at the last minute, Nixon puts the pieces together and Kennedy finally confesses. Simultaneously, Dr Hugh Wallis finds a knife in the flat. With Kennedy behind bars, the relief attend a community party organised by Supt. Okaro, but the fun is quickly over when a massive bomb explodes.

20x51 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 51

July 28, 2004

DI Neil Manson orders PCs Tony Stamp and Lance Powell to stay out of the wreckage of the pub where the bomb has gone off while he summons help. When Stamp realises Supt. Okaro is still inside, he risks his life to rescue the Super, and manages to save him in the nick of time. Unaware of the chaos nearby, DC Rob Thatcher slips another racist hate letter into Okaro's internal mail. When it looks like Okaro was the bomb's intended target, Thatcher and Jerome Taylor realise their letter campaign could be their undoing when SO13 (the Anti-Terrorist Branch) investigate. Thatcher discovers CCTV footage of on of the Radford boys near the pub at the time of the explosion, and he follows the Radfords into a trap. DCI Jack Meadows takes charge when his baby with Rachel Heath is kidnapped by a religious fanatic, but when the baby is recovered, Meadows is alarmed to find Rachel doesn't want him involved in their lives. Insp. Gina Gold steels herself to reveal her feelings to Jonathan Fox, but Fox t

20x53 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 232

July 29, 2004

PC Lance Powell tries to work out who sent him the text message about the bomb, and realises only three people had his new number: his family, his boyfriend... and Conor Murphy. Powell tells PC Sheelagh Murphy about his suspicions, and she is disgusted that he could think her son could be capable of the bombing. DCI Meadows leads a search on Sheelagh's house, and the phone used to send the message is found in Conor's room. Conor is arrested when he is found brawling with a friend of his. His friend admits to the bombing, and Conor admits to his mother that he is gay. With the bomber found, Supt. Okaro must bite the bullet and apologise to Jerome Taylor for accusing him, but Taylor says it's too late, and he is determined to destroy Okaro's career. Trainee DC Gary Best goes undercover to catch a drug dealer with DC Ken Drummond and DC Rob Thatcher, but finds himself at the wrong end of a beating.

20x54 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 54

August 5, 2004

PC Sheelagh Murphy turns to her Catholic faith for guidance after her son Conor's announcement that he is gay, but the Church is not very helpful to her. She then asks PC Lance Powell for advice, but he tells her it's up to her to sort things out with her son. Murphy and Powell deal with a domestic violence case between two gay men, but when they hand the case on to CSU, DS Phil Hunter convinces the victim not to proceed. When Conor doesn't come home, Sheelagh accompanies Lance and Mark on a night out at a gay club to find him, and they witness the domestic violence first hand. DS Debbie McAllister is determined to prove that DCI Jack Meadows is making a mistake by reconciling with Rachel Heath. To prove Rachel is still ""on the game"", she gets PC Gary Best to call Rachel and make an appointment at a hotel. Meadows confronts Rachel at the hotel, but she insists she was merely going to hand the client on to a friend. DCs Rob Thatcher and Ken Drummond investigate an arson attack on an ice

20x55 - Episode 235

August 11, 2004

20x56 - 236: Hope

August 12, 2004

20x57 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 57

August 18, 2004

20x58 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 58

August 19, 2004

20x59 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 59

August 26, 2004

PC Kerry Young and Sgt Dale Smith are minutes away from a bullet in the head from Wayne Radford's goons, when a raid on Hedley's Club, lead by Sgt June Ackland and DCs Rob Thatcher and Ken Drummond, takes place just in time to save them. Smithy and Young are unable to say anything about their ordeal, and claim to have been innocently having a drink at the club when the raid occurred. Supt Adam Okaro and Insp Gina Gold are furious that the raid took place without their consent. David Radford is nicked for possession and mentions Kerry's secret undercover job. Gina confronts Kerry, but unable to prove the claims (which are denied by Wayne and Irene Radford), she warns Kerry she'll have her thrown out of the Met. DS Samantha Nixon tries files a missing persons report after her daughter Abi has not been seen for days. She tries to stay calm, but her daughter's clothes and travelcard are found by the side of the Thames. DC Terry Perkins and DS Ramani De Costa rescue a young boy from a convi

20x60 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 60

September 1, 2004

PC Kerry Young and Sgt Dale Smith are minutes away from a bullet in the head from Wayne Radford's goons, when a raid on Hedley's Club, lead by Sgt June Ackland and DCs Rob Thatcher and Ken Drummond, takes place just in time to save them. Smithy and Young are unable to say anything about their ordeal, and claim to have been innocently having a drink at the club when the raid occurred. Supt Adam Okaro and Insp Gina Gold are furious that the raid took place without their consent. David Radford is nicked for possession and mentions Kerry's secret undercover job. Gina confronts Kerry, but unable to prove the claims (which are denied by Wayne and Irene Radford), she warns Kerry she'll have her thrown out of the Met. DS Samantha Nixon tries files a missing persons report after her daughter Abi has not been seen for days. She tries to stay calm, but her daughter's clothes and travelcard are found by the side of the Thames. DC Terry Perkins and DS Ramani De Costa rescue a young boy from a convi

20x61 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 61

September 2, 2004

20x63 - Episode 242

September 8, 2004

Wayne Radford has been found dead in his prison cell. It appears to be suicide, but Radford also has a number of bruises and cigarette burns on his body. Insp. Gina Gold hears from Radford's cellmate that a copper was spreading rumours that Wayne was a child killer. Malcolm Willard's garden centre has reported him missing, and DS Ramani De Costa is concerned as she suspects DC Terry Perkins has been to see his childhood abuser. PC Reg Hollis and PC Steve Hunter find Willard alive and well at his home, but are called back later to find DC Perkins' brother Ben trying to drown Willard, who is later shot dead. PC Andrea Dunbar is on a crusade to clear Supt Adam Okaro's name, and angers DI Neil Manson when she illegally submits one of Jerome Taylor's cigarette butts for a DNA test, to prove that he planted the marijuana in the Super's car.

20x64 - Episode 243

September 9, 2004

Malcolm Willard has been shot dead from long range, and once again DC Terry Perkins and his brother Ben are in the frame. Perkins is shocked when he turns up at CID to hear that Willard is dead, and that MIT want to interview him. Perkins and DS Ramani De Costa head to Ben's lockup, where they find an empty rifle case. Perkins and De Costa head to the old Perkins house where the abuse took place, and SO19 storm in and arrest Ben, but he is later cleared as the bullet that killed Willard was a different calibre. Supt. Adam Okaro is on trial for drug possession, and DI Neil Manson's wife is his defence barrister. His chances are not looking good though, as the prosecution tears through witnesses PC Steve Hunter and DC Rob Thatcher. DI Manson and PC Andrea Dunbar discover that the DNA on the drugs matches that of Jerome Taylor, and they locate the man who sold Taylor the drugs. Needing an excuse to arrest him so they can get a legitimate DNA sample, Manson goads Taylor into attacking him.

20x65 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 65

September 16, 2004

DC Suzie Sim arrives to join CSU, and she excels on her first day when she and trainee DC Gary Best investigate the racial harrassment and sexual assault of an asylum seeker. The perpetrator is Bradley Perkins, the son of DC Terry Perkins' brother Ben, and Sim expresses her concern to DS Ramani De Costa that Ben's actions may be due to him being sexually abused himself. DS Samantha Nixon is frantic about an apparant suicide email from her daughter Abi, as well as reports that Abi had frequented a suicide website. Profiler Dr Hugh Wallis assures Nixon that the writing style doesn't match, and one of the website's users says that Abi was not suicidal. PC Kerry Young is disillusioned with her job and her colleagues, and takes her frustration out on them. PC Steve Hunter gives PC Honey Harman the cold shoulder after he hears she's been gossiping about their date to her mates.

20x66 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 66

September 22, 2004

DC Suzie Sim arrives to join CSU, and she excels on her first day when she and trainee DC Gary Best investigate the racial harrassment and sexual assault of an asylum seeker. The perpetrator is Bradley Perkins, the son of DC Terry Perkins' brother Ben, and Sim expresses her concern to DS Ramani De Costa that Ben's actions may be due to him being sexually abused himself. DS Samantha Nixon is frantic about an apparant suicide email from her daughter Abi, as well as reports that Abi had frequented a suicide website. Profiler Dr Hugh Wallis assures Nixon that the writing style doesn't match, and one of the website's users says that Abi was not suicidal. PC Kerry Young is disillusioned with her job and her colleagues, and takes her frustration out on them. PC Steve Hunter gives PC Honey Harman the cold shoulder after he hears she's been gossiping about their date to her mates.

20x70 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 69

October 6, 2004

Insp. Gina Gold warns PC Kerry Young that her job is on the line if she continues to consort with David Radford. PC Gabriel Kent and PC Andrea Dunbar find an 11-year-old blind girl who has been seriously assaulted in her own home. A neighbour identifies the mother's ex-boyfriend as the culprit, but DC Suzie Sim is furious that PC Dunbar has not followed procedure and their only forensic evidence is lost. Their suspect, Christopher Spinks, is in court, but is released on bail. As Spinks leaves the courthouse, he is shot dead - the third victim of the serial sniper. DS Debbie McAllister visits one of DCI Meadows' snouts for information on a lingerie robbery. DC Jim Carver is up to his neck in gambling debts.

20x71 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 71

October 13, 2004

20x72 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 72

October 14, 2004

PC Kerry Young is missing and fears for her safety grow after David Radford's public vow to kill her. Many officers are desperate to find her- but for the wrong reasons. PC Gabriel Kent tries to talk her out of reporting him for his crimes, but after all he's done to her Kerry is out for revenge. Sgt Dale 'Smithy' Smith tracks emotional and messed up Kerry at her fathers hospital bedside where he declares his love for her. Gabriel gets wind of Kerry on her way into the station and knows she is going to report him. He disappears. Smithy runs out to meet her where Kerry tells him she loves him too, but she is then gunned down in his arms by Gabriel who has gone to extreme lengths to silence her. Is this the end for Kerry?

20x73 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 73

October 20, 2004

After being gunned down by PC Gabriel Kent, PC Kerry Young is left fighting for her life in the arms of Sgt Dale Smith. Moments after declaring their love for each other Smithy cradles Kerry's limp and dying body as she struggles for breath and to stay awake. She is taken to hospital where she loses all consciousness, and Smithy looks on helplessly as doctors try to resuscitate her. But Kerry is tragically pronounced dead. Gabriel breathes a sigh of relief knowing she can no longer reveal his darkest secrets. But how will he react with the shocking revelation that from when he'd raped her Kerry was pregnant with his child when she died?

20x75 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 254

October 21, 2004

After being gunned down by PC Gabriel Kent, PC Kerry Young is left fighting for her life in the arms of Sgt Dale Smith. Moments after declaring their love for each other Smithy cradles Kerry's limp and dying body as she struggles for breath and to stay awake. She is taken to hospital where she loses all consciousness, and Smithy looks on helplessly as doctors try to resuscitate her. But Kerry is tragically pronounced dead. Gabriel breathes a sigh of relief knowing she can no longer reveal his darkest secrets. But how will he react with the shocking revelation that from when he'd raped her Kerry was pregnant with his child when she died?

20x76 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 76

October 28, 2004

20x77 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 77

November 3, 2004

20x79 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 79

November 10, 2004

20x80 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 80

November 11, 2004

20x81 - Episode 81

November 11, 2004

20x82 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 82

November 18, 2004

20x83 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 83

November 24, 2004

20x84 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 84

December 1, 2004

20x86 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 86

December 9, 2004

A new PC Leela Kapoor is transferred to Sun Hill but she finds it hard to get on with her partner PC Sheelagh Murphy because she was involved in the suspension of one of Sheelagh's old friends. After no sign of the promised money from his wife June, DC Jim Carver steals a watch which is evidence from a burglary. Sgt Mark Rollins is assigned to Sun Hill after a suspected sniper shooting but tension soon arises between him and boyfriend PC Lance Powell when Mark is uncomfortable with Lance's openness about being gay.

20x87 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 85

December 8, 2004

Yvonne has to deal with her niece when she is found unconscious having taken ecstasy pills left lying around her flat. Jim returns to work telling his colleagues that the trip has been delayed following an outbreak of legionnaires disease. Andrea tells Gabriel that it wasn't her who told MIT about Kerry's rape allegation but Smithy.

20x88 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 88

December 15, 2004

Sgt Mark Rollins surprises his boyfriend PC Lance Powell with a shock marriage proposal. PC Amber Johannsen kisses a barmaid at the Christmas do and PC Andrea Dunbar kisses Smithy, oblivious to the fact that DI Neil Manson has seen them. Shirley is found in a car crash and a stash of cocaine is found in the vehicle. She refuses to talk and PC Yvonne Hemmingway can't help but think the worst of her but after eventually hearing the whole story she realizes she may have judged Shirley too harshly.

20x89 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 89

December 16, 2004

Shirley finally accepts PC Yvonne Hemmingway's apology but Shirley takes a turn for the worse and Yvonne has to face up to the uncomfortable fact that she could be responsible for Shirley's death. Yvonne refuses to pull any strings to help her sister, who is suspected of possession of cocaine after her part in Shirley's downfall. PC Lance Powell accepts Sgt Mark Rollin's proposal. PC Andrea Dunbar is injured at the club and DI Neil Manson rushes to her bedside only to find Smithy has got there first.

20x90 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 90

December 21, 2004

Irene Radford is back in town Sun Hill officers are called to an incident at her house when a dead dog is found floating in her swimming pool which could possibly be something to do with another gangster family, the Gaunts. Inspector Gina Gold finds Irene a shell of a woman and Irene claims that she has returned to Sun Hill because she is terminally ill with cancer and wants to die there. Meanwhile acting DC Gary Best follows a lead about a robbery that could incriminate Irene but at the same time Irene's son David Radford is being transferred to a psychiatric wing following a break down. Meanwhile Phil has sex with a prison liaison officer when they are supposed to be transcripting a conversation between Irene and David Radford in prison but the tape stops so they make the last part of the conversation up but the rumours of a break out fail to filter through because DS Phil Hunter has ignored the calls from the Prison Liaison Officer, thinking that she is after a relationship. Gina ma

20x91 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 91

December 22, 2004

Inspector Gina Gold is taken prisoner at gun point by Irene Radford. The two women talk and realize they have more in common than both of them had realized but Irene orders the death of Jack Gaunt to show Gina she means business. Irene arranges for a plane to come and help her escape just as the police arrive. Gina tries to reason with Irene who says she will never go to prison and she looks like she's getting there when DC Rob Thatcher turns up and shoots Irene dead. Meanwhile Sam finds out about Phil and the prison Liaison officer and Honey has it out with Steve about having sex with Amber in a pub toilet!

20x92 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 92

December 23, 2004

DS Ramani de Costa is left to cope with the new Vulnerable Persons Unit which is low on staff while most of the other officers are dealing with a robbery so DCI Jack Meadows assigns DC Terry Perkins to assist Ramani on a case concerning a young man suspected of being a paedophile. Meanwhile it's Lance's stag do and after talking to Sheelagh, Lance decides he's doing the right thing in marrying Mark but in his stag do he goes out to make a phone call and is kidnapped by a group who put a bag over his head and pull him into the back of a van. Phil apologizes to Sam about the prison Liaison officer.

20x93 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 93

December 29, 2004

Inspector Gina Gold is taken prisoner at gun point by Irene Radford. The two women talk and realize they have more in common than both of them had realized but Irene orders the death of Jack Gaunt to show Gina she means business. Irene arranges for a plane to come and help her escape just as the police arrive. Gina tries to reason with Irene who says she will never go to prison and she looks like she's getting there when DC Rob Thatcher turns up and shoots Irene dead. Meanwhile Sam finds out about Phil and the prison Liaison officer and Honey has it out with Steve about having sex with Amber in a pub toilet!

20x94 - The Bill Season 20 Episode 94

December 30, 2004

DS Ramani de Costa is left to cope with the new Vulnerable Persons Unit which is low on staff while most of the other officers are dealing with a robbery so DCI Jack Meadows assigns DC Terry Perkins to assist Ramani on a case concerning a young man suspected of being a paedophile. Meanwhile it's Lance's stag do and after talking to Sheelagh, Lance decides he's doing the right thing in marrying Mark but in his stag do he goes out to make a phone call and is kidnapped by a group who put a bag over his head and pull him into the back of a van. Phil apologizes to Sam about the prison Liaison officer.