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Not Waving

January 30, 1992

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A student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody.

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The Bill: Season 8 - 59 Episode s

8x1 - The Best Policy
January 2, 1992
D.C.I. Reid's influence in high places suddenly makes D.I. Burnside look vulnerable to criticism. CID investigate an armed robbery.
8x2 - A Friend In Need
January 7, 1992
P.C. Quinnan is the subject of a civil complaint. P.C.s Stamp and Stringer follow up on a fire at a home for ex-psychiatric patients, but find little care in the community.
8x3 - Whose Side Are You On?
January 9, 1992
D.C. Lines investigates a mugging, and tries to get the victim charged with the murder of his assailant.
8x4 - Lip Service
January 14, 1992
D.C. Lines is enjoying an off-duty pint in his local pub and becomes involved in a bar brawl.
8x5 - Illegals
January 16, 1992
D.C. Lines investigates when a cellarful of illegal immigrants is discovered. He enlists the help of Sgt. Boyden, who takes a fancy to one of the females. Lines warns him off.
8x6 - Fair Play
January 21, 1992
P.C. Quinnan investigates the illegal sale of steroids. P.C. Garfield is put on the spot when his old sparring partner is arrested.
8x7 - Dinosaur
January 23, 1992
D.I. Burnside's unorthodox policing methods, which include flushing an informant's head down a toilet, set him on a collision course with D.C.I. Reid, who has already received several complaints about Sun Hill officers. Reid fears the worst when she is called in to Scotland Yard for an urgent meeting with MS15.
8x8 - Joyride
January 28, 1992
A girl is seriously injured in a joyriding incident. Ch. Supt. Brownlow must decide whether he is prepared to risk a riot by sending officers into an estate to round up the culprits.
8x9 - Not Waving
January 30, 1992
A student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody.
8x10 - Mates
February 4, 1992
Sgt. Cryer is finding being non-operational tedious. He goes undercover as a punter in a brothel, but his presence on the operation antagonises Sgt. Peters. Cryer goes to sees Ch. Supt. Brownlow about giving up his job as duty sergeant and going back to the relief.
8x11 - Lost Boy
February 6, 1992
D.S. Greig is led to a vice ring when searching for a missing thirteen-year-old boy. D.C. Dashwood and W.P.C. Ackland are brought into an operation against ponces running rent boys.
8x12 - Chicken
February 11, 1992
P.C. Stringer tries to stop some children from playing 'chicken' on the railway line, but one of them is run down by a train. Sgt. Peters transfers upstairs to the post of duty sergeant, swapping roles with Bob Cryer, who returns to the relief.
8x13 - Somebody Special
February 13, 1992
Acting D.I. Greig tries to recruit a hardened female thief as a snout, but finds her more than a match for him. D.C.I. Reid is promoted out of Sun Hill to MS15.
8x14 - Previous Convictions
February 18, 1992
Investigating an apparent accident in which a man's hand is crushed in a car-breaker's yard, Sgt. Maitland uncovers years of animosity, neglect and revenge.
8x15 - Beggar My Neighbour
February 20, 1992
A tramp is attacked, leading the police into a web of crime.
8x16 - It's A Small World
February 25, 1992
Thinking of leaving the force, D.C. Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security consultants.
8x17 - Licence
February 27, 1992
A man convicted of strangling his wife has been released on licence, but the probation service fails to notify Sun Hill. His presence comes to light when his son causes a disturbance.
8x18 - Comeback
March 3, 1992
The community police station run by P.C. Smollett is fire-bombed. The area car is stolen from P.C. Loxton and W.P.C. Datta, and it is written off in an RTA.
8x19 - Fireproof
March 5, 1992
D.I. Burnside leads an investigation into the firebombing of the community police station.
8x20 - The Paddy Factor
March 10, 1992
D.C. Carver and W.D.C. Martella have a car thief under observation, and see him shot as he gets into a car. The Anti-Terrorist Squad is called in, and the IRA is suspected.
8x21 - The Wild Rover
March 12, 1992
D.S. Roach ignores the Anti-Terrorist Squad, and investigates a possible IRA cell.
8x22 - Coincidence
March 17, 1992
A small boy known for lying claims to have been the subject of an attempted abduction in an adventure playground.
8x23 - Going Soft
March 19, 1992
A routine trip to a magistrate for a warrant turns into a nightmare for D.C. Dashwood when he is taken prisoner by two hooded burglars.
8x24 - Re-Hab
March 24, 1992
Jack Meadows arrives to take charge of Sun Hill CID. He becomes involved with a father suspected of murdering his drug addict son.
8x25 - Acting Detective
March 26, 1992
A woman who collapsed at an airport is found to be a mule, smuggling drugs in her stomach. D.I. Burnside, with only limited time to mount an operation, gets W.P.C. French to take the courier's place in an attempt to uncover the dealer.
8x26 - Stopover
March 31, 1992
P.C. Smollett tries to offer a follow-up service to victims of crime. A woman whose husband is in prison, and who runs a guesthouse, keeps reporting an intruder on the premises. Smollett gives her support, but P.C. Garfield thinks he is wasting his time.
8x27 - Suspects
April 2, 1992
D.S. Greig arrests a suspect for an armed robbery, but is proved wrong.
8x28 - All The King's Horses
April 7, 1992
A lorry overturns and sheds its load outside a school, burying a boy and girl and putting P.C. Loxton to the test.
8x29 - Party Politics
April 9, 1992
W.D.C. Martella celebrates her birthday. D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach go to a party attended by a crooked businessman, who makes Burnside an offer he can't refuse.
8x30 - Trials & Tribulations
April 14, 1992
W.P.C. Marshall becomes a vital witness in a murder trial, and soon realises that someone is trying to intimidate her.
8x31 - A Can Of Worms
April 16, 1992
A traffic accident draws attention to a minicab firm.
8x32 - Timing
April 21, 1992
D.C.I. Meadows tries to find the link between three arson attacks. D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood track down an escaped prisoner, but Roach seems more interested in his beautiful wife.
8x33 - A Nice Little Line In Plastic
April 23, 1992
P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta arrest a girl using stolen credit cards and uncover a major racket.
8x34 - Trial & Error
April 24, 1992
An armed robber who put an innocent bystander in an wheelchair has his house firebombed by the victim's son. D.I. Burnside is determined to see justice done.
8x35 - Owning Up
April 30, 1992
P.C.s Loxton and Stringer follow up on a mugging but their case is nearly ruined when it collides with an investigation by D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows. Can W.P.C. Ackland crack the case?
8x36 - Up Behind
May 5, 1992
It's Saturday night, but CID are at work trailing a known criminal believed to be responsible for a series of artifice burglaries involving pensioners.
8x37 - Appearances
May 7, 1992
Following an argument with a drunken pub customer, a young barmaid is hit by a car and later dies. P.C.s Quinnan and Stringer have their suspicions about the customer. Could it be manslaughter?
8x38 - Principled Negotiation
May 12, 1992
D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach look favourably on an ex-villain with a loan-shark problem, but they expect favours in return.
8x39 - Sign Of Our Times
May 14, 1992
An armed robber admits to D.C. Lines that redundancy and the repossession of his house made him take to crime to solve his problems.
8x40 - Priorities
May 19, 1992
P.C.s Stringer and Loxton attend to a theft at an old people's home and begin to suspect that the ex-policeman who runs the home is ill-treating residents.
8x41 - Users
May 21, 1992
W.D.C. Martella arrests a woman for drug dealing. D.I. Burnside suspects that she is using teenage girls as couriers by offering them free holidays in Spain, but she is being exploited by a bigger dealer.
8x42 - Man Of The People
May 26, 1992
P.C. Stringer wins the election for the post of Federation Rep, beating the incumbent P.C. Hollis by fifty-eight votes to two. Ch. Supt. Brownlow decides to eat in the canteen with the other ranks, much to their discomfort.
8x43 - Runaway
May 28, 1992
D.S Roach investigates the beating of a teenage girl, and tries to establish if his suspect is also responsible for a number of murders being investigated by AMIP.
8x44 - Exposures
June 2, 1992
A young model claims that she was sexually assaulted during a photographic session. W.D.C. Martella discovers that every picture tells a story.
8x45 - Better The Devil
June 4, 1992
P.C. Stringer gets involved with a bizarre household, and discovers a horrifying case of parental cruelty in the attic. W.P.C. Marshall goes on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at Stafford Row.
8x46 - Prisoners
June 9, 1992
Sgt. Boyden and P.C. Hollis are hoping for a quiet night in the custody suite at Sun Hill, but that's not how it turns out.
8x47 - World To Rights
June 11, 1992
W.P.C. Marshall, on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at Stafford Row, makes an error of judgement and is attacked by a woman's husband.
8x48 - Do The Right Thing
June 16, 1992
P.C. Stringer is mugged by a gang, and determines to get his own back. P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta follow a cheque card fraudster.
8x49 - Hiding To Nothing
June 18, 1992
P.C. Stamp is ambushed by a gang of youths on a local estate. In trying to assist him, W.P.C. Ackland crashes the Area car, much to P.C. Loxton's delight.
8x50 - Punching Judy
June 23, 1992
A woman lies critically injured in hospital, beaten up by her husband. D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows interview the husband. W.P.C. Marshall decides to quit the Domestic Violence Unit.
8x51 - Vicious Circles
June 25, 1992
P.C. Hollis arrests a woman for being drunk in charge of a baby, and finds himself drawn into a complicated family set-up.
8x52 - Up All Night
June 30, 1992
P.C. Garfield pursues a burglar and is beaten up. Sgt. Boyden's inaction brings hostility from the relief and trouble for D.S. Roach.
8x53 - Part Of The Furniture
July 2, 1992
D.C. Dashwood is to be transferred to the Art and Antiques Squad. D.S. Roach hands him a burglary at an infants' school as a wind-up, but it develops into a case that allows Dashwood to show the others a thing or two.
8x54 - Snakes & Ladders
July 7, 1992
It's P.C. Garfield's first day back after the attack. The relief place bets on the likelihood of Garfield punching Sgt. Boyden, but Garfield eventually takes his revenge.
8x55 - Street Cleaning
July 9, 1992
Sgt. Cryer gets the relief to put the Garfield-Boyden conflict behind them and get back to work, to sort out the takeover of genuine beggars' pitches by violent professional thieves.
8x56 - Hands Up
July 14, 1992
Conway decides he needs to get back on the beat, and arrests a drunk for criminal damage.
8x57 - A Scandalous Act
July 16, 1992
P.C. Garfield brings in a teenaged girl arrested at a drugs party, and she accuses him of sexually assaulting her.
8x58 - Raiders
July 21, 1992
A ram-raid ends in tragedy when a boy is killed. But what was his part in the affair?
8x59 - Talk Out
July 23, 1992
A middle-aged couple arrive at the front desk and report their neighbour missing, but W.P.C. Ackland isn't sure that they are telling the whole truth.

8x1 - The Best Policy

8x2 - A Friend In Need

8x3 - Whose Side Are You On?

8x4 - Lip Service

8x5 - Illegals

8x6 - Fair Play

8x7 - Dinosaur

8x8 - Joyride

8x9 - Not Waving

8x10 - Mates

8x11 - Lost Boy

8x12 - Chicken

8x13 - Somebody Special

8x14 - Previous Convictions

8x15 - Beggar My Neighbour

8x16 - It's A Small World

8x17 - Licence

8x18 - Comeback

8x19 - Fireproof

8x20 - The Paddy Factor

8x21 - The Wild Rover

8x22 - Coincidence

8x23 - Going Soft

8x24 - Re-Hab

8x25 - Acting Detective

8x26 - Stopover

8x27 - Suspects

8x28 - All The King's Horses

8x29 - Party Politics

8x30 - Trials & Tribulations

8x31 - A Can Of Worms

8x32 - Timing

8x33 - A Nice Little Line In Plastic

8x34 - Trial & Error

8x35 - Owning Up

8x36 - Up Behind

8x37 - Appearances

8x38 - Principled Negotiation

8x39 - Sign Of Our Times

8x40 - Priorities

8x41 - Users

8x42 - Man Of The People

8x43 - Runaway

8x44 - Exposures

8x45 - Better The Devil

8x46 - Prisoners

8x47 - World To Rights

8x48 - Do The Right Thing

8x49 - Hiding To Nothing

8x50 - Punching Judy

8x51 - Vicious Circles

8x52 - Up All Night

8x53 - Part Of The Furniture

8x54 - Snakes & Ladders

8x55 - Street Cleaning

8x56 - Hands Up

8x57 - A Scandalous Act

8x58 - Raiders

8x59 - Talk Out

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