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Episode 76

Honour Among Thieves

June 29, 1993

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The Bill - S9 - E76

D.I. Burnside questions three robbers after a botched getaway and is given conflicting stories as they try to incriminate one another.

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The Bill: Season 9 - 101 Episode s

9x26 - Keeping In Touch
March 4, 1993
An employee of a private security firm is identified by the elderly blind woman he assaulted.
9x27 - If It Isn't Hurting
March 5, 1993
New trainee constable Croft learns some old style policing methods from Burnside.
9x28 - Keeping Out Of Trouble
March 9, 1993
A woman claims to have inside information about a series of violent raids on petrol stations which are nipped in the bud by Meadows and Roach.
9x29 - School Of Hard Knocks
March 11, 1993
Burnside investigates the abduction of a villain's son.
9x30 - A Little Family Business
March 12, 1993
Meadows investigates a burglary gone wrong while Cato is gunning for Loxton and Stringer.
9x31 - Breaking The Chain
March 16, 1993
Kendall tries to keep a young offender from a life of crime.
9x32 - The Fortress
March 18, 1993
The owner of an off licence shop makes a citizen's arrest of a young shoplifter and Maitland arrests the shopkeeper for use of unreasonable force.
9x33 - In Broad Daylight
March 19, 1993
While on the trail of two rapists Morgan investigates an attempted abduction and puts her life in danger.
9x34 - Credible Witness
March 23, 1993
Stringer feels discredited when his description of a thief fleeing from a jeweller's shop conflicts with that of the main witness, who works in the shop.
9x35 - The Price Of Fame
March 25, 1993
Page goes undercover as a model to investigate a possible scam at a modelling agency.
9x36 - The Short Straw
March 26, 1993
When her car breaks down on the way to the station, DC Viv Martella misses an important CID briefing about an obbo on a suspected armed robbery, and is furious when she is taken off the case by DI Frank Burnside. As CID and SO19 wait outside the target, Martella and PC Tony Stamp follow up a simple case to arrest a suspected bag snatcher. As they wait outside the suspect's house, a van pulls up, obscuring their view. Having missed the briefing, Martella fails to recognise the van's occupants as the armed robbers, and when she approaches their van she is shot and killed. Stamp is wounded, but manages to give a description of the van which is spotted by a traffic police motorcycle. As the India 99 police helicopter and SO19 cars pursue Martella's killers across London, PC Loxton and WPC Ackland disobey Ch. Insp. Cato's orders and pursue the suspect vehicle in the Area Car. The vehicle hits a bulldozer and explodes, killing all inside.
9x37 - Missing
March 30, 1993
A young man with an intellectual disability goes missing and Burnside has to deal with the consequences for the parents.
9x38 - Goods Received
April 1, 1993
Greig investigates a burglary at an ailing business a case that leads him to a missing schoolboy.
9x39 - Double Enmity
April 2, 1993
Woods goes undercover as a contract killer to expose a woman who wants her husband killed.
9x40 - Hard Evidence
April 6, 1993
A murder investigation team arrive at Sun Hill. Meadows is uneasy at the Corby's approach who is willing to exploit his relationship with Woods to get a result regardless of the evidence.
9x41 - High Hopes & Low Life
April 8, 1993
Carver and Morgan investigate a career ending attack on a promising young boxer.
9x42 - On The Loose
April 9, 1993
Loxton and Garfield corner a savage pit bull terrier at an illegal dogfight while Boyden tracks down a pensioner who has turned to crime.
9x43 - Out Of Court
April 13, 1993
Stamp and Ackland are keen to get a conviction against a woman for assault on a minicab driver, but she is acquitted.
9x44 - Bedfellows
April 15, 1993
Chief Inspector Cato arrests two youths, actions which cause a riot outside Sun Hill station.
9x45 - Cat & House
April 17, 1993
A woman is keen to be get rid of her burglar boyfriend and his fence with whom she has been having an affair.
9x46 - Brothers
April 20, 1993
Two young brothers are suspected of burglary and Croft discovers that they were deserted by their mother and left to fend for themselves.
9x47 - Playing Away
April 22, 1993
Ackland arrests a fifteen-year-old boy for shoplifting and finds herself investigating his relationship with a woman twenty years his senior.
9x48 - Coming To Terms
April 24, 1993
The parents of a young man awaiting trial for the murder of a child are distressed when their home is broken into and they receive threatening phone call and Ackland discovers the connection.
9x49 - Return To Sender
April 27, 1993
A young postwoman is beaten up but the motive is unclear and she seems unwilling to talk to the police.
9x50 - Sticks & Stones
April 29, 1993
When Lines hits the jackpot during a raid, it makes an already difficult court case for Greig even harder.
9x51 - Tangled Webs
May 1, 1993
A mysteriously unmotivated break-in at a garage leads Burnside to a web of sexual deception and a jealous husband's rampage.
9x52 - Recruiting Officer
May 4, 1993
Maitland enlists McCann's help in reassuring a young black applicant whose wife has serious misgivings about the job but McCann is discovering racism within the force for himself.
9x53 - Give Em An Inch
May 6, 1993
Cato allows a demonstration to go ahead despite being warned that it could be hijacked by racists. When things turn ugly, he is forced to reverse his previous orders.
9x54 - By Hook Or By Crook
May 8, 1993
Roach is disgusted when a judge halts the trial of a man accused of crippling a police officer and decides to take matters into his own hands.
9x55 - Home To Roost
May 11, 1993
Dave and Tony attend to an assault victim at the market while sergeant Kendall organises an outing and take some local kids to Chessington World of Adventures, with a reluctant Steve assigned as a last-minute replacement for an ill Ron.
9x56 - In Safe Hands
May 13, 1993
Lines and Morgan arrest two members of a shoplifting team.
9x57 - Punch Drunk
May 15, 1993
Called to attend to a pub brawl, PC Tony Stamp and PC Dave Quinnan are stunned to find one man unconscious and the other Sun Hill's own DS Ted Roach. Roach is taken back to the station, and while DI Frank Burnside manages to pursuade the victim to drop the charges against him, nothing can be done when Roach headbutts Insp. Andrew Monroe during a heated argument. Ch. Supt. Brownlow calls in MS15 to investigate him, but Roach turns in his warrant card and walks out of the station.
9x58 - Fall Out
May 18, 1993
With the departure of Roach one of his informants wants out Burnside and Monroe investigate threats against her.
9x59 - Awaydays
May 20, 1993
An elderly ex copper is in London to search for his estranged daughter and claims that he has been robbed in his hotel which Lines investigates.
9x60 - Pride & Joy
May 22, 1993
When a young woman's car is stolen with a baby on board CID fear an abduction and mount a search Garfield tries to mediate with a private clamping firm.
9x61 - Fast Food
May 25, 1993
Carver and Woods are caught napping when a street robber escapes from under their noses but uncover a drugs operation at a takeaway restaurant. P.C. Loxton and Sgt. Maitland are in trouble when Loxton is accused of stealing money from a drunk in the cells.
9x62 - Soft Touch
May 27, 1993
Stamp's driving prowess is questioned when he fails to stop a runaway road-roller and Jarvis finds a revolver in a rubbish bin while Burnside investigates a murder confession.
9x63 - We Gave Him All Our Love
May 29, 1993
When the body of a 14-year-old boy is washed up by the tide Cryer feels that he owes the parents an explanation.
9x64 - Hearts & Minds
June 1, 1993
Burnside disagrees with Conway's approach to a young offender.
9x65 - Cry Baby
June 3, 1993
Page and Monroe attend what appears to be a cot death, but it transpires that the baby has a head injury Meadows investigates.
9x66 - A Willing Victim
June 5, 1993
Garfield introduces a boxer friend to a business manager but Pearce has the manager under investigation.
9x67 - Rank Outsider
June 8, 1993
Loxton's prisoner is released after Page makes a mistake in the CAD room whilst Loxton and Jarvis try to get the prisoner back before Cato finds out.
9x68 - Tender Mercies
June 10, 1993
Datta assists a woman who has reported her husband missing while Lines uncovers a loan-sharking operation.
9x69 - Double Take
June 12, 1993
Greig and Croft investigate a burglary the property is found in a garden shed but was it stolen?
9x70 - Mouth & Trousers
June 15, 1993
Stringer clashes with Cato about a serious shortage of officers and the ban on overtime meanwhile two families fight out their differences.
9x71 - Uses & Abuses
June 16, 1993
A woman walking home late at night thinks she is being followed by a young man and blinds him with oven cleaner. Is it self-defence or assault?
9x72 - Picking A Winner
June 19, 1993
P.C. Quinnan goes undercover as a refuse collector to investigate a series of burglaries.
9x73 - Broken
June 22, 1993
Insp. Monroe deals with the case of an alcoholic former coal miner who tries to organise exploited workers.
9x74 - Insider Dealing
June 24, 1993
A prisoner admits to crimes he didn't commit to gain a transfer.
9x75 - To Have & To Hold
June 26, 1993
A woman alleges rape by her estranged husband, but he insists that she consented. D.I. Burnside investigates.
9x76 - Honour Among Thieves
June 29, 1993
D.I. Burnside questions three robbers after a botched getaway and is given conflicting stories as they try to incriminate one another.
9x77 - Somebody To Love
July 1, 1993
W.P.C. Datta tries to help a battered wife. W.P.C. Ackland and D.S. Greig find some strange connections when a housebreaking is linked to a lonely hearts advert.
9x78 - Morning Has Broken
July 3, 1993
Monroe acts quickly after a tip-off about a robbery at a supermarket. Meanwhile CID try to foil a kidnapping and robbery plot, only to be impeded by lack of resources.
9x79 - Swaps
July 6, 1993
P.C. Loxton and Garfield swap jobs. Loxton has to deal with the new screen phones in the CAD room, while Garfield attends a fatal RTA.
9x80 - Trust
July 8, 1993
D.S. Greig suspects that his informant is giving him the run around, but it becomes clear that she is being fed false information.
9x81 - Divided We Fall
July 10, 1993
A man found knocking on old people's doors turns out to be suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and attempting to contact family members. Sgt. Cryer realises that one old lady has cause to be afraid.
9x82 - A Duty Of Care
July 13, 1993
Sgt. Cryer and P.C. Garfield attend a warehouse where a seventeen-year-old boy has fallen from a forklift truck to his death. Cryer is convinced it was no accident.
9x83 - Family Values
July 15, 1993
P.C. Jarvis assists the investigation into a violent lorry hijack, where the driver suffered a fatal head injury.
9x84 - A Matter Of Life & Death
July 17, 1993
An elderly man is arrested for beating his wife, but the couple have a bigger secret to hide. P.C. Quinnan is guilty of dangerous driving.
9x85 - Kith & Kin
July 20, 1993
When a woman is hospitalised, her son burgles her house and steals money, and her daughter starts to strip the house of its contents. Garfield and Marshall are forced to change their minds about a young offender who has befriended the woman, and to whom she has bequeathed her house.
9x86 - Part Of The Family
July 22, 1993
The theft of a necklace reveals a case of domestic violence against a young Bangladeshi woman. Police examine immigration laws and find that she has no freedom at all.
9x87 - Mighty Atoms
July 24, 1993
Hours after a tough warning from Ch. Insp. Conway, a notorious young offender is in trouble again. He holds the clue to the whereabouts of a missing teenager.
9x88 - A Malicious Prosecution
July 27, 1993
A civil action is brought against P.C. Garfield, W.P.C. Marshall and Sgt. Cryer for wrongful arrest, malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. Meanwhile, P.C. Quinnan is accused of assaulting a college student.
9x89 - Outbreak
July 29, 1993
A violent remand prisoner escapes from hospital. W.D.S. Morgan and W.P.C. Croft question the prison officers who fell asleep while guarding him.
9x90 - Unreliable Witness
July 31, 1993
A timid music teacher is intimidated by a violent ex-pupil. Ch. Insp. Cato is furious when P.C. Garfield lets a thief get away.
9x91 - Sweet Charity
August 3, 1993
P.C.s Hollis and Stamp are caught in the crossfire when a mother and daughter fall out over a mutual boyfriend. Sgt. Cryer pursues bogus charity workers.
9x92 - David & Goliath
August 5, 1993
A mother refuses to testify against her husband, accused of abusing their 14-year-old son. P.C. Jarvis intercedes on the boy's behalf.
9x93 - What A Pair
August 7, 1993
A man working for an illegal escort agency seems to be stealing cash and credit cards from his female clients. W.P.C. Ackland arranges a date with him.
9x94 - Desirable Property
August 10, 1993
There is series of break-ins at properties sold through a single agency. P.C. Quinnan enlists the assistance of an estate agent.
9x95 - Blind Spot
August 12, 1993
P.C. Jarvis and McCann know who is guilty of assault, but can't prove it. D.S. Pearce suggests that they should claim to have witnessed the incident.
9x96 - Carrying The Load
August 14, 1993
W.D.S. Morgan and D.C. Lines investigate a lorry hijack. The husband of the depot owner is seriously assaulted.
9x97 - Deadly Weapon
August 17, 1993
The life of an unborn child hangs in the balance following a road traffic accident. The investigation uncovers a trail of corruption.
9x98 - All The Wrong Connections
August 19, 1993
A girl accused of knocking down a young woman in the street has an alibi. D.C.I. Meadows crosses swords with an old enemy.
9x99 - Give & Take
August 21, 1993
W.P.C. Polly Page sees W.D.S. Sally Johnson from Stafford Row plant drugs on a known dealer.
9x100 - Desperate Measures
August 24, 1993
A 15-year-old boy is driven to desperate measures. W.P.C. Ackland has to decide whether he or his mother is at risk.
9x101 - To Catch A Thief
August 26, 1993
D.C. Carver arrests a pickpocket.
9x102 - Natural Reaction
August 28, 1993
D.C. Carver catches a fourteen-year-old thief. He and D.C. Lines question a man about his relationship with the girl.
9x103 - Desperate Remedies
August 31, 1993
PC Garfield is tasked with retrieving an ill boy's inhaler but comes up against a series of other problems whilst doing so.
9x104 - Bright Lights
September 2, 1993
CID investigate attempts at sexual assault by an electrician who turns out to have connections with the local psychiatric hospital. W.D.S. Morgan puts herself on the line to catch him.
9x105 - Bare Faced Lies
September 4, 1993
CID investigate the sale of stolen cigarettes and alcohol to pubs in the Sun Hill area. D.I. Burnside comes to the aid of an old friend, and D.S. Pearce goes to see a stripper.
9x106 - But Not Forgotten
September 7, 1993
An important visitor comes to Sun Hill to see D.I. Burnside, but he is gone.
9x107 - Push
September 9, 1993
W.P.C. Page gets stuck in a lift with a pregnant 15-year-old girl and has to assist with the birth.
9x108 - Bad Reaction
September 10, 1993
Det. Insp. Harry Haines arrives for his first day at Sun Hill and helps track down a drug dealer who is distributing dangerous tablets.
9x109 - Compliments Of The Service
September 15, 1993
A public relations exercise by Ch. Supt. Brownlow is threatened by a drugs raid on the Jasmine Allen estate.
9x110 - Game Of Two Halves
September 16, 1993
W.D.C. Croft is in uniform for the day, to Ch. Insp. Cato's delight.
9x111 - The Knowledge
September 18, 1993
D.I. Haines gets involved in a war between an Asian minicab firm and a black cab operator.
9x112 - No Place Like Home
September 21, 1993
Residents from the Greenfield Estate protest about the presence of an absconder from a nearby unit for young offenders.
9x113 - Customer Care
September 23, 1993
D.I. Haines is annoyed by a young man who refuses to take an allegation of rape seriously. P.C. Loxton looks after two children left alone by their mother and who have stolen £100 from a neighbour.
9x114 - The Right Man For The Job
September 25, 1993
Sgt. Boyden deals with a case of joyriding which ends with a crash and uncovers an insurance fraud.
9x115 - A Day In The Life Of
September 28, 1993
A woman parks her car with P.C. Loxton's permission, but it gets clamped. Loxton is unable to prevent a young man from committing suicide and blames Ch. Insp. Conway's parking initiative.
9x116 - Having What It Takes
September 30, 1993
When the youngest member of a notorious crime family comes into the station to confess to a three-year-old murder, D.C.I. Meadows hopes he will be able to clear up a case from his time at AMIP.
9x117 - Play the Game
October 2, 1993
Chief Inspector Cato's bullish tactics put noses out of joint, after a pub brawl turns into a murder enquiry.
9x118 - Unlucky For Some
October 5, 1993
One of the employees at a bingo hall reveals that a robbery there was an inside job.
9x119 - Gift Of The Gab
October 7, 1993
D.S. Pearce and W.P.C. Croft investigate bogus callers who are stealing people's pension money.
9x120 - A Class Act
October 9, 1993
When a drugs raid fails to deliver, it is D.C. Carver's dislike of a customer that reaps unexpected results.
9x121 - Dangerous Trade
October 12, 1993
A tragic accident involving a teenage boy alerts W.P.C. Page and P.C. Quinnan to an illegal trade in imported alcohol.
9x122 - Cheating Heart
October 14, 1993
A man has persuaded two women to lend him money for a bar in Spain. The trouble starts when they find out about one another. Sgt. Boyden deals with the consequences.
9x123 - Somewhere To Hang My Hat
October 16, 1993
An old soldier is found at the bottom of a flight of stairs, but did he fall or was he pushed? D.C. Lines and W.D.S. Morgan have their suspicions.
9x124 - No Comment
October 19, 1993
An old man has been murdered in his flat. D.C.I. Meadows has two suspects in custody, but both claim the right to silence.
9x125 - Shrinkage
October 21, 1993
Sgt. Cryer convinces Ch. Supt. Brownlow of the virtues of an arrest referral scheme offering counselling to those arrested on drugs offences. W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Quinnan act to stop a gang of professional shoplifters.
9x126 - Street Legal
October 23, 1993
P.C. Loxton investigates an assault and uncovers a ring of car thieves. P.C. Hollis launches a one-man public relations drive.

9x26 - Keeping In Touch

9x27 - If It Isn't Hurting

9x28 - Keeping Out Of Trouble

9x29 - School Of Hard Knocks

9x30 - A Little Family Business

9x31 - Breaking The Chain

9x32 - The Fortress

9x33 - In Broad Daylight

9x34 - Credible Witness

9x35 - The Price Of Fame

9x36 - The Short Straw

9x37 - Missing

9x38 - Goods Received

9x39 - Double Enmity

9x40 - Hard Evidence

9x41 - High Hopes & Low Life

9x42 - On The Loose

9x43 - Out Of Court

9x44 - Bedfellows

9x45 - Cat & House

9x46 - Brothers

9x47 - Playing Away

9x48 - Coming To Terms

9x49 - Return To Sender

9x50 - Sticks & Stones

9x51 - Tangled Webs

9x52 - Recruiting Officer

9x53 - Give Em An Inch

9x54 - By Hook Or By Crook

9x55 - Home To Roost

9x56 - In Safe Hands

9x57 - Punch Drunk

9x58 - Fall Out

9x59 - Awaydays

9x60 - Pride & Joy

9x61 - Fast Food

9x62 - Soft Touch

9x63 - We Gave Him All Our Love

9x64 - Hearts & Minds

9x65 - Cry Baby

9x66 - A Willing Victim

9x67 - Rank Outsider

9x68 - Tender Mercies

9x69 - Double Take

9x70 - Mouth & Trousers

9x71 - Uses & Abuses

9x72 - Picking A Winner

9x73 - Broken

9x74 - Insider Dealing

9x75 - To Have & To Hold

9x76 - Honour Among Thieves

9x77 - Somebody To Love

9x78 - Morning Has Broken

9x79 - Swaps

9x80 - Trust

9x81 - Divided We Fall

9x82 - A Duty Of Care

9x83 - Family Values

9x84 - A Matter Of Life & Death

9x85 - Kith & Kin

9x86 - Part Of The Family

9x87 - Mighty Atoms

9x88 - A Malicious Prosecution

9x89 - Outbreak

9x90 - Unreliable Witness

9x91 - Sweet Charity

9x92 - David & Goliath

9x93 - What A Pair

9x94 - Desirable Property

9x95 - Blind Spot

9x96 - Carrying The Load

9x97 - Deadly Weapon

9x98 - All The Wrong Connections

9x99 - Give & Take

9x100 - Desperate Measures

9x101 - To Catch A Thief

9x102 - Natural Reaction

9x103 - Desperate Remedies

9x104 - Bright Lights

9x105 - Bare Faced Lies