List of awards and nominations received by The Bill

The Bill is a British police procedural television series that ran from 1984 to 2010. The show, whose name is derived from "old bill"—a British slang term for police officers—was unusual among police dramas in that it focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work. The series originated in 1983 as a one-off drama titled Woodentop (another British slang term for the police, derived from the helmets worn by British police officers), written by Geoff McQueen and produced by Thames Television.[1] ITV were sufficiently impressed with Woodentop that they commissioned a series, which started in 1984 under the title of The Bill. At the time of the series' end in August 2010, The Bill was the United Kingdom's longest-running police drama and was among the longest-running of any British television series, having run for almost 27 years.[2][3]

List of awards and nominations received by The Bill

Part of The Bill's opening sequence

Total number of wins and nominations
Totals 14 38
References

The Bill has earned various awards and nominations during its run, with the nominations in categories ranging from Best Drama to its camera and editing work to the cast's acting performance. It received nominations for eight awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, winning Best Video Cameraman in 1990 and Best Continuing Drama in 2009—an award for which it was unsuccessfully nominated in a further three years. In addition, The Bill enjoyed success at the Inside Soap Awards, where it won Best Drama six times, including four consecutive wins, as well as a nomination in 2010—losing to Waterloo Road.[4] Other awards include a Writers' Guild of Great Britain award for Best Soap/Continuing Drama Series in 2008, Best Serial Drama at the Digital Spy Soap Awards of the same year and a nomination for Most Popular Overseas Drama at the 2005 Logie Awards. The Bill has also received multiple nominations at the National Television Awards, where it won Most Popular Drama in 1996 and 2004, and six Royal Television Society award nominations, having won awards in 2006 and 2008.

Awards and nominations

British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards
Year Category Nominee Result
1990Best Video Cameraman[5]Roy Easton, Rolie Luker, Adrian J. FearnleyWon
Best VTR Editor[5]John Beech,Ray Ball, Laurie BunceNominated
1991Best Sound (Fiction)[6]Alan Lester, Paul GartrellNominated
1994Best Drama Series[7]Michael Chapman (Executive Producer)Nominated
2005Best Continuing Drama[8]The BillNominated
2008Best Continuing Drama[9]The BillNominated
2009Best Continuing Drama[10]The BillWon
2010Best Continuing Drama[11]The BillNominated

National Television Awards
Year Category Nominee Result
1996Most Popular Drama[12]The BillWon
1999Most Popular Drama[13]The BillNominated
2000Most Popular Drama[14]The BillNominated
Most Popular Newcomer[14]Clara Salaman as DS Claire StantonNominated
2001Most Popular Drama[15]The BillNominated
2002Most Popular Newcomer[16]Diane ParishNominated
2003Most Popular Drama[17]The BillNominated
Most Popular Newcomer[17]Daniel MacPherson as PC Cameron TaitNominated
2004Most Popular Drama[18]The BillWon
2005Most Popular Drama[19]The BillNominated
2007Most Popular Drama[20]The BillNominated
2008Most Popular DramaThe BillNominated
Outstanding Drama Performance[21]Alex Walkinshaw as Sergeant Dale "Smithy" SmithNominated
2010Most Popular Drama[22]The BillNominated

Royal Television Society Awards
Year Category Nominee Result
2004Best Lighting, Photography and Camera – Multicamera Work[23]Camera team (live episode)Nominated
2006Best Sound Drama (live episode)[24]Alison Davis, Donna Wiffen, Sylvie Boden, John OsborneWon
Best Lighting, Photography and Camera – Multicamera Work (live episode)[24]Sylvie Boden, Christopher Davies, Tony Keene, Donna WiffenNominated
2008Best Soap or Continuing Drama[25]The BillWon
2009Best Soap or Continuing Drama[26]The BillNominated
2010Best Soap or Continuing Drama[27]The BillNominated

Inside Soap Awards
Year Category Nominee Result
2002Best Drama[28]The BillWon
2004Best Drama[29]The BillWon
2006Best Drama[30]The BillWon
2007Best Drama[30][31]The BillWon
2008Best Drama[32][33]The BillWon
2009Best Drama[34]The BillWon
2010Best Drama[35]The BillNominated

Other
Year Award Category Nominee Result
2005Logie AwardMost Popular Overseas Drama[36]The BillNominated
2008Writers' Guild of Great Britain AwardBest Soap/Continuing Drama Series[37]The BillWon
Digital Spy Soap AwardsBest Serial Drama[38]The BillWon
2009Knights of IlluminationDrama LightingJohn O'Brien L.D. on The BillWon

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