The Bill (series 24)
The 24th series of The Bill, a British television drama, was the antepenultimate series of the programme.
| The Bill | |
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| Season 24 | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 88 |
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| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 2 January – 31 December 2008 |
| Series chronology | |
This series was the last to feature the killing of an officer, PC Emma Keane. It also contained the departure of two long-term characters, PC Reg Hollis and Inspector Gina Gold and it gave us the Witness storyline about the murder of Carly Samuels, which ran for 8 episodes.
On 2 April 2014, The Bill Series 24 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 24 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia).
Cast changes
Arrivals
- DC Stevie Moss (The Deadly Game-)
- CSE Eddie Olosunje (Deadly Cocktail-)
- DC Jacob Banks (R.I.P.P.I-)
- PC Leon Taylor (New Blood-)
- PC Millie Brown (New Blood-)
- PC Arun Ghir (New Blood-)
- PC Mel Ryder (Gun Runner: Trigger Happy-)
- Sgt Rachel Weston (Street Kid-)
Departures
- PC Diane Noble – transfers to county forces to spend time with her son
- PC Emma Keane – killed in bomb blast
- PC Reg Hollis – resigns after the death of Emma Keane
- Sgt Nikki Wright – resigns after not being able to balance work and family life
- Insp Gina Gold – resigns and retires after nearly losing several officers and the death of Emma Keane
Episodes
| # | Title | Episode Notes | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod # |
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| 1 | "The Deadly Game" | First appearance of DC Stevie Moss, Danny Webb and Marc Elliott guest stars | Paul Wroblewski | Gregory Evans | 2 January 2008 | 570 |
| New DC Stevie Moss joins Max and Terry in the investigation into a hit and run on a courier. The stolen car is found in possession of a joyrider and teenage girl, both of whom are cleared of the hit and run, although the girl inadvertently confesses to a plan to blackmail the owner, footballer Gem Archer. Archer's girlfriend alibis him, while her father and Archer's agent Ernie Rosen tries to distance him from the investigation. When she becomes prime suspect, Rosen confesses, but is he telling the truth? | ||||||
| 2 | "Shadow Stalker" | David Sibley guest stars. | Paul Wroblewski | Frank Rickarby | 3 January 2008 | 571 |
| Sally goes undercover at a pub when investigating two attempted sexual assaults on a student and barmaid, Mandy Glover. Sally takes a massive risk when she pursues a suspect in the IRV after having three drinks working behind the bar, leading to a reprimand from Stone. When Glover's therapist is arrested chasing her from the pub, he is cleared of the assault, but their work is not in vain as it is revealed he has a penchant for voyeurism involving his clients. Kezia discovers a recently released rapist she arrested in the past, Kevin Mallory, lives in the area. Her investigations leading her to Mallory's flatmate Ronnie Raines; he is arrested after being linked to the crime scene, but his suspicious behaviour is linked to a series of thefts. Kezia finds evidence linking Mallory to the assaults on Mandy, but she is attacked by him trying to arrest him. Can the team find her before it's too late? | ||||||
| 3–4 | "To Catch a Killer" | TBA | Karl Neilson | Julian Perkins | 9 & 10 January 2008 | 576 |
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Part One: CID jump into action when Nate and Beth witness an 11-year-old boy, Dean Clark, being abducted. Connections are made to two notorious abductors, Alistair Haig and Linda Johnson, but Haig is dead and Johnson is in prison. Manson visits Johnson with Turner, but she isn't interested. She calls Manson and requests to see him alone, and tells him about her boyfriend, Mike Wilson. She explains they split, and he would prove he loved her. Wilson's flat is raided, and he appears to be obsessed with the case. He confesses to murdering Dean when arrested, but the biggest twist is yet to come when Dean calls his mum. Part Two: The media go crazy when Linda Johnson's role in the hunt for Dean Clark is exposed, and the public are outraged when she is taken out of the prison to assist. A ransom note is delivered and Johnson is asked to do the drop, but the brother of one of her victims attacks her and later confesses to staging it for revenge. Whilst in hospital, a clue leads to Johnson to a boy who would've been victim number four. Almost 20 years after his abduction, could a victim have become a kidnapper himself? | ||||||
| 5–12 | "Witness" | Ace Bhatti guest stars. | 1 & 2 – Tim Leandro, 3 & 4 – Ben Morris, 5 & 6 – David Holroyd, 7 & 8 – Steve Kelly | 1 – Tom Needham, 2 & 8 – Maxwell Young, 3 & 4 – Chris Murray, 5 – Julia Wall, 6 – Emma Goodwin, 7 – Jonathan Rich | 16 & 17, 23 & 24, 30 & 31 January and 6 & 7 February 2008 | 558 |
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Part One- Innocent Blood: Smithy reconnects with troubled mum Carly Samuels when she reports the stabbing of a local teenager, Tito Morientes. When she gives false info on Tito's attacker, Smithy discovers her boyfriend Marlon Reed is behind the attack, and he tries to convince her to help. CID stumble across an illegal renting racket run by one of the suspects in Tito's assault, while Nate and Sally investigate a young boy who sets fires to relieve the stress of looking after his sick grandmother. Part Two- Wall of Silence: A shock shooting sees Carly Samuels gunned down on the Jasmine Allen Estate, and she tragically dies of her injuries upon arrival to hospital. Smithy is assigned as family liaison officer to Carly's distraught mother Leanne, but it all goes wrong when a false claim Carly was a prostitute leads CID down a blind alley. Smithy offends Leanne asking her if the rumors were true, leading her to throw him out of their house. Carly's ex Dwayne Fox reveals Marlon Reed is a drug producer, but Grace finds herself in the middle of a shootout as she tracks a vengeful Reed holding prime suspect Tito Morientes hostage. Part Three- Breaking Point: Leanne continues to refuse Smithy's help as her FLO when she is found trying to confront Tito at his flat. She does tells him that her psychic friend, Dawn Stanley, claims Tito was seen entering the drive-by vehicle just before the shooting. Reg discovers the psychic was somebody Tony met after the death of his father, but Tony's reaction leaves her refusing to help. As Reg and Beth track down her boyfriend, an associate of Tito, Tony apologizes to Dawn in an attempt to get her to open up. She reveals the location of one of the gun's, but with her boyfriend's refusal to make a statement and CCTV inconclusive, Leanne is found at home with her wrists slit. Part Four- Deadly Secret: The day of Carly Samuels' funeral unfolds in chaos as Tito Morientes is arrested after firing a gun during a brawl at the procession. A dramatic revelation leads to an unlikely suspect, while a crucial witness comes forward naming Tito as one of the gunmen. Elsewhere, a series of robberies occur during the funeral, including Carly's. In addition to the hunt for the suspect, the Sun Hill team are left to contend with a group of vigilantes tracking the burglar. Manson takes leave to visit his son in Spain. Part Five- Protection: Meadows launches the raid on Dwayne Fox's home, and Nixon coordinates one at Tito Morientes'. Tito is arrested, but Dwayne isn't home. Dwayne's mother Beverley breaks his alibi, but his boss kidnaps baby Brooke to increase the pressure on the team. Alisha's phone signal puts her at the scene of the murder, so she gives another statement revealing there was a third man in the car, turning the case on its head. Part Six- Hit & Run: Alisha Daniels is left fighting for her life when she is hit by a speeding car after being taken home from the station. A chase ensues but the car escapes down railway lines before being found on fire. With the fire quickly extinguished, there is hope for the investigators. The car leads to two investigations as Nate and Emma try to track down a teenager who fooled the owner in order to car-jack him. When the boy's older brother leaves mid-interview, Alisha identifies him as the driver of the drive-by car. Refusing to give a statement, Grace and Smithy discover Alisha's dad Oscar knows where he is. As part of the forensic check of the car, bullets are found in a hidden compartment of the boot, so Max tracks the owner in order to bust him selling them on. Part Seven- Truth & Lies: When the trial for Carly Samuels' murder kicks off, Grace is surprised to find out that the defence barrister is her ex-boyfriend Sunil Davdra. Key witness Joel Pearce folds after being threatened inside prison, causing Smithy to beg of Alisha Daniels to change her mind and come forward. Elsewhere, Jo and Stevie investigate an assault on a pregnant woman, discovering it was ordered by her street thug boyfriend Raheem Woods. After smashing his face against a cell wall, Woods accuses Nate of assault and is released. The cases cross paths when Raheem riles up the estate as Smithy, Alisha and Oscar leave for court, with all three left in danger. Part Eight- The Final Act: Tony and Emma race into action after finding Smithy's IRV on its side following the assault by another vehicle. Back on the estate, a full blown riot breaks out orchestrated by Raheem Woods and other members of the Creekside Boys. Nate finds himself attacked and abducted by the street thugs, leading to a daring rescue to shut the riot down. Late evidence changes the entire context of the case, but with the trial following apart, can they get it all confirmed in time? | ||||||
| 13 | "Driven to Kill" | Ralph Ineson and Zig Byfield guest star. | Matthew Whiteman | Emma Goodwin | 13 February 2008 | 557 |
| Wright's instinct leads her to an abduction of two young boys by their father. Tracking him down to a local dockyard, Wright puts herself in danger by putting herself in his car to stop him driving into the river. Elsewhere, Stone and Stamp try to track down a group of youths repeatedly prank calling the station. When a potential suspect is revealed as a boy with Asperger syndrome who has been filming the boys after being bullied by them. Tracking them down, Stone decides to fight fire with fire to catch them out. | ||||||
| 14–15 | "Family Loyalty" | Rob Spendlove and Paul Copley guest star. | Anthony Quinn | Patrick Homes | 14 & 21 February 2008 | 572 |
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Part One- Pay Back: An SUV owned by known criminal Dylan Morrison is involved in a chase and crash, but the driver is a young by called Liam Harvey. He claims his father was threatened by Morrison, and the claim may be justified when his father is found in a crash with puncture wounds in his back. When Morrison is attacked and found with the word scum tattooed in his head, Gayle begins looking into the Liam's mother, believing that she is the victim of domestic abuse. CID investigate Morrison's assault, linking it to a blackmail scam. Part Two- Cover Up: Ben finds Liam Harvey, at the bottom of the stairs in his home, and he believes the boy's father is responsible. Connections are made when a homeless man is hit over the head with a bag of coke, that Liam's father may have stolen. Ben assaults him when he confesses to pushing Liam down the stairs, but with Liam refusing to name his father, Gayle finds his career at risk. | ||||||
| 16 | "The Hit" | TBA | Robert Del Maestro | Sally Tatchell | 27 February 2008 | 574 |
| Uniform attend a hit and run. The victim leaves the scene, not the driver, but he is found close-by. Doctors believe a mass of blood is not his, and a friend is found nearby with a bullet wound. It appears he stole a briefcase involved in an assassination, and SO19 join CID for a sting. As they stake out the pub owned by the victim, Sally finds the assassin's car St. Hugh's... | ||||||
| 17 | "Spilt Blood" | TBA | Robert Maestro | Tom Higgins | 28 February 2008 | 575 |
| On a Friday night patrol, Callum and Sally re-encounter Mandy Glover, the victim of harassment and an attempted rape a few weeks earlier. She claims her sister, Kate, is in a nightclub, but the bouncer won't let Mandy in. Kate is reported missing, and she is found out the back of the club. It appears she was raped, and while Mandy tries to convince her to testify, Kate blocks it out. Stevie, Terry and Max work with a prisoner on leave, to arrest a drug dealer. Unfortunately, he spins them a line and escapes during the raid. One person can identify his hiding location, and the dealer protecting him; Stone's rape suspect, Ian Andain. With no statement of accusation, and one made as a witness, Andain is cleared. With Fletcher, Gayle and Armstrong desperate for justice, Stone goes about finding it his own way. | ||||||
| 18 | "Deadly Cocktail" | First appearance of CSE Eddie Olosunje | Richard Signy | Alan Pollock | 5 March 2008 | 578 |
| Beth and Roger find a body on patrol. The victim, Michael Drummond, is a disgraced doctor under fire from the General Medical Council. He appears to be involved in a death on duty, and is under fire from friends and family of the victim. One of the suspects, Dave Batchelor lost his girlfriend at a party Drummond was at in the 90s. Beth tries to get through to Dave, with no avail. Events escalate when a friend of Drummond's is found, with Dave holding a needle to his neck. | ||||||
| 19 | "Heat on the Beat" | Final appearance of PC Reg Hollis | Richard Signy | Si Spencer | 12 March 2008 | 580 |
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Beth and Emma come on shift with hangovers. Their day starts badly when they turn up late to a briefing with the Super, covering uniform for investigations while CID work a fraud case. It only gets worse when Heaton volunteers to join the duo on patrol. Gold and Wright go to Canley Market, mainly so Gold can keep an eye on Heaton! Nate and Roger stumble upon an electronics van, abandoned with driver tied up in the back. Heaton freaks out a female drug dealer when he arrests her, due to a history of abuse. Green, Keane and Heaton find a young boy working his mother's stall, and two robots stolen from the van are found. The drug dealer, Rachel Compton, has her flat turned over, and her brother Matty is found assaulted, surrounded by several damaged robots. Green and Heaton find heroin in the back of one of the two they seized. Rachel's boyfriend, James Maguire, is suspect number one, and he is being hunted down by Jaz Desai, the van's owner, wanting his drugs, and he's holding Rachel hostage. Jeff Stewart slit his wrists on set after being axed from the show following 24 years, and therefore couldn't appear in his final episode. This is his last on screen appearance.[1] | ||||||
| 20 | "Corrupted" | Kelly George guest stars. | Nigel Douglas | Patrick Homes | 13 March 2008 | 581 |
| During a brawl at a nightclub, Sally encounters a police officer from another nick, PC Andrew Tipping. He hands her drugs he bought undercover, and asks her to hide them. Stone finds out, after he tells Jo there were no drugs recovered. When Tipping threatens to expose Sally's role, Stone has to find another way to bust him. Jo looks into an OD, and has to help a father determined to hunt down the dealer he claims is responsible. | ||||||
| 21 | "Break In" | TBA | Nigel Douglas | Will Shindler | 19 March 2008 | 582 |
| Smithy answers a call about a pensioner who has been attacked during a burglary, so Stevie and Mickey set up a sting operation involving one of her neighbours, that reveals a well-established outfit selling stolen goods on the internet. When two hoods previously seen arguing with the victim are eliminated from the inquiry, the officers are left with some unlikely suspects, reminding them how deceptive appearances can be. The team later decide to set up a sting operation to trap the thief red-handed. Elsewhere, Nate helps a tearaway to go home to his mother and escape his father. | ||||||
| 22 | "Beth Undercover" | TBA | Roberto Bangura | Steve Bailie | 20 March 2008 | 583 |
| A prisoner, Katie Taylor, asks to see Beth whilst in custody. Katie claims she needs to get seized drugs back to her boss. Beth goes undercover, but Max threatens to take Katie's son away if Beth is harmed. Beth falls for Lenny Jones, a DJ working for Earl Clarke, Katie's boss. Katie goes missing and is found assaulted. Beth gets continually aggravated with Max's attitude towards her, but helps him identify a gun she was threatened with by Clarke. Clarke's suspicions about Beth go on and he tries to ambush her, so Meadows leads a squad to bust him. | ||||||
| 23–24 | "Closing The Net" | Final appearance of PC Diane Noble, John Bowe and David Schofield guest star. | Paul Wroblewski | Chris Ould | 26 & 27 March 2008 | 584 |
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Part One: Emma and Roger respond to a disturbance and find a teenager with her wrists slit. It appears she is being groomed as part of an online paedophile network. When her friend goes missing, CID launch a manhunt, with Terry looking through offenders. Grace is seconded to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection group to work with Detective Superintendent Tom Faraday, and tries to open up professional yet compassionate Detective Inspector Phil Ashley. Just when it seems they've busted the ring, a post by a user named "Domino Man", promises a live feed showing the abuse of an 8-year-old boy in 24 hours. Part Two: CID and CEOPs go all out to stop the live feed abuse of an 8-year-old boy. With Det. Supt. Faraday working with Heaton and CID at Sun Hill, Grace and DI Ashley look through the image of the victim for information of his whereabouts. Diane becomes FLO to the mother, when the boy's drug addict brother is revealed to have given a photo to the paedophile network. With the case hitting close to home, Diane requests a leave of absence to spend time with her son. | ||||||
| 25–26 | "Blood Rush" | TBA | Matt Bloom | Andrew Taft | 2 & 3 April 2008 | 586 |
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Part One: Ben and Tony discover the body of drug addict Abbey Ferguson in a derelict building, whilst searching for a distressed young girl, and the trail of evidence leads back to her pimp Danny Peters. A prostitute claims she saw the violent client dragged Abbey's body downstairs. When this turns out to be false, she is arrested and has to give up Danny. When it conspires he killed Abbey for not sleeping with the violent punter, he injected her with a large dose of heroin. As Stevie and Stuart confront him, he arms himself with a needle. Part Two: After stabbing Stuart with a needle, Peters is arrested by uniform. He claims he used a dirty needle, and Stuart finds himself waiting three months to discover whether or not he has HIV. Ever the professional, he shows up at work, and is horrified to discover Peters is offering info for a reduced sentence. Stevie goes undercover to catch the dealer, but it goes pear-shaped. Stuart gets too involved, but Stevie, instead of being annoyed, tries to prove the needle used was clean. | ||||||
| 27–28 | "Sins of the Father" | Edward and Tim Woodward guest star. | Anthony Quinn | Chris Murray | 9 & 10 April 2008 | 594 |
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Part One: Smithy attends the scene of an assault on an elderly man. He turns out to be Johnnie Jackson, an ex-East End gangster and bank robber. When Smithy and Max visit Johnnie, he is visited be his grandson, Jacko, and Johnnie claims he is dealing for Bosnian drugs warlord Andreas Audra. The team are perplexed why a gangster would 'grass' on his own family, but Johnnie points the team in the direction of a nightclub owned by Jacko and his love child Roger Hutton. As Jacko is implicated in a smuggling op, Johnnie hopes they can bring down Roger. Events take a sinister twist when Jacko is found dead in Johnnie's house. Part Two: The list of suspects for Jacko Jackson's murder is long; grandfather Johnnie, who went missing, is found at the grave of his son Ray covered in blood. He is quickly arrested but released. Jacko's uncle Roger is prime suspect, but he was in custody. His girlfriend, Anya Herdlitska, is arrested due to the fact that Jacko surrendered her to immigration. Then Andreas Audra, is arrested, but he was out of the country. Marty Baxter, who assaulted Johnnie the day before, is a major suspect, but why kill his best friend? | ||||||
| 29 | "Going Under" | Tracy Brabin guest stars | Roberto Bangura | Doug Milburn | 16 April 2008 | 579 |
| When Nate tackles a robber to recover a shotgun, Stuart looks into a spate of violent burglaries, including one where a shopkeeper was shot dead. To catch the suspect, Meadows goes undercover with the ringleader to 'buy' stolen antiques. He clashes with Nixon over his control on the case, but is impressed with her work. When surveillance lose him, he takes a major risk by confessing his undercover status. | ||||||
| 30 | "Overkill" | TBA | Olivia Lichtenstein | Clive Dawson | 17 April 2008 | 588 |
| Emma and Sally attend a burglary. The victim, claims he hit the suspect with a hammer, but five blows mean that the victim may become the person charged. Sally is hugely disappointed that the victim is the suspect, and she goes to Stone with Emma, for an 'alternate' result. Stone is furious Sally brought in Emma, due to her father being a DCI with the DPS. Despite this, Emma tries to get in with Stone's gang. | ||||||
| 31–32 | "Private Investigation" | First appearance of DC Jacob Banks | 1 – Olivia Lichtenstein, 2 – Simon Massey | 1 – Richard Ommanney, 2 – Clive Dawson | 23 & 24 April 2008 | 589 |
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R.I.P. P.I: DC Jacob Banks joins the Sun Hill watch in time to help a hung-over Mickey investigate the murder of a private detective. It appears he was looking into the disappearance of a woman, Geraldine Lawson. When a witness is tipped off, her family suspect she is dead. A complicated case brings up a suspect, but he proves elusive for the CID team. Emma is disappointed when Stone refuses to put through an application for her to go undercover on the case. City Slickers: Sally goes undercover at a trading centre to investigate the involvement of a group of businessmen in the disappearance of Geraldine Lawson. Emma is frustrated that Stone keeps her on routine work, but she hints to go Meadows she'd like to join Sally undercover for drinks with the traders, which annoys Stone. Emma takes a risk and ends up being attacked by one of the suspects. Can the team rescue her in time? | ||||||
| 33–35 | "Frontline" | Final appearance of PC Emma Keane, Liz May Brice and Mark Moraghan guest stars | 1 – Simon Massey, 2 & 3 – Karl Neilson | 1 & 2 – Sarah-Louise Hawkins, 3 – Tom Needham | 1, 8 & 15 May 2008 | 591 |
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Part One- Shockwave: Armstrong and Keane are first on scene when two explosions destroy a nightclub and photocopy shop. With multiple injuries and fatalities, Stone & Fletcher quickly respond to assist. Gold arranges backup from the station, under the eye of Meadows & Heaton. Emma is injured chasing a passer-by who gropes a victim, claiming to be a doctor. A general sense of shock around the relief is affecting the job, but they band together to help the wounded. When Stone wants to deal with the phony doctor in his own way, Emma accuses him of being bent and storms off. She finds a building on fire, and during the response, a suspect package is found. An explosion is heard and Emma fails to respond to calls on the radio... Part Two- Aftershock: The relief remain in a state of shock after Emma's death the day before. In uniform, Stone expresses his guilt to Gold before later unleashing his fury on Smithy. In CID, SO15 DI Karen Lacy comes in to head up the investigation. The first two bombings are linked to a porn racket, while Webb discovers the third bombing was targeting a racist businessman. An emotional Armstrong opens up to Stone over the loss of her best friend Keane, leading her to try and attack a suspect. When a bomb is found in his neighbour's back garden, Kezia finds herself standing on a pressure pad that arms a bomb. Grace makes a breakthrough that could be imperative to the case. Part Three- End Game: Another bombing occurs during a routine call for uniform, detonating in front of Armstrong. Luckily, the flour bomb does not harm her and was used to leave a clue for SO15 and CID. Grace's theory about the bombings being related to the "Four Evils of the Internet"; pornography, racial hatred, identity theft and peadophilia when a memory stick found at the flour bomb site claims a peadophile will be blown up in four hours. Stone returns to work after his attack on Smithy and tries to catch Emma's killer, bypassing her funeral to catch the bomber in the act. When the victim's wife is found with a bomb in her car, Meadows & Dasari try to stop the suspect detonating it before Stone can rescue a baby from the car. | ||||||
| 36 | "Lucky Lucky Lucky" | TBA | David Innes Edwards | Chris Dunn | 22 May 2008 | 597 |
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Neil returns to Sun Hill after visiting his son in Spain. He pairs with Moss and investigates an assault and disappearance involving a wedding groom. Manson finds himself being flirted with by a gay club owner, and arrests a Kylie Minogue impersonator, not without Stevie grabbing a photo! The recently arrived DC bonds with her new boss when she realizes he had an indifferent visit with his son, with Manson overhearing that Turner bet Moss £20 that she could find something personal out about him. Morale in uniform takes another downturn when Reg sends in his resignation following Emma's death. Gold stresses the importance of recruiting new uniformed officers to Heaton. Reg Hollis' exit from the show was confirmed in this episode. Actor Jeff Stewart failed to film his final scenes after slashing his wrists on set. | ||||||
| 37 | "Running Scared" | Peter-Hugo Daly guest stars | David Innes Edwards | Emma Goodwin | 29 May 2008 | 596 |
| Nikki and Roger find a teenage boy, Alfie Eagen, assaulted on his way to school. Nikki is attached to the boy, and is horrified when drugs are found in his room following a burglary at his home. His father Carl, just released from prison, is bringing trouble and the drugs are believed to be his. Along with debts with a loan shark, Jason Dawes, he has also been in dealing wars with local skinhead Lucas Walsh, suspect number one for Alfie's assault. When Dawes gives CID Carl's address, he is found dead in a bathtub full of compost. Walsh is arrested and confesses to the assault and burglary, but denies killing Carl. Jo finds a homeless informant she used to know, Sammo Taylor, and he helps in the inquiry, on condition they retrieve his missing ferret. Alfie runs away and is arrested for dealing, but he also denies killing his father. With Walsh, Dawes and Alfie ruled out, CID ponder, who was the killer? | ||||||
| 38 | "Cowboy Country" | Christopher Rozycki and Carl Rigg guest star | Richard Signy | Frank Rickarby | 4 June 2008 | 598 |
| Whilst driving to work, Terry and Max find themselves stuck in traffic due to roadworks. At a set of temporary lights, screams are heard. While investigating, two men are seen stealing a Mercedes, and the owner is stabbed to death. Nixon arrives, but lets Max lead. The suspects are Polish, so Max reaches out to the community. Despite lying, which offends Terry, Pavel Rudzinski, a priest, identifies the suspects as brothers, Stefan & Feliks Adamski. Max's loyalty to Rudzinski compromises the evidence, and he fights with Terry in the station, before being separated by a furious Nixon. Stefan's girlfriend Halina Lesnik, agrees to meet him so he can be arrested, but Feliks intervenes and he is abducted. When he is assaulted, he is found at Father Rudzinski's and agrees to give info on his brother. | ||||||
| 39–40 | "We Are Family" | Joe Absolom and Sharon Duce guest star | Nigel Douglas | Tom Higgins | 5 & 11 June 2008 | 604 |
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Part One: Upon return to Sun Hill after going on the Undercover Training course, Beth teams up with Sally. The pair find a man, Alan Marlowe, beaten up in an alleyway of a known red light district. CCTV shows him arguing with his stepdaughter, Lucy Burton. Burton is remanded in custody, but is quickly bailed. When her mother confesses to the assault, Burton intervenes and admits she assaulted her stepfather. She explains to Beth that Marlowe attacked Lucy's mother for every time she tried to contact her, but her mother won't make a statement. Sally tells Beth she thinks she got too involved with Lucy. Part Two: Lucy Burton is found dead under an overpass. The first question for CID is accident, suicide or murder. Eddie's finding prove she was dead before she went over the bridge. There are two main suspects, Mark Lawrence, her polygamist boyfriend, and it becomes obvious he's covering something up when he goes missing and his car is found torched. The other suspect, her stepfather Alan Marlowe, whose history of domestic violence to her mother was revealed by Lucy the day before. When Mark is just found to just be obsessed with his girlfriends, girls on the run with nothing and Marlowe is alibied, the team hit a brick wall in the investigation, so Beth visits the girls again. | ||||||
| 41 | "New Blood" | First appearances of PC Millie Brown, PC Leon Taylor and PC Arun Ghir, Ray Trickett guest stars | Richard Standeven | Patrick Homes | 12 June 2008 | 660 |
| Probationers Millie Brown and Arun Ghir join Sun Hill, with transfer Leon Taylor. Leon and Roger are paired together, while Arun teams up with Nate. Jo interviews a man called Malcolm Myers, who thinks he has people in his home. Jo thinks he's crazy, but when Leon finds a tunnel in the basement of Towne's squat, they discover the path was used by notorious armed robber Colin Dempsey. Dempsey is further implicated by a man arrested for robbing a hardware store, and he identifies he was hired by Dempsey to steal an oxy-hydro cutter. | ||||||
| 42 | "Landfill Killer" | TBA | Richard Standeven | Chris Murray | 25 June 2008 | 661 |
| Brown and Ghir find a body in a landfill. Manson leads the investigation into the death. It appears the victim, Adele Jones, had a sordid love history. With a boyfriend, an ex and even her brother implicated, CID find themselves with too many suspects to get a clear picture. Adele had an argument with another man before her death, and he is suspect number one. He is cleared, meaning there may be a different motive for the killing all together. | ||||||
| 43–47 | "Gun Runner" | First appearance of WPC Mel Ryder, Martin Reeve, Andreas Wisniewski and Rupert Hill guest star. | 1- Richard Signy, 2 & 3 – Indra Bhose, 4 & 5 – Tim Leandro | 1 – Gregory Evans, 2 – Sally Tatchell, 3 – Patrick Homes, 4 & 5 – Steve Trafford | 2, 3, 9, 10 & 16 July 2008 | 599 |
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Part One- Trigger Happy: Bansky, Roger and Ben are first on scene when a young boy, Emile Grover, is found with a loaded gun. Banksy talks him down, and it is identified as an army-issued Browning high power pistol. Emile identifies the man who gave him the gun as Andrew Tyrell. Captain Charlie Shaw of the army identifies the owner of the gun as Corporal William 'Billy' Figgis. Conveniently, Figgis already dealt with Smithy and new PC Mel Ryder, but after holding them hostage with a replica handgun, he goes missing. Billy's wife, whom he'd been harassing, reports their son Josh missing. Billy is arrested on suspicion of abduction, but he reveals Tyrell is holding Josh so he can get more weapons. Sun Hill up the ante when Henry Grover reports Emile missing, and he was last seen with Josh Figgis. Part Two- Undercover: Suspected gun runner Andrew Tyrell mentions supplier Billy Figgis has been working with Kieran Wallace, a thug converting firearms for an as yet unknown kingpin. With nerve damage from the stabbing by Tyrell, Figgis agrees to introduce Smithy to Wallace. Smithy gets an in, and prepares to go deep undercover with Stevie acting as his girlfriend as a way of contact. Meanwhile, after Nate arrests a woman involved in a hit and run, Bansky discovers she was sexually assaulted in her home. The main suspect is a disgruntled ex-boyfriend, but after he is implicated with an alibi, it leaves them asking, who'd agree to rape someone for a friend? Part Three- Kick Off: Derby day. The Sun Hill relief find themselves on security for the Millwall vs Leyton Orient game. With Smithy attending alongside Kieran Wallace, uniform find another issue; a stolen case of volatile fireworks being set off by kids. With rival intelligence claiming the Orient fans would welcome the home fans with a bang, uniform have to go all out to find the rest. Smithy loses his cool with one of the gang, which impresses ringleader Darren Cutler. Gina goes into meltdown when Mel is nearly killed when a vehicle full of fireworks explode, but she carries on when she & Will have to take a woman in labour to hospital in the transport van. Part Four- Spray and Pray: Smithy finds himself holding a gun that Wallace claims was used in a shooting. Stevie recovers the gun, but Smithy spends the entire day concerned his cover is blown. Max suggests setting up Wallace to plant the gun, and when Wallace is arrested, Smithy finds himself looking down the barrel of Cutler's gun. He is introduced to Bob Gatting, the boss of the SE1 gang, organising security and cash for the deal. Cutler meets the supplier under surveillance at his workshop. CID use the gun to investigate the murder of an ex-con. Part Five- Firefight: After being bailed, Wallace confronts Smithy but is beaten up by Gatting's thugs. Cutler threatens to pull the deal, furious with the assault on his nephew, but Smithy gets it back on course. After meeting supplier Dimitri with Gatting & Cutler, Smithy tests out one of the Mac 10s Cutler's importing. As the deal is set up, Wallace shows up at the workshop and goes on the run with a Mac 10. After blaming the assault on Cutler, Smithy goes in pursuit of the vengeful thug, who is heading for a pub where Cutler is. | ||||||
| 48 | "Jack of Hearts" | Alex Beckett guest stars | Robert Knights | Andrew Alty | 17 July 2008 | 606 |
| Meadows' godson calls to collect his father after a poker game and is knocked down in a hit-and-run incident outside the DCI's home. Meadows assumes he was the target, and clashes with Banksy and Mickey, who suspect that one of the DCI's friends may have been the intended target. Meadows is shocked to discover how little he knows his oldest friends when one of is implicated in criminal activity. | ||||||
| 49 | "Body of Evidence" | Robin Soans and Paul Panting guest star | Robert Knights | Andrew Rattenbury | 23 July 2008 | 607 |
| Uniform attend a suspicious house fire. Mickey and Banksy investigate, as Mickey knows the owner, as an informant. The prime suspect is the victim's landlord, who worked with the victim in the past. During forensic searches, Eddie finds human remains in the basement. The landlord's solicitor is Naomi Woods; with an attraction from Mickey, he is let down when Banksy reveals she is his wife. The victim is identified as a contractor who went missing in the 1970s. The big question is; who did it? | ||||||
| 50 | "Lifesaver" | TBA | Robert Del Maestro | Nicholas McInerny | 24 July 2008 | 608 |
| Ben and Sally attend an RTA. A teenage girl, Caitlin Haris, has been run over and the driver, Ryan Davison, is found with alcohol in his system. Kim Yates, on the scene when Caitlin was hit, is revealed to not be her mother, when a phone photo identifies Caitlin's mother as someone else. When Caitlin's grandmother, Lorna Wickham, is found unconscious, it appears Kim's birth name is also Wickham and she is Caitlin's birth mother. Caitlin goes missing, but her boyfriend helps Tony and Ben track her down. When Kim is bailed, she is found by the Thames, and after Sally attempts to get her out of the car, she goes full speed ahead into the river. Sally and Stone, much to the dismay of Gold, risk their lives by going in to rescue Kim. | ||||||
| 51 | "Teacher's Pet" | TBA | Robert Maestro | Sally Tatchell | 30 July 2008 | 609 |
| Uniform attend a burglary. The victim, a schoolteacher, is assaulted. It is believed two students are involved, but they are cleared. Arun and Millie look for his car, and speak to another man, who is looking for his Jaguar, and they uncover a car theft ring. With the help of Tony and a trap at a car wash, they bag themselves a major collar. Meanwhile, the assault victim is implicated in the disappearance of a teenager girl. | ||||||
| 52 | "Seize the Day" | Final appearance of Sergeant Nikki Wright, Martin Jarvis guest stars | Anthony Quinn | Steve Bailie | 31 July 2008 | 611 |
| Whilst on patrol on the Antrim Green Estate, Nikki and Will encounter businessman Lesley Downey, impaled by a scaffold pole. Will informs CID, and Manson notices he has a knack for investigatory work. The passenger, local youth Anthony Watt, is interviewed, but his brother Damon is trying to keep him quiet. Nikki sits with Lesley, and they discuss their families as Lesley dies. He tells Nikki he lost his boyfriend to cancer ten years earlier, talking about restrictions around marriage and adoption for them. He tells Nikki he fears dying alone, and asks to see his brother and Anthony, to make peace before he dies. An emotionally distraught Nikki hands in her resignation. | ||||||
| 53 | "Street Kid" | First appearance of Sergeant Rachel Weston | Anthony Quinn | Simon Spencer | 6 August 2008 | 610 |
| New Sergeant Rachel Weston arrives at Sun Hill and begins by investigating a break-in at a jewellery shop with Kezia and Mickey. After a pursuit, the robbers abandon their bike by lighting it on fire, but are involved in an RTA with a car. The van involved, has a history of crime after being stolen five years earlier, and it is believed it was used it as a rental for criminals. When the boy involved in the crash is found with stolen jewellery, Mel discovers he was in the van as he is not the car driver's son. The case is turned on its head, when it appears she is the sister of the shop owner, and she was in the hold up, not the van drivers. The van occupants claim they are looking after the boy, when he ran away from his abusive father. When he goes missing, it appears his father isn't just holding his son. | ||||||
| 54–55 | "Personal Grudge" | PC Will Fletcher begins attachment with CID | 1 & 2 – Diana Patrick | 1 – P.G. Morgan, 2 – Stuart Morris | 7 & 14 August 2008 | 612 |
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Part One- Blind Alley: A young woman, Paula Merrick, is found unconscious in an alleyway. During a chase from Nate, the suspect drops a stun gun. Signs suggest she was raped. Nixon runs the investigation. Will joins CID on attachment from uniform, and is paired with Terry. He looks for a supplier of the stun guns, and ends up with a foot in the stomach during an arrest. Nixon's suspect is male stripper Tom Norris, but forensics aren't strong enough to charge him with rape, as he claims he had sex with Paula. Part Two- Getting Personal: After a chase with a car, Millie and Nate discover the body of a female in the trunk. She is an Australian tourist visiting her boyfriend. When CCTV of her at a club appears, she is seen talking to rape suspect Tom Norris. Nixon wastes no time in arresting Norris on suspicion of murder. Millie looks for the elusive driver, but she convinces her that she can be a witness if the theft charges are dropped. | ||||||
| 56–57 | "Game Plan" | Shaun Williamson and Liz May Brice guest star | Richard Signy | Julian Perkins | 19 & 20 August 2008 | 614 |
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Part One: Whilst on operation at the docks to arrest thieves, Meadows is stopped by Karen Lacy, now an Intelligence Officer with the Serious and Organized Crime Agency. She convinces Meadows his theft operation based around dock boss Dave Monks is small fry; she has him under surveillance for 60 kilos of cocaine bound for the docks. Max, working undercover, has to warn one of the thieves, Dave's son Pete. Accomplice Tom Harris agrees to give Meadows and Lacy evidence after he is arrested. For his help, Dave Monks agrees to give Max more work. Beth goes undercover in the Monk's club with Dave's daughter Chloe, but Meadows & Lacy spot Dave telling Pete to kill Chloe's boyfriend and business partner Asif Perreira. Pete bottles it and Asif goes into protection. Beth blows her cover with Chloe to gain trust, and takes her to Asif. Max tips off Meadows about a bust, but Dave set it up as a decoy run. Meanwhile, Stuart gets a clean bill of health after being stabbed with a hypodermic needle a few months earlier. Part Two: As Pete Monks stews in custody, and Tom Harris lies in St. Hugh's, Lacy, Meadows and Carter weigh up their options. Max suggests alienating Dave from his children. Anthony, who appeared to be Tom's boyfriend, was likely to know that his father ordered the beating on Harris. As expected, he tells his father he loves Tom and tells him he can do the deal alone. Chloe calls Dave, explaining Pete bottled it and Asif is alive, before telling him she is carrying Asif's child and is moving away from London. Dave confronts Pete, and tells him he is finished with him. With just Max left to trust, Dave decides to go get the coke once Max hints at the wire in Dave's office. As Max and Dave go for the coke, Beth calls Meadows to say an angry Pete is looking for Max, and he's armed with a handgun. | ||||||
| 58–59 | "Unnecessary Heroics" | Victoria Alcock guest stars | 1 & 2 – Reza Moradi | 1 – Chris Smyth, 2 – Chris Murray | 21 & 26 August 2008 | 616 |
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Part One- Demolition Girl: Whilst on cordon duty for a high rise demolition, Sally is approached by a woman, Sian McGuire, who claims her son is in the block. When it appears Sian was lying, after the search, she reveals her diary is inside detailing a rape at the hands of her uncle, Graham Boyce, when she was a child. Gold agrees to arrange a delay to the demolition, on the condition Sian makes a statement against Boyce. When the diary isn't found, the demolition goes ahead. As alarms ring, signalling the warning, Sian runs at the block, chased by Sally. As the building collapses, the pair are nearly crushed to death. Sian, with the help of Stevie, Jo and Sally, arranges a meeting with her aunt, Yvonne. However, the team are left with no choice but to arrest Boyce. Sian's diary is recovered from his shed, and he confesses. As Sally gets reprimanded by Gold for interfering with the interview, she goes to get drunk with Ben. After a drunken encounter, she drives off and hits another car. Meanwhile, Leon and Stone look for a missing pedigree dog. Part Two- Over the Limit: Sally awakens at the wheel of her car, after a head-on collision. Ben takes her out, disposes of her keys and gives paramedics a false name. Ben calls Stone and Sally hides out at his place, while Stone checks the investigation. The passenger of the other car, a 15-year-old girl, is found next to the car, possessing coke. The owner's son confesses to illegally driving the car, but CID think he's covering for his sick father, after he has an angina attack. When questions about Sally persist, Stone suggests she goes into the station. | ||||||
| 60–61 | "The Fall" | TBA | Olivia Lichtenstein | Tom Needham | 28 August & 3 September 2008 | 618 |
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Part One- Before: Rachel and Roger attend a serious assault. A drug dealer has been brutally assaulted and has broken his jaw in a hammer attack. Weston tries to get the victim to talk, while Grace looks for a suspect. A teenager is brought in, but he has to be bailed for his own safety, when it is revealed he is witness protection. After Grace tears him apart in interview, he agrees to help her out. The fallout has disastrous consequences however, when he is found dead at the bottom of a tower block. Part Two- After: Grace and Neil investigate the death of Jay Newman. The man he put behind bars is a suspect, as is assault suspect Les Cooper. Grace feels a sense of guilt after pressuring Jay into giving evidence against Cooper. Weston continues to work on the dealer to get info. The main suspect tries to flee town, but crashes his car after a pursuit with the Area Car. Neil tries to open up Grace's emotions. | ||||||
| 62–63 | "Secret History" | Tracey Wilkinson guest stars | 1 & 2 – Paul Wroblewski | 1 – Simon Moss, 2 – Len Collin | 4 & 10 September 2008 | 622 |
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Part One: Millie and Arun respond to an assault in a car park, with the victim none other than Banksy's wife Naomi Woods. The suspect, Bobby Henshaw, is after retribution, when Woods defended Alistair Finch, a driver who killed Bobby's brother Michael in an RTA a few months earlier. Banksy tries to get Bobby's parents to open up, but his mother Judy blames him for his Michael's death. His associate Gavin Wishart, points CID in the right direction. When Banksy goes home to speak to Naomi, he finds Bobby holding a knife to her throat. Part Two: Banksy and his wife are quickly alibied for the serious assault on Bobby Henshaw. Alistair Finch is questioned by Arun & Millie, and Gavin Wishart is arrested after fleeing Tony & Ben. The Michael Henshaw case re-opens, when it appears that Alistair Finch was having an affair with none other than Judy Henshaw. After a disturbance at Finch's office, Judy tells Nixon that Finch had Michael killed so he wouldn't reveal the affair. Nixon tells Naomi she's not in a relationship with her husband. Naomi and Nixon get ready for the Tom Norris trial. | ||||||
| 64–65 | "Trial and Error" | TBA | 1 & 2 – Karl Neilson | 1 – Maxwell Young, 2 – Chris Smyth | 11 & 17 September 2008 | 620 |
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Part One: The trial for Tom Norris starts, with the charges rape and murder. Banksy's wife, Naomi Woods, is defence counsel. Sam continues her persistent work. Fallon Thomas runs from Millie and Beth when they go to pick her up, to bring her to court. Paula Merrick suffers a dose of nerves and is found out of her face on vodka, but Mel cleans her up and brings her to court. She is torn apart on the stand, and then is found in the bathroom talking to fellow witness Sophie Oduya. Naomi witnesses the incident and the judge throws it out for police orchestration of collusion between witnesses. Nixon issues a warning to Norris about witness intimidation; and a call comes in about an assault in the same alleyway where Paula Merrick was found. Part Two: Nixon goes all out to find Tom Norris for the rape after he was bailed. Banksy goes to Naomi for advice, and does some digging. When he returns to CID, a furious Nixon tells him he needs to consider his future at Sun Hill. Nixon storms off, and Banksy confronts her in the bathroom, claiming Nixon's personal opinion of Naomi is compromising her role in the case. With Banksy's findings, the two work out that Dan Cox is also involved, and may be the only culprit. Norris goes missing, and Cox is hunted down to see if they can get a location on Norris. | ||||||
| 66 | "Funny Money" | Alibe Parsons and JoAnne Good guest star | David Innes Edwards | Roger Gartland | 18 September 2008 | 624 |
| Whilst on patrol in Canley Market, Stone, Smith and Gold arrest two children in possession of fake £50 notes. The boy and girl are also in possession of stolen DVDs. Gold suspects the boy's aunt has him stealing to order, but she is bailed. The boy's father helps the team in the investigation, and tries to rekindle the relationship. Gold lies about a gun, so she can scare the aunt and get the location of the supplier, then threatens to resign in the fallout with Heaton. | ||||||
| 67 | "Appropriate Force" | Brian Croucher guest stars | David Innes Edwards | Patrick Homes | 24 September 2008 | 625 |
| When a suspicious woman trying to withdraw money from her bank account is arrested, her husband and kids are found tied up and doused in petrol. When a suspect is identified as Glenn Donovan, a villain from Stone's past, Donovan's associate, Alan Duncan, is tipped off on a raid from Sun Hill. When the victim is seen on the front office phone, he reveals Donovan threatened him and his family. Donovan's house is raided and Stone finds Donovan's wife, Stone's ex-girlfriend, has been attacked. Smith attempts to arrest Donovan, who resists, and Stone intervenes and knocks him unconscious. Smithy argues with Gold over her handling of the fracas with Donovan, and inadvertently tells her to resign. | ||||||
| 68–69 | "An Honour to Serve" | Final appearance of InspGina Gold | Robert Knights | Frank Rickarby | 25 September & 2 October 2008 | 626 |
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Part One: With Nate, Leon and Rachel off sick, Heaton joins Gold on patrol. Stone, Roger, Millie & Ben attend a stabbing. The victim, Jake Quinn, claims his girlfriend Nicola's husband, Gerrard Parry, did the stabbing. When Stone & Millie go to his home, he makes a quick escape. Nicola claims Jake's obsessed with her, but there are more phone calls to Jake than from. When Parry is found, he denies the stabbing, and forensics prove Jake may have stabbed himself. At his work, Smithy and Gold find a gun holder in his locker, and he is seen leaving with Sophie Parry, Nicola and Gerrard's daughter. As Smithy and Gold go to Sophie's school, Jake is found waving a gun around. Part Two: As a gunshot rings out at the school, Heaton arranges a negotiation, with CO19's PS Hooper, Gold and Stone. Gunman Jake Quinn demands to see Nicola Parry, the woman he is obsessed with, and the mother of one of his hostages. Weston shows up, despite being sick, and goes into rescue a hostage having an asthma attack disguised as a paramedic. When Smith makes contact, the team use this to their advantage, and plan to fool Quinn with the promise of Nicola, so CO19 can go in undercover. Gina decides to retire. | ||||||
| 70 | "Hide and Seek" | Rachel Weston is promoted to Inspector | Indra Bhose | Matthew Bardsley | 8 October 2008 | 630 |
| In her first case as Inspector, Rachel sets up a raid on a crack den, with Manson. Leon makes a bond with a female user and her child. Will gets his first informant. The addict goes all out to protect her child, but she won't give up her supplier, in fear of losing her child. She claims her ex-husband is the supplier, but blows her chances by trying to flee with the drugs during a raid. Leon is reprimanded after telling the addict to leave during the raid. | ||||||
| 71 | "First Strike" | PC Will Fletcher becomes a TDC | Indra Bhose | Will Shindler | 9 October 2008 | 631 |
| Whilst attending a disturbance, a teenager collapses on Leon and Rachel's IRV. Upon examination, he appears to have stab wounds. Will works the case with Grace on the last day of his secondment in CID. He expresses an interest in staying, so Grace suggests that he should prove it with a good result. Will feels compromised when an allegation of dealing is made against the victim. Meanwhile, Leon and Tony investigate when a woman is burgled, after being mugged a few weeks earlier. She turns out to be the mother of two brothers claiming responsibility of the stabbing. Are they covering each other, or is it for somebody else? | ||||||
| 72–73 | "Hold Me Tight" | TDC Kezia Walker becomes a full DC, Stephen North and Richard Wisker guest star | Richard Standeven | Lizzie Mickery | 15 & 16 October 2008 | 628 |
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Part One: Uniform start a search party for a missing eight-year-old, Bethany Riley. As a search party gets underway, Roger is assigned as FLO. Arun tragically finds her body a few miles from her school. Suspicion falls on her father, who is significantly older than his wife, after a dodgy alibi. Suspicion then falls on football coach Ryan Kemble, whose van was seen nearby when Bethany vanished. When one of her blazers appears in his van, he is arrested. Camera footage shows that one of Bethany's fellow pupils has a fixation on her, but is he capable of murder? Part Two: With the video footage of Mason Kemble picking up a bracelet belonging to Bethany, CID feel they have enough evidence to arrest him on suspicion of murder. Grace and Neil do the interview, but Mason is a hard person to crack. As Grace gets close, he shuts down and loses his temper. With the case falling apart, Grace reaches out to Mason's distant father Ryan, the only person he craves attention from, to see if they can open him up. | ||||||
| 74 | "The Rookie" | Zoe Henry guest stars. | Jamie Annett | Patrick Homes | 22 October 2008 | 634 |
| Mel and Nate attend a burglary. The occupant is missing, and a fire is discovered a construction site. The security guard is sketchy, as he fails to mention criminal damage and a cemented drain, discovered by the foreman. Will, working his first case as a TDC finds himself under pressure from Stuart for a first day result. He bonds with the family but finds himself having to arrest the victim. To make amends, he goes undercover to ensnare a loan shark putting the family under pressure. | ||||||
| 75 | "Fools Rush In" | TBA | Jamie Annett | Clive Dawson | 23 October 2008 | 635 |
| When Arun and Millie come across a carjacking, they discover a group of thugs kidnapping people on a local estate. CID uncover that the gang rob the friends and family members of the victims. Arun plays the brunt and ends up in a crowd of yobs, and has hit kit stolen. Arun, Nate, Millie, Mel and Smithy band together to arrest the thugs. After a fight between Millie and Arun arresting a suspect, Mel reports Arun, who gets a roasting from Smithy. A gang member claims a wannabe gangster is doing the kidnappings to impress one of the thug's sisters, and overthrow the ringleader. | ||||||
| 76 | "Loved and Lost" | TBA | Matt Bloom | Sally Tatchell | 30 October 2008 | 636 |
| Callum and Leon attend to a report of a missing fifteen-year-old. The girl is found unconscious in an alleyway, and Leon forms a bond with the emotional father, explaining that he lost his girlfriend in an accident six years earlier. It appears that a boyfriend may be responsible, but the case is far more confusing than it appears to be. | ||||||
| 77 | "Walk on By" | TBA | David Holroyd | Stuart Morris | 5 November 2008 | 638 |
| Nate and Mel are called to a stabbing on a bus and the victim is attended to by Holly Perkins. She works with Nate, after making a statement. When the victim dies, it appears he was involved in attacking the suspect a few weeks earlier. The suspect angrily confronts a witness to both attacks, but will the person to negotiate? Holly Perkins, tells her father she wants to go to Hendon. | ||||||
| 77a | "The Bill Made Me Famous" | TBA | Reza Moradi | Stuart Morris | 5 November 2008 | 638a |
| Martin Kemp tells the story of some of the famous faces who have made guest appearances on The Bill to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Rock legend Roger Daltrey, actress Pauline Quirke, comedian Les Dennis & TV personality Paul O'Grady talk about roles that change their careers; "Oxo mum" Lynda Bellingham talks about her only villain role and Kemp's felloe ex-EastEndersMichelle Collins explains how The Bill kick started her career. Christopher Ellison, and other ex-EastEnder Billy Murray & Kemp's former EastEnders colleague Todd Carty talk about their previous roles as police villains and new girl Rhea Bailey talks about starting her acting career on the show as PC Mel Ryder, with honourable mentions to stars such as Hugh Laurie, James McAvoy and a ten-year-old Keira Knightley. | ||||||
| 78 | "In Deep" | TBA | David Holroyd | Steve Bailie | 6 November 2008 | 639 |
| When a woman is thrown from a cab at St. Hugh's surrounded by bags of cocaine, Terry goes undercover with the cab firm to look into their criminal activities. He is compromised when he is asked to deliver a letter bomb, but saves a member of the cab firm from a group of thugs to get in on a surprise job the next morning. | ||||||
| 79–80 | "Proof of Life" | Crossover episode with Leipzig Homicide | Robert Maestro | Steve Bailie | 12 & 13 November 2008 | 640 |
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Part One: Terry goes on the 'big job' with cab boss Alan Brady. As they're parked up, Brady points a gun at a teenager and shoves her in a cab. Hajo Trautzschke and Ina Zimmermann of Leipzig PD arrive when it appears the victim, Charlotte Wenger, is a German national. Hajo's brute tactics annoy Jack, especially when he manhandles Terry in a raid on Thompson & Ray. Jimmy Thompson has already taken Charlotte away, so Terry meets him in Piccadilly Circus. Both Charlotte and Jimmy run off; Jimmy is arrested by SO19, but Terry and Charlotte go missing, kidnapped by the ringleader. He reveals his name as Viktor Hauptmann, and he is meeting a computer hacker, Hans Muller, at City Airport. Hajo arranges for an undercover cop, Jan Maybach, to swap with Muller. As soon as Terry leaves with Jan, the gang get on a plane bound for Germany. Part Two: Hauptmann arrives in Germany with Terry, fellow undercover officer Jan Maybach and kidnap victim Charlotte Wenger. After the raid, Hauptmann says he will kill the grass, but kills mercenary Carson. When the Wengers arrive in Leipzig, Hauptmann sets up a drop, a decoy so he can steal jewels from a courier firm. When Helen Wenger is revealed to be having an affair with a worker at the courier firm, it seems that is the motive for Charlotte's kidnapping, and it was arranged by Karl Wenger, to get back at Helen. Hauptmann's computer expert is arrested, but Jan escapes with Terry, and they lose their tail due to recklessness from Terry. If Terry was that reckless, then SOKO feel that Charlotte is in danger. | ||||||
| 81 | "One Day, But Not Today" | TBA | Sallie Aprahamian | Tom Higgins | 27 November 2008 | 642 |
| Tony takes Nate on a driver training course, in preparation to go on the Area Car driver training course. They attend an RTA, where a young girl has been hit by a stolen car. Nate loses the car in pursuit, while Smithy looks for the owner. The owner claims he got it recently from a dealership. When a recent string shows spare keys are being used to steal stolen cars, a warehouse is discovered. With the door panels off the cars, a bag is found full of drugs. A sting is set up as the owner brings in a new shipment from Cypress. Tony teaches Nate a vital lesson when a troubled father cuts his wrists. | ||||||
| 82–83 | "Forgotten Child" | Warren Brown guest stars | Gill Wilkinson | Chris Murray | 10 & 11 December 2008 | 644 |
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Part One: Jo is on scene when a pub landlord discovers the body of a prostitute, Kelly Porterfield. Her ex-boyfriend Andy Donnelly is a suspect for Kelly's fatal overdose. His girlfriend, Jen Kilshaw, is obviously underage, so Jo focuses on getting her away from Andy. Jo promises Kelly's mum that she will bring down who is responsible. Kezia, Heaton and Jo look at two overdoses, including Kelly's, and a chain of locations where the girls came from and ended up, and fear that a sex trade operation is spreading across the UK, and Andy appears to not be the main suspect in Kelly's murder or the smuggling operation. Part Two: Jo continues her smuggling operation, and the murder of Kelly Porterfield. Jake Clegg is the prime suspect in both, and appears to be working with Scot Logan Hunter, working in Glasgow. Jo accuses Clegg of murder, and he makes a formal complaint, for which she is reprimanded. Jen goes missing from her residential unit, and Jo fears she is heading for a swap with Hunter. Donnelly is assaulted by Clegg, and his car, fitted with a tracker, is abandoned. Can Jo get to Jen on time? | ||||||
| 84 | "Santa's Little Helper" | Bill Ward guest stars. | Diana Patrick | Sally Tatchell | 17 December 2008 | 646 |
| When several houses are turned over, it appears that a criminal family working out of a grotto are getting people to give their address, so they can be burgled whilst shopping. Santa, Peter Garrett, is prime suspect, and has previous, but his daughter is caught red handed when Stuart uses his flat for a sting. Lisa Garrett says she did it to pay off some debt her father had with loan shark David Crossley, before he went to prison. Crossley is caught red-handed by Stevie and Stuart with a fake passport, and agrees to set up 'Robert', who is fleeing the country, to get time off his sentence. Stevie tells Stuart to pull the op when she identifies the target, drug dealer Robert Towler, who she was undercover with at S010 in 2005. | ||||||
| 85–87 | "Too Hot to Handle" | Bill Ward guest stars. | 1 – Diana Patrick, 2 & 3 – AJ Quinn | 1 – Chris Dunn, 2 & 3 – Patrick Homes | 18, 22, 23 December 2008 | 647 |
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Part One: Stevie sets up an OBBO on Rob Towler, but when nothing happens overnight, Stuart suggests she goes back under. Stevie's SO10 handler, DS Jim Rutherford, comes to Sun Hill to help with the case. Stevie dislikes Rob's partner, Gordon McCardle. She sees him at Rob's before a deal, and fears he is being set up. She voices this to an uninterested Stuart, and has to intervene herself. Part Two: With a gang member and SO19 officer down, Stevie and Rob speed off on a bike, chased by the gang. Ben and Arun call in to say they lost both targets. Stuart receives a cryptic call from Stevie, but it is quickly cut off. She confronts Stuart at her storage unit, after failing to find her passport at home. After putting a gun on him, Stuart is grounded. When he finds Towler and Stevie at Towler's father's home, but after he is shot, Stevie and Towler flee, and Stuart finds himself suspended. Part Three: When Stevie turns up at Stuart's, she explains how they had been hunted down by the Tameside Crew. Including the incident at the storage unit and the chase, there is also the story of a forger was assaulted whilst making a passport for Stevie. She explains most of the incidents were caused by her protection of Stuart (including his suspension) from Rutherford, who is the man on the inside for Malky, the boss of the Tameside Crew. Stuart calls Meadows to set up Rutherford, when they give a 'location' for where Stevie and Rob are, and the crew are ambushed by SO19. Stevie has to choose Rob or work. | ||||||
| 88 | "Second Chance" | TBA | Tim Leandro | Len Collin | 31 December 2008 | 652 |
| New Year's Eve. Mel's first New Year's shift starts late when she has to help her brother Jordan, visiting from Leeds. Attending a stabbing at a nightclub, Jordan is found covered in blood, and his girlfriend Kelly is found having been attacked in the bathroom. The victim goes into cardiac arrest at midnight, but survives. Roger grows close to the mother. Mel fears Jordan is protecting Kelly, as she had his knife, but they are both ruled out, leaving CID scratching their heads looking for suspects. | ||||||
References
- "Sacked Bill star out of hospital". BBC News. 9 January 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2020.