Episode guide
The Bill: Specials
9 episodes · premiered Aug 16, 1983
"Woodentop" is an episode of the Thames Television series Storyboard, which comprises a series of one-off plays on different themes. The episode was originally broadcast on 16 August 1983. Woodentop became the first-ever episode to long-running British police television series The Bill. The name woodentop is a colloquialism for beat policemen who traditionally wear helmets; the nickname is itself an allusion to the Children's TV series The Woodentops.
- Episode 1: Pilot: Woodentop Aug 16, 1983 The episode documents PC Jim Carver's first day at Sun Hill Police Station, during which he is partnered with experienced WPC June Ackland. It isn't specified how long Ackland has been at…
- Episode 2: Kiss Off (1) Mar 14, 2000 P.C. Santini is desperate to conceal his involvement with the Ortons. One of the AMIP team assigned to investigate the explosion at their club is Det. Sgt. Rosie Fox.
- Episode 3: Kiss Off (2) Mar 21, 2000 D.S. Fox is convinced that P.C. Santini was involved in the murder of Jessica Orton, but her D.C.I. thinks she has lost all objectivity.
- Episode 4: The Bill Uncovered: Des and Reg Mar 17, 2004 PC Reg Hollis arrives to find his friend and former colleague, Des Taviner, has made him a video diary. As he watches the video, he remembers the good and bad times they had on the beat…
- Episode 5: The Bill Uncovered: Kerry's Story Nov 4, 2004 PC Kerry Young's story is told through the eyes of her nemesis, PC Gabriel Kent. Gabriel gives snapshots of Kerry from her early relationships with officers at Sun Hill through to her…
- Episode 6: The Bill Uncovered: Jim's Story Feb 24, 2005 As actor Mark Wingett prepares to leave the programme, he reflects on his character Jim Carver's 21 years at Sun Hill, from naive probation bobby to DC and all that came in between…
- Episode 7: The Bill Uncovered: On The Front Line Apr 27, 2005 Supt. Adam Okaro recounts some of the extraordinary events from the turbulent history of Britain's most famous police station, with car chases, fatal accidents, armed robberies, rescues…
- Episode 8: Farewell To The Bill Aug 31, 2010 This special epsiode takes a look back at the series now that the final episode has aired.
- Episode 80: The Bill Uncovered: Kerry's Story Nov 4, 2004 PC Kerry Young's story is told through the eyes of her nemesis, PC Gabriel Kent. Gabriel gives snapshots of Kerry from her early relationships with officers at Sun Hill through to her…