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The Bill: Season 16

Poster for The Bill Season 16

86 episodes · premiered Jan 4, 2000

Series 16 of British television drama The Bill consisted of 86 episodes, broadcast between 4 January – 26 December 2000. As well as 83 regular episodes, the series also included a two-part recap special, Kiss Off, featuring a condensed broadcast of the Series 15 episodes "Lone Ranger", "Old Flame", "Push It" and "Kiss Off", prior to a special episode, The Trial of Eddie Santini, which provides closure to the Santini storyline from 1999. On 5 June 2013, The Bill Series 16 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 16 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia).

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  1. Episode 1: Angel Jan 4, 2000 DCI Burnside arrives to investigate a murder which looks like part of a series of male rapes gone too far. Andy Wilson, one of the previous victims remembers something about an angel when…
  2. Episode 2: In The Firing Line Jan 6, 2000 PC Smith is working undercover as a bodyguard for a South African drug importer named Tony Rourke. Rourke offers Smith a contract to kidnap and torture a senior police officer to find the…
  3. Episode 3: Thug On The Tyne: Part I Jan 11, 2000 Northumbria Police arrest one 'Frank Bentley' with a boot full of drugs and a handgun, after a high speed car chase through Newcastle. 'Bentley' and his 'lawyer' Liz McAuley are actually…
  4. Episode 4: Thug On The Tyne: Part II Jan 13, 2000 Although they are undercover, Burnside agrees to let Liz Rawton visit her mother. Despite a close shave at a family gathering when her cousin's boyfriend turns out to be an associate of…
  5. Episode 5: Riot City Jan 18, 2000 Ch. Insp. Conway and a team of Sun Hill officers undergo riot simulation training at the Met's training depot in Hounslow. Meanwhile, DC Glaze goes undercover at the Cockroft Estate to…
  6. Episode 6: Crime & Punishment Jan 25, 2000 Brownlow attends the funeral service of an old colleague that he used to serve with when he was in 182 squad, but soon finds that old wounds are beginning to reopen themselves as old…
  7. Episode 7: Zero Tolerance Jan 27, 2000 Insp. Monroe has trouble dealing with a gang of boy-racers who are harassing and intimidating an elderly couple. When the old man dies after an altercation with the gang, Monroe is urged…
  8. Episode 8: Scoop Feb 1, 2000 Ch. Insp. Conway encounters the ""Sun Hill Angels"" at a function, an escort service which DS Boulton believes is also dealing in drugs. Boulton convinces Conway to help him conduct a…
  9. Episode 9: Beasts Feb 3, 2000 PC Sam Harker has infiltrated a group of animal rights activists, thanks to Steve Burton, an old school friend from Liverpool. The group's leader, Ged Mellings, is suspected to be planning…
  10. Episode 10: Trusting The Enemy Feb 8, 2000 Deakin is furious when a fourth drug dealer is assaulted in a number of days, a case which Beech was supposed to be investigating. Beech enlists Lennox and the pair are soon lead to a…
  11. Episode 11: On The Wagon Feb 10, 2000 PC Jim Carver returns to duty after undergoing treatment for his alcoholism. Unfortunately for him, he is paired with PC Dale Smith and their first case involves alcohol! Attending what…
  12. Episode 12: The Untouchables Feb 15, 2000 DC Danny Glaze sees a man set alight on the Larkmead Estate, and becomes determined to solve the case. They identify a suspect's car from CCTV tapes, and Insp. Monroe discovers a witness…
  13. Episode 13: Streetwise Feb 17, 2000 Investigating a young boy's disappearance, DC Rod Skase takes a career-ending shortcut when he encourages a witness to implicate a man he considers to be the main suspect.
  14. Episode 14: Inside Straight Feb 22, 2000 Beech and Deakin infiltrate a bent, high-stakes poker game, where the dealer, Steve Travis, has been offering drugs as a form of payment in cases where he has lost the game. In order to…
  15. Episode 15: Reasons To Be Fearful Feb 24, 2000 Boyden and Worrell arrest a man dealing drugs to schoolchildren, but soon discover that he is the son of a key witness to a case which Beech is desperately trying to close. Beech warns…
  16. Episode 16: When The Bough Breaks Feb 29, 2000 Boyden has a near miss on patrol when a van in front of him collides with a teenage girl. Her friend is identified by a mall security guard as a shoplifter, and after refusing to give her…
  17. Episode 17: Nightwork Mar 2, 2000 Worell goes undercover as a prostitute on Barrack Lane after a series of punters are assaulted and robbed, the most recent of which resulted in the punter being sliced across the face with…
  18. Episode 18: Meltdown: Part I Mar 6, 2000 When Quinnan and Stamp are attacked on the Jasmine Allen Estate trying to get an overdose victim to hospital, Brownlow organizes a community initiative scheme to earn back the trust of the…
  19. Episode 19: Meltdown: Part II Mar 7, 2000 Boulton investigates the shooting of one of the youths from Quinnan's group. Convinced it is linked to the death of Donna Hunter, he searches the shooting victim's house, and Quinnan is…
  20. Episode 20: Meltdown: Part III Mar 9, 2000 Quinnan reels following his rescue and the death of Robbie Hunter the day before. When savings of his sister Donna are reported missing the day of her funeral, the mother of the teenagers…
  21. Episode 21: Old Flame Apr 2, 2000 Santini tries to convince his lover, Jess Orton, to set him up with some drug dealers – he wants out of Sun Hill, and DS Timpney, his friend in Area Drugs, has promised him a place in the…
  22. Episode 22: Kiss Off Mar 21, 2000 Santini is determined to find out if Jess Orton has grassed on him, and when he breaks into her home to challenge her, he causes her to fatally fall down the stairs. Fox is ordered off the…
  23. Episode 23: The Trial Apr 2, 2000 Santini goes on trial at the Old Bailey accused of the murder of Jessica Orton, but tries to talk to CIB and implicate Quinnan and Rawton. A prison guard tells Santini that Sherman's drugs…
  24. Episode 24: The Driver Apr 11, 2000 Hagen goes undercover as the driver for a manager of a chain of massage parlours, Allison Spencer. Suspected of running a prostitution racket for her uncle and old adversary of Meadows…
  25. Episode 25: Protect & Survive Apr 13, 2000 DC Mickey Webb arrives for his first night shift at Sun Hill, and assists an under strength uniform to track down dangerous prison escapee, Craig Ronson, who has served 8 years of life…
  26. Episode 26: Take It Or Leave It Apr 18, 2000 Holmes investigates a suspected money-launderer named Terry Jowit, who is wanted by police in Scotland. Holmes discovers a cheque in Jowit's mail from an antiques dealer, which leads her…
  27. Episode 27: Over The Edge Apr 20, 2000 Brownlow and Mannion attend the panel for a Metropolitan Police hearing against a Sergeant who is charged with disobeying a direct order, which resulted in the career-ending injury of…
  28. Episode 28: Loyalty Apr 25, 2000 Lennox is tasked with assisting Webb and Holmes on a drugs bust, but after meeting with an old friend, who is a well-known figure in the Scottish parliament, he is more concerned with…
  29. Episode 29: Wheels Apr 27, 2000 Sun Hill has been given a new "crime car" for quick arrests and Boyden, Hagen and Proctor are chosen to crew it, much to the other officers' annoyance. Proctor is given a list of targets…
  30. Episode 30: Warm Bodies: Part I May 2, 2000 Stanton and Lennox are tasked with investigating a brutal assault outside a nightclub where the victim had pouches of what appear to be drugs stuffed into his mouth. The owner, Vince…
  31. Episode 31: Warm Bodies: Part II May 4, 2000 Boulton and Stanton's personal affairs threaten to get in the way of their investigation, as Stanton attempts to block out the events of the night before. Persuading Meadows to separate…
  32. Episode 32: Blurred Around The Edges May 9, 2000 Cryer, Smithy and McCann attend the scene of an RTA, where they find a supply of cocaine as well as two firearms in the boot of one of the cars involved. Smithy accompanies one of the…
  33. Episode 33: Catch A Falling Star May 11, 2000 Conway jumps at the chance of helping Sixties pop idol Sadie Tyler after the draft of her autobiography is alleged to have been stolen by an obsessive fan. When the compere for a charity…
  34. Episode 34: The Squad May 18, 2000 With the Flying Squad suffering from a staff shortage, Stamp is seconded away as a temporary driver. He struggles to impress senior officer, DS Harrap, but DI Lomax continues to encourage…
  35. Episode 35: White Lies May 23, 2000 A Barton Street PC is stabbed when he pursues two robbery suspects into Sun Hill. A black youth, identified as Mark Okin, is found beaten unconscious at about the same time. Carver is…
  36. Episode 36: Search Me May 25, 2000 Stop and search is resumed when there is an outbreak of street robberies. Mannion asks Brownlow to stand in for him for a TV interview, but he ends up shifting blame after two undercover…
  37. Episode 37: Love Or Money May 26, 2000 Boulton and Holmes are left to pick up the pieces when the key witnesses in a robbery case refuse to give evidence. Holmes notices Boulton's change of attitude and suspects he may have…
  38. Episode 38: Going Public Jun 1, 2000 Webb investigates the brutal beating of businessman Kevin Hewlitt, who is found unconscious in his kitchen by his wife, Sandra. The investigation provides little information as to the…
  39. Episode 39: A Sprat To Catch A Mackerel Jun 2, 2000 When an apparent drug-related murder leads Operation Trident onto Sun Hill's patch, they suspect Yardie street gangs could be active in the area. A new scheme by Conway to encourage taxi…
  40. Episode 40: The Hare & The Hounds Jun 3, 2000 To finance his buy-in to the Yardie drug dealing operation, Jones and his gang rob a building society, with Rickman forced to be getaway driver. Despite Trident being tipped off, the…
  41. Episode 41: The Deep Blue Sea Jun 8, 2000 With Leroy Jones being held captive by rival dealer Touissant, Rickman is sent to make a second purchase from the syndicate. Rickman tails her contact to a tower block in the city, where…
  42. Episode 42: Room Service Jun 9, 2000 Stanton is desperate to be discharged from the Beech case due to her love for Boulton, but Hodges assures her she is doing well. Boulton accepts a free night at a plush Docklands hotel…
  43. Episode 43: Soft Talking Jun 13, 2000 Responding to an urgent call for assistance, Smithy arrives and has to deliver a baby in the street. Worried about the mother's condition, he investigates her background, and discovers a…
  44. Episode 44: Beyond Conviction Jun 22, 2000 Klein and Hagen are called to a stabbing at a shopping centre, where a foreign aid worker has been attacked and left for dead. Initially, suspicion falls on a local youth, Wayne Stevens…
  45. Episode 45: Whispers Jul 4, 2000 Proctor, under pressure over his poor performance, decides to trap a burglar to avoid being transferred from Sun Hill after being told by Deakin that he has a new job lined up for him at…
  46. Episode 46: Caught Short Jul 11, 2000 Boulton is determined to bring down a known drug dealer by using his wife as an informant to gather information. However, when a raid on his property goes pear shaped, Boulton is less than…
  47. Episode 47: Bad Habits Jul 18, 2000 Ch. Insp. Conway is astounded when an elderly man (and former police officer) turns up at the station with a suitcase containing half a million pounds, which he claims he found on the…
  48. Episode 48: Say It With Flowers Jul 25, 2000 Glaze and Holmes investigate the apparent suicide of local councillor Anthony Snape, and uncover a plot involving two other councillors, Colin Cooper and Steven Trent, to pervert the…
  49. Episode 49: No One's That Honest Aug 1, 2000 Conway is astounded when an elderly man, Charles Arthur Cullen, a former police officer, turns up at the station with a suitcase containing half a million pounds, which he claims to have…
  50. Episode 50: No Man's Land Aug 8, 2000 Cryer decides to take it upon himself to discover the identity of a body found on a roundabout, after Webb shows a less than caring attitude towards the case. His investigation leads him…
  51. Episode 51: Time To Kill Aug 15, 2000 When a woman is reportedly raped in an alleyway behind the Whitegate shopping centre, Lennox and Webb rake over the CCTV footage, however they fail to find the woman captured on the…
  52. Episode 52: Doppelganger Aug 22, 2000 Boyden is shocked to discover that someone has been impersonating him, raiding illegal poker games and pocketing all the cash, and decides to go undercover as a punter to trap him…
  53. Episode 53: Lullaby: Part I Aug 25, 2000 Smithy and Rickman attend a break in at a primary school and find a seven-year-old boy looking for food. Further investigation reveals that the boy has been living alone for three days and…
  54. Episode 54: Lullaby: Part II Aug 26, 2000 Smithy gets closer to Tim Tze as the search for his parents continues. His failure to investigate the attack on the Chinese restaurant correctly continues to hang over him, but when it…
  55. Episode 55: Lullaby: Part III Sep 1, 2000 Smithy and Tim Tze are held hostage, while the kidnappers make their demands – they want their money back, and Lenny Tze to deliver it. Trouble is, Lenny is nowhere to be seen, and Deakin…
  56. Episode 56: Gentle Touch: Part I Sep 5, 2000 A terrified young woman, Emma Roberts, fears that she has become the victim of a stalker when paint is thrown over her car and her cat is killed in mysterious circumstances. After spending…
  57. Episode 57: Gentle Touch: Part II Sep 7, 2000 As her friendship with stalker victim Emma Roberts develops, Page is determined to find the stalker and starts to believe that he might be closer than she thought. When a past allegation…
  58. Episode 58: Gentle Touch: Part III Sep 12, 2000 Page learns what it is like to be a victim of crime as the crazed stalker targets her further, making more nuisance calls, breaking into her flat and tearing up her clothes. Lennox and…
  59. Episode 59: Some Like It Hot Sep 15, 2000 Lennox is stung by comments about his physical fitness, and becomes determined to beat Brownlow at squash, as soon as he has arrested a villain from his past. When his flat is broken into…
  60. Episode 60: First Impressions: Part I Sep 19, 2000 Probationary PCs Ben Hayward and Roz Clarke arrive for their first day at Sun Hill, and are subjected to a series of wind-ups by the relief. Boyden tricks Clarke into thinking that he has…
  61. Episode 61: First Impressions: Part II Sep 22, 2000 Hayward and Clarke try to redeem themselves after a disastrous first day, and decide to exact revenge on the wind-up merchants on the relief. Ackland is furious to learn that half of the…
  62. Episode 62: Old Enemies Sep 26, 2000 When the relief carry out a routine raid on a nightclub, The Pink Cockatoo, Carver is suspicious after he suspects that a face from his past was present at the scene. Later, he stops a…
  63. Episode 63: New Friends Sep 29, 2000 Recovering in hospital, Roach agrees to tell Carver everything he knows about Mickey Owen, but asks that the police protect his long-time friend and former informant, Roxanne, from…
  64. Episode 64: Supping With The Devil Oct 3, 2000 Beech meets businessman Howard Fallon at a poker game. When Beech's winnings turn out to be counterfeit notes, he confronts Fallon, who offers him a substantial bribe to find out who…
  65. Episode 65: Touch & Go Oct 4, 2000 Boulton and Stanton investigate the vicious attack on Rachel Booker, a dancer at one of Howard Fallon's clubs, and Beech is furious when Fallon reveals his mobile number is among her…
  66. Episode 66: Fake Fur Oct 6, 2000 Following the death of prime suspect Warren Askew in custody, Stanton urges Deakin not to close the case of Rachel Booker's murder immediately. A series of mysterious numbers found in…
  67. Episode 67: In Safe Hands Oct 13, 2000 Harker is volunteered to work with a young offenders group in Canley, and immediately takes a shine to Carmel, the organiser of the group. When Carmel's foster son, 14-year-old Scott, goes…
  68. Episode 68: Find The Lady Oct 17, 2000 Stanton tries to find out if Boulton is working with Beech. When star witness Lynette resurfaces, they immediately hide her in a safe house, where she informs them that Ray Bazzini killed…
  69. Episode 69: 50 / 50 Oct 20, 2000 Quinnan and Carver find the body of Boulton at the construction site. Sun Hill is in shock, none more so than a devastated Stanton, who is suspicious when Beech lies about meeting him the…
  70. Episode 70: The River Oct 24, 2000 After Beech hands himself into CIB, Stanton is horrified when Beech convinces Hodges to ensnare Fallon, along with two Drugs Squad officers on Fallon's payroll, in exchange for a full…
  71. Episode 71: All Fall Down: Part I Oct 27, 2000 CIB sweep into Sun Hill and suspend the entire CID department with immediate effect, and all of their ongoing cases are subsequently transferred to uniform. Lennox is horrified when he…
  72. Episode 72: All Fall Down: Part II Oct 28, 2000 Beech manages to evade Stanton yet again, but she takes Maggie Lyons in for questioning. Beech recruits a crooked lawyer to represent her and perform other useful services for him. Beech…
  73. Episode 73: On The Hook: Part I Nov 3, 2000 The new CID team arrives at Sun Hill, led by the new station commander, Supt Tom Chandler. His pally attitude with the relief doesn't go down well, with the likes of Cryer, Smith and…
  74. Episode 74: On The Hook: Part II Nov 7, 2000 Meadows is furious when Chandler demands he replace Cullen as Senior Investigating Officer following the murder of Darren Freeley. Meadows is desperate to make the breakthrough as quickly…
  75. Episode 75: A Girl's Best Friend Nov 10, 2000 Quinnan finds the body of Dennis Quigley, a man who has died of a heart attack in his car. Whilst delivering the man's personal effects to his wife, Quinnan is mortified to find they…
  76. Episode 76: Carnival Nov 14, 2000 Glaze is sent undercover to attempt to infiltrate a drugs ring when they become involved with a high-flying player, Bunny Small, who has been a target of the area drugs squad for some…
  77. Episode 77: Behind Enemy Lines Nov 17, 2000 Whilst out on a crime prevention sweep, Spears visits a local building society, only to be caught up in an armed robbery. Smithy tries to stop the robbers as they make their escape and is…
  78. Episode 78: A Gathering Storm Nov 21, 2000 Smith and McCann investigate a robbery involving local youth Lennie Cox. When they arrive at his flat, they find him liaising with Jurgen Holz, a Neo-Nazi criminal wanted by Interpol for…
  79. Episode 79: Sorted Nov 24, 2000 Klein spends all night DJing at a local nightclub, and lies to Cryer when he skips work the next day. When his car is broken into, his possessions are handed in at the station, with Cryer…
  80. Episode 80: Team Colours Dec 1, 2000 Spears and Worrell chase a suspect from the scene of a violent assault. They discover that the victim, Donna Elliot, is the sister of Frank and Peter Elliot, two insurance brokers…
  81. Episode 81: Two Way Burn Dec 5, 2000 Webb and Spears investigate when a house fire traps two young girls, who end up in hospital in a critical condition. Meadows is later assigned to lead the investigation when suspicion soon…
  82. Episode 82: Friends Dec 12, 2000 Boyden spearheads a raid on a brothel, which uncovers several illegal immigrants from Croatia being forced to work as prostitutes. The owner of the premises, Carson, agrees to reveal who…
  83. Episode 83: Bad For Your Health: Part I Dec 15, 2000 Page and Hayward attend a disturbance at a pub and find the landlord and one of his regulars being beaten up by three masked men. Meanwhile, Stamp, Quinnan and Klein attend the scene of a…
  84. Episode 84: Bad For Your Health: Part II Dec 19, 2000 After noting Klein missing from morning parade, Quinnan and Stamp find him unconscious and badly injured in the back of the crashed van belonging to the now-deceased Tony McBride and his…
  85. Episode 85: The Night Before... Dec 22, 2000 Smithy becomes a knight in shining armour for a shop assistant when he and Rickman apprehend a shoplifter, with a little help from Santa! The shoplifter is suspected of brutally assaulting…
  86. Episode 86: ...The Morning After Dec 29, 2000 Sun Hill returns to normal after the Christmas break, although Quinnan and Page act suspiciously after their pre-Christmas encounter. As the pair try to rekindle their affair, Lennox and…