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The Bill: Series 23

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87 episodes · premiered Jan 3, 2007

Series 23 of British television drama The Bill was broadcast from 3 January until 28 December 2007. The series consisted of 92 episodes, and saw the conclusion of two long running-storylines, the disappearance of schoolgirl Amy Tennant and DC Zain Nadir’s undercover drug sting, prior to the return of single-themed episodes, removing much of the serialiased format formally introduced in 2002 under producer Paul Marquess; episode titles also started appearing on screen again from Episode 20 onwards. Several episodes were aired out of production order, most notably the final parts of the six episodes for the Zain storyline.

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  1. Episode 1: Games of War Jan 3, 2007 PCs Valentine and Casper arrest a man for being drunk-in-charge. DI Manson and Sgt Doug Wright mount a frantic search for a missing eleven-year-old boy. Sgt Ackland and PC Fletcher attend…
  2. Episode 2: Till Hell Freezes Over Jan 4, 2007 CID begin the investigation into the arson attack on the home of lottery winning family the Hendersons. Manson discovers that the fire started in identical fashion to two previous fires…
  3. Episode 3: The New Generation Jan 10, 2007 Nixon and Turner's quest to discover the identity of the serial arsonist takes an interesting turn when they discover that Jay Henderson's ex-girlfriend, Cheryl Wilkes, who claims to be…
  4. Episode 4: Two Time Loser Jan 11, 2007 Gold and Valentine find a parole officer assaulted and locked in the boot of his car, but the victim may just be a suspect in another crime when his assailant claims he raped his…
  5. Episode 5: An Article Of Faith Jan 17, 2007 Panic and speculation swirls around Sun Hill as Heaton reveals the station may be about to close. Hobbs is left furious at the discovery, but Heaton insist the team needed to know before a…
  6. Episode 6: A Week From Next Tuesday Jan 18, 2007 Nadir gets two shocks on his return from holidays as Haskew decides he doesn't need Nadir onside, while SOCA stun him by revealing they know the Colombian deal is happening a month ahead…
  7. Episode 7: Lead On A Merry Chase Jan 24, 2007 The Alvarez case takes a sinister turn when Eva Garcia's brother turns up at the safehouse. Nadir persists on trying to talk Shaw out of the drug deal, but she refuses. When Garcia's…
  8. Episode 8: School Of Hard Knocks Jan 25, 2007 With a gun to Harman and another on him, Nadir is forced to admit he is undercover. As Haskew, Shaw and Nadir dispute on whether or not Nadir is actually bent, Alvarez silences the room by…
  9. Episode 9: Burn Off Jan 31, 2007 Nadir awakes from a living nightmare to discover Jose Alvarez is in custody and Paul Haskew was killed in the firefight. He returns home to discover Shaw made it out of the bust in one…
  10. Episode 10: Dead Man's Hand: Part I Feb 1, 2007 Nadir comes back to work in a relieved state after Meadows all but admits defeat in their search for Kristen Shaw. However, he is brought back to earth with a bump when Gold reports Harman…
  11. Episode 11: Dead Man's Hand: Part II Feb 7, 2007 With Harman's body found and Nadir in custody, MIT swoop in to investigate. Meadows tries to think the best of Nadir and allows him to go home and get changed, but lives to regret it when…
  12. Episode 12: The Good Old Days Feb 8, 2007 Ackland and fiancee Rod Jessop work together when Valentine and Casper find a pupil from Harvey Wallace school, Martin Clarke, with stab wounds. Noble is frustrated when Hollis' stomach…
  13. Episode 14: The Bill Season 23 Episode 14 Feb 21, 2007
  14. Episode 15: The Bill Season 23 Episode 15 Feb 22, 2007
  15. Episode 17: Episode 487 Mar 1, 2007 Sgt Wright supervises the mass eviction of tenants from the Aldbourne Estate, and finds herself having to manage a public order situation. DC Webb traces the driver who ran Sgt Ackland off…
  16. Episode 18: The Bill Season 23 Episode 18 Mar 7, 2007 Sgt Ackland assists DS Carver on a drugs stakeout. The officers are at loggerheads over their troubled past, and soon find themselves in over their heads. The relief carries out a search…
  17. Episode 19: Episode 489 Mar 8, 2007 Sgt Ackland and DS Carver are held hostage by drug dealers. Carver asks Ackland to take him back. Meanwhile, Sun Hill prepares Ackland's leaving party.
  18. Episode 20: Sweet Revenge Mar 21, 2007 PCs Noble and Fletcher attend the scene of a burglary. DS Hunter and DC Masters investigate the assault of a woman running an adult webcam service. DI Nixon sees the chance to put away a…
  19. Episode 21: Killer on the Run Mar 22, 2007 Sgt Smith attends a minor traffic incident and discovers a body in the boot of a car. DCI Meadows and DC Webb lead the manhunt for the suspect, who is armed and blames Smith for ruining…
  20. Episode 22: Dead Men Don’t Tell Lies Mar 28, 2007 DS Turner and DC Webb investigate an arson attack and suspicious death. Supt Heaton suspects an acquaintance of the deceased, a dangerous psychopath with a history of extortion, and warns…
  21. Episode 23: Brotherhood Mar 29, 2007
  22. Episode 24: Daddy’s Girl Apr 4, 2007
  23. Episode 25: End of the Affair Apr 11, 2007
  24. Episode 26: Exit Wound Apr 18, 2007
  25. Episode 27: Pride Before a Fall Apr 19, 2007
  26. Episode 29: Role Model Apr 26, 2007
  27. Episode 30: And Nothing but the Truth May 2, 2007
  28. Episode 31: Day of Reckoning May 3, 2007
  29. Episode 32: Blood Money May 9, 2007
  30. Episode 33: To Honour And Obey May 10, 2007
  31. Episode 34: Baby Trade May 16, 2007 · 50m On PC Green's first day she and PC Keane arrest a struggling drug addict who claims her baby was stolen as part of a baby selling operation. Meadows and Nixon go undercover as a childless…
  32. Episode 35: Lies That Kill May 17, 2007
  33. Episode 36: Inner Demons May 24, 2007
  34. Episode 37: Getting Away With Murder May 31, 2007
  35. Episode 38: Trigger Happy Jun 6, 2007
  36. Episode 39: Do Or Die Jun 7, 2007
  37. Episode 40: On The Edge Jun 13, 2007
  38. Episode 41: Better Off Dead Jun 14, 2007
  39. Episode 42: Old Wounds Jun 20, 2007
  40. Episode 43: Judgement Call Jun 21, 2007
  41. Episode 44: A Model Murder - 1 Jun 27, 2007
  42. Episode 45: A Model Murder - 2 Jun 28, 2007
  43. Episode 46: Match Day Violence Jul 4, 2007
  44. Episode 47: Cop Killer -1 Jul 5, 2007
  45. Episode 48: Cop Killer -2 Jul 11, 2007
  46. Episode 49: Behind Closed Doors Jul 12, 2007
  47. Episode 50: Man Down Jul 18, 2007
  48. Episode 51: Death Or Glory Jul 19, 2007
  49. Episode 52: Copycat Killer Jul 25, 2007
  50. Episode 53: Trail Of Blood Jul 26, 2007
  51. Episode 54: Model Murder Uncovered Aug 1, 2007
  52. Episode 55: Caught by the Killer Aug 2, 2007
  53. Episode 56: Good Cop, Bad Cop Aug 8, 2007
  54. Episode 58: Dicing With Danger Aug 15, 2007 DS Hunter has just come back from an injury he sustained whilst trying to help DI Nixon. PCs Keen and Green tend a situation where a women was found in the park with her peruse stolen
  55. Episode 59: Deadly Secrets Aug 16, 2007
  56. Episode 60: Diamonds Are Deadly Aug 22, 2007 Neil is badly let down by one of his regular informants when a family jewellers is robbed of half a million pounds' worth of stock and one of the partners is shot in the course of the…
  57. Episode 61: Code Of Silence Aug 23, 2007 A worried mother reports her son missing after a night out clubbing, but finds it difficult to accept he is gay when he is found beaten and raped by Reg and Beth, following an assignation…
  58. Episode 62: Crash Test Aug 29, 2007 Terry investigates a loan shark accused of using strong-arm tactics to collect the extortionate repayments she demands. Stories about her employing a vicious thug to make acid attacks on…
  59. Episode 63: Up In Smoke Aug 30, 2007 Smithy picks up a lead on a drug dealer operating from a burger van and before long Sun Hill's uniform branch are mounting a raid on a cannabis farm - where Diane puts herself in great…
  60. Episode 64: Deadly Shame - 1 Sep 5, 2007 The body of missing schoolgirl Chloe Parks is found in a derelict hospital building, but Crime Scene Examiner Lorna Hart cannot confirm the cause of death. Stone is called to identify the…
  61. Episode 65: Deadly Shame - 2 Sep 6, 2007 The evidence of the videotape convinces Karen Parks her husband has been abusing their daughter. CID arrest him on suspicion of murder, but CCTV footage from an off licence provides him…
  62. Episode 66: A Life Of Lies Sep 12, 2007 Phil's latest conquest, Monica Dreyfuss, reports a burglary at her home which has left her bruised, shaken and fearing for her life. A series of beatings on a local estate points to a…
  63. Episode 67: Russian Roulette Sep 13, 2007 A masked kidnapper threatens to kill Monica if Phil does not return with the money Louis Dreyfuss owes his boss. He is driven to the casino to remove the ransom money from the safe - but…
  64. Episode 69: Back From The Brink Sep 20, 2007 Callum briefs the relief on a spate of violent robberies that have occurred in and around the borough. Leela is shocked by Will's tactics when collaring a robbery suspect, and decides to…
  65. Episode 70: Dead And Buried Sep 26, 2007 Sam investigates the background of an eastern European diplomat accused of a violent assault on a prostitute and learns he could be a murderer. The pressure is on when it emerges the…
  66. Episode 71: Cracking Under Pressure Sep 27, 2007 Stuart works fast to find the children of separated parents when CCTV footage shows the brother and sister talking to a known paedophile. However, his involvement in their disappearance…
  67. Episode 72: Rough Justice Oct 3, 2007 Stuart impresses his Sun Hill colleagues as he makes his debut on television crime show Wanted, hoping to clear up a burglary case during which the victim, lawyer Ian Stroud, suffered a…
  68. Episode 73: Back from the Dead Oct 4, 2007 Sally and Emma find a badly beaten woman in possession of a bag full of passports. She claims to be an asylum seeker whose political activist husband was murdered in Zimbabwe. However…
  69. Episode 74: Take It to the Grave Oct 10, 2007 Mickey kisses Sally - strictly in the course of his duties - as they trail bank robber Vince Murray, however, the pair are unable to prevent another robbery. Gina visits his family to find…
  70. Episode 75: Uncut Killer Oct 11, 2007 When three teenagers collapse after taking uncut cocaine, Diane and Sally are sent to visit the school they all attend. There they break up a fight and further investigations reveal the…
  71. Episode 76: Episode 76 Oct 17, 2007
  72. Episode 77: Line of Fire (1) Oct 18, 2007 A paranoid schizophrenic is the main suspect in the case of a prowler who attacked a woman and then stabbed Reg, who answered the call for help. When Callum and Grace indentify the prime…
  73. Episode 78: Line Of Fire - 2 Oct 24, 2007 Schizophrenic Michael Simms threatens Shelley Cooper with a knife and when the woman is later killed, Manson orders CO19 to shoot him, assuming Simms is the culprit. In the subsequent…
  74. Episode 79: Deadly Intent Oct 25, 2007 Callum and Diane are called to the scene of a domestic disturbance, only to find Diane's neighbour, who has been knocked unconscious with an iron. It looks as if his wife is escaping from…
  75. Episode 80: Stealth Attack Nov 1, 2007 A limo driver of a fading pop star is suspected of raping a student found unconscious in an alley by Reg and Tony. Jo and Sam investigate the circumstances leading up to her rape…
  76. Episode 81: Tortured Soul Nov 8, 2007 Questioned for beating up schoolboy Paul Herriot, irate father Bryce Lucas admits to Ben and Mickey he did so because he had been sent a videotape of the boy sexually assaulting his…
  77. Episode 82: Moving Target - 1 Nov 14, 2007 Terry and Jo investigate the serious assult of a man promoting a rock against racism concert. Heaton, anticipating trouble at the concert, has a very public run-in with the local MP, Paul…
  78. Episode 83: Moving Target - 2 Nov 21, 2007 MP Paul Sagger is exposed as an antiques smuggler who owns artefacts looted from a Baghdad museum, but Manson is unsure of just how he is obtaining the valuables. Officers investigate the…
  79. Episode 84: Moving Target - 3 Nov 28, 2007 Derek Jacobs becomes prime suspect for the rock against racism shootings. Manson leads the investigation into the murder of Abdul Muntqim. The search for the gunman leads to evidence…
  80. Episode 85: Love, Lies and Limos Dec 5, 2007 Stuart's driver Trevor Jones helps CID with useful information about a limousine operator who is rumoured to be supplying cocaine as part of the champagne service. Diane and Will respond…
  81. Episode 86: Trapped Dec 6, 2007 When Stuart's driver Trevor Jones and a female friend are badly beaten up, the detective sets out to link the attack to a mysterious drug dealer known only as the 'Postman'. Meanwhile…
  82. Episode 87: Blackmailed Dec 12, 2007 Stuart is horrified to discover his trusted driver and friend is the mystery drug dealer the 'Postman', who plans to use him as his inside man at Sun Hill, using incriminating photos and…
  83. Episode 88: The Honey Trap Dec 13, 2007 Alternate title: "The Honey Trap".
  84. Episode 89: Inside Out - 1 Dec 19, 2007 Disgraced detective Zain Nadir is interviewed about drug trafficking in Hayesend Prison, where he is serving ten years for perverting the course of justice, after Callum and Will discover…
  85. Episode 90: Inside Out - 2 Dec 20, 2007 Zain gets a frosty reception at the station when Heaton secures his release from prison to help Meadows with the recapture of escaped killer Jason Forbes, and Will can't help taking a…
  86. Episode 91: Assault On Sun Hill - 1 Dec 27, 2007 New recruit DS Max Carter joins the Sun Hill team from CO19 to investigate a tip-off about an armed cash-in-transit robbery, only to find partner DC Perkins drowning his sorrows after the…
  87. Episode 92: Assault On Sun Hill - 2 Dec 28, 2007 Sally and Tony are taken as hostages by the gun-men and John and Gina take charge of the situation to evacuate the station when an officer is hit by a bullet. Terry sleeps off his hangover…