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The Bill: Series 6

Poster for The Bill Season 6

104 episodes · premiered Jan 2, 1990

The sixth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 104 episodes, broadcast between 2 January – 27 December 1990. The series was first released on DVD as part of the Collection 5 and Collection 6 DVD boxsets in Australia, made available on 9 April – 8 October 2008, respectively. The series was later re-issued as two-half series boxsets in Australia, released on 7 March 2012. The above artwork is taken from the most recent Australian release. It features images of DC Tosh Lines and DI Frank Burnside. The original Collection box-sets contained sole images of PC Reg Hollis and DS Ted Roach. In the UK, the first nine episodes were released on DVD under the title Volume 7, on 2 September 2013.

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  1. Episode 1: By The Skin Of Our Teeth Jan 2, 1990 · 22m Hollis is gossiping in the locker room. Able is sent to a pub to deal with a man on valium. The man ends going to his mother-in-law's and trashes the place. Able sorts out a fight outside…
  2. Episode 2: Officers And Gentlemen Jan 4, 1990 · 22m D.C. Jim Carver and Ch. Insp. Conway face an embarrassing situation when a thief confesses to a crime that Jim has already cleared up... and Jim's having problems with the ladies too…
  3. Episode 3: Carry Your Bags Sir Jan 9, 1990 · 22m Charles tells Derek to organise a group of officers needed to escort a German police officer around London who is looking for stolen truck engines meanwhile Bob is not happy when Tony…
  4. Episode 4: I Thought You'd Gone Jan 11, 1990 · 22m Inspector Frazer and Taffy Edwards are about to discover there is life after Sun Hill.
  5. Episode 5: C.A.D. Jan 16, 1990 · 22m Hollis is organising a blood bank at the station and Peters is not happy because Viv is lying down. She is sent to assist at an armed robbery and hits a radio black spot so no one at the…
  6. Episode 6: A Day Lost Jan 18, 1990 · 22m Garfield and Norika investigate a report of a man hanging round a school's gate. A boy is missing so they start a full scale search. Inspector Monroe thinks A relief has gone soft. Carver…
  7. Episode 7: A Clean Division Jan 23, 1990 · 22m D.I. Burnside is delighted to be called out of a boring meeting at Stafford Row police station, especially as he thinks it's D.C. Carver with a lead on an important drugs case. Burnside is…
  8. Episode 8: Roger And Out Jan 25, 1990 · 22m Roach thinks Tosh has something going on the side. Penny is going to report Tosh for 'breach of regulations' by allowing a lodger to stay. Everyone from Cryer to Hollis feel Penny has gone…
  9. Episode 9: Addresses Jan 30, 1990 · 22m Viv and Sgt. Cryer are on night patrol. They stop a lady wheeling a suitcase looking for an address. They are asked to assist Tony and Dave at a house where a man is dropping the contents…
  10. Episode 10: Michael Runs The Family Now Feb 1, 1990 · 22m Burnside talks to his snout about the robbery of a video shop that was owned by the son of a dead villain who has taken over the family. An incident at a pub is thought of as being…
  11. Episode 11: Against The Odds Feb 6, 1990 · 22m Dashwood is walking through an old subway and is approached by a snout with info about a potential gang war on the plot. Burnside is off with a bad back and Greig is acting D.I. again. He…
  12. Episode 12: Blood Sucker Feb 8, 1990 · 22m Susanne and Ken investigate a domestic. The wife says she fell down stairs initially. Neighbour keeps interrupting. The wife owes money. The husband is suspected of slashing tyres. The…
  13. Episode 13: Workers In Uniform Feb 13, 1990 · 22m Able and Susanne moan about ruined weekend, so do Turnham and Hollis. A street festival that had been thought to have been cancelled is going ahead and the relief have to work. Hollis…
  14. Episode 14: Something To Hide Feb 15, 1990 · 22m Melvin is chasing a suspect and pulls his tracksuit top. The suspect had caused a disturbance after being caught fishing for something in a pond - a wrapped up gun shape but when the…
  15. Episode 15: The Old Men's Run Feb 20, 1990 · 22m Cryer and Conway are training for the Divisional ¼ marathon. Cryer notices a man in a wheelchair being mugged by some youths and he pulls a muscle when he gives chase. Cryer is under…
  16. Episode 16: Legacies Feb 22, 1990 · 22m Tony and Viv are investigating a break-in. Tosh talks to the old lady after the SOCO has been. Tosh thinks it is part of a string by a burglar who has just got bail. The old lady's…
  17. Episode 17: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Feb 27, 1990 · 22m Burnside brings in a van of party goers involved with drugs. On the way up to tell Burnside he has to meet a snout, Tosh heard him trying Greig's clarinet. Tosh's snout is in hospital. His…
  18. Episode 18: Something Special Mar 1, 1990 · 22m Reg and Turnham chuck out the drunks. Sgt. Peters later discovers the cell keys missing and thinks one of the drunks may have them. Carver and Greig give Dashwood a hard time about buying…
  19. Episode 19: Enemies Mar 6, 1990 · 22m A group of asian youths cause a diversion which one raids the till when Peters tries to stop them. His father is important in the community. The boy wanted to show off to his mates. A…
  20. Episode 20: Safe Place Mar 8, 1990 · 22m Roach is not getting far after a bank robbery. It appears to be an exact copy of a robbery that occurred eight years before. The same employee was involved in both robberies and has signed…
  21. Episode 21: Burnside Knew My Father Mar 13, 1990 · 22m Papa Reeves, an old friend from D.I. Burnside's uniform days, plans to end the life of his terminally-ill wife. Burnside takes time out from interviewing a suspected armed robber to…
  22. Episode 22: Watching Mar 15, 1990 · 22m Garfield and Quinnan go to a school that reports an intruder. The intruder has been patrolling the school. Quinnan seems out to wind Garfield up. Stamp and Viv investigate some dumped…
  23. Episode 23: University Challenge Mar 20, 1990 · 22m A lady approaches Tony and tells him there are men in masks in the supermarket. He goes in to see and radios in about a robbery. He chases them through the supermarket and notices the make…
  24. Episode 24: Growing Pains Mar 22, 1990 · 22m PC George Garfield gets a collar, and spends hours interogatting him - without the use of a tape machine! - only to discover he is a juvenile and should not have been interviewed without…
  25. Episode 25: One Of The Boys Mar 27, 1990 · 22m Viv is typing a report while Tosh and Carver are reading the paper. She seems to be considered office girl. Tosh asks her to pick up a prostitute for an alibi check who takes off when she…
  26. Episode 26: Beggars and Choosers Mar 29, 1990 · 22m June and Tony walk through an underpass where the homeless sleep. There is a riot there later. The Surveyor's branch is visiting the station with their tape measures. Brownlow gives a…
  27. Episode 27: Citadel Apr 3, 1990 · 22m Brownlow is off to the Forward Planning Meeting. Brownlow is worried Sunhill could not cope in 10-20 with reduced resources. Sunhill is going to be refurbished and enlarged. Conway is…
  28. Episode 28: Blue Eyed Boy Apr 5, 1990 · 22m Burnside moans about the result of a court case. Melvin comes in late and forgot he was due in court the day before. Melvin's honesty is being questioned after a burglary. He is not…
  29. Episode 29: Full House Apr 10, 1990 · 22m Penny complains to Munro about the alterations. They move to Barton Street temporarily. Brownlow is complaining about sharing a portacabin with Conway. The toilets are blocked. Burnside…
  30. Episode 30: Big Fish, Little Fish Apr 12, 1990 · 22m Burnside is talking to a snout about a delivery going through couriers. Tosh temporarily breaks the chain. The contents of the bag are guns not drugs as Burnside thought.
  31. Episode 31: Information Received Apr 17, 1990 · 22m When D.S. Roach's case against Mickey Owen, a protection racketeer, is thrown out of court, Roach comes under pressure from the Flying Squad to convince Roxanne, a transvestite informant…
  32. Episode 32: Close Co-operation Apr 19, 1990 · 22m Brownlow is not happy about the office arrangements at Barton Street. Burnside brings in a drug dealer who gets tripped up by Hollis. Penny finds him beaten in the cells and Barton Street…
  33. Episode 33: Middleman Apr 24, 1990 · 22m Greig, Carver and Tosh arrest a man for burglary and drugs. Burnside recuits him as a snout and Operation Middleman is on. The operation to bust a crack house appears to be a stitch up for…
  34. Episode 34: Corkscrew Apr 26, 1990 · 22m Burnside is not happy about Wray talking to his snout. Wray interviews the suspect at Barton Street but he won't talk in the station. While in hospital he tells Burnside that the snout is…
  35. Episode 35: Obsessions May 1, 1990 · 22m Martella is called to a solictor's house where one of his clients has come to see if he will keep his promise to marry her. The client has made threats to kill the solictor's wife and…
  36. Episode 36: Small Hours May 3, 1990 · 22m Norika and Dave call at a flat that has graffiti on the door. Dave doesn't believe reports of harassment. Norika and Dave return to the flat. Dave is knocked down the stairs and the flat…
  37. Episode 37: Victims May 8, 1990 · 22m Tosh talks to Conway about his report and later talks to a lady about being attacked and he thinks the attacks may be linked. Burnside is complaining about no money for the obsevation. A…
  38. Episode 38: Somebody's Husband May 10, 1990 · 22m Start of the observation. Burnside briefs the men. The Cleghorns think they are involved because of their breakin. Ted and Mike nearly catch the burglars responsible for the Cleghorns…
  39. Episode 39: Canley Fields May 15, 1990 · 22m A child is reported abducted. D.C. Lines interviews one witness and D.S. Roach the other. Three dog teams and TSG are joining in the search, although there is a possibility it is a hoax…
  40. Episode 40: The Night Watch May 17, 1990 · 22m Garfield and Young are called to a party at a squat. They call back and get attacked by the party goers. The man who answered the door the first time, is found in a cupboard. Roach offers…
  41. Episode 41: Trojan Horse May 22, 1990 · 22m P.C. Ken Melvin and P.C. Reg Hollis stop a young man for erratic driving, and a PNC check reveals the expensive car is stolen. Stamp and Quinnan arrive to transport the prisoner to Barton…
  42. Episode 42: Rites May 24, 1990 · 22m It's the day of P.C. Ken Melvin's funeral, but the men and women of Sun Hill still have a job to do. P.C. Stamp volunteers to do a reading at the church service. W.D.C. Martella is annoyed…
  43. Episode 43: Answers May 29, 1990 · 22m Tosh and Dashwood call at a house, where there seems to a party in the backyard, about an incident 2 years ago. The husband is trying to celebrate his wedding anniversary. It turns out to…
  44. Episode 44: A Fresh Start May 31, 1990 · 22m Brownlow is photographed outside the completed building. There are 8 rooms uncompleted. Garfield stops the Mayor attending the function. Penny inspects the cells. A man trying to report a…
  45. Episode 45: A Case To Answer Jun 5, 1990 · 22m Martella is in court. The case is the rape allegation. Marie wants to drop the case. Carver and Dashwood surprise Lines. Lines is asking about stolen scotch. Burnside offers Lines some…
  46. Episode 46: Line-up Jun 7, 1990 · 22m Tony chases a suspect into a shopping precinct after a robbery. George stays with the victim. The foresnic evidence won't back up the positive id in the line up.
  47. Episode 47: Police Powers Jun 12, 1990 · 22m Bob arrests a soccer player at half time for GBH. Monroe wants to take the man to the station after the game. The two team chairmen are trying to keep the situation between the soccer…
  48. Episode 48: Action Book Jun 14, 1990 · 22m Meadows is conducting the investigation of the murders of Jenny Price and Graham Butler. A car has been reported seen in the vicinity but the car had broken down. Paedophiles are being…
  49. Episode 49: Tactics Jun 19, 1990 · 22m A D.I. from Sheffield has information involving a big operation to catch a gang of five villains nicking heavy plant machinery. The snout the D.I. was using turns out to be one of Sun…
  50. Episode 50: Scores Jun 21, 1990 · 22m Roach and Lines are watching a man. Burnside needs an arrest to make up his figures. The man watched is shot by another man Burnside had talked to. Burnside is after a man into hard core…
  51. Episode 51: Witch Hunt Jun 26, 1990 · 22m 6 weeks after the murder of Jenny Price, nothing seems to have happened. Wray thinks Lines should have followed up questioning of a school teacher. Wray thinks the man will tell them…
  52. Episode 52: Close To Home Jun 28, 1990 · 22m Ackland is called to a hospital where a doctor is concerned about child abuse. Another child could have done it. Cryer is having problems with his son.
  53. Episode 53: Breaking Point Jul 3, 1990 · 22m A girl has been knocked off her bike. The girl is worried her father will be cross. The girl has bruises on her back and the mother is powerless to stop her husband hitting the girl…
  54. Episode 54: Jumping The Gun Jul 5, 1990 · 22m There has been a holdup. W.D.C. Martella goes to with the victim to the hospital. Her daughter who is a witness is in shock. D.C.Dashwood has his identity questioned while door knocking…
  55. Episode 55: What Kind of Man Jul 10, 1990 · 22m P.C. Quinnan investigates a burglary at a school. He thinks a man with a dog talking to the children might be talking to in connection with the Canley Fields murders. Sgt. Penny is after…
  56. Episode 56: Beat Crime Jul 12, 1990 · 22m
  57. Episode 57: Unsocial Hours Jul 17, 1990 · 22m
  58. Episode 58: Interpretations Jul 19, 1990 · 22m
  59. Episode 59: Angles Jul 24, 1990 · 22m
  60. Episode 60: Watch My Lips Jul 26, 1990 · 22m Jim Carver is assaulted while trying to question a suspect - James Doyle - who is later revealed to be deaf. He firmly believes in his intial instinct that Doyle is a villian, and believes…
  61. Episode 61: Feeling Brave Jul 31, 1990 · 22m DC Jim Carver and PC Tony Stamp come across a Post Office burglary in progress. They take off in pursuit - and Jim finds himself looking down the barrel of a shotgun. [Source: jimsgirl]
  62. Episode 62: Come Fly With Me Aug 2, 1990 · 22m June and Tony are called to a disturbance outside a travel agents who has gone bust. The landlord has a wounded hand from breaking in and June finds a man in the office. Tony has booked…
  63. Episode 63: Attitudes Aug 7, 1990 · 22m Young, Garfield, Stamp and Loxton are playing cards. Young wins. The others decide to give Young a hard time as Garfield and Stamp are in CAD. It is Cryer's anniversary. He goes out with…
  64. Episode 64: Robbo Aug 9, 1990 · 22m Lines and Carver catch some lads changing number plates on a car. An ex-special who gave the tip off caused one of the villains to break his nose. It turns out he has been collecting his…
  65. Episode 65: Ground Rules Aug 14, 1990 · 22m D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood investigate stolen electrical goods. D.I. Burnside talks to Dashwood about interviewing a suspect in the back of a police car. P.C. Quinnan notices a man…
  66. Episode 66: Once a Copper Aug 16, 1990 · 22m Burnside briefs the troops about a raid. The informant is scared and wants to back out, and when the raid takes place, there is nothing there. Burnside visits an ex-copper in prison and…
  67. Episode 67: Vendetta Aug 21, 1990 · 22m Garfield is in a shop when he notices a kid acting suspiciously. Burnside recognises the boy as being from a family of villains. The front room of their house is fire bombed. CID are…
  68. Episode 68: My Favourite Things Aug 23, 1990 · 22m Monroe is unhappy about Quinnan. Garfield is helping Conway in the Property Office and a jemmy was missing. Quinnan used it to open a door of a house with a chip pan on the stove. This was…
  69. Episode 69: Win Some Lose Some Aug 28, 1990 · 22m Some dustbins have been stolen. Stringer thinks there is something in it but Quinnan thinks it is a wind up. The bins are being used in a band. Martella follows up an indecent assault…
  70. Episode 70: Up The Steps Aug 30, 1990 · 22m Peters Loxton and Young go to court. The defendant says the police were heavy handed. A witness to a fraud is thinking twice about going through with the I.D. parade.
  71. Episode 71: Where There's a Will Sep 4, 1990 · 22m A solicitor calls at the station to ask Cryer to call to learn something to his advantage. Loxton was investigating a burglary and caught the burglar when he returned the stolen goods. The…
  72. Episode 72: Near The Knuckle Sep 6, 1990 · 22m Datta and Stamp investigate a domestic. The husband says his wife hasn't been herself lately. His wife tries to blame herself and is embarrassed about it. A man lays a complaint of…
  73. Episode 73: Body Language Sep 11, 1990 · 22m Stamp and Stringer chase a group of black youths. Stringer's got away but Stamp corners one in a building who maintains he was trying to get to the chippy. Brownlow opens the mobile crime…
  74. Episode 74: When Did You Last See Your Father? Sep 13, 1990 · 22m Cathy and Reg investigate an RTA involving a coachload of school children. The driver had been to an all-night party before he started work. One of the children recognises his dad on a…
  75. Episode 75: Eye-Witness Sep 18, 1990 · 22m Cryer investigates a fight at a petrol station between football supporters that results in the death of the driver. Brownlow informs next of kin. Wray thinks it could be racial. Martella…
  76. Episode 76: Sufficient Evidence Sep 20, 1990 · 22m Monroe talks to Garfield and Hollis about their arrest rates. Quinnan and Datta are sent to investigate a loud party where a fight breaks out. Quinnan sets up a prisoner with drugs…
  77. Episode 77: Forget-Me-Not Sep 25, 1990 · 22m A D.S. from the Drug squad is looking for the D.C.I. Cathy recognises him. He is interested in Cathy and follows her on her beat as she checks a domestic. He turns out to be her ex-husband…
  78. Episode 78: Something to Remember Sep 27, 1990 · 22m Brownlow is off to area for the commendation ceremony. Dave is getting one for the arrest of the man who murdered 2 children. His mother and girlfriend go to the presentation. Penny is…
  79. Episode 79: Off The Leash Oct 2, 1990 · 22m Dashwood and Lines investigates a robbery. The witness is not prepared to give a statement until the gang is caught. Brownlow says CID have to liase with Monroe. An old typist starts work…
  80. Episode 80: Family Ties Oct 4, 1990 · 22m Burnside is in court giving evidence. Because of flooding at the prison, the prisoners are brought back to Sunhill. Burnside's prisoner is in emotional shock and is taken to a mental…
  81. Episode 81: Old Friends Oct 9, 1990 · 22m Ted is at the hospital seeing the 82 year old victim of a mugging. Her son is an ex-copper. It turns out that the son snapped and hit his mum. The abuse has been going on for a while. A…
  82. Episode 82: Pride and Prejudice Oct 11, 1990 · 22m Garfield and Stamp see a burning car and a man putting it out. The man has HIV AIDS and George is worried about to process him so rings the Chief Medical Officer. The result is Conway…
  83. Episode 83: Housey Housey Oct 16, 1990 · 22m Quinnan, Marshall and Monroe are on hand while squatters are evicted. One of the squatters takes a swing at the bailiff with a sword because he couldn't cope staying at another bed and…
  84. Episode 84: Connelly's Kids Oct 18, 1990 · 22m Greig and Carver arrest a man on suspicion of handling stolen property. The priest thinks the father is beating the son who is found at the church after kicking Viv. The children are being…
  85. Episode 85: One of Those Days Oct 23, 1990 · 22m Loxton and Ackland argue about height requirements. They are called to an RTA where a pregnant woman was involved in a hit-and run at a crossing. She later loses her baby. The driver comes…
  86. Episode 86: Jack-The-Lad Oct 25, 1990 · 22m Stamp and Datta call at a house where they find 2 women fighting because the woman being attacked is having an affair with the other woman's husband. Lines and Carver chase a man who is…
  87. Episode 87: Blue Murder Oct 30, 1990 · 22m The police are out on the streets of Sun Hill enforcing a crackdown on prostitution. P.C. Stamp nicks an underage tom named Suzanne, and W.P.C. Ackland cautions a would-be punter who…
  88. Episode 88: Effective Persuaders Nov 1, 1990 · 22m DC's Carver and Martella, DS Grieg, WPC Ackland, PC Quinnan and DI Burnside go on an interview technique training course. During role-play, Frank has to act as a knicker thief, while Jim…
  89. Episode 89: A Sense of Duty Nov 6, 1990 · 22m A drunk in a restaurant is arrested by an off duty Roach. Penny is not happy that Roach doesn't come in with the drunk who knows the commissioner. Monroe thinks Roach was drinking. After a…
  90. Episode 90: Lying-In-Wait Nov 8, 1990 · 22m Sgt. Peters is taking roll call. Cathy is acting sergeant. Sgt. Peters is asked to investigate a smell causing a disturbance. The smell is caused by a body. Tony is walking along the river…
  91. Episode 91: Plato For Policemen Nov 13, 1990 · 22m A building site night watchman complains about illegal dumping on the site. Loxton pulls out a video from a bag. Roach and Lines investigate the owner of a van. the van was from a…
  92. Episode 92: Testimony Nov 15, 1990 · 22m Hollis and Ackland are at the hospital waiting to hear how the victim from the burglary is whether she was raped. She wants to discharge herself. Roach interviews the suspect in the…
  93. Episode 93: Decisions Nov 20, 1990 · 22m Reg welcomes Bob back from leave after the shooting. Top brass want to treat him with 'kid gloves' and don't want him to tkae his firearms refresher course. A social worker tells Bob of an…
  94. Episode 94: Know Your Enemy Nov 22, 1990 · 22m
  95. Episode 95: Lies Nov 27, 1990 · 22m
  96. Episode 96: Old Wounds Nov 29, 1990 · 22m Tony stops the driver of an American car. His dad had died in custody. While Jim is interviewing a suspect he has a heart attack. Brownlow wants to minimise the damage. While Roach is…
  97. Episode 97: Just For A Moment Dec 4, 1990 · 22m DC Jim Carver brings a suspect into custody, but while he is busy trying to charm WPC Norika Datta, the suspect grabs a knife and takes her hostage... [Source: jimsgirl]
  98. Episode 98: Market Forces Dec 6, 1990 · 22m
  99. Episode 99: One For The Road Dec 11, 1990 · 22m Penny gets pulled over after being at the pub. He thinks it is a wind-up. The officers are from Barton Street.
  100. Episode 100: Start With The Whistle Dec 13, 1990 · 22m After the court case Sgt. Penny resigns for health reasons.
  101. Episode 101: Out of The Blue Dec 18, 1990 · 22m June is late for work. Monroe notices her arrival. Her friendship with Wray is the subject of station gossip. June thinks Monroe grassed them up. She is not the only one. Greig talks to…
  102. Episode 102: Street Smart Dec 20, 1990 · 22m Monroe has horsemanure in his driveway. Tony and Reg plan to plant something in his car. The relief are working to rule. June tries to call off the campaign. Wray tries to talk to Greig…
  103. Episode 103: Safe As Houses Dec 26, 1990 · 22m Carver and Dashwood look after a very important witness. An attempted break-in could mean a move. Lines and Martella take over and there is a break-in by armed gunmen which turns out to be…
  104. Episode 104: Friends and Neighbours Dec 27, 1990 · 22m Steve and Phil are called to a disturbance. They find two men attacking a car. One of the men was from Birmingham. Roach thinks the men could be linked to exhaust boxes. Burnside decides…