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The Bill: Series 8

Poster for The Bill Season 8

105 episodes · premiered Jan 2, 1992

The eighth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 105 episodes, broadcast between 2 January – 31 December 1992. The series was released on DVD for the first time on 6 June 2012, in Australia. It features the above artwork, which features images of PC Steve Loxton and DC Mike Dashwood.

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  1. Episode 1: The Best Policy Jan 2, 1992 · 22m D.C.I. Reid's influence in high places suddenly makes D.I. Burnside look vulnerable to criticism. CID investigate an armed robbery.
  2. Episode 2: A Friend In Need Jan 7, 1992 · 22m P.C. Quinnan is the subject of a civil complaint. P.C.s Stamp and Stringer follow up on a fire at a home for ex-psychiatric patients, but find little care in the community.
  3. Episode 3: Whose Side Are You On? Jan 9, 1992 · 22m D.C. Lines investigates a mugging, and tries to get the victim charged with the murder of his assailant.
  4. Episode 4: Lip Service Jan 14, 1992 · 22m D.C. Lines is enjoying an off-duty pint in his local pub and becomes involved in a bar brawl.
  5. Episode 5: Illegals Jan 16, 1992 · 22m D.C. Lines investigates when a cellarful of illegal immigrants is discovered. He enlists the help of Sgt. Boyden, who takes a fancy to one of the females. Lines warns him off.
  6. Episode 6: Fair Play Jan 21, 1992 · 22m P.C. Quinnan investigates the illegal sale of steroids. P.C. Garfield is put on the spot when his old sparring partner is arrested.
  7. Episode 7: Dinosaur Jan 23, 1992 · 22m D.I. Burnside's unorthodox policing methods, which include flushing an informant's head down a toilet, set him on a collision course with D.C.I. Reid, who has already received several…
  8. Episode 8: Joyride Jan 28, 1992 · 22m A girl is seriously injured in a joyriding incident. Ch. Supt. Brownlow must decide whether he is prepared to risk a riot by sending officers into an estate to round up the culprits.
  9. Episode 9: Not Waving Jan 30, 1992 · 22m A student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody.
  10. Episode 10: Mates Feb 4, 1992 · 22m Sgt. Cryer is finding being non-operational tedious. He goes undercover as a punter in a brothel, but his presence on the operation antagonises Sgt. Peters. Cryer goes to sees Ch. Supt…
  11. Episode 11: Lost Boy Feb 6, 1992 · 22m D.S. Greig is led to a vice ring when searching for a missing thirteen-year-old boy. D.C. Dashwood and W.P.C. Ackland are brought into an operation against ponces running rent boys.
  12. Episode 12: Chicken Feb 11, 1992 · 22m P.C. Stringer tries to stop some children from playing 'chicken' on the railway line, but one of them is run down by a train. Sgt. Peters transfers upstairs to the post of duty sergeant…
  13. Episode 13: Somebody Special Feb 13, 1992 · 22m Acting D.I. Greig tries to recruit a hardened female thief as a snout, but finds her more than a match for him. D.C.I. Reid is promoted out of Sun Hill to MS15.
  14. Episode 14: Previous Convictions Feb 18, 1992 · 22m Investigating an apparent accident in which a man's hand is crushed in a car-breaker's yard, Sgt. Maitland uncovers years of animosity, neglect and revenge.
  15. Episode 15: Beggar My Neighbour Feb 20, 1992 · 22m A tramp is attacked, leading the police into a web of crime.
  16. Episode 16: It's A Small World Feb 25, 1992 · 22m Thinking of leaving the force, D.C. Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security consultants.
  17. Episode 17: Licence Feb 27, 1992 · 22m A man convicted of strangling his wife has been released on licence, but the probation service fails to notify Sun Hill. His presence comes to light when his son causes a disturbance.
  18. Episode 18: Comeback Mar 3, 1992 · 22m The community police station run by P.C. Smollett is fire-bombed. The area car is stolen from P.C. Loxton and W.P.C. Datta, and it is written off in an RTA.
  19. Episode 19: Fireproof Mar 5, 1992 · 22m D.I. Burnside leads an investigation into the firebombing of the community police station.
  20. Episode 20: The Paddy Factor Mar 10, 1992 · 22m D.C. Carver and W.D.C. Martella have a car thief under observation, and see him shot as he gets into a car. The Anti-Terrorist Squad is called in, and the IRA is suspected.
  21. Episode 21: The Wild Rover Mar 12, 1992 · 22m D.S. Roach ignores the Anti-Terrorist Squad, and investigates a possible IRA cell.
  22. Episode 22: Coincidence Mar 17, 1992 · 22m A small boy known for lying claims to have been the subject of an attempted abduction in an adventure playground.
  23. Episode 23: Going Soft Mar 19, 1992 · 22m A routine trip to a magistrate for a warrant turns into a nightmare for D.C. Dashwood when he is taken prisoner by two hooded burglars.
  24. Episode 24: Re-Hab Mar 24, 1992 · 22m Jack Meadows arrives to take charge of Sun Hill CID. He becomes involved with a father suspected of murdering his drug addict son.
  25. Episode 25: Acting Detective Mar 26, 1992 · 22m A woman who collapsed at an airport is found to be a mule, smuggling drugs in her stomach. D.I. Burnside, with only limited time to mount an operation, gets W.P.C. French to take the…
  26. Episode 26: Stopover Mar 31, 1992 · 22m P.C. Smollett tries to offer a follow-up service to victims of crime. A woman whose husband is in prison, and who runs a guesthouse, keeps reporting an intruder on the premises. Smollett…
  27. Episode 27: Suspects Apr 2, 1992 · 22m D.S. Greig arrests a suspect for an armed robbery, but is proved wrong.
  28. Episode 28: All The King's Horses Apr 7, 1992 · 22m A lorry overturns and sheds its load outside a school, burying a boy and girl and putting P.C. Loxton to the test.
  29. Episode 29: Party Politics Apr 9, 1992 · 22m W.D.C. Martella celebrates her birthday. D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach go to a party attended by a crooked businessman, who makes Burnside an offer he can't refuse.
  30. Episode 30: Trials & Tribulations Apr 14, 1992 · 22m W.P.C. Marshall becomes a vital witness in a murder trial, and soon realises that someone is trying to intimidate her.
  31. Episode 31: A Can Of Worms Apr 16, 1992 · 22m A traffic accident draws attention to a minicab firm.
  32. Episode 32: Timing Apr 21, 1992 · 22m D.C.I. Meadows tries to find the link between three arson attacks. D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood track down an escaped prisoner, but Roach seems more interested in his beautiful wife.
  33. Episode 33: A Nice Little Line In Plastic Apr 23, 1992 · 22m P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta arrest a girl using stolen credit cards and uncover a major racket.
  34. Episode 34: Trial & Error Apr 24, 1992 · 22m An armed robber who put an innocent bystander in an wheelchair has his house firebombed by the victim's son. D.I. Burnside is determined to see justice done.
  35. Episode 35: Owning Up Apr 30, 1992 · 22m P.C.s Loxton and Stringer follow up on a mugging but their case is nearly ruined when it collides with an investigation by D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows. Can W.P.C. Ackland crack the case?
  36. Episode 36: Up Behind May 5, 1992 · 22m It's Saturday night, but CID are at work trailing a known criminal believed to be responsible for a series of artifice burglaries involving pensioners.
  37. Episode 37: Appearances May 7, 1992 · 22m Following an argument with a drunken pub customer, a young barmaid is hit by a car and later dies. P.C.s Quinnan and Stringer have their suspicions about the customer. Could it be…
  38. Episode 38: Principled Negotiation May 12, 1992 · 22m D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach look favourably on an ex-villain with a loan-shark problem, but they expect favours in return.
  39. Episode 39: Sign Of Our Times May 14, 1992 · 22m An armed robber admits to D.C. Lines that redundancy and the repossession of his house made him take to crime to solve his problems.
  40. Episode 40: Priorities May 19, 1992 · 22m P.C.s Stringer and Loxton attend to a theft at an old people's home and begin to suspect that the ex-policeman who runs the home is ill-treating residents.
  41. Episode 41: Users May 21, 1992 · 22m W.D.C. Martella arrests a woman for drug dealing. D.I. Burnside suspects that she is using teenage girls as couriers by offering them free holidays in Spain, but she is being exploited by…
  42. Episode 42: Man Of The People May 26, 1992 · 22m P.C. Stringer wins the election for the post of Federation Rep, beating the incumbent P.C. Hollis by fifty-eight votes to two. Ch. Supt. Brownlow decides to eat in the canteen with the…
  43. Episode 43: Runaway May 28, 1992 · 22m D.S Roach investigates the beating of a teenage girl, and tries to establish if his suspect is also responsible for a number of murders being investigated by AMIP.
  44. Episode 44: Exposures Jun 2, 1992 · 22m A young model claims that she was sexually assaulted during a photographic session. W.D.C. Martella discovers that every picture tells a story.
  45. Episode 45: Better The Devil Jun 4, 1992 · 22m P.C. Stringer gets involved with a bizarre household, and discovers a horrifying case of parental cruelty in the attic. W.P.C. Marshall goes on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at…
  46. Episode 46: Prisoners Jun 9, 1992 · 22m Sgt. Boyden and P.C. Hollis are hoping for a quiet night in the custody suite at Sun Hill, but that's not how it turns out.
  47. Episode 47: World To Rights Jun 11, 1992 · 22m W.P.C. Marshall, on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at Stafford Row, makes an error of judgement and is attacked by a woman's husband.
  48. Episode 48: Do The Right Thing Jun 16, 1992 · 22m P.C. Stringer is mugged by a gang, and determines to get his own back. P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta follow a cheque card fraudster.
  49. Episode 49: Hiding To Nothing Jun 18, 1992 · 22m P.C. Stamp is ambushed by a gang of youths on a local estate. In trying to assist him, W.P.C. Ackland crashes the Area car, much to P.C. Loxton's delight.
  50. Episode 50: Punching Judy Jun 23, 1992 · 22m A woman lies critically injured in hospital, beaten up by her husband. D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows interview the husband. W.P.C. Marshall decides to quit the Domestic Violence Unit.
  51. Episode 51: Vicious Circles Jun 25, 1992 · 22m P.C. Hollis arrests a woman for being drunk in charge of a baby, and finds himself drawn into a complicated family set-up.
  52. Episode 52: Up All Night Jun 30, 1992 · 22m P.C. Garfield pursues a burglar and is beaten up. Sgt. Boyden's inaction brings hostility from the relief and trouble for D.S. Roach.
  53. Episode 53: Part Of The Furniture Jul 2, 1992 · 22m D.C. Dashwood is to be transferred to the Art and Antiques Squad. D.S. Roach hands him a burglary at an infants' school as a wind-up, but it develops into a case that allows Dashwood to…
  54. Episode 54: Snakes & Ladders Jul 7, 1992 · 22m It's P.C. Garfield's first day back after the attack. The relief place bets on the likelihood of Garfield punching Sgt. Boyden, but Garfield eventually takes his revenge.
  55. Episode 55: Street Cleaning Jul 9, 1992 · 22m Sgt. Cryer gets the relief to put the Garfield-Boyden conflict behind them and get back to work, to sort out the takeover of genuine beggars' pitches by violent professional thieves.
  56. Episode 56: Hands Up Jul 14, 1992 · 22m Conway decides he needs to get back on the beat, and arrests a drunk for criminal damage.
  57. Episode 57: A Scandalous Act Jul 16, 1992 · 22m P.C. Garfield brings in a teenaged girl arrested at a drugs party, and she accuses him of sexually assaulting her.
  58. Episode 58: Raiders Jul 21, 1992 · 22m A ram-raid ends in tragedy when a boy is killed. But what was his part in the affair?
  59. Episode 59: Talk Out Jul 23, 1992 · 22m A middle-aged couple arrive at the front desk and report their neighbour missing, but W.P.C. Ackland isn't sure that they are telling the whole truth.
  60. Episode 60: True Confessions Jul 28, 1992 · 22m D.S. Roach is put under pressure when a suspect retracts a confession and accuses the police of oppression.
  61. Episode 61: Private Enterprise Jul 30, 1992 · 22m D.C.I. Meadows tackles CID about passing intelligence to the collator; but D.S. Roach is reluctant to share information relating to his current operation.
  62. Episode 62: Getting Through Aug 4, 1992 · 22m The night shift is saddled with a feud between two men who come to the front desk with allegations of GBH against each other.
  63. Episode 63: Last Night Of Freedom Aug 6, 1992 · 22m Someone is stabbed on a stag night, but the likely suspect can't remember a thing about it.
  64. Episode 64: Cutting Loose Aug 11, 1992 · 22m Burnside and Lines are returning a chief suspect to prison when they are ambushed by a gang of masked men, who spring him.
  65. Episode 65: Soft Targer Aug 13, 1992 · 22m P.C. Smollett discovers that a local villain is driving people out of their flats and reletting them to squatters. At Sun Hill, a civilian typist is discovered to be having an affair with…
  66. Episode 66: I've Never Been To Harrogate Aug 18, 1992 · 22m D.S. Greig and D.C. Woods investigate the mysterious collapse of an old lady who has been burgled.
  67. Episode 67: Human Resources Aug 20, 1992 · 22m Two con men are preying on women through the small ads in the local paper. Lack of personnel for D.S. Roach's operation places W.D.C. Martella in danger.
  68. Episode 68: Exit Aug 25, 1992 · 22m A loan shark is attacked. D.S. Greig has a vital witness who is young, blonde and pretty, but she keeps stringing him along, and then disappears.
  69. Episode 69: Loyalties Aug 27, 1992 · 22m Acting on information from a snout, D.I. Burnside mounts a raid on crack-houses. When details of the raid are leaked, D.C.I. Meadows challenges Burnside over the trustworthiness of his team.
  70. Episode 70: Snapshot Sep 1, 1992 · 22m A complaint over loud music quickly escalates into an armed siege, as a man waves a gun at P.C.s Stamp and Quinnan.
  71. Episode 71: Letting Go Sep 3, 1992 · 22m Reg is playing with a train set before going out. He is looking for a place to live as he is moving out of the section house but ends up moving to a different corridor instead. Greig and…
  72. Episode 72: Travelling Light Sep 8, 1992 · 22m Viv helps Donna dress up for a reconstruction of a murder case. They find a man who spoke to the dead woman and gives them a new lead. The ex-boyfriend of the murder victim asks to see…
  73. Episode 73: Radio Waves Sep 10, 1992 · 22m Monroe talks to Conway about a problem with a car chase. Tony and Dave were chasing joy riders with Ron in the back. Norika and George help catch the children who were joy riding. CID…
  74. Episode 74: A Blind Eye Sep 15, 1992 · 22m Viv brings in an elderly mugging victim who helps make an identikit picture. Boyden gets spoken to by Monroe about working with the relief. Tony assists George with a disturbance when…
  75. Episode 75: Sympathy For the Devil Sep 17, 1992 · 22m Tosh is at the building society waiting for an armed robber. Dave and Barry assist CID and they catch an old age pensioner. Steve goes to a disturbance behind a pub. He finds an attacked…
  76. Episode 76: Force Is Part of the Service Sep 22, 1992 · 22m Brownlow and Conway have a meeting with councillors about the changes in the police force. Conway gives them a tour of the station. Steve brings in a man suspected of street robbery. The…
  77. Episode 77: On the Record, Off the Record Sep 24, 1992 · 22m CID investigates a break-in at a warehouse which resulted in the theft of personal CD players. Steve spots the van used in the robbery. After talking to a worker with form, fingers start…
  78. Episode 78: Stoning the Glasshouse Sep 29, 1992 · 22m Bob visits a friend who is the head of a neighbourhood watch. His son is stealing to support his drug habit. Bob's friend thinks the police are turning a blind eye towards the Cockcroft…
  79. Episode 79: Tip-Off Oct 1, 1992 · 22m Tosh is asked for by a burglar whom he put inside. He gives Tosh information that there might be a bank robbery. CID catches the robbers after the job but when Tosh tries to arrange…
  80. Episode 80: Open to Offers Oct 6, 1992 · 22m Monroe and the relief go to a pub where some men are damaging it. One of the men tries to blackmail Dave over some moonlighting Dave did to get off the charge. Monroe thinks the men might…
  81. Episode 81: Playing God Oct 8, 1992 · 22m CID are tied up with a court case. A burglary suspect of Ted's may have to be released as he is at court. Tony brings in an old lady who has been abusive in the street. Dave and George…
  82. Episode 82: Crack of Doom Oct 13, 1992 · 22m There is a search of people looking for crack. A man has a scuffle with another man and claims a piece of crack was planted on him. Tony discovers the man, an ex-boxer, lives over the road…
  83. Episode 83: Spit and Polish Oct 15, 1992 · 22m Steve is late for shift. Just as Steve is about to arrest a fine defaulter Dave is nearly run over by a speeding BMW. Steve really wants to arrest the fine defaulter, who has already left…
  84. Episode 84: Overdue Oct 20, 1992 · 22m Burnside talks to a snout in a bus queue about a delivery. Woods and Carver observe the delivery and CID raid the premises. The cartons contain bricks and motor parts instead of the stolen…
  85. Episode 85: We Should Be Talking Oct 22, 1992 · 22m George is following a silver car that might have been involved in a ramraid. While checking in with the station, his radio goes dead. Sgt. Cryer discovers the radio link is down. June is…
  86. Episode 86: Reasonable Grounds Oct 27, 1992 · 22m Norika goes to see a man about a missing child. Barry has to tell a man his brother is dead after complaining of having to let a suspected burglar go with a caution. the man takes off as…
  87. Episode 87: Discipline Oct 29, 1992 · 22m An obbo on a club nearly goes wrong when a fight starts outside it. The man who started the fight turns out to be a D. S. suspended from the Drug Squad.
  88. Episode 88: Minefield Nov 3, 1992 · 22m Sgt. Maitland finds himself in the wrong when he discovers a serious procedural error meant that a dangerous and possibly psychopathic man has been arrested twice for the same offence and…
  89. Episode 89: Gamers Nov 5, 1992 · 22m Tosh investigates a fire bombing of an Asian shop. Dave and Cathy investigates an Asian lady accused of shoplifting. Cathy thinks there is something going on. Her husband is gambling. Dave…
  90. Episode 90: Occupational Hazard Nov 10, 1992 · 22m When sex appeal doesn't get him what he wants, Harry Osborne turns vicious. W.D.C. Martella has to pick up the pieces.
  91. Episode 91: Just Send Some Flowers Nov 12, 1992 · 22m W.D.C. Martella investigates a burglary that occurred during a funeral. D.C. Carver links it to previous burglaries and an employee with a criminal record who claims to be innocent.
  92. Episode 92: Waifs and Strays Nov 17, 1992 · 22m A missing girl's blood-stained book leads D.C. Lines to uncover the family's dark secrets and come up with an unexpected result. P.C. Hollis has to deal with a lost dog. P.C. Loxton…
  93. Episode 93: Happy Families Nov 19, 1992 · 22m What's a smart girl like Sharon doing with a villain like Daniel Batt? D.I. Burnside thinks it's all to do with female hormones, but W.D.C. Martella isn't so sure.
  94. Episode 94: Well Out of Order Nov 24, 1992 · 22m Meadows and Burnside want to go in force to the Tankeray estate to root out the criminal element, but Brownlow is committed to a softer approach. P.C. Smollett proves more effective than…
  95. Episode 95: Into The Mire Nov 26, 1992 · 22m CID receive information that leads to the arrest of a prolific handler of stolen goods.
  96. Episode 96: Master Of The House Dec 1, 1992 · 22m The body of a respectable family man is found on a notorious patch of wasteland.
  97. Episode 97: Fireworks Dec 3, 1992 · 22m Stamp uses some old-fashioned policing methods to tackle the problem of children playing with railway detonators.
  98. Episode 98: Cold Shoulder Dec 8, 1992 · 22m A local youth with form is stabbed in the centre of a densely populated housing development. D.C.I. Meadows investigates when no witnesses come forward.
  99. Episode 99: Safety First Dec 10, 1992 · 22m D.I. Burnside investigates when a pawnbroker is shot in the leg with a legally-acquired shotgun during a robbery at his shop.
  100. Episode 100: Counting the Cost Dec 15, 1992 · 22m A local hero who prevented a robbery, and was severely injured in the process, but received no compensation, is being harassed by a scrap dealer until W.P.C. Ackland turns the tables with…
  101. Episode 101: Compassion Dec 17, 1992 · 22m A probation officer seems eager to assist D.I. Burnside over the murder of a prostitute, but how close is she to the murderer?
  102. Episode 102: Finders Keepers Dec 22, 1992 · 22m D.C. Carver finds a buried treasure and the glory should be his. D.C. Dashwood, now with the Art and Antiques Squad, takes the case away and gets a result.
  103. Episode 103: Return Match Dec 24, 1992 · 22m When a collection of valuable dolls is stolen, D.C. Dashwood from the Art and Antiques Squad turns up, wrong-foots D.C. Lines and gets a result.
  104. Episode 104: High Places Dec 29, 1992 · 22m An ex-criminal who used to be part of a circus high-wire act is found dead, apparently from a fall, but the pathologist says he died elsewhere.
  105. Episode 105: When Push Comes To Shove Dec 31, 1992 · 22m Sun Hill officers are drinking after shift when some troublemakers arrive at the pub. W.P.C. Ackland tries to calm the situation, but P.C.s Quinnan and Loxton decide that she needs their…