The Bill: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Bill follows the officers of Sun Hill, a Metropolitan Police station located in the fictional Borough of Canley in London's East End. Created in 1983 by Geoff McQueen as a one-off drama called "Woodentop", The Bill was spun off as a full series, and ran for over 26 years and 2400 episodes. Covering both uniformed officers and CID detectives, the series is renowned for its accurate and authentic portrayal of policing in London.

Series details

• Title: The Bill
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Crime
• Premiere date: 1984-10-16
• Final broadcast date listed: 2010-08-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 37 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.4/10
• TVMaze ID: 5983
• IMDb ID: tt0084987
• TVDB ID: 70474

Cast and credited roles

• Eric Richard — Bob Cryer
• Trudie Goodwin — June Ackland
• Mark Wingett — Jim Carver
• Graham Cole — Tony Stamp
• Tony Scannell — Ted Roach
• Jeff Stewart — Reg Hollis
• Larry Dann — Alec Peters
• Jon Iles — Mike Dashwood
• Nula Conwell — Viv Martella
• Christopher Ellison — Frank Burnside
• Kevin Lloyd — Alfred "Tosh" Lines
• Peter Ellis — Charles Brownlow

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1984-10-16; final listed air date 1985-01-22; episode order: 11.
• Season 2: premiered 1985-11-11; final listed air date 1986-02-10; episode order: 12.
• Season 3: premiered 1987-09-21; final listed air date 1987-12-07; episode order: 12.
• Season 4: premiered 1988-07-19; final listed air date 1988-12-29.
• Season 5: premiered 1989-01-03; final listed air date 1989-12-28.
• Season 6: premiered 1990-01-02; final listed air date 1990-12-27.
• Season 7: premiered 1991-01-01; final listed air date 1991-12-31.
• Season 8: premiered 1992-01-02; final listed air date 1992-12-31.
• Season 9: premiered 1993-01-05; final listed air date 1993-12-31.
• Season 10: premiered 1994-01-04; final listed air date 1994-12-30; episode order: 156.
• Season 11: premiered 1995-01-05; final listed air date 1995-12-29; episode order: 149.
• Season 12: premiered 1996-01-02; final listed air date 1996-12-31; episode order: 156.
• Season 13: premiered 1997-01-02; final listed air date 1997-12-30; episode order: 152.
• Season 14: premiered 1998-01-01; final listed air date 1998-12-31.
• Season 15: premiered 1999-01-07; final listed air date 1999-12-31.
• Season 16: premiered 2000-01-04; final listed air date 2000-12-29.
• Season 17: premiered 2001-01-05; final listed air date 2001-12-21.
• Season 18: premiered 2002-01-03; final listed air date 2002-05-16.
• Season 19: premiered 2003-01-01; final listed air date 2003-12-31.
• Season 20: premiered 2004-01-07; final listed air date 2004-12-30.
• Season 21: premiered 2005-01-05; final listed air date 2005-12-29.
• Season 22: premiered 2006-01-04; final listed air date 2006-04-27.
• Season 23: premiered 2007-01-03; final listed air date 2007-12-28.
• Season 24: premiered 2008-01-02; final listed air date 2008-12-31.
• Season 25: premiered 2009-01-01; final listed air date 2009-12-29.
• Season 26: premiered 2010-01-07; final listed air date 2010-08-31.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Bill on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.