The Bill

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8x1
The Best Policy
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CID investigate an armed robbery at a DIY warehouse. D.C.I. Reid's influence in high places suddenly makes D.I. Burnside look vulnerable to criticism.
8x2
A Friend in Need
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PC Quinnan is the subject of a civil complaint. PCs Stamp and Stringer follow up on a fire at a home for ex-psychiatric patients, but find little care in the community.
8x3
Whose Side Are You On?
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D.C. Lines investigates a mugging, and tries to get the victim charged with the murder of his assailant. Belinda Sinclair guest stars as Mrs. Davies in this episode.
8x4
Lip Service
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D.C. Lines is enjoying an off-duty pint in his local pub. He becomes involved in a bar brawl, and uncovers a loan-sharking business. P.C. Quinnan deals with a kleptomaniac.
8x5
Illegals
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D.C. Lines investigates when a cellar full 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.
8x6
Fair Play
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P.C. Quinnan investigates the illegal sale of steroids. P.C. Garfield is put on the spot when his old sparring partner is arrested. Alex Walkinshaw, who plays Steven Murray, would later join the cast as P.C. Dale Smith.
8x7
Dinosaur
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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 .. show full overview
8x8
Joyride
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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.
8x9
Not Waving
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A student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody.
8x10
Mates
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Sgt. Cryer is finding being non-operational tedious. He goes undercover as a punter in a brothel, but his presence on the operation antagonizes Sgt. Peters. Cryer goes to sees Ch. Supt. .. show full overview
8x11
Lost Boy
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A thirteen-year-old boy is missing. D.S. Greig, D.C. Dashwood and W.P.C. Ackland head to the West End to search for him. They are led to a vice ring and are brought into an operation against ponces running rent boys.
8x12
Chicken
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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. Following the accident, Sgt. Peters agrees to transfer .. show full overview
8x13
Somebody Special
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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.
8x14
Previous Convictions
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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. Attempting to close the yard .. show full overview
8x15
Beggar My Neighbour
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A tramp is attacked, leading the police into a web of crime.
8x16
It's a Small World
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Thinking of leaving the force, D.C. Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security consultants. At the recruitment presentation his suspicions are .. show full overview
8x17
Licence
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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.
8x18
Comeback
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With Sgt. Peters taking over as Duty Sergeant, Sgt. Cryer returns to the relief, but is unimpressed by the "charity mags" PC Hollis has produced. Whilst attending an incident at a local .. show full overview
8x19
Fireproof
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Acting D.C.I. Burnside leads an investigation into the fire-bombing of the community police station. P.C. Smollett talks to his contacts on the estate and they lead him to the culprit.
8x20
The Paddy Factor
Episode overview
The Paddy Factor is the 416th episode of The Bill. 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.
8x21
The Wild Rover
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SO13, the Anti-Terrorist Squad, are investigating a possible IRA cell in Sun Hill. D.S. Ted Roach, however, has other ideas.
8x22
Coincidence
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A small boy known for lying claims to have been the subject of an attempted abduction in an adventure playground. Investigating his claims, W.P.C. Ackland and Sgt. Maitland discover that the attacker is a friend of the family.
8x23
Going Soft
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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.
8x24
Re-Hab
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D.C.I. Jack Meadows arrives to take charge of Sun Hill CID. He becomes involved with a father suspected of murdering his drug addict son.
8x25
Acting Detective
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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 courier's place in an attempt to uncover the dealer.
8x26
Stopover
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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 guest house, keeps reporting an intruder on the premises. .. show full overview
8x27
Suspects
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D.S. Greig arrests a suspect for an armed robbery, but is proved wrong.
8x28
All the King's Horses
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A lorry overturns and sheds its load outside a school, burying a boy and girl and putting P.C. Loxton to the test.
8x29
Party Politics
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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.
8x30
Trials and Tribulations
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W.P.C. Marshall becomes a vital witness in a murder trial. She soon realises that someone is trying to intimidate her, when her flat is smashed up and her car wrecked. D.I. Burnside .. show full overview
8x31
A Can of Worms
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A traffic accident draws attention to a minicab firm. P.C. Stringer discovers that the owner is using young boys as thieves.
8x32
Timing
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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.
8x33
A Nice Little Line in Plastic
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P.C.Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta arrest a girl using stolen credit cards and uncover a major racket.
8x34
Trial and Error
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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.
8x35
Owning Up
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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?
8x36
Up Behind
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It's Saturday night, but CID are at work trailing a known criminal suspected of burglary. D.C. Carver could be in trouble if the operation is a failure. Meanwhile, W.D.C. Martella is .. show full overview
8x37
Appearances
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Following an argument with a drunken pub customer, a young barman is hit by a car and later dies. P.C.s Quinnan and Stringer have their suspicions about the customer. Could it be manslaughter?
8x38
Principled Negotiation
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D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach look favourably on an ex-villain with a loan-shark problem, but they expect favours in return.
8x39
Sign of Our Times
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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.
8x40
Priorities
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P.C. Stringer and P.C. Loxton attend to an allegation of theft at an old people's home. Stringer begins to suspect that the ex-policeman who runs the home is ill-treating residents, while Loxton is more interested in joining a CID observation.
8x41
Users
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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 a bigger dealer.
8x42
Man of the People
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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 .. show full overview
8x43
Runaway
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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.
8x44
Exposures
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A 14-year-old model claims that she was sexually assaulted during a photographic session. W.D.C. Martella discovers that every picture tells a story. Meanwhile, P.C. Hollis drives everyone to distraction with his plans for a station newspaper.
8x45
Better the Devil
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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 Stafford Row.
8x46
Prisoners
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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. Hollis has to resuscitate a drunk who swallows his own vomit, and Boyden is sympathetic to a prostitute called Gloria.
8x47
World To Rights
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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.
8x48
Do the Right Thing
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P.C. Stringer is mugged by a gang, and is determined to get his own back. W.P.C. Datta and P.C. Quinnan arrest a woman for using a stolen credit card. D.C. Lines traces the muggers and stolen credit cards back to a villain's pregnant wife.
8x49
Hiding to Nothing
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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.
8x50
Punching Judy
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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.
8x51
Vicious Circles
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P.C. Hollis arrests a woman for being drunk in charge of a baby, and finds himself drawn into a complicated family set-up.
8x52
Up All Night
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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.
8x53
Part of the Furniture
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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 .. show full overview
8x54
Snakes and Ladders
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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.
8x55
Street Cleaning
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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.
8x56
Hands Up
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Ch. Insp. Conway decides he needs to get back on the beat, and arrests a drunk for criminal damage. D.C. Carver deals with a building society robber, a woman who wants the money for a good cause. First appearance of D.C. Alan Woods (Tom Cotcher).
8x57
A Scandalous Act
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P.C. Garfield brings in a teenage girl arrested a drugs party, and she accuses him of sexually assaulting her. This episode sees a guest appearance by Det Supt. Kim Reid (Carolyn Pickles) who was, as D.C.I. Reid, a Sun Hill regular 1990-1992.
8x58
Raiders
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A ram-raid ends in tragedy when a boy is killed. But what was his part in the affair? As CID investigate, a well-organised family business is revealed.
8x59
Talk Out
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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.
8x60
True Confessions
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D.S. Roach is put under pressure when a suspect retracts a confession and accuses the police of oppression.
8x61
Private Enterprise
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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. P.C. Garfield stops a minicab .. show full overview
8x62
Getting Through
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The night shift is saddled with a feud between two men who come to the front desk with allegations of GBH against each other. Police and criminals alike doubt the ability of the new young duty solicitor, but Ms Bryant can give as good as she gets.
8x63
Last Night of Freedom
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Someone is stabbed on a stag night, but the likely suspect can't remember a thing about it.
8x64
Cutting Loose
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D.I. Burnside and D.C. Lines are returning a chief suspect to prison when they are ambushed by a gang of masked men, who spring him.
8x65
Soft Target
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P.C. Smollett discovers that a local villain is driving people out of their flats and re-letting them to squatters. At Sun Hill, a civilian typist is discovered to be having an affair with a known villain.
8x66
I've Never Been to Harrogate
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D.S. Greig and D.C. Woods investigate the mysterious collapse of an old lady who has been burgled. They are led to a man who thinks he is helping elderly people with nothing to live for by killing them.
8x67
Human Resources
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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.
8x68
Exit
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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.
8x69
Loyalties
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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.
8x70
Snapshot
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A complaint over loud music quickly escalates into an armed siege, as a man waves a gun at PCs Stamp and Quinnan.
8x71
Letting Go
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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 .. show full overview
8x72
Travelling Light
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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 Burnside protesting his innocence.
8x73
Radio Waves
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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 .. show full overview
8x74
A Blind Eye
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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 .. show full overview
8x75
Sympathy For the Devil
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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 .. show full overview
8x76
Force Is Part of the Service
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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. .. show full overview
8x77
On the Record, Off the Record
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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 .. show full overview
8x78
Stoning the Glasshouse
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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 .. show full overview
8x79
Tip-Off
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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 .. show full overview
8x80
Open to Offers
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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 .. show full overview
8x81
Playing God
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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 .. show full overview
8x82
Crack of Doom
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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 .. show full overview
8x83
Spit and Polish
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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 .. show full overview
8x84
Overdue
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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 .. show full overview
8x85
We Should Be Talking
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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. .. show full overview
8x86
Reasonable Grounds
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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 soon as he sees Barry.
8x87
Discipline
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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.
8x88
Minefield
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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 released.
8x89
Gamers
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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 and Sgt. Boyden join the game.
8x90
Occupational Hazard
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When sex appeal doesn't get him what he wants, Harry Osborne turns vicious. W.D.C. Martella has to pick up the pieces.
8x91
Just Send Some Flowers
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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.
8x92
Waifs and Strays
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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 discovers the dog has been beaten and decides to keep it.
8x93
Happy Families
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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.
8x94
Well Out of Order
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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 C.I.D. at catching a dangerous mugger.
8x95
Into the Mire
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CID receive information that leads to the arrest of a prolific handler of stolen goods. D.I. Burnside has more success than P.C. Smollett in exposing a squatting scam on the Tankeray estate, and arrests a corrupt housing official.
8x96
Master of the House
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The body of a respectable family man is found on a notorious patch of wasteland. His son confesses to the killing.
8x97
Fireworks
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P.C. Stamp uses some old-fashioned policing methods to tackle the problem of children playing with railway detonators
8x98
Cold Shoulder
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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.
8x99
Safety First
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Following an armed robbery, D.I. Burnside confronts the problems caused by the widespread ownership of shotguns, and discovers just how easy it is for shotguns to get into the wrong hands.
8x100
Counting the Cost
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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 some harassment of her own.
8x101
Compassion
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A probation officer seems eager to assist D.I. Burnside over the murder of a prostitute, but how close is she to the murderer?
8x102
Finders Keepers
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D.C. Carver finds a buried treasure and the glory should be his. However, D.C. Dashwood, now with the Art and Antiques Squad, takes the case away from him and gets a result.
8x103
Return Match
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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.
8x104
High Places
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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. Then reports of a series of bizarre burglaries come in.
8x105
When Push Comes To Shove
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Sun Hill officers are drinking after shift when a 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 protection, and provoke a fight with a violent thug.

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