Summary:
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The Bill recounts the goings-on within and around Sun Hill, a Metropolitan Police Station located in the fictional Borough of Canley, in east London.
Running for over 25 years, The Bill was Britain's longest running police drama series, finally outstripping Dixon of Dock Green on 10 August 2005. It adapted to meet the challenges of the highly competitive world of independent television, evolving from a standard post-watershed police procedural drama, through a period as a twice- and, later, thrice-weekly early evening ratings grabber with stand-alone plots, then as a twice-weekly one-hour drama with ongoing soap-style exploration of the troubled personal lives of its police officers. The Bill reverted to a once a week, post-watershed drama on 23 July 2009, but ITV decided not to renew the show when the contract came up for renewal the following year.
The Bill is not your average cop show, but rather an extraordinary police drama that brings each episode to the audience through the eyes of the characters. An excellent cast, supported by some of the country's leading writers and directors and some innovative camera work gives an incredible sense of realism. Other police dramas have been created in an attempt to mirror its conventions and match its success, but none has lasted. The Bill truly deserves its accolade as Britain's most successful police drama.
Details
| Network: | ITV1 , ITV |
|---|---|
| Genre(s): | Drama |
| Creators: | Geoff McQueen |
| Seasons: | 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Graham Cole | PC Tony Stamp |
| Simon Rouse | DCI Jack Meadows |
| Alex Walkinshaw | PC Dale Smith |
| Chris Simmons | DC Mickey Webb |
| Jeff Stewart | PC Reg Hollis |
| René Zagger | PC Nick Klein |
| Lisa Geoghan | PC Polly Page |
| Matthew Crompton | PC Sam Harker |
| Suzanne Maddock | PC Cass Rickman |
| Samantha Robson | PC Vicky Hagen |
| Colin Tarrant | Insp Andrew Monroe |
| Ben Roberts (II) | Ch Insp Derek Conway |
| Tony O'Callaghan | Sgt Matt Boyden |
| Andrew Paul | PC Dave Quinnan |
| George Rossi | DC Duncan Lennox |
| Ged Simmons | DI Alex Cullen |
| Mark Wingett | PC Jim Carver |
| Trudie Goodwin | Sgt June Ackland |
| Eric Richard | Sgt Bob Cryer |
| Jane Wall | PC Jane [Sic] Worrell |
| Ben Peyton | PC Ben Hayward |
| Holly Davidson | PC Roz Clarke |
| Steven Hartley | Supt Tom Chandler |
| Raji James | PC [Sic] Vik Singh |
| Natalie Roles | DS Debbie McAllister |
| Hywel Simons | Sgt Craig Gilmore |
| Gary Grant | DC Paul Riley |
| Paul Usher | As Paul Asher) (PC Des Taviner |
| Tania Emery | DC Kate Spears |
| Karl Collins | DC Danny Glaze |
