The Bill — Season 12

Aired 2 January 1996 • 22 min

Skase and Croft investigate a series of hoax phone calls that are tearing a family apart.

Aired 4 January 1996 • 22 min

Loxton and Slater deal with a woman drink-driver.

Aired 5 January 1996 • 22 min

Meadows offers a bottle of scotch as a reward for catching an elusive burglar.

Aired 9 January 1996 • 22 min

Lines and Skase try to avert an ice-cream war in Sun Hill after a vendor is assaulted.

Aired 11 January 1996 • 22 min

Ackland and Jarvis follow up a vicious assault.

Aired 12 January 1996 • 22 min

Boulton is determined to arrest a local drug dealer, at any cost.

Aired 16 January 1996 • 22 min

Beech and Croft investigate the murder of a hairdresser who had been fighting for a share of her dead fiancé's estate.

Aired 18 January 1996 • 22 min

Datta is called to a burglary and is subjected to the unwanted affections of a civic-minded admirer. Monroe is suspicious when Loxton tries to settle an old score.

Aired 19 January 1996 • 22 min

Uniform and CID are on the lookout for escaped prisoner Jim Brodie, so both Brodie's wife and his drug dealer are under observation. PC Nick Slater and WPC Cathy Marshall pursue two burglers down to the riverfront, where one of them gives Slater a severe beating. Marshall sees a person on the barges and gives chase. By the time their backup arrives, delayed by PC Reg Hollis' dodgy belly, Marshall has disappeared. When her dead body is fished out of the river, the two crooks she and Slater had been pursuing are questioned over her possible murder. Searching the barge that Marshall was last seen, CID find evidence that someone has been sleeping rough on board - and it looks like it's their escaped prisoner, Brodie. The river police intercept Brodie fleeing to Amsterdam on his friend's boat, but there is not enough evidence to charge him for Cathy Marshall's murder.

Aired 23 January 1996 • 22 min

As Sun Hill gets to grips with its new computer system, Boyden discovers that it pays to stay one step ahead of the opposition.

Aired 25 January 1996 • 22 min

While Deakin investigates the kidnapping of a five-year-old boy, Conway gets some unsettling news.

Aired 26 January 1996 • 22 min

Five-year-old Tommy Laker is still missing, and Deakin discovers an evil and sinister ring which may hold the clue.

Aired 30 January 1996 • 22 min

Datta and Quinnan look into the mysterious death of a jogger, while Ackland and Jarvis try to reconcile a couple of warring lovers.

Aired 1 February 1996 • 22 min

Slater and Garfield struggle to keep the peace when two women fall out over the same man.

Aired 2 February 1996 • 22 min

Meadows and Croft investigate the murder of an elderly woman, and question two young children living on the floor below who may have heard what happened.

Aired 6 February 1996 • 22 min

Croft and a badly-hungover Beech investigate when a body is found in a car with a large amount of crack cocaine.

Aired 8 February 1996 • 22 min

A reconstruction brings forward an unexpected witness to an assault on a 15-year-old boy.

Aired 9 February 1996 • 22 min

Acting Superintendent Conway is stirred into action by a face from the past.

Aired 13 February 1996 • 22 min

Lines investigates an allegation of underage sex.

Aired 15 February 1996 • 22 min

Cryer and Slater follow up on a murder but a legal loophole may allow the perpetrator to get away with it.

Aired 16 February 1996 • 22 min

Beech is caught in the crossfire when uniform and C.I.D. fall out over a directive from Brownlow.

Aired 20 February 1996 • 22 min

Quinnan and Keane have to help someone with a conviction for assaulting a police officer.

Aired 22 February 1996 • 22 min

Carver and Skase investigate an assault on an Asian schoolboy.

Aired 23 February 1996 • 22 min

Croft investigates a series of vicious sexual assaults.

Aired 27 February 1996 • 22 min

A man comes in to Sun Hill and confesses to murdering a woman who disappeared five years ago. D.C.I. Meadows, who headed the original investigation, and D.C. Carver talk to him and, when they are convinced he is lying, throw him out. The man soon returns, and this time he tells Carver something that wasn't in the news stories making the police take his confession more seriously.

Aired 29 February 1996 • 22 min

Stamp and Slater are called to supervise the eviction of a father from his home.

Aired 1 March 1996 • 22 min

Skase and Deakin deal with a wounded crack dealer shot in the yard of a pub.

Aired 5 March 1996 • 22 min

Beech and Croft try to track down a violent attacker.

Aired 7 March 1996 • 22 min

Lines and Skase investigate a possible arson attack on a nightclub.

Aired 8 March 1996 • 22 min

Boyden and Slater search for the owner of a severed hand found on a rubbish tip.

Aired 12 March 1996 • 22 min

Cryer and Slater handle a tricky case involving a disabled former police officer and his wayward son.

Aired 14 March 1996 • 22 min

Jarvis and Page are called in to help in the deportation of an illegal immigrant who escapes from custody.

Aired 15 March 1996 • 22 min

Boulton loses a suspect during an arrest and has to ask Monroe to help get him back.

Aired 19 March 1996 • 22 min

Boulton investigates a convicted drug addict and clashes with a drugs worker.

Aired 21 March 1996 • 22 min

Loxton and Page deal with a bridegroom who disrupts a hen night.

Aired 22 March 1996 • 22 min

Meadows tries to get the truth from a terminally-ill Asian man after one of his sons is fatally injured during a family dispute.

Aired 23 March 1996 • 22 min

Loxton and Keane chase a local tearaway, who gets injured. Conway has to deal with the resulting accusations of police harassment.

Aired 28 March 1996 • 22 min

Greig is accused with police brutality following a raid on a burglar's home.

Aired 29 March 1996 • 22 min

Quinnan's whereabouts are questioned when he fails to notice an injured woman on the station doorstep. June Ackland becomes acting Sergeant.

Aired 2 April 1996 • 22 min

Slater's ability is questioned when he appears to mishandle two violent thugs at a party and his wallet, containing his warrant card, is stolen.

Aired 4 April 1996 • 22 min

Keane has a bad day in court, while Monroe follows up on a domestic incident.

Aired 5 April 1996 • 22 min

Boulton investigates a notorious local bookie and prompts suspicions about Beech's private life.

Aired 9 April 1996 • 22 min

Boyden and Datta try to secure a conviction against a vicious pimp.

Aired 11 April 1996 • 22 min

Boulton, Carver and Deakin take part in a Flying Squad operation against a vicious gang of armed robbers.

Aired 12 April 1996 • 22 min

Ch. Supt. Brownlow organises a tea dance for the Met Police Pensioners & Widows society. PCs Jarvis and Quinnan spend the afternoon dancing with admiring elderly ladies, WPC Polly Page is harrassed by a wheelchair-bound admirer, and PC Reg Hollis does a magic show. Brownlow is dreading the arrival of Geoffrey Allerton, an ex-copper who goes out of his way to complain about everything. When the minivan misses Allerton, Brownlow asks PC Tony Stamp to pick him up on the way to the bakery to pick up some cakes. When Stamp steps out of the bakery, he is horrified to find Brownlow's car has been stolen whilst Allerton was buying some tobacco. Packing Allerton and the cakes onto a bus, a desperate Stamp tries to retrieve Brownlow's car after it is impounded. When Allerton arrives at the dance at last, he causes a fuss when he recognises an armed blagger from a fifteen year old case at the wedding next door.

Aired 16 April 1996 • 22 min

Loxton arrests a black man he suspects is responsible for a mugging and is accused of racism.

Aired 18 April 1996 • 22 min

Greig is in pursuit of a local drug dealer. Two teenagers arrested for possession refuse to provide any information about their supplier.

Aired 19 April 1996 • 22 min

Quinnan and Hollis have to decide whether a pub quiz champion is breaking the rules. Skase deals with the unfaithful wife of a local villain.

Aired 23 April 1996 • 22 min

Loxton and Quinnan investigate an employment agency that provides lucrative opportunities to women with financial troubles.

Aired 25 April 1996 • 22 min

Carver calls on a former colleague to help with an antique clock that is a target for theft.

Aired 26 April 1996 • 22 min

Hollis goes undercover in the seedy world of vice in pursuit of the unscrupulous owner of a clip joint.

Aired 30 April 1996 • 22 min

Greig and Lines investigate graffiti attacks on motor vehicles and uncover a fraud.

Aired 2 May 1996 • 22 min

Boyden and Page look into a protection racket.

Aired 3 May 1996 • 22 min

Beech uncovers the relationship between a former boss and a local crime lord. Carver is caught between two troubled lovers.

Aired 7 May 1996 • 22 min

Deakin and Boulton investigate a fatal stabbing and uncover jealousy and deceit.

Aired 9 May 1996 • 22 min

Loxton and Page go undercover at a wedding to prevent a jilted lover spoiling the bride's big day.

Aired 10 May 1996 • 22 min

Deakin comes down hard on a snout who tries to buck the system, and gets an unexpected result.

Aired 14 May 1996 • 22 min

Hollis and Garfield deal with an attack on a school bully.

Aired 16 May 1996 • 22 min

Keane comes across a suspect antiques dealer. Greig and Croft investigate a burglary and reopen a feud between two sisters.

Aired 17 May 1996 • 22 min

P.C. Mike Jarvis is on the last few days of the Advanced Driving Course at Hendon. He gets on well with fellow team-member W.P.C. Sommer, but both of them cannot stand the third officer in their group, P.C. Penrose, the smug, over-bearing son of a ""Black-Rat"" (traffic officer) who sees himself as the best driver on the course, let alone in the Met. The trio attends a quiz night the night before their ""final drive"", the all-important test of their advanced driving skills, and Jarvis stops Penrose from drinking too much before the test. Battling station rumours that he is being re-assessed, P.C. Tony Stamp arrives at Hendon to check on Jarvis's progress - and is pleased when Jarvis passes his final drive easily - just a few points short however of becoming a Class 1 (Area Car) driver. A hung-over and ungrateful Penrose also misses out on his Class 1 rating, but W.P.C. Sommer makes it.

Aired 21 May 1996 • 22 min

Datta and Greig suspect that a woman who claims she can hear voices may hold the key to a series of sexual assaults.

Aired 23 May 1996 • 22 min

Deakin and Croft have to deal with a gang of delinquents when one of them is bottled at an ecstasy party.

Aired 24 May 1996 • 22 min

Boulton and Carver clash when a householder is arrested for murdering a burglar with a baseball bat. Boulton thinks it is justified to kill an intruder, but Carver does not; will it impede their investigation?

Aired 28 May 1996 • 22 min

Page and Monroe are dragged into a family squabble.

Aired 30 May 1996 • 22 min

Datta and Garfield arrest a G.P. for possession of cannabis, but he claims it is for use by one of his patients.

Aired 31 May 1996 • 22 min

Brownlow witnesses a violent outburst on the road.

Aired 4 June 1996 • 22 min

New DS Geoff Daly steps in to help Skase when a straightforward drugs bust goes wrong.

Aired 6 June 1996 • 22 min

Boyden tries to help a young offender.

Aired 7 June 1996 • 22 min

Jarvis steps in to help Page deal with a violent attack, but there are complications.

Aired 11 June 1996 • 22 min

Deakin investigates a violent attack on a small-time crook whom he suspects to have fallen in with bad company.

Aired 13 June 1996 • 22 min

Lines tries to get a juvenile offender to inform on a gang of dangerous thugs, while Daly is troubled by a determined probation officer.

Aired 20 June 1996 • 22 min

Deakin and Boulton investigate when a pimp is discovered badly beaten in a pile of rubbish.

Aired 21 June 1996 • 22 min

Slater and Boyden are involved in a drugs bust involving a camper van.

Aired 25 June 1996 • 22 min

PCs Quinnan and Stamp are first on the scene of a major chemical spill when a tanker truck hits some scaffolding near the Sun Hill tube station. Insp. Monroe arrives to supervise the evacuation of the area, as the fire department try to work out what chemical has been spilt, although a lack of documentation on the truck makes this difficult. The driver dies in hospital, but when his wife in informed by Uniform, she doesn't seem very upset. Further investigation reveals she is behind a scheme to provide unlicenced or disqualified drivers to the trucking company.

Aired 27 June 1996 • 22 min

Cryer and Keane discover a woman dead in her bath and suspect her son of foul play.

Aired 28 June 1996 • 22 min

Meadows and Skase pursue an ex-convict who has sworn revenge on an informant. Boyden is called to help a prostitute who believes she is being followed.

Aired 2 July 1996 • 22 min

Jarvis and Keane deal with a boy in possession of a pensioner's prescription.

Aired 4 July 1996 • 22 min

Boyden and Slater investigate a series of offensive telephone calls.

Aired 5 July 1996 • 22 min

Boulton investigates an assault on an old man.

Aired 9 July 1996 • 22 min

Daly mounts an operation to catch muggers. Page goes undercover as a pregnant woman to act as bait.

Aired 11 July 1996 • 22 min

Quinnan and Keane discover the body of a young girl in a pub toilet. Meanwhile, Monroe and Stamp both have words with Slater about his extensive overtime.

Aired 12 July 1996 • 22 min

Boyden investigates a dating agency that is rumoured to be providing underage girls.

Aired 16 July 1996 • 22 min

Cryer and Keane investigate a series of street robberies and find four teenagers trying to buy their way into drug-dealing.

Aired 18 July 1996 • 22 min

Carver and Jarvis misjudge the condition of a witness, threatening Operation Eagle Eye.

Aired 19 July 1996 • 22 min

Loxton and Keane follow up a mugging but suspect that the victim knows more than she is letting on.

Aired 23 July 1996 • 22 min

Monroe investigates a schoolboy's claim that he was assaulted by his teacher.

Aired 25 July 1996 • 22 min

Deakin is handed the chance to bust a drug dealer when his wife turns informant.

Aired 26 July 1996 • 22 min

Daly is determined to find out why a white teenager is trying to take the blame for his black friends.

Aired 29 July 1996 • 22 min

While speaking to Ackland and Loxton about the problem of local dog mess, a woman is shot dead by a sniper. Meadows and his CID team are tasked to investigate, and suspect that the woman was not the intended target, and it is strongly possible the sniper was after Loxton, who is set to testify in court against an attempted murderer that afternoon. However, when Ackland's house is set alight that night, CID come to the conclusion that she is the intended target. Writing up a list of possible suspects, Ackland gets sucked into a deadly cat-and-mouse game to try to draw the killer out - resulting in the death of one of Sun Hill's best officers. 📌 Feature length rebroadcast of the episodes "Fire", "All Tucked Up" and "Bait" from Series 11.

Aired 30 July 1996 • 22 min

Beech investigates the claim of one compulsive gambler to have murdered another.

Aired 1 August 1996 • 22 min

Boulton uses an informant as the bait to catch a dangerous villain.

Aired 6 August 1996 • 22 min

Ackland and McCann take the sergeant's exam. Cryer deals with a woman who is miscarrying and claims that she was assaulted by Page.

Aired 8 August 1996 • 22 min

Greig and Skase investigate when a drunk man is found unconscious and badly injured at the bottom of a flight of stairs.

Aired 9 August 1996 • 22 min

Hollis gets ideas above his station when Barbara, a local tom with whom he has become friendly, tries to become his informant. Although Barbara claims that known fraduster David Gough is back out on the patch, Hollis struggles to convince Deakin and Meadows.

Aired 13 August 1996 • 22 min

Hours after his release from prison, Dael Abbott is hauled back into custody by Daly and Carver following a stabbing. Daly pressures Emma Gilmore, the girlfriend of Abbott's associate, Michael Ceely, into giving evidence.

Aired 15 August 1996 • 22 min

Loxton and Keane arrest a woman for shoplifting, and later bail her from custody when she openly admits to the charge. But when she is discovered to have given a false identity, Grieg and Croft link the incident to a nanny believed to have kidnapped two of her charges.

Aired 16 August 1996 • 22 min

Don Beech investigates a set of aggravated robberies, trying to prove the owner of a red van committed them.

Aired 20 August 1996 • 22 min

Mike Jarvis receives death threats from a youth who cannot accept that his father is a sex offender.

Aired 22 August 1996 • 22 min

When fifteen-year-old Mickey Hoyle is arresting for joyriding, Beech employs him as a snout to expose a crooked car ring run by the Hislop brothers, Wayne and Paul. DS Frank Thomas from Scotland Yard assists Beech and a less than impressed Lines with the investigation.

Aired 23 August 1996 • 22 min

Deakin has to decide whether to trust a Nigerian drug smuggler who offers to help catch a local dealer.

Aired 27 August 1996 • 22 min

Jarvis deals with a young tearaway and tries to persuade the boy's father to take responsibility for his son's actions.

Aired 29 August 1996 • 22 min

Greig hopes that a tip-off will help him to nail an old enemy but things don't go to plan.

Aired 30 August 1996 • 22 min

DI Deakin poses as a nervous printer, waiting at the dog track to meet a mysterious man named ""Frank"" and a bent copper called ""Beech"". It all turns out to be an elaborate sting operation with Wimbledon police to catch a conman dealing in stolen credit cards.

Aired 3 September 1996 • 22 min

Keane is held hostage by a desperate armed robber.

Aired 5 September 1996 • 22 min

Deakin gets a vital lead on an unsolved murder, but his witness is an illegal immigrant who is about to be deported.

Aired 6 September 1996 • 22 min

A petrol can, a lighter and a desperate man threatening to burn down a house. Can Conway talk him round?

Aired 10 September 1996 • 22 min

Rawton gets involved in a dispute between a drug addict and Croft, who is trying to find a witness who can testify that she was assaulted.

Aired 12 September 1996 • 22 min

Garfield and McCann investigate a vicious mugging.

Aired 13 September 1996 • 22 min

Deakin and Boulton are called into a women's prison to investigate claims by an officer that an inmate was pushed down a flight of stairs by the prison psychiatrist.

Aired 17 September 1996 • 22 min

McCann and Slater arrest a woman for petty theft, and she claims to have killed a cyclist while driving two years before.

Aired 18 September 1996 • 22 min

The results of the sergeants exams are in, and W.P.C. June Ackland has passed - but P.C. Gary McCann hasn't. As the relief organise a big night out in celebration of Ackland's promotion, McCann volunteers for night shift duty with P.C. Reg Hollis. Ch. Supt. Brownlow offers to pull some strings at Area to allow Ackland to stay as Sun Hill rather than transferring. Ackland politely invites Brownlow to the pub, and is horrified when he accepts. When Brownlow finally heads home, Dave Quinnan calls several minicabs to go out for a late night curry, but June and Polly are seperated when their cab driver makes off with their bags and warrant cards after being pulled over by a Stafford Row probationer, P.C. Oliver Oxley. Oxley is about to arrest them until the Stafford Row CAD officer vouches for June. June helps Oliver overcome bullying at his station, while they search for her missing bag. With the help of McCann, Hollis, and some Stafford Row officers, the cab driver is found and arrested.

Aired 19 September 1996 • 22 min

Quinnan and a teenage burglary suspect are trapped in a broken lift in a housing estate.

Aired 20 September 1996 • 22 min

Page and Daly take opposing views in a case of alleged rape involving two cousins.

Aired 24 September 1996 • 22 min

Garfield and Datta deal with a family that is torn apart when the mother commits suicide by overdose of sleeping tablets.

Aired 26 September 1996 • 22 min

Beech gets a result when a barrister on his blacklist is robbed.

Aired 27 September 1996 • 22 min

Quinnan and Datta are called to a stag party where the strippergram accuses the guests of trying to gang-rape her.

Aired 1 October 1996 • 22 min

Slater and Ackland try to establish whether a pensioner who died on confronting a thief was murdered or died of natural causes.

Aired 3 October 1996 • 22 min

Daly and Croft obtain information from a conflicted young man who suspects his brother of a series of violent attacks on women.

Aired 4 October 1996 • 22 min

Jarvis and McCann attend the scene of an accident involving a woman driving a horsebox, who tests positive in a breath test. Deakin is after a violent attacker.

Aired 8 October 1996 • 22 min

Carver and Greig investigate a burglary but the residents on the estate are too scared to give evidence. Monroe determines to clear out all the known trouble-makers.

Aired 10 October 1996 • 22 min

Cryer and Keane uncover the murky past of a teenage girl who has been killed in a road accident.

Aired 11 October 1996 • 22 min

Meadows and Rawton try to persuade the girlfriend of a rape suspect to help in his arrest.

Aired 15 October 1996 • 22 min

Tensions arise between Deakin and Beech after a bookie is robbed.

Aired 17 October 1996 • 22 min

Meadows has to decide where his loyalties lie when an old friend is accused of murder.

Aired 18 October 1996 • 22 min

Hollis is concerned about a patient who has recently been discharged from psychiatric care, and clashes with social services.

Aired 22 October 1996 • 22 min

Greig and Skase investigate when three small-time villains are beaten up over their involvement in a counterfeit money-laundering operation.

Aired 24 October 1996 • 22 min

Carver disapproves of Boulton's ruthless handling of an informant.

Aired 25 October 1996 • 22 min

Meadows and Croft interview a young waiter accused of trying to kill his boss.

Aired 29 October 1996 • 22 min

Daly and Lines investigate a series of muggings at knifepoint.

Aired 31 October 1996 • 22 min

Quinnan tries to persuade an assault victim to testify against her former boyfriend. Boulton and Skase are led on a wild goose chase.

Aired 1 November 1996 • 22 min

A retired Police Sergeant arrives at Sun Hill claiming to know who murdered a girl more than 50 years previously. Against Quinnan and Greig's will, they both investigate.

Aired 5 November 1996 • 22 min

Slater gets into trouble after following up on a tip-off about a till snatch.

Aired 7 November 1996 • 22 min

Monroe and Ackland suspect that a series of apparently unrelated incidents across Sun Hill may be linked to the release of a psychiatric patient trying to find her children.

Aired 8 November 1996 • 22 min

Carver and Rawton follow up an irregularity on an insurance claim submitted by a decorator and uncover a double life.

Aired 12 November 1996 • 22 min

Croft and Boulton disagree on how to question a teenager who might be able to lead them to a violent gang.

Aired 14 November 1996 • 22 min

Ackland introduces single-manning at Sun Hill, causing problems for Brownlow.

Aired 15 November 1996 • 22 min

Slater and Keane reach the end of their probationary periods and face a final assessment.

Aired 19 November 1996 • 47 min

The murder of a taxi driver has all the hallmarks of a gangland execution. But why would anyone want to kill a complete nobody? Meadows and Deakin investigate this special 1 hour episode.

Aired 21 November 1996 • 22 min

Hollis learns an important lesson in community policing when some friendly advice that he gives a resident on noise pollution backfires.

Aired 22 November 1996 • 22 min

Loxton is investigated by the Complaints Investigation Bureau over an accusation that he assaulted a suspected burglar, although he claims to have been acting in self-defence.

Aired 26 November 1996 • 22 min

Boulton arrests a woman for drug dealing, but Rawton suspects that she may be a victim of mistaken identity.

Aired 28 November 1996 • 22 min

Skase and Hollis demonstrate two differing approaches to police work when a young journalist writing about policing spends a day at Sun Hill.

Aired 29 November 1996 • 22 min

Cryer and Page assist the distraught wife of a prisoner who reports her son missing and who fears that her husband is out to get her.

Aired 3 December 1996 • 22 min

Brownlow orders Meadows and Conway to review their budgets, but Meadows decides to investigate the unsolved murder of a prostitute instead.

Aired 5 December 1996 • 22 min

Beech and Rawton investigate the apparent assault of a father by his son and uncover a family secret.

Aired 6 December 1996 • 22 min

Boulton and Skase take part in a joint exercise with Customs and Excise to crack a fencing operation. Meadows is concerned that Sun Hill might end up footing the bill but not getting a result.

Aired 10 December 1996 • 22 min

Croft and Rawton investigate some shady Romanian businessmen and a suitcase full of black paper.

Aired 12 December 1996 • 22 min

Croft and Rawton investigate a dentist accused of indecent assault by one of his patients.

Aired 13 December 1996 • 22 min

Monroe, Datta and Loxton talk down a nursery cleaner when she holds a 3-year-old girl hostage, then investigate the woman's claims she is the girl's biological mother.

Aired 17 December 1996 • 22 min

Carver's patience is tested by a compulsive liar. Ackland and Quinnan search for a girl allegedly abducted by a religious cult.

Aired 19 December 1996 • 22 min

Monroe and Conway uncover a bogus wheel-clamping operation.

Aired 20 December 1996 • 22 min

Beech and Daly are put in an impossible situation when a judge decides to reveal the name of their informant.

Aired 24 December 1996 • 22 min

The Assistant Commissioner has declared Sun Hill Police Station an alcohol-free zone - terrible news for Ch. Supt. Brownlow and Ch. Insp. Conway who hope to enjoy a ""liquid lunch"" when they take the A.C. to a posh French restaurant. It's even worse news for the detectives in C.I.D., who have decided they are not going to give up their Christmas party without a fight. D.C. Skase shows D.C. Croft how a police officer can get ""donations"" for the party from the local publicans, but as they return, Hicks, Brownlow and Conway arrive back from their lunch for a tour of the station. They are forced to pretend Skase is a prisoner, and an unhappy Rod is locked in the cells for several hours. An elderly man is arrested after a road rage incident in a supermarket carpark, but the police manage to reunite him with his estranged family for Christmas.

Aired 26 December 1996 • 22 min

Stamp and Page look into the theft of a hearse containing the coffin of a thief who died in a traffic accident.

Aired 27 December 1996 • 22 min

Boulton and Skase investigate a car-ramming incident involving a member of a local pub team.

Aired 31 December 1996 • 22 min

New WPC Jamila Blake joins Sun Hill after three years away from the job. She pairs with Stamp, and they find an overdosed boy during a foot pursuit, and Cryer takes an interest when he discovers the victim is on the basketball same team as a former Sun Hill officer’s son.