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The Bill — Season 9

The ninth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 155 episodes, broadcast between 5 January – 31 December 1993. The series was released on DVD for the first time on 3 October 2012

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About this season

The ninth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 155 episodes, broadcast between 5 January – 31 December 1993. The series was released on DVD for the first time on 3 October 2012, in Australia. In 2020, Audio Commentaries were released for the episodes 'Blind Spot' (with writer Roger Davenport) and 'Compliments of the Service' with actor Mike Burnside (D.A.C. Trevor Hicks).

Episodes (155)

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1. Dying Breed

Aired 5 January 1993 • 22 min

Carver is injured in an armed robbery at Bennetts Jewellers and Woods discovers a link between the burglary the murder of Sammy Chambers in 1988 and Robbie Campbell.

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2. Fact Of Life

Aired 7 January 1993 • 22 min

The law allows a known burglar to go free but Greig and Quinnan desperately try to pin him down again.

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3. All Through The Night

Aired 8 January 1993 • 22 min

Stamp expects a dull evening on the party patrol until he is paired with a pretty young female Environmental Health Officer Diane Eckersley.

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4. New Tune Old Fiddle

Aired 12 January 1993 • 22 min

Conway learns of a new chief inspector being posted to Sun Hill as Community Liaison Officer and he feels that he's been overlooked and applies for it himself without telling Brownlow.

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5. Delinquent

Aired 14 January 1993 • 22 min

Dave arrests a persistent young offender is arrested for burgling his parents house.

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6. Bringing Up Baby

Aired 15 January 1993 • 22 min

Datta investigates the sale of a missing newborn baby as she Monroe and CID are work against the clock to find her.

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7. Rainy Days & Mondays

Aired 19 January 1993 • 22 min

Loxton And Marshall get called to a women's hostel when one of the girls claims to have been indecently assaulted by the night guard Alan And Steve later get wind that the warden is up to no good herself.

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8. Supply & Demand

Aired 21 January 1993 • 22 min

Harris visits Jardine the joint founder of Operation Bumblebee while Garfield takes on a complaint about a pornographic home video of a housewife in a bubble bath leads to a result for Alistair Donna and the Sun Hill Operation Bumblebee team.

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9. On The Cards

Aired 22 January 1993 • 22 min

Martella is taken off a two-week old murder hunt to work on a case involving obscene phone calls but soon stumbles on to evidence that leads her Dave Frank and Jim to the killer.

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10. Shock To The System

Aired 26 January 1993 • 22 min

Charles returns from holiday to discover the news that Derek has been appointed new area Community Liaison Officer and Sgt Jane Kendall of Prescott Street arrives for Her Youth And Community and Section Staff Sergeant interview to pit her wits against Sun Hill's own Lamont.

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11. Living It Down

Aired 28 January 1993 • 22 min

Social worker Lynda Chambers Frank and Viv lead the search for Debbie Fisher a missing victim of abuse but instead they jointly uncover a child pornography ring.

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12. Heat Of The Moment

Aired 29 January 1993 • 22 min

A woman admits to killing her husband but insists that she did it in the heat of the moment. Viv believes her, Meadows on the other hand is convinced that the crime was premeditated.

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13. Shake Rattle N Roll

Aired 2 February 1993 • 22 min

PC Mike Jarvis has an unusual first day having to watch Charles loses his temper with Monroe over pub landlord and Known villain Terry McGill.

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14. No Thanks To You

Aired 4 February 1993 • 22 min

George has a bad day. Firstly he fails to save the life of a glue sniffer and then allows a bail absconder to escape.

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15. A Better Life

Aired 5 February 1993 • 22 min

An elderly woman disturbs an intruder in her home and Alistair is convinced that a known villain has committed the burglary, but the victim insists that he is not the culprit.

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16. Echo

Aired 9 February 1993 • 22 min

A girl goes missing and Jim and Alan suspect a known villain of murdering her until another man walks into another station and confesses.

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17. Fagins

Aired 11 February 1993 • 22 min

Frank lets Sun Hill's burglars know he and Operation Bumblebee mean business.

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18. Cried Too Late

Aired 12 February 1993 • 22 min

An arrested woman shoplifter refuses to talk to the police when Datta finally breaks through the wall of silence a tragic tale of domestic violence unfolds.

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19. Gone For A Soldier

Aired 16 February 1993 • 22 min

Ackland is teamed up with military policeman Dakin who has come to Sun Hill to find a young soldier David Armstrong who has gone Absent Without Leave with an army gun.

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20. Persuasion

Aired 18 February 1993 • 22 min

Burnside investigates when a female drug dealer is attacked by another dealer to get off his patch.

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21. Hard Man

Aired 19 February 1993

Greig investigates a stabbing and uncovers benefit fraud at a bed and breakfast establishment.

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22. Missionary Work

Aired 23 February 1993 • 22 min

Conway has to decide which of two grant bids he should recommend to Hicks he and Garfield want to use police funds to support a local youth club while Cato and Brownlow have their own ideas.

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23. Hypocritical Oath

Aired 25 February 1993 • 22 min

The overdose of a boy on the Cockcroft Estate enables D.C.s Woods and Carver to link registered addicts to a doctor.

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24. Trivial Pursuits

Aired 26 February 1993 • 22 min

Loxton ignores a call to a domestic argument between two lovers as a waste of time but when he is called back to the same address, he finds himself staring down the barrel of a gun.

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25. Out Of The Mouths

Aired 2 March 1993 • 22 min

Hollis takes the Bumblebee message into a local school, asking for help in the fight against burglary. One of the boys asks him to help end a domestic nightmare.

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26. Keeping In Touch

Aired 4 March 1993 • 22 min

An employee of a private security firm is identified by the elderly blind woman he assaulted.

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27. If It Isn't Hurting

Aired 5 March 1993 • 22 min

New trainee constable Croft learns some old style policing methods from Burnside.

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28. Keeping Out Of Trouble

Aired 9 March 1993 • 22 min

A woman claims to have inside information about a series of violent raids on petrol stations which are nipped in the bud by Meadows and Roach.

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29. School Of Hard Knocks

Aired 11 March 1993 • 22 min

Burnside investigates the abduction of a villain's son.

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30. A Little Family Business

Aired 12 March 1993 • 22 min

Meadows investigates a burglary gone wrong while Cato is gunning for Loxton and Stringer.

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31. Breaking The Chain

Aired 16 March 1993 • 22 min

Kendall tries to keep a young offender from a life of crime.

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32. The Fortress

Aired 18 March 1993 • 22 min

The owner of an off licence shop makes a citizen's arrest of a young shoplifter and Maitland arrests the shopkeeper for use of unreasonable force.

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33. In Broad Daylight

Aired 19 March 1993 • 22 min

While on the trail of two rapists Morgan investigates an attempted abduction and puts her life in danger.

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34. Credible Witness

Aired 23 March 1993 • 22 min

Stringer feels discredited when his description of a thief fleeing from a jeweller's shop conflicts with that of the main witness, who works in the shop.

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35. The Price Of Fame

Aired 25 March 1993 • 22 min

Page goes undercover as a model to investigate a possible scam at a modelling agency.

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36. The Short Straw

Aired 26 March 1993 • 22 min

When her car breaks down on the way to the station, DC Viv Martella misses an important CID briefing about an obbo on a suspected armed robbery, and is furious when she is taken off the case by DI Frank Burnside. As CID and SO19 wait outside the target, Martella and PC Tony Stamp follow up a simple case to arrest a suspected bag snatcher. As they wait outside the suspect's house, a van pulls up, obscuring their view. Having missed the briefing, Martella fails to recognise the van's occupants as the armed robbers, and when she approaches their van she is shot and killed. Stamp is wounded, but manages to give a description of the van which is spotted by a traffic police motorcycle. As the India 99 police helicopter and SO19 cars pursue Martella's killers across London, PC Loxton and WPC Ackland disobey Ch. Insp. Cato's orders and pursue the suspect vehicle in the Area Car. The vehicle hits a bulldozer and explodes, killing all inside.

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37. Missing

Aired 30 March 1993 • 22 min

A young man with an intellectual disability goes missing and Burnside has to deal with the consequences for the parents.

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38. Goods Received

Aired 1 April 1993 • 22 min

Greig investigates a burglary at an ailing business a case that leads him to a missing schoolboy.

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39. Double Enmity

Aired 2 April 1993 • 22 min

Woods goes undercover as a contract killer to expose a woman who wants her husband killed.

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40. Hard Evidence

Aired 6 April 1993 • 22 min

A murder investigation team arrive at Sun Hill. Meadows is uneasy at the Corby's approach who is willing to exploit his relationship with Woods to get a result regardless of the evidence.

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41. High Hopes & Low Life

Aired 8 April 1993 • 22 min

Carver and Morgan investigate a career ending attack on a promising young boxer.

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42. On The Loose

Aired 9 April 1993 • 22 min

Loxton and Garfield corner a savage pit bull terrier at an illegal dogfight while Boyden tracks down a pensioner who has turned to crime.

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43. Out Of Court

Aired 13 April 1993 • 22 min

Stamp and Ackland are keen to get a conviction against a woman for assault on a minicab driver, but she is acquitted.

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44. Bedfellows

Aired 15 April 1993 • 22 min

Chief Inspector Cato arrests two youths, actions which cause a riot outside Sun Hill station.

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45. Cat & House

Aired 17 April 1993 • 22 min

A woman is keen to be get rid of her burglar boyfriend and his fence with whom she has been having an affair.

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46. Brothers

Aired 20 April 1993 • 22 min

Two young brothers are suspected of burglary and Croft discovers that they were deserted by their mother and left to fend for themselves.

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47. Playing Away

Aired 22 April 1993 • 22 min

Ackland arrests a fifteen-year-old boy for shoplifting and finds herself investigating his relationship with a woman twenty years his senior.

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48. Coming To Terms

Aired 24 April 1993 • 22 min

The parents of a young man awaiting trial for the murder of a child are distressed when their home is broken into and they receive threatening phone call and Ackland discovers the connection.

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49. Return To Sender

Aired 27 April 1993 • 22 min

A young postwoman is beaten up but the motive is unclear and she seems unwilling to talk to the police.

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50. Sticks & Stones

Aired 29 April 1993 • 22 min

When Lines hits the jackpot during a raid, it makes an already difficult court case for Greig even harder.

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51. Tangled Webs

Aired 1 May 1993 • 22 min

A mysteriously unmotivated break-in at a garage leads Burnside to a web of sexual deception and a jealous husband's rampage.

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52. Recruiting Officer

Aired 4 May 1993 • 22 min

Maitland enlists McCann's help in reassuring a young black applicant whose wife has serious misgivings about the job but McCann is discovering racism within the force for himself.

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53. Give Em An Inch

Aired 6 May 1993 • 22 min

Cato allows a demonstration to go ahead despite being warned that it could be hijacked by racists. When things turn ugly, he is forced to reverse his previous orders.

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54. By Hook Or By Crook

Aired 8 May 1993 • 22 min

Roach is disgusted when a judge halts the trial of a man accused of crippling a police officer and decides to take matters into his own hands.

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55. Home To Roost

Aired 11 May 1993 • 22 min

Dave and Tony attend to an assault victim at the market while sergeant Kendall organises an outing and take some local kids to Chessington World of Adventures, with a reluctant Steve assigned as a last-minute replacement for an ill Ron.

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56. In Safe Hands

Aired 13 May 1993 • 22 min

Lines and Morgan arrest two members of a shoplifting team.

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57. Punch Drunk

Aired 15 May 1993 • 22 min

Called to attend to a pub brawl, PC Tony Stamp and PC Dave Quinnan are stunned to find one man unconscious and the other Sun Hill's own DS Ted Roach. Roach is taken back to the station, and while DI Frank Burnside manages to pursuade the victim to drop the charges against him, nothing can be done when Roach headbutts Insp. Andrew Monroe during a heated argument. Ch. Supt. Brownlow calls in MS15 to investigate him, but Roach turns in his warrant card and walks out of the station.

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58. Fall Out

Aired 18 May 1993 • 22 min

With the departure of Roach one of his informants wants out Burnside and Monroe investigate threats against her.

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59. Awaydays

Aired 20 May 1993 • 22 min

An elderly ex copper is in London to search for his estranged daughter and claims that he has been robbed in his hotel which Lines investigates.

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60. Pride & Joy

Aired 22 May 1993 • 22 min

When a young woman's car is stolen with a baby on board CID fear an abduction and mount a search Garfield tries to mediate with a private clamping firm.

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61. Fast Food

Aired 25 May 1993 • 22 min

Carver and Woods are caught napping when a street robber escapes from under their noses but uncover a drugs operation at a takeaway restaurant. P.C. Loxton and Sgt. Maitland are in trouble when Loxton is accused of stealing money from a drunk in the cells.

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62. Soft Touch

Aired 27 May 1993 • 22 min

Stamp's driving prowess is questioned when he fails to stop a runaway road-roller and Jarvis finds a revolver in a rubbish bin while Burnside investigates a murder confession.

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63. We Gave Him All Our Love

Aired 29 May 1993 • 22 min

When the body of a 14-year-old boy is washed up by the tide Cryer feels that he owes the parents an explanation.

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64. Hearts & Minds

Aired 1 June 1993 • 22 min

Burnside disagrees with Conway's approach to a young offender.

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65. Cry Baby

Aired 3 June 1993 • 22 min

Page and Monroe attend what appears to be a cot death, but it transpires that the baby has a head injury Meadows investigates.

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66. A Willing Victim

Aired 5 June 1993 • 22 min

Garfield introduces a boxer friend to a business manager but Pearce has the manager under investigation.

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67. Rank Outsider

Aired 8 June 1993 • 22 min

Loxton's prisoner is released after Page makes a mistake in the CAD room whilst Loxton and Jarvis try to get the prisoner back before Cato finds out.

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68. Tender Mercies

Aired 10 June 1993 • 22 min

Datta assists a woman who has reported her husband missing while Lines uncovers a loan-sharking operation.

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69. Double Take

Aired 12 June 1993 • 22 min

Greig and Croft investigate a burglary the property is found in a garden shed but was it stolen?

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70. Mouth & Trousers

Aired 15 June 1993 • 22 min

Stringer clashes with Cato about a serious shortage of officers and the ban on overtime meanwhile two families fight out their differences.

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71. Uses & Abuses

Aired 16 June 1993 • 22 min

A woman walking home late at night thinks she is being followed by a young man and blinds him with oven cleaner. Is it self-defence or assault?

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72. Picking A Winner

Aired 19 June 1993 • 22 min

P.C. Quinnan goes undercover as a refuse collector to investigate a series of burglaries.

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73. Broken

Aired 22 June 1993 • 22 min

Insp. Monroe deals with the case of an alcoholic former coal miner who tries to organise exploited workers.

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74. Insider Dealing

Aired 24 June 1993 • 22 min

A prisoner admits to crimes he didn't commit to gain a transfer.

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75. To Have & To Hold

Aired 26 June 1993 • 22 min

A woman alleges rape by her estranged husband, but he insists that she consented. D.I. Burnside investigates.

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76. Honour Among Thieves

Aired 29 June 1993 • 22 min

D.I. Burnside questions three robbers after a botched getaway and is given conflicting stories as they try to incriminate one another.

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77. Somebody To Love

Aired 1 July 1993 • 22 min

W.P.C. Datta tries to help a battered wife. W.P.C. Ackland and D.S. Greig find some strange connections when a housebreaking is linked to a lonely hearts advert.

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78. Morning Has Broken

Aired 3 July 1993 • 22 min

Monroe acts quickly after a tip-off about a robbery at a supermarket. Meanwhile CID try to foil a kidnapping and robbery plot, only to be impeded by lack of resources.

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79. Swaps

Aired 6 July 1993 • 22 min

P.C. Loxton and Garfield swap jobs. Loxton has to deal with the new screen phones in the CAD room, while Garfield attends a fatal RTA.

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80. Trust

Aired 8 July 1993 • 22 min

D.S. Greig suspects that his informant is giving him the run around, but it becomes clear that she is being fed false information.

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81. Divided We Fall

Aired 10 July 1993 • 22 min

A man found knocking on old people's doors turns out to be suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and attempting to contact family members. Sgt. Cryer realises that one old lady has cause to be afraid.

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82. A Duty Of Care

Aired 13 July 1993 • 22 min

Sgt. Cryer and P.C. Garfield attend a warehouse where a seventeen-year-old boy has fallen from a forklift truck to his death. Cryer is convinced it was no accident.

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83. Family Values

Aired 15 July 1993 • 22 min

P.C. Jarvis assists the investigation into a violent lorry hijack, where the driver suffered a fatal head injury.

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84. A Matter Of Life & Death

Aired 17 July 1993 • 22 min

An elderly man is arrested for beating his wife, but the couple have a bigger secret to hide. P.C. Quinnan is guilty of dangerous driving.

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85. Kith & Kin

Aired 20 July 1993 • 22 min

When a woman is hospitalised, her son burgles her house and steals money, and her daughter starts to strip the house of its contents. Garfield and Marshall are forced to change their minds about a young offender who has befriended the woman, and to whom she has bequeathed her house.

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86. Part Of The Family

Aired 22 July 1993 • 22 min

The theft of a necklace reveals a case of domestic violence against a young Bangladeshi woman. Police examine immigration laws and find that she has no freedom at all.

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87. Mighty Atoms

Aired 24 July 1993 • 22 min

Hours after a tough warning from Ch. Insp. Conway, a notorious young offender is in trouble again. He holds the clue to the whereabouts of a missing teenager.

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88. A Malicious Prosecution

Aired 27 July 1993 • 22 min

A civil action is brought against P.C. Garfield, W.P.C. Marshall and Sgt. Cryer for wrongful arrest, malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. Meanwhile, P.C. Quinnan is accused of assaulting a college student.

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89. Outbreak

Aired 29 July 1993 • 22 min

A violent remand prisoner escapes from hospital. W.D.S. Morgan and W.P.C. Croft question the prison officers who fell asleep while guarding him.

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90. Unreliable Witness

Aired 31 July 1993 • 22 min

A timid music teacher is intimidated by a violent ex-pupil. Ch. Insp. Cato is furious when P.C. Garfield lets a thief get away.

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91. Sweet Charity

Aired 3 August 1993 • 22 min

P.C.s Hollis and Stamp are caught in the crossfire when a mother and daughter fall out over a mutual boyfriend. Sgt. Cryer pursues bogus charity workers.

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92. David & Goliath

Aired 5 August 1993 • 22 min

A mother refuses to testify against her husband, accused of abusing their 14-year-old son. P.C. Jarvis intercedes on the boy's behalf.

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93. What A Pair

Aired 7 August 1993 • 22 min

A man working for an illegal escort agency seems to be stealing cash and credit cards from his female clients. W.P.C. Ackland arranges a date with him.

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94. Desirable Property

Aired 10 August 1993 • 22 min

There is series of break-ins at properties sold through a single agency. P.C. Quinnan enlists the assistance of an estate agent.

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95. Blind Spot

Aired 12 August 1993 • 22 min

P.C. Jarvis and McCann know who is guilty of assault, but can't prove it. D.S. Pearce suggests that they should claim to have witnessed the incident.

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96. Carrying The Load

Aired 14 August 1993 • 22 min

W.D.S. Morgan and D.C. Lines investigate a lorry hijack. The husband of the depot owner is seriously assaulted.

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97. Deadly Weapon

Aired 17 August 1993 • 22 min

The life of an unborn child hangs in the balance following a road traffic accident. The investigation uncovers a trail of corruption.

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98. All The Wrong Connections

Aired 19 August 1993 • 22 min

A girl accused of knocking down a young woman in the street has an alibi. D.C.I. Meadows crosses swords with an old enemy.

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99. Give & Take

Aired 21 August 1993 • 22 min

W.P.C. Polly Page sees W.D.S. Sally Johnson from Stafford Row plant drugs on a known dealer.

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100. Desperate Measures

Aired 24 August 1993 • 22 min

A 15-year-old boy is driven to desperate measures. W.P.C. Ackland has to decide whether he or his mother is at risk.

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101. To Catch A Thief

Aired 26 August 1993 • 22 min

D.C. Carver arrests a pickpocket.

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102. Natural Reaction

Aired 28 August 1993 • 22 min

D.C. Carver catches a fourteen-year-old thief. He and D.C. Lines question a man about his relationship with the girl.

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103. Desperate Remedies

Aired 31 August 1993 • 22 min

PC Garfield is tasked with retrieving an ill boy's inhaler but comes up against a series of other problems whilst doing so.

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104. Bright Lights

Aired 2 September 1993 • 22 min

CID investigate attempts at sexual assault by an electrician who turns out to have connections with the local psychiatric hospital. W.D.S. Morgan puts herself on the line to catch him.

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105. Bare Faced Lies

Aired 4 September 1993 • 22 min

CID investigate the sale of stolen cigarettes and alcohol to pubs in the Sun Hill area. D.I. Burnside comes to the aid of an old friend, and D.S. Pearce goes to see a stripper.

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106. But Not Forgotten

Aired 7 September 1993 • 22 min

An important visitor comes to Sun Hill to see D.I. Burnside, but he is gone.

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107. Push

Aired 9 September 1993 • 22 min

W.P.C. Page gets stuck in a lift with a pregnant 15-year-old girl and has to assist with the birth.

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108. Bad Reaction

Aired 10 September 1993 • 22 min

Det. Insp. Harry Haines arrives for his first day at Sun Hill and helps track down a drug dealer who is distributing dangerous tablets.

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109. Compliments Of The Service

Aired 15 September 1993 • 22 min

A public relations exercise by Ch. Supt. Brownlow is threatened by a drugs raid on the Jasmine Allen estate.

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110. Game Of Two Halves

Aired 16 September 1993 • 22 min

W.D.C. Croft is in uniform for the day, to Ch. Insp. Cato's delight.

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111. The Knowledge

Aired 18 September 1993 • 22 min

D.I. Haines gets involved in a war between an Asian minicab firm and a black cab operator.

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112. No Place Like Home

Aired 21 September 1993 • 22 min

Residents from the Greenfield Estate protest about the presence of an absconder from a nearby unit for young offenders.

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113. Customer Care

Aired 23 September 1993 • 22 min

D.I. Haines is annoyed by a young man who refuses to take an allegation of rape seriously. P.C. Loxton looks after two children left alone by their mother and who have stolen £100 from a neighbour.

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114. The Right Man For The Job

Aired 25 September 1993 • 22 min

Sgt. Boyden deals with a case of joyriding which ends with a crash and uncovers an insurance fraud.

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115. A Day In The Life Of

Aired 28 September 1993 • 22 min

A woman parks her car with P.C. Loxton's permission, but it gets clamped. Loxton is unable to prevent a young man from committing suicide and blames Ch. Insp. Conway's parking initiative.

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116. Having What It Takes

Aired 30 September 1993 • 22 min

When the youngest member of a notorious crime family comes into the station to confess to a three-year-old murder, D.C.I. Meadows hopes he will be able to clear up a case from his time at AMIP.

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117. Play the Game

Aired 2 October 1993 • 22 min

Chief Inspector Cato's bullish tactics put noses out of joint, after a pub brawl turns into a murder enquiry.

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118. Unlucky For Some

Aired 5 October 1993 • 22 min

One of the employees at a bingo hall reveals that a robbery there was an inside job.

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119. Gift Of The Gab

Aired 7 October 1993 • 22 min

D.S. Pearce and W.P.C. Croft investigate bogus callers who are stealing people's pension money.

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120. A Class Act

Aired 9 October 1993 • 22 min

When a drugs raid fails to deliver, it is D.C. Carver's dislike of a customer that reaps unexpected results.

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121. Dangerous Trade

Aired 12 October 1993 • 22 min

A tragic accident involving a teenage boy alerts W.P.C. Page and P.C. Quinnan to an illegal trade in imported alcohol.

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122. Cheating Heart

Aired 14 October 1993 • 22 min

A man has persuaded two women to lend him money for a bar in Spain. The trouble starts when they find out about one another. Sgt. Boyden deals with the consequences.

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123. Somewhere To Hang My Hat

Aired 16 October 1993 • 22 min

An old soldier is found at the bottom of a flight of stairs, but did he fall or was he pushed? D.C. Lines and W.D.S. Morgan have their suspicions.

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124. No Comment

Aired 19 October 1993 • 22 min

An old man has been murdered in his flat. D.C.I. Meadows has two suspects in custody, but both claim the right to silence.

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125. Shrinkage

Aired 21 October 1993 • 22 min

Sgt. Cryer convinces Ch. Supt. Brownlow of the virtues of an arrest referral scheme offering counselling to those arrested on drugs offences. W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Quinnan act to stop a gang of professional shoplifters.

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126. Street Legal

Aired 23 October 1993 • 22 min

P.C. Loxton investigates an assault and uncovers a ring of car thieves. P.C. Hollis launches a one-man public relations drive.

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127. The Green Eyed Monster

Aired 26 October 1993 • 22 min

D.I. Haines works with AMIP on a murder investigation and uncovers some secrets in the victim's past.

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128. Behind Closed Doors

Aired 28 October 1993 • 22 min

An Indian woman is the victim of domestic violence. The husband is arrested, but community leaders attempt to secure his release so that he can be dealt with by the woman's family.

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129. Links In The Chain

Aired 30 October 1993 • 22 min

Sgt. Cryer and P.C. Garfield investigate a break-in at a storage warehouse, putting Meadows on the trail of a small-time drug dealer with heavyweight connections.

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130. Care In The Community

Aired 2 November 1993 • 22 min

An old woman is found dead in an empty house and Quinnan and Garfield are called in to investigate. Jarvis arrests a violent youth for assault.

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131. You Don't Always Get What You Want

Aired 4 November 1993 • 22 min

Quinnan and Ackland support a C.I.D. raid on the house of a burglary suspect. Croft and Greig persuade a young mother to help with their inquiries.

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132. Reason To Believe

Aired 6 November 1993 • 22 min

Haines and Morgan work on a murder investigation with AMIP when a body is found after an office party.

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133. Let Slip

Aired 9 November 1993 • 22 min

Page and Jarvis are called to deal when two rottweilers terrorise a shopping centre and attack a young girl.

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134. Until Proven Guilty

Aired 11 November 1993 • 22 min

Steele and Ackland find a man who has been beaten up to dissuade him from testifying against a vicious loan shark. The C.P.S. suggests dropping the case but Meadows secures the assistance of a lesser villain to get the evidence for a prosecution.

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135. The Hard Sell

Aired 13 November 1993 • 22 min

Quinnan witnesses a robbery. He suspects that a derelict shop is being used as an auction house for stolen property.

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136. Consequences

Aired 16 November 1993 • 22 min

Meadows and Morgan lead a raid on a club in pursuit of a drug dealer who is laundering money through car sales.

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137. A Question Of Identity

Aired 18 November 1993 • 22 min

A neighbour spots an HIV-positive drug addict breaking into a house.

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138. Cutting Edge

Aired 20 November 1993 • 22 min

Polly and Gary are called to the Parkmead Estate about a burglary at a flat which results in the wife assaulted and taken to St Hughes. The husband came home and discovered the burglar still there. When Polly talks to the husband at the hospital, he is very upset. He tells Polly and Gary what happened when he saw the burglar and says he chopped off 3 of the burglar's fingers when they were in the kitchen. the fingers were put into a jar of gherkins. Alan Woods tries to get the jar put into the canteen fridge but one of the canteen workers threatens to close down the canteen if it goes into the fridge. So he puts them into the fridge in the conference room. Tosh and Jim interview a patient who has lost 3 fingers who claims his fingers were caught in a lorry door.

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139. Put Down

Aired 23 November 1993 • 22 min

An invalid is found dead in bed, and the wife is charged with aiding and abetting a suicide.

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140. Left Behind

Aired 25 November 1993 • 22 min

A convicted wife-beater has been released on parole. He, his wife and son all end up in Sun Hill on suspicion of violent assaults.

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141. Real Villains

Aired 27 November 1993 • 22 min

Croft and Cryer examine the remains of a burned-out car on the Whitegate estate, where residents are concerned about the increase in lawlessness.

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142. Questionable Judgement

Aired 30 November 1993 • 22 min

A homeless man is found murdered and a teenage girl has gone missing.

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143. Taking Care Of Business

Aired 2 December 1993 • 22 min

A store participating in Conway's business watch scheme has been burgled, and one of the suspects is beaten up.

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144. The Law In Their Hands

Aired 4 December 1993 • 22 min

Steele and Garfield arrest a father and son who assaulted the man they believe burgled their house. Loxton and Quinnan catch the real thief.

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145. Cause For Complaint

Aired 7 December 1993 • 22 min

Monroe investigates a complaint about an unattended emergency call, which the victim attributes to racial prejudice.

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146. Blood Counts

Aired 9 December 1993 • 22 min

A postman is attacked, and Carver discovers the remains of a mailbag in the embers of a fire. Pearce struggles with a false confession. McCann is in trouble over a false arrest.

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147. Hurting Inside

Aired 11 December 1993 • 22 min

A convicted burglar absconds while on day release from prison.

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148. Corroboration

Aired 14 December 1993 • 22 min

Carver and Jarvis are in court, but the case against a man accused of robbing a couple at knife point may fall because of poor identification evidence.

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149. Death Of A Ladies' Man

Aired 16 December 1993 • 22 min

A woman reports her husband missing. Greig and Croft establish that the man is a bigamist and an armed robber.

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150. An Ill Wind

Aired 18 December 1993 • 22 min

A body is retrieved from a building yard after a deadly toxic gas was fed through the building.

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151. Keep On Trucking

Aired 21 December 1993 • 22 min

While Garfield is giving tickets, a truck does a right hand turn and then the driver does a runner leaving the truck in the middle of the road. Tony and George have an argument after the truck is parked in the yard blocking access. Cato gets the truck moved back out. George checks the truck's travel disk. Tony and Norika find a front door open and find the house burgled and the occupants on holiday. A lady reports a burglary next door while the occupants are on holiday. It is the 3rd holiday burglary this month. CID are trying to find the link between the 3. Dave is told that a truck fitting the description was seen at the burglary. Donna finds out that all 3 holiday goers used the same coach firm to get to the airport.

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152. A Family Trait

Aired 23 December 1993 • 22 min

A house is broken into and Greig thinks he knows who did it. Greig visits the suspect's house. The injured boy's watch turns up in the bed of the suspect's son's. Polly is sent to St. Hughes to investigate an assault. The mother of the boy thinks it is bullying and that her son is not the only one. Her son's watch is missing. The school is unco-operative with D. S. Morgan. The injured boy gives Morgan the name of Greig's suspect's son.

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153. Paid In Full

Aired 24 December 1993 • 22 min

Ram raiders attempt to break into an Asain electrical store. Sgt. Boyden and George stop ithile Dave gives chase to another of the raiders. One of the neighbouring store owners brings in a bottle of stotch for Sgt. Boyden and the store owners give him a CD player. Monroe is not happy that Boyden was given something. Woods is sent to check on stolen money at B.P.C. Software. The suspect is an ex offender. When interviewed, the suspect claims she was set up because the security officer tried to assault her like he had with another employee.

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154. Cause For Concern

Aired 28 December 1993 • 22 min

Steve and Dave are talking when a speeding driver goes past. The driver tells Dave that the hospital had just rang and her husband was critical. Suzy calls on the driver because she returned home to find it burgled. Dave and Steve are sent to check out the address of the lady at the hospital(that Danny overhears) and surprises 2 blokes. While Tony is driving the burglars' van, one of them get into the van and tells Tony to get a move on. Tony and Norika are called to check a domestic disturbance. Norika is concerned about the asian wife. The husband is very dominating. The domestic starts again. On entering the house Norika and Tony find the husband stabbed and his wife in shock with a knife in her hand. Norika didn't notice the knife at first. The wife claims it was an accident. While Danny is at the hospital checking on the victim, he overhears a lady asking about her husband who is supposed to be injured at the hospital. Woods talks to friends of the couple and their d

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155. Nothing Ventured

Aired 31 December 1993 • 22 min

George is chasing a suspect but loses him. Steve searches the area and spots him. When caught he has just dropped some LSD tabs. The suspect tries to do a deal with the D.I. about getting bail to attend his brother's wedding. Regional Crime Squad:Drugs are in the station and organising a raid on the factory. Meadows gets upset because of a missing witness and Meadows wants the D.I. to go and talk to the witness. The D.I. wants to be in on the drug raid. Haines talks to the very scared witness. Haines is head hunted back to the drug squad. Meadows is not happy when told by Brownlow.

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