The twelfth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 156 episodes, broadcast between 2 January and 31 December 1996. On 6 February 2013, The Bill Series 12 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 12 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia). The show aired the death of PC Cathy Marshall early in the series, actress Lynne Miller departing after seven years in a mysterious plot that saw her drown whilst chasing a suspect, but it was never confirmed if she was pushed or slipped off a riverside barge during the pursuit. The death followed that of DS Jo Morgan in a four-part special towards the end of the previous series, with the first three of the four episodes rebroadcast in the summer as part of a single special episode; Target.

Season 12 Episode 26 - Home From Home

Stamp and Slater are called to supervise the eviction of a father from his home. Air Date : 29th-Feb-1996

Season 12 Episode 1 - Call Waiting

Skase and Croft investigate a series of hoax phone calls that are tearing a family apart. Air Date : 2nd-Jan-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 2 - Second Sense

Loxton and Slater deal with a woman drink-driver. Air Date : 4th-Jan-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 3 - Runners Up

Meadows offers a bottle of scotch as a reward for catching an elusive burglar. Air Date : 5th-Jan-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 4 - Keeping It In The Family

Lines and Skase try to avert an ice-cream war in Sun Hill after a vendor is assaulted. Air Date : 9th-Jan-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 5 - Home Truths

Ackland and Jarvis follow up a vicious assault. Air Date : 11th-Jan-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 6 - Outer

Boulton is determined to arrest a local drug dealer, at any cost. Air Date : 12th-Jan-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 7 - Better Half

Beech and Croft investigate the murder of a hairdresser who had been fighting for a share of her dead fiancé's estate. Air Date : 16th-Jan-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 8 - No Assistance Required

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. Air Date : 18th-Jan-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 9 - Judgement Call

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. Air Date : 19th-Jan-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 10 - Old Dogs New Tricks

As Sun Hill gets to grips with its new computer system, Boyden discovers that it pays to stay one step ahead of the opposition. Air Date : 23rd-Jan-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 11 - Worst Fears

While Deakin investigates the kidnapping of a five-year-old boy, Conway gets some unsettling news. Air Date : 25th-Jan-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 12 - One Night With You

Five-year-old Tommy Laker is still missing, and Deakin discovers an evil and sinister ring which may hold the clue. Air Date : 26th-Jan-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 13 - Someone Else's Problem

Datta and Quinnan look into the mysterious death of a jogger, while Ackland and Jarvis try to reconcile a couple of warring lovers. Air Date : 30th-Jan-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 14 - Bounds Of Decency

Slater and Garfield struggle to keep the peace when two women fall out over the same man. Air Date : 1st-Feb-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 15 - Happy Birthday

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. Air Date : 2nd-Feb-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 16 - Stop The Music

Croft and a badly-hungover Beech investigate when a body is found in a car with a large amount of crack cocaine. Air Date : 6th-Feb-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 17 - Cold Light Of Day

A reconstruction brings forward an unexpected witness to an assault on a 15-year-old boy. Air Date : 8th-Feb-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 18 - Back In Business

Acting Superintendent Conway is stirred into action by a face from the past. Air Date : 9th-Feb-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 19 - Separate Rooms

Lines investigates an allegation of underage sex. Air Date : 13th-Feb-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 20 - Going Guilty

Cryer and Slater follow up on a murder but a legal loophole may allow the perpetrator to get away with it. Air Date : 15th-Feb-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 21 - Pieces Of Cake

Beech is caught in the crossfire when uniform and C.I.D. fall out over a directive from Brownlow. Air Date : 16th-Feb-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 22 - Somebody's Home

Quinnan and Keane have to help someone with a conviction for assaulting a police officer. Air Date : 20th-Feb-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 23 - Pointing The Finger

Carver and Skase investigate an assault on an Asian schoolboy. Air Date : 22nd-Feb-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 24 - Boy Meets Girl

Croft investigates a series of vicious sexual assaults. Air Date : 23rd-Feb-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 25 - Confession

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. Air Date : 27th-Feb-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 26 - Home From Home

Stamp and Slater are called to supervise the eviction of a father from his home. Air Date : 29th-Feb-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 27 - Open Wound

Skase and Deakin deal with a wounded crack dealer shot in the yard of a pub. Air Date : 1st-Mar-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 28 - Perfect Match

Beech and Croft try to track down a violent attacker. Air Date : 5th-Mar-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 29 - Someone Special

Lines and Skase investigate a possible arson attack on a nightclub. Air Date : 7th-Mar-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 30 - Bits & Pieces

Boyden and Slater search for the owner of a severed hand found on a rubbish tip. Air Date : 8th-Mar-1996  Read More

Season 12 Episode 31 - Home Help

Cryer and Slater handle a tricky case involving a disabled former police officer and his wayward son. Air Date : 12th-Mar-1996  Read More