The Bill Season 8 Episodes

The Bill - Season : 8

The eighth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 105 episodes, broadcast between 2 January – 31 December 1992. The series was released on DVD for the first time on 6 June 2012, in Australia. It features the above artwork, which features images of PC Steve Loxton and DC Mike Dashwood.

Season 8 Episode 1 - The Best Policy

D.C.I. Reid's influence in high places suddenly makes D.I. Burnside look vulnerable to criticism. CID investigate an armed robbery. Air Date : 2nd-Jan-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 2 - A Friend In Need

P.C. Quinnan is the subject of a civil complaint. P.C.s Stamp and Stringer follow up on a fire at a home for ex-psychiatric patients, but find little care in the community. Air Date : 7th-Jan-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 3 - Whose Side Are You On?

D.C. Lines investigates a mugging, and tries to get the victim charged with the murder of his assailant. Air Date : 9th-Jan-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 4 - Lip Service

D.C. Lines is enjoying an off-duty pint in his local pub and becomes involved in a bar brawl. Air Date : 14th-Jan-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 5 - Illegals

D.C. Lines investigates when a cellarful 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. Air Date : 16th-Jan-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 6 - Fair Play

P.C. Quinnan investigates the illegal sale of steroids. P.C. Garfield is put on the spot when his old sparring partner is arrested. Air Date : 21st-Jan-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 7 - Dinosaur

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 complaints about Sun Hill officers. Reid fears the worst when she is called in to Scotland Yard for an urgent meeting with MS15. Air Date : 23rd-Jan-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 8 - Joyride

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. Air Date : 28th-Jan-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 9 - Not Waving

A student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody. Air Date : 30th-Jan-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 10 - Mates

Sgt. Cryer is finding being non-operational tedious. He goes undercover as a punter in a brothel, but his presence on the operation antagonises Sgt. Peters. Cryer goes to sees Ch. Supt. Brownlow about giving up his job as duty sergeant and going back to the relief. Air Date : 4th-Feb-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 11 - Lost Boy

D.S. Greig is led to a vice ring when searching for a missing thirteen-year-old boy. D.C. Dashwood and W.P.C. Ackland are brought into an operation against ponces running rent boys. Air Date : 6th-Feb-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 12 - Chicken

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. Sgt. Peters transfers upstairs to the post of duty sergeant, swapping roles with Bob Cryer, who returns to the relief. Air Date : 11th-Feb-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 13 - Somebody Special

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. Air Date : 13th-Feb-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 14 - Previous Convictions

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. Air Date : 18th-Feb-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 15 - Beggar My Neighbour

A tramp is attacked, leading the police into a web of crime. Air Date : 20th-Feb-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 16 - It's A Small World

Thinking of leaving the force, D.C. Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security consultants. Air Date : 25th-Feb-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 17 - Licence

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. Air Date : 27th-Feb-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 18 - Comeback

The community police station run by P.C. Smollett is fire-bombed. The area car is stolen from P.C. Loxton and W.P.C. Datta, and it is written off in an RTA. Air Date : 3rd-Mar-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 19 - Fireproof

D.I. Burnside leads an investigation into the firebombing of the community police station. Air Date : 5th-Mar-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 20 - The Paddy Factor

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. Air Date : 10th-Mar-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 21 - The Wild Rover

D.S. Roach ignores the Anti-Terrorist Squad, and investigates a possible IRA cell. Air Date : 12th-Mar-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 22 - Coincidence

A small boy known for lying claims to have been the subject of an attempted abduction in an adventure playground. Air Date : 17th-Mar-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 23 - Going Soft

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. Air Date : 19th-Mar-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 24 - Re-Hab

Jack Meadows arrives to take charge of Sun Hill CID. He becomes involved with a father suspected of murdering his drug addict son. Air Date : 24th-Mar-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 25 - Acting Detective

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. Air Date : 26th-Mar-1992 Read More

Season 8 Episode 26 - Stopover

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 guesthouse, keeps reporting an intruder on the premises. Smollett gives her support, but P.C. Garfield thinks he is wasting his time. Air Date : 31st-Mar-1992 Read More