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The Bill

Series 8

1992 • 105 Episodes

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.

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The Best Policy

S08 E01 • Thursday, Jan 2, 1992 • Jan 2 • 22m

D.C.I. Reid's influence in high places suddenly makes D.I. Burnside look vulnerable to criticism. CID investigate an armed robbery.

A Friend In Need

S08 E02 • Tuesday, Jan 7, 1992 • Jan 7 • 22m

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.

Whose Side Are You On?

S08 E03 • Thursday, Jan 9, 1992 • Jan 9 • 22m

D.C. Lines investigates a mugging, and tries to get the victim charged with the murder of his assailant.

Lip Service

S08 E04 • Tuesday, Jan 14, 1992 • Jan 14 • 22m

D.C. Lines is enjoying an off-duty pint in his local pub and becomes involved in a bar brawl.

Illegals

S08 E05 • Thursday, Jan 16, 1992 • Jan 16 • 22m

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.

Fair Play

S08 E06 • Tuesday, Jan 21, 1992 • Jan 21 • 22m

P.C. Quinnan investigates the illegal sale of steroids. P.C. Garfield is put on the spot when his old sparring partner is arrested.

Dinosaur

S08 E07 • Thursday, Jan 23, 1992 • Jan 23 • 22m

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.

Joyride

S08 E08 • Tuesday, Jan 28, 1992 • Jan 28 • 22m

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.

Not Waving

S08 E09 • Thursday, Jan 30, 1992 • Jan 30 • 22m

A student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody.

Mates

S08 E10 • Tuesday, Feb 4, 1992 • Feb 4 • 22m

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.

Lost Boy

S08 E11 • Thursday, Feb 6, 1992 • Feb 6 • 22m

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.

Chicken

S08 E12 • Tuesday, Feb 11, 1992 • Feb 11 • 22m

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.

Somebody Special

S08 E13 • Thursday, Feb 13, 1992 • Feb 13 • 22m

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.

Previous Convictions

S08 E14 • Tuesday, Feb 18, 1992 • Feb 18 • 22m

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.

Beggar My Neighbour

S08 E15 • Thursday, Feb 20, 1992 • Feb 20 • 22m

A tramp is attacked, leading the police into a web of crime.

It's A Small World

S08 E16 • Tuesday, Feb 25, 1992 • Feb 25 • 22m

Thinking of leaving the force, D.C. Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security consultants.

Licence

S08 E17 • Thursday, Feb 27, 1992 • Feb 27 • 22m

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.

Comeback

S08 E18 • Tuesday, Mar 3, 1992 • Mar 3 • 22m

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.

Fireproof

S08 E19 • Thursday, Mar 5, 1992 • Mar 5 • 22m

D.I. Burnside leads an investigation into the firebombing of the community police station.

The Paddy Factor

S08 E20 • Tuesday, Mar 10, 1992 • Mar 10 • 22m

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.

The Wild Rover

S08 E21 • Thursday, Mar 12, 1992 • Mar 12 • 22m

D.S. Roach ignores the Anti-Terrorist Squad, and investigates a possible IRA cell.

Coincidence

S08 E22 • Tuesday, Mar 17, 1992 • Mar 17 • 22m

A small boy known for lying claims to have been the subject of an attempted abduction in an adventure playground.

Going Soft

S08 E23 • Thursday, Mar 19, 1992 • Mar 19 • 22m

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.

Re-Hab

S08 E24 • Tuesday, Mar 24, 1992 • Mar 24 • 22m

Jack Meadows arrives to take charge of Sun Hill CID. He becomes involved with a father suspected of murdering his drug addict son.

Acting Detective

S08 E25 • Thursday, Mar 26, 1992 • Mar 26 • 22m

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.

Stopover

S08 E26 • Tuesday, Mar 31, 1992 • Mar 31 • 22m

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.

Suspects

S08 E27 • Thursday, Apr 2, 1992 • Apr 2 • 22m

D.S. Greig arrests a suspect for an armed robbery, but is proved wrong.

All The King's Horses

S08 E28 • Tuesday, Apr 7, 1992 • Apr 7 • 22m

A lorry overturns and sheds its load outside a school, burying a boy and girl and putting P.C. Loxton to the test.

Party Politics

S08 E29 • Thursday, Apr 9, 1992 • Apr 9 • 22m

W.D.C. Martella celebrates her birthday. D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach go to a party attended by a crooked businessman, who makes Burnside an offer he can't refuse.

Trials & Tribulations

S08 E30 • Tuesday, Apr 14, 1992 • Apr 14 • 22m

W.P.C. Marshall becomes a vital witness in a murder trial, and soon realises that someone is trying to intimidate her.

A Can Of Worms

S08 E31 • Thursday, Apr 16, 1992 • Apr 16 • 22m

A traffic accident draws attention to a minicab firm.

Timing

S08 E32 • Tuesday, Apr 21, 1992 • Apr 21 • 22m

D.C.I. Meadows tries to find the link between three arson attacks. D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood track down an escaped prisoner, but Roach seems more interested in his beautiful wife.

A Nice Little Line In Plastic

S08 E33 • Thursday, Apr 23, 1992 • Apr 23 • 22m

P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta arrest a girl using stolen credit cards and uncover a major racket.

Trial & Error

S08 E34 • Friday, Apr 24, 1992 • Apr 24 • 22m

An armed robber who put an innocent bystander in an wheelchair has his house firebombed by the victim's son. D.I. Burnside is determined to see justice done.

Owning Up

S08 E35 • Thursday, Apr 30, 1992 • Apr 30 • 22m

P.C.s Loxton and Stringer follow up on a mugging but their case is nearly ruined when it collides with an investigation by D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows. Can W.P.C. Ackland crack the case?

Up Behind

S08 E36 • Tuesday, May 5, 1992 • May 5 • 22m

It's Saturday night, but CID are at work trailing a known criminal believed to be responsible for a series of artifice burglaries involving pensioners.

Appearances

S08 E37 • Thursday, May 7, 1992 • May 7 • 22m

Following an argument with a drunken pub customer, a young barmaid is hit by a car and later dies. P.C.s Quinnan and Stringer have their suspicions about the customer. Could it be manslaughter?

Principled Negotiation

S08 E38 • Tuesday, May 12, 1992 • May 12 • 22m

D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach look favourably on an ex-villain with a loan-shark problem, but they expect favours in return.

Sign Of Our Times

S08 E39 • Thursday, May 14, 1992 • May 14 • 22m

An armed robber admits to D.C. Lines that redundancy and the repossession of his house made him take to crime to solve his problems.

Priorities

S08 E40 • Tuesday, May 19, 1992 • May 19 • 22m

P.C.s Stringer and Loxton attend to a theft at an old people's home and begin to suspect that the ex-policeman who runs the home is ill-treating residents.

Users

S08 E41 • Thursday, May 21, 1992 • May 21 • 22m

W.D.C. Martella arrests a woman for drug dealing. D.I. Burnside suspects that she is using teenage girls as couriers by offering them free holidays in Spain, but she is being exploited by a bigger dealer.

Man Of The People

S08 E42 • Tuesday, May 26, 1992 • May 26 • 22m

P.C. Stringer wins the election for the post of Federation Rep, beating the incumbent P.C. Hollis by fifty-eight votes to two. Ch. Supt. Brownlow decides to eat in the canteen with the other ranks, much to their discomfort.

Runaway

S08 E43 • Thursday, May 28, 1992 • May 28 • 22m

D.S Roach investigates the beating of a teenage girl, and tries to establish if his suspect is also responsible for a number of murders being investigated by AMIP.

Exposures

S08 E44 • Tuesday, Jun 2, 1992 • Jun 2 • 22m

A young model claims that she was sexually assaulted during a photographic session. W.D.C. Martella discovers that every picture tells a story.

Better The Devil

S08 E45 • Thursday, Jun 4, 1992 • Jun 4 • 22m

P.C. Stringer gets involved with a bizarre household, and discovers a horrifying case of parental cruelty in the attic. W.P.C. Marshall goes on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at Stafford Row.

Prisoners

S08 E46 • Tuesday, Jun 9, 1992 • Jun 9 • 22m

Sgt. Boyden and P.C. Hollis are hoping for a quiet night in the custody suite at Sun Hill, but that's not how it turns out.

World To Rights

S08 E47 • Thursday, Jun 11, 1992 • Jun 11 • 22m

W.P.C. Marshall, on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at Stafford Row, makes an error of judgement and is attacked by a woman's husband.

Do The Right Thing

S08 E48 • Tuesday, Jun 16, 1992 • Jun 16 • 22m

P.C. Stringer is mugged by a gang, and determines to get his own back. P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta follow a cheque card fraudster.

Hiding To Nothing

S08 E49 • Thursday, Jun 18, 1992 • Jun 18 • 22m

P.C. Stamp is ambushed by a gang of youths on a local estate. In trying to assist him, W.P.C. Ackland crashes the Area car, much to P.C. Loxton's delight.

Punching Judy

S08 E50 • Tuesday, Jun 23, 1992 • Jun 23 • 22m

A woman lies critically injured in hospital, beaten up by her husband. D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows interview the husband. W.P.C. Marshall decides to quit the Domestic Violence Unit.

The Bill

Series 8

1992 • 105 Episodes

Activity from Friends

The Best Policy

S08 E01 • Thursday, Jan 2, 1992 • Jan 2 • 22m

D.C.I. Reid's influence in high places suddenly makes D.I. Burnside look vulnerable to criticism. CID investigate an armed robbery.

A Friend In Need

S08 E02 • Tuesday, Jan 7, 1992 • Jan 7 • 22m

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.

Whose Side Are You On?

S08 E03 • Thursday, Jan 9, 1992 • Jan 9 • 22m

D.C. Lines investigates a mugging, and tries to get the victim charged with the murder of his assailant.

Lip Service

S08 E04 • Tuesday, Jan 14, 1992 • Jan 14 • 22m

D.C. Lines is enjoying an off-duty pint in his local pub and becomes involved in a bar brawl.

Illegals

S08 E05 • Thursday, Jan 16, 1992 • Jan 16 • 22m

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.

Fair Play

S08 E06 • Tuesday, Jan 21, 1992 • Jan 21 • 22m

P.C. Quinnan investigates the illegal sale of steroids. P.C. Garfield is put on the spot when his old sparring partner is arrested.

Dinosaur

S08 E07 • Thursday, Jan 23, 1992 • Jan 23 • 22m

Joyride

S08 E08 • Tuesday, Jan 28, 1992 • Jan 28 • 22m

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.

Not Waving

S08 E09 • Thursday, Jan 30, 1992 • Jan 30 • 22m

A student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody.

Mates

S08 E10 • Tuesday, Feb 4, 1992 • Feb 4 • 22m

Lost Boy

S08 E11 • Thursday, Feb 6, 1992 • Feb 6 • 22m

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.

Chicken

S08 E12 • Tuesday, Feb 11, 1992 • Feb 11 • 22m

Somebody Special

S08 E13 • Thursday, Feb 13, 1992 • Feb 13 • 22m

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.

Previous Convictions

S08 E14 • Tuesday, Feb 18, 1992 • Feb 18 • 22m

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.

Beggar My Neighbour

S08 E15 • Thursday, Feb 20, 1992 • Feb 20 • 22m

A tramp is attacked, leading the police into a web of crime.

It's A Small World

S08 E16 • Tuesday, Feb 25, 1992 • Feb 25 • 22m

Thinking of leaving the force, D.C. Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security consultants.

Licence

S08 E17 • Thursday, Feb 27, 1992 • Feb 27 • 22m

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.

Comeback

S08 E18 • Tuesday, Mar 3, 1992 • Mar 3 • 22m

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.

Fireproof

S08 E19 • Thursday, Mar 5, 1992 • Mar 5 • 22m

D.I. Burnside leads an investigation into the firebombing of the community police station.

The Paddy Factor

S08 E20 • Tuesday, Mar 10, 1992 • Mar 10 • 22m

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.

The Wild Rover

S08 E21 • Thursday, Mar 12, 1992 • Mar 12 • 22m

D.S. Roach ignores the Anti-Terrorist Squad, and investigates a possible IRA cell.

Coincidence

S08 E22 • Tuesday, Mar 17, 1992 • Mar 17 • 22m

A small boy known for lying claims to have been the subject of an attempted abduction in an adventure playground.

Going Soft

S08 E23 • Thursday, Mar 19, 1992 • Mar 19 • 22m

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.

Re-Hab

S08 E24 • Tuesday, Mar 24, 1992 • Mar 24 • 22m

Jack Meadows arrives to take charge of Sun Hill CID. He becomes involved with a father suspected of murdering his drug addict son.

Acting Detective

S08 E25 • Thursday, Mar 26, 1992 • Mar 26 • 22m

Stopover

S08 E26 • Tuesday, Mar 31, 1992 • Mar 31 • 22m

Suspects

S08 E27 • Thursday, Apr 2, 1992 • Apr 2 • 22m

D.S. Greig arrests a suspect for an armed robbery, but is proved wrong.

All The King's Horses

S08 E28 • Tuesday, Apr 7, 1992 • Apr 7 • 22m

A lorry overturns and sheds its load outside a school, burying a boy and girl and putting P.C. Loxton to the test.

Party Politics

S08 E29 • Thursday, Apr 9, 1992 • Apr 9 • 22m

W.D.C. Martella celebrates her birthday. D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach go to a party attended by a crooked businessman, who makes Burnside an offer he can't refuse.

Trials & Tribulations

S08 E30 • Tuesday, Apr 14, 1992 • Apr 14 • 22m

W.P.C. Marshall becomes a vital witness in a murder trial, and soon realises that someone is trying to intimidate her.

A Can Of Worms

S08 E31 • Thursday, Apr 16, 1992 • Apr 16 • 22m

A traffic accident draws attention to a minicab firm.

Timing

S08 E32 • Tuesday, Apr 21, 1992 • Apr 21 • 22m

D.C.I. Meadows tries to find the link between three arson attacks. D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood track down an escaped prisoner, but Roach seems more interested in his beautiful wife.

A Nice Little Line In Plastic

S08 E33 • Thursday, Apr 23, 1992 • Apr 23 • 22m

P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta arrest a girl using stolen credit cards and uncover a major racket.

Trial & Error

S08 E34 • Friday, Apr 24, 1992 • Apr 24 • 22m

An armed robber who put an innocent bystander in an wheelchair has his house firebombed by the victim's son. D.I. Burnside is determined to see justice done.

Owning Up

S08 E35 • Thursday, Apr 30, 1992 • Apr 30 • 22m

P.C.s Loxton and Stringer follow up on a mugging but their case is nearly ruined when it collides with an investigation by D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows. Can W.P.C. Ackland crack the case?

Up Behind

S08 E36 • Tuesday, May 5, 1992 • May 5 • 22m

It's Saturday night, but CID are at work trailing a known criminal believed to be responsible for a series of artifice burglaries involving pensioners.

Appearances

S08 E37 • Thursday, May 7, 1992 • May 7 • 22m

Following an argument with a drunken pub customer, a young barmaid is hit by a car and later dies. P.C.s Quinnan and Stringer have their suspicions about the customer. Could it be manslaughter?

Principled Negotiation

S08 E38 • Tuesday, May 12, 1992 • May 12 • 22m

D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach look favourably on an ex-villain with a loan-shark problem, but they expect favours in return.

Sign Of Our Times

S08 E39 • Thursday, May 14, 1992 • May 14 • 22m

An armed robber admits to D.C. Lines that redundancy and the repossession of his house made him take to crime to solve his problems.

Priorities

S08 E40 • Tuesday, May 19, 1992 • May 19 • 22m

P.C.s Stringer and Loxton attend to a theft at an old people's home and begin to suspect that the ex-policeman who runs the home is ill-treating residents.

Users

S08 E41 • Thursday, May 21, 1992 • May 21 • 22m

Man Of The People

S08 E42 • Tuesday, May 26, 1992 • May 26 • 22m

Runaway

S08 E43 • Thursday, May 28, 1992 • May 28 • 22m

D.S Roach investigates the beating of a teenage girl, and tries to establish if his suspect is also responsible for a number of murders being investigated by AMIP.

Exposures

S08 E44 • Tuesday, Jun 2, 1992 • Jun 2 • 22m

A young model claims that she was sexually assaulted during a photographic session. W.D.C. Martella discovers that every picture tells a story.

Better The Devil

S08 E45 • Thursday, Jun 4, 1992 • Jun 4 • 22m

Prisoners

S08 E46 • Tuesday, Jun 9, 1992 • Jun 9 • 22m

Sgt. Boyden and P.C. Hollis are hoping for a quiet night in the custody suite at Sun Hill, but that's not how it turns out.

World To Rights

S08 E47 • Thursday, Jun 11, 1992 • Jun 11 • 22m

W.P.C. Marshall, on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at Stafford Row, makes an error of judgement and is attacked by a woman's husband.

Do The Right Thing

S08 E48 • Tuesday, Jun 16, 1992 • Jun 16 • 22m

P.C. Stringer is mugged by a gang, and determines to get his own back. P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta follow a cheque card fraudster.

Hiding To Nothing

S08 E49 • Thursday, Jun 18, 1992 • Jun 18 • 22m

P.C. Stamp is ambushed by a gang of youths on a local estate. In trying to assist him, W.P.C. Ackland crashes the Area car, much to P.C. Loxton's delight.

Punching Judy

S08 E50 • Tuesday, Jun 23, 1992 • Jun 23 • 22m

A woman lies critically injured in hospital, beaten up by her husband. D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows interview the husband. W.P.C. Marshall decides to quit the Domestic Violence Unit.

Season 7

Series 7

Season 9

Series 9

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1992

S8Season 8

105 Episodes

22 min / episode

38h 30m total

Aired

Jan 2, 1992 - Dec 31, 1992

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ITV1

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Crime Drama

The Bill

Series 8

1992 • 105 Episodes

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The Best Policy

S08 E01 • Thursday, Jan 2, 1992 • Jan 2 • 22m

D.C.I. Reid's influence in high places suddenly makes D.I. Burnside look vulnerable to criticism. CID investigate an armed robbery.

A Friend In Need

S08 E02 • Tuesday, Jan 7, 1992 • Jan 7 • 22m

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.

Whose Side Are You On?

S08 E03 • Thursday, Jan 9, 1992 • Jan 9 • 22m

D.C. Lines investigates a mugging, and tries to get the victim charged with the murder of his assailant.

Lip Service

S08 E04 • Tuesday, Jan 14, 1992 • Jan 14 • 22m

D.C. Lines is enjoying an off-duty pint in his local pub and becomes involved in a bar brawl.

Illegals

S08 E05 • Thursday, Jan 16, 1992 • Jan 16 • 22m

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.

Fair Play

S08 E06 • Tuesday, Jan 21, 1992 • Jan 21 • 22m

P.C. Quinnan investigates the illegal sale of steroids. P.C. Garfield is put on the spot when his old sparring partner is arrested.

Dinosaur

S08 E07 • Thursday, Jan 23, 1992 • Jan 23 • 22m

Joyride

S08 E08 • Tuesday, Jan 28, 1992 • Jan 28 • 22m

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.

Not Waving

S08 E09 • Thursday, Jan 30, 1992 • Jan 30 • 22m

A student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody.

Mates

S08 E10 • Tuesday, Feb 4, 1992 • Feb 4 • 22m

Lost Boy

S08 E11 • Thursday, Feb 6, 1992 • Feb 6 • 22m

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.

Chicken

S08 E12 • Tuesday, Feb 11, 1992 • Feb 11 • 22m

Somebody Special

S08 E13 • Thursday, Feb 13, 1992 • Feb 13 • 22m

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.

Previous Convictions

S08 E14 • Tuesday, Feb 18, 1992 • Feb 18 • 22m

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.

Beggar My Neighbour

S08 E15 • Thursday, Feb 20, 1992 • Feb 20 • 22m

A tramp is attacked, leading the police into a web of crime.

It's A Small World

S08 E16 • Tuesday, Feb 25, 1992 • Feb 25 • 22m

Thinking of leaving the force, D.C. Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security consultants.

Licence

S08 E17 • Thursday, Feb 27, 1992 • Feb 27 • 22m

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.

Comeback

S08 E18 • Tuesday, Mar 3, 1992 • Mar 3 • 22m

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.

Fireproof

S08 E19 • Thursday, Mar 5, 1992 • Mar 5 • 22m

D.I. Burnside leads an investigation into the firebombing of the community police station.

The Paddy Factor

S08 E20 • Tuesday, Mar 10, 1992 • Mar 10 • 22m

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.

The Wild Rover

S08 E21 • Thursday, Mar 12, 1992 • Mar 12 • 22m

D.S. Roach ignores the Anti-Terrorist Squad, and investigates a possible IRA cell.

Coincidence

S08 E22 • Tuesday, Mar 17, 1992 • Mar 17 • 22m

A small boy known for lying claims to have been the subject of an attempted abduction in an adventure playground.

Going Soft

S08 E23 • Thursday, Mar 19, 1992 • Mar 19 • 22m

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.

Re-Hab

S08 E24 • Tuesday, Mar 24, 1992 • Mar 24 • 22m

Jack Meadows arrives to take charge of Sun Hill CID. He becomes involved with a father suspected of murdering his drug addict son.

Acting Detective

S08 E25 • Thursday, Mar 26, 1992 • Mar 26 • 22m

Stopover

S08 E26 • Tuesday, Mar 31, 1992 • Mar 31 • 22m

Suspects

S08 E27 • Thursday, Apr 2, 1992 • Apr 2 • 22m

D.S. Greig arrests a suspect for an armed robbery, but is proved wrong.

All The King's Horses

S08 E28 • Tuesday, Apr 7, 1992 • Apr 7 • 22m

A lorry overturns and sheds its load outside a school, burying a boy and girl and putting P.C. Loxton to the test.

Party Politics

S08 E29 • Thursday, Apr 9, 1992 • Apr 9 • 22m

W.D.C. Martella celebrates her birthday. D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach go to a party attended by a crooked businessman, who makes Burnside an offer he can't refuse.

Trials & Tribulations

S08 E30 • Tuesday, Apr 14, 1992 • Apr 14 • 22m

W.P.C. Marshall becomes a vital witness in a murder trial, and soon realises that someone is trying to intimidate her.

A Can Of Worms

S08 E31 • Thursday, Apr 16, 1992 • Apr 16 • 22m

A traffic accident draws attention to a minicab firm.

Timing

S08 E32 • Tuesday, Apr 21, 1992 • Apr 21 • 22m

D.C.I. Meadows tries to find the link between three arson attacks. D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood track down an escaped prisoner, but Roach seems more interested in his beautiful wife.

A Nice Little Line In Plastic

S08 E33 • Thursday, Apr 23, 1992 • Apr 23 • 22m

P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta arrest a girl using stolen credit cards and uncover a major racket.

Trial & Error

S08 E34 • Friday, Apr 24, 1992 • Apr 24 • 22m

An armed robber who put an innocent bystander in an wheelchair has his house firebombed by the victim's son. D.I. Burnside is determined to see justice done.

Owning Up

S08 E35 • Thursday, Apr 30, 1992 • Apr 30 • 22m

P.C.s Loxton and Stringer follow up on a mugging but their case is nearly ruined when it collides with an investigation by D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows. Can W.P.C. Ackland crack the case?

Up Behind

S08 E36 • Tuesday, May 5, 1992 • May 5 • 22m

It's Saturday night, but CID are at work trailing a known criminal believed to be responsible for a series of artifice burglaries involving pensioners.

Appearances

S08 E37 • Thursday, May 7, 1992 • May 7 • 22m

Following an argument with a drunken pub customer, a young barmaid is hit by a car and later dies. P.C.s Quinnan and Stringer have their suspicions about the customer. Could it be manslaughter?

Principled Negotiation

S08 E38 • Tuesday, May 12, 1992 • May 12 • 22m

D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach look favourably on an ex-villain with a loan-shark problem, but they expect favours in return.

Sign Of Our Times

S08 E39 • Thursday, May 14, 1992 • May 14 • 22m

An armed robber admits to D.C. Lines that redundancy and the repossession of his house made him take to crime to solve his problems.

Priorities

S08 E40 • Tuesday, May 19, 1992 • May 19 • 22m

P.C.s Stringer and Loxton attend to a theft at an old people's home and begin to suspect that the ex-policeman who runs the home is ill-treating residents.

Users

S08 E41 • Thursday, May 21, 1992 • May 21 • 22m

Man Of The People

S08 E42 • Tuesday, May 26, 1992 • May 26 • 22m

Runaway

S08 E43 • Thursday, May 28, 1992 • May 28 • 22m

D.S Roach investigates the beating of a teenage girl, and tries to establish if his suspect is also responsible for a number of murders being investigated by AMIP.

Exposures

S08 E44 • Tuesday, Jun 2, 1992 • Jun 2 • 22m

A young model claims that she was sexually assaulted during a photographic session. W.D.C. Martella discovers that every picture tells a story.

Better The Devil

S08 E45 • Thursday, Jun 4, 1992 • Jun 4 • 22m

Prisoners

S08 E46 • Tuesday, Jun 9, 1992 • Jun 9 • 22m

Sgt. Boyden and P.C. Hollis are hoping for a quiet night in the custody suite at Sun Hill, but that's not how it turns out.

World To Rights

S08 E47 • Thursday, Jun 11, 1992 • Jun 11 • 22m

W.P.C. Marshall, on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at Stafford Row, makes an error of judgement and is attacked by a woman's husband.

Do The Right Thing

S08 E48 • Tuesday, Jun 16, 1992 • Jun 16 • 22m

P.C. Stringer is mugged by a gang, and determines to get his own back. P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta follow a cheque card fraudster.

Hiding To Nothing

S08 E49 • Thursday, Jun 18, 1992 • Jun 18 • 22m

P.C. Stamp is ambushed by a gang of youths on a local estate. In trying to assist him, W.P.C. Ackland crashes the Area car, much to P.C. Loxton's delight.

Punching Judy

S08 E50 • Tuesday, Jun 23, 1992 • Jun 23 • 22m

A woman lies critically injured in hospital, beaten up by her husband. D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows interview the husband. W.P.C. Marshall decides to quit the Domestic Violence Unit.

The Bill

Series 8

1992 • 105 Episodes

Activity from Friends

The Best Policy

S08 E01 • Thursday, Jan 2, 1992 • Jan 2 • 22m

D.C.I. Reid's influence in high places suddenly makes D.I. Burnside look vulnerable to criticism. CID investigate an armed robbery.

A Friend In Need

S08 E02 • Tuesday, Jan 7, 1992 • Jan 7 • 22m

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.

Whose Side Are You On?

S08 E03 • Thursday, Jan 9, 1992 • Jan 9 • 22m

D.C. Lines investigates a mugging, and tries to get the victim charged with the murder of his assailant.

Lip Service

S08 E04 • Tuesday, Jan 14, 1992 • Jan 14 • 22m

D.C. Lines is enjoying an off-duty pint in his local pub and becomes involved in a bar brawl.

Illegals

S08 E05 • Thursday, Jan 16, 1992 • Jan 16 • 22m

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.

Fair Play

S08 E06 • Tuesday, Jan 21, 1992 • Jan 21 • 22m

P.C. Quinnan investigates the illegal sale of steroids. P.C. Garfield is put on the spot when his old sparring partner is arrested.

Dinosaur

S08 E07 • Thursday, Jan 23, 1992 • Jan 23 • 22m

Joyride

S08 E08 • Tuesday, Jan 28, 1992 • Jan 28 • 22m

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.

Not Waving

S08 E09 • Thursday, Jan 30, 1992 • Jan 30 • 22m

A student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody.

Mates

S08 E10 • Tuesday, Feb 4, 1992 • Feb 4 • 22m

Lost Boy

S08 E11 • Thursday, Feb 6, 1992 • Feb 6 • 22m

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.

Chicken

S08 E12 • Tuesday, Feb 11, 1992 • Feb 11 • 22m

Somebody Special

S08 E13 • Thursday, Feb 13, 1992 • Feb 13 • 22m

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.

Previous Convictions

S08 E14 • Tuesday, Feb 18, 1992 • Feb 18 • 22m

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.

Beggar My Neighbour

S08 E15 • Thursday, Feb 20, 1992 • Feb 20 • 22m

A tramp is attacked, leading the police into a web of crime.

It's A Small World

S08 E16 • Tuesday, Feb 25, 1992 • Feb 25 • 22m

Thinking of leaving the force, D.C. Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security consultants.

Licence

S08 E17 • Thursday, Feb 27, 1992 • Feb 27 • 22m

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.

Comeback

S08 E18 • Tuesday, Mar 3, 1992 • Mar 3 • 22m

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.

Fireproof

S08 E19 • Thursday, Mar 5, 1992 • Mar 5 • 22m

D.I. Burnside leads an investigation into the firebombing of the community police station.

The Paddy Factor

S08 E20 • Tuesday, Mar 10, 1992 • Mar 10 • 22m

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.

The Wild Rover

S08 E21 • Thursday, Mar 12, 1992 • Mar 12 • 22m

D.S. Roach ignores the Anti-Terrorist Squad, and investigates a possible IRA cell.

Coincidence

S08 E22 • Tuesday, Mar 17, 1992 • Mar 17 • 22m

A small boy known for lying claims to have been the subject of an attempted abduction in an adventure playground.

Going Soft

S08 E23 • Thursday, Mar 19, 1992 • Mar 19 • 22m

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.

Re-Hab

S08 E24 • Tuesday, Mar 24, 1992 • Mar 24 • 22m

Jack Meadows arrives to take charge of Sun Hill CID. He becomes involved with a father suspected of murdering his drug addict son.

Acting Detective

S08 E25 • Thursday, Mar 26, 1992 • Mar 26 • 22m

Stopover

S08 E26 • Tuesday, Mar 31, 1992 • Mar 31 • 22m

Suspects

S08 E27 • Thursday, Apr 2, 1992 • Apr 2 • 22m

D.S. Greig arrests a suspect for an armed robbery, but is proved wrong.

All The King's Horses

S08 E28 • Tuesday, Apr 7, 1992 • Apr 7 • 22m

A lorry overturns and sheds its load outside a school, burying a boy and girl and putting P.C. Loxton to the test.

Party Politics

S08 E29 • Thursday, Apr 9, 1992 • Apr 9 • 22m

W.D.C. Martella celebrates her birthday. D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach go to a party attended by a crooked businessman, who makes Burnside an offer he can't refuse.

Trials & Tribulations

S08 E30 • Tuesday, Apr 14, 1992 • Apr 14 • 22m

W.P.C. Marshall becomes a vital witness in a murder trial, and soon realises that someone is trying to intimidate her.

A Can Of Worms

S08 E31 • Thursday, Apr 16, 1992 • Apr 16 • 22m

A traffic accident draws attention to a minicab firm.

Timing

S08 E32 • Tuesday, Apr 21, 1992 • Apr 21 • 22m

D.C.I. Meadows tries to find the link between three arson attacks. D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood track down an escaped prisoner, but Roach seems more interested in his beautiful wife.

A Nice Little Line In Plastic

S08 E33 • Thursday, Apr 23, 1992 • Apr 23 • 22m

P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta arrest a girl using stolen credit cards and uncover a major racket.

Trial & Error

S08 E34 • Friday, Apr 24, 1992 • Apr 24 • 22m

An armed robber who put an innocent bystander in an wheelchair has his house firebombed by the victim's son. D.I. Burnside is determined to see justice done.

Owning Up

S08 E35 • Thursday, Apr 30, 1992 • Apr 30 • 22m

P.C.s Loxton and Stringer follow up on a mugging but their case is nearly ruined when it collides with an investigation by D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows. Can W.P.C. Ackland crack the case?

Up Behind

S08 E36 • Tuesday, May 5, 1992 • May 5 • 22m

It's Saturday night, but CID are at work trailing a known criminal believed to be responsible for a series of artifice burglaries involving pensioners.

Appearances

S08 E37 • Thursday, May 7, 1992 • May 7 • 22m

Following an argument with a drunken pub customer, a young barmaid is hit by a car and later dies. P.C.s Quinnan and Stringer have their suspicions about the customer. Could it be manslaughter?

Principled Negotiation

S08 E38 • Tuesday, May 12, 1992 • May 12 • 22m

D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach look favourably on an ex-villain with a loan-shark problem, but they expect favours in return.

Sign Of Our Times

S08 E39 • Thursday, May 14, 1992 • May 14 • 22m

An armed robber admits to D.C. Lines that redundancy and the repossession of his house made him take to crime to solve his problems.

Priorities

S08 E40 • Tuesday, May 19, 1992 • May 19 • 22m

P.C.s Stringer and Loxton attend to a theft at an old people's home and begin to suspect that the ex-policeman who runs the home is ill-treating residents.

Users

S08 E41 • Thursday, May 21, 1992 • May 21 • 22m

Man Of The People

S08 E42 • Tuesday, May 26, 1992 • May 26 • 22m

Runaway

S08 E43 • Thursday, May 28, 1992 • May 28 • 22m

D.S Roach investigates the beating of a teenage girl, and tries to establish if his suspect is also responsible for a number of murders being investigated by AMIP.

Exposures

S08 E44 • Tuesday, Jun 2, 1992 • Jun 2 • 22m

A young model claims that she was sexually assaulted during a photographic session. W.D.C. Martella discovers that every picture tells a story.

Better The Devil

S08 E45 • Thursday, Jun 4, 1992 • Jun 4 • 22m

Prisoners

S08 E46 • Tuesday, Jun 9, 1992 • Jun 9 • 22m

Sgt. Boyden and P.C. Hollis are hoping for a quiet night in the custody suite at Sun Hill, but that's not how it turns out.

World To Rights

S08 E47 • Thursday, Jun 11, 1992 • Jun 11 • 22m

W.P.C. Marshall, on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at Stafford Row, makes an error of judgement and is attacked by a woman's husband.

Do The Right Thing

S08 E48 • Tuesday, Jun 16, 1992 • Jun 16 • 22m

P.C. Stringer is mugged by a gang, and determines to get his own back. P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta follow a cheque card fraudster.

Hiding To Nothing

S08 E49 • Thursday, Jun 18, 1992 • Jun 18 • 22m

P.C. Stamp is ambushed by a gang of youths on a local estate. In trying to assist him, W.P.C. Ackland crashes the Area car, much to P.C. Loxton's delight.

Punching Judy

S08 E50 • Tuesday, Jun 23, 1992 • Jun 23 • 22m

A woman lies critically injured in hospital, beaten up by her husband. D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows interview the husband. W.P.C. Marshall decides to quit the Domestic Violence Unit.