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Series 12

Series 12

1996

Directed by Brian Parker · Moira Armstrong · Peter Duffell

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Series 12

Directed by Brian Parker · Moira Armstrong · Peter Duffell

1996

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.

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Call Waiting

E1. Call Waiting

Jan 2, 1996 · 22m

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

Second Sense

E2. Second Sense

Jan 4, 1996 · 22m

P.C.s Loxton and Slater deal with a woman drink-driver.

Runners Up

Jan 5, 1996 · 22m

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

Keeping It In The Family

E4. Keeping It In The Family

Jan 9, 1996 · 22m

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

Home Truths

E5. Home Truths

Jan 11, 1996 · 22m

W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Jarvis follow up a vicious assault.

Outer

Jan 12, 1996 · 22m

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

Better Half

E7. Better Half

Jan 16, 1996 · 22m

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

No Assistance Required

E8. No Assistance Required

Jan 18, 1996 · 22m

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.

Judgement Call

E9. Judgement Call

Jan 19, 1996 · 22m

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.

Old Dogs New Tricks

E10. Old Dogs New Tricks

Jan 23, 1996 · 22m

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

Worst Fears

E11. Worst Fears

Jan 25, 1996 · 22m

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

One Night With You

E12. One Night With You

Jan 26, 1996 · 22m

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

Someone Else's Problem

E13. Someone Else's Problem

Jan 30, 1996 · 22m

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

Bounds Of Decency

E14. Bounds Of Decency

Feb 1, 1996 · 22m

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

Happy Birthday

E15. Happy Birthday

Feb 2, 1996 · 22m

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.

Stop The Music

E16. Stop The Music

Feb 6, 1996 · 22m

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

Cold Light Of Day

E17. Cold Light Of Day

Feb 8, 1996 · 22m

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

Back In Business

E18. Back In Business

Feb 9, 1996 · 22m

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

Separate Rooms

E19. Separate Rooms

Feb 13, 1996 · 22m

D.C. Lines investigates an allegation of underaged sex.

Going Guilty

E20. Going Guilty

Feb 15, 1996 · 22m

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

Pieces Of Cake

E21. Pieces Of Cake

Feb 16, 1996 · 22m

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

Somebody's Home

E22. Somebody's Home

Feb 20, 1996 · 22m

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

Pointing The Finger

E23. Pointing The Finger

Feb 22, 1996 · 22m

Carver and Skase investigate an assault on an Asian schoolboy.

Boy Meets Girl

E24. Boy Meets Girl

Feb 23, 1996 · 22m

Croft investigates a series of vicious sexual assaults.

Confession

E25. Confession

Feb 27, 1996 · 22m

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.

Home From Home

E26. Home From Home

Feb 29, 1996 · 22m

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

Open Wound

E27. Open Wound

Mar 1, 1996 · 22m

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

Perfect Match

E28. Perfect Match

Mar 5, 1996 · 22m

Beech and Croft try to track down a violent attacker.

Someone Special

E29. Someone Special

Mar 7, 1996 · 22m

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

Bits & Pieces

E30. Bits & Pieces

Mar 8, 1996 · 22m

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

Details

Release dateJan 2, 1996

End dateDec 31, 1996

Episodes156

LanguageEN