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The Bill: Season 16

86 episodes Premiered Jan 4, 2000 Updated Sep 28, 2026

Series 16 of British television drama The Bill consisted of 86 episodes, broadcast between 4 January – 26 December 2000. As well as 83 regular episodes, the series also included a two-part recap special, Kiss Off, featuring a condensed broadcast of the Series 15 episodes "Lone Ranger", "Old Flame", "Push It" and "Kiss Off", prior to a special episode, The Trial of Eddie Santini, which provides closure to the Santini

Previously on The Bill

Season 16 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Bill Season 15.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.

Season overview

Series 16 of British television drama The Bill consisted of 86 episodes, broadcast between 4 January – 26 December 2000. As well as 83 regular episodes, the series also included a two-part recap special, Kiss Off, featuring a condensed broadcast of the Series 15 episodes "Lone Ranger", "Old Flame", "Push It" and "Kiss Off", prior to a special episode, The Trial of Eddie Santini, which provides closure to the Santini storyline from 1999. On 5 June 2013, The Bill Series 16 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 16 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia).

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Season 16 Episodes

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S16·E1 Mytharc

Angel

Jan 4, 2000

DCI Burnside arrives to investigate a murder which looks like part of a series of male rapes gone too far. Andy Wilson, one of the previous victims remembers something about an ang

S16·E2 Core

In The Firing Line

Jan 6, 2000

PC Smith is working undercover as a bodyguard for a South African drug importer named Tony Rourke. Rourke offers Smith a contract to kidnap and torture a senior police officer to f

S16·E3 Core

Thug On The Tyne: Part I

Jan 11, 2000

Northumbria Police arrest one 'Frank Bentley' with a boot full of drugs and a handgun, after a high speed car chase through Newcastle. 'Bentley' and his 'lawyer' Liz McAuley are ac

S16·E4 Core

Thug On The Tyne: Part II

Jan 13, 2000

Although they are undercover, Burnside agrees to let Liz Rawton visit her mother. Despite a close shave at a family gathering when her cousin's boyfriend turns out to be an associa

S16·E5 Mytharc

Riot City

Jan 18, 2000

Ch. Insp. Conway and a team of Sun Hill officers undergo riot simulation training at the Met's training depot in Hounslow. Meanwhile, DC Glaze goes undercover at the Cockroft Estat

S16·E6 Core

Crime & Punishment

Jan 25, 2000

Brownlow attends the funeral service of an old colleague that he used to serve with when he was in 182 squad, but soon finds that old wounds are beginning to reopen themselves as o

S16·E7 Mytharc

Zero Tolerance

Jan 27, 2000

Insp. Monroe has trouble dealing with a gang of boy-racers who are harassing and intimidating an elderly couple. When the old man dies after an altercation with the gang, Monroe is

S16·E8 Core

Scoop

Feb 1, 2000

Ch. Insp. Conway encounters the ""Sun Hill Angels"" at a function, an escort service which DS Boulton believes is also dealing in drugs. Boulton convinces Conway to help him conduc

S16·E9 Core

Beasts

Feb 3, 2000

PC Sam Harker has infiltrated a group of animal rights activists, thanks to Steve Burton, an old school friend from Liverpool. The group's leader, Ged Mellings, is suspected to be

S16·E10 Core

Trusting The Enemy

Feb 8, 2000

Deakin is furious when a fourth drug dealer is assaulted in a number of days, a case which Beech was supposed to be investigating. Beech enlists Lennox and the pair are soon lead t

S16·E11 Core

On The Wagon

Feb 10, 2000

PC Jim Carver returns to duty after undergoing treatment for his alcoholism. Unfortunately for him, he is paired with PC Dale Smith and their first case involves alcohol! Attending

S16·E12 Core

The Untouchables

Feb 15, 2000

DC Danny Glaze sees a man set alight on the Larkmead Estate, and becomes determined to solve the case. They identify a suspect's car from CCTV tapes, and Insp. Monroe discovers a w

S16·E13 Core

Streetwise

Feb 17, 2000

Investigating a young boy's disappearance, DC Rod Skase takes a career-ending shortcut when he encourages a witness to implicate a man he considers to be the main suspect.

S16·E14 Core

Inside Straight

Feb 22, 2000

Beech and Deakin infiltrate a bent, high-stakes poker game, where the dealer, Steve Travis, has been offering drugs as a form of payment in cases where he has lost the game. In ord

S16·E15 Core

Reasons To Be Fearful

Feb 24, 2000

Boyden and Worrell arrest a man dealing drugs to schoolchildren, but soon discover that he is the son of a key witness to a case which Beech is desperately trying to close. Beech w

S16·E16 Core

When The Bough Breaks

Feb 29, 2000

Boyden has a near miss on patrol when a van in front of him collides with a teenage girl. Her friend is identified by a mall security guard as a shoplifter, and after refusing to g

S16·E17 Core

Nightwork

Mar 2, 2000

Worell goes undercover as a prostitute on Barrack Lane after a series of punters are assaulted and robbed, the most recent of which resulted in the punter being sliced across the f

S16·E18 Mytharc

Meltdown: Part I

Mar 6, 2000

When Quinnan and Stamp are attacked on the Jasmine Allen Estate trying to get an overdose victim to hospital, Brownlow organizes a community initiative scheme to earn back the trus

S16·E19 Core

Meltdown: Part II

Mar 7, 2000

Boulton investigates the shooting of one of the youths from Quinnan's group. Convinced it is linked to the death of Donna Hunter, he searches the shooting victim's house, and Quinn

S16·E20 Core

Meltdown: Part III

Mar 9, 2000

Quinnan reels following his rescue and the death of Robbie Hunter the day before. When savings of his sister Donna are reported missing the day of her funeral, the mother of the te

S16·E21 Core

Old Flame

Apr 2, 2000

Santini tries to convince his lover, Jess Orton, to set him up with some drug dealers – he wants out of Sun Hill, and DS Timpney, his friend in Area Drugs, has promised him a place

S16·E22 Core

Kiss Off

Mar 21, 2000

Santini is determined to find out if Jess Orton has grassed on him, and when he breaks into her home to challenge her, he causes her to fatally fall down the stairs. Fox is ordered

S16·E23 Mytharc

The Trial

Apr 2, 2000

Santini goes on trial at the Old Bailey accused of the murder of Jessica Orton, but tries to talk to CIB and implicate Quinnan and Rawton. A prison guard tells Santini that Sherman

S16·E24 Mytharc

The Driver

Apr 11, 2000

Hagen goes undercover as the driver for a manager of a chain of massage parlours, Allison Spencer. Suspected of running a prostitution racket for her uncle and old adversary of Mea

S16·E25 Core

Protect & Survive

Apr 13, 2000

DC Mickey Webb arrives for his first night shift at Sun Hill, and assists an under strength uniform to track down dangerous prison escapee, Craig Ronson, who has served 8 years of

S16·E26 Core

Take It Or Leave It

Apr 18, 2000

Holmes investigates a suspected money-launderer named Terry Jowit, who is wanted by police in Scotland. Holmes discovers a cheque in Jowit's mail from an antiques dealer, which lea

S16·E27 Core

Over The Edge

Apr 20, 2000

Brownlow and Mannion attend the panel for a Metropolitan Police hearing against a Sergeant who is charged with disobeying a direct order, which resulted in the career-ending injury

S16·E28 Core

Loyalty

Apr 25, 2000

Lennox is tasked with assisting Webb and Holmes on a drugs bust, but after meeting with an old friend, who is a well-known figure in the Scottish parliament, he is more concerned w

S16·E29 Core

Wheels

Apr 27, 2000

Sun Hill has been given a new "crime car" for quick arrests and Boyden, Hagen and Proctor are chosen to crew it, much to the other officers' annoyance. Proctor is given a list of t

S16·E30 Core

Warm Bodies: Part I

May 2, 2000

Stanton and Lennox are tasked with investigating a brutal assault outside a nightclub where the victim had pouches of what appear to be drugs stuffed into his mouth. The owner, Vin

S16·E31 Core

Warm Bodies: Part II

May 4, 2000

Boulton and Stanton's personal affairs threaten to get in the way of their investigation, as Stanton attempts to block out the events of the night before. Persuading Meadows to sep

S16·E32 Mytharc

Blurred Around The Edges

May 9, 2000

Cryer, Smithy and McCann attend the scene of an RTA, where they find a supply of cocaine as well as two firearms in the boot of one of the cars involved. Smithy accompanies one of

S16·E33 Mytharc

Catch A Falling Star

May 11, 2000

Conway jumps at the chance of helping Sixties pop idol Sadie Tyler after the draft of her autobiography is alleged to have been stolen by an obsessive fan. When the compere for a c

S16·E34 Core

The Squad

May 18, 2000

With the Flying Squad suffering from a staff shortage, Stamp is seconded away as a temporary driver. He struggles to impress senior officer, DS Harrap, but DI Lomax continues to en

S16·E35 Core

White Lies

May 23, 2000

A Barton Street PC is stabbed when he pursues two robbery suspects into Sun Hill. A black youth, identified as Mark Okin, is found beaten unconscious at about the same time. Carver

S16·E36 Core

Search Me

May 25, 2000

Stop and search is resumed when there is an outbreak of street robberies. Mannion asks Brownlow to stand in for him for a TV interview, but he ends up shifting blame after two unde

S16·E37 Core

Love Or Money

May 26, 2000

Boulton and Holmes are left to pick up the pieces when the key witnesses in a robbery case refuse to give evidence. Holmes notices Boulton's change of attitude and suspects he may

S16·E38 Core

Going Public

Jun 1, 2000

Webb investigates the brutal beating of businessman Kevin Hewlitt, who is found unconscious in his kitchen by his wife, Sandra. The investigation provides little information as to

S16·E39 Core

A Sprat To Catch A Mackerel

Jun 2, 2000

When an apparent drug-related murder leads Operation Trident onto Sun Hill's patch, they suspect Yardie street gangs could be active in the area. A new scheme by Conway to encourag

S16·E40 Core

The Hare & The Hounds

Jun 3, 2000

To finance his buy-in to the Yardie drug dealing operation, Jones and his gang rob a building society, with Rickman forced to be getaway driver. Despite Trident being tipped off, t

S16·E41 Core

The Deep Blue Sea

Jun 8, 2000

With Leroy Jones being held captive by rival dealer Touissant, Rickman is sent to make a second purchase from the syndicate. Rickman tails her contact to a tower block in the city,

S16·E42 Core

Room Service

Jun 9, 2000

Stanton is desperate to be discharged from the Beech case due to her love for Boulton, but Hodges assures her she is doing well. Boulton accepts a free night at a plush Docklands h

S16·E43 Mytharc

Soft Talking

Jun 13, 2000

Responding to an urgent call for assistance, Smithy arrives and has to deliver a baby in the street. Worried about the mother's condition, he investigates her background, and disco

S16·E44 Core

Beyond Conviction

Jun 22, 2000

Klein and Hagen are called to a stabbing at a shopping centre, where a foreign aid worker has been attacked and left for dead. Initially, suspicion falls on a local youth, Wayne St

S16·E45 Mytharc

Whispers

Jul 4, 2000

Proctor, under pressure over his poor performance, decides to trap a burglar to avoid being transferred from Sun Hill after being told by Deakin that he has a new job lined up for

S16·E46 Core

Caught Short

Jul 11, 2000

Boulton is determined to bring down a known drug dealer by using his wife as an informant to gather information. However, when a raid on his property goes pear shaped, Boulton is l

S16·E47 Core

Bad Habits

Jul 18, 2000

Ch. Insp. Conway is astounded when an elderly man (and former police officer) turns up at the station with a suitcase containing half a million pounds, which he claims he found on

S16·E48 Core

Say It With Flowers

Jul 25, 2000

Glaze and Holmes investigate the apparent suicide of local councillor Anthony Snape, and uncover a plot involving two other councillors, Colin Cooper and Steven Trent, to pervert t

S16·E49 Core

No One's That Honest

Aug 1, 2000

Conway is astounded when an elderly man, Charles Arthur Cullen, a former police officer, turns up at the station with a suitcase containing half a million pounds, which he claims t

S16·E50 Core

No Man's Land

Aug 8, 2000

Cryer decides to take it upon himself to discover the identity of a body found on a roundabout, after Webb shows a less than caring attitude towards the case. His investigation lea

S16·E51 Core

Time To Kill

Aug 15, 2000

When a woman is reportedly raped in an alleyway behind the Whitegate shopping centre, Lennox and Webb rake over the CCTV footage, however they fail to find the woman captured on th

S16·E52 Core

Doppelganger

Aug 22, 2000

Boyden is shocked to discover that someone has been impersonating him, raiding illegal poker games and pocketing all the cash, and decides to go undercover as a punter to trap him.

S16·E53 Mytharc

Lullaby: Part I

Aug 25, 2000

Smithy and Rickman attend a break in at a primary school and find a seven-year-old boy looking for food. Further investigation reveals that the boy has been living alone for three

S16·E54 Core

Lullaby: Part II

Aug 26, 2000

Smithy gets closer to Tim Tze as the search for his parents continues. His failure to investigate the attack on the Chinese restaurant correctly continues to hang over him, but whe

S16·E55 Core

Lullaby: Part III

Sep 1, 2000

Smithy and Tim Tze are held hostage, while the kidnappers make their demands – they want their money back, and Lenny Tze to deliver it. Trouble is, Lenny is nowhere to be seen, and

S16·E56 Core

Gentle Touch: Part I

Sep 5, 2000

A terrified young woman, Emma Roberts, fears that she has become the victim of a stalker when paint is thrown over her car and her cat is killed in mysterious circumstances. After

S16·E57 Core

Gentle Touch: Part II

Sep 7, 2000

As her friendship with stalker victim Emma Roberts develops, Page is determined to find the stalker and starts to believe that he might be closer than she thought. When a past alle

S16·E58 Core

Gentle Touch: Part III

Sep 12, 2000

Page learns what it is like to be a victim of crime as the crazed stalker targets her further, making more nuisance calls, breaking into her flat and tearing up her clothes. Lennox

S16·E59 Core

Some Like It Hot

Sep 15, 2000

Lennox is stung by comments about his physical fitness, and becomes determined to beat Brownlow at squash, as soon as he has arrested a villain from his past. When his flat is brok

S16·E60 Core

First Impressions: Part I

Sep 19, 2000

Probationary PCs Ben Hayward and Roz Clarke arrive for their first day at Sun Hill, and are subjected to a series of wind-ups by the relief. Boyden tricks Clarke into thinking that

S16·E61 Core

First Impressions: Part II

Sep 22, 2000

Hayward and Clarke try to redeem themselves after a disastrous first day, and decide to exact revenge on the wind-up merchants on the relief. Ackland is furious to learn that half

S16·E62 Core

Old Enemies

Sep 26, 2000

When the relief carry out a routine raid on a nightclub, The Pink Cockatoo, Carver is suspicious after he suspects that a face from his past was present at the scene. Later, he sto

S16·E63 Core

New Friends

Sep 29, 2000

Recovering in hospital, Roach agrees to tell Carver everything he knows about Mickey Owen, but asks that the police protect his long-time friend and former informant, Roxanne, from

S16·E64 Core

Supping With The Devil

Oct 3, 2000

Beech meets businessman Howard Fallon at a poker game. When Beech's winnings turn out to be counterfeit notes, he confronts Fallon, who offers him a substantial bribe to find out w

S16·E65 Mytharc

Touch & Go

Oct 4, 2000

Boulton and Stanton investigate the vicious attack on Rachel Booker, a dancer at one of Howard Fallon's clubs, and Beech is furious when Fallon reveals his mobile number is among h

S16·E66 Core

Fake Fur

Oct 6, 2000

Following the death of prime suspect Warren Askew in custody, Stanton urges Deakin not to close the case of Rachel Booker's murder immediately. A series of mysterious numbers found

S16·E67 Core

In Safe Hands

Oct 13, 2000

Harker is volunteered to work with a young offenders group in Canley, and immediately takes a shine to Carmel, the organiser of the group. When Carmel's foster son, 14-year-old Sco

S16·E68 Mytharc

Find The Lady

Oct 17, 2000

Stanton tries to find out if Boulton is working with Beech. When star witness Lynette resurfaces, they immediately hide her in a safe house, where she informs them that Ray Bazzini

S16·E69 Core

50 / 50

Oct 20, 2000

Quinnan and Carver find the body of Boulton at the construction site. Sun Hill is in shock, none more so than a devastated Stanton, who is suspicious when Beech lies about meeting

S16·E70 Core

The River

Oct 24, 2000

After Beech hands himself into CIB, Stanton is horrified when Beech convinces Hodges to ensnare Fallon, along with two Drugs Squad officers on Fallon's payroll, in exchange for a f

S16·E71 Mytharc

All Fall Down: Part I

Oct 27, 2000

CIB sweep into Sun Hill and suspend the entire CID department with immediate effect, and all of their ongoing cases are subsequently transferred to uniform. Lennox is horrified whe

S16·E72 Mytharc

All Fall Down: Part II

Oct 28, 2000

Beech manages to evade Stanton yet again, but she takes Maggie Lyons in for questioning. Beech recruits a crooked lawyer to represent her and perform other useful services for him.

S16·E73 Core

On The Hook: Part I

Nov 3, 2000

The new CID team arrives at Sun Hill, led by the new station commander, Supt Tom Chandler. His pally attitude with the relief doesn't go down well, with the likes of Cryer, Smith a

S16·E74 Core

On The Hook: Part II

Nov 7, 2000

Meadows is furious when Chandler demands he replace Cullen as Senior Investigating Officer following the murder of Darren Freeley. Meadows is desperate to make the breakthrough as

S16·E75 Core

A Girl's Best Friend

Nov 10, 2000

Quinnan finds the body of Dennis Quigley, a man who has died of a heart attack in his car. Whilst delivering the man's personal effects to his wife, Quinnan is mortified to find th

S16·E76 Mytharc

Carnival

Nov 14, 2000

Glaze is sent undercover to attempt to infiltrate a drugs ring when they become involved with a high-flying player, Bunny Small, who has been a target of the area drugs squad for s

S16·E77 Core

Behind Enemy Lines

Nov 17, 2000

Whilst out on a crime prevention sweep, Spears visits a local building society, only to be caught up in an armed robbery. Smithy tries to stop the robbers as they make their escape

S16·E78 Core

A Gathering Storm

Nov 21, 2000

Smith and McCann investigate a robbery involving local youth Lennie Cox. When they arrive at his flat, they find him liaising with Jurgen Holz, a Neo-Nazi criminal wanted by Interp

S16·E79 Core

Sorted

Nov 24, 2000

Klein spends all night DJing at a local nightclub, and lies to Cryer when he skips work the next day. When his car is broken into, his possessions are handed in at the station, wit

S16·E80 Core

Team Colours

Dec 1, 2000

Spears and Worrell chase a suspect from the scene of a violent assault. They discover that the victim, Donna Elliot, is the sister of Frank and Peter Elliot, two insurance brokers

S16·E81 Core

Two Way Burn

Dec 5, 2000

Webb and Spears investigate when a house fire traps two young girls, who end up in hospital in a critical condition. Meadows is later assigned to lead the investigation when suspic

S16·E82 Core

Friends

Dec 12, 2000

Boyden spearheads a raid on a brothel, which uncovers several illegal immigrants from Croatia being forced to work as prostitutes. The owner of the premises, Carson, agrees to reve

S16·E83 Core

Bad For Your Health: Part I

Dec 15, 2000

Page and Hayward attend a disturbance at a pub and find the landlord and one of his regulars being beaten up by three masked men. Meanwhile, Stamp, Quinnan and Klein attend the sce

S16·E84 Core

Bad For Your Health: Part II

Dec 19, 2000

After noting Klein missing from morning parade, Quinnan and Stamp find him unconscious and badly injured in the back of the crashed van belonging to the now-deceased Tony McBride a

S16·E85 Mytharc

The Night Before...

Dec 22, 2000

Smithy becomes a knight in shining armour for a shop assistant when he and Rickman apprehend a shoplifter, with a little help from Santa! The shoplifter is suspected of brutally as

S16·E86 Mytharc

...The Morning After

Dec 29, 2000

Sun Hill returns to normal after the Christmas break, although Quinnan and Page act suspiciously after their pre-Christmas encounter. As the pair try to rekindle their affair, Lenn

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