The Bill: Series 6
The sixth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 104 episodes, broadcast between 2 January – 27 December 1990. The series was first released on DVD as part of the Collection 5 and Collection 6 DVD boxsets in Australia, made available on 9 April – 8 October 2008, respectively. The series was later re-issued as two-half series boxsets in Australia, released on 7 March 2012. The above artwork is ta
Season 6 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 5.
- 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
The sixth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 104 episodes, broadcast between 2 January – 27 December 1990. The series was first released on DVD as part of the Collection 5 and Collection 6 DVD boxsets in Australia, made available on 9 April – 8 October 2008, respectively. The series was later re-issued as two-half series boxsets in Australia, released on 7 March 2012. The above artwork is taken from the most recent Australian release. It features images of DC Tosh Lines and DI Frank Burnside. The original Collection box-sets contained sole images of PC Reg Hollis and DS Ted Roach. In the UK, the first nine episodes were released on DVD under the title Volume 7, on 2 September 2013.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
By The Skin Of Our Teeth
Jan 2, 1990 · 22 min
Hollis is gossiping in the locker room. Able is sent to a pub to deal with a man on valium. The man ends going to his mother-in-law's and trashes the place. Able sorts out a fig
Officers And Gentlemen
Jan 4, 1990 · 22 min
D.C. Jim Carver and Ch. Insp. Conway face an embarrassing situation when a thief confesses to a crime that Jim has already cleared up... and Jim's having problems with the ladies t
Carry Your Bags Sir
Jan 9, 1990 · 22 min
Charles tells Derek to organise a group of officers needed to escort a German police officer around London who is looking for stolen truck engines meanwhile Bob is not happy when T
I Thought You'd Gone
Jan 11, 1990 · 22 min
Inspector Frazer and Taffy Edwards are about to discover there is life after Sun Hill.
C.A.D.
Jan 16, 1990 · 22 min
Hollis is organising a blood bank at the station and Peters is not happy because Viv is lying down. She is sent to assist at an armed robbery and hits a radio black spot so no one
A Day Lost
Jan 18, 1990 · 22 min
Garfield and Norika investigate a report of a man hanging round a school's gate. A boy is missing so they start a full scale search. Inspector Monroe thinks A relief has gone so
A Clean Division
Jan 23, 1990 · 22 min
D.I. Burnside is delighted to be called out of a boring meeting at Stafford Row police station, especially as he thinks it's D.C. Carver with a lead on an important drugs case. Bur
Roger And Out
Jan 25, 1990 · 22 min
Roach thinks Tosh has something going on the side. Penny is going to report Tosh for 'breach of regulations' by allowing a lodger to stay. Everyone from Cryer to Hollis feel Pen
Addresses
Jan 30, 1990 · 22 min
Viv and Sgt. Cryer are on night patrol. They stop a lady wheeling a suitcase looking for an address. They are asked to assist Tony and Dave at a house where a man is dropping the
Michael Runs The Family Now
Feb 1, 1990 · 22 min
Burnside talks to his snout about the robbery of a video shop that was owned by the son of a dead villain who has taken over the family. An incident at a pub is thought of as bein
Against The Odds
Feb 6, 1990 · 22 min
Dashwood is walking through an old subway and is approached by a snout with info about a potential gang war on the plot. Burnside is off with a bad back and Greig is acting D.I.
Blood Sucker
Feb 8, 1990 · 22 min
Susanne and Ken investigate a domestic. The wife says she fell down stairs initially. Neighbour keeps interrupting. The wife owes money. The husband is suspected of slashing ty
Workers In Uniform
Feb 13, 1990 · 22 min
Able and Susanne moan about ruined weekend, so do Turnham and Hollis. A street festival that had been thought to have been cancelled is going ahead and the relief have to work. H
Something To Hide
Feb 15, 1990 · 22 min
Melvin is chasing a suspect and pulls his tracksuit top. The suspect had caused a disturbance after being caught fishing for something in a pond - a wrapped up gun shape but when
The Old Men's Run
Feb 20, 1990 · 22 min
Cryer and Conway are training for the Divisional ¼ marathon. Cryer notices a man in a wheelchair being mugged by some youths and he pulls a muscle when he gives chase. Cryer is u
Legacies
Feb 22, 1990 · 22 min
Tony and Viv are investigating a break-in. Tosh talks to the old lady after the SOCO has been. Tosh thinks it is part of a string by a burglar who has just got bail. The old lad
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Feb 27, 1990 · 22 min
Burnside brings in a van of party goers involved with drugs. On the way up to tell Burnside he has to meet a snout, Tosh heard him trying Greig's clarinet. Tosh's snout is in hospi
Something Special
Mar 1, 1990 · 22 min
Reg and Turnham chuck out the drunks. Sgt. Peters later discovers the cell keys missing and thinks one of the drunks may have them. Carver and Greig give Dashwood a hard time ab
Enemies
Mar 6, 1990 · 22 min
A group of asian youths cause a diversion which one raids the till when Peters tries to stop them. His father is important in the community. The boy wanted to show off to his mat
Safe Place
Mar 8, 1990 · 22 min
Roach is not getting far after a bank robbery. It appears to be an exact copy of a robbery that occurred eight years before. The same employee was involved in both robberies and
Burnside Knew My Father
Mar 13, 1990 · 22 min
Papa Reeves, an old friend from D.I. Burnside's uniform days, plans to end the life of his terminally-ill wife. Burnside takes time out from interviewing a suspected armed robber t
Watching
Mar 15, 1990 · 22 min
Garfield and Quinnan go to a school that reports an intruder. The intruder has been patrolling the school. Quinnan seems out to wind Garfield up. Stamp and Viv investigate some
University Challenge
Mar 20, 1990 · 22 min
A lady approaches Tony and tells him there are men in masks in the supermarket. He goes in to see and radios in about a robbery. He chases them through the supermarket and notice
Growing Pains
Mar 22, 1990 · 22 min
PC George Garfield gets a collar, and spends hours interogatting him - without the use of a tape machine! - only to discover he is a juvenile and should not have been interviewed w
One Of The Boys
Mar 27, 1990 · 22 min
Viv is typing a report while Tosh and Carver are reading the paper. She seems to be considered office girl. Tosh asks her to pick up a prostitute for an alibi check who takes off
Beggars and Choosers
Mar 29, 1990 · 22 min
June and Tony walk through an underpass where the homeless sleep. There is a riot there later. The Surveyor's branch is visiting the station with their tape measures. Brownlow
Citadel
Apr 3, 1990 · 22 min
Brownlow is off to the Forward Planning Meeting. Brownlow is worried Sunhill could not cope in 10-20 with reduced resources. Sunhill is going to be refurbished and enlarged. Con
Blue Eyed Boy
Apr 5, 1990 · 22 min
Burnside moans about the result of a court case. Melvin comes in late and forgot he was due in court the day before. Melvin's honesty is being questioned after a burglary. He i
Full House
Apr 10, 1990 · 22 min
Penny complains to Munro about the alterations. They move to Barton Street temporarily. Brownlow is complaining about sharing a portacabin with Conway. The toilets are blocked.
Big Fish, Little Fish
Apr 12, 1990 · 22 min
Burnside is talking to a snout about a delivery going through couriers. Tosh temporarily breaks the chain. The contents of the bag are guns not drugs as Burnside thought.
Information Received
Apr 17, 1990 · 22 min
When D.S. Roach's case against Mickey Owen, a protection racketeer, is thrown out of court, Roach comes under pressure from the Flying Squad to convince Roxanne, a transvestite inf
Close Co-operation
Apr 19, 1990 · 22 min
Brownlow is not happy about the office arrangements at Barton Street. Burnside brings in a drug dealer who gets tripped up by Hollis. Penny finds him beaten in the cells and Bar
Middleman
Apr 24, 1990 · 22 min
Greig, Carver and Tosh arrest a man for burglary and drugs. Burnside recuits him as a snout and Operation Middleman is on. The operation to bust a crack house appears to be a sti
Corkscrew
Apr 26, 1990 · 22 min
Burnside is not happy about Wray talking to his snout. Wray interviews the suspect at Barton Street but he won't talk in the station. While in hospital he tells Burnside that the
Obsessions
May 1, 1990 · 22 min
Martella is called to a solictor's house where one of his clients has come to see if he will keep his promise to marry her. The client has made threats to kill the solictor's wife
Small Hours
May 3, 1990 · 22 min
Norika and Dave call at a flat that has graffiti on the door. Dave doesn't believe reports of harassment. Norika and Dave return to the flat. Dave is knocked down the stairs and
Victims
May 8, 1990 · 22 min
Tosh talks to Conway about his report and later talks to a lady about being attacked and he thinks the attacks may be linked. Burnside is complaining about no money for the obsev
Somebody's Husband
May 10, 1990 · 22 min
Start of the observation. Burnside briefs the men. The Cleghorns think they are involved because of their breakin. Ted and Mike nearly catch the burglars responsible for the Cle
Canley Fields
May 15, 1990 · 22 min
A child is reported abducted. D.C. Lines interviews one witness and D.S. Roach the other. Three dog teams and TSG are joining in the search, although there is a possibility it is a
The Night Watch
May 17, 1990 · 22 min
Garfield and Young are called to a party at a squat. They call back and get attacked by the party goers. The man who answered the door the first time, is found in a cupboard. R
Trojan Horse
May 22, 1990 · 22 min
P.C. Ken Melvin and P.C. Reg Hollis stop a young man for erratic driving, and a PNC check reveals the expensive car is stolen. Stamp and Quinnan arrive to transport the prisoner to
Rites
May 24, 1990 · 22 min
It's the day of P.C. Ken Melvin's funeral, but the men and women of Sun Hill still have a job to do. P.C. Stamp volunteers to do a reading at the church service. W.D.C. Martella is
Answers
May 29, 1990 · 22 min
Tosh and Dashwood call at a house, where there seems to a party in the backyard, about an incident 2 years ago. The husband is trying to celebrate his wedding anniversary. It turns
A Fresh Start
May 31, 1990 · 22 min
Brownlow is photographed outside the completed building. There are 8 rooms uncompleted. Garfield stops the Mayor attending the function. Penny inspects the cells. A man tr
A Case To Answer
Jun 5, 1990 · 22 min
Martella is in court. The case is the rape allegation. Marie wants to drop the case. Carver and Dashwood surprise Lines. Lines is asking about stolen scotch. Burnside offers Line
Line-up
Jun 7, 1990 · 22 min
Tony chases a suspect into a shopping precinct after a robbery. George stays with the victim. The foresnic evidence won't back up the positive id in the line up.
Police Powers
Jun 12, 1990 · 22 min
Bob arrests a soccer player at half time for GBH. Monroe wants to take the man to the station after the game. The two team chairmen are trying to keep the situation between the soc
Action Book
Jun 14, 1990 · 22 min
Meadows is conducting the investigation of the murders of Jenny Price and Graham Butler. A car has been reported seen in the vicinity but the car had broken down. Paedophiles are b
Tactics
Jun 19, 1990 · 22 min
A D.I. from Sheffield has information involving a big operation to catch a gang of five villains nicking heavy plant machinery. The snout the D.I. was using turns out to be one of
Scores
Jun 21, 1990 · 22 min
Roach and Lines are watching a man. Burnside needs an arrest to make up his figures. The man watched is shot by another man Burnside had talked to. Burnside is after a man into
Witch Hunt
Jun 26, 1990 · 22 min
6 weeks after the murder of Jenny Price, nothing seems to have happened. Wray thinks Lines should have followed up questioning of a school teacher. Wray thinks the man will tell
Close To Home
Jun 28, 1990 · 22 min
Ackland is called to a hospital where a doctor is concerned about child abuse. Another child could have done it. Cryer is having problems with his son.
Breaking Point
Jul 3, 1990 · 22 min
A girl has been knocked off her bike. The girl is worried her father will be cross. The girl has bruises on her back and the mother is powerless to stop her husband hitting the gir
Jumping The Gun
Jul 5, 1990 · 22 min
There has been a holdup. W.D.C. Martella goes to with the victim to the hospital. Her daughter who is a witness is in shock. D.C.Dashwood has his identity questioned while door kno
What Kind of Man
Jul 10, 1990 · 22 min
P.C. Quinnan investigates a burglary at a school. He thinks a man with a dog talking to the children might be talking to in connection with the Canley Fields murders. Sgt. Penny
Watch My Lips
Jul 26, 1990 · 22 min
Jim Carver is assaulted while trying to question a suspect - James Doyle - who is later revealed to be deaf. He firmly believes in his intial instinct that Doyle is a villian, and
Feeling Brave
Jul 31, 1990 · 22 min
DC Jim Carver and PC Tony Stamp come across a Post Office burglary in progress. They take off in pursuit - and Jim finds himself looking down the barrel of a shotgun. [Source: jim
Come Fly With Me
Aug 2, 1990 · 22 min
June and Tony are called to a disturbance outside a travel agents who has gone bust. The landlord has a wounded hand from breaking in and June finds a man in the office. Tony has
Attitudes
Aug 7, 1990 · 22 min
Young, Garfield, Stamp and Loxton are playing cards. Young wins. The others decide to give Young a hard time as Garfield and Stamp are in CAD. It is Cryer's anniversary. He goes ou
Robbo
Aug 9, 1990 · 22 min
Lines and Carver catch some lads changing number plates on a car. An ex-special who gave the tip off caused one of the villains to break his nose. It turns out he has been collec
Ground Rules
Aug 14, 1990 · 22 min
D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood investigate stolen electrical goods. D.I. Burnside talks to Dashwood about interviewing a suspect in the back of a police car. P.C. Quinnan notices
Once a Copper
Aug 16, 1990 · 22 min
Burnside briefs the troops about a raid. The informant is scared and wants to back out, and when the raid takes place, there is nothing there. Burnside visits an ex-copper in priso
Vendetta
Aug 21, 1990 · 22 min
Garfield is in a shop when he notices a kid acting suspiciously. Burnside recognises the boy as being from a family of villains. The front room of their house is fire bombed. C
My Favourite Things
Aug 23, 1990 · 22 min
Monroe is unhappy about Quinnan. Garfield is helping Conway in the Property Office and a jemmy was missing. Quinnan used it to open a door of a house with a chip pan on the stov
Win Some Lose Some
Aug 28, 1990 · 22 min
Some dustbins have been stolen. Stringer thinks there is something in it but Quinnan thinks it is a wind up. The bins are being used in a band. Martella follows up an indecent
Up The Steps
Aug 30, 1990 · 22 min
Peters Loxton and Young go to court. The defendant says the police were heavy handed. A witness to a fraud is thinking twice about going through with the I.D. parade.
Where There's a Will
Sep 4, 1990 · 22 min
A solicitor calls at the station to ask Cryer to call to learn something to his advantage. Loxton was investigating a burglary and caught the burglar when he returned the stolen
Near The Knuckle
Sep 6, 1990 · 22 min
Datta and Stamp investigate a domestic. The husband says his wife hasn't been herself lately. His wife tries to blame herself and is embarrassed about it. A man lays a complain
Body Language
Sep 11, 1990 · 22 min
Stamp and Stringer chase a group of black youths. Stringer's got away but Stamp corners one in a building who maintains he was trying to get to the chippy. Brownlow opens the mobi
When Did You Last See Your Father?
Sep 13, 1990 · 22 min
Cathy and Reg investigate an RTA involving a coachload of school children. The driver had been to an all-night party before he started work. One of the children recognises his da
Eye-Witness
Sep 18, 1990 · 22 min
Cryer investigates a fight at a petrol station between football supporters that results in the death of the driver. Brownlow informs next of kin. Wray thinks it could be racial.
Sufficient Evidence
Sep 20, 1990 · 22 min
Monroe talks to Garfield and Hollis about their arrest rates. Quinnan and Datta are sent to investigate a loud party where a fight breaks out. Quinnan sets up a prisoner with dr
Forget-Me-Not
Sep 25, 1990 · 22 min
A D.S. from the Drug squad is looking for the D.C.I. Cathy recognises him. He is interested in Cathy and follows her on her beat as she checks a domestic. He turns out to be her
Something to Remember
Sep 27, 1990 · 22 min
Brownlow is off to area for the commendation ceremony. Dave is getting one for the arrest of the man who murdered 2 children. His mother and girlfriend go to the presentation.
Off The Leash
Oct 2, 1990 · 22 min
Dashwood and Lines investigates a robbery. The witness is not prepared to give a statement until the gang is caught. Brownlow says CID have to liase with Monroe. An old typist s
Family Ties
Oct 4, 1990 · 22 min
Burnside is in court giving evidence. Because of flooding at the prison, the prisoners are brought back to Sunhill. Burnside's prisoner is in emotional shock and is taken to a me
Old Friends
Oct 9, 1990 · 22 min
Ted is at the hospital seeing the 82 year old victim of a mugging. Her son is an ex-copper. It turns out that the son snapped and hit his mum. The abuse has been going on for a
Pride and Prejudice
Oct 11, 1990 · 22 min
Garfield and Stamp see a burning car and a man putting it out. The man has HIV AIDS and George is worried about to process him so rings the Chief Medical Officer. The result is Con
Housey Housey
Oct 16, 1990 · 22 min
Quinnan, Marshall and Monroe are on hand while squatters are evicted. One of the squatters takes a swing at the bailiff with a sword because he couldn't cope staying at another bed
Connelly's Kids
Oct 18, 1990 · 22 min
Greig and Carver arrest a man on suspicion of handling stolen property. The priest thinks the father is beating the son who is found at the church after kicking Viv. The children a
One of Those Days
Oct 23, 1990 · 22 min
Loxton and Ackland argue about height requirements. They are called to an RTA where a pregnant woman was involved in a hit-and run at a crossing. She later loses her baby. The d
Jack-The-Lad
Oct 25, 1990 · 22 min
Stamp and Datta call at a house where they find 2 women fighting because the woman being attacked is having an affair with the other woman's husband. Lines and Carver chase a man
Blue Murder
Oct 30, 1990 · 22 min
The police are out on the streets of Sun Hill enforcing a crackdown on prostitution. P.C. Stamp nicks an underage tom named Suzanne, and W.P.C. Ackland cautions a would-be punter w
Effective Persuaders
Nov 1, 1990 · 22 min
DC's Carver and Martella, DS Grieg, WPC Ackland, PC Quinnan and DI Burnside go on an interview technique training course. During role-play, Frank has to act as a knicker thief, wh
A Sense of Duty
Nov 6, 1990 · 22 min
A drunk in a restaurant is arrested by an off duty Roach. Penny is not happy that Roach doesn't come in with the drunk who knows the commissioner. Monroe thinks Roach was drinkin
Lying-In-Wait
Nov 8, 1990 · 22 min
Sgt. Peters is taking roll call. Cathy is acting sergeant. Sgt. Peters is asked to investigate a smell causing a disturbance. The smell is caused by a body. Tony is walking al
Plato For Policemen
Nov 13, 1990 · 22 min
A building site night watchman complains about illegal dumping on the site. Loxton pulls out a video from a bag. Roach and Lines investigate the owner of a van. the van was from
Testimony
Nov 15, 1990 · 22 min
Hollis and Ackland are at the hospital waiting to hear how the victim from the burglary is whether she was raped. She wants to discharge herself. Roach interviews the suspect in
Decisions
Nov 20, 1990 · 22 min
Reg welcomes Bob back from leave after the shooting. Top brass want to treat him with 'kid gloves' and don't want him to tkae his firearms refresher course. A social worker tell
Old Wounds
Nov 29, 1990 · 22 min
Tony stops the driver of an American car. His dad had died in custody. While Jim is interviewing a suspect he has a heart attack. Brownlow wants to minimise the damage. While
Just For A Moment
Dec 4, 1990 · 22 min
DC Jim Carver brings a suspect into custody, but while he is busy trying to charm WPC Norika Datta, the suspect grabs a knife and takes her hostage... [Source: jimsgirl]
One For The Road
Dec 11, 1990 · 22 min
Penny gets pulled over after being at the pub. He thinks it is a wind-up. The officers are from Barton Street.
Start With The Whistle
Dec 13, 1990 · 22 min
After the court case Sgt. Penny resigns for health reasons.
Out of The Blue
Dec 18, 1990 · 22 min
June is late for work. Monroe notices her arrival. Her friendship with Wray is the subject of station gossip. June thinks Monroe grassed them up. She is not the only one. Greig tal
Street Smart
Dec 20, 1990 · 22 min
Monroe has horsemanure in his driveway. Tony and Reg plan to plant something in his car. The relief are working to rule. June tries to call off the campaign. Wray tries to tal
Safe As Houses
Dec 26, 1990 · 22 min
Carver and Dashwood look after a very important witness. An attempted break-in could mean a move. Lines and Martella take over and there is a break-in by armed gunmen which turns
Friends and Neighbours
Dec 27, 1990 · 22 min
Steve and Phil are called to a disturbance. They find two men attacking a car. One of the men was from Birmingham. Roach thinks the men could be linked to exhaust boxes. Burnsi