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The Bill: Series 7

105 episodes Premiered Jan 1, 1991 Updated Sep 28, 2026

The seventh series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 105 episodes, broadcast between 1 January – 31 December 1991. 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 Sgt. Alec Peters and WDC Viv Martella. A number of The Bill Audio Commentaries for Series 7 episodes have been recorded with director Stuart Urban a

Previously on The Bill

Season 7 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 6.
  • ⚡ 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 seventh series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 105 episodes, broadcast between 1 January – 31 December 1991. 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 Sgt. Alec Peters and WDC Viv Martella.

A number of The Bill Audio Commentaries for Series 7 episodes have been recorded with director Stuart Urban and camera operator Alison Chapman, specifically for the episodes 'Cry Havoc', 'The Negotiator' and 'They Also Serve'. These are available to subscribers of The Bill Podcast Patreon Channel.

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Season 7 Episodes

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S7·E1 Mytharc

Grief

Jan 1, 1991 · 22 min

Norika and George are on traffic duty. He failed to see the D.A.C. so didn't salute him. Brownlow's wife is giving grief about the roof of his summer cottage.

S7·E2 Core

The Chase

Jan 3, 1991 · 22 min

A man complains about his car being trashed. Norika goes to a service station which is being held-up by men with a machete. Steve and Dave give chase. During the chase Steve co

S7·E3 Core

The Attack

Jan 8, 1991 · 22 min

Cathy is on the beat and notices 2 men acting strangely. When she tries to arrest them, she is attacked. A black youth not involved tells George about it, who gives chase. Insp.

S7·E4 Core

Crown V. Cooper

Jan 10, 1991 · 22 min

Loxton is going to court with Garfield. One of the witnesses is giving them a hard time. Dashwood is also there griping about missing paperwork. Garfield is worried about his no

S7·E5 Core

The Girl Can't Help It

Jan 15, 1991 · 22 min

A girl is missing and Reg is moaning about his mealtime being curtailed. Dave finds an incriminating notebook that indicates the girl is on the game. When Dave goes to tell the f

S7·E6 Core

Machines

Jan 17, 1991 · 22 min

Roach and Carver put pressure on a defendant who postpones his appearance in court due to illness. Lines is on the trail of photocopiers stolen from an American base.

S7·E7 Core

Loophole

Jan 22, 1991 · 22 min

Brownlow gives Conway a hard time about sick figures. Young is not feeling well and June thinks it could be stress related. Loxton goes to investigate something suspicious in a s

S7·E8 Core

Bottle

Jan 24, 1991 · 22 min

Sgt. Maitland thinks there is a problem with a local pub landlord of the Overton Arms as well as drinking on duty. The prisoner makes allegiations about being threatened with a sh

S7·E9 Core

Samaritan

Jan 29, 1991 · 22 min

Stamp and Stringer come across a man and a woman struggling. Stamp grabs the woman who collapses. The man says he saw her wandering and went to help her and she attacked him with

S7·E10 Core

Fear or Favour

Jan 31, 1991 · 22 min

Jasmine Allen Estate representatives are visiting the station. Tony and Delia walk the Estate and talk to one of the residents. They chase a drug dealer to a club and the men on

S7·E11 Core

Start To Finish

Feb 5, 1991 · 22 min

Brownlow is having transport problems to get to a meeting. He helps at an accident. Tom Penny who now is security guard comes in to check an arrest Dave made of a supposedly pre

S7·E12 Core

Night and Day

Feb 7, 1991 · 22 min

Tony and Barry are stopped in the street by a man who says his flat has been burgled and the burglars are still on the premises. They surprise a flat owner who is in the bathroom.

S7·E13 Core

Favours

Feb 12, 1991 · 22 min

Dashwood and Roach investigate a burglary at a scrapyard. Dashwood recognises the name of an ex-copper who knows Roach and Dashwood thinks Roach is prejudiced and too helpful. Th

S7·E14 Core

In Chambers

Feb 14, 1991 · 22 min

Greig gets the evidence for an arson case from the property officer and goes to a conference in chambers and parks in the wrong space. The suspect is not responsible for his actio

S7·E15 Core

Kids Don't Cry Anymore

Feb 19, 1991 · 22 min

June sees a boy being bullied at a playground. On investigation she finds a lunch box with packets in it as well as a notebook with a list of names and some drawings. The list is

S7·E16 Core

Too Many Chiefs

Feb 21, 1991 · 22 min

After dropping off a girl at a children's home, Dave and Cathy get called back in for a potential suicide. The girl Dave brought back in the morning seems to be the last person to

S7·E17 Core

Every Mother's Son

Feb 26, 1991 · 22 min

June, Tony, Dave and Reg are doing an obbo. Dave and Reg are lost while the doctor is attacked. The doctor was called to a hoax emergency call. The lady who was supposed to have

S7·E18 Mytharc

Furthers

Feb 28, 1991 · 22 min

A man is murdered by a shotgun after talking to Dashwood. A man who has escaped from prison turns up in Dashwood's flat after he has put the safety chain on the door. A gunshot h

S7·E19 Core

Closing The Net

Mar 5, 1991 · 22 min

A young girl is approached by a man in a playground. Burnside thinks that they can't do anything until a crime is committed. tosh is noticing the suspect getting bolder. Ron has

S7·E20 Core

The Public Interest

Mar 7, 1991 · 22 min

A man comes in to talk to someone in authority because an ex-employee is having sex with a 15 year old. CPS has thrown out June's assault case. She is thinking of taking a priva

S7·E21 Core

Photo Finish

Mar 12, 1991 · 22 min

Datta is watching a pub when a youth is seen leaving with drugs. While reading a playboy in the boy's room, Garfield finds over £200 hidden in the magazine and an acqinance of the

S7·E22 Core

Just Desserts

Mar 14, 1991 · 22 min

burnside and Lines go for a lunchtime drink. Tony and George go to a building site where a self-employed tiler fell off the top floor. An eye witness says he was pushed. The vi

S7·E23 Core

832 Receiving

Mar 19, 1991 · 22 min

June and Delia catch a girl who has stolen a purse. June suspects the mother of fraud. Delia goes back out and watches 3 youths interfere with a car before she is told to invest

S7·E24 Core

The Better Part Of Valour

Mar 21, 1991 · 22 min

Burnside and Reed go to an accident involving a security van. Ted thinks it is an inside job. Ted finds a job application for a man with form. Tosh talks to the guard. Martell

S7·E25 Core

Double Or Quits

Mar 26, 1991 · 22 min

Delia and Viv talk about a perpetual villain before they go to court. Viv's witness is having second thoughts. D.C.I. Reed gets a phone call about Viv reading previous charges in

S7·E26 Core

We Could Be Heroes

Mar 28, 1991 · 22 min

Tony and Dave rush an injured woman to hospital when the ambulance is delayed after an accident. They go to see the driver of the other car. He is a sales rep who hopes to be ban

S7·E27 Core

Cold Turkey (1)

Apr 2, 1991 · 22 min

Tony and Dave go to a sudden death. Monroe arrives and thinks it is a suspicious death. The man was a locum working at the doctors. Dave and Tony are called to a flat where arg

S7·E28 Core

Cold Turkey (2)

Apr 4, 1991 · 22 min

Dashwood talks to one of his snouts to find out the name of the man. June talks to the man on the phone after George left a phone outside the flat. Conway negotiates for the man

S7·E29 Core

Now We're Motoring

Apr 9, 1991 · 22 min

Reg helps a man tow away a car. The owner comes to complain about the towing. Reg comes across another towing. Lines talks to a man about welding his car to make the MOT. He i

S7·E30 Core

Dead Man's Boots

Apr 11, 1991 · 22 min

Cryer tries to stop an elderly woman, who gave evidence as a witness in a murder trial, from being victimised on a council estate. The vacant position of duty sergeant is on offer

S7·E31 Core

Caught Napping

Apr 16, 1991 · 22 min

The Metropolitan Police Serious Crimes Squad sweep into Sun Hill and commandeer the station's briefing room, setting a few noses out of joint in the process. They are there to inve

S7·E32 Mytharc

Hammer To Fall

Apr 18, 1991 · 22 min

In an attempt to end the rift between D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach, D.C.I. Reid partners them together on a joint operation with the drugs squad.

S7·E33 Core

Cry Havoc

Apr 23, 1991 · 22 min

Quinnan and Stamp go to Whitegate Estate to arrest a man involved in a glassing the night before. When Peters tries to apprehend the assailant, he is stabbed and rushed to hospital

S7·E34 Core

Rules Of Engagement

Apr 25, 1991 · 22 min

Viv goes to a club. A bouncer is suspicious and when she goes outside to call in Burnside, he hits her over the back of the head. Her assailant is possibly involved with stolen p

S7·E35 Core

Delivery On Time

Apr 30, 1991 · 22 min

Barry and Cathy are walking the beat when they are called to a burglary. Cathy and Barry are doing follow up calls when they are told the van is back. Jim is hungover and goes w

S7·E36 Core

Black Monday

May 2, 1991 · 22 min

Tosh's car gets towed. He catches a bus and see a man who is supposed to have died 5 years ago. Burnside thinks it is a windup. After being spotted by Norika, he goes into the r

S7·E37 Core

Jobs For The Boys

May 7, 1991 · 22 min

Burnside investigates a break in at a cash and carry. Jim is suspicious of the security guard. Some meat as well as cash was taken. Hollis sees an old man trying to take a packe

S7·E38 Core

Without Consent

May 9, 1991 · 22 min

A prostitute comes into the station to report a rape. Loxton tells her it is classed as non-payment of goods. June has problems making people treat it as a rape.

S7·E39 Core

Saints and Martyrs

May 14, 1991 · 22 min

June investigates a break in and thief of a pension book. June is told CPS won't be taking up her assault case so she brings a private summons. Brownlow, surprisingly, defends Ju

S7·E40 Core

Observation

May 16, 1991 · 22 min

Reid takes over a joint surveillance operation. Burnside and Martella are asked to leave the flat they are observing from by the drunken tenet who then beats his wife. When he co

S7·E41 Core

The Greater Good

May 21, 1991 · 22 min

Tosh and Jim are watching a wrecking yard. A car is seen driven into the yard stolen from a man who runs a youth centre. Tosh thinks it is an insurance fraud involving cars disap

S7·E42 Core

The Best You Can Buy

May 23, 1991 · 22 min

June's case goes to court. She gives evidence as does Tony who is questioned as to being prejudiced towards the defendant as is dave. The defendant also gives evidence. The rest

S7·E43 Core

Addict

May 25, 1991 · 22 min

Quinnan arrests 2 men in the underground because 1 has a knife. Sgt. Peters' wife gives him a ride to work. Brownlow, Conway and Reid have a meeting with publicans.

S7·E44 Core

Black Mark

May 30, 1991 · 22 min

Dashwood talks to one of his snouts, who has been charged with stealing, on the way to court. The prisoner makes a complaint against him. Brownlow thinks it is serious enough to

S7·E45 Core

The Right Thing To Do

Jun 4, 1991 · 22 min

Lines and Carver go to a club where they find drugs in the band's jackets. The manager thinks it is very funny that a paper is interviewing the band 5 minutes before they are raid

S7·E46 Mytharc

The Harder They Fall

Jun 6, 1991 · 22 min

Loxton is attacked after a break-in at a night club and helped by a cabbie who is a special constable. Loxton blacks out and can't remember the incident. One of his attackers lat

S7·E47 Core

Something Personal

Jun 11, 1991 · 22 min

Dashwood and Carver are driving along when they notice a man trying to break into a house. His girlfriend has overdosed. Dashwood spots a snout who tells him she took methampheni

S7·E48 Core

Hijack

Jun 13, 1991 · 22 min

Burnside talks to the driver of a lorry who was hi-jacked. Martella raids the house of the snout who complained about Dashwood. Burnside wants Dashwood to use him again as his sn

S7·E49 Core

With Intent

Jun 18, 1991 · 22 min

Lines and Carver are going to court about a burglary case. CPS are reducing the charges against 2 of the defendants. Carver discovers documents are missing that are needed in cou

S7·E50 Core

Initiative

Jun 20, 1991 · 22 min

George and Phil are talking to a lady about fireworks through her letterbox when they see a purse snatching. CID are working on a murder that might have occured during a street r

S7·E51 Core

Careless Whispers

Jun 25, 1991 · 22 min

Burnside arrests a man on suspicion of robbery with violence. Tosh and Carver get given wrong addresses. Burnside's suspect is identified in an id parade but she tells Jim his sn

S7·E52 Core

Minimum Force

Jun 27, 1991 · 22 min

Tony and George go to a burglary. The home owner caught the burglar and beat him up. The wife comes back and says the burglar was a work mate collecting some pills for her. Viv

S7·E53 Core

Skeletons

Jul 2, 1991 · 22 min

WPC June Ackland finds a man stabbed in his car, and DC Lines' investigation into the incident are impeded by the victim's unhelpful wife. PC Reg Hollis and PC Tony Stamp discover

S7·E54 Core

Targets

Jul 4, 1991 · 22 min

The D.A.C talks about street robberies and taking the streets. D.C.I. Reid talks about her pilot project on street robberies. Tony is at a traffic depot by a cemetery and talks

S7·E55 Core

The Negotiator

Jul 9, 1991 · 22 min

Reg chases a man with a shotgun into a shop. Reg tries talking the gunman, who held up the building society. into letting the assistant go. June and George check at the man's hou

S7·E56 Core

Reputations

Jul 11, 1991 · 22 min

Carver talks to his snout about a security job and gets a name for a burglary instead. Tosh had made a bet with Burnside about the burglar staying straight. A bag is found in the

S7·E57 Core

The Juggler and the Fortune Teller

Jul 16, 1991 · 22 min

A court case is adjourned. Burnside and the defense council have an argument in the corridor. Viv goes back to the station to warn witnesses. The rape victim is upset. While Vi

S7·E58 Core

Joey

Jul 18, 1991 · 22 min

June is watching a p.e. class at a school before talking to them about theft and robbery. Loxton chases a boy who has stolen a lady's chain. The boy appears too frightened to te

S7·E59 Core

Your Shout

Jul 23, 1991 · 22 min

Cathy is spoken to by Brownlow about a promotion board. There is a possible child abduction and the mother is complaining they weren't fast enough. Cathy is feeling guilty about

S7·E60 Core

Ladykiller

Jul 25, 1991 · 22 min

Martella drives to a car fire to find a lady was trapped in the car. A man who tried to get the lady out of the car saw a man watching as he arrived.

S7·E61 Core

The Corporal of Horse

Jul 30, 1991 · 22 min

Cathy is acting Sgt. with C relief. She watches one of the relief drive away in an unmarked police car without wearing his tunic after Smollett pointed it out. She tries to sort

S7·E62 Core

Cause and Effect

Aug 1, 1991 · 22 min

Delia and Tony discuss the merits of follow up calls. They get a call out to research labs. Loxton finds a security guard on the floor.

S7·E63 Core

Getting Involved

Aug 6, 1991 · 22 min

Stamp talks to a man about paint stripper on his car - 2nd time in a month. Ron knows him. Reg and June are later called to an industrial estate where a man is damaging the car.

S7·E64 Core

Benefit of the Doubt

Aug 8, 1991 · 22 min

A barrister is arrested for GBH on a prostitute. He uses his phone call to ring D.A.C. Hicks. Brownlow is concerned about wrongful arrest. Greig gives Mike some disturbing new

S7·E65 Core

Crack-Up

Aug 13, 1991 · 22 min

Reg is in a pawn brokers when a man wearing a hat, scarf, and glasses leaves carrying a bike helmet leaving behind a bag with a gun in it. The shopkeeper calls CID as he thought h

S7·E66 Core

The Last Laugh

Aug 15, 1991 · 22 min

Quinnan and Garfield respond to an armed robbery. Turns out to be a wind-up. There was a struggle and the informant got injured. CID thinks he is very bent. Monroe thinks the i

S7·E67 Core

Access

Aug 20, 1991 · 22 min

CID investigate a burglary of an O.A.P. who has an asthma attack. Stamp talks to a lady who turned away a man supposedly from the Gas Board. Stringer and Loxton finish dealing w

S7·E68 Core

Six of One

Aug 22, 1991 · 22 min

P.C. Stringer chases a girl, on foot, who has stolen goods from a jewellers but P.C. Stamp arrests her because she was in a car. Stamp gets bullied, as does Inspector Monroe, by th

S7·E69 Core

Married To The Job

Aug 27, 1991 · 22 min

Stamp and Ackland go to a domestic. they also deal with a burglary of a pub. Tony's girlfriend has broken it off after talking to other police wives. Sunhill is getting ready f

S7·E70 Mytharc

Domestic

Aug 29, 1991 · 22 min

Reid goes to see the CPS about a case. She is late for a meeting with Meadows from the Murder Squad. A rape victim says the allegation was false after CPS gave the go ahead for

S7·E71 Core

Stress Rules

Sep 3, 1991 · 22 min

Brownlow comes back from a conference and wants to startan anti-stress program. A boy is stabbed and Young and Marshall investigate. Young finds the suspected stabber who says h

S7·E72 Core

They Also Serve

Sep 5, 1991 · 22 min

The relief is reserve troops for a demonstration. It is very boring waiting on waste ground. At a meal break, Delia, Norika and June find a distressed probationer in the toilets.

S7·E73 Core

Inside Job

Sep 10, 1991 · 22 min

A shop assistant is attacked and robbed of the week's takings by thieves on a motorcycle.

S7·E74 Core

Bones of Contention

Sep 12, 1991 · 22 min

Sgt. Cryer investigates when anonymous letters expose P.C. Stringer's affair, in police time, with a prisoner's wife. W.P.C. Datta and P.C. Stamp lie in wait for a blackmailer. Ch.

S7·E75 Core

Wide Off The Mark

Sep 17, 1991 · 22 min

A professional hired killer is active in Sun Hill. A dubious informant provides a tip-off that divides D.I. Burnside and D.S. Greig.

S7·E76 Core

Hitting The Mark

Sep 19, 1991 · 22 min

D.I. Burnside hunts for a hired killer to prevent him from making his next hit.

S7·E77 Core

Bending The Rules

Sep 24, 1991 · 22 min

A yob arrested for shoplifting turns out to be a respected police officer. D.I. Burnside unravels the story of the change in his behaviour.

S7·E78 Core

Skint

Sep 26, 1991 · 22 min

It's P.C. Garfield's birthday, but a party only adds to his money troubles.

S7·E79 Core

Friday and Counting

Oct 1, 1991 · 22 min

Hollis, a missing handbag, and a recluse police pensioner, all help to unravel a murder investigation.

S7·E80 Core

Lest We Forget

Oct 3, 1991 · 22 min

Ch. Supt. Brownlow is questioned by Yorkshire Police about his involvement in a murder enquiry seventeen years before that led to a wrongful conviction.

S7·E81 Core

Nutters

Oct 8, 1991 · 22 min

AMIP investigates the murder of a teenager at a nightclub.

S7·E82 Core

Downtime

Oct 10, 1991 · 22 min

A suspected violent break-in begins to suggest more clues about the house's occupants than anything else – especially as they are missing.

S7·E83 Core

Out Of Order

Oct 15, 1991 · 22 min

P.C. Young reaches out to W.P.C. Datta and, when she rejects his advances, he sexually assaults her.

S7·E84 Core

Empire Building

Oct 17, 1991 · 22 min

Duty Sgt. Cryer sets up a major operation to arrest defaulters on fine payments. Sgt. Peters accuses him of empire building.

S7·E85 Core

Innocence

Nov 22, 1991 · 22 min

Following his interview about a wrongful conviction and allegations of corruption against a former colleague, Ch. Supt. Brownlow meets up with him. Two boys are reported missing an

S7·E86 Core

Losing It

Oct 24, 1991 · 22 min

P.C. Young discovers a suicide and is deeply affected. Later, he visits Datta in the section house and attacks her.

S7·E87 Core

Shots

Oct 29, 1991 · 22 min

Sun Hill officers attend a firearms training course. When an armed villain is reported in a building, P.C. Loxton shoots.

S7·E88 Core

The Square Peg

Oct 31, 1991 · 22 min

Young goes missing on his beat. Monroe orders a search. Quinnan and Loxton find Young's body in his car. He has committed suicide by feeding exhaust fumes into the vehicle.

S7·E90 Core

Balls In The Air

Nov 7, 1991 · 22 min

On his first day at Sun Hill, Sgt. Matthew Boyden's past life catches up with him. Boyden shows that he knows all the angles, and Insp. Monroe is not impressed with his casual appr

S7·E91 Core

The Taste

Nov 12, 1991 · 22 min

Smollett discovers he still has the taste for action.

S7·E92 Core

Turning Back The Clock

Nov 14, 1991 · 22 min

D.I. Burnside is determined to clear up a three-year-old case of robbery and murder when an old acquaintance is released from prison. D.C.s Carver and Lines begin to have their dou

S7·E93 Core

Discretion

Nov 19, 1991 · 22 min

On his first day as Home Beat Officer, P.C. Smollett investigates the mugging of an old lady and discovers a rather unusual high-rise supermarket. Meanwhile, P.C. Stringer deals wi

S7·E94 Core

Chapter and Verse

Nov 21, 1991 · 22 min

D.I. Burnside wants to question a man about a missing girl, but he is "drunk and incapable" in the custody suite and Sgt. Maitland is determined to uphold P.A.C.E.

S7·E95 Core

The Whole Truth

Nov 26, 1991 · 22 min

W.P.C. Datta is in court to testify in a drink-driving trial, but the case is complicated by a mouthwash that the defendant claims to have taken.

S7·E96 Core

Profit and Loss

Nov 28, 1991 · 22 min

Sun Hill C.I.D. investigate a suspicious death.

S7·E97 Core

Thicker Than Water

Dec 3, 1991 · 22 min

P.C.s Loxton and Stringer are called to a domestic disturbance. The man found beating his wife turns out to be a P.C. from Stafford Row.

S7·E98 Mytharc

On The Take

Dec 5, 1991 · 22 min

D.S. Roach is investigating an armed robbery. A series of unexplained tip-offs reveals the possibility that a D.S. at Sun Hill is guilty of corruption.

S7·E99 Core

Caring

Dec 10, 1991 · 22 min

W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Smollett deal with a possible case of wife battering. The alleged victim, the mother of a schizophrenic son, is uncooperative.

S7·E100 Core

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Dec 12, 1991 · 22 min

D.C.I. Reid tries to overcome the continuing clash of personalities with D.I. Burnside. D.S. Roach has problems when a juvenile prisoner lies about his age, then has an epileptic f

S7·E101 Core

Imposters

Dec 17, 1991 · 22 min

Maitland and Monroe investigate a pornography racket. Marshall and Stamp look for a beggar who seduced a mentally disabled girl.

S7·E102 Core

A Woman Scorned

Dec 19, 1991 · 22 min

June and Ron call on a lady about her husband's dog who has dug up a skeleton in the garden. There is a new D. Supt. of the Murder Squad replacing Meadows. Reid talks to Burnsi

S7·E103 Core

Vital Statistics

Dec 24, 1991 · 22 min

A Relief is stung into action on discovering that their arrest rate is inferior to that of B Relief.

S7·E104 Mytharc

Decent People

Dec 26, 1991 · 22 min

P.C. Quinnan works undercover on a building site to investigate the theft of kitchen units but finds himself in a compromising situation.

S7·E105 Mytharc

Breakout

Dec 31, 1991 · 22 min

On New Year's Eve, a learner driver backs into a prison van, allowing a dangerous prisoner to escape from custody.

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