The BEST episodes of The Bill season 15
Every episode of The Bill season 15, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Bill season 15!
The Bill follows the officers of Sun Hill, a Metropolitan Police station located in the fictional Borough of Canley in London's East End. Created in 1983 by Geoff McQueen as a one-off drama called "Woodentop", The Bill was spun off as a full series, and ran for over 26 years and 2,425 episodes. Covering both uniformed officers and CID detectives, the series is renowned for its accurate and authentic portrayal of policing in London.
#1 - Under Duress
Season 15 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/23/1999
Boulton and Rawton clash when a house fire reveals a sordid secret.
#2 - Eyes Everywhere
Season 15 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/4/1999
With PC Quinnan in a critical condition in St Hugh's Hospital, the police descend on the Jasmine Allen estate, determined to catch those responsible. PC Garfield manages to identify most of the gang, and a young boy, Kevin White, bought in for questioning names them as the 'Sun Hill Massive'. Garfield and DS Boulton come to blows when Boulton denies any responsiblity for the attack on Quinnan. Acting on a tip-off, the police raid Mick Glover's flat again, finding he is responsible for the burgleries, and that his son Ben and Kevin White were the ones who stabbed Quinnan.
#3 - On Air
Season 15 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/23/1999
Conway gets beginner's nerves on his first radio talk show, but has to find his feet fast when a caller starts confessing to a crime.
#4 - Pressure Point
Season 15 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/20/1999
DC Proctor attempts to make a name for himself in CID whilst Lennox learns about forensic science.
#5 - Look Away Now
Season 15 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/22/1999
PC Harker comes into loggerheads with CID on how to deal with a problem family.
#6 - True Lies
Season 15 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/4/1999
PC Harker is informed from a woman about a robbery taking place the next night, however Boyden questions this information.
#7 - Makeover
Season 15 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/11/1999
It's Jim Carver's first day back in uniform, and he puts up with some good-natured ribbing from his new colleagues. Paired with P.C. Luke Ashton, they are called to the Canley Arms Hotel, where the landlord has been brutally attacked and robbed. When D.C. Rod Skase and Carver's replacement, D.C. Danny Glaze, arrive to investigate, Carver can't help putting his detective skills back to work - while following a lead on the case, he gets into trouble with Sgt. Boyden when he leaves Ashton dealing with a gang of teenage shoplifters on his own. Forensic evidence points to the Baker brothers, and Carver's persistence pays off when he finds out the location of the missing brother, Mark Baker.
#8 - Push It
Season 15 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/15/1999
Jessica Orton is brought in for questioning, but is released without charge. When she returns home, PC Santini is waiting for her, desperate to know if she grassed him up. They fight, and Santini hits Jessica, knocking her down the stairs and killing her. Realising her house is being watched, he escapes out the back. Vicki Hagen finds a set of keys under Santini's bed which she brings to the station to return to him.
#9 - Good Relations
Season 15 - Episode 42 - Aired 7/13/1999
Things always seem to turn sour as Reg's caravan becomes the target of a young arsonist on its triumphant return to the streets of Sun Hill.
#10 - The Only Way Is Up
Season 15 - Episode 52 - Aired 8/17/1999
Meadows has a crisis on his hands when he fails to hear a cry for help.
#11 - Sunhill Boulevard
Season 15 - Episode 54 - Aired 8/31/1999
PC Cass Rickman calls in sick after over-indulging at a barbecue for the relief the previous night. PC Harker and PC Stamp are called to the Sun Hill Lido swimming pool, where a young girl's body has been found in the water. Harker goes undercover at the pool.
#12 - Lola
Season 15 - Episode 55 - Aired 9/1/1999
DI Deakin leads CID and Uniform on a series of disasterous raids to catch alleged DSS fraudsters, while PC Polly Page is given the boring task of serving a court order. As she does so, she hears scratching at the wall from the house next door, which they believe is a trapped dog. With the help of the RSPCA, they force entry and discover a young Spanish woman named Lola imprisoned in a hidden cellar. The owner of the house, Ricky Lee, insists that Lola is a fugitive from a Dutch prison who stowed away in his van and took refuge in his house. When Lola disappears from the hospital, Page and DC Kerry Holmes pay Ricky Lee another visit. Page is suspicious and asks to see the cellar again, but Lee attacks them. Once subdued, they find Lola in the cellar once again, and it looks as if Lee was planning to kill her.
#13 - Integrity (1)
Season 15 - Episode 56 - Aired 9/16/1999
Sun Hill efforts to protect the organisers of a community festival are in vain when the convoy is attacked. New PC Nick Klein is friends with the organiser, Anil Indrani, but the brother of Klein's girlfriend Pam is arrested by PC Dale Smith as he rushes to fight off the attackers. Paired with Smithy the next day, Klein manages to defuse a tense situation when Smith confronts a group of black youths at the market. That night, Indrani's club is raided by officers from Barton Street, led by DS Vickers. Klein is certain that Vickers team has planted drugs on the Billy the DJ, and begins to suspect they were also responsible for the attack on Indrani. PC Smith is in trouble: the youths at the market were undercover police officers conducting an 'integrity test' and Smithy's attitude to racial matters leaves a lot to be desired. As Klein lights up a joint at Pam's house, DS Vickers raids the place and threatens to arrest him for possession unless he helps him destroy Indrani.
#14 - Integrity (2)
Season 15 - Episode 57 - Aired 9/19/1999
The second of a two-parter as Smith's involvement with a dangerous racist puts Brownlow's covert operation in jeopardy - and Klein's career on the line.
#15 - Age of Chivalry
Season 15 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/11/1999
D.C.I. Burnside and D.C. Rawton pursue a serial rapist and his accomplice.
#16 - Cracked Up
Season 15 - Episode 45 - Aired 7/22/1999
With Dale Smith on his case and his colleagues thinking he has lost his bottle, is this the end of the line for Luke Ashton?
#17 - Kiss Chase
Season 15 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/13/1999
PC Ashton is accused of getting a teenage girl pregnant and to make matters worse she is also the key witness in a domestic violence case.
#18 - Confessions of a Zookeeper
Season 15 - Episode 39 - Aired 7/1/1999
Conway organises a charity 'lock-up' in the Sun Hill cells.
#19 - The Three Sergeants
Season 15 - Episode 60 - Aired 9/28/1999
Sgt. Matt Boyden is not looking forward to another night shift in Custody, but a noisy prisoner demanding food turns out to be the least of his worries. Sgt. June Ackland and PC Dale Smith bring in a drunk and disorderly vagrant who they nickname 'Olly'. Chaos sets in as a drink-driver, some cat-fighting prostitutes, an immigration officer with two deportees and two lay visitors conducting a surprise inspection arrive. As the F.M.E. takes a blood test from the drink driver, Boyden has Olly placed in a cell to rest. When the lay visitors inspect his cell, he is dead. Faced with a death in custody, Ch. Supt. Brownlow calls in CIB, and the three Sergeants on duty, Boyden, Ackland and Cryer argue amongst themselves over who was responsible. Ackland manages to find Olly's real identity, and his widow threatens to sue the Met, but June talks her out of it and discovers that his wife blames herself for his death.
#20 - Sweet Sixteen
Season 15 - Episode 69 - Aired 11/2/1999
Skase feels he is the laughingstock of CID when he is abducted and robbed by a gang of teenage girls and he's determined to get revenge.
#21 - Father's Day
Season 15 - Episode 68 - Aired 10/28/1999
Family ties are rekindled at Sun Hill; Boyden's estranged daughter asks him for protection and when Boyden helps her out, they start to rekindle their relationship.
#22 - Crash Landing
Season 15 - Episode 67 - Aired 10/21/1999
A plane makes a crash landing in Sun Hill, plunging Daly into an investigation in which his ex-lover plays an uncomfortably crucial role.
#23 - Hot Money
Season 15 - Episode 66 - Aired 10/19/1999
Burnside and Meadows take a gamble when they set up an undercover operation in a local casino.
#24 - Love and War (2)
Season 15 - Episode 65 - Aired 10/14/1999
Crime fighting takes a back seat as Quinnan and Garfield clash.
#25 - Love and War (1)
Season 15 - Episode 64 - Aired 10/12/1999
Garfield is anxious to know where he stands with Jenny; Quinnan is behaving strangely, and seems to have something to hide.