The BEST episodes of The Bill season 16
Every episode of The Bill season 16, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Bill season 16!
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 - Lullaby (1)
Season 16 - Episode 53 - Aired 8/25/2000
PC Smith takes a young Chinese boy under his wing, after the disappearance of his parents.
#2 - Old Enemies
Season 16 - Episode 62 - Aired 9/26/2000
PC Carver stops a driver who appears a little the worse for wear – former DS Ted Roach. He opens up and says he is after a villain from his past, and rekindles his relationship with a former informant.
#3 - First Impressions (2)
Season 16 - Episode 61 - Aired 9/22/2000
PCs 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.
#4 - First Impressions (1)
Season 16 - Episode 60 - Aired 9/19/2000
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.
#5 - Some Like It Hot
Season 16 - Episode 59 - Aired 9/15/2000
DC Lennox is stung by comments about his physical fitness and determines to beat Ch. Supt. Brownlow at squash, as soon as he has arrested a villain from his past. PC Page reaches out to PC Quinnan after her stalking experience, but he rebuffs her.
#6 - Gentle Touch (3)
Season 16 - Episode 58 - Aired 9/12/2000
PC Page learns what it's like to be a victim of crime as the crazed stalker targets her, making nuisance calls and breaking into her flat. DC Lennox and DC Glaze focus their investigation on Emma Roberts's boss, and discover he had an intriguing visitor in prison.
#7 - Gentle Touch (2)
Season 16 - Episode 57 - Aired 9/8/2000
As her friendship with stalking victim Emma Roberts develops, PC Polly Page is determined to find the stalker and starts to believe that he might be closer than she thought.
#8 - Gentle Touch (1)
Season 16 - Episode 56 - Aired 9/5/2000
A terrified young woman fears that she has become the victim of a stalker. But as PC Polly Page investigates the case she finds that she too is being drawn into a nightmare world of unseen terror.
#9 - Lullaby (3)
Season 16 - Episode 55 - Aired 9/1/2000
PC Smith and Tim Tze are abducted by a money-laundering gang.
#10 - Lullaby (2)
Season 16 - Episode 54 - Aired 8/29/2000
PC Smith gets closer to Tim Tze as the search for his parents continues. DI Deakin discovers that the family's restaurant has been put up for sale and uncovers details of an extramarital affair.
#11 - New Friends
Season 16 - Episode 63 - Aired 9/29/2000
Former DS Ted Roach, now working as a private investigator, helps Sun Hill CID nail local villain Mickey Owen.
#12 - Doppelganger
Season 16 - Episode 52 - Aired 8/22/2000
Sgt. Boyden goes undercover at an illegal poker game to catch a man impersonating him to confiscate the winnings.
#13 - Time to Kill
Season 16 - Episode 51 - Aired 8/15/2000
Sgt. Ackland adopts a new "virtual" identity to trap a sinister cyberstalker who is dating and attacking women.
#14 - No Man's Land
Season 16 - Episode 50 - Aired 8/8/2000
Sgt. Cryer is angry at DC Webb's couldn't-care-less attitude towards a body found on a roundabout, so sets about identifying the man himself.
#15 - Say It With Flowers
Season 16 - Episode 48 - Aired 7/25/2000
DCs Glaze and Holmes investigate the apparent suicide of a local councillor and uncover a plot to pervert the course of justice by ensuring that massage parlours with links to the local freemasons' lodge are not raided.
#16 - Bad Habits
Season 16 - Episode 47 - Aired 7/18/2000
PC Smith carries out the wrongful arrest of a drugs rehabilitation worker for possession of illegal substances, and is forced to confront his racial prejudice.
#17 - Caught Short
Season 16 - Episode 46 - Aired 7/11/2000
DC Lennox has to decide where his loyaltes lie when he sees his wife visit a suspect's home.
#18 - Whispers
Season 16 - Episode 45 - Aired 7/4/2000
DC Proctor, under pressure over his poor performance, decides to trap a burglar to avoid being transferred from Sun Hill.
#19 - Beyond Conviction
Season 16 - Episode 44 - Aired 6/27/2000
PCs Klein and Hagen are called to a stabbing at a shopping centre, and find themselves on the trail of a Rwandan war criminal.
#20 - On the Hook (2)
Season 16 - Episode 74 - Aired 11/7/2000
Under pressure from the new superintendent to solve the Freeley murder case, DCI Meadows questions the prime suspects, and takes some risky shortcuts to keep his relationship with Helen Freeley secret.
#21 - Bad For Your Health (1)
Season 16 - Episode 83 - Aired 12/15/2000
A series of brutal beatings reveals a turf war between two rival gangs of cigarette smugglers, and PC Klein is abducted by the McBride gang when he tries to buy a mixing desk.
#22 - Friends
Season 16 - Episode 82 - Aired 12/12/2000
A raid on a brothel uncovers several illegal immigrants from Croatia forced to work as prostitutes.
#23 - Two Way Burn
Season 16 - Episode 81 - Aired 12/5/2000
Two young girls are trapped in a house fire, and end up in hospital in a critical condition. When the fire brigade turns up evidence of arson, DCI Meadows is assigned to lead the investigation, with DCs Webb and Spears.
#24 - Team Colours
Season 16 - Episode 80 - Aired 12/1/2000
A post-match fight is being arranged between two rival gangs of football fans, and Sun Hill is the venue.
#25 - Sorted
Season 16 - Episode 79 - Aired 11/24/2000
PC Klein spends all night DJing at a local nightclub, and lies to Sgt Cryer when he skips work the next day. Klein's career is on the line when Cryer finds out what really happened, and two witnesses in an extortion case accuse Klein of using drugs at the club the night before.