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 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - Supping with the Devil
Season 16 - Episode 64 - Aired 10/3/2000
DS Don Beech is bribed by 'businessman' Howard Fallon to find who hijacked one of his lorries. DS Geoff Daly is suspicious when Beech tries to get involved with the investigation.
#7 - Touch and Go
Season 16 - Episode 65 - Aired 10/4/2000
Beech is alarmed when his mobile number is amongst the possessions of Rachel Booker, a dancer at one of Howard Fallon's clubs, when she is attacked.
#8 - Fake Fur
Season 16 - Episode 66 - Aired 10/6/2000
Another dancer at Howard Fallon's club reveals a money laundering operation to DS Stanton and DS Boulton.
#9 - In Safe Hands
Season 16 - Episode 67 - Aired 10/13/2000
PC Sam Harker finds out that a 14-year-old boy has been sleeping with his foster mother. It's a dilemma, but Harker makes the painful decision to inform the Child Protection Team and the Social Services. DS Beech tries to get Boulton and Stanton on his side, while they try to find Lynette, their witness against Howard Fallon.
#10 - Find the Lady
Season 16 - Episode 68 - Aired 10/17/2000
DS Stanton and DS Boulton locate Lynette, their key witness against Howard Fallon, who orders Beech to stop her from testifying. Beech reaches out to Boulton to persuade him to give up Lynette, with tragic consequences.
#11 - Fifty-Fifty
Season 16 - Episode 69 - Aired 10/20/2000
The death of a colleague deeply affects Don Beech, prompting him to take the biggest gamble of his life.
#12 - The River
Season 16 - Episode 70 - Aired 10/24/2000
The corrupt DS Don Beech turns himself in to CIB to bargain with Det Supt Hodges, despite DS Stanton's pleas.
#13 - All Fall Down (1)
Season 16 - Episode 71 - Aired 10/27/2000
CIB sweep into Sun Hill and suspend the entire CID with immediate effect. As the disgraced detectives are interviewed to establish their connection to Don Beech, DCI Meadows hurriedly calls in some favours at Scotland Yard.
#14 - On the Hook (1)
Season 16 - Episode 73 - Aired 11/3/2000
The new CID team arrives at Sun Hill, along with the new Superintendent, Tom Chandler. DCI Meadows is facing a disciplinary hearing, but is ordered to lead a racial harassment investigation which has a personal aspect for him.
#15 - In the Firing Line
Season 16 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/2000
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 find the location of a police informer they need kept quiet.
#16 - A Girl's Best Friend
Season 16 - Episode 75 - Aired 11/10/2000
PCs Klein and Quinnan finds the body of a man who has died of a heart attack in a car. Quinnan tries to deliver the man's effects to his wife, which includes a gift for the man's mistress.
#17 - Carnival
Season 16 - Episode 76 - Aired 11/14/2000
DC Glaze and PC McCann end up at loggerheads over each other's attitudes to policing when they work together to investigate a drugs case. A heated conversation and a brush with death for Glaze during the London Carnival inspire both officers to change their ways.
#18 - Behind Enemy Lines
Season 16 - Episode 77 - Aired 11/17/2000
DC Spears and PC Smith are taken hostage when an armed bank raid goes terribly wrong.
#19 - A Gathering Storm
Season 16 - Episode 78 - Aired 11/21/2000
PC Smith is suspected of having racist or personal motives when he fails to respond to an urgent assistance call from PC McCann, who is badly beaten by a gang of neo-Nazi skinheads.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - Bad For Your Health (2)
Season 16 - Episode 84 - Aired 12/19/2000
Klein is missing from morning parade, and is later found injured in a crashed van belonging to the McBride cigarette smuggling gang. DS McAllister is determined to prove that Klein is corrupt and involved with the gang.