The BEST episodes of The Bill season 8
Every episode of The Bill season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Bill season 8!
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 - Hiding to Nothing
Season 8 - Episode 49 - Aired 6/18/1992
P.C. Stamp is ambushed by a gang of youths on a local estate. In trying to assist him, W.P.C. Ackland crashes the Area car, much to P.C. Loxton's delight.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Punching Judy
Season 8 - Episode 50 - Aired 6/23/1992
A woman lies critically injured in hospital, beaten up by her husband. D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows interview the husband. W.P.C. Marshall decides to quit the Domestic Violence Unit.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Man of the People
Season 8 - Episode 42 - Aired 5/26/1992
P.C. Stringer wins the election for the post of Federation Rep, beating the incumbent P.C. Hollis by fifty-eight votes to two. Ch. Supt. Brownlow decides to eat in the canteen with the other ranks, much to their discomfort. Stringer's first job as Fed Rep is to persuade him to stop.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Up All Night
Season 8 - Episode 52 - Aired 6/30/1992
P.C. Garfield pursues a burglar and is beaten up. Sgt. Boyden's inaction brings hostility from the relief and trouble for D.S. Roach.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Part of the Furniture
Season 8 - Episode 53 - Aired 7/2/1992
D.C. Dashwood is to be transferred to the Art and Antiques Squad. D.S. Roach hands him a burglary at an infants' school as a wind-up, but it develops into a case that allows Dashwood to show the others a thing or two. Final regular appearance of D.C. Mike Dashwood (Jon Iles).
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Travelling Light
Season 8 - Episode 72 - Aired 9/8/1992
Viv helps Donna dress up for a reconstruction of a murder case. They find a man who spoke to the dead woman and gives them a new lead. The ex-boyfriend of the murder victim asks to see Burnside protesting his innocence.
#7 - Crack of Doom
Season 8 - Episode 82 - Aired 10/13/1992
There is a search of people looking for crack. A man has a scuffle with another man and claims a piece of crack was planted on him. Tony discovers the man, an ex-boxer, lives over the road from the crack house and CID ask if they could use it as a base for an obbo.
#8 - Reasonable Grounds
Season 8 - Episode 86 - Aired 10/27/1992
Norika goes to see a man about a missing child. Barry has to tell a man his brother is dead after complaining of having to let a suspected burglar go with a caution. the man takes off as soon as he sees Barry.
#9 - We Should Be Talking
Season 8 - Episode 85 - Aired 10/22/1992
George is following a silver car that might have been involved in a ramraid. While checking in with the station, his radio goes dead. Sgt. Cryer discovers the radio link is down. June is investigating a failure to stop and enlists the help of people on the estate to help find a hurt kid.
#10 - Playing God
Season 8 - Episode 81 - Aired 10/8/1992
CID are tied up with a court case. A burglary suspect of Ted's may have to be released as he is at court. Tony brings in an old lady who has been abusive in the street. Dave and George find a man in the street who might have killed his wife who had terminal cancer.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - A Blind Eye
Season 8 - Episode 74 - Aired 9/15/1992
Viv brings in an elderly mugging victim who helps make an identikit picture. Boyden gets spoken to by Monroe about working with the relief. Tony assists George with a disturbance when there is another mugging which turns out to be a misunderstanding. Tony see what he thinks is a mugger getting beaten up but the suspect turns out to be an off-duty copper.
#12 - Letting Go
Season 8 - Episode 71 - Aired 9/3/1992
Reg is playing with a train set before going out. He is looking for a place to live as he is moving out of the section house but ends up moving to a different corridor instead. Greig and Tosh investigates a stabbing in a station car park. The case is being dropped but Greig goes to see the widow and finds a new lead. June and Reg act as back up to bailiffs trying to evict a family. The case is turned over to Tosh.
#13 - Street Cleaning
Season 8 - Episode 55 - Aired 7/9/1992
Sgt. Cryer gets the relief to put the Garfield-Boyden conflict behind them and get back to work, to sort out the takeover of genuine beggars' pitches by violent professional thieves.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - Principled Negotiation
Season 8 - Episode 38 - Aired 5/12/1992
D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach look favourably on an ex-villain with a loan-shark problem, but they expect favours in return.
#15 - Re-Hab
Season 8 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/24/1992
D.C.I. Jack Meadows arrives to take charge of Sun Hill CID. He becomes involved with a father suspected of murdering his drug addict son.
#16 - Exit
Season 8 - Episode 68 - Aired 8/25/1992
A loan shark is attacked. D.S. Greig has a vital witness who is young, blonde and pretty, but she keeps stringing him along, and then disappears.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - Not Waving
Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/30/1992
A student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - It's a Small World
Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/1992
Thinking of leaving the force, D.C. Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security consultants. At the recruitment presentation his suspicions are aroused by the validity of the company in question, and he uncovers a con directed at retiring police officers. Meanwhile, Greig's attempts to stamp his authority as Acting D.I. are unpopular with the rest of CID.
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV#19 - Comeback
Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/3/1992
With Sgt. Peters taking over as Duty Sergeant, Sgt. Cryer returns to the relief, but is unimpressed by the "charity mags" PC Hollis has produced. Whilst attending an incident at a local Shopping Centre, PC Loxton and WPC Datta wind up having the Area Car nicked by a pair of yobs. The newly opened Community Police Station run by PC Smollett is later firebombed.
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - Vicious Circles
Season 8 - Episode 51 - Aired 6/25/1992
P.C. Hollis arrests a woman for being drunk in charge of a baby, and finds himself drawn into a complicated family set-up.
#21 - A Scandalous Act
Season 8 - Episode 57 - Aired 7/16/1992
P.C. Garfield brings in a teenage girl arrested a drugs party, and she accuses him of sexually assaulting her. This episode sees a guest appearance by Det Supt. Kim Reid (Carolyn Pickles) who was, as D.C.I. Reid, a Sun Hill regular 1990-1992.
#22 - Talk Out
Season 8 - Episode 59 - Aired 7/23/1992
A middle-aged couple arrive at the front desk and report their neighbour missing, but W.P.C. Ackland isn't sure that they are telling the whole truth.
#23 - Private Enterprise
Season 8 - Episode 61 - Aired 7/30/1992
D.C.I. Meadows tackles CID about passing intelligence to the collator; but D.S. Roach is reluctant to share information relating to his current operation. P.C. Garfield stops a minicab over a minor traffic offence, but there is a surprise in the boot.
Watch Now:Apple TV#24 - Getting Through
Season 8 - Episode 62 - Aired 8/4/1992
The night shift is saddled with a feud between two men who come to the front desk with allegations of GBH against each other. Police and criminals alike doubt the ability of the new young duty solicitor, but Ms Bryant can give as good as she gets.
#25 - Last Night of Freedom
Season 8 - Episode 63 - Aired 8/6/1992
Someone is stabbed on a stag night, but the likely suspect can't remember a thing about it.