The BEST episodes written by Julian Perkins
#1 - Strongbox
Murphy's Law (2001) - Season 3 - Episode 3
Murphy tries to get counterfeit Euros for Callard, and asks fellow undercover officer Jill Calder for help. She has infiltrated an organisation that is printing the fake money. Together they try to set up a deal for both their clients and plan to make the big arrest during the handover.
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The Bill - Season 14 - Episode 18
Meadows and Skase discover a modern-day Robin Hood who appears to be alive and well and robbing the rich in Sun Hill.
#3 - Slippery Slope
The Bill - Season 18 - Episode 26
Nick and Cass struggle to come down after making two arrests whilst still high on ecstasy. As they are called to deal with a case of domestic violence, Cass's ability to handle her social and work lives separately comes under fire, and her state of mind begins to impede her judgement.
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The Bill - Season 18 - Episode 36
Tony steps in to defend Lee Dwyer for accusations of vandalism, when he returns to school and trashes a classroom after being picked on by other members of his class. Des receives a series of text messages threatening to expose his lie, and decides to confront Jeff Simpson over his involvement.
#5 - Nail In The Coffin
The Bill - Season 18 - Episode 56
Chandler is arrested for the raped of Anne Merrick, and in the heat of the moment tries to persuade Debbie to give him an alibi. However, with the clock ticking to prove his innocence, Meadows and Mickey believe they have discovered the final nail in the coffin to secure a conviction.
#6 - All In A Day's Work
The Bill - Season 18 - Episode 78
Gina and Gemma visit a local school to investigate reports of drug dealing. Osbourne runs into teacher friend of hers, Caroline Cotton who passes on a pornographic tape she confiscated from a pupil. Gemma passes the tape onto CID but when Caroline arrives at the station Gemma decides to take Phil down a peg or two by setting him up with her lesbian friend.
#7 - The Nouveau Riche
The Bill - Season 19 - Episode 19
Acting DI Sam Nixon is convinced that Ron Gregory is behind the paedophile ring - but can she prove it? While DCI Jack Meadows is certain DS Phil Hunter is still working for Ron and is reporting him to the police authorities. Phil pleads, ""I'm the only one that can get a result, because I know Gregory better than anyone. Give me 24 hours and I'll have Gregory sitting in one of them cells"". But will he convince Jack to give him more time? The police now know that the murdered girl 'Angel', real name Rachel, had been brought over from Africa to sponsor parents Mr. & Mrs. Eddison. The couple now face severe questioning at the station. Were they aware abuse was taking place with their sponsor child, and could they have been the perpetrators? When Rachel's sponsor parent, Mr Eddison suddenly makes a confession, the police suspect he's been 'influenced' by someone to change his story. Did he really kill Rachel or is he just acting on someone else's orders to save his own life?When PCs Des Ta
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The Bill - Season 19 - Episode 90
DC Terry Perkins arrives to implement a Public Protection Unit at Sun Hil; which will manage dangerous offenders released back into the community. His job starts immediately when paedophile Ian Forrester comes to sign the sex offenders register after serving six months for downloading obscene images of children. Things seem to turn dangerous when Ian is seen giving a school girl wads of cash. She claims that Ian was paying her for a forthcoming nude photo shoot but when Terry discovers that she is blackmailing him about his past conviction we start to question who the real victim is. Meanwhile other officers question Terry's chosen line of work. Will the sensitive nature of Terry's job prevent him from being accepted at Sun Hill? Gina and Rob head an outing to Joel Brewer's latest boxing match on the suspicion that known gangster Dennis Weaver is pressuring him to throw the fight. When Joel is found badly beaten in his dressing room, Phil is assigned the case and his previous affair w
#9 - On A Lonely Island
The Bill - Season 19 - Episode 102
Bradford's mental state begins to boil over when she is asked to deal with a man who has destroyed all of his wife's belongings after she cheated on him. She finds herself being less than sympathetic with the suspect, and the case gives her an ultimatum of her own, when she decides that it's time to say goodbye to her fiancé Max Wyatt, who tries to help Kane move out of Bradford's house. Meanwhile, Carver realises he is still finding things difficult when he is asked to investigate a case of domestic violence. Smithy comes across a teenager struggling to hold his family together on an estate run by drug-dealing gangs, and takes sympathy on the tearaway. But little does he know that the youngster is more caught up in events than he initially suspected.
#10 - Chasing The Dragon
The Bill - Season 19 - Episode 103
New DI Neil Manson arrives at Sun Hill to take over CID. He tasks Phil and Rob with dealing a Mis-Per, but when Christine Weaver and Cindy Hunter are arrested for fighting, Manson pulls Hunter off the case and pairs Thatcher with Nixon. The situation escalates when it appears that the missing person, a drug-addicted pensioner, is dealing for his grandson, and the pensioner is thrown off a balcony by rival dealers. MIT are called in when Max Wyatt's body is found in his freezer. Meanwhile, Leo Price is arrested again, Nick conspires with Cindy to end her marriage with Phil and trick him into dumping Christine, and Brandon finds the CCTV tape Cathy took from the car park where Brandon's wife Tanya was killed.
#11 - The Apple and the Tree
The Bill - Season 20 - Episode 2
A turf war threatens to blow up on the Cockroft estate between Kalisha Jarrett and her rival dealers, but when one of her henchmen runs down her nephew Wayne at her request, Wayne's brother Leo Price offers to help Smithy catch his evil aunt with the proceeds of a drug deal. However, when the raid yields a stash of fake drugs, Leo is furious to discover that his aunt may be off the hook. Meanwhile, Bradford, still in the boiler room with Kane's kids, turns off the station heating in an attempt to leave a clue to her whereabouts. An engineer arrives to fix the problem, but when he is knocked unconscious by Bradford, Ackland and Harman arrive to find out that Bradford is closer than anyone expected.
#12 - Career Ruining Secrets
The Bill - Season 20 - Episode 10
Following a tip-off from Perkins' snout, Manson goes undercover as a hitman for a woman who wants her husband killed. As De Costa investigates the domestic violence aspect of the case, the husband's involvement in an actual murder is revealed. Manson is delighted with the result, but De Costa is upset when Manson usurps her CSU authority. Stamp and Best trawl internet chat rooms looking for 'Hotpants', a suspected fraudster who has ripped off a number of "her" on-line admirers. Murphy reveals that Taviner has been to see her. Taviner finds Hollis alone guarding the chapel of rest and Hollis lets slip that Tait was babysitting when Niamh died. Hollis admits to Gold that Taviner started the Sun Hill fire.
#13 - Smoking Demons
The Bill - Season 20 - Episode 31
Perkins goes undercover in prison, where he investigates convicted paedophile Charles Mawdsley, who is believed to be running a paedophile ring with the help of one of the prison guards. De Costa appears as a prison counsellor, acting as Perkins' contact with the outside world, but when Perkins opens up in a group therapy session, De Costa begins to suspect that he was abused as a child. By arresting a corrupt guard who was dealing drugs, Okaro hopes to force Mawdsley to play his hand, but in interview, the guard reveals that the prison's assistant governor is also corrupt. Meanwhile, Manson receives a call from a prisoner at the same nick who wants to pass on information about a planned robbery.
#14 - Nemesis
The Bill - Season 20 - Episode 36
Beech has the only evidence that could incriminate Cavanaugh, and Meadows is reluctant to have to rely on the slippery character, but Okaro insists he is their only choice. Cavanaugh contacts Nixon and declares his love for her, begging her to join him on the run. She agrees, but informs Meadows of his plans. Using her mobile as a tracking device, Meadows closes in, but when Cavanaugh realises he's been betrayed, he takes her hostage. Manson and Hunter take Beech to visit Maggie Black, who has the incriminating tape, and Beech asks Manson if he can have ten minutes alone to "say goodbye" to Maggie. When Hunter goes to interrupt their little liaison, he finds himself held at gunpoint.
#15 - Bite the Bullet (Part One)
The Bill - Season 20 - Episode 52
Manson orders Stamp and Powell to stay out of the wreckage of the pub, but when Stamp realises Okaro is still inside, he risks his life to rescue him. Unaware of the chaos nearby, Thatcher slips another racist hate letter into Okaro's internal mail. When it looks like Okaro was the bomb's intended target, Thatcher and Jerome Taylor realise their letter campaign could be their undoing when SO13 investigate. Thatcher discovers CCTV footage of one of the Radford boys near the pub at the time of the explosion, and he follows the Radfords into a trap. Meadows takes charge when his baby is kidnapped by a religious fanatic, but when the baby is recovered safe and well, Rachel rebuffs him and asks him to stay away.
#16 - Sequence of Events (Part 1)
The Bill - Season 22 - Episode 1
Manson, now with MIT, is called to visit dying convict Vince Parker, who after admitting to an unsolved murder more than twenty years ago, accuses Meadows of framing him for a post office robbery as revenge for him escaping the murder charge. Manson, now forced to investigate his old boss, is teamed with DCI Frank Keane of the DPS, who is less than keen to see Meadows slip off the hook once again, after an incident at Stafford Row back in the '80s. Meanwhile, Meadows hooks up with his old DI, Dougie Price, in an attempt to clear his name. Parker's accomplice in the armed robbery then decides to back up his story, and then accuses Meadows and Payne of beating him to a pulp.