The BEST episodes written by Len Collin

#1 - The Killing Of a One-Eyed Bookie

Ultimate Force - Season 1 - Episode 5

Jamie is kidnapped during a violent ambush in Northern Ireland while impersonating Bill Gracey, a politician whose life is in danger. Henno is furious, knowing his protégé faces torture and likely death. Breaking orders, he heads off into the Republic with Caroline in search of Cullen, a republican double agent, while Jem and Twamley do some digging of their own. Can they find Jamie before time runs out?

#2 - Old Enemies

The Bill - Season 16 - Episode 62

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 - New Friends

The Bill - Season 16 - Episode 63

Former DS Ted Roach, now working as a private investigator, helps Sun Hill CID nail local villain Mickey Owen.

#4 - A Week of Nights (1)

The Bill - Season 17 - Episode 33

New Area Car driver, PC Des Taviner, makes an instant (but negative) impression on the relief when he starts work on the night shift at Sun Hill, with his overbearing manner and sharp mouth. He clashes with PC Worrell, and demands she be taken off Area Car duty with him, as he says she is "clueless". Paired with PC Hollis, Taviner chats up two girls waiting for the night bus and offers them a lift home. DC Glaze makes a breakthrough in a series of brutal rapes on the Jasmine Allen estate, and when residents report a woman screaming on Canley Fields, all Sierra Oscar units race to the scene. Taviner is sympathetic towards the victim, prostitute Lynn Roberts, and vows to "get the bastard" responsible.

#5 - A Week of Nights (2)

The Bill - Season 17 - Episode 34

DS McAllister and DC Glaze are certain they've got their man for the Jasmine Allen rapes - Lenworth Lomanu, a convicted rapist who was seen by Klein and Stamp in the vicinity at the same time as Lynn Roberts was attacked. PC Des Taviner is not so sure, and he suspects that the young man he and PC Worrell questioned outside a pharmacy before it was robbed is responsible. As Taviner and Hollis do their own investigation, Lomanu's arrest causes a near riot on the Jasmine Allen, and Sgt. Gilmore is attacked when he returns two housewives to the estate. Taviner gets his man, Conrad James, but his solicitor brother gets him off the hook. Clear evidence that Conrad is dealing drugs on the estate gives the police the opportunity to raid and search his house, and Conrad admits to the rapes as well.

#6 - Another Country

The Bill - Season 17 - Episode 55

While on foot patrol on the Jasmine Allen estate, Carver contends with an elderly man, Ronnie Atkins, who wants to deal with the local youths "his way". When Atkins's best friend, Len Harrap, is found having fallen from the top of the building, Carver suspects foul play and investigates further. Harrap's GP tells him that Len was recently suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and that he had served with British forces during the Korean War. When a man matching the description of the association secretary, Charles Barratt, is reported to have left Len's flat, Atkins realises what has happened. Carver's investigation leads him to discover the cover-up of possible war crimes.

#7 - Britanniamania (2) To Us and Ours

The Bill - Season 17 - Episode 57

Webb is close to infiltrating the gang, despite the suspicions of some of its members: suspicions which fire up when McAllister, posing as his girlfriend, turns up to a gang meeting overdressed and wearing Givenchy perfume. Napper smells a rat and follows McAllister as she desperately tries to find a hospital to keep her cover intact. Napper catches up with her and accuses her of being an undercover reporter. With her cover blown, McAllister returns to Sun Hill. Chandler blasts her for her stupidity, and forces her to take notes as they hear Webb taking a severe beating from Napper's thugs. Napper stops the beating and welcomes Webb as a full-fledged member of Britannia.

#8 - Night Games (2)

The Bill - Season 17 - Episode 84

Part Two - Aftershock: A traumatized Spears attempts to escape the horrific events of the weekend, but her efforts are hindered by the surprise re-appearance of her tormentor. Once she is sure that would-be rapist Cork has gone, Spears hesitantly emerges from her hotel bathroom. At breakfast the next morning, Monroe notices a police presence at the hotel. He liaises with DS Greg Georgiou, and discovers that one of the hotel reps has been found dead, and the other missing. After being questioned by the local police, Spears's relief at being seconded to work with Rawton on the serial rapist case soon turns to despair when she is introduced to the case profiler - none other than DS Pete Cork.

#9 - Puppy Love

Holby City - Season 2 - Episode 2

Two homeless teenagers, deeply fond of each another, create emotional and professional problems for Victoria Merrick. Nick Jordan tries to persuade some of the more attractive members of staff to accompany him to Paris for a weekend.

#10 - A Marriage of Convenience

Holby City - Season 2 - Episode 8

Victoria Merrick discovers that the young woman involved in a car crash has been the victim of a date-rape drug.

#11 - Lear's Children

Holby City - Season 5 - Episode 6

Lisa is furious when she discovers that she can't claim insurance because Sandy hasn't been paying the premium.

#12 - Desperate Measures

Holby City - Season 5 - Episode 29

After the crash, Ben and Steve are trapped in a car severly injured. When the medics get to the scene, Ric realises that Steves leg is too damaged to save and they can't get to Ben because Steve is in the way. So Ric deides that Steve needs an amputation. When they get Steve out they can get to Ben but when they get Ben out, they discover that he is too badly injured to save and he dies.

#13 - Endgame

Holby City - Season 5 - Episode 36

The New health care assisstant Nic Yorke starts on his first day and gets a lot of attention from the female nurses but the only one that really catches his eye is Sandy Harper.

#14 - All That You Leave Behind

Holby City - Season 5 - Episode 48

The health inspectors' report is far from positive, so Helen decides to question the nurses over who is responsible for the gross negligence. Kelly brings up her displeasure with the situation during her interview and ends up blaming Kath—who then suffers the brunt of Helen's bullying tactics as she takes her turn in the hot seat. Elsewhere, Rosie attempts to play Cupid for Mubbs, but things go from bad to worse when he invites his date to a lap-dancing club.

#15 - End of the Line

Holby City - Season 6 - Episode 3

Chrissie finaly finds out about the relatioship between Owen and her mother and after a fight between the two, they both get suspended. As the police investigations continue a forensic psychologist is brought in to interrogate the murder suspects.

#16 - Games

The Bill - Season 10 - Episode 1

Steve radios in details about a missing juvenile. The mother is more worried than the father. The boy was supposed to be at a friend's house. The missing boy and his friend are into computers. Steve has to look through the pedophile register to see if they can find a man matching the description given by the boy's friend. It turns out to be the man complaining about Tony. Although he denies knowing the boy, objectionable material is found on his computer. Before he is let go, he gives Monroe a name that does fit the man who was last seen with the missing boy. Tony and June take a call about children causing a disturbance playing football in the street. The man who complained keeps the ball and wants Tony's number so he can complain about his attitude.

#17 - On Air

The Bill - Season 15 - Episode 16

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.

#18 - A Rainy Night in Sun Hill

The Bill - Season 14 - Episode 19

PC Santini is irritated at being paired with PC Hollis on a cold, wet night in Canley.

#19 - Taking Sides

The Bill - Season 14 - Episode 94

PC Tony Stamp attends the funeral of Simon Attwell, the pedestrian he killed driving the area car, and Attwell's girlfriend makes a complaint of harassment to Inspector Monroe. Stamp and Ashton try to help a young boy whose mother is in court. Stamp is furious when Dave Quinnan tells him he has been called as a prosecution witness in Tony's trial.

#20 - Strange Bedfellows

The Bill - Season 14 - Episode 114

#21 - Yesterday's Hero

The Bill - Season 15 - Episode 15

Tension between DS Boulton and PC Garfield over Dave Quinnan's stabbing reaches boiling point on an obbo with PC Hollis. Garfield explodes when pushed too far, and he headbutts Boulton, nearly breaking his nose. It's up to Reg to step in and help Garfield come to terms with his feelings of helplessness over the incident. PC Dave Quinnan, still at St Hugh's, resolves to help Juke, a fellow patient who claims the police have done nothing to find the person who stabbed him, although he soon comes to realise that Juke's wounds are self-inflicted.

#22 - Big Fish

The Bill - Season 15 - Episode 43

Despite what people say, they still catch the odd villain at Sun Hill as Deakin nets an international drug dealer.

#23 - Consumers

The Bill - Season 15 - Episode 78

Jim Carver has gone missing. Among the relief fears for his safety grow when a youth is arrested in possession of his credit card.

#24 - Lock In

The Bill - Season 15 - Episode 79

Jim Carver hits rock bottom when Burnside is forced to arrest his old friend for murder.

#25 - Loaded

The Bill - Season 18 - Episode 1

PCs Des Taviner and Reg Hollis head off to Southend, telling Sgt Gilmore that the Area Car has mechanical problems, so that Reg can propose to his girlfriend, Helen. Meanwhile Special Constable Terry Knowles and PC Nick Klein have arrested petty thief Derek Daly. As they head back for the station Knowles spots an attractive blonde in a car and persuades Klein to pull her over when she jumps a red light. Confident that he can get her phone number (like his hero Taviner would), Knowles approaches the blonde with a smile. Flirting outrageously he tries to get a date but with little success. When he threatens to do a vehicle check, the girl smiles sweetly, produces a steel-comb and thrusts it into his neck.

#26 - Not To Praise Him

The Bill - Season 18 - Episode 2

Sergeant Craig Gilmore addresses the congregation at Knowles' funeral and mentions the dead man's habit of chatting up girls which causes a bit of a stir. After the service Superintendent Tom Chandler tries to comfort Knowles' mother but is dragged away by her daughter Tina who blames the police for her brother's death. Meanwhile at Sun Hill DS Vik Singh and DCI Jack Meadows are liaising with Jay Ramsay who is planning to direct a reconstruction of the murder for a TV programme. Meadows is angry when the Director comments about Knowles flirting with the murderer before his death. Outside the chapel PC Nick Klein is helping a young woman with a pushchair and is shocked when she introduces herself as Dani Knowles, Knowles' widow. When she asks about Knowles' death, Klein tells her not to believe the press reports. As the drink flows at the wake the tensions rise between arch enemies Taviner and Gilmore resulting in a full-blown punch up.

#27 - Do Not Pass Go

The Bill - Season 18 - Episode 3

Despite the discovery of the Saab car used in the murder, progress on the case is slow. The owner is identified as Paul King but when the police break into his flat they find King dead from a gunshot wound. Neighbours remember that a blonde woman was a frequent visitor. Trawling through statements after the TV appeal, DC Danny Glaze notices the name Kathy Milligan. Meanwhile PC Des Taviner is annoyed that CID will not share information on the case with Uniform and decides to do a little detection of his own. He has a hunch that petty thief Derek Smith, who witnessed the murder, knows more than he's letting on. Taviner, PCs Nick Klein and Reg Hollis pump him for information until he reveals that the manager of a local night club, Arty Shanks, was selling a Saab for silly money. Back at Sun Hill Sergeant Craig Gilmore wants to tell CID but Taviner is reluctant and pays Arty a visit. At last there is a breakthrough when, as Glaze researches Milligan on the station computer, Arty names King as Milligan's pimp.

#28 - Quinnan (Part 1)

The Bill - Season 18 - Episode 6

At her local gym PC Cathy Bradford is concerned that Marti Hunt is being worked too hard by her father Barry Hunt who is also the owner. As she leaves, Bradford agrees to keep an eye out for a petty thief who has been targeting the gym.

#29 - Quinnan (Part 3)

The Bill - Season 18 - Episode 8

Polly and Dave pose as a married couple running a hotel, hoping to trap Berisha who imports illegal immigrants. Jim and Reg are chef and waiter respectively whilst immigration agent Petit helps out in the kitchen.

#30 - First Day Collar

The Bill - Season 18 - Episode 40

When cocky new DS Phil Hunter reports for duty he wastes no time bringing in arrests. He flirts with wives of suspects and doesn't play by any of the rules. He's clocked up as a difficult one to handle but if he's toting up the convictions who's to complain? Even if his probing turns up an unwelcome visitor for Nick and Cass.

#31 - In the Line of Fire

Holby City - Season 6 - Episode 29

Diane Lloyd goes to an army hospital to advise on surgical techniques during a live-fire exercise. While she is there a soldier is shot and she must save him. A pregnant woman with a weak heart is in to give birth against Owens advice.