Overview of 'The Bill' Season 9 - Movie Intelligence

Episode 1 - Dying Breed

Release Date: 1993-01-05

Carver is injured in an armed robbery at Bennetts Jewellers and Woods discovers a link between the burglary the murder of Sammy Chambers in 1988 and Robbie Campbell.

Episode 2 - Fact Of Life

Release Date: 1993-01-07

The law allows a known burglar to go free but Greig and Quinnan desperately try to pin him down again.

Episode 3 - All Through The Night

Release Date: 1993-01-08

Stamp expects a dull evening on the party patrol until he is paired with a pretty young female Environmental Health Officer Diane Eckersley.

Episode 4 - New Tune Old Fiddle

Release Date: 1993-01-12

Conway learns of a new chief inspector being posted to Sun Hill as Community Liaison Officer and he feels that he's been overlooked and applies for it himself without telling Brownlow.

Episode 5 - Delinquent

Release Date: 1993-01-14

Dave arrests a persistent young offender is arrested for burgling his parents house.

Episode 6 - Bringing Up Baby

Release Date: 1993-01-15

Datta investigates the sale of a missing newborn baby as she Monroe and CID are work against the clock to find her.

Episode 7 - Rainy Days & Mondays

Release Date: 1993-01-19

Loxton And Marshall get called to a women's hostel when one of the girls claims to have been indecently assaulted by the night guard Alan And Steve later get wind that the warden is up to no good herself.

Episode 8 - Supply & Demand

Release Date: 1993-01-21

Harris visits Jardine the joint founder of Operation Bumblebee while Garfield takes on a complaint about a pornographic home video of a housewife in a bubble bath leads to a result for Alistair Donna and the Sun Hill Operation Bumblebee team.

Episode 9 - On The Cards

Release Date: 1993-01-22

Martella is taken off a two-week old murder hunt to work on a case involving obscene phone calls but soon stumbles on to evidence that leads her Dave Frank and Jim to the killer.

Episode 10 - Shock To The System

Release Date: 1993-01-26

Charles returns from holiday to discover the news that Derek has been appointed new area Community Liaison Officer and Sgt Jane Kendall of Prescott Street arrives for Her Youth And Community and Section Staff Sergeant interview to pit her wits against Sun Hill's own Lamont.

Episode 11 - Living It Down

Release Date: 1993-01-28

Social worker Lynda Chambers Frank and Viv lead the search for Debbie Fisher a missing victim of abuse but instead they jointly uncover a child pornography ring.

Episode 12 - Heat Of The Moment

Release Date: 1993-01-29

A woman admits to killing her husband but insists that she did it in the heat of the moment. Viv believes her, Meadows on the other hand is convinced that the crime was premeditated.

Episode 13 - Shake Rattle N Roll

Release Date: 1993-02-02

PC Mike Jarvis has an unusual first day having to watch Charles loses his temper with Monroe over pub landlord and Known villain Terry McGill.

Episode 14 - No Thanks To You

Release Date: 1993-02-04

George has a bad day. Firstly he fails to save the life of a glue sniffer and then allows a bail absconder to escape.

Episode 15 - A Better Life

Release Date: 1993-02-05

An elderly woman disturbs an intruder in her home and Alistair is convinced that a known villain has committed the burglary, but the victim insists that he is not the culprit.

Episode 16 - Echo

Release Date: 1993-02-09

A girl goes missing and Jim and Alan suspect a known villain of murdering her until another man walks into another station and confesses.

Episode 17 - Fagins

Release Date: 1993-02-11

Frank lets Sun Hill's burglars know he and Operation Bumblebee mean business.

Episode 18 - Cried Too Late

Release Date: 1993-02-12

An arrested woman shoplifter refuses to talk to the police when Datta finally breaks through the wall of silence a tragic tale of domestic violence unfolds.

Episode 19 - Gone For A Soldier

Release Date: 1993-02-16

Ackland is teamed up with military policeman Dakin who has come to Sun Hill to find a young soldier David Armstrong who has gone Absent Without Leave with an army gun.

Episode 20 - Persuasion

Release Date: 1993-02-18

Burnside investigates when a female drug dealer is attacked by another dealer to get off his patch.

Episode 21 - Hard Man

Release Date: 1993-02-19

Greig investigates a stabbing and uncovers benefit fraud at a bed and breakfast establishment.

Episode 22 - Missionary Work

Release Date: 1993-02-23

Conway has to decide which of two grant bids he should recommend to Hicks he and Garfield want to use police funds to support a local youth club while Cato and Brownlow have their own ideas.

Episode 23 - Hypocritical Oath

Release Date: 1993-02-25

The overdose of a boy on the Cockcroft Estate enables D.C.s Woods and Carver to link registered addicts to a doctor.

Episode 24 - Trivial Pursuits

Release Date: 1993-02-26

Loxton ignores a call to a domestic argument between two lovers as a waste of time but when he is called back to the same address, he finds himself staring down the barrel of a gun.

Episode 25 - Out Of The Mouths

Release Date: 1993-03-02

Hollis takes the Bumblebee message into a local school, asking for help in the fight against burglary. One of the boys asks him to help end a domestic nightmare.

Episode 26 - Keeping In Touch

Release Date: 1993-03-04

An employee of a private security firm is identified by the elderly blind woman he assaulted.

Episode 27 - If It Isn't Hurting

Release Date: 1993-03-05

New trainee constable Croft learns some old style policing methods from Burnside.

Episode 28 - Keeping Out Of Trouble

Release Date: 1993-03-09

A woman claims to have inside information about a series of violent raids on petrol stations which are nipped in the bud by Meadows and Roach.

Episode 29 - School Of Hard Knocks

Release Date: 1993-03-11

Burnside investigates the abduction of a villain's son.

Episode 30 - A Little Family Business

Release Date: 1993-03-12

Meadows investigates a burglary gone wrong while Cato is gunning for Loxton and Stringer.

Episode 31 - Breaking The Chain

Release Date: 1993-03-16

Kendall tries to keep a young offender from a life of crime.

Episode 32 - The Fortress

Release Date: 1993-03-18

The owner of an off licence shop makes a citizen's arrest of a young shoplifter and Maitland arrests the shopkeeper for use of unreasonable force.

Episode 33 - In Broad Daylight

Release Date: 1993-03-19

While on the trail of two rapists Morgan investigates an attempted abduction and puts her life in danger.

Episode 34 - Credible Witness

Release Date: 1993-03-23

Stringer feels discredited when his description of a thief fleeing from a jeweller's shop conflicts with that of the main witness, who works in the shop.

Episode 35 - The Price Of Fame

Release Date: 1993-03-25

Page goes undercover as a model to investigate a possible scam at a modelling agency.

Episode 36 - The Short Straw

Release Date: 1993-03-26

When her car breaks down on the way to the station, DC Viv Martella misses an important CID briefing about an obbo on a suspected armed robbery, and is furious when she is taken off the case by DI Frank Burnside. As CID and SO19 wait outside the target, Martella and PC Tony Stamp follow up a simple case to arrest a suspected bag snatcher. As they wait outside the suspect's house, a van pulls up, obscuring their view. Having missed the briefing, Martella fails to recognise the van's occupants as the armed robbers, and when she approaches their van she is shot and killed. Stamp is wounded, but manages to give a description of the van which is spotted by a traffic police motorcycle. As the India 99 police helicopter and SO19 cars pursue Martella's killers across London, PC Loxton and WPC Ackland disobey Ch. Insp. Cato's orders and pursue the suspect vehicle in the Area Car. The vehicle hits a bulldozer and explodes, killing all inside.

Episode 37 - Missing

Release Date: 1993-03-30

A young man with an intellectual disability goes missing and Burnside has to deal with the consequences for the parents.

Episode 38 - Goods Received

Release Date: 1993-04-01

Greig investigates a burglary at an ailing business a case that leads him to a missing schoolboy.

Episode 39 - Double Enmity

Release Date: 1993-04-02

Woods goes undercover as a contract killer to expose a woman who wants her husband killed.

Episode 40 - Hard Evidence

Release Date: 1993-04-06

A murder investigation team arrive at Sun Hill. Meadows is uneasy at the Corby's approach who is willing to exploit his relationship with Woods to get a result regardless of the evidence.

Episode 41 - High Hopes & Low Life

Release Date: 1993-04-08

Carver and Morgan investigate a career ending attack on a promising young boxer.

Episode 42 - On The Loose

Release Date: 1993-04-09

Loxton and Garfield corner a savage pit bull terrier at an illegal dogfight while Boyden tracks down a pensioner who has turned to crime.

Episode 43 - Out Of Court

Release Date: 1993-04-13

Stamp and Ackland are keen to get a conviction against a woman for assault on a minicab driver, but she is acquitted.

Episode 44 - Bedfellows

Release Date: 1993-04-15

Chief Inspector Cato arrests two youths, actions which cause a riot outside Sun Hill station.

Episode 45 - Cat & House

Release Date: 1993-04-17

A woman is keen to be get rid of her burglar boyfriend and his fence with whom she has been having an affair.

Episode 46 - Brothers

Release Date: 1993-04-20

Two young brothers are suspected of burglary and Croft discovers that they were deserted by their mother and left to fend for themselves.

Episode 47 - Playing Away

Release Date: 1993-04-22

Ackland arrests a fifteen-year-old boy for shoplifting and finds herself investigating his relationship with a woman twenty years his senior.

Episode 48 - Coming To Terms

Release Date: 1993-04-24

The parents of a young man awaiting trial for the murder of a child are distressed when their home is broken into and they receive threatening phone call and Ackland discovers the connection.

Episode 49 - Return To Sender

Release Date: 1993-04-27

A young postwoman is beaten up but the motive is unclear and she seems unwilling to talk to the police.

Episode 50 - Sticks & Stones

Release Date: 1993-04-29

When Lines hits the jackpot during a raid, it makes an already difficult court case for Greig even harder.

Episode 51 - Tangled Webs

Release Date: 1993-05-01

A mysteriously unmotivated break-in at a garage leads Burnside to a web of sexual deception and a jealous husband's rampage.

Episode 52 - Recruiting Officer

Release Date: 1993-05-04

Maitland enlists McCann's help in reassuring a young black applicant whose wife has serious misgivings about the job but McCann is discovering racism within the force for himself.

Episode 53 - Give Em An Inch

Release Date: 1993-05-06

Cato allows a demonstration to go ahead despite being warned that it could be hijacked by racists. When things turn ugly, he is forced to reverse his previous orders.

Episode 54 - By Hook Or By Crook

Release Date: 1993-05-08

Roach is disgusted when a judge halts the trial of a man accused of crippling a police officer and decides to take matters into his own hands.

Episode 55 - Home To Roost

Release Date: 1993-05-11

Dave and Tony attend to an assault victim at the market while sergeant Kendall organises an outing and take some local kids to Chessington World of Adventures, with a reluctant Steve assigned as a last-minute replacement for an ill Ron.

Episode 56 - In Safe Hands

Release Date: 1993-05-13

Lines and Morgan arrest two members of a shoplifting team.

Episode 57 - Punch Drunk

Release Date: 1993-05-15

Called to attend to a pub brawl, PC Tony Stamp and PC Dave Quinnan are stunned to find one man unconscious and the other Sun Hill's own DS Ted Roach. Roach is taken back to the station, and while DI Frank Burnside manages to pursuade the victim to drop the charges against him, nothing can be done when Roach headbutts Insp. Andrew Monroe during a heated argument. Ch. Supt. Brownlow calls in MS15 to investigate him, but Roach turns in his warrant card and walks out of the station.

Episode 58 - Fall Out

Release Date: 1993-05-18

With the departure of Roach one of his informants wants out Burnside and Monroe investigate threats against her.

Episode 59 - Awaydays

Release Date: 1993-05-20

An elderly ex copper is in London to search for his estranged daughter and claims that he has been robbed in his hotel which Lines investigates.

Episode 60 - Pride & Joy

Release Date: 1993-05-22

When a young woman's car is stolen with a baby on board CID fear an abduction and mount a search Garfield tries to mediate with a private clamping firm.

Episode 61 - Fast Food

Release Date: 1993-05-25

Carver and Woods are caught napping when a street robber escapes from under their noses but uncover a drugs operation at a takeaway restaurant. P.C. Loxton and Sgt. Maitland are in trouble when Loxton is accused of stealing money from a drunk in the cells.

Episode 62 - Soft Touch

Release Date: 1993-05-27

Stamp's driving prowess is questioned when he fails to stop a runaway road-roller and Jarvis finds a revolver in a rubbish bin while Burnside investigates a murder confession.

Episode 63 - We Gave Him All Our Love

Release Date: 1993-05-29

When the body of a 14-year-old boy is washed up by the tide Cryer feels that he owes the parents an explanation.

Episode 64 - Hearts & Minds

Release Date: 1993-06-01

Burnside disagrees with Conway's approach to a young offender.

Episode 65 - Cry Baby

Release Date: 1993-06-03

Page and Monroe attend what appears to be a cot death, but it transpires that the baby has a head injury Meadows investigates.

Episode 66 - A Willing Victim

Release Date: 1993-06-05

Garfield introduces a boxer friend to a business manager but Pearce has the manager under investigation.

Episode 67 - Rank Outsider

Release Date: 1993-06-08

Loxton's prisoner is released after Page makes a mistake in the CAD room whilst Loxton and Jarvis try to get the prisoner back before Cato finds out.

Episode 68 - Tender Mercies

Release Date: 1993-06-10

Datta assists a woman who has reported her husband missing while Lines uncovers a loan-sharking operation.

Episode 69 - Double Take

Release Date: 1993-06-12

Greig and Croft investigate a burglary the property is found in a garden shed but was it stolen?

Episode 70 - Mouth & Trousers

Release Date: 1993-06-15

Stringer clashes with Cato about a serious shortage of officers and the ban on overtime meanwhile two families fight out their differences.

Episode 71 - Uses & Abuses

Release Date: 1993-06-16

A woman walking home late at night thinks she is being followed by a young man and blinds him with oven cleaner. Is it self-defence or assault?

Episode 72 - Picking A Winner

Release Date: 1993-06-19

P.C. Quinnan goes undercover as a refuse collector to investigate a series of burglaries.

Episode 73 - Broken

Release Date: 1993-06-22

Insp. Monroe deals with the case of an alcoholic former coal miner who tries to organise exploited workers.

Episode 74 - Insider Dealing

Release Date: 1993-06-24

A prisoner admits to crimes he didn't commit to gain a transfer.

Episode 75 - To Have & To Hold

Release Date: 1993-06-26

A woman alleges rape by her estranged husband, but he insists that she consented. D.I. Burnside investigates.

Episode 76 - Honour Among Thieves

Release Date: 1993-06-29

D.I. Burnside questions three robbers after a botched getaway and is given conflicting stories as they try to incriminate one another.

Episode 77 - Somebody To Love

Release Date: 1993-07-01

W.P.C. Datta tries to help a battered wife. W.P.C. Ackland and D.S. Greig find some strange connections when a housebreaking is linked to a lonely hearts advert.

Episode 78 - Morning Has Broken

Release Date: 1993-07-03

Monroe acts quickly after a tip-off about a robbery at a supermarket. Meanwhile CID try to foil a kidnapping and robbery plot, only to be impeded by lack of resources.

Episode 79 - Swaps

Release Date: 1993-07-06

P.C. Loxton and Garfield swap jobs. Loxton has to deal with the new screen phones in the CAD room, while Garfield attends a fatal RTA.

Episode 80 - Trust

Release Date: 1993-07-08

D.S. Greig suspects that his informant is giving him the run around, but it becomes clear that she is being fed false information.

Episode 81 - Divided We Fall

Release Date: 1993-07-10

A man found knocking on old people's doors turns out to be suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and attempting to contact family members. Sgt. Cryer realises that one old lady has cause to be afraid.

Episode 82 - A Duty Of Care

Release Date: 1993-07-13

Sgt. Cryer and P.C. Garfield attend a warehouse where a seventeen-year-old boy has fallen from a forklift truck to his death. Cryer is convinced it was no accident.

Episode 83 - Family Values

Release Date: 1993-07-15

P.C. Jarvis assists the investigation into a violent lorry hijack, where the driver suffered a fatal head injury.

Episode 84 - A Matter Of Life & Death

Release Date: 1993-07-17

An elderly man is arrested for beating his wife, but the couple have a bigger secret to hide. P.C. Quinnan is guilty of dangerous driving.

Episode 85 - Kith & Kin

Release Date: 1993-07-20

When a woman is hospitalised, her son burgles her house and steals money, and her daughter starts to strip the house of its contents. Garfield and Marshall are forced to change their minds about a young offender who has befriended the woman, and to whom she has bequeathed her house.

Episode 86 - Part Of The Family

Release Date: 1993-07-22

The theft of a necklace reveals a case of domestic violence against a young Bangladeshi woman. Police examine immigration laws and find that she has no freedom at all.

Episode 87 - Mighty Atoms

Release Date: 1993-07-24

Hours after a tough warning from Ch. Insp. Conway, a notorious young offender is in trouble again. He holds the clue to the whereabouts of a missing teenager.

Episode 88 - A Malicious Prosecution

Release Date: 1993-07-27

A civil action is brought against P.C. Garfield, W.P.C. Marshall and Sgt. Cryer for wrongful arrest, malicious prosecution and false imprisonment. Meanwhile, P.C. Quinnan is accused of assaulting a college student.

Episode 89 - Outbreak

Release Date: 1993-07-29

A violent remand prisoner escapes from hospital. W.D.S. Morgan and W.P.C. Croft question the prison officers who fell asleep while guarding him.

Episode 90 - Unreliable Witness

Release Date: 1993-07-31

A timid music teacher is intimidated by a violent ex-pupil. Ch. Insp. Cato is furious when P.C. Garfield lets a thief get away.

Episode 91 - Sweet Charity

Release Date: 1993-08-03

P.C.s Hollis and Stamp are caught in the crossfire when a mother and daughter fall out over a mutual boyfriend. Sgt. Cryer pursues bogus charity workers.

Episode 92 - David & Goliath

Release Date: 1993-08-05

A mother refuses to testify against her husband, accused of abusing their 14-year-old son. P.C. Jarvis intercedes on the boy's behalf.

Episode 93 - What A Pair

Release Date: 1993-08-07

A man working for an illegal escort agency seems to be stealing cash and credit cards from his female clients. W.P.C. Ackland arranges a date with him.

Episode 94 - Desirable Property

Release Date: 1993-08-10

There is series of break-ins at properties sold through a single agency. P.C. Quinnan enlists the assistance of an estate agent.

Episode 95 - Blind Spot

Release Date: 1993-08-12

P.C. Jarvis and McCann know who is guilty of assault, but can't prove it. D.S. Pearce suggests that they should claim to have witnessed the incident.

Episode 96 - Carrying The Load

Release Date: 1993-08-14

W.D.S. Morgan and D.C. Lines investigate a lorry hijack. The husband of the depot owner is seriously assaulted.

Episode 97 - Deadly Weapon

Release Date: 1993-08-17

The life of an unborn child hangs in the balance following a road traffic accident. The investigation uncovers a trail of corruption.

Episode 98 - All The Wrong Connections

Release Date: 1993-08-19

A girl accused of knocking down a young woman in the street has an alibi. D.C.I. Meadows crosses swords with an old enemy.

Episode 99 - Give & Take

Release Date: 1993-08-21

W.P.C. Polly Page sees W.D.S. Sally Johnson from Stafford Row plant drugs on a known dealer.

Episode 100 - Desperate Measures

Release Date: 1993-08-24

A 15-year-old boy is driven to desperate measures. W.P.C. Ackland has to decide whether he or his mother is at risk.

Episode 101 - To Catch A Thief

Release Date: 1993-08-26

D.C. Carver arrests a pickpocket.

Episode 102 - Natural Reaction

Release Date: 1993-08-28

D.C. Carver catches a fourteen-year-old thief. He and D.C. Lines question a man about his relationship with the girl.

Episode 103 - Desperate Remedies

Release Date: 1993-08-31

PC Garfield is tasked with retrieving an ill boy's inhaler but comes up against a series of other problems whilst doing so.

Episode 104 - Bright Lights

Release Date: 1993-09-02

CID investigate attempts at sexual assault by an electrician who turns out to have connections with the local psychiatric hospital. W.D.S. Morgan puts herself on the line to catch him.

Episode 105 - Bare Faced Lies

Release Date: 1993-09-04

CID investigate the sale of stolen cigarettes and alcohol to pubs in the Sun Hill area. D.I. Burnside comes to the aid of an old friend, and D.S. Pearce goes to see a stripper.

Episode 106 - But Not Forgotten

Release Date: 1993-09-07

An important visitor comes to Sun Hill to see D.I. Burnside, but he is gone.

Episode 107 - Push

Release Date: 1993-09-09

W.P.C. Page gets stuck in a lift with a pregnant 15-year-old girl and has to assist with the birth.

Episode 108 - Bad Reaction

Release Date: 1993-09-10

Det. Insp. Harry Haines arrives for his first day at Sun Hill and helps track down a drug dealer who is distributing dangerous tablets.

Episode 109 - Compliments Of The Service

Release Date: 1993-09-15

A public relations exercise by Ch. Supt. Brownlow is threatened by a drugs raid on the Jasmine Allen estate.

Episode 110 - Game Of Two Halves

Release Date: 1993-09-16

W.D.C. Croft is in uniform for the day, to Ch. Insp. Cato's delight.

Episode 111 - The Knowledge

Release Date: 1993-09-18

D.I. Haines gets involved in a war between an Asian minicab firm and a black cab operator.

Episode 112 - No Place Like Home

Release Date: 1993-09-21

Residents from the Greenfield Estate protest about the presence of an absconder from a nearby unit for young offenders.

Episode 113 - Customer Care

Release Date: 1993-09-23

D.I. Haines is annoyed by a young man who refuses to take an allegation of rape seriously. P.C. Loxton looks after two children left alone by their mother and who have stolen £100 from a neighbour.

Episode 114 - The Right Man For The Job

Release Date: 1993-09-25

Sgt. Boyden deals with a case of joyriding which ends with a crash and uncovers an insurance fraud.

Episode 115 - A Day In The Life Of

Release Date: 1993-09-28

A woman parks her car with P.C. Loxton's permission, but it gets clamped. Loxton is unable to prevent a young man from committing suicide and blames Ch. Insp. Conway's parking initiative.

Episode 116 - Having What It Takes

Release Date: 1993-09-30

When the youngest member of a notorious crime family comes into the station to confess to a three-year-old murder, D.C.I. Meadows hopes he will be able to clear up a case from his time at AMIP.

Episode 117 - Play the Game

Release Date: 1993-10-02

Chief Inspector Cato's bullish tactics put noses out of joint, after a pub brawl turns into a murder enquiry.

Episode 118 - Unlucky For Some

Release Date: 1993-10-05

One of the employees at a bingo hall reveals that a robbery there was an inside job.

Episode 119 - Gift Of The Gab

Release Date: 1993-10-07

D.S. Pearce and W.P.C. Croft investigate bogus callers who are stealing people's pension money.

Episode 120 - A Class Act

Release Date: 1993-10-09

When a drugs raid fails to deliver, it is D.C. Carver's dislike of a customer that reaps unexpected results.

Episode 121 - Dangerous Trade

Release Date: 1993-10-12

A tragic accident involving a teenage boy alerts W.P.C. Page and P.C. Quinnan to an illegal trade in imported alcohol.

Episode 122 - Cheating Heart

Release Date: 1993-10-14

A man has persuaded two women to lend him money for a bar in Spain. The trouble starts when they find out about one another. Sgt. Boyden deals with the consequences.

Episode 123 - Somewhere To Hang My Hat

Release Date: 1993-10-16

An old soldier is found at the bottom of a flight of stairs, but did he fall or was he pushed? D.C. Lines and W.D.S. Morgan have their suspicions.

Episode 124 - No Comment

Release Date: 1993-10-19

An old man has been murdered in his flat. D.C.I. Meadows has two suspects in custody, but both claim the right to silence.

Episode 125 - Shrinkage

Release Date: 1993-10-21

Sgt. Cryer convinces Ch. Supt. Brownlow of the virtues of an arrest referral scheme offering counselling to those arrested on drugs offences. W.P.C. Ackland and P.C. Quinnan act to stop a gang of professional shoplifters.

Episode 126 - Street Legal

Release Date: 1993-10-23

P.C. Loxton investigates an assault and uncovers a ring of car thieves. P.C. Hollis launches a one-man public relations drive.

Episode 127 - The Green Eyed Monster

Release Date: 1993-10-26

D.I. Haines works with AMIP on a murder investigation and uncovers some secrets in the victim's past.

Episode 128 - Behind Closed Doors

Release Date: 1993-10-28

An Indian woman is the victim of domestic violence. The husband is arrested, but community leaders attempt to secure his release so that he can be dealt with by the woman's family.

Episode 129 - Links In The Chain

Release Date: 1993-10-30

Sgt. Cryer and P.C. Garfield investigate a break-in at a storage warehouse, putting Meadows on the trail of a small-time drug dealer with heavyweight connections.

Episode 130 - Care In The Community

Release Date: 1993-11-02

An old woman is found dead in an empty house and Quinnan and Garfield are called in to investigate. Jarvis arrests a violent youth for assault.

Episode 131 - You Don't Always Get What You Want

Release Date: 1993-11-04

Quinnan and Ackland support a C.I.D. raid on the house of a burglary suspect. Croft and Greig persuade a young mother to help with their inquiries.

Episode 132 - Reason To Believe

Release Date: 1993-11-06

Haines and Morgan work on a murder investigation with AMIP when a body is found after an office party.

Episode 133 - Let Slip

Release Date: 1993-11-09

Page and Jarvis are called to deal when two rottweilers terrorise a shopping centre and attack a young girl.

Episode 134 - Until Proven Guilty

Release Date: 1993-11-11

Steele and Ackland find a man who has been beaten up to dissuade him from testifying against a vicious loan shark. The C.P.S. suggests dropping the case but Meadows secures the assistance of a lesser villain to get the evidence for a prosecution.

Episode 135 - The Hard Sell

Release Date: 1993-11-13

Quinnan witnesses a robbery. He suspects that a derelict shop is being used as an auction house for stolen property.

Episode 136 - Consequences

Release Date: 1993-11-16

Meadows and Morgan lead a raid on a club in pursuit of a drug dealer who is laundering money through car sales.

Episode 137 - A Question Of Identity

Release Date: 1993-11-18

A neighbour spots an HIV-positive drug addict breaking into a house.

Episode 138 - Cutting Edge

Release Date: 1993-11-20

Polly and Gary are called to the Parkmead Estate about a burglary at a flat which results in the wife assaulted and taken to St Hughes. The husband came home and discovered the burglar still there. When Polly talks to the husband at the hospital, he is very upset. He tells Polly and Gary what happened when he saw the burglar and says he chopped off 3 of the burglar's fingers when they were in the kitchen. the fingers were put into a jar of gherkins. Alan Woods tries to get the jar put into the canteen fridge but one of the canteen workers threatens to close down the canteen if it goes into the fridge. So he puts them into the fridge in the conference room. Tosh and Jim interview a patient who has lost 3 fingers who claims his fingers were caught in a lorry door.

Episode 139 - Put Down

Release Date: 1993-11-23

An invalid is found dead in bed, and the wife is charged with aiding and abetting a suicide.

Episode 140 - Left Behind

Release Date: 1993-11-25

A convicted wife-beater has been released on parole. He, his wife and son all end up in Sun Hill on suspicion of violent assaults.

Episode 141 - Real Villains

Release Date: 1993-11-27

Croft and Cryer examine the remains of a burned-out car on the Whitegate estate, where residents are concerned about the increase in lawlessness.

Episode 142 - Questionable Judgement

Release Date: 1993-11-30

A homeless man is found murdered and a teenage girl has gone missing.

Episode 143 - Taking Care Of Business

Release Date: 1993-12-02

A store participating in Conway's business watch scheme has been burgled, and one of the suspects is beaten up.

Episode 144 - The Law In Their Hands

Release Date: 1993-12-04

Steele and Garfield arrest a father and son who assaulted the man they believe burgled their house. Loxton and Quinnan catch the real thief.

Episode 145 - Cause For Complaint

Release Date: 1993-12-07

Monroe investigates a complaint about an unattended emergency call, which the victim attributes to racial prejudice.

Episode 146 - Blood Counts

Release Date: 1993-12-09

A postman is attacked, and Carver discovers the remains of a mailbag in the embers of a fire. Pearce struggles with a false confession. McCann is in trouble over a false arrest.

Episode 147 - Hurting Inside

Release Date: 1993-12-11

A convicted burglar absconds while on day release from prison.

Episode 148 - Corroboration

Release Date: 1993-12-14

Carver and Jarvis are in court, but the case against a man accused of robbing a couple at knife point may fall because of poor identification evidence.

Episode 149 - Death Of A Ladies' Man

Release Date: 1993-12-16

A woman reports her husband missing. Greig and Croft establish that the man is a bigamist and an armed robber.

Episode 150 - An Ill Wind

Release Date: 1993-12-18

A body is retrieved from a building yard after a deadly toxic gas was fed through the building.

Episode 151 - Keep On Trucking

Release Date: 1993-12-21

While Garfield is giving tickets, a truck does a right hand turn and then the driver does a runner leaving the truck in the middle of the road. Tony and George have an argument after the truck is parked in the yard blocking access. Cato gets the truck moved back out. George checks the truck's travel disk. Tony and Norika find a front door open and find the house burgled and the occupants on holiday. A lady reports a burglary next door while the occupants are on holiday. It is the 3rd holiday burglary this month. CID are trying to find the link between the 3. Dave is told that a truck fitting the description was seen at the burglary. Donna finds out that all 3 holiday goers used the same coach firm to get to the airport.

Episode 152 - A Family Trait

Release Date: 1993-12-23

A house is broken into and Greig thinks he knows who did it. Greig visits the suspect's house. The injured boy's watch turns up in the bed of the suspect's son's. Polly is sent to St. Hughes to investigate an assault. The mother of the boy thinks it is bullying and that her son is not the only one. Her son's watch is missing. The school is unco-operative with D. S. Morgan. The injured boy gives Morgan the name of Greig's suspect's son.

Episode 153 - Paid In Full

Release Date: 1993-12-24

Ram raiders attempt to break into an Asain electrical store. Sgt. Boyden and George stop ithile Dave gives chase to another of the raiders. One of the neighbouring store owners brings in a bottle of stotch for Sgt. Boyden and the store owners give him a CD player. Monroe is not happy that Boyden was given something. Woods is sent to check on stolen money at B.P.C. Software. The suspect is an ex offender. When interviewed, the suspect claims she was set up because the security officer tried to assault her like he had with another employee.

Episode 154 - Cause For Concern

Release Date: 1993-12-28

Steve and Dave are talking when a speeding driver goes past. The driver tells Dave that the hospital had just rang and her husband was critical. Suzy calls on the driver because she returned home to find it burgled. Dave and Steve are sent to check out the address of the lady at the hospital(that Danny overhears) and surprises 2 blokes. While Tony is driving the burglars' van, one of them get into the van and tells Tony to get a move on. Tony and Norika are called to check a domestic disturbance. Norika is concerned about the asian wife. The husband is very dominating. The domestic starts again. On entering the house Norika and Tony find the husband stabbed and his wife in shock with a knife in her hand. Norika didn't notice the knife at first. The wife claims it was an accident. While Danny is at the hospital checking on the victim, he overhears a lady asking about her husband who is supposed to be injured at the hospital. Woods talks to friends of the couple and their d

Episode 155 - Nothing Ventured

Release Date: 1993-12-31

George is chasing a suspect but loses him. Steve searches the area and spots him. When caught he has just dropped some LSD tabs. The suspect tries to do a deal with the D.I. about getting bail to attend his brother's wedding. Regional Crime Squad:Drugs are in the station and organising a raid on the factory. Meadows gets upset because of a missing witness and Meadows wants the D.I. to go and talk to the witness. The D.I. wants to be in on the drug raid. Haines talks to the very scared witness. Haines is head hunted back to the drug squad. Meadows is not happy when told by Brownlow.