Jim Carver

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Jim Carver
Mark Wingett as DS Jim Carver
First appearance	Woodentop (16/08/1983)
Last appearance	#289a (24/02/05)
Cause/reason	Left Sun Hill
Portrayed by	Mark Wingett
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Occupation	Police Officer
Title	Detective Sergeant

James Michael "Jim" Carver is a fictional character, a police officer in the long running ITV drama The Bill. He was played by Mark Wingett from 1983-2005.

[edit] Woodentop

PC Jim Carver began his career in Berryfields as a probationer at Sun Hill, appearing in the pilot episode, "Woodentop". He had already made up his mind that he was going to remain a uniformed police officer for the remainder of his career and was adamant that he was not destined for CID.

[edit] CID

Despite his vow not to transfer to CID, Jim later becomes a Detective Constable,where Detective Inspector Frank Burnside becomes a mentor for him. He remains in CID for 12 years when he is demoted back to uniform having never been recommended for promotion. His career then goes into decline, due mainly to his increased dependency on alcohol. His alcoholism almost costs him his job, but he is able to transfer back into uniform after rehabilitation, where he begins to rebuild his reputation. Carver then joins the Community Safety Unit, where he really tries to make a go of it; he later returns to CID.

[edit] Marriage

[edit] Marie Carver

Jim Carver's first marriage is to Marie Graham, a victim of crime who he had liaised with at one point. This marriage fails, however, when Marie also turns out to be an alcoholic and physically abuses Jim. She is later sectioned and the two divorce.

[edit] June Carver

Sergant June Ackland, who also appears in "Woodentop" as a WPC, had been a close friend of Jim Carver's and they had a relationship before his marriage to Marie Carver. After the divorce they are able to get closer again and eventually they marry. Despite staying sober after his rehabilitation, Carver adopts a gambling addiction. He accrues massive debts and eventually leaves Sun Hill, leaving wife June to come out of retirement to repay the debts.

[edit] Jim's return

Jim Carver later returns to Sun Hill and it is revealed that he had been sent by Greater Manchester Police to track down and arrest a suspect that had come to Sun Hill to escape the law. Carver returns as a DS, having been promoted from a DC.

Whilst tracking the suspect down, both June and Jim are kidnapped, although the staff at Sun Hill are able to locate them and send in armed support to rescue them and arrest their kidnapper, Pat Headly.

[edit] References

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