The Bill (series 13)
| The Bill Series 13 | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 152 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Original run |
2 January 1997 – 30 December 1997 |
The 13th series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 152 episodes, broadcast between 2 January and 30 December 1997. On 3 April 2013, The Bill Series 13 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 13 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia).
Cast changes
Arrivals
- DC Tom Proctor
- PC Luke Ashton
- PC Sam Harker
Departures
- PC Nick Slater
- PC Steve Loxton
Episodes
| # | Title | Episode notes | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Old Pals' Act" | Neil Reidman guest stars. | Chris Lovett | Edwin Pearce | 2 January 1997 |
| Conway leads a raid on an after-hours pub, but during the raid, both Hollis and Keane are injured. Meanwhile, McCann and Slater stop a young boy trying to make an exit through the fire escape and find him in possession of cannabis and a substantial amount of money. Brownlow is called in when the boy is discovered to be the son of the local district judge. | |||||
| 2 | "All's Fair" | David Sibley guest stars. | Ian White | Rosamund Orde-Powlett | 3 January 1997 |
| McCann and Keane investigate when a man is found mugged having been sprayed in the face with Mace. Hours later, a woman arrives at the station claiming to have been attacked by a mysterious assailant, whom she rebuffed with Mace. Daly has to work out which party is telling the truth, and to prove it decides to speak to one of the man's previous victims. | |||||
| 3 | "Man Trap" | Martin Freeman, Paul Panting and Jill Halfpenny guest star. | Peter Lydon | Nick Crittenden | 9 January 1997 |
| Quinnan and Blake investigate when a teenage boy is been found dead from an electric shock in the flat of one of his neighbours. Initial suspicion falls upon a poor DIY job to wire up an outside light, but when Ackland and McCann discover that the victim and his brother were blackmailing local residents over tenancy agreements, another motive comes to light. | |||||
| 4 | "Bad Debt" | Michelle Butterly and Derek Martin guest star. | Jo Shoop | Clive Dawson | 10 January 1997 |
| Beech and Croft investigate the theft of a loan shark's records, but Beech's prior acquaintance with the victim proves to be an issue for Croft. Meanwhile, Ackland and Page investigate when a young girl comes to the station to report a loan shark who has been hassling her mother - and uniform and CID find an interesting link between the two cases. | |||||
| 5 | "Professional Opinion" | Gordon Salkilld guest stars. | Peter Lydon | Nigel Baldwin | 14 January 1997 |
| Daly and Skase investigate the death by overdose of the son of a drug-addicted woman. | |||||
| 6 | "Testament" | Chris Lovett | Peter J. Hammond | 16 January 1997 | |
| Croft and Boulton investigate the sudden death of an apparently healthy, but secretive woman. | |||||
| 7 | "A Policeman's Lot" | Vicky Entwistle, Kenneth MacDonald and Bruce Byron guest star. | Ian White | Clive Dawson | 17 January 1997 |
| Garfield objects when the officers of Sun Hill are forced to work with security guards following a vicious mugging and a burglary. | |||||
| 8 | "The Devil You Know" | René Zagger guest stars. | Tom Cotter | Andrew Rattenbury | 21 January 1997 |
| Garfield and Keane attend to a girl who collapses at a party after taking Ecstasy. Her father is convinced that she has been influenced by her boyfriend, but his faith in his daughter may not be justified. | |||||
| 9 | "Once Bitten" | Rebecca Lacey and Dean Harris guest stars. | Mandy Honeyman | David G. McDonagh | 23 January 1997 |
| Greig investigates a drug smuggling ring. The wife of one of the suspects is one of Boyden's former lovers and she suggests giving their relationship a second chance. | |||||
| 10 | "Turnaround" | Tony Guilfoyle guest stars. | Chris Lovett | Graham Mitchell | 24 January 1997 |
| Meadows and Deakin investigate the disappearance of a convicted paedophile following a campaign of harassment. | |||||
| 11 | "Over the Fence" | June Page guest stars. | Simon Meyers | Renny Krupinski | 28 January 1997 |
| Cryer and Loxton go to the scene of a disturbance between neighbours they manage to calm the situation down but when Steve recognises one of the neighbours from when he arrested him once a few years ago for burglary and then sees outside his house the box for an expensive computer which he suspects is stolen he and Bob find themselves drawn into another argument between the two couples when they're both found to be in possession of computer equipment stolen during a ram raid robbery of a factory and each one claims to have bought it from the other. | |||||
| 12 | "Grey Area" | Fiona Victory and Adjoa Andoh guest star. | Jane Prowse | Nicholas McInerny | 30 January 1997 |
| Meadows and Rawton investigate a doctor accused of killing a terminally-ill patient in his care. | |||||
| 13 | "One Big Happy Family" | John Bruce | Steve Handley | 31 January 1997 | |
| Garfield complains that Brownlow and Conway are out touch with real police work brings an unexpected response. | |||||
| 14 | "The Eye of the Beholder" | Doña Croll, Jonathan Newth and Graham Cull guest star. | Chris Lovett | Margaret Phelan | 4 February 1997 |
| Datta is trying to secure a conviction in a domestic violence case, but the victim unwittingly leaves out important details when giving evidence. | |||||
| 15 | "Say a Little Prayer" | Jo Shoop | James Mavor | 6 February 1997 | |
| Quinnan and Page try to find the culprit who threw a television set from the balcony of a block of flats and narrowly missed Slater. | |||||
| 16 | "Downfall" | Helen Blatch guest stars. | Brian Parker | Peter J. Hammond | 7 February 1997 |
| Daly and Skase investigate after a man is found dead at the foot of the stairs in his apartment block. | |||||
| 17 | "True to Life Player" | Dannielle Brent guest stars. | Simon Meyers | Tunde Babalola | 11 February 1997 |
| Boulton and Carver investigate an allegation that a football star raped a young fan. | |||||
| 18 | "Take Away" | Adrian J. Fearnley | Richard Stoneman | 13 February 1997 | |
| Ackland investigates a complaint from a prisoner that he was given a pizza topped with cigarette ends. | |||||
| 19 | "Your Call Too" | Chris Gascoyne guest stars. | Nick Laughland | David Hoskins | 14 February 1997 |
| Croft and Skase disagree when they have to choose between investigating an assault charge and a cocaine deal. | |||||
| 20 | "Breaking Up" | Denise Welch guest stars. | Jan Sargent | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 18 February 1997 |
| Rawton investigates a woman's claims that her ex-husband's mistress is trying to kill her. | |||||
| 21 | "A Price to Pay" | Miranda Pleasence guest stars. | Edward Blum | Carolyn Sally Jones | 20 February 1997 |
| Boulton tries to trap a roomful of crooks, but Greig gets his man. | |||||
| 22 | "Just Looking" | Paul Bown and Cheryl Hall guest star. | Tom Cotter | Chris Ould | 21 February 1997 |
| Boyden deals with a man stopped for soliciting who claims he was searching for his missing daughter. | |||||
| 23 | "A Tangled Web" | Jeremy Silberston | Tony Lindsay | 27 February 1997 | |
| Deakin and Croft investigate when a man is found shot with his brother's wife, as two unhappy marriages reach crisis point. | |||||
| 24 | "Rolling In It" | Jane Hazlegrove guest stars. | Nick Laughland | Jimmy Gardner | 28 February 1997 |
| Slater and Quinnan find drugs in a Lamborghini, but the owner blames his unemployed brother-in-law. | |||||
| 25 | "Added Bonus" | Kim Taylforth guest stars. | Nigel Douglas | Julian Spilsbury | 4 March 1997 |
| Greig tries to establish why a man has confessed to a burglary that he didn't commit. | |||||
| 26 | "Holding On" | Robyn Moore guest stars. | Brian Parker | Kevin Scouler | 6 March 1997 |
| Cryer and Blake respond to a young man's claim that his stolen car had his four-month-old baby inside. | |||||
| 27 | "Crime Management" | Jamie Foreman guest stars. | Catherine Morshead | J. C. Wilsher | 7 March 1997 |
| Lines is forced into action when Deakin complains that he hasn't recruited an informant for months. | |||||
| 28 | "Age Gaps" | Jan Sargent | Julian Perkins | 11 March 1997 | |
| Boulton and Rawton try to persuade a teenage girl to turn informant after her boyfriend is attacked by drug dealers. | |||||
| 29 | "In the Dark" | Hour-long episode, Charles Dale guest stars. | Robin Sheppard | Tom Needham | 12 March 1997 |
| Skase hopes that information provided by a blind woman after a burglary may help to catch a dangerous serial killer. | |||||
| 30 | "Crying Wolf" | George Rossi guest stars. | Catherine Morshead | Edwin Pearce | 13 March 1997 |
| Monroe is called in to mediate when a former mental patient is accused of threatening behaviour by his elderly neighbours. | |||||
| 31 | "Confidence" | Elaine Lordan guest stars. | Gill Wilkinson | Philip Kingston | 14 March 1997 |
| Keane uses information supplied by a friend to help C.I.D. in an operation against a drug dealer. | |||||
| 32 | "All For Love" | Bruce Alexander and Jo Kendall guest star. | Gill Wilkinson | Tony Mulholland | 18 March 1997 |
| Greig and Lines investigate an assault on a man who has previously killed two people in a drink-driving accident, and suspect that a relative may have sought natural justice. | |||||
| 33 | "Only the Lonely" | Louisa Lytton, Angela Bruce and Andrew Powell guest star. | Martin Hutchings | Clive Dawson | 20 March 1997 |
| Deakin and Skase investigate a fire, and find that a mother's grief has had unexpected repercussions. | |||||
| 34 | "Copier" | Harry Bradbeer | Simon Tyrrell | 21 March 1997 | |
| Rawton investigates the assault of a woman in her new flat and tries to link the attack to an unsolved case. | |||||
| 35 | "Fashion Victims" | Jeremy Silberston | Gwyneth Hughes | 25 March 1997 | |
| Slater and Garfield arrest a boy for selling stolen goods. | |||||
| 36 | "Hook, Line and Sinker" | Vicki Pepperdine and Zig Byfield guest star. | Justin Hardy | Ben Cooper | 27 March 1997 |
| Beech investigates a woman who uses her sexuality to con her business partner and clients. | |||||
| 37 | "No Claims Bonus" | Justin Hardy | Nicholas McInerny | 28 March 1997 | |
| Croft is concerned when Boulton decides to use a former colleague, now down on his luck, as an informant. | |||||
| 38 | "Joker" | Alan Ford and Desmond McNamara guest star. | Martin Hutchings | Katharine Way | 31 March 1997 |
| Beech and Croft investigate the killing of a stand-up comic. | |||||
| 39 | "Typecast" | Shirin Taylor and Ian Thompson guest star. | Mandy Honeyman | Isabelle Grey | 1 April 1997 |
| Boyden and Page try to find who is responsible for a series of graffiti attacks. | |||||
| 40 | "A Hard Rain" | John Bruce | Stephen McAteer | 3 April 1997 | |
| Boulton and Croft have to deal with rival drug dealers when a customer suffers tragic consequences. | |||||
| 41 | "Rings On Her Fingers" | Chris Lovett | Simon Moss | 4 April 1997 | |
| Jarvis and Rawton investigate the ram raiding of a shop. | |||||
| 42 | "Strange Meeting" | Ron Donachie and Chrissie Cotterill guest star. | Jo Shoop | Len Collin | 8 April 1997 |
| Conway coordinates the search for an escaped sex offender and a missing teenager who was last seen in his company. | |||||
| 43 | "A Bitter Pill" | Sarah Harding | Barry Simner | 10 April 1997 | |
| Rawton and Skase investigate an attempted suicide by an ill woman, and suspect her son and daughter of assisting her. | |||||
| 44 | "Dial 'M' For Marmalade" | Charles Kay guest stars. | Sarah Harding | Edward Canford-Dumas | 11 April 1997 |
| Meadows investigates a murder by strangulation and suspects the homeless schizophrenic man whom the victim had befriended. | |||||
| 45 | "Sisters" | David Quilter guest stars. | Gwennan Sage | Chris Lang | 15 April 1997 |
| Daly and Croft investigate the suspicious death of one of three sisters. | |||||
| 46 | "Flesh and Blood" | Tracey Wilkinson guest stars. | Nigel Douglas | Anne Downey | 17 April 1997 |
| Beech investigates the sudden death of a baby on the night that his parents celebrated their anniversary. | |||||
| 47 | "Parklife" | Nigel Douglas | Stephen Plaice | 18 April 1997 | |
| Loxton and W.P.C. Keane deal with the burglary of a pharmacy and a violent stabbing. | |||||
| 48 | "Two's Company" | Jo Shoop | Nigel Baldwin | 22 April 1997 | |
| Greig and Croft investigate a burglary and discover that the married householder had been in contact with a girl through a "lonely hearts" column. | |||||
| 49 | "Inside Edge" | David Ashford guest stars. | John Bruce | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 25 April 1997 |
| Meadows and Rawton investigate the assault of a prison officer. | |||||
| 50 | "You and Me Versus the World" | Heather Peace guest stars. | Ged Maguire | Rod Beacham | 29 April 1997 |
| Boulton and Lines investigate a vicious hammer attack. | |||||
| 51 | "Pay Back" | Jonathan Hacker | Patrick Melanaphy | 1 May 1997 | |
| Beech and Carver investigate a vicious attack, but have to piece the evidence together when neither the suspect nor victim can remember what happened. | |||||
| 52 | "A Place of Your Own" | Barry Ewart guest stars. | Michael Cocker | Kevin Scouler | 2 May 1997 |
| Garfield and Page search for a missing teenager and come across a man who exploits children in care. | |||||
| 53 | "Don't Want to Hear the Bad News" | John Joyce guest stars. | Jonathan Hacker | Paul Mousley | 6 May 1997 |
| Daly and Skase investigate a burglary and uncover a deep rift between the suspect's girlfriend and her mother. | |||||
| 54 | "It's Good to Talk" | Gwennan Sage | Julian Spilsbury | 8 May 1997 | |
| Monroe coordinates a search for the victims of a kidnapping. | |||||
| 55 | "Split Second" | Kelly George guest stars. | Ged Maguire | Candy Denman | 9 May 1997 |
| Page ends up in a hostage situation following a failed armed robbery. | |||||
| 56 | "Old Fools" | Brian Parker | Ben Cooper | 13 May 1997 | |
| Greig and Croft enlist the help of two pensioners to trap a team of burglars. | |||||
| 57 | "Auld Lang Syne" | Howell Evans guest stars. | Michael Cocker | Terry Hodgkinson | 15 May 1997 |
| Page and Slater find an apologetic stranger in an elderly couple's back garden, but when Rawton digs deeper into his background his motives for being there seem more suspicious than he made out. | |||||
| 58 | "Warnings" | Brian Parker | Peter J. Hammond | 16 May 1997 | |
| Boyden and Datta respond to an apparent sighting of a missing woman by her daughter. | |||||
| 59 | "Calling Time" | John Bruce | Edwin Pearce | 20 May 1997 | |
| Boulton and Rawton investigate when a pub landlord is run over after giving Boulton information. | |||||
| 60 | "Black and Blue" | Fay Ripley guest stars. | Mike Vardy | Matthew Leys | 22 May 1997 |
| Jarvis and Keane arrest a nanny for stealing from her employers. | |||||
| 61 | "A Bunch of Fives" | Chris Lovett | Tom Needham | 23 May 1997 | |
| Shock waves strike Sun Hill when Beech is found beaten unconscious in an alleyway. Uniform and CID join forces to find his attackers. | |||||
| 62 | "Short, Sharp, Shock" | Su Elliott, Ray Trickett and Stephanie Fayerman guest star. | Tania Diez | Mark Illis | 27 May 1997 |
| Boulton and Skase investigate a mugging, but the victim's father takes the law into his own hands | |||||
| 63 | "Get You Back" | Dominic Lees | Simon Tyrrell | 29 May 1997 | |
| Quinnan and Keane deal with a teenage girl with a broken nose who claims that her ex-boyfriend assaulted her. | |||||
| 64 | "Powers of Persuasion" | Tania Diez | Graham Mitchell | 30 May 1997 | |
| Rawton and Boulton have to decide whether to find the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run incident, or to prosecute the witness. | |||||
| 65 | "A Rock and a Hard Place" | Barbara Marten and Catherine Tate guest star. | Mike Vardy | Matthew Wingett | 3 June 1997 |
| Deakin and Carver come under pressure from Conway to find a vicious robber who has been preying on elderly victims. | |||||
| 66 | "The Wrath of God" | Brian Bovell guest stars. | Audrey Cooke | Terry Hodgkinson | 5 June 1997 |
| Skase and Carver have to deal with a preacher who specialises in dodgy miracles. | |||||
| 67 | "Knight Errant" | Dominic Lees | Anna Wheatley | 6 June 1997 | |
| Loxton struggles to cope with a young female suspect who makes no secret of her attraction to him. | |||||
| 68 | "Punch Bag" | Mike Vardy | Steve Handley | 10 June 1997 | |
| Skase and Croft investigate the circumstances leading to a mother ending up unconscious at the foot of a stairway. | |||||
| 69 | "Best Eaten Cold" | Peter Lydon | Alan Pollock | 12 June 1997 | |
| Greig and Rawton investigate a journalist's claims that he acted in self-defence to stop an intruder. | |||||
| 70 | "Lucky Day" | Peter Lydon | Scott Cherry | 13 June 1997 | |
| Meadows is concerned when Lines seems to be getting too involved in investigating the sale of some stolen cars. | |||||
| 71 | "For Richer, For Poorer" | Annie Hulley guest stars | Albert Barber | Nigel Baldwin | 17 June 1997 |
| Quinnan and Garfield look into the disappearance of a man reported missing by his mother, although his wife has her doubts. | |||||
| 72 | "No More Milk" | John Bruce | Terry Hodgkinson | 19 June 1997 | |
| Rawton and Page have to deal with a 14-year-old tearaway and half a million pounds in counterfeit money. | |||||
| 73 | "An Englishman's Home" | Susan Jameson and Sebastian Abineri guest star. | Simon Massey | Barry Simner | 20 June 1997 |
| Garfield and Blake are called to help enforce a demolition order on a home extension, when an ongoing dispute between neighbours erupts into violence. | |||||
| 74 | "Loyal to the Last" | John Bruce | Chris McWatters | 24 June 1997 | |
| Blake arrests a woman for assault and Beech tries to persuade her to help convict her husband for forgery. | |||||
| 75 | "Rent" | James McAvoy guest stars. | Albert Barber | Stephen McAteer | 26 June 1997 |
| Boyden and Keane investigate the hit-and-run of a young busker. | |||||
| 76 | "Last Respects" | Harry Bradbeer | Stephen Plaice | 27 June 1997 | |
| Meadows hopes that a family funeral will lure a couple of jewel thieves into the open. | |||||
| 77 | "Too Much to Lose" | Harry Bradbeer | Candy Denman | 1 July 1997 | |
| Stamp tries to persuade an unhappy convict not to ruin his chances of release. | |||||
| 78 | "Do Unto Others" | Julie Hesmondhalgh and Eric Mason guest star. | Ross Devenish | Tony Lindsay | 3 July 1997 |
| Loxton and Keane try to sift the truth from three conflicting stories when a severe case of bullying results in a fifteen-year-old boy being stabbed. | |||||
| 79 | "Mid-Life Crisis" | John Cater and Gerry Cowper guest star. | Ross Devenish | Gregory Evans | 4 July 1997 |
| Daly and Skase discover that a jeweller is fencing stolen goods. | |||||
| 80 | "Performing" | Rosie Marcel, Kelly Marcel and Melvyn Bedford guest star. | Chris Lovett | John Brennan | 8 July 1997 |
| Boyden and Page come to the aid of a former porn actress who is worried that her younger sister faces a similar fate. | |||||
| 81 | "Playing With Fire" | Letitia Dean and Kate Eaton guest star. | Jane Prowse | David G. McDonagh | 10 July 1997 |
| Meadows and Lines suspect that the owner of a beauty salon set it on fire herself to claim on the insurance policy. | |||||
| 82 | "No Guarantees" | Christopher Colquhoun guest stars. | Pete Travis | Katharine Way | 11 July 1997 |
| Rawton tries to stop a loan shark who is terrorising his female customers, but finds it hard to get the victims to talk | |||||
| 83 | "Gentleman Jim" | Martin Gower guest stars. | Mike Vardy | Scott Cherry | 15 July 1997 |
| Blake is placed on attachment to C.I.D. D.C. Carver, behind on his paperwork, is far from pleased when Blake drags him around Sun Hill following up leads on a trivial car theft case. Their investigations, however, lead them to a gang of armed robbers. | |||||
| 84 | "Rift" | Pete Travis | Michael Jenner | 17 July 1997 | |
| Slater and Ackland attend to what appears to be a teenage catfight over an older man. | |||||
| 85 | "Stand By Your Man" | Mark Straker guest stars. | Derek Lister | Isabelle Grey | 18 July 1997 |
| Daly tries to find out who is forcing a convict to smuggle drugs into a prison. | |||||
| 86 | "Replica" | Michael Cocker | Rod Lewis | 22 July 1997 | |
| Loxton and McCann confiscate a gun. | |||||
| 87 | "Mr Friday Night" | Amanda Holden guest stars. | Mike Vardy | Len Collin | 23 July 1997 |
| Boyden and Page grill a witness after the disappearance of a good-time girl. | |||||
| 88 | "Hitting the Nerve" | Barbara Ewing guest stars. | Brian Farnham | Renny Krupinski | 25 July 1997 |
| Greig and Carver react when one prosecution witness disappears and another ends up in a coma two days before the trial. | |||||
| 89 | "Thicker Than Mud" | Elizabeth Bennett guest stars. | Ian White | Maxwell Young | 29 July 1997 |
| Deakin and Beech investigate an arson attack on a small, respectable clothes shop. | |||||
| 90 | "Alternative Therapies" | Daniel Casey guest stars. | Jane Prowse | Clive Dawson | 31 July 1997 |
| Skase and Boulton investigate the theft of illegally imported body parts of endangered animals from a Chinese pharmacy. | |||||
| 91 | "Foxed" | First appearance of DC Tom Proctor, Jonathan Coy guest stars. | Nigel Bristow | Tony McHolland | 1 August 1997 |
| Daly and Carver investigate the burglary of an antiques shop and are struck by the strange behaviour of the sales assistant. | |||||
| 92 | "These Foolish Things" | Sheree Murphy guest stars. | Peter Lydon | Mark Johnson | 5 August 1997 |
| D.C.I Meadows leads an investigation into the snatching of a child from his pram and uncovers a case of extortion. | |||||
| 93 | "Neighbours" | Nigel Bristow | Mark Holloway | 7 August 1997 | |
| P.C. Garfield and W.P.C. Keane try to settle a neighbourhood feud. | |||||
| 94 | "Glass House" | Margot Leicester guest stars. | Peter Lydon | Kevin Scouler | 8 August 1997 |
| D.S. Boulton and D.C. Lines try to persuade a woman to help catch her husband, who is involved in a drug deal. | |||||
| 95 | "This Old Man" | Dominic Lees | Colin Wyatt | 12 August 1997 | |
| Garfield is affected by the death of an old man. | |||||
| 96 | "Tommy the Hero" | James Ottaway , Frank Jarvis and Carl Rigg guest star. | Mike Cocker | Chris Ould | 14 August 1997 |
| W.D.C. Rawton has to choose between solving a minor domestic dispute and finding two violent robbers. | |||||
| 97 | "Driven To It" | Jo Shoop | Patrick Melaphany | 15 August 1997 | |
| D.S. Daly enlists the help of a cab driver to catch a drug dealer. | |||||
| 98 | "A Man Out Walking His Dog" | Roger Walker, Christine Kavanagh and Roy Evans guest stars. | Jonathan Hacker | Terry Hodgkinson | 19 August 1997 |
| Sgt. Boyden and W.P.C. Keane attend the scene of a possible suicide when a man's body is found in a car, poisoned by alcohol and exhaust fumes. | |||||
| 99 | "Hunt" | Patrick Murray guest stars. | Jonathan Hacker | Mark Illis | 21 August 1997 |
| Sgt. Boyden and D.S. Beech try to find a couple before a vicious drug-dealer gets to them. | |||||
| 100 | "Has Anyone Here Seen Bigmouth?" | Anita Dobson and Del Henney guest star. | Jo Shoop | Ray Brooking | 22 August 1997 |
| D.S. Daly and D.I. Deakin try to find an informant who has disappeared following a failed police operation. | |||||
| 101 | "This Land Is Ours" | Philip McGough, Allan Surtees and Sean Baker guest star. | Brian Farnham | Hugh Ellis | 26 August 1997 |
| Sgt. Cryer and Ch. Supt. Brownlow police a demonstration at a development site after peaceful protesters are threatened with violence. | |||||
| 102 | "Paying the Piper" | David McKail guest stars. | Brian Farnham | Sheila Duncan | 28 August 1997 |
| D.S. Boulton's investigation is hampered by an informant who is putting family loyalty first. | |||||
| 103 | "On the Hurry Up" | Mike Cocker | Richard Stoneman | 29 August 1997 | |
| P.C. Slater's investigation is hampered by the lack of a car. | |||||
| 104 | "Not in the Script" | Ian White | Robert Jones | 2 September 1997 | |
| When Slater is recommended by Rawton for undercover work, he is overjoyed. His colleagues however ridicule him, and their interference almost costs them a trial operation. Will he bottle it? | |||||
| 105 | "Flower Power" | Martyn Whitby guest stars. | Nicholas Laughland | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | 4 September 1997 |
| P.C. Hollis discovers a hoard of illegally imported wildflower bulbs and helps in the subsequent Customs and Excise operation. | |||||
| 106 | "A Breach of Trust, Part One" | Jacqueline Defferary guest stars. | Nicholas Laughland | Maxwell Young | 5 September 1997 |
| Daly's worst fears are realised when a nurse reports that she has received malicious phone calls from a mentally-disturbed ex-prisoner. | |||||
| 107 | "A Breach of Trust, Part Two" | Anna Manahan guest stars. | Nicholas Laughland | Maxwell Young | 9 September 1997 |
| Daly and Blake are forced to release their prime suspect, and the race is on to prove his guilt before he strikes again. | |||||
| 108 | "Fool" | Simon Meyers | Spenser Frearson | 11 September 1997 | |
| P.C. Quinnan and Sgt. Boyden want to use a would-be stand-up comedian as an informant, but he is as hopeless off-stage as he is on. | |||||
| 109 | "Armed and Dangerous" | Simon Massey | Tunde Babalola | 12 September 1997 | |
| P.C. McCann is convinced that a gun remains unaccounted for when a gang of armed robbers is captured. | |||||
| 110 | "Animals" | Ged Simmons guest stars. | Dominic Lees | Steve Handley | 16 September 1997 |
| Ackland and Blake investigate the dangerous world of dog fighting - full of vicious dogs and hard men. | |||||
| 111 | "Look Into My Eyes" | Chris Lovett | Tom Needham | 18 September 1997 | |
| D.I. Deakin and W.P.C. Blake follow up allegations of attempted rape against a stage hypnotist. | |||||
| 112 | "Performance Anxiety" | Desmond Askew, Philip Bloomfield and Jenny McCracken guest star. | Christopher Hodson | J.C. Wilsher | 19 September 1997 |
| Sun Hill's performance comes under scrutiny, and officers from C.I.D. and uniform compete against each other in a bid to solve the most crimes. | |||||
| 113 | "Different Strokes" | Karl Collins guest stars. | Nicholas Laughland | Isabelle Grey | 23 September 1997 |
| P.C. Slater goes undercover in an attempt to draw out a thief. | |||||
| 114 | "Sparks" | David Quilter and Brian Capron guest star. | Brian Farnham | Peter J Hammond | 25 September 1997 |
| D.S. Beech loses his cool with a D.S. from Severn Valley, while Skase falls for the charms of his W.D.C. | |||||
| 115 | "The Lion's Den" | Sally Ann Matthews and Paul Angelis guest star. | Simon Meyers | Barry Simner | 26 September 1997 |
| Slater goes undercover as a bouncer at a club run by the notorious Guy Walsh. As Slater gains his trust, will he be exposed? | |||||
| 116 | "The Needs of the Many" | Chris Lovett | Clive Dawson | 30 September 1997 | |
| P.C. Slater is surprised when, in uniform, he bumps into the target of his undercover investigation. | |||||
| 117 | "Cross Purposes" | Tony Selby, Jon Croft and Sheila Dunn guest star. | Ged Maguire | Edwin Pearce | 2 October 1997 |
| D.S. Boulton and Sgt. Boyden both have an interest in the same pub landlord, but for different reasons. | |||||
| 118 | "Free to Speak?" | Final appearance of PC Nick Slater | Christopher Hodson | Richard Stoneman | 3 October 1997 |
| It's P.C. Slater's final day at Sun Hill, and he takes Keane out for a farewell dinner. Loxton, Quinnan and Skase do their best to extinguish any intimate moments. | |||||
| 119 | "Dishonour Among Thieves" | June Page guest stars. | Ged Maguire | Terry Hodgkinson | 7 October 1997 |
| Sgt. Boyden deals with a complaint from a notorious burglar who has had his own house broken into. | |||||
| 120 | "Coup de Grace" | Di Botcher and Jean Trend guest star. | Tim Holloway | Nicholas McInerny | 9 October 1997 |
| D.S. Boulton finds himself trying to save a marriage when the husband is given another three-year sentence. | |||||
| 121 | "Night of the Long Knives" | Jason Salkey guest stars. | Brian Parker | Scott Cherry | 10 October 1997 |
| The relief is furious at working in endless shifts, especially when Keane, Loxton and Jarvis have called in sick. Its Garfield's duty as Fed Rep to sort things out, when an evening turns from bad to worse. | |||||
| 122 | "Straying" | Peter Gunn and John Normington guest star. | James Cellan Jones | Rod Beacham | 14 October 1997 |
| W.P.C. Page and P.C. Stamp look into the case of a disappearing dog whose owner also appears to have gone missing. | |||||
| 123 | "A Bad Lot" | Will Barton guest stars. | Ian White | Chris Lang | 16 October 1997 |
| P.C. Garfield deals with a twelve-year-old boy who is running amok on a housing estate. | |||||
| 124 | "Crimes of a Lesser Passion" | James Cellan Jones | Tunde Babalola | 17 October 1997 | |
| Sgt. Ackland and P.C. Jarvis deal with a stabbing. | |||||
| 125 | "Force" | Bill Moody and David Quilter guest star. | Michael Ferguson | Carolyn Sally Jones | 21 October 1997 |
| Insp. Monroe responds to suggestions that he is out of touch with front-line policing and goes on the beat with P.C. Jarvis. | |||||
| 126 | "Walkabout" | Thomas Craig and Sidney Kean guest star. | Brian Parker | Peter J. Hammond | 23 October 1997 |
| W.P.C. Page assists a missing person's enquiry by impersonating the young woman in question. | |||||
| 127 | "Shades of Grey, Part One" | Ace Bhatti guest stars. | Danny Hiller | Manjit Singh | 24 October 1997 |
| D.I. Deakin and D.S. Boulton lead the search for two children who are snatched from school and presumed to be on their way back to Pakistan with their estranged father. | |||||
| 128 | "Shades of Grey, Part Two" | Ace Bhatti guest stars. | Danny Hiller | Manjit Singh | 28 October 1997 |
| D.I. Deakin and D.S. Boulton are on the trail of the kidnapper, but the children's father has decided to pay the ransom money. | |||||
| 129 | "Women at Work" | John Bruce | Patrick Melaphany | 30 October 1997 | |
| D.C. Carver and W.P.C. Blake investigate the hit-and-run of a woman employed by a jealous lover to test her man's fidelity. | |||||
| 130 | "Solid Evidence" | Tania Diez | Candy Denman | 31 October 1997 | |
| Insp. Monroe leads the search for a little girl who has disappeared after school, and whose mother is a prostitute and father a pimp. | |||||
| 131 | "Going Down" | Colin Baker guest stars. | Jo Shoop | Spenser Frearson | 4 November 1997 |
| W.D.C. Croft feels let down by the parents of a young drug addict who had promised to keep him clean. | |||||
| 132 | "Accomplice" | Hour-long episode, Nicholas Murchie guest stars. | Derek Lister | Tony Mulholland | 6 November 1997 |
| When a girl is abducted, it bears the hallmarks of a serial killer Carver helped put away years ago. Did he work alone? | |||||
| 133 | "Last Fare" | Alan Cooke, Sally Faulkner and Biddy Hodson guest star. | Jo Shoop | Richard McBrien | 7 November 1997 |
| D.S. Beech and W.D.C. Rawton investigate the assault and robbery of a minicab driver. | |||||
| 134 | "Stolen Thunder" | Mark Wing-Davey guest stars. | John Bruce | Stephen Plaice | 11 November 1997 |
| D.I. Deakin and D.C. Proctor are furious that an inexperienced young barrister has been assigned to prosecute one of their court cases. | |||||
| 135 | "P.C., Part One" | Ian White | Richard Stoneman | 13 November 1997 | |
| Loxton carries out an illegal stop-and-search of a black man, unaware that he is an off-duty police officer. | |||||
| 136 | "No Trace, Part Two" | Final appearance of PC Steve Loxton, Pauline Melville guest stars | Tania Diez | Richard Stoneman | 14 November 1997 |
| A disenchanted Steve Loxton decides to resign from the force for good, but before he goes, he helps Quinnan settle a score with a crooked lawyer. | |||||
| 137 | "A New Way to Pay Off Old Debts" | Sakuntala Ramanee and Freddie Earlle guest star. | Albert Barber | Len Collin | 18 November 1997 |
| Sgt. Boyden and W.P.C. Blake investigate the death of an alcoholic found burned to death. | |||||
| 138 | "After All These Years" | Veronica Roberts and Roy Heather guest star. | Tim Holloway | Lisa Evans | 20 November 1997 |
| Sgt. Ackland and P.C. Quinnan investigate a car crash involving an elderly driver. | |||||
| 139 | "Sands of Time" | Paul Jerricho guest stars. | Albert Barber | Anthony Valentine | 21 November 1997 |
| As the threat of tenure looms over DC Jim Carver, he is desperate to prove himself to Meadows by capturing a jewel thief who absconded years ago. | |||||
| 140 | "Identity Crisis" | John Axon and Collette Brown guest star. | James Hawes | Mark Clompus | 25 November 1997 |
| D.S. Boulton pressurises a young couple in the hope of getting a result. | |||||
| 141 | "The Same Stripe, Part One" | Colin Wyatt, James Marcus and JoAnne Good guest star. | Chris Lovett | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | 28 November 1997 |
| Ackland finds herself under investigation for accepting bribes. | |||||
| 142 | "The Same Stripe, Part Two" | Colin Wyatt and JoAnne Good guest star. | Chris Lovett | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | 2 December 1997 |
| Ackland is behind bars on a charge of accepting bribes, and her trusted informant has disappeared without trace. | |||||
| 143 | "Hot Plastic" | Harry Bradbeer | Gregory Evans | 4 December 1997 | |
| D.I. Deakin tries to salvage an operation after an unsuccessful raid in which Sgt. Cryer is scalded, D.C. Skase is injured, and the target escaped. | |||||
| 144 | "Gaybashing" | Hannah Waterman guest stars. | Michael Ferguson | Simon Tyrell | 5 December 1997 |
| Sgt. Boyden and P.C. Quinnan investigate an assault in a public toilet, a notorious meeting place for homosexuals. | |||||
| 145 | "Potential For Conflict" | First appearance of PC Luke Ashton, Geoffrey McGivern and David Telfer guest star | Catherine Morshead | Neil Clarke | 9 December 1997 |
| Stamp visits Hendon for new recruit Luke Ashton's last day of training. But Ashton's confidence takes a severe knock, and he might not pass the course. | |||||
| 146 | "Heartbreak Hotel" | Ged Maguire | Alan Pollock | 11 December 1997 | |
| D.I. Deakin and W.D.C. Rawton investigate the assault of a man who has been charming middle-aged women out of their savings. | |||||
| 147 | "Humpty Dumpty, Part One" | Ian White | Tom Needham | 12 December 1997 | |
| Ashton has a bad first day at Sun Hill when he and Stamp see a boy fall from the roof of a building. | |||||
| 148 | "Humpty Dumpty, Part Two" | Rik Mayall and Roy Holder guest star. | Ian White | Tom Needham | 16 December 1997 |
| Cryer remains convinced that Jimmy's fall off the roof was not an accident. But who pushed him - and is his death linked to the attack on Bannerman? | |||||
| 149 | "Humpty Dumpty, Part Three" | Rik Mayall guest stars. | Ian White | Tom Needham. | 18 December 1997 |
| All evidence points to Jimmy's father killing Bannerman and then pushing his son off the roof. But can Cryer and Ashton find a way to prove it? | |||||
| 150 | "Out" | Harry Bradbeer | Tony Mulholland | 19 December 1997 | |
| D.S. Daly puts the pressure on an ex-con who would risk another jail sentence rather than inform on a friend. | |||||
| 151 | "Twanky" | Hour-long episode, Rachel Weaver guest stars | Mike Cocker | Mark Holloway | 22 December 1997 |
| Putting on a Christmas panto proves to be the toughest case of the year for Page and the officers at Sun Hill. | |||||
| 152 | "Things That Go Bump in the Night" | First appearance of PC Sam Harker, Timothy Bateson guest stars | Gill Wilkinson | Terry Hodgkinson | 30 December 1997 |
| Sgt. Boyden and W.P.C. Page find a notorious safecracker, blown up and in a semi-conscious state, in a dilapidated building. | |||||
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