The Bill (series 23)

Part One: Gold launches a formal search for Harman after she fails to report to work following her holiday. Nadir decides to fake a witness statement given by the passenger who supposedly sat next to Harman on her flight out of the country - but is caught out when a boarding photo from Gatwick airport confirms Meadows' suspicions that Harman never got on the plane. When her fingerprints are found at Bonham Wharf, a search of the area is launched, and it's not long before divers find her body. Meanwhile, Webb, Keane and Hardy investigate a burgling con-man responsible for a string of robberies, and discover that one of the victims is none other than Heaton's estranged wife.

Part One: Nixon organises a press presence at the memorial of Amy Tennant, to mark a year since her disappearance, and immediately believes she has a credible new suspect when a suspicious character is seen hanging around the church. However, he turns out to be an anonymous witness who provided evidence about the case to Crimestoppers to prevent his two wives finding out about his bigamy. However, a further new lead is unearthed when a friend of the Tennant family is found stealing a necklace from Amy's bedroom, and a child's corpse is found buried on her allotment. Keane and Noble investigate an accident and find a flock of sleep on their way to an illegal slaughterhouse.

Sticky Fingers- Part One: Ackland is drawn into the middle of a serious corruption scandal when a resident of the Aldbourne estate, Frank Harris, assaults property developer Brian Stevens. Harris claims to have information that Stevens paid a corrupt council official £50,000 in return for his planning application to be secured, but a witness that he persuades to help is later found badly beaten. Ackland then uncovers CCTV evidence which proves Stevens' guilt, but after being involved in an RTA, the evidence is stolen. The situation takes an even more surprising turn when she uncovers an e-mail which claims that suggests DAC Hobbs is corrupt, and has agreed to sell the plot on which Sun Hill stands to Stevens.

The Party is Over- Part One: Jim Carver, now a detective sergeant with Greater Manchester Police, shows up at Sun Hill to track down drug dealer Pat Hadley, whom he has been trying to catch for eighteen months. Paired with Ackland, who is less than happy spending her last day at Sun Hill with her ex-husband, the pair investigate Hadley's right-hand man, Greg Burns, who later decides to grass on his former comrade, and feeds the team details of a planned drop. However, Hadley fails to show, and when the pair visit Burns to give him the good news, he takes them hostage at gunpoint. Hollis and Hardy investigate a decomposed skeleton found on railway lines, and attempt to track down some stolen medals.

Blood Money- Part One: Sam, Nikki and Diane deal with a young woman who was pushed from a walkway on the Cole Lane Estate. Sam, Nikki and Smithy are then called to deal with the attempted suicide of the woman's husband. Nikki and Diane are called to a disturbance at her flat the next day, but she has disappeared without trace. Mickey deals with an assault, while Terry, Tony and Dan go undercover to trap a confidence trickster. This episode originally supposed to be broadcast in December 2006, but was cancelled when a mastertape was stolen from the filming studios in November 2006.

Part One- Leela and Tony discover the body of a supermodel who had recently fronted an anti-fur campaign despite her lack of real conviction. Lorna notes that the crime scene has been arranged to resemble a shot from the film, suggesting animal rights activists may have resented her hypocrisy. Subsequent investigations reveal a host of rival male admirers with reason to kill her and Terry digs up evidence of a more sinister side to the woman's life - a porn film discovers a porn film, with footage of a missing 15-year-old runaway, at the dead woman's house. Jack prepares to testify against Zain. Stuart makes a move on a forensic examiner.

Part One: Probationary PCs Sally Armstrong and Billy Rowan arrive at Sun Hill, where the team are anxious to find the man who stabbed Sgt. Doug Wright. The new recruits are puppy-walked by Nikki and Emma, and the foursome get a call to attend a disturbance at a jewellery shop. After a successful result, they are later called on to deal with a report of stone-throwing at an abandoned factory - where Billy Rowan's first day ends up turning into his last.

Man Down- Part One: Lewis sinks deeper into trouble as his undercover operation spins out of control. Following a shoot-out with the East Street gang, he is ordered to act as courier when a hostage is exchanged for a gun the Skens are eager to get their hands on - and finds he is in danger from both sides. Back at the station, Mickey and Kezia work on a case in which explosives have gone missing from a contractor's depot. Roger voices his concern about his partner, but Heaton is too busy preparing for a sting where the Skens are due to buy explosives.

Part One: Fletcher and Smith deal with a missing person's case. The victim, a 16-year-old girl, is found dead at the bottom of a fire escape. Fletcher is assigned as FLO. Investigation reveals the girl was on a downward spiral. Her boyfriend is arrested due to a serious assault in his past. The investigation takes a whole different turning point when Fletcher discovers a gruesome video clip given to him by her best friend.

Part One: Hollis is attacked by a prowler on the Aldbourne Estate. A screaming woman, who was attacked by the prowler, whom Hollis was responding too, is a near lookalike of a woman held hostage by a paranoid schizophrenic, Michael Simms, who lives three doors down from the victim, Shelley Cooper. Her ex-boyfriend, Chris Ramsden, spreads a rumour about Michael and tensions rise on the Aldbourne. Manson discusses the case between Dasari and his therapist, Julia Bickham. Chris Ramsden appears at Sun Hill tells CID that Michael has assaulted Shelley, but Michael's mother claims she's his girlfriend, which is backed up by Shelley's son, Jas. However, Michael has abducted Shelley and taken her to a warehouse where he held his last victim. Jas shows up at the warehouse, a gunshot rings out and Michael flees as Shelley lies wounded on the ground.

Part One: Wright and Stamp investigate a suspected racial assault. Masters and Perkins discover the victim was whipped. Heaton suspects that three racists from a supremacist gang; The Bulldogs of Patriotism, but Masters is sceptical. His wounds and a bandaging makes her think that his mother knows something, and she says it was his father who gave the beating. Noble and Stone investigate a break in at the office of local MP Paul Sagger, but does the assault victim know more about it than he should? Sun Hill are patrolling a concert, Rock Against Racism. Things turn ugly when the event coordinator and a possible police witness; Nadim Mura, and Sagger are shot as they appear on stage.

Part Two: The Sun Hill team are left dealing with the fallout of the shooting at the Rock Against Racism concert. Event coordinator Nadim Mura gives Heaton a name, Abdul Muntaqim, but dies due to a bullet in his lung. Paul Sagger survives with a shoulder wound. Ahmed Hassar is questioned but denies his involvement, but confesses he set of a firecracker, which is the source of the first 'gunshot'. Heaton continues the investigation into Sagger's alleged artefact smuggling, but the artefact, an ornamental dagger, which Sagger uses as a letter opener. Dasari makes a breakthrough, and identifies the name Heaton was given by Mura as Haqim Abd-Al Muntaqim. Masters and Perkins go to arrest a doctor, who is a member of the Bulldogs, who might have been responsible for killing Mura in hospital. He is not responsible as Mura's post-mortem reveals he was killed by a heart attack, but it's not in vain, as the uncover a conspiracy where the Bulldogs were going to kidnap Mura. Manson and Dasari discover that Heaton was the target from the third bullet, and as the DI calls to warn the Super, two bullets go through his car as he takes Sagger back to Sun Hill.

Love, Lies & Limos- Part One: Turner's driver Trevor Jones helps CID with useful information about a limousine operator who is rumoured to be supplying cocaine as part of the champagne service. Noble and Fletcher respond to a call regarding a hijacked limousine, and Gold investigates an assault on the driver's wife. Webb poses as a city banker to gather evidence against the owner of the limo company, but has a few uncomfortable moments when it becomes clear his cover has been blown.

Trapped- Part Two: CID continue to hunt for The Postman. Turner's friend Trevor Jones is assaulted, and the woman next to him has cocaine on her. Another major dealer is arrested, in the hopes that he is The Postman. Gayle and Roberts investigate several attacks on a cafe and its owners.

Part One: Disgraced detective Zain Nadir is interviewed about drug trafficking in Hayesend Prison, where he is serving ten years for perverting the course of justice, after Callum and Will discover the body of a drug addict recently released from prison. He agrees to help his colleagues infiltrate the gang involved. Jack is not sure whether he can trust his mole and fears the worst when a riot breaks out just as the police move in to arrest the operation's kingpin, Zain's cellmate Jason Forbes, who makes good his escape in the confusion.

Part One: New recruit DS Max Carter joins the Sun Hill team from CO19 to investigate a tip-off about an armed cash-in-transit robbery, only to find partner Terry drowning his sorrows after the informant is killed for his pains. Sally and Ben arrest two girls for failing to pay their cab fare, and a catastrophic train of events is unleashed when it emerges they were carrying a deadly cargo smuggled in from Ghana - and their boyfriends want it back.