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| The Bill | |
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| Series 10 | |
| No. of episodes | 156 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 4 January (1994-01-04) – 30 December 1994 (1994-12-30) |
| Series chronology | |
| ← Previous Series 9 Next → Series 11 | |
| List of episodes | |
The tenth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 156 episodes, broadcast between 4 January and 30 December 1994. On 3 October 2012, The Bill Series 10 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 10 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia).
Audio Commentaries have been recorded for the episodes "Bin-Men", "Blackout", "Instant Response" and "Taken on Trust", released exclusively on The Bill Podcast Patreon channel.
Cast changes
Arrivals
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Departures
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Episodes
| # | Title | Episode notes | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | "Games" | David Bamber and June Page guest star | Andrew Higgs | Len Collin | 4 January 1994 (1994-01-04) | |
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Loxton and Monroe investigate the disappearance of a nine-year-old boy who is into computers. Note: A shot in the title sequence showing the then-departed DI Haines was replaced by one featuring Ch. Insp. Cato and WPC Page, featured only once prior to then, and it was replaced permanently by a shot of DI Johnson with DS Pearce in the following episode. | ||||||
| 2 | "Second Sight" | First regular appearance of DI Sally Johnson; Michael Byrne guest stars | David Attwood | Elizabeth-Ann Wheal | 6 January 1994 (1994-01-06) | |
| As DI Sally Johnson takes charge of CID, the team hunt a gang of event robbers who case targets through the local paper. Can they track them doing the same? | ||||||
| 3 | "Darkness Before Dawn" | Sophie Okonedo, Douglas Henshall and David Quilter guest star | Nick Laughland | Sebastian Secker Walker | 7 January 1994 (1994-01-07) | |
| Boyden and Page find the bodies of a young mother and her baby at the bottom of a tower block. | ||||||
| 4 | "He Who Waits" | First appearance of DC Rod Skase; Sally George guest stars | Douglas MacKinnon | Neil Clarke | 11 January 1994 (1994-01-11) | |
| New DC Rod Skase assists Pearce and an AMIP team when an aggravated burglary turns fatal. Garfield feels he has a point to prove as his thoughts are disregarded. | ||||||
| 5 | "Mix and Match" | TBA | Charles Beeson | Chris Ould | 13 January 1994 (1994-01-13) | |
| Cato gatecrashes Peace and Steele’s operation to track a group of stolen vehicles with the help of insurer’s trackers. | ||||||
| 6 | "Dealer Wins" | TBA | Charles Beeson | Duncan Gould | 14 January 1994 (1994-01-14) | |
| Johnson and Pearce are summoned as witnesses to a Family Court to testify against two dealers. | ||||||
| 7 | "No Job For An Amateur" | First appearance of PC Adam Bostock; Julie Hesmondhalgh guest stars | Rittaa Leena Lynn | Candy Denman | 18 January 1994 (1994-01-18) | |
| Ackland and new PC Adam Bostock investigate reports of an intruder at a nurses' home. | ||||||
| 8 | "Judge and Jury" | Susan Fleetwood and David Horovitch guest star | Bill Pryde | James Stevenson | 20 January 1994 (1994-01-20) | |
| A solicitor in custody is stunned when Stamp and Ackland arrest his wife for petrol theft. | ||||||
| 9 | "The Mourning After" | Jo Stone-Fewings and Dido Miles guest star | Chris Lovett | Mark Holloway | 21 January 1994 (1994-01-21) | |
| Morgan investigates a fatal stabbing on the common, but the victim’s blind mother is adamant it is not her son. | ||||||
| 10 | "Just Say No" | Tim Preece guest stars | Jan Sargent | Nigel Baldwin | 25 January 1994 (1994-01-25) | |
| Conway arrests a girl for kicking his car, but it’s a deliberate ploy so she can give information in the case of a drug dealer’s murder. | ||||||
| 11 | "Mud Sticks" | TBA | Peter Cattaneo | Isabelle Grey | 27 January 1994 (1994-01-27) | |
| An anti-prostitution activist is suspected when a punter is stabbed, but is a subsequent assault on his wife revenge or coincidence? | ||||||
| 12 | "One Bad Turn" | Nicholas Bailey guest stars | Laurence Moody | Anthony Valentine | 29 January 1994 (1994-01-29) | |
| Following residents' complaints, Cato instigates a clampdown on prostitution. | ||||||
| 13 | "Faith in the System" | Russell Boulter guest stars | Bill Pryde | Matthew Wingett | 1 February 1994 (1994-02-01) | |
| Carver refuses to cover when he witnesses Barton Street DC John Boulton assaulting a suspect. | ||||||
| 14 | "Keeping Mum" | Kevin Doyle and Annie Hulley guest star | Michael Simpson | Lizzie Mickery | 3 February 1994 (1994-02-03) | |
| When Greig and Croft arrive at a house to arrest a 15-year-old boy, they find his mother has been beaten up. | ||||||
| 15 | "Double Vision" | Fanny Carby guest stars | Chris Clough | Neil Clark | 4 February 1994 (1994-02-04) | |
| Pearce lands Johnson in hot water when he tries to nick a result off Loxton. | ||||||
| 16 | "No Access" | David Neilson and Rene Zagger guest star | Riitta Leena Lynn | Isabelle Grey | 8 February 1994 (1994-02-08) | |
| Morgan investigates the possibility of a young boy’s disappearance being related to two recent sexual assaults on minors. | ||||||
| 17 | "Ways and Means" | Paul Jerricho and Perry Fenwick guest star | Jan Sargent | Jane Woodrow | 10 February 1994 (1994-02-10) | |
| Datta fears reprisals when a domestic abuser walks from court, while Quinnan and Marshall investigate a woman who has been shoplifting repeatedly. | ||||||
| 18 | "Cutting It" | TBA | Brian Parker | Michael Jenner | 11 February 1994 (1994-02-11) | |
| Cato investigates when a probationer on B relief accuses her sergeant of sexual harassment. | ||||||
| 19 | "Secrets" | Dicken Ashworth and David Haig guest star | Douglas MacKinnon | Neil McKay | 15 February 1994 (1994-02-15) | |
| Boyden is skeptical when a repeat hoax caller claims she has witnessed a convicted paedophile abducting a teenage girl. | ||||||
| 20 | "Bin-Men" | Lloyd McGuire guest stars | Ian White | Roger Davenport | 17 February 1994 (1994-02-17) | |
| Loxton and McCann hunt an absconded prisoner admitted to hospital after crashing a stolen bike, while Stamp and Page try to make sense of a bizarre fight. | ||||||
| 21 | "Ducking and Diving" | Alan Ford and Debbie Linden guest star | Chris Clough | Barry Purchese | 18 February 1994 (1994-02-18) | |
| McCann is hospitalised attending a robbery with Jarvis, and an illegal fighting circuit may prove key to nailing the suspects. | ||||||
| 22 | "Gone Away" | Daniela Denby-Ashe guest stars | Ian White | Isabelle Grey | 22 February 1994 (1994-02-22) | |
| Page tries to help a hard-working student who has gone off the rails and into dealing in the absence of her mother. | ||||||
| 23 | "Dead Men Don't Drive Cars" | Lizzie Mickery guest stars | John Bruce | Rob Gittins | 24 February 1994 (1994-02-24) | |
| Uniform investigate why a man would use two dead men’s identities for driving tests. | ||||||
| 24 | "Saturday Night's All Right" | Charles De'Ath guest stars | John Bruce | Len Collin | 25 February 1994 (1994-02-25) | |
| Monroe and his officers are called to a rent party where the organiser has been seriously assaulted. | ||||||
| 25 | "Ranks and Files" | Nicholas Donnelly guest stars | Derek Lister | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 1 March 1994 (1994-03-01) | |
| Johnson clashes with Woods whilst trying to solve an outstanding assault investigated by CID alum Roach. | ||||||
| 26 | "Business as Usual" | TBA | Indra Bhose | Philip Palmer | 3 March 1994 (1994-03-03) | |
| A clothing store gets broken into. | ||||||
| 27 | "Root of All Evil" | Paul Putner and Roy Heather guest star | Indra Bhose | Joanne Maguire | 4 March 1994 (1994-03-04) | |
| Johnson and Woods investigate the scene of an arson attack. | ||||||
| 28 | "Man to Man" | Steven Hartley guest stars | Derek Lister | Trevor Wadlow | 8 March 1994 (1994-03-08) | |
| A man reported missing by his wife is found shot dead. | ||||||
| 29 | "Menace" | Michael Keating guest stars | Brian Parker | Tom Needham | 10 March 1994 (1994-03-10) | |
| Could a series of vicious hoax calls and repeated burglaries at the homes of two young women be linked? | ||||||
| 30 | "Killjoys" | TBA | Laurence Moody | Gregory Evans | 11 March 1994 (1994-03-11) | |
| Uniform hunt a pirate radio station's organisers due interference with police radio transmissions. | ||||||
| 31 | "One of Them" | David Quilter and John McArdle guest star | Nick Laughland | Chris Lang | 15 March 1994 (1994-03-15) | |
| A supposedly respectable outreach worker is assaulted, but could he be responsible for another crime? | ||||||
| 32 | "Day of Reckoning" | Zienia Merton, Connor McIntyre and Harry Van Gorkum guest star | Diana Patrick | Julian Spilsbury | 17 March 1994 (1994-03-17) | |
| A notorious ex-con gives evidence against a former associate in a drugs case, but his subsequent disappearance could spell an end to the operation. | ||||||
| 33 | "Sleeping with the Fishes" | Geoffrey McGivern guest stars | Laurence Moody | Julian Jones | 18 March 1994 (1994-03-18) | |
| When a boat is found adrift in the Thames, fears rise that somebody could’ve fallen overboard. | ||||||
| 34 | "Fair Exchange" | TBA | Diana Patrick | Chris Lang | 22 March 1994 (1994-03-22) | |
| CID investigate a suspected arson attack on the home of a known villain. | ||||||
| 35 | "Last Rights" | Philip McGough guest stars | Nick Laughland | Candy Denman | 24 March 1994 (1994-03-24) | |
| Monroe has to oversee the complicated case of a terminally ill woman attempting suicide. | ||||||
| 36 | "Mean Streak" | TBA | Michael Offer | James Stevenson | 25 March 1994 (1994-03-25) | |
| Johnson is embarrassed when a 4-man undercover op fails to nail a gang of robbers. | ||||||
| 37 | "Pig in the Middle" | Idris Elba and Jennie Stoller guest star | Carol Wilks | Jonathan Myerson | 29 March 1994 (1994-03-29) | |
| Carver and Woods have a trial blown out when a witness falsely identifies a dealer in a rivalry with her boyfriend. | ||||||
| 38 | "House Arrest" | Georgina Cates guest stars | Carol Wilks | Barry Simner | 31 March 1994 (1994-03-31) | |
| A former villain tries to help Meadows solve a robbery where the culprit is his daughter’s boyfriend. | ||||||
| 39 | "Clubbing Together" | George Irving guest stars | Brian Farnham | Sebastian Secker Walker | 1 April 1994 (1994-04-01) | |
| Pearce is suspicious when friends of a known thug claim he was assaulted by a club bouncer. | ||||||
| 40 | "Pals" | David Gwillim guest stars | Aisling Walsh | Mark Holloway | 5 April 1994 (1994-04-05) | |
| Jarvis is grilled by CIB over an assault during a rugby match, and he is torn about identifying the real culprit - an Inspector from another nick. | ||||||
| 41 | "Sold Out" | Shirin Taylor guest stars | Michael Offer | Stephen C. Handley | 7 April 1994 (1994-04-07) | |
| Greig determines to nail a villain after tips from an informant fail twice in the same week. | ||||||
| 42 | "Last Orders" | TBA | Chris Lovett | Michael Jenner | 8 April 1994 (1994-04-08) | |
| Meadows oversees the hunt for a gang who robbed a brewery and hospitalised a security guard in the process. | ||||||
| 43 | "All the Comforts of Home" | Brian Miller, Sorcha Cusack and Philip Glenister guest star | Aisling Walsh | Lyndon Mallet | 12 April 1994 (1994-04-12) | |
| A woman tells Loxton and Ackland her missing daughter is being abused by her lover, with Marshall having already located the girl. | ||||||
| 44 | "Wild Justice" | Sarah Alexander and Colin Spaull guest star | Graeme Harper | Nigel Baldwin | 14 April 1994 (1994-04-14) | |
| Greig and Croft are perplexed when a burglary suspect positively identified at the scene despite having a rock-solid alibi. | ||||||
| 45 | "Give Away" | TBA | Brian Farnham | Len Collin | 15 April 1994 (1994-04-15) | |
| Morgan and Lines clash with a vicious thug, while Hollis and Boyden are on the trail of stolen koi carp. | ||||||
| 46 | "Nowhere to Run" | Charlotte Bellamy and John Moreno guest star | Chris Lovett | Simon Frith | 19 April 1994 (1994-04-19) | |
| Datta hunts a domestic abuser also being sought by Quinnan and Greig for robbery. | ||||||
| 47 | "Final Straw" | TBA | Gwennan Sage | Tom Needham | 21 April 1994 (1994-04-21) | |
| Greig comes under fire when a burglary suspect he questions attempts suicide. | ||||||
| 48 | "Bodyguard of Lies" | Ron Cook and David Quilter guest star | Gwennan Sage | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 22 April 1994 (1994-04-22) | |
| Johnson angers Ackland by jeopardising an informant, so Monroe steps in to recover an operation. | ||||||
| 49 | "Friends Like That" | TBA | Roger Gartland | Tony Etchells | 26 April 1994 (1994-04-26) | |
| Quinnan finds himself harassed by a violent evictee who claims he knows him. | ||||||
| 50 | "Disclosures" | Ian Redford, Dominic Jephcott and Patrick Godfrey guest star | Graeme Harper | Carolyn Sally Jones | 28 April 1994 (1994-04-28) | |
| A late witness threatens to jeopardise Greig and Ackland’s court case. | ||||||
| 51 | "Big Eagle Day" | Danny Webb and Patrick Murray guest star | A J Quinn | Terry Hodgkinson | 29 April 1994 (1994-04-29) | |
| Uniform find a pile of cash at the home of a convicted robber after breaking up a party. | ||||||
| 52 | "Bottleneck" | Ginny Holder guest stars | David Richards | J. C. Wilsher | 3 May 1994 (1994-05-03) | |
| Johnson hunts an escaped prisoner. A proposed policy change by the Met leaves Sun Hill’s top brass unnerved. | ||||||
| 53 | "Honour and Obey" | TBA | Roger Gartland | Lizzie Mickery | 5 May 1994 (1994-05-05) | |
| Croft is paired with the brutish Skase for the first time and finds herself resenting his methods. | ||||||
| 54 | "Hot Off the Press" | Clive Merrison and David Hargreaves guest star | A J Quinn | Edwin Pearce | 6 May 1994 (1994-05-06) | |
| Cato investigates racist leaflets being distributed across the borough – including in schools. | ||||||
| 55 | "Killing Time" | Thomas Craig and Lesley Nicol guest star | Jeremy Silberston | Mark Holloway | 10 May 1994 (1994-05-10) | |
| A burglary, armed robbery and shooting near miss all link to a teenager who has gone off the rails. | ||||||
| 56 | "Butter Wouldn't Melt" | Pete Lee-Wilson and Joanna Monro guest stars | David Richards | Neil Clarke | 12 May 1994 (1994-05-12) | |
| Cato targets a comic book shop owner who has become a modern-day Fagin with his teenage customers. | ||||||
| 57 | "All Things Nice" | TBA | David Attwood | Ron Rose | 13 May 1994 (1994-05-13) | |
| A match day drugs raid on a pub looks set to be compromised when a gang of rival fans enter the fray. | ||||||
| 58 | "No Way to Treat a Lady" | TBA | Ian White | Scott Cherry | 17 May 1994 (1994-05-17) | |
| Carver hunts a thug who assaulted Page during a domestic. Cato comes under fire as an off the record remark is made public. | ||||||
| 59 | "The Price" | TBA | Jeremy Silberston | Roy MacGregor | 19 May 1994 (1994-05-19) | |
| The key witness to an attempted murder vanishes. | ||||||
| 60 | "Old Scores" | Trevor Byfield guest stars | Ian White | David Hoskins | 20 May 1994 (1994-05-20) | |
| Boyden is investigated by MS15 for allegedly taking back-handers from a corrupt security firm. | ||||||
| 61 | "Branded" | TBA | David Attwood | Barry Simner | 24 May 1994 (1994-05-24) | |
| Meadows and Woods investigate a prison assault on a convicted sex offender, while Morgan and Lines investigate arson attacks on the cars of his cellmates' partners. | ||||||
| 62 | "Good Friends" | Alan Westaway guest stars | June Howson | Marianne Colbran | 26 May 1994 (1994-05-26) | |
| A seemingly straightforward burglary becomes complicated when one of Johnson's informants is given a false alibi. | ||||||
| 63 | "RTA" | TBA | Douglas Mackinnon | Philip Palmer | 27 May 1994 (1994-05-27) | |
| Monroe suspects a fatal RTA was deliberate. | ||||||
| 64 | "No Marks" | Frank Mills guest stars | June Howson | Robert Jones | 31 May 1994 (1994-05-31) | |
| A young boy is found wandering in possession of a stolen watch linked to a recent armed robbery. | ||||||
| 65 | "Sweetness and Light" | Kenneth Farrington guest stars | David Attwood | Ron Rose | 2 June 1994 (1994-06-02) | |
| A gang of teenagers cause a nuisance on an estate, and a boy on a scrambling bike is almost decapitated. | ||||||
| 66 | "Hey Diddle Diddle" | Rebecca Lacey and David Meyer guest star | Nick Laughland | Gerry Huxham | 3 June 1994 (1994-06-03) | |
| Meadows receives the tape of a deathbed confession to murder. Could others be involved? | ||||||
| 67 | "Funny Money" | TBA | Graham Dixon | Duncan Gould | 7 June 1994 (1994-06-07) | |
| Lines and Meadows hunt two counterfeiters trying to fly under the radar with fake fivers. | ||||||
| 68 | "Till Death Do Us Part" | Colin Buchanan guest stars | Chris Clough | Harry Duffin | 9 June 1994 (1994-06-09) | |
| Loxton and Quinnan are called to a canal where a known vagrant claims to have witnessed a man being shoved in. | ||||||
| 69 | "All Along the Watchtower" | Michele Austin guest stars | Sue Dunderdale | Stephen C. Handley | 10 June 1994 (1994-06-10) | |
| Uniform come under fire as a persistent young offender runs over a 6-year-old girl in a stolen car. | ||||||
| 70 | "Snowblind" | TBA | Douglas Mackinnon | Steve Griffiths | 14 June 1994 (1994-06-14) | |
| False information from a snout leaves Skase red in the face. | ||||||
| 71 | "Lesson to be Learned" | Sally Rogers, Louis Mahoney and Dominic Guard guest star | Andrew Higgs | Roy Mitchell | 16 June 1994 (1994-06-16) | |
| A young black student is accused of a savage attack on a schoolmaster, but Lines thinks that the teachers have something to hide. | ||||||
| 72 | "Dear John" | TBA | Brian Farnham | Lyndon Mallet | 17 June 1994 (1994-06-17) | |
| Meadows takes over Monroe’s investigation to a fatal tower block fall when a knife wound is found on the victim's body. | ||||||
| 73 | "Within Limits" | TBA | Christopher Hodson | Brian B. Thompson | 21 June 1994 (1994-06-21) | |
| Boyden investigates an assault and helps a former lover deal with her violent husband. Garfield thinks the sergeant may be up to his old tricks again. | ||||||
| 74 | "Tails You Lose" | TBA | Christopher Hodson | Maxwell Young | 23 June 1994 (1994-06-23) | |
| Skase's informant needs protection, but he is compromised when he uncovers the full extent of her criminal activities. | ||||||
| 75 | "Gate Fever" | David Gwillim and George Sewell guest star | Jim Goddard | Isabelle Grey | 24 June 1994 (1994-06-24) | |
| Cryer tries to keep a torn family together when the man who murdered their daughter is released from jail. | ||||||
| 76 | "The Road Not Taken" | TBA | Jim Goddard | Ron Rose | 28 June 1994 (1994-06-28) | |
| Page finds her loyalties tested when she arrests an old school friend in a drugs raid. | ||||||
| 77 | "Fallen Angel" | Barrie Gosney and Hywel Simons guest star | Graham Dixon | Rob Gittins | 30 June 1994 (1994-06-30) | |
| Woods investigates the activities of a cowboy builder, but near-identical statements from the victims leave him suspicious. | ||||||
| 78 | "A Touch of Braid" | Ged Simmons guest stars | Frank Smith | Edwin Pearce | 1 July 1994 (1994-07-01) | |
| Uniform are left to face the fallout when a teenage boy falls off a balcony trying to escape a CID raid. | ||||||
| 79 | "Masquerade" | Rio Fanning guest stars | Frank Smith | Julian Spilsbury | 5 July 1994 (1994-07-05) | |
| A magician performing at one of Conway's community meetings is suspected of burgling pensioners. | ||||||
| 80 | "Good Days" | Liz Fraser, Renu Setna and Frank Jarvis guest star | Michael Simpson | Peter J. Hammond | 7 July 1994 (1994-07-07) | |
| Lines and Woods attempt to solve the mysterious disappearance of an armed robber, but his mistress proves less than cooperative. | ||||||
| 81 | "Banned" | Trevor Cooper guest stars | Sam Miller | Michael Baker | 8 July 1994 (1994-07-08) | |
| Johnson's methods are called into question when she removes an aggressive solicitor's clerk from an interview with a robbery suspect. | ||||||
| 82 | "Parental Guidance" | TBA | Chris Lovett | Richard Stoneman | 12 July 1994 (1994-07-12) | |
| McCann is assisted by a lad who wants to join the Met in the search for a robbery suspect, while Lines gets some disappointing news about his son's behaviour. | ||||||
| 83 | "Settling the Score" | TBA | Baz Taylor | Tom Needham | 14 July 1994 (1994-07-14) | |
| Quinnan chances his arm in order to get an arrest. Carver realises that one of his informants has set up a suspect to clear the way for an affair with his wife. | ||||||
| 84 | "High Drivers" | Charlie Condou guest stars | Sam Miller | Nigel Baldwin | 15 July 1994 (1994-07-15) | |
| Monroe is called to a fatal traffic accident, then deals with a case of mistaken identity. | ||||||
| 85 | "Personal Space" | WPC Suzi Croft is promoted to WDC; Ashley Jensen and Peter-Hugo Daly guest star | Moira Armstrong | Carolyn Sally Jones | 19 July 1994 (1994-07-19) | |
| Croft and Woods interview a man suspected of abducting a girl. | ||||||
| 86 | "Public Spirit" | Paul Copley guest stars | Sue Dunderdale | Simon Frith | 21 July 1994 (1994-07-21) | |
| A businessman seems unconcerned after one of his employees is fatally injured in a street fight over drug-dealing territories. | ||||||
| 87 | "Dirty Laundry" | TBA | Moira Armstrong | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 22 July 1994 (1994-07-22) | |
| Johnson tries to stop a drugs war from escalating after a crack addict is shot. | ||||||
| 88 | "Paying the Price" | TBA | John Bruce | Robert Jones | 26 July 1994 (1994-07-26) | |
| Conway clips the wing-mirror of a car and finds himself listening to a man's confession to an attempted armed robbery. | ||||||
| 89 | "Best Interests" | Robert Gwilym guest stars | Brian Farnham | James Stevenson | 28 July 1994 (1994-07-28) | |
| Morgan has to choose between heart and head when trying to track down a boy who has been abducted by his father. | ||||||
| 90 | "Easy Prey" | TBA | Baz Taylor | Mark Holloway | 29 July 1994 (1994-07-29) | |
| Meadows suspects an overdose was actually murder, while Stamp and Jarvis hunt two lads who vandalised the area car. | ||||||
| 91 | "Unfinished Business" | First appearance of DS Chris Deakin | Jeremy Silberston | David Hoskins | 2 August 1994 (1994-08-02) | |
| Johnson attempts to track down a violent escaped prisoner. The arrival of new DS Chris Deakin is delayed when he is called into court. | ||||||
| 92 | "War of Nerves" | Billy McColl guest stars | Danny Hiller | Edwin Pearce | 4 August 1994 (1994-08-04) | |
| Datta is unnerved when Cato hauls the relief over the coals after complaining about cases being dumped on the DVU. | ||||||
| 93 | "Legacy" | Hubert Rees, Shaun Williamson and Eamon Boland guest star | Laurence Moody | Chris Ould | 5 August 1994 (1994-08-05) | |
| Johnson is suspicious when Meadows makes Deakin the handler for an old informant of her predecessor Burnside. | ||||||
| 94 | "Death and Taxes" | John Duttine guest stars | David Yates | Jonathan Myerson | 9 August 1994 (1994-08-09) | |
| Ackland and Quinnan investigate a break-in at a pharmacy. Cryer investigates extortion among the young homeless. | ||||||
| 95 | "In Too Deep" | TBA | Nicholas Mallett | Roy MacGregor | 11 August 1994 (1994-08-11) | |
| Meadows and Deakin investigate the fatal shooting of a young windscreen washer and uncover a link to a local drug dealer. | ||||||
| 96 | "You Belong to Me" | Dearbhla Molloy guest stars | Jeremy Silberston | Marianne Colbran | 12 August 1994 (1994-08-12) | |
| Datta and Cryer investigate the disappearance of a seventeen-year-old girl, but have to contend with her feuding brother in-law and sister. | ||||||
| 97 | "Looking for Mr Right" | TBA | Danny Hiller | Barry Simner | 16 August 1994 (1994-08-16) | |
| Morgan and Woods investigate a serious assault and are led to a case of kidnap and extortion. | ||||||
| 98 | "Skinning Cats" | TBA | Nicholas Mallett | Duncan Gould | 18 August 1994 (1994-08-18) | |
| Meadows and Conway fall out over the handling of an informant. Quinnan hunts a vanload of stolen meat. | ||||||
| 99 | "Full Contact" | Adrienne Posta guest stars | David Yates | Steve Griffiths | 19 August 1994 (1994-08-19) | |
| Meadows is annoyed when a lorry carrying cigarettes is highjacked. Stamp and Ackland intervene in a fight in a pub car park between two thieves. | ||||||
| 100 | "Partners" | Gerry Cowper guest stars | John Bruce | Simon Moss | 23 August 1994 (1994-08-23) | |
| Deakin and Croft investigate a jewel store armed robbery after a suspect is caught fleeing by Hollis and Loxton. | ||||||
| 101 | "On the Latch" | Shaun Dingwall guest stars | Gill Wilkinson | Michael Jenner | 25 August 1994 (1994-08-25) | |
| Meadows and Morgan investigate what appears to be the violent death of an old soldier in a drugs-related burglary. | ||||||
| 102 | "Wall of Silence" | Michael Melia guest stars | Gill Wilkinson | David Hoskins | 26 August 1994 (1994-08-26) | |
| Stamp and Ackland's bizarre case of a bedroom game gone wrong leads to a much more serious crime. | ||||||
| 103 | "Business Opportunities" | John Rolfe guest stars | Dominic Allan | Isabelle Grey | 30 August 1994 (1994-08-30) | |
| Uniform are given the runaround by a cowboy builder robbing clients and stealing supplies for his business. | ||||||
| 104 | "A Little Learning" | Anna Wilson-Jones guest stars | Chris Lovett | Michael Jenner | 1 September 1994 (1994-09-01) | |
| Deakin and Johnson investigate an assault on a teacher, but the suspect counter-alleges harassment by the school’s headmaster. | ||||||
| 105 | "Right Way, Wrong Way" | Larrington Walker and Pik-Sen Lim guest star | Simon Meyers | Nigel Baldwin | 2 September 1994 (1994-09-02) | |
| Steele and McCann investigate a hit-and-run incident as violence between the West Indian and Chinese communities, leading to tension between Cato and Conway. | ||||||
| 106 | "Instant Response" | Final appearance of PC Adam Bostock | Nicholas Laughland | Joanne Maguire | 6 September 1994 (1994-09-06) | |
| When a villain is sent down, his angry teenage son seeks revenge by drawing the Sun Hill team into an aggressive pursuit across Canley. | ||||||
| 107 | "Washback" | TBA | Chris Clough | A. Valentine | 8 September 1994 (1994-09-08) | |
| A sawn-off shotgun found in a house fire puts Lines and Johnson onto the trail of crack dealer Lee Ruddick. | ||||||
| 108 | "Kickback" | David Gwillim guest stars | Laurence Moody | A. Valentine | 9 September 1994 (1994-09-09) | |
| When Lee Ruddick dies at St Hugh's following the drugs raid, Johnson is left facing a CIB enquiry. | ||||||
| 109 | "Birthright" | Deborah Manship guest stars | Aisling Walsh | Peter J. Hammond | 13 September 1994 (1994-09-13) | |
| Ackland and Datta are drawn into the past when a couple are pestered by a young woman claiming to be a long-lost daughter. | ||||||
| 110 | "Threats and Promises" | TBA | Michael Simpson | Gregory Evans | 15 September 1994 (1994-09-15) | |
| A wall of silence obstructs CID when uniform attend a stabbing at a club owned by a family of villains. | ||||||
| 111 | "Inside" | TBA | Gwennan Sage | Mark Holloway | 16 September 1994 (1994-09-16) | |
| Jarvis is faced with the task of negotiating when a woman is held hostage in her flat by an obsessive lover. | ||||||
| 112 | "Back on the Chain Gang" | TBA | Laura Sims | Stephen C. Handley | 20 September 1994 (1994-09-20) | |
| An old villain seeking out Morgan blows a CID OBBO, so she determines to make amends by acting on info about a planned robbery. | ||||||
| 113 | "Out in the Cold" | Jacqueline Defferary guest stars | Gwennan Sage | David G. McDonagh | 22 September 1994 (1994-09-22) | |
| Jarvis, Loxton, Page and Cato deal with a trio of squatters and a violent landlord. | ||||||
| 114 | "Living Legend" | Georgina Hale, Derek Martin, Johnnie Wade, Neil Stuke and John Gill guest star | Brian Farnham | Helen Leadbeater | 23 September 1994 (1994-09-23) | |
| Meadows is left red in the face when drugs are missing after CID bust a deal. | ||||||
| 115 | "Runners and Riders" | Victoria Alcock guest stars | June Howson | Michael Jenner | 27 September 1994 (1994-09-27) | |
| Meadows is worried that a vicious attack was meted out in revenge for the conviction of a loan shark. | ||||||
| 116 | "Down and Out" | Ewen Bremner guest stars | Laura Sims | Simon Frith | 29 September 1994 (1994-09-29) | |
| Boyden crosses swords with Johnson as she gets heavy-handed with a mentally ill prisoner. | ||||||
| 117 | "Inquest" | Lolita Chakrabarti, Margery Mason, Ian McNeice, Georgina Hale, Janet Lees Price and David Neal guest star | Brian Farnham | Margaret Phelan | 30 September 1994 (1994-09-30) | |
| Several Sun Hill officers face a coroner's enquiry over an elderly drug dealer who died in custody. | ||||||
| 118 | "Grey Matter" | Bruce Byron and Madhav Sharma guest star | Aisling Walsh | Edward Canfor-Dumas | 4 October 1994 (1994-10-04) | |
| Johnson investigates a suspected racially-motivated attack. | ||||||
| 119 | "Blackout" | Malcolm Terris, Mark Heap, Sean Caffrey and Peter Benson guest star | Simon Meyers | Roger Davenport | 6 October 1994 (1994-10-06) | |
| Woods and Lines have multiple suspects for a hit and run - but none of them have access to cars. | ||||||
| 120 | "The Cold Consumer" | TBA | Douglas Mackinnon | Terry Hodgkinson | 7 October 1994 (1994-10-07) | |
| Page deals with the sudden death of an unidentified man in the bathroom of a high class prostitute. | ||||||
| 121 | "Saving Face" | Stacey Tendeter guest stars | Dominic Allan | Scott Cherry | 11 October 1994 (1994-10-11) | |
| Carver's last-minute tip-off on armed robbery precedes a series of errors that jeopardise the OBBO. | ||||||
| 122 | "Silent Partner" | Peter Copley guest stars | Indra Bhose | Isabelle Grey | 13 October 1994 (1994-10-13) | |
| Pearce and Croft's investigation into a burglary at a block of flats for the elderly leads them to a suspected bogus charity. | ||||||
| 123 | "One Born Every Minute" | Campbell Morrison guest stars | Jeremy Silberston | Tom Needham | 14 October 1994 (1994-10-14) | |
| A rape allegation sends Deakin into the murky world of pimps and prostitutes. | ||||||
| 124 | "Backlash" | Hour-long 10th anniversary special; Danny John-Jules and Allan Corduner guest star | Chris Clough | A. Valentine | 18 October 1994 (1994-10-18) | |
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Johnson stands trial for manslaughter of Lee Ruddick amidst allegations of a police cover-up. Subsequent repeats of this episode were split into two half-hour episodes – the first titled as "Backlash" and the other "R.I.P". | ||||||
| 125 | "Taken on Trust" | TBA | Tony Virgo | Julian Spilsbury | 20 October 1994 (1994-10-20) | |
| An unexploded WWII bomb is discovered on the banks of the river; a group of squatters jeopardise Monroe's efforts to evacuate the area. | ||||||
| 126 | "Bridgework" | David Lonsdale guest stars | Michael Simpson | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 21 October 1994 (1994-10-21) | |
| A raid precedes a heated info session at Sun Hill by Area Drugs and a reformed addict about fighting the war on drugs. | ||||||
| 127 | "Land of the Blind" | Claire Benedict and Russell Brand guest star | John Bruce | Sebastian Secker-Walker | 25 October 1994 (1994-10-25) | |
| Deakin and Meadows are prosecuting a teenager for assault but McCann thinks he is innocent. | ||||||
| 128 | "Indecent Exposure" | Nadia Sawalha guest stars | John Bruce | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | 27 October 1994 (1994-10-27) | |
| Pearce and Croft fall out over the arrest of a drugs dealer with MS. | ||||||
| 129 | "Pass the Parcel" | TBA | Alan Bell | Chris Ould | 28 October 1994 (1994-10-28) | |
| Brownlow frets when Hicks summons him to Area to talk about his future, while Greig contends with a time wasting burglary suspect. | ||||||
| 130 | "Cheap at Half the Price" | TBA | Christopher Hodson | Chris Lang | 1 November 1994 (1994-11-01) | |
| Deakin goes undercover as a professional hitman and is asked to kill the wife of a failing businessman. | ||||||
| 131 | "The Sixth Age" | Helen Fraser and Diana Coupland guest stars | June Howson | Ron Rose | 3 November 1994 (1994-11-03) | |
| Loxton and Quinnan are drawn into a world of romance, intrigue and violent affections when called to attend an incident at a local tea dance. | ||||||
| 132 | "Pipped at the Post" | TBA | Christopher Hodson | Robert Jones | 4 November 1994 (1994-11-04) | |
| With the transfer of Ch. Supt. Brownlow to Area, there is a vacancy at Sun Hill; Conway, Cato and Meadows all vie for the job. | ||||||
| 133 | "Mischief" | TBA | Gill Wilkinson | Peter J. Hammond | 8 November 1994 (1994-11-08) | |
| Cryer and Garfield are called to the scene of a suicide. | ||||||
| 134 | "Taking Stock" | Departure of WDS Jo Morgan; Sarah Parish and Maureen O'Farrell guest star | Tony Virgo | Marianne Colbran | 10 November 1994 (1994-11-10) | |
| Morgan investigates a suspected racial assault with links to a possible protection racket whilst awaiting word of a transfer to the Regional Crime Squad. | ||||||
| 135 | "The Melting Pot" | Ch. Insp. Derek Conway is promoted to A/Supt.; Oscar James guest stars | Sam Miller | Christopher Russell | 11 November 1994 (1994-11-11) | |
| Conway has a hectic first day in his new job as he deals with the aftermath of a senior officers' night out, absentee inspectors and burglars that need babysitting. | ||||||
| 136 | "No Name, No Number" | Forbes Collins and Anthony Jackson guest star | Indra Bhose | Jonathan Myerson | 15 November 1994 (1994-11-15) | |
| Stamp and Boyden come under suspicion as Meadows suspects a Sun Hill officer is involved with witness intimidation. | ||||||
| 137 | "Make Believe" | TBA | David Attwood | Michael Jenner | 17 November 1994 (1994-11-17) | |
| Monroe and Cryer investigate a school crossing guard who has been giving expensive toys to young children. | ||||||
| 138 | "Sleeping Dogs" | TBA | Audrey Cooke | Maxwell Young | 18 November 1994 (1994-11-18) | |
| A young girl reports a rape a year after it happened. Can Johnson and Pearce dig up enough evidence to make the charge stick? | ||||||
| 139 | "Beg, Borrow or Steal" | John Abineri guest stars | Gill Wilkinson | Edwin Pearce | 22 November 1994 (1994-11-22) | |
| Cato's anti-vagrancy initiative draws Page's attention to a loan shark exploiting the homeless. | ||||||
| 140 | "Work Experience" | Richard Mylan guest stars | Chris Lovett | Barry Simner | 24 November 1994 (1994-11-24) | |
| Carver goes undercover as a mechanic to investigate a garage owner's plans to be getaway driver on an armed robbery. | ||||||
| 141 | "Down a Blind Alley" | David Quilter guest stars | Alan Bell | Roy MacGregor | 25 November 1994 (1994-11-25) | |
| Cato is accused of assaulting a man who mugged him. | ||||||
| 142 | "Creating a Market" | TBA | Douglas Mackinnon | Candy Denman | 29 November 1994 (1994-11-29) | |
| Deakin sets up pawn shop in an attempt to trap mobile phone thieves, while Greig investigates the theft of an office's computers. | ||||||
| 143 | "Fly on the Wall" | Catherine Tate guest stars | Audrey Cooke | Rob Gittins | 1 December 1994 (1994-12-01) | |
| Pearce and Croft investigate when rivalry between gangs of fly-posters escalates to assault and an arson attack. | ||||||
| 144 | "King of the Hill" | Joe Absolom guest stars | Simon Meyers | Chris Ould | 2 December 1994 (1994-12-02) | |
| Boyden gets injured chasing a teenage assault suspect through a derelict factory, but will the boy help him out? | ||||||
| 145 | "Fathers and Sons" | Richard Beale and Bruce Alexander guest star | Brian Parker | Gregory Evans | 6 December 1994 (1994-12-06) | |
| Pearce and Croft investigate an assault, but the victim's father seems reluctant to help. | ||||||
| 146 | "A Feeling for the Job" | TBA | Keith Boak | Tom Needham | 8 December 1994 (1994-12-08) | |
| Cryer suspects the worst when a man's wife goes missing. | ||||||
| 147 | "Closing Time" | TBA | Chris Lovett | Mark Holloway | 9 December 1994 (1994-12-09) | |
| Cato's methods unnerve Cryer as he tries to evict a widowed pub landlady. | ||||||
| 148 | "Blood Pressure" | Angela Lonsdale, Jack Smethurst and Martin Hancock guest star | David Attwood | Richard Stoneman | 13 December 1994 (1994-12-13) | |
| An assault on a Jehovah's Witness is complicated by his mother's refusal to let him have a blood transfusion. | ||||||
| 149 | "Appropriate Adults" | TBA | Martin Hutchings | Barry Simner | 15 December 1994 (1994-12-15) | |
| Cato launches a raid on a brothel, while Carver investigates the fall from a landing by one of the pimp’s other girls. | ||||||
| 150 | "Throw the Key Away" | TBA | Sam Miller | Neil Clarke | 16 December 1994 (1994-12-16) | |
| Deakin manipulates a chaotic afternoon in custody to conduct an illegal interview - putting Monroe at odds with Johnson. | ||||||
| 151 | "An Unconventional Approach" | Ann Davies guest stars | Frank W. Smith | Dom Shaw | 20 December 1994 (1994-12-20) | |
| Ackland and Loxton get caught up in violent competition between rival bailiffs. | ||||||
| 152 | "Fall Guy" | TBA | Simon Meyers | James Stevenson | 22 December 1994 (1994-12-22) | |
| Croft is horrified when Skase goes over the top to get a result. | ||||||
| 153 | "Stuffed" | Ray Ashcroft guest stars | Christopher Hodson | Mark Holloway | 23 December 1994 (1994-12-23) | |
| Cryer is surprised when two kids report their stepdad has stolen Christmas presents from their mum’s boss. Stamp and Cato try pranking one another at the Christmas party. | ||||||
| 154 | "Dearly Departed" | Ian Puleston-Davies and Ralph Watson guest star | Alan Bell | David G. McDonagh | 27 December 1994 (1994-12-27) | |
| A body is found in a club owner's burnt out car. Greig investigates the theft of a corpse at an undertaker's. | ||||||
| 155 | "Returning the Call" | Jake Wood guest stars | Frank W. Smith | Richard Stoneman | 29 December 1994 (1994-12-29) | |
| Hollis finds CID less than helpful as he investigates a threatening voicemail message, even after he makes a link to a series of burglaries. | ||||||
| 156 | "Licensed to Kill" | Pooky Quesnel guest stars | Jan Sargent | Roy MacGregor | 30 December 1994 (1994-12-30) | |
| Hollis assists a woman who is the victim of obsession. McCann is disappointed when a young driver with a fake ID he failed to notice kills a man in a hit and run. | ||||||
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