The Bill - Season 21
Season 21
Network
DatesJan 5, 2005 - Dec 29, 2005
Episodes
Season 21Episode 145 min
Cure the Sin
It could be the day of Sun Hill's first gay wedding, but PC Lance Powell has been kidnapped by two Christian friends, Hal Richards and Dennis Simpson who try and 'cure' him of his homosexuality, Lance is spotted being kidnapped on CCTV footage and they find out that the man who rented the van that Lance was pulled into lent it to Dennis, Dennis is taken in for questioning and he confesses that him and Hal kidnapped Lance. Lance is rescued and Lance and Sgt Mark Rollins finally marry. A new DC Jo Masters is brought in to diffuse the tension between the warring DCI Jack Meadows and DI Neil Manson, but after meeting DC Jo Masters they both agree that she'll make their lives hell. DC Terry Perkins tracks down his brother and manages to trick his wife into revealing her suspicions about her husbands child abuse but DS Ramani de Costa is hot on his trail.
Jan 5, 2005
Season 21Episode 245 min
Double Jeopardy (1)
DS Ramani De Costa and DC Suzie Sim try to find out if DC Terry Perkin's brother, Ben is abusing his kids and Bradley admits his father touches him, but he could have adopted his fathers childhood memories as his own. Meanwhile a woman at St Hughs hospital protests about her embryos being held for ransom and pulls a knife on PC Yvonne Hemmingway. Two people pretending to be protesters try to spring there bail jumping father who is in hospital after a drink driving crash but he is to ill to be moved. In the protest PC Roger Valentine is gagged and handcuffed to a bed and PC Honey Harman finds herself staring down the barrel of a gun.
Jan 6, 2005
Season 21Episode 345 min
Double Jeopardy (2)
Neil and Jack arrive at Sgt. Hugh's to speak to suspect Roland O'Brien, only to walk right into the middle of a hostage situation – finding themselves being tied up in the boiler room by O'Brien's deranged son. Adam arrives to take charge of the situation, and assigns Jo to be the negotiator in the absence of the hostage negotiation team. Jo attempts to use O'Brien's ex-girlfriend, who is now carrying his baby, in an attempt to secure Roger's safety. Meanwhile, Steve sees red and rescues Honey from the clutches of O'Brien's other son, wrestling him to the floor. When Roger attempts to obtain medical help for Roland, he gets into a tussle with his son, and the gun fires, injuring the boy.
Jan 12, 2005
Season 21Episode 445 min
He Who Has No Will
Jan 13, 2005
Season 21Episode 545 min
Motivated by Love
Jan 19, 2005
Season 21Episode 645 min
A Difficult Subject
Jan 20, 2005
Season 21Episode 745 min
Ignorance vs. Prejudice
Jan 26, 2005
Season 21Episode 845 min
Talk is Cheap
Jan 27, 2005
Season 21Episode 945 min
Friday Night Shift
Feb 2, 2005
Season 21Episode 1045 min
The Suttle Approach
Feb 3, 2005
Season 21Episode 1145 min
Of No Fault
Feb 9, 2005
Season 21Episode 1245 min
In the Driving Seat
Feb 16, 2005
Season 21Episode 1345 min
Exposé
Feb 17, 2005
Season 21Episode 1445 min
Confessions of a Killer
Feb 23, 2005
Season 21Episode 1545 min
Inferno
Feb 24, 2005
Season 21Episode 1645 min
Moving On
Feb 24, 2005
Season 21Episode 1745 min
Slipping Away
Mar 2, 2005
Season 21Episode 1845 min
Life's Too Short
Mar 3, 2005
Season 21Episode 1945 min
The Calm Before the Storm
Mar 9, 2005
Season 21Episode 2045 min
Taking a Stand
Mar 10, 2005
Season 21Episode 2145 min
A Different Ball Game
Mar 16, 2005
Season 21Episode 2245 min
An Ominous Warning
Mar 17, 2005
Season 21Episode 2345 min
Operation Mercury (1)
Mar 23, 2005
Season 21Episode 2445 min
Operation Mercury (2)
Mar 24, 2005
Season 21Episode 2545 min
Abuse in Kind
Mar 30, 2005
Season 21Episode 2645 min
To Protect and Serve
Mar 31, 2005
Season 21Episode 2745 min
Moving Target
Apr 6, 2005
Season 21Episode 2845 min
Dangerous Territory
Apr 7, 2005
Season 21Episode 2945 min
The Decoy (1)
Apr 13, 2005
Season 21Episode 3045 min
The Decoy (2)
Apr 14, 2005
Season 21Episode 3145 min
This Will Bother You
Apr 20, 2005
Season 21Episode 3245 min
No Good Advice
Apr 21, 2005
Season 21Episode 3345 min
Show of Force
Apr 27, 2005
Season 21Episode 3445 min
Like Father, Like Son
Apr 28, 2005
Season 21Episode 3545 min
A Lack of Control (1)
May 4, 2005
Season 21Episode 3645 min
A Lack of Control (2)
DS De Costa returns to Sun Hill humiliated after being bailed. DC Perkins races to her house, where an increasingly unbalanced Margaret Barnes is planning to commit suicide. In an attempt to prevent her from taking her own life he is stabbed and critically injured. PCSO Laura Bryant is knocked to the ground by a boy running drugs errands. PCs Dan and Stamp track down an inventive graffiti artist who uses cleaning products to produce negative images on dirty walls around Sun Hill. Sgt Smith reprimands receptionist Julian Tavell for gossiping.
May 5, 2005
Season 21Episode 3745 min
Silence of the Guilty
Margaret Barnes is taken to hospital where a nurse realises that the blood on her clothes is not consistent with her wounds. DS De Costa realises DC Perkins has been stabbed and rushes home to find him bleeding to death. PC Powell and PCSO Bryant continue to help a delinquent's mother who has been beaten up by her son. They track Tomlin to a local pool hall, where they are taken aback to see Supt Okaro apparently buying drugs from Adi Mateen. DS Nixon is impressed by DS Hunter's uncharacteristic chivalry while working on a case, and asks if he'd like to get together with her socially. Unfortunately, their date is ruined by the reappearance of a figure from Hunter's past.
May 12, 2005
Season 21Episode 3845 min
Through the Facade
Supt Okaro attends the funeral of his wife, son and daughter, where he is comforted by Insp Gold, who goes on to compound his distress by telling him that she has cancer. PC Powell and PCSO Bryant continue to try to help local delinquent Jordan Tomlin. Powell is concerned that the superintendent hasn't handed in the drugs package he received from local drug dealer Adi Mateen. DSs Hunter and Nixon investigate the theft of a laptop containing sexually explicit material. Nixon seems to have cooled towards Hunter, who confides in his brother Steve about Kate Maltby's pregnancy.
May 18, 2005
Season 21Episode 3945 min
Sacrifices of the Job
DS Nixon confronts DS Hunter about Kate Maltby's pregnancy. Hunter then attacks his younger brother Steve, accusing him of betraying a confidence. Supt Okaro and Insp Gold have a heart-to-heart discussion, but she is sure he's hiding something. PCs Kent and Murphy work together on a harassment case involving Kent's fancy woman. Drug dealer Adi Mateen is forced to reveal his true identity in a desperate bid to save PC Powell from being shot by Jordan Tomlin.
May 19, 2005
Season 21Episode 4045 min
Rise and Fall
DC Zain Nadir is certain that his cover has not been blown, and Supt Adam Okaro authorises him to meet drug dealer Joshua Armstrong. The intervention of an armed motorcycle passenger threatens to cut short the entire investigation. PC Harman returns from honeymoon and confides in PC Hemmingway about a storage unit hired by new husband Scott Burnett. Hemmingway finds a bloody glove, fuelling suspicions that he killed his first wife. DS Phil Hunter is furious with his brother for telling Kate Maltby about his daughter Madison.
May 26, 2005
Season 21Episode 4145 min
Maintain Cover
PC Casper has a humiliating run-in with three yobs and later tries to save face by telling PC Johannsen that they had threatened him with a knife. At the end of the shift, he seeks solace in the arms of drugs referral officer Rochelle Barratt. PC Harman confronts husband Scott Burnett, who breaks down and admits to killing his first wife Karen. She implores him to turn himself in, but when the police arrive at their house, the couple are nowhere to be seen.
Jun 1, 2005
Season 21Episode 4245 min
Regrets
DI Morell investigates the apparent abduction of PC Harman by new husband Scott Burnett, but she has fled with him of her own volition and they are preparing to set sail for France. PCs Hemmingway and Stamp arrest a thief and Hemmingway leaves herself open to charges of using excessive force. PC Johannsen teases PC Casper about his run-in with the gang.
Jun 2, 2005
Season 21Episode 4345 min
The Price of Love
There is an enquiry into the PC Hemmingway's use of her asp on Lee Thomas, who dies from his injuries. Supt Okaro interviews PC Harman, who insists that she was abducted by husband Scott Burnett. PC Casper confesses to Insp Gold that PC Johannsen has been blackmailing him. Johannsen lets slip to Julian Tavell that the inspector has cancer.
Jun 8, 2005
Season 21Episode 4445 min
Attack of Conscience
Jun 9, 2005
Season 21Episode 4545 min
Use of Protocol (1)
Jun 15, 2005
Season 21Episode 4645 min
Use of Protocol (2)
Sgt Ackland leads a short-lived rebellion over the suspension of PC Hemmingway. Supt Okaro tries to defuse the threat of strike action by the relief, reminding them of their duties as police officers and offering to let Hemmingway return to the station on non-operational duties while the inquiry takes its course. PC Casper panics that his affair with Rochelle Barratt is about to become public, but reacts with dismay when she suggests they put their affair on hold. DC Best feels that he is being patronised by DC Sim. DI Manson confides in Sim about his affair with the late PC Dunbar. The Hunter brothers clash over Phil's treatment of Kate.
Jun 16, 2005
Season 21Episode 4745 min
Use of Protocol (3)
Jun 22, 2005
Season 21Episode 4845 min
One Step Too Far (1)
Jun 23, 2005
Season 21Episode 4945 min
One Step Too Far (2)
Jun 29, 2005
Season 21Episode 5045 min
A Shoulder to Cry On
Sgt Smith attends a car-jacking incident and is attracted to the victim, Louise Larson, the wife of a local gangster. PCs Johannsen and Harman are sent to catch a gang of cash machine skimmers. DS Hunter discovers that Christine Weaver plans to migrate to Australia with their daughter. PC Murphy ignores Sgt Ackland's advice to steer clear of PC Kent.
Jun 30, 2005
Season 21Episode 5145 min
Word to the Wise
PCs Valentine and Casper break up a violent fight between two old friends, and have to deal with the consequences when one of the men is stabbed. DC Nadir is investigating gangster Pete Larson, while Sgt Smith has been sleeping with Mrs Larson. DC Perkins is called as a witness at his brother's trial. DS Hunter is concerned that Christine Weaver plans to emigrate with their daughter Madison.
Jul 6, 2005
Season 21Episode 5245 min
Playing with Fire
Supt. Okaro struggles to make headway with his road safety campaign. D.C. Perkins's nephew testifies against his father. Sgt. Smith continues his relationship with a gangster's wife. P.C. Stamp tries his hand at internet dating. D.S. Hunter's mum lectures him about parental responsibility.
Jul 7, 2005
Season 21Episode 5345 min
Dangerous Relationships
D.C. Best is shot in the back during a raid on a gang suspected of handling stolen goods. D.S. Hunter vows to catch the thug responsible for assaulting his pregnant ex-lover, and inadvertently proposes marriage. Insp. Gold returns to duty after cancer therapy but is unfit for work. Supt. Okaro hits another snag with his road safety initiative.
Jul 13, 2005
Season 21Episode 5445 min
A Small Price to Pay (1)
Acting DC Best survives the shooting, but may be paralysed. Reunited with his estranged mother, he decides to return to Manchester. DCI Meadows and CID begin the search for the gunman, and are led to Supt Okaro's old friend Isaac Collins. Sgt Smith and Jonathan Fox investigate Insp Gold's absence and find her passed out in her bathroom. PC Stamp hires an escort to accompany him to PC Harman's birthday party, but she turns out to be a moonlighting PC Johannsen.
Jul 14, 2005
Season 21Episode 5545 min
A Small Price to Pay (2)
Supt. Okaro tenders his resignation as photographs of him smoking a joint with Isaac Collins are passed on to the MET. However, unbeknown to the relief, he has gone undercover for the NCS, hoping to identify Collins for the rogue that he is. When Collins offers him the job of a security consultant, he uses it a pretext to begin his investigation. Meanwhile, Ch Supt Barratt arrives at Sun Hill to take control of the situation, and unknown to him, he comes dangerously close to discovering the affair between PC Casper and his wife, Rochelle. PC Johannsen exploits her new status as PC Stamp's 'girlfriend', so he decides to end their relationship. DCI Meadows challenges DI Manson over his relationship with DC Sim after he catches them in a compromising situation.
Jul 20, 2005
Season 21Episode 5645 min
A Small Price to Pay (3)
Jul 21, 2005
Season 21Episode 5745 min
Closing Ranks
Jul 27, 2005
Season 21Episode 5845 min
To Catch a Killer (1)
Jul 28, 2005
Season 21Episode 5945 min
To Catch a Killer (2)
Aug 3, 2005
Season 21Episode 6045 min
To Catch a Killer (3)
Aug 4, 2005
Season 21Episode 6145 min
Mad Dogs
Aug 10, 2005
Season 21Episode 6245 min
At the End of a Long Day
Aug 11, 2005
Season 21Episode 6345 min
Beggars and Bent Coppers
Aug 17, 2005
Season 21Episode 6445 min
Loss of Inhabition
Aug 18, 2005
Season 21Episode 6545 min
Trial Basis (1)
Aug 24, 2005
Season 21Episode 6645 min
Without Force (2)
Aug 25, 2005
Season 21Episode 6745 min
Credit Where Credit's Due
Aug 30, 2005
Season 21Episode 6845 min
The Boys Are Back in Town
Aug 31, 2005
Season 21Episode 6945 min
Insufficient Excuses
Jo and Suzie present Neil with incriminating photographs of his father-in-law, while Ross Trescot begs June to drop the rape charge.
Sep 1, 2005
Season 21Episode 7045 min
Finger of Blame
Neil Manson learns his father-in-law, former Deputy Assistant Commissioner Roy Pearson, is being blackmailed over his involvement with underage boys.
Sep 6, 2005
Season 21Episode 7145 min
Distraction
PCs Hemmingway and Bryant challenge their male colleagues Valentine and Casper to a crime-busting contest. Amanda Prosser gets a stranglehold on Gina.
Sep 7, 2005
Season 21Episode 7245 min
The Scapegoat
Sep 8, 2005
Season 21Episode 7345 min
Mixing Business with Pleasure
Sep 14, 2005
Season 21Episode 7445 min
Seeking Retribution
Sheelagh finally decides to accept Gabriel's marriage proposal, while Roger investigates an assault on his estranged wife's new boyfriend.
Sep 15, 2005
Season 21Episode 7545 min
The Anniversary (1)
Sep 21, 2005
Season 21Episode 7645 min
The Anniversary (2)
Sep 22, 2005
Season 21Episode 7745 min
Keep It Out
Adam Okaro returns to Sun Hill, where he resumes his role as Superintendent - and immediately asks Jo Masters to find out how the press got a photo of Lesley Palmer.
Sep 28, 2005
Season 21Episode 7845 min
A Not-So-Simple Mistake
Sep 29, 2005
Season 21Episode 7945 min
Let It Slip
Oct 5, 2005
Season 21Episode 8045 min
Cat Out of the Bag
Oct 6, 2005
Season 21Episode 8145 min
Won't Take It Lying Down
Oct 12, 2005
Season 21Episode 8245 min
Missing in Action
Oct 13, 2005
Season 21Episode 8345 min
The Screw (1)
Oct 19, 2005
Season 21Episode 8445 min
The Screw (2)
Oct 20, 2005
Season 21Episode 8545 min
A Mean Game (1)
Oct 25, 2005
Season 21Episode 8645 min
A Mean Game (2)
Oct 27, 2005
Season 21Episode 8745 min
Back to Basics (1)
Nov 2, 2005
Season 21Episode 8845 min
Back to Basics (2)
Nov 3, 2005
Season 21Episode 8945 min
In the Wrong Hands
Nov 9, 2005
Season 21Episode 9045 min
Decision Time
Nov 10, 2005
Season 21Episode 9145 min
The Reject
Nov 16, 2005
Season 21Episode 9245 min
Crystal Meth Madness
Nov 17, 2005
Season 21Episode 9345 min
A Small Piece of the Pie
Nov 23, 2005
Season 21Episode 9445 min
When Justice Isn't Enough (1)
Nov 29, 2005
Season 21Episode 9545 min
When Justice Isn't Enough (2)
Nov 30, 2005
Season 21Episode 9645 min
When Justice Isn't Enough (3)
Dec 7, 2005
Season 21Episode 9745 min
Hook, Line and Sinker
Dec 8, 2005
Season 21Episode 9845 min
Reunited
Dec 14, 2005
Season 21Episode 9945 min
Cop the Lot
Dec 15, 2005
Season 21Episode 10045 min
Torn
Dec 20, 2005
Season 21Episode 10145 min
Honour
Dec 21, 2005
Season 21Episode 10245 min
A Time for Giving
Dec 22, 2005
Season 21Episode 10345 min
Without Dignity, Without Respect
Dec 28, 2005
Season 21Episode 10445 min
A Social Decision
Dec 29, 2005
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