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The Bill » Character Titles

Alistair Greig » 5x77 - Grieg vs Taylor Frank Burnside » 6x21 - Burnside Knew My Father Delia French » 7x23 - 832 Receiving Bob Cryer » 11x16 - Uncle Bob Jim Carver » 15x47 - Lucky Jim Eddie Santini » 16x23 - The Trial of Eddie Santini Dale 'Smithy' Smith  » 17x06 - PC Smith Don Beech » 17x59 - Beech on the Run Dave Quinnan » 18x06/11 - Quinnan: Parts 1-6 Phil Hunter » 23x28 - Hunter on the Street Zain Nadir » 23x89/90 - Zain: Inside Out: Parts 1 & 2 John Heaton » 24x19 - Heat on the Beat

(Jim does also have 'Gentleman Jim' in season 13 but the set was long enough. I've also only included original broadcast titles and not the ones retroactively applied to the numbered eps for DVD release/syndication)

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16.69 Fifty-Fifty (Part One)

QUINNAN: The report of a body at the Bagford Rd Industrial Estate… confirm that there is a body at this location. [pause] It’s DS Boulton.

BEECH: He’s dead, Maggie.

GLAZE: That’s very generous. QUINNAN: Not really. GLAZE: Fifty quid? QUINNAN: It’s guilt, actually. I never liked him.

(To be continued…)

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Your Dream Sun Hill Staff Line Up

This will only work if we ignore the obvious problem with aging and make everyone as old as when they were onscreen for the majority of the time all at the same time (so ignoring returns and later sad deaths like Ted in the numbered episodes and people leaving the service like Rod/Yorkie etc.)

I have included those who rose through the ranks or 'acted up' onscreen in those positions as well [For example - acting Superintendent Derek Conway would be allowed to be chosen as a Superintendent, however you couldn't promote someone who hadn't been seen onscreen as that rank - say making Will Fletcher a Superintendent] It's likely that I've forgotten some so please feel free to point it out and add them in!

You obviously cannot have people in more than one position however, so unfortunately (for me!) there's no Inspector Smith, Sgt Smith and PC Smith all working at the same time!

There are no rules on the sexes of characters (ie - you don't have to have 6 PC's of each sex). The numbers are as follows...

Allowances

1 Superintendent

1 Chief Inspector

1 Detective Chief Inspector

2 Detective Inspectors

3 Detective Sergeants

10 Detective Constables

1 Inspector

3 Sergeants

12 Constables (in total)

(Initially a little bit generous on PC's and DC's allowances. I did start with 8 and 10 but it was a bit too hard for that! If we go for another round we might need to bring that down...)

Superintendent Chief Superintendent Charles Brownlow Acting Superintendent Derek Conway Superintendent Tom Chandler Superintendent Adam Okaro Superintendent Amanda Prosser Superintendent John Heaton Superintendent Jack Meadows

Chief Inspector Chief Inspector Derek Conway Chief Inspector Philip Cato Chief Inspector Paul Stitch

Detective Chief Inspector Detective Chief Inspector Kim Reid Detective Chief Inspector Frank Burnside Detective Chief Inspector Gordon Wray Detective Chief Inspector Jack Meadows

Detective Inspector Detective Inspector Roy Galloway Acting Detective Inspector Ted Roach Detective Inspector Frank Burnside Detective Inspector Harry Haines Detective Inspector Sally Johnson Detective Inspector Chris Deakin Detective Inspector Claire Stanton Acting Inspector Liz Rawton Detective Inspector Alex Cullen Detective Inspector Neil Manson Detective Inspector Rowanne Morell Acting Detective Inspector Ramani De Costa Detective Inspector Samantha Nixon

Detective Sergeants Detective Sergeant Ted Roach Detective Sergeant Danny Pearce Detective Sergeant Jo Morgan Detective Sergeant Alistair Greig Detective Sergeant Mike Dashwood Detective Sergeant Chris Deakin Detective Sergeant John Boulton Detective Sergeant Don Beech Detective Sergeant Geoff Daly Detective Sergeant Claire Stanton Detective Sergeant Rosie Fox Detective Sergeant Debbie McAllister Detective Sergeant Phil Hunter Detective Sergeant Sam Nixon Detective Sergeant Vik Singh Detective Sergeant Mickey Webb Detective Sergeant Ramani De Costa Detective Sergeant Stuart Turner Detective Sergeant Jim Carver Detective Sergeant Max Carter Detective Sergeant Stevie Moss

Detective Constable Detective Constable Mike Dashwood Detective Constable Jim Carver Detective Constable Alfred 'Tosh' Lines Detective Constable Tony 'Yorkie' Smith Detective Constable Viv Martella Detective Constable Alan Woods Detective Constable Jo Morgan Detective Constable Suzi Croft Detective Constable Rod Skase Detective Constable Liz Rawton Detective Constable Kerry Holmes Detective Constable Tom Proctor Detective Constable Duncan Lennox Detective Constable Mickey Webb Detective Constable Danny Glaze Detective Constable Kate Spears Detective Constable Paul Riley Detective Constable Eva Sharpe Detective Constable Brandon Kane Detective Constable Ken Drummond Detective Constable Juliet Becker Detective Constable Rob Thatcher Detective Constable Terry Perkins Detective Constable Ramani De Costa Detective Constable Jo Masters Detective Constable Suzie Sim Detective Constable Gary Best Detective Constable Zain Nadir Detective Constable Kezia Walker Detective Constable Grace Dasari Detective Constable Jacob Banks Detective Constable Stevie Moss Detective Constable Will Fletcher

Inspector Inspector Sam Deeping Inspector Brian Kite Inspector Christine Frazer Inspector Andrew Monroe Acting Inspector Matt Boyden Inspector Gina Gold Inspector Rachel Weston Inspector Dale Smith

Sergeant Sergeant Bob Cryer Sergeant Tom Penny Sergeant Alec Peters Sergeant Joseph Corrie Sergeant Stuart Lamont Sergeant Ray Steele Sergeant Jane Kendall Sergeant John Maitland Acting Sergeant Cathy Marshall Sergeant June Ackland Sergeant Matt Boyden Sergeant Craig Gilmore Sergeant Nikki Wright Sergeant Dale Smith Sergeant Sheelagh Murphy Acting Sergeant Yvonne Hemmingway Sergeant Phil Hunter Sergeant Callum Stone Sergeant Diane Noble Sergeant Rachel Weston Sergeant Jo Masters

Male Constables SO101 - Francis 'Taffy' Edwards SO128 - Lewis Hardy SO134 - Phil Young SO139 - Timothy Able SO140 - Nick Klein SO148 - Tony 'Yorkie' Smith SO149 - Gary Best SO171 - Reg Hollis SO201 - Dave Litten SO201 - Pete Muswell SO218 - George Garfield SO275 - Roger Valentine SO294 - Dinesh Patel SO315 - Dan Casper SO330 - Robin Frank SO330 - Ron Smollett SO340 - Dave Quinnan SO342 - Abe Lyttleton SO351 - Malcolm Haynes SO354 - Arun Ghir SO355 - Cameron Tait SO358 - Gary McCann SO362 - Luke Ashton SO363 - Steve Loxton SO363 - Lance Powell SO408 - Nick Slater SO416 - Sam Harker SO416 - Ken Melvin SO416 - Gabriel Kent SO432 - Des Taviner SO437 - Leon Taylor SO452 - Adam Bostock SO510 - Billy Rowan SO543 - Will Fletcher SO577 - Barry Stringer SO595 - Tony Stamp SO740 - Ben Hayward SO743 - Pete Ramsey SO759 - Steve Hunter SO795 - Ben Gayle SO800 - Richard Turnham SO833 - Dale Smith SO876 - Nate Roberts SO876 - Nick Shaw SO988 - Eddie Santini

Female Constables SO148 - Mel Ryder SO158 - Honey Harman SO181 - Norika Datta SO202 - Kerry Young SO212 - Millie Brown SO217 - Laura Bryant SO227 - Viv Martella SO235 - Roz Clarke SO249 - Gemma Osbourne SO251 - Jamila Blake SO258 - Beth Green SO298 - Yvonne Hemmingway SO335 - Donna Harris SO361 - Emma Keane SO361 - Vicky Hagen SO363 - Kirsty Knight SO437 - Leela Kapoor SO469 - Polly Page SO483 - Diane Noble SO487 - Cathy Marshall SO487 - Rosie Fox SO487 - Suzi Croft SO518 - Cass Rickman SO561 - Debbie Keane SO570 - Cathy Bradford SO643 - June Ackland SO659 - Suzanne Ford SO661 - Sheelagh Murphy SO682 - Di Worrell SO686 - Sally Armstrong SO832 - Delia French SO832 - Claire Brind SO888 - Amber Johannsen SO943 - Andrea Dunbar SO988 - Ruby Buxton

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13.114 Sparks

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"So as far as the target's concerned, my role in this is... ?"

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12.40 Party Pooper

Another "you can pair Jim with anyone" episode—this time with Nick.

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The Bill » 14x56 - Brighton Rocks: Part 2 » same tbh

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The Bill » Top 100 Episodes (In No Particular Order) » 15x37 - Foreign Body

Jack: The French are very snooty about their language.  Chris: Yes. Jack: Any idea who I should take? Chris: …Rod.

An incredibly strong episode to start the list off with, and one that was difficult to just pick 10 gifs from, especially since it was a feature-length episode. The script does really well with its extended run time; it allows for a lot of good character work while dealing a more complex than usual murder mystery without the pacing either being rushed or having to drag its heels at any point.

This remains one of my all time favourite Jack episodes, and that’s largely down to the fact his flaws are fully - and very intentionally - on display here. One of the problems I had with him, especially towards the end, was the increasingly pervasive perception that Jack had always been a stalwart father-to-his-men type of leader and while he does show shades of this throughout his tenure, especially to those he had a soft spot for, it isn’t really until Mickey comes along that this actually becomes a prominent character trait. Here we see classic Jack, and that is a shrewd, capable investigator, but also ultimately self-serving officer who is quick to leap onto an opportunity and quick to try and deflect blame when things go wrong, thinks nothing of cheating on his wife, and doesn’t know actually know his team well enough to have an opinion on who best to take to France or even question Chris’ suggestion. The script doesn’t shy away from any of this and is stronger for it, and it’s a good piece of set up for what is to come in a year's time.

It’s also a really fun episode for Chris, who gets to enact his revenge on Jack for snaffling the France trip while at the same time managing the investigation pretty well on the home front. There were points where Chris would just kind of fade into the background as the stock beleaguered CID senior officer, so it's always fun when they let him do things.

Another big part of why I love this episode is as much for the things it doesn’t do as much as the things it does; it would have been incredibly easy to turn this ep into a full-blown farcical comedy of errors, but for the most part they keep the balance right. Things go wrong, people mess up, but nothing that completely stretches believability. Rod isn’t a perpetual Butt-Monkey, as he often ends up being, and it’s very clear to both the audience and the writer that Jack is just as responsible (if not more so) for many of the problems they encounter. They could have easily drawn out the point of Rod not actually knowing French, but he comes clean about it the first time he’s outright confronted with it and while the bureaucratic roadblocks do cause issues and feed some conflict into the plot, they are perfectly navigable with some effort and common sense, and are presented as such, even if some officers show more common sense than others. 

We also get a very good showing for the supporting cast. Kerry, Duncan and Don all get to be funny and snarky without being annoyingly abrasive, and Tom and Jim both get to be there without getting dumped on, which leads to a really great team dynamic that is solid connective tissue for the main plot. While I do find Season 15 one of the strongest overall, like most TB eras it still suffers heavily from the Depending On The Writer trope and some don’t always do a great job of hitting the sarcastic banter but that is never really a problem here.