40 Years Of The Bill - 16/10/2024

▶️ 40 Years Of The Bill - 16/10/2024
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[@paulgarside8824]

88-93 the Bill was at its absolute best. Ted Roach, Frank Burnside, Tosh Lines, Bob Cryer, Dave Quinnan and of course….Reg Hollis.

[@Britishshadow]

Galloway was excellent as well, made it real

[@paulgarside8824]

@@Britishshadow absolutely. I think they could’ve done way more with Galloway later on. If he’d had returned as a DCI or DSU in the 1990ish period that would’ve been excellent.

[@Jeremy-f3s]

I'd say the bill was good from 84 to about 98, that's when they changed to the soapie style plotlines and that's when it began its gradual decline from a unique fly on the wall style cop show to just another boring drama. It was really sad to see good characters then turned into rubbish with the new crappy plotlines. It couldn't end soon enough after that.

[@Jeremy-f3s]

​@@Britishshadow the opening series in 84 was some of the best tv I've ever seen, it was very much about how Galloway and Cryer interacted at the station and they even had Burnside in the first series as the dubious DS that Sergeant Cryer instantly didn't like.

[@octaviusfooks7194]

Don't forget Billy Murray

[@libertyordeaf]

So many diverse but interesting characters on The Bill, which is what made it work. RIP to Roberta Taylor who played Inspector Gina Gold, who died a month or two ago.

[@lizsa3145]

Loved Gina, Roberta was a wonderful actress 😊

[@joshhayes5218]

Mark Wingett is a very good friend of my foster father Melvyn Hayes, they were on tour together in 2008 in a play called “Run For Your Wife” I first met him in Worthings Connaught theatre in 2008 he’s an absolute gem

[@danhammer1278]

Loved the Bill , my wife’s uncle was Geoff McQueen who created the Bill …years later I found out Sun Hill the name of the station was in fact the name of the road in Royston near where they lived

[@HenryRose222]

Rest in peace Geoff McQueen

[@mikekaraoke]

Such a really small world, I know one of the people that created the theme tune-Charlie Simpson who did many other things you know! I also met Geoff a few times as well, I was in so much shock when he died as he was only 46. I loved how they showed Andrew on that-Stars in Their Eyes doing Mortern Harket from A-ha-The Sun Always Shines on TV what a song-I still have that recorded on VHS somewhere lol Where you living now Dan??

[@bonniebelle1089]

I have met Andrew Lancel on many occasions and you couldn’t meet a more nicer, down to earth bloke.

[@coffeeguy6673]

I used to live near Wimbledon in the late 80s/early 90s and drove London buses. I remember seeing a Mini Metro driving through Tooting one afternoon, the car had cameras attached to it all around the front, as I drove past I could see Tosh Lines at the wheel !! Loved The Bill , great show.

[@LouiseThompson-s8j]

Di Burnside Di Roache !!! The reason I. Watched !!!❤

[@davidjones6470]

GOOD OLD TED, 💯😉👍

[@Britishshadow]

Burnside is a legend

[@seanporter5867]

As Was Don beech

[@davidjones6470]

@@Britishshadow Yes remember his spin off show, 2 series, classic

[@genwoolfe]

...and Tosh Lines 😇

[@SimonJohn67]

I've been rewatching the early episodes on KZbin. A brilliant show that still holds up superbly today.

[@butterfly-bw6cx]

I've been binge watching it on UKTV (now called U). I'm on Series 19

[@russ8544]

I sit near to Ray Ashcroft at Bramall Lane, and often have a conversation with him, a truly honourable bloke, and very welcoming.

[@GailSmith-m3y]

I love watching the bill. It was a very good show. When it finished I was upset. I am glad that they are celebrating it after 40 years. I like all of the careters.

[@ged3680]

I was a young PC at Kilburn Police Station (QK) in the late 1980’s. Many of the actors came to Kilburn to go out on patrol with us. I did a shift on Q4, Kilburn’s Area Car with Graham Cole OBE. He was a great guy and a lovely man. I did another shift with Eric Richard , who played Sergeant Cryer, again he was such a nice man. Ged retired Metropolitan Police (185653)

[@liamkeane9159]

Kilburn was full Irish community that time

[@ged3680]

@@liamkeane9159 it was, all along the Cricklewood Broadway as well, but that was covered by Willesden Green (QL) which was my first Police Station.

[@liamkeane9159]

@ged3680 ever come across keanes demolition yard, 45 iverson road, Red lorries

[@MarkTasker-vu9uy]

Have Watched It So Many Times.Never Get Tired Of It.Loved Watching It Been Filmed Many Times.ITV Said The Viewing Figures Were Low.They Just Didn’t Care About It RIP #THEBILL

[@MikeGMcDermott]

I used to watch The Bill from 1990 through to the end in 2010 as I live down the road from the former The Bill's production studios in Merton and it was great to see The Bill being filmed in my local area. I also appeared as an extra in an episode of The Bill back in March 2003 plus I met many of The Bill's cast over the years, including the three fine actors here.

[@warweezil2802]

I was temping at a wine distributors that was next door to what became Sun Hill nick. I had to move some equipment that had been purchased from the departing business so got to know the yard at the back very well. I was really dubious when told it was going to become Sun Hill nick. Fast forward 5 years, I moved into a flat having stripped it for decorating before I moved in, three was a knock on the door and there was our caretaker and a couple of people from the production looking for a location. They filmed a couple of short Scenes of "Video Nasty" at my place which was where an ex soldier lived who had booby trapped a TV & VCR after being burgled. Billy Murray was involved. Seemed to be a really nice guy chatting with the neighbours and even making a fuss of my cat who was locked in the bedroom. I was talking to one of the guys who told me that they had blown out the front of a shop in Tooting a couple of days before which he had obviously enjoyed. I like watching old episodes now too see the old Roundshaw estate where I once lived. I stopped watching it when it got too soapy. I think TV started a decline when Thames were robbed of the licence and now don't watch any live TV.

[@123gazs]

used to enjoy watching the Bill after all these years its great to see them

[@thebaron9059]

I loved this show from the beginning, my favourite era was the late 90's, early 2000's, especially the DS Beech storyline, and then Chandlers rise and fall!

[@racerja3173]

My favourite people in the Bill were Phil Hunter, Eva Sharp, Andrea Dunbar and Kerry Young

[@diehard21000]

For me Burnside,beach ,stamp and Dave quinnin were my favourites

[@elsieseeta.x]

lovely people !! still the same so appreciative of this I love them so much 💙

[@fountainwell49man65]

Bring back The Bill. It could give us an insight these days regarding auditors and two tier Policing.

[@MYEVILTWIIN]

Can you imagine the dialogue now … i identify as an officer of the law , how may I address you before I put you under arrest , do you consent to being touched , I have to ask this before I search you …::

[@tessleroy5313]

@@MYEVILTWIINexactly! The woke police would make it unwatchable 😏

[@ryiin]

Easily my favourite show as a kid.

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Enjoyed watching it in the early days. Greetings from Australia.

[@thebaron9059]

Did you bump into dodgy DS Don Beech, who escaped to Australia for a new life of crime?!

[@Rphulk]

Anyone else think Andrew Lancel bears a striking resemblance to the ex-footballer Alan Shearer? He has a bit more hair than Shearer has now but the face looks very similar.

[@kevinbennett2208]

Loved it , never missed an episode

[@brucewilliams8714]

Here in Australia, it was immensely popular. It was shown on ABC. Incidentally, Huw Higginson, who played George Garfield, is now here in Australia. He's been in two series in recent years.

[@luckygibbo1]

And his wife, Hannah... The late Dennis Watermans daughter.

[@istvanvilmos8400]

The best police drama ever and without a doubt one of the best, if not the best overall drama series ever.

[@Freddie66666]

Has to be one of the best series ever

[@Instasamps]

Don Beech, legend

[@gamingmadforever6363]

Rumours it's coming back for a few years, but never did. this and holby city where my favourite dramas . So wish they never cancelled them

[@garybrown5141]

It’s Carver not Garver lol

[@christophermaccallum8067]

Why celebrate 40 years of the bill it stopped in 2010. Do we celebrate other tv shows that ended. . Let’s Celebrate The Big Break let’s celebrate Pets Win Prizes. I would see the point if the show was still running but it not

[@Jeremy-f3s]

Thanks for your comment I thought I must've misheard her, did she actually say Garver? Clearly hasn't watched a single episode, nothing worse than chat show hosts faking their knowledge of a show they've obviously never watched. If it had been one of the newer characters I could understand but he was the original character, the show literally started with him in 83 in that wooden top pilot.

[@paulb1967]

​@christophermaccallum8067 you have missed their point in that The Bill is still being shown on repeats in all parts of the world.

[@Jeremy-f3s]

@@christophermaccallum8067 a show doesn't have to be still running for it to be celebrated otherwise nobody would ever celebrate any show. It's been 40 years since it first aired, its end date has nothing to do with it.

[@elaineslater6647]

Congratulations to the bill love you all

[@grahamhenderson5609]

I went to several Bill Reunions at the Cinema Museum and Graham Cole OBE is a good friend to Sarah and Myself, the evenings are fantastic, very light hearted with the stars talking about their time on the show ans then a Q&A session after, the stars sit tat tables and do signed autographs and have a chat, through the exenings I have met the beautiful Suzannne Maddock ( Cass Rickman ( my crush)), Kim Tiddy ( Honey Harman) Eric Richard ( SGT Bob Cryer) Mark Wingett ( PC/DC Jim Carver) Trudie Gooodwin ( PG/SGT June Ackland) I have even met Carole Royle, Johnathan Lyndsey, the last event with Graham, Mark and Trudie was the one ALLL BILL FANS were wanting, some fans even came over from AUSTRALIA, and Trudie got a surprise when she was shown her Warrant card and other memoribelia she used during the show and the guy had put it in a frame and Trudie was shocked and signed the frame. Enging the show was the biggest mistake that ITV ever made as a whole, although the Government of the time were forcing Police services to close Police stations but thinking of a reboot I doubt there would be any CID as many forces have a centralised investigation centre and no custody as many Police services now have dedicated facilities to house the accused. Show wouldnt be the same without GC, to me The Bill dies when he did his last show, Graham also does an evening where he talks about his life from birth to the present day, it is very interesting, we have been to a couple one in Frimley Green at Lakeside and one at the Westcliff theatre in Clacton on sea ( forget the critics CLACTON ON SEA IS A LOVELY PLACE) Cant wait for Bill Reunion in November

[@markhobson5769]

I've got The Bill on DVD, except I'm only allowed one season of it in my DVD collection at my home in my granny flat as my own self-strict rules in my own household, & that's Season Five from 1989, which was indeed the pre-Jack Meadows days.

[@glenrichards7175]

Brilliant actors and directors, groundbreaking for the time, gave me a lot of respect for the police force

[@bossmanbashii5843]

I loved watching TV In the 2000s going into the early 2010s

[@luckygibbo1]

Loved it.... love it... very popular here in Australia... went a bit soapy for a while, but what a brilliant finish

[@twilliamspro]

Funny to see itv talking about it after they so callously scrapped it

[@gregharding7329]

As a former police officer it was the standing joke amongst the workers to see what was on "The Bill" this week as the hierarchy would impement it not to long after the episode.

[@annetten8012]

Hey from Australia 😊 best show ever so realistic ,human emotions showing how their lives are stressful dangeroous but they are a family. The British do best comedies dramas and documentaries. Current police procedural series are great but the bill still reigns supreme.

[@cerealfibre6938]

My best episode of The Bill has to be where they go to Leipzig, Germany.🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

[@eamonnevans8005]

What season was that?

[@essexgal2085]

I wonder how many times a day she is told to unfold her arms.

[@davebarlow6457]

One of the best long running series of all time , great characters and storylines. Towards the end of the show they tried to make it more edgy and hard hitting , but in my opinion it didn't work as the as the human side of the storylines were removed. I'm still watching the re runs on drama in 2024 !!

[@paulfitzpatrick3090]

The 80s and 90s were a golden age for the police. Smart appearance, less wokery, the represented what the public wanted of the police.

[@mattcolley358]

@@paulfitzpatrick3090 I saw 2 young lasses dressed like prostitutes earlier just walking towards town. Sums up where we are

[@diehard21000]

Spot on ,how police should be

[@joshuaaaron125]

Yup, the police went to shit after about 2003/2005

[@elaineslater6647]

I loved the bill still watching all the old episodes absolutely brilliant bring back the bill these days

[@TVMaster92-k7p]

Very pleased to see this

[@garywallace5602]

Everytime I hear A-ha from now on...I'll picture DI Manson in my mind!

[@HelenBelither-v6s]

I’ve been watching the Bill every single time and I have all of the episodes on record

[@bossmanbashii5843]

Tv shows Was so good from 90's to early 2010s.

[@mikebennett3812]

It was a crying shame that 'The Bill' went so much down hill in the later years, becoming a silly soap in its final days.

[@markcranston8781]

I really want to attend a reunion but never seem to see any advertised even though I know they go ahead 😢

[@johncambridge5221]

A truly iconic show

[@hassyg4083]

i only watched it for Norika :D

[@truth901]

2000 to 2005....was the best era of 'The Bill' by a long shot. This was the entire Chandler era and the early Okaro years....totally amazing. 🎉🎉❤ To this day, I use the Chandler demise storyline for educational purposes so a whole new generation know a few characters from 2000 to early 2003! ❤🎉🎉

[@davidhenrywall8619]

Great series

[@garethroblyn]

A show you could watch with all the family 😊

[@James-q2h]

It was 40 years ago, but it ended in 2010!

[@stevenmc4446]

don't think I've watched ITV since it ended

[@brianeastwood7774]

Bring in back

[@yankeedoo2010]

I did a gofund page yrs bk after speaking to graham Cole and found out who owned rights wanted to buy rights or such do a movie or series But only raised £30k Which no where enough to buy and to make Shame as some are dead now. Ie. Gina gold actress

[@83dude]

It would be woke nonsense if they bought it back

[@Sluetch90]

Damn , I miss The Bill!

[@mariewalmsley6143]

I had a crush on dc dashwood back then.

[@paulnolan1352]

Watched it from the Woodentops until the millennium then stopped as it wasn’t as engaging. It worked well around the central characters who could really carry the show and inject realism into it but later on the script writers had other ideas.

[@alezandercorben4122]

Bring it back please

[@ShaneGammell-gz6hw]

Don beech had great storylines

[@richardbutler4488]

It was probably too expensive to make with all the stunts. Thames Television losing its franchise in 1993 probably wasn’t the best either as the show was outside the core itv network till it been cancelled in the 2008 recession. It got a decent run considering the likelihood of boardroom battles it probably went through to keep it on air over the years.

[@Nefarious123]

The bill needs a reboot ITV!

[@simmone009]

The Bill filmed alot in area where I live/d

[@ronmccullock1407]

No mention of Frank Burnside

[@kkrispy2009P]

Omg i love the bill yay i wish id be back

[@NatalieBickerton-n2d]

Love the bill when deakin was di my favourite

[@eddiegreenslade8970]

Sunhill hill police was bosun house in Windsor Avenue Merton

[@eddiegreenslade8970]

There was more crooks in sunhill police station than what there was on the streets.😂😂😂

[@dinomacak1842]

itv need bring the bill back

[@mattcolley358]

No chance, woke brigade wouldn't allow it

[@geraldoloughlin8307]

Still the best cop show. It should still be on...

[@ross78rs]

Don beech… brings back memories

[@neilcarrollMeganJamieForever]

Isn't it supposed to be getting rebooted?!

[@PaulFMillen]

Big mistake they made with the bill was trying to americanise it, think that's why people stopped watching

[@paulgerrard9227]

Shame they dont arrest as many scroates these days.

[@ArmyofLove]

DC Lyons Dept Burnside And Jack Meadows ICONIC

[@liamkeane9159]

Gone old

[@littlebigman6957]

Why did he have to say that other stores are available????. Everyone knows for heaven sake.

[@bodiegod]

The Bill was pretty hard-hitting when it first began, with some very gritty scenes. Sadly, from around 2001, it became a tad soapy for me, with ever more ludicrous plots and storylines.

[@neilb7758]

Its jim carver not garver

[@garethparr9482]

Miss it to this day. Makes you wonder why they axed it when you see majority of the crap they call T V today !

[@gavinthorburn5385]

Thought it was returning

[@fionaraeburn9080]

I had a crush on Roy galloway

[@craiggilchrist4223]

Whats up with Cats face

[@JohnJohnson-tw8qk]

Garver it's carver you silly women proves those two have not watched The Bill I bet

[@simracer1256]

They got 2 of the three names wrong.

[@James-y5s8x]

Her mouth reminds me of joker in batman

[@neilneil7695]

You couldn't do it now, it would be too embarrassing to be in the police.

[@petebear8212]

The Bill was good to start with, good & gritty stories but like many shows turned into a "soap opera", delving into the private lives or had too many silly plot lines (Todd Carty).

[@malcolmcowan9554]

Itv woke wouldn't bring it back.. They would Rather have that disgusting problem called naked attraction or love island what ever crap they pull out theses days

[@Dan-UPS]

Watched all of the earlier series until they modernised it a bit too much for me, some of those later series ooer the female detective with the curly wavy hair, Debbie Mcallister now she was hot hot lol

[@ashleybuckley5594]

Why does Cat have to whisper "institution" like that?? 0:37

[@Chris-mi7dy]

I think she just trips over the word slightly. Don't think she means to whisper

[@gavst79]

She looked and sounded drunk to me all through.

[@Jeremy-f3s]

It was good from 84 to about 98 but then it went crap cos they changed the format to all the soapy crap so I wouldnt want the show back unless they went back to how they filmed it in 84 as a fly on the wall style drama totally focused in the station which was when it was superb. But I doubt theyd do that now theyd more likely just do the soapy rott they changed to during the 00s.

[@denismcrath3400]

Itv don't care about the bill

[@yblackburn6829]

Jim carver not Garver

[@johnrafferty8087]

Jim Carver rather then garver

[@StuartAxe]

They all look so old..

[@Nigel-ef2ft]

Ironically Graham Cole lived next door to a real Met Police Officer and they didn't get on well at all. He was quite arrogant in real life.

[@83dude]

A Very overrated series, people claim it was amazing, then went downhill, it was always a low budget predictable series, with bad acting and dull stories that they kept recycling

[@georgemacpherson1992]

😂😂😂😂why watch it then?

[@83dude]

@@georgemacpherson1992 it's called an opinion, have you ever heard of the word?

[@karlmoore7406]

The "did you expect" question from her ...🥱