I like Des and Reg together as well, as much as Des takes the piss out of Reg i do genuinely believe Des likes Reg, in fact i think he is the only person Des likes at Sun Hill.

I felt sorry for Boyden, his daughter is a nightmare, spoilt and stroppy, and along with Vicky Hagen nagging him, he had a tough couple of episodes

Tony O'Callaghan is right up there with the best of the regular actors for me - great comic timing, a real intensity to his performance and he could deliver poignant moments well too. Boyden is probably my favourite ever Bill character.

i notice they didn't cut the word bollocks or anything else from yesterdays ep Beyond the Call

Why do Drama keep repeating the same episodes? "Beyond the Call" was broadcast twice yesterday and is now on again. A few sundays ago they didn't show any episodes instead putting 'Pride and Prejudice on'. Very annoying.

Did anyone else spot Bruno Toniolli as "Rolf" the dance instructor in yesterdays 12pm episode?

Yeah, i noticed him was surprised to see him to be honest, wouldn't of thought the Bill was his type of thing though i suppose it was before Strictly took off.

The Various Dramas of Kate Spears became really old, really fast.

yeah i find her quite a dull character :yawn:

Did she get killed off in the fire at Sun Hill?

Yeah. She had incriminating info on Chandler but she never got a chance to pass it on.

Yeah she did

Thankyou, I knew they had bumped off a few characters in the fire, but I couldn't remember if she was one of them!

How far away far from the fire episodes are we?

That period good for spotting how they keep Lisa Geoghan's pregnancy under wraps!

Loaded the first episode of series 18 is on next week so it can't be that far off

26 episodes to go until the fire so I think that's Tuesday Oct 21st

Can anyone tell me who the chinese chap is that is trying to dig the dirt on DS Cork?......I don't know if I missed something but he just seemed to appear from nowhere

fire eps

DRAMA: The Bill
On: Drama (166)
Date: Wednesday 22nd October 2014 (starting in 35 days)
Time: 11:00 to 12:00 (1 hour long)

The tension in Sun Hill rises again as the force comes under attack from gangs of youths. Ackland is saved from a gang by Carver, and the pair soon become much closer.
(4 Star)

Starring: Colin Tarrant, Steven Hartley, Trudie Goodwin, Mark Wingett, Tania Emery, Paul Usher


aftermath

DRAMA: The Bill
On: Drama (166)
Date: Wednesday 22nd October 2014 (starting in 35 days)
Time: 12:00 to 13:00 (1 hour long)

Sun Hill attempts to come to terms with its loss as the names of dead officers are read out and Chandler vows to catch the bombers responsible. Lennox and Glaze question Simpson.
(4 Star)

Starring: Steven Hartley, George Rossi, Karl Collins, Chris Simmons, Graham Cole, Paul Usher

I think DC Spears met him at a Policemans Ball a year previous, and he gave her his number, obviously she didnt fancy him and she never phoned him back, however she found out he used to work with Cork, so she found his phone number he gave her on the back of the Policemans Ball ticket, and phoned him up, i think the poor guy was hoping for a date.

does this DC spears storyline end soon I am so bored with it

I think its ok, the trouble is for me is Spears, the actress looks dead behind the eyes imo, not sure if this is supposed to be Spears' character or not, or just the actress being poor, but she just isnt a likeabale character and ruins the scenes.

I did also enjoy seeing Roz Clarke dressed up all saucy

was thinking this is the last time we see DS/DI Rawton in the bill , quite liked her as a character , she was way more watchable than some of the current crop of CID , I always got the feeling she was pushed out because her ending was so non descript

Anyone remember The Bill spoof on Jon Culshaw's short lived ITV series?

Thankyou I definately missed that bit, it all makes sense now!

Sadly, I have to agree. I usually really enjoy multi-part storylines but this one's just not doing it for me. It's dragging on a bit. It already feels longer than the Amy Tennant storyline...and that lasted a year!

Not sure if it's the story, Kate 'Lily Allen' Spears or the fact that Cork is played by Tristan Gemmill who will always be Adam Trueman from 'Casualty' for me! Cork's just missing a stethoscope!

On a plus, it's great to see Liz Rawton back in her final appearance in the show.

I always found Kate quite attractive to be honest, can't wait to get to the Sun Hill fire, will miss Monroe & Conway when they go though. We are about to have quite a clearout, most of the new CID didn't last 5 minutes, guess it feels even shorter as we are seeing episodes every day and not two a week.