The Bill Discussion Thread: New six parter storyline starting next week
 

Does anyone know if he dies? does he actually shoot Roger?

I couldn't believe Lewis was undercover, it was written so well.

I love The Bill, watched it for about 8 years and still love it today, it's actually my favourite program but I am really obsessed with anything to do with the police and crime and murder and guns and all that wierd stuff.

Looking forward to tonights ep.

I heard he dies, but I also heard he is moved onto another Crime fighting team

The Previews for the helicopter chase look awesome

I wonder when Sun Hill will find out Roger isnt dead?

I hope he's not dead and you haven't just spoilt it for me!!! :hugesmile:

They will probably find out as soon as the undercover job is over with and the case is over.

The bill has been by far my favourite program for a while now, love the fact that just as you think their out of stories they keep coming up with new ones that keep you glued to the tv, was well pleased when Heaton announced that Lewis was undercover & also Roger not dying, their two great characters IMO.

Its becoming my fave too, I was shocked when Billy Rowan was killed on his first day

I haven't seen The Bill for a while but I used to be addicted to it. I watched it last night and it was soo good, I'm definitely going to start watching it again once I get up-to-date on the characters.

Last nights episode was brilliant! I was just glued to the TV. Really good acting, really good storyline. I can't wait for tonights episode!

Yay! he didnt die!!!!!!!

I can tell you now that he does not die tonight. (God I'm good).

But Roger "died" last night, bu t it seems hes done a dirty den LOL :tongue:

Got The Bill to watch on my V+ later, I've been watching it for the past 6 years now. Thought Lewis was going to die when I saw a feature on This Morning with some of the actors.

Does anyone remember on the Bill, the serial killer killed that woman police officer? I cant remember her name n if anyone knows could they tell me? Its the polics officers name im lookin for thanks

What year was it? roughly

It was about 2003 I think I think her name is Alison, but im not sure

Ok I'll look it up

We need Sherlock!

Police Constable Andrea Dunbar was a character in the long-running ITV cop-drama The Bill. She was played by Natalie Robb.

Andrea Dunbar arrived at Sun Hill, seemingly the ideal mould for a probationer with a zest for the job and a willingness to learn. In actual fact, Andrea was a journalist. Placed at Sun Hill by her editor, Andrea had undergone training at Hendon in order to go undercover in the police force and write an investigative piece on whether or not the Metropolitian Police had become too soft on criminals post Stephen Lawrence. It was her most challenging job to date, a story which would've been guaranteed to make her name, and she was determined to do it well. Initially, Andrea was very popular among the relief, serving as a close friend and confidant to PC Kerry Young among others. There were many times when Andrea acted as an inside scoop, providing stories to her editor such as Kerry's rape and details on The Sun Hill Serial Sniper. When Inspector Gina Gold once asked her if she had anything to do with the stories, she pointed the finger at her much distrusted colleague PC Gabriel Kent.

During her time at Sun Hill, Andrea also embarked on an affair with the married DI Neil Manson. That, and the fact that she found herself surprisingly good at the job, compromised Andrea's position. As her deadline got closer and closer, she found that she'd become attached to her position as a copper, and she wasn't so sure on how much she wanted to run with the article she'd set out to write anymore. Sensing her deception, her editor went ahead and blew the whistle on Andrea and her position to Superintendent Adam Okaro. With her role now out in the open, Andrea's past work came back to haunt her when she gave evidence at the trial of serial rapist Alan Kennedy, which afterwards ultimately collapsed.

Desperate for a chance to redeem herself, Andrea made one last effort to gather incriminating evidence against Gabriel Kent, investigating his link with the serial sniper and attempting to tie him in with it. In the end she succeeded - only to end up hostage to him in a store room. The station then went up in flames, and Gabriel chose to leave Andrea there to die, along with all the evidence she had against him.


No need for Sherlock, I think I have cuffed the suspect

aw thanks so much

No problem

By the way guys theres a Online Murder Investigation coming up on the Bill

I'm so glad Lewis didn't die! :cheer2:

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Super-bump :hugesmile:


The Bill's PC Nate Roberts - played by Ben Richards - is thrown into the thick of it next week when he's appointed Safer Schools Officer for the city's troubled Deansgate Comprehensive. The bank of six episodes, which make up the cop drama's 'School Season', focus on the troubles and pressures facing teachers and students alike within an inner-city school, such as bullying, drugs and sexual abuse. Here, DS chats to Ben about his upcoming set of episodes, which see a shocking stabbing during the first and a surprising romance along the way.

In a nutshell, what's your six-parter all about?
"Basically, Nate gets pushed into being the Safer Schools Officer at Deansgate Comprehensive because there's been an upscale in problems there. What happens in city schools sometimes is that there's too much of that going on and they'll bring in a police officer to try and get on top of the crime. Nate's given the job, much to his initial annoyance. He gets on with it, though, and by the end it's made him a better copper."

You must have jumped at the chance to take this special set of episodes?
"It's great to have that responsibility. It's a different kind of feel to normal episodes of The Bill."

Did you manage to do any research for the part?
"Nate's a fish out of water with this one and I wanted it to be the same for me. I didn't want to get too on top of it because I wanted it to look like Nate didn't know what he was doing at first and over time, he gets better at it. It's quite interesting because Nate goes into it all thinking everything's black and white, but soon realises that there are so many different shades of grey."

There's quite a shocking turn of events in the first episode, isn't there?
"Yeah, Smithy gets stabbed! We think it's a straightforward case when we turn up as there are two girls having a tussle over stolen gear. But it turns out that it's two guys and a girl. The guys run off, with Smithy and I going after one guys each - then Smithy gets stabbed. Nate feels a lot of guilt and it drives him forward to want to focus on his job at the school."

What other issues does the six-parter address?
"The second episode focuses on drug dealing, then the third deals with the topic of covert abuse. By episode three, Nate realises the severity of the problems in the school and he starts to care about the people there."

Nate's happy that there's a potential love interest too?
"Yeah, the lovely Naomi Ryan, who plays head of year Becky, and there's an underlying attention throughout. You wonder whether they're going to start fighting or start kissing. They're very contrasting people and their relationship is an interesting one to watch. During the fifth episode, Nate discovers that she's been mugged and the depth of his feelings for her suddenly hit home…"

Do you enjoy playing a Lothario?
"Yeah, it's fantastic. What's great about him, though, is that he's not sleazy. He's very honest about the way he is, that he's just up for a good time and not one for relationships."

Would you want him to settle down?
"Yeah, it's interesting to see him in a relationship. As we speak, I'm filming episodes where he's involved with someone, even though he's still his flirty self."

Profiles online claim that Nate has a child…
"No, he doesn't have a kid. Although that would be a good twist, someone suddenly turns up with a child or leaves the child at Sun Hill for him. That would have been a drunken night that Nate had forgotten about! Maybe there'd be a note with it saying 'Nate Roberts, this is yours'. Brilliant. I'll have to speak to the producers about this!"

Do you miss Footballers' Wives?
"Yeah, I loved it. But it was the right time to finish it. There's nothing worse than a show that drags on."

Are you with The Bill for the foreseeable future?
"I'm here until January at the moment, then we'll see what happens."

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I like it when the Bill center a few episodes around the same thing, its a lot better than the usual episodes