The Bill (series 13)

The Bill (series 13)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	152
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	2 January – 30 December 1997

The thirteenth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 152 episodes, broadcast between 2 January and 30 December 1997. On 3 April 2013, The Bill Series 13 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 13 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia).

Cast changes

Arrivals

• DC Tom Proctor
• PC Luke Ashton
• PC Sam Harker

Departures

• PC Nick Slater
• PC Steve Loxton

Episodes

#	Title	Episode notes	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	"The Old Pals' Act"	Neil Reidman guest stars.	Chris Lovett	Edwin Pearce	2 January 1997
Conway leads a raid on an after-hours pub, but during the raid, both Hollis and Keane are injured. Meanwhile, McCann and Slater stop a young boy trying to make an exit through the fire escape and find him in possession of cannabis and a substantial amount of money. Brownlow is called in when the boy is discovered to be the son of the local district judge.
2	"All's Fair"	David Sibley guest stars.	Ian White	Rosamund Orde-Powlett	3 January 1997
McCann and Keane investigate when a man is found mugged having been sprayed in the face with Mace. Hours later, a woman arrives at the station claiming to have been attacked by a mysterious assailant, whom she rebuffed with Mace. Daly has to work out which party is telling the truth, and to prove it decides to speak to one of the man's previous victims.
3	"Man Trap"	Martin Freeman and Jill Halfpenny guest star.	Peter Lydon	Nick Crittenden	9 January 1997
Quinnan and Blake investigate when a teenage boy is found dead from an electric shock in the flat of one of his neighbours. Initial suspicion falls upon a poor DIY job to wire up an outside light, but when Ackland and McCann discover that the victim and his brother were blackmailing local residents over tenancy agreements, another motive comes to light.
4	"Bad Debt"	Michelle Butterly and Derek Martin guest star.	Jo Shoop	Clive Dawson	10 January 1997
Beech and Croft investigate the theft of a loan shark's records, but Beech's prior acquaintance with the victim proves to be an issue for Croft. Meanwhile, Ackland and Page investigate when a young girl comes to the station to report a loan shark who has been hassling her mother - and uniform and CID find an interesting link between the two cases.
5	"Professional Opinion"	Gordon Salkilld guest stars.	Peter Lydon	Nigel Baldwin	14 January 1997
Daly and Skase investigate the death by overdose of the son of a drug-addicted woman.
6	"Testament"	TBA	Chris Lovett	Peter J. Hammond	16 January 1997
Croft and Boulton investigate the sudden death of an apparently healthy, but secretive woman.
7	"A Policeman's Lot"	Vicky Entwistle, Kenneth MacDonald and Bruce Byron guest star.	Ian White	Clive Dawson	17 January 1997
Garfield objects when the officers of Sun Hill are forced to work with security guards following a vicious mugging and a burglary.
8	"The Devil You Know"	René Zagger guest stars.	Tom Cotter	Andrew Rattenbury	21 January 1997
Garfield and Keane attend to a girl who collapses at a party after taking Ecstasy. Her father is convinced that she has been influenced by her boyfriend, but his faith in his daughter may not be justified.
9	"Once Bitten"	Rebecca Lacey and Dean Harris guest stars.	Mandy Honeyman	David G. McDonagh	23 January 1997
Greig investigates a drug smuggling ring. The wife of one of the suspects is one of Boyden's former lovers and she suggests giving their relationship a second chance.
10	"Turnaround"	Tony Guilfoyle guest stars.	Chris Lovett	Graham Mitchell	24 January 1997
Meadows and Deakin investigate the disappearance of a convicted paedophile following a campaign of harassment.
11	"Over the Fence"	June Page guest stars.	Simon Meyers	Renny Krupinski	28 January 1997
Cryer and Loxton go to the scene of a disturbance between neighbours they manage to calm the situation down but when Steve recognises one of the neighbours from when he arrested him once a few years ago for burglary and then sees outside his house the box for an expensive computer which he suspects is stolen he and Bob find themselves drawn into another argument between the two couples when they're both found to be in possession of computer equipment stolen during a ram raid robbery of a factory and each one claims to have bought it from the other.
12	"Grey Area"	Fiona Victory and Adjoa Andoh guest star.	Jane Prowse	Nicholas McInerny	30 January 1997
Meadows and Rawton investigate a doctor accused of killing a terminally-ill patient in his care.
13	"One Big Happy Family"	TBA	John Bruce	Steve Handley	31 January 1997
Garfield complains that Brownlow and Conway are out touch with real police work brings an unexpected response.
14	"The Eye of the Beholder"	Doña Croll, Jonathan Newth and Graham Cull guest star.	Chris Lovett	Margaret Phelan	4 February 1997
Datta is trying to secure a conviction in a domestic violence case, but the victim unwittingly leaves out important details when giving evidence.
15	"Say a Little Prayer"	TBA	Jo Shoop	James Mavor	6 February 1997
Quinnan and Page try to find the culprit who threw a television set from the balcony of a block of flats and narrowly missed Slater.
16	"Downfall"	Helen Blatch guest stars.	Brian Parker	Peter J. Hammond	7 February 1997
Daly and Skase investigate after a man is found dead at the foot of the stairs in his apartment block.
17	"True to Life Player"	Dannielle Brent guest stars.	Simon Meyers	Tunde Babalola	11 February 1997
Boulton and Carver investigate an allegation that a football star raped a young fan.
18	"Take Away"	TBA	Adrian J. Fearnley	Richard Stoneman	13 February 1997
Ackland investigates a complaint from a prisoner that he was given a pizza topped with cigarette ends.
19	"Your Call Too"	Chris Gascoyne guest stars.	Nick Laughland	David Hoskins	14 February 1997
Croft and Skase disagree when they have to choose between investigating an assault charge and a cocaine deal.
20	"Breaking Up"	Denise Welch guest stars.	Jan Sargent	Elizabeth-Anne Wheal	18 February 1997
Rawton investigates a woman's claims that her ex-husband's mistress is trying to kill her.
21	"A Price to Pay"	Miranda Pleasence guest stars.	Edward Blum	Carolyn Sally Jones	20 February 1997
Boulton tries to trap a roomful of crooks, but Greig gets his man.
22	"Just Looking"	Paul Bown and Cheryl Hall guest star.	Tom Cotter	Chris Ould	21 February 1997
Boyden deals with a man stopped for soliciting who claims he was searching for his missing daughter.
23	"A Tangled Web"	TBA	Jeremy Silberston	Tony Lindsay	27 February 1997
Deakin and Croft investigate when a man is found shot with his brother's wife, as two unhappy marriages reach crisis point.
24	"Rolling In It"	Jane Hazlegrove guest stars.	Nick Laughland	Jimmy Gardner	28 February 1997
Slater and Quinnan find drugs in a Lamborghini, but the owner blames his unemployed brother-in-law.
25	"Added Bonus"	Kim Taylforth guest stars.	Nigel Douglas	Julian Spilsbury	4 March 1997
Greig tries to establish why a man has confessed to a burglary that he didn't commit.
26	"Holding On"	Robyn Moore guest stars.	Brian Parker	Kevin Scouler	6 March 1997
Cryer and Blake respond to a young man's claim that his stolen car had his four-month-old baby inside.
27	"Crime Management"	Jamie Foreman guest stars.	Catherine Morshead	J. C. Wilsher	7 March 1997
Lines is forced into action when Deakin complains that he hasn't recruited an informant for months.
28	"Age Gaps"	TBA	Jan Sargent	Julian Perkins	11 March 1997
Boulton and Rawton try to persuade a teenage girl to turn informant after her boyfriend is attacked by drug dealers.
29	"In the Dark"	Hour-long episode, Charles Dale guest stars.	Robin Sheppard	Tom Needham	12 March 1997
Skase hopes that information provided by a blind woman after a burglary may help to catch a dangerous serial killer.
30	"Crying Wolf"	George Rossi guest stars.	Catherine Morshead	Edwin Pearce	13 March 1997
Monroe is called in to mediate when a former mental patient is accused of threatening behaviour by his elderly neighbours.
31	"Confidence"	Elaine Lordan guest stars.	Gill Wilkinson	Philip Kingston	14 March 1997
Keane uses information supplied by a friend to help C.I.D. in an operation against a drug dealer.
32	"All For Love"	Bruce Alexander and Jo Kendall guest star.	Gill Wilkinson	Tony Mulholland	18 March 1997
Greig and Lines investigate an assault on a man who has previously killed two people in a drink-driving accident, and suspect that a relative may have sought natural justice.
33	"Only the Lonely"	Louisa Lytton, Angela Bruce and Andrew Powell guest star.	Martin Hutchings	Clive Dawson	20 March 1997
Deakin and Skase investigate a fire, and find that a mother's grief has had unexpected repercussions.
34	"Copier"	Leslie Ash, Clare Higgins and Roger Bart guest star.	Harry Bradbeer	Simon Tyrrell	21 March 1997
Rawton investigates the assault of a woman in her new flat and tries to link the attack to an unsolved case.
35	"Fashion Victims"	Roger Bart and Elisabeth Sladen guest star.	Jeremy Silberston	Gwyneth Hughes	25 March 1997
Slater and Garfield arrest a boy for selling stolen goods.
36	"Hook, Line and Sinker"	Vicki Pepperdine and Zig Byfield guest star.	Justin Hardy	Ben Cooper	27 March 1997
Beech investigates a woman who uses her sexuality to con her business partner and clients.
37	"No Claims Bonus"	TBA	Justin Hardy	Nicholas McInerny	28 March 1997
Croft is concerned when Boulton decides to use a former colleague, now down on his luck, as an informant.
38	"Joker"	Alan Ford, Desmond McNamara and Kate Eaton guest star.	Martin Hutchings	Katharine Way	31 March 1997
Beech and Croft investigate the killing of a stand-up comic.
39	"Typecast"	Shirin Taylor and Ian Thompson guest star.	Mandy Honeyman	Isabelle Grey	1 April 1997
Boyden and Page try to find who is responsible for a series of graffiti attacks.
40	"A Hard Rain"	James Marsters, Mary Tamm, Sean Maguire and Julie Benz guest star.	John Bruce	Stephen McAteer	3 April 1997
Boulton and Croft have to deal with rival drug dealers when a customer suffers tragic consequences.
41	"Rings On Her Fingers"	TBA	Chris Lovett	Simon Moss	4 April 1997
Jarvis and Rawton investigate the ram raiding of a shop.
42	"Strange Meeting"	Ron Donachie and Chrissie Cotterill guest star.	Jo Shoop	Len Collin	8 April 1997
Conway coordinates the search for an escaped sex offender and a missing teenager who was last seen in his company.
43	"A Bitter Pill"	Patsy Kensit guest stars.	Sarah Harding	Barry Simner	10 April 1997
Rawton and Skase investigate an attempted suicide by an ill woman, and suspect her son and daughter of assisting her.
44	"Dial 'M' For Marmalade"	Charles Kay guest stars.	Sarah Harding	Edward Canford-Dumas	11 April 1997
Meadows investigates a murder by strangulation and suspects the homeless schizophrenic man whom the victim had befriended.
45	"Sisters"	David Quilter guest stars.	Gwennan Sage	Chris Lang	15 April 1997
Daly and Croft investigate the suspicious death of one of three sisters.
46	"Flesh and Blood"	Tracey Wilkinson and Lloyd McGuire guest star.	Nigel Douglas	Anne Downey	17 April 1997
Beech investigates the sudden death of a baby on the night that his parents celebrated their anniversary.
47	"Parklife"	Jemma Redgrave, Roger Bart and Jaye Griffiths guest star.	Nigel Douglas	Stephen Plaice	18 April 1997
Loxton and W.P.C. Keane deal with the burglary of a pharmacy and a violent stabbing.
48	"Two's Company"	Roger Bart guest star.	Jo Shoop	Nigel Baldwin	22 April 1997
Greig and Croft investigate a burglary and discover that the married householder had been in contact with a girl through a "lonely hearts" column.
49	"Inside Edge"	David Ashford guest stars.	John Bruce	Elizabeth-Anne Wheal	25 April 1997
Meadows and Rawton investigate the assault of a prison officer.
50	"You and Me Versus the World"	Heather Peace guest stars.	Ged Maguire	Rod Beacham	29 April 1997
Boulton and Lines investigate a vicious hammer attack.
51	"Pay Back"	Emily Deschanel and Roger Bart guest stars.	Jonathan Hacker	Patrick Melanaphy	1 May 1997
Beech and Carver investigate a vicious attack, but have to piece the evidence together when neither the suspect nor victim can remember what happened.
52	"A Place of Your Own"	Barry Ewart guest stars.	Michael Cocker	Kevin Scouler	2 May 1997
Garfield and Page search for a missing teenager and come across a man who exploits children in care.
53	"Don't Want to Hear the Bad News"	John Joyce guest stars.	Jonathan Hacker	Paul Mousley	6 May 1997
Daly and Skase investigate a burglary and uncover a deep rift between the suspect's girlfriend and her mother.
54	"It's Good to Talk"	Tom Baker, Katy Manning, Roger Bart and Jason Priestley guest stars.	Gwennan Sage	Julian Spilsbury	8 May 1997
Monroe coordinates a search for the victims of a kidnapping.
55	"Split Second"	Kelly George guest stars.	Ged Maguire	Candy Denman	9 May 1997
Page ends up in a hostage situation following a failed armed robbery.
56	"Old Fools"	TBA	Brian Parker	Ben Cooper	13 May 1997
Greig and Croft enlist the help of two pensioners to trap a team of burglars.
57	"Auld Lang Syne"	Howell Evans guest stars.	Michael Cocker	Terry Hodgkinson	15 May 1997
Page and Slater find an apologetic stranger in an elderly couple's back garden, but when Rawton digs deeper into his background his motives for being there seem more suspicious than he made out.
58	"Warnings"	Elisabeth Bennett guest star.	Brian Parker	Peter J. Hammond	16 May 1997
Boyden and Datta respond to an apparent sighting of a missing woman by her daughter.
59	"Calling Time"	TBA	John Bruce	Edwin Pearce	20 May 1997
Boulton and Rawton investigate when a pub landlord is run over after giving Boulton information.
60	"Black and Blue"	Fay Ripley guest stars.	Mike Vardy	Matthew Leys	22 May 1997
Jarvis and Keane arrest a nanny for stealing from her employers.
61	"A Bunch of Fives"	TBA	Chris Lovett	Tom Needham	23 May 1997
Shock waves strike Sun Hill when Beech is found beaten unconscious in an alleyway. Uniform and CID join forces to find his attackers.
62	"Short, Sharp, Shock"	Su Elliott, Ray Trickett and Stephanie Fayerman guest star.	Tania Diez	Mark Illis	27 May 1997
Boulton and Skase investigate a mugging, but the victim's father takes the law into his own hands
63	"Get You Back"	TBA	Dominic Lees	Simon Tyrrell	29 May 1997
Quinnan and Keane deal with a teenage girl with a broken nose who claims that her ex-boyfriend assaulted her.
64	"Powers of Persuasion"	TBA	Tania Diez	Graham Mitchell	30 May 1997
Rawton and Boulton have to decide whether to find the driver of a car involved in a hit-and-run incident, or to prosecute the witness.
65	"A Rock and a Hard Place"	Barbara Marten and Catherine Tate guest star.	Mike Vardy	Matthew Wingett	3 June 1997
Deakin and Carver come under pressure from Conway to find a vicious robber who has been preying on elderly victims.
66	"The Wrath of God"	Brian Bovell guest stars.	Audrey Cooke	Terry Hodgkinson	5 June 1997
Skase and Carver have to deal with a preacher who specialises in dodgy miracles.
67	"Knight Errant"	TBA	Dominic Lees	Anna Wheatley	6 June 1997
Loxton struggles to cope with a young female suspect who makes no secret of her attraction to him.
68	"Punch Bag"	TBA	Mike Vardy	Steve Handley	10 June 1997
Skase and Croft investigate the circumstances leading to a mother ending up unconscious at the foot of a stairway.
69	"Best Eaten Cold"	TBA	Peter Lydon	Alan Pollock	12 June 1997
Greig and Rawton investigate a journalist's claims that he acted in self-defence to stop an intruder.
70	"Lucky Day"	TBA	Peter Lydon	Scott Cherry	13 June 1997
Meadows is concerned when Lines seems to be getting too involved in investigating the sale of some stolen cars.
71	"For Richer, For Poorer"	Annie Hulley guest stars	Albert Barber	Nigel Baldwin	17 June 1997
Quinnan and Garfield look into the disappearance of a man reported missing by his mother, although his wife has her doubts.
72	"No More Milk"	TBA	John Bruce	Terry Hodgkinson	19 June 1997
Rawton and Page have to deal with a 14-year-old tearaway and half a million pounds in counterfeit money.
73	"An Englishman's Home"	Susan Jameson and Sebastian Abineri guest star.	Simon Massey	Barry Simner	20 June 1997
Garfield and Blake are called to help enforce a demolition order on a home extension, when an ongoing dispute between neighbours erupts into violence.
74	"Loyal to the Last"	TBA	John Bruce	Chris McWatters	24 June 1997
Blake arrests a woman for assault and Beech tries to persuade her to help convict her husband for forgery.
75	"Rent"	James McAvoy guest stars.	Albert Barber	Stephen McAteer	26 June 1997
Boyden and Keane investigate the hit-and-run of a young busker.
76	"Last Respects"	TBA	Harry Bradbeer	Stephen Plaice	27 June 1997
Meadows hopes that a family funeral will lure a couple of jewel thieves into the open.
77	"Too Much to Lose"	TBA	Harry Bradbeer	Candy Denman	1 July 1997
Stamp tries to persuade an unhappy convict not to ruin his chances of release.
78	"Do Unto Others"	Julie Hesmondhalgh and Eric Mason guest star.	Ross Devenish	Tony Lindsay	3 July 1997
Loxton and Keane try to sift the truth from three conflicting stories when a severe case of bullying results in a fifteen-year-old boy being stabbed.
79	"Mid-Life Crisis"	John Cater and Gerry Cowper guest star.	Ross Devenish	Gregory Evans	4 July 1997
Daly and Skase discover that a jeweller is fencing stolen goods.
80	"Performing"	Rosie Marcel, Kelly Marcel and Melvyn Bedford guest star.	Chris Lovett	John Brennan	8 July 1997
Boyden and Page come to the aid of a former porn actress who is worried that her younger sister faces a similar fate.
81	"Playing With Fire"	Letitia Dean and Kate Eaton guest star.	Jane Prowse	David G. McDonagh	10 July 1997
Meadows and Lines suspect that the owner of a beauty salon set it on fire herself to claim on the insurance policy.
82	"No Guarantees"	Christopher Colquhoun guest stars.	Pete Travis	Katharine Way	11 July 1997
Rawton tries to stop a loan shark who is terrorising his female customers, but finds it hard to get the victims to talk
83	"Gentleman Jim"	Martin Gower guest stars.	Mike Vardy	Scott Cherry	15 July 1997
Blake is placed on attachment to C.I.D. D.C. Carver, behind on his paperwork, is far from pleased when Blake drags him around Sun Hill following up leads on a trivial car theft case. Their investigations, however, lead them to a gang of armed robbers.
84	"Rift"	TBA	Pete Travis	Michael Jenner	17 July 1997
Slater and Ackland attend to what appears to be a teenage catfight over an older man.
85	"Stand By Your Man"	Mark Straker guest stars.	Derek Lister	Isabelle Grey	18 July 1997
Daly tries to find out who is forcing a convict to smuggle drugs into a prison.
86	"Replica"	TBA	Michael Cocker	Rod Lewis	22 July 1997
Loxton and McCann confiscate a gun.
87	"Mr Friday Night"	Amanda Holden guest stars.	Mike Vardy	Len Collin	23 July 1997
Boyden and Page grill a witness after the disappearance of a good-time girl.
88	"Hitting the Nerve"	Barbara Ewing guest stars.	Brian Farnham	Renny Krupinski	25 July 1997
Greig and Carver react when one prosecution witness disappears and another ends up in a coma two days before the trial.
89	"Thicker Than Mud"	Elizabeth Bennett guest stars.	Ian White	Maxwell Young	29 July 1997
Deakin and Beech investigate an arson attack on a small, respectable clothes shop.
90	"Alternative Therapies"	Daniel Casey guest stars.	Jane Prowse	Clive Dawson	31 July 1997
Skase and Boulton investigate the theft of illegally imported body parts of endangered animals from a Chinese pharmacy.
91	"Foxed"	First appearance of DC Tom Proctor, Jonathan Coy guest stars.	Nigel Bristow	Tony McHolland	1 August 1997
Daly and Carver investigate the burglary of an antiques shop and are struck by the strange behaviour of the sales assistant.
92	"These Foolish Things"	Sheree Murphy guest stars.	Peter Lydon	Mark Johnson	5 August 1997
D.C.I Meadows leads an investigation into the snatching of a child from his pram and uncovers a case of extortion.
93	"Neighbours"	TBA	Nigel Bristow	Mark Holloway	7 August 1997
P.C. Garfield and W.P.C. Keane try to settle a neighbourhood feud.
94	"Glass House"	Margot Leicester guest stars.	Peter Lydon	Kevin Scouler	8 August 1997
D.S. Boulton and D.C. Lines try to persuade a woman to help catch her husband, who is involved in a drug deal.
95	"This Old Man"	TBA	Dominic Lees	Colin Wyatt	12 August 1997
Garfield is affected by the death of an old man.
96	"Tommy the Hero"	James Ottaway, Frank Jarvis and Carl Rigg guest star.	Mike Cocker	Chris Ould	14 August 1997
W.D.C. Rawton has to choose between solving a minor domestic dispute and finding two violent robbers.
97	"Driven To It"	TBA	Jo Shoop	Patrick Melaphany	15 August 1997
D.S. Daly enlists the help of a cab driver to catch a drug dealer.
98	"A Man Out Walking His Dog"	Roger Walker, Christine Kavanagh and Roy Evans guest star.	Jonathan Hacker	Terry Hodgkinson	19 August 1997
Sgt. Boyden and W.P.C. Keane attend the scene of a possible suicide when a man's body is found in a car, poisoned by alcohol and exhaust fumes.
99	"Hunt"	Patrick Murray guest stars.	Jonathan Hacker	Mark Illis	21 August 1997
Sgt. Boyden and D.S. Beech try to find a couple before a vicious drug-dealer gets to them.
100	"Has Anyone Here Seen Bigmouth?"	Anita Dobson and Del Henney guest star.	Jo Shoop	Ray Brooking	22 August 1997
D.S. Daly and D.I. Deakin try to find an informant who has disappeared following a failed police operation.
101	"This Land Is Ours"	Philip McGough, Allan Surtees and Sean Baker guest star.	Brian Farnham	Hugh Ellis	26 August 1997
Sgt. Cryer and Ch. Supt. Brownlow police a demonstration at a development site after peaceful protesters are threatened with violence.
102	"Paying the Piper"	David McKail guest stars.	Brian Farnham	Sheila Duncan	28 August 1997
D.S. Boulton's investigation is hampered by an informant who is putting family loyalty first.
103	"On the Hurry Up"	TBA	Mike Cocker	Richard Stoneman	29 August 1997
P.C. Slater's investigation is hampered by the lack of a car.
104	"Not in the Script"	TBA	Ian White	Robert Jones	2 September 1997
When Slater is recommended by Rawton for undercover work, he is overjoyed. His colleagues however ridicule him, and their interference almost costs them a trial operation. Will he bottle it?
105	"Flower Power"	Martyn Whitby guest stars.	Nicholas Laughland	Elizabeth Anne-Wheal	4 September 1997
P.C. Hollis discovers a hoard of illegally imported wildflower bulbs and helps in the subsequent Customs and Excise operation.
106	"A Breach of Trust, Part One"	Jacqueline Defferary guest stars.	Nicholas Laughland	Maxwell Young	5 September 1997
Daly's worst fears are realised when a nurse reports that she has received malicious phone calls from a mentally-disturbed ex-prisoner.
107	"A Breach of Trust, Part Two"	Anna Manahan guest stars.	Nicholas Laughland	Maxwell Young	9 September 1997
Daly and Blake are forced to release their prime suspect, and the race is on to prove his guilt before he strikes again.
108	"Fool"	TBA	Simon Meyers	Spenser Frearson	11 September 1997
P.C. Quinnan and Sgt. Boyden want to use a would-be stand-up comedian as an informant, but he is as hopeless off-stage as he is on.
109	"Armed and Dangerous"	TBA	Simon Massey	Tunde Babalola	12 September 1997
P.C. McCann is convinced that a gun remains unaccounted for when a gang of armed robbers is captured.
110	"Animals"	Ged Simmons guest stars.	Dominic Lees	Steve Handley	16 September 1997
Ackland and Blake investigate the dangerous world of dog fighting - full of vicious dogs and hard men.
111	"Look Into My Eyes"	TBA	Chris Lovett	Tom Needham	18 September 1997
D.I. Deakin and W.P.C. Blake follow up allegations of attempted rape against a stage hypnotist.
112	"Performance Anxiety"	Desmond Askew, Philip Bloomfield and Jenny McCracken guest star.	Christopher Hodson	J.C. Wilsher	19 September 1997
Sun Hill's performance comes under scrutiny, and officers from C.I.D. and uniform compete against each other in a bid to solve the most crimes.
113	"Different Strokes"	Karl Collins guest stars.	Nicholas Laughland	Isabelle Grey	23 September 1997
P.C. Slater goes undercover in an attempt to draw out a thief.
114	"Sparks"	David Quilter and Brian Capron guest star.	Brian Farnham	Peter J Hammond	25 September 1997
D.S. Beech loses his cool with a D.S. from Severn Valley, while Skase falls for the charms of his W.D.C.
115	"The Lion's Den"	Sally Ann Matthews and Paul Angelis guest star.	Simon Meyers	Barry Simner	26 September 1997
Slater goes undercover as a bouncer at a club run by the notorious Guy Walsh. As Slater gains his trust, will he be exposed?
116	"The Needs of the Many"	TBA	Chris Lovett	Clive Dawson	30 September 1997
P.C. Slater is surprised when, in uniform, he bumps into the target of his undercover investigation.
117	"Cross Purposes"	Tony Selby, Jon Croft and Sheila Dunn guest star.	Ged Maguire	Edwin Pearce	2 October 1997
D.S. Boulton and Sgt. Boyden both have an interest in the same pub landlord, but for different reasons.
118	"Free to Speak?"	Final appearance of PC Nick Slater	Christopher Hodson	Richard Stoneman	3 October 1997
It's P.C. Slater's final day at Sun Hill, and he takes Keane out for a farewell dinner. Loxton, Quinnan and Skase do their best to extinguish any intimate moments.
119	"Dishonour Among Thieves"	June Page guest stars.	Ged Maguire	Terry Hodgkinson	7 October 1997
Sgt. Boyden deals with a complaint from a notorious burglar who has had his own house broken into.
120	"Coup de Grace"	Di Botcher and Jean Trend guest star.	Tim Holloway	Nicholas McInerny	9 October 1997
D.S. Boulton finds himself trying to save a marriage when the husband is given another three-year sentence.
121	"Night of the Long Knives"	Jason Salkey guest stars.	Brian Parker	Scott Cherry	10 October 1997
The relief is furious at working in endless shifts, especially when Keane, Loxton and Jarvis have called in sick. Its Garfield's duty as Fed Rep to sort things out, when an evening turns from bad to worse.
122	"Straying"	Peter Gunn and John Normington guest star.	James Cellan Jones	Rod Beacham	14 October 1997
W.P.C. Page and P.C. Stamp look into the case of a disappearing dog whose owner also appears to have gone missing.
123	"A Bad Lot"	Peter Lovstrom and Will Barton guest star.	Ian White	Chris Lang	16 October 1997
P.C. Garfield deals with a twelve-year-old boy who is running amok on a housing estate.
124	"Crimes of a Lesser Passion"	TBA	James Cellan Jones	Tunde Babalola	17 October 1997
Sgt. Ackland and P.C. Jarvis deal with a stabbing.
125	"Force"	Bill Moody and David Quilter guest star.	Michael Ferguson	Carolyn Sally Jones	21 October 1997
Insp. Monroe responds to suggestions that he is out of touch with front-line policing and goes on the beat with P.C. Jarvis.
126	"Walkabout"	Thomas Craig and Sidney Kean guest star.	Brian Parker	Peter J. Hammond	23 October 1997
W.P.C. Page assists a missing person's enquiry by impersonating the young woman in question.
127	"Shades of Grey, Part One"	Ace Bhatti guest stars.	Danny Hiller	Manjit Singh	24 October 1997
D.I. Deakin and D.S. Boulton lead the search for two children who are snatched from school and presumed to be on their way back to Pakistan with their estranged father.
128	"Shades of Grey, Part Two"	Ace Bhatti guest stars.	Danny Hiller	Manjit Singh	28 October 1997
D.I. Deakin and D.S. Boulton are on the trail of the kidnapper, but the children's father has decided to pay the ransom money.
129	"Women at Work"	TBA	John Bruce	Patrick Melaphany	30 October 1997
D.C. Carver and W.P.C. Blake investigate the hit-and-run of a woman employed by a jealous lover to test her man's fidelity.
130	"Solid Evidence"	TBA	Tania Diez	Candy Denman	31 October 1997
Insp. Monroe leads the search for a little girl who has disappeared after school, and whose mother is a prostitute and father a pimp.
131	"Going Down"	Colin Baker guest stars.	Jo Shoop	Spenser Frearson	4 November 1997
W.D.C. Croft feels let down by the parents of a young drug addict who had promised to keep him clean.
132	"Accomplice"	Hour-long episode, Nicholas Murchie guest stars.	Derek Lister	Tony Mulholland	6 November 1997
When a girl is abducted, it bears the hallmarks of a serial killer Carver helped put away years ago. Did he work alone?
133	"Last Fare"	Alan Cooke, Sally Faulkner and Biddy Hodson guest star.	Jo Shoop	Richard McBrien	7 November 1997
D.S. Beech and W.D.C. Rawton investigate the assault and robbery of a minicab driver.
134	"Stolen Thunder"	Mark Wing-Davey guest stars.	John Bruce	Stephen Plaice	11 November 1997
D.I. Deakin and D.C. Proctor are furious that an inexperienced young barrister has been assigned to prosecute one of their court cases.
135	"P.C., Part One"	TBA	Ian White	Richard Stoneman	13 November 1997
Loxton carries out an illegal stop-and-search of a black man, unaware that he is an off-duty police officer.
136	"No Trace, Part Two"	Final appearance of PC Steve Loxton, Pauline Melville guest stars	Tania Diez	Richard Stoneman	14 November 1997
A disenchanted Steve Loxton decides to resign from the force for good, but before he goes, he helps Quinnan settle a score with a crooked lawyer.
137	"A New Way to Pay Off Old Debts"	Sakuntala Ramanee and Freddie Earlle guest star.	Albert Barber	Len Collin	18 November 1997
Sgt. Boyden and W.P.C. Blake investigate the death of an alcoholic found burned to death.
138	"After All These Years"	Veronica Roberts and Roy Heather guest star.	Tim Holloway	Lisa Evans	20 November 1997
Sgt. Ackland and P.C. Quinnan investigate a car crash involving an elderly driver.
139	"Sands of Time"	Paul Jerricho guest stars.	Albert Barber	Anthony Valentine	21 November 1997
As the threat of tenure looms over DC Jim Carver, he is desperate to prove himself to Meadows by capturing a jewel thief who absconded years ago.
140	"Identity Crisis"	John Axon and Collette Brown guest star.	James Hawes	Mark Clompus	25 November 1997
D.S. Boulton pressurises a young couple in the hope of getting a result.
141	"The Same Stripe, Part One"	Colin Wyatt, James Marcus and JoAnne Good guest star.	Chris Lovett	Elizabeth Anne-Wheal	28 November 1997
Ackland finds herself under investigation for accepting bribes.
142	"The Same Stripe, Part Two"	Colin Wyatt and JoAnne Good guest star.	Chris Lovett	Elizabeth Anne-Wheal	2 December 1997
Ackland is behind bars on a charge of accepting bribes, and her trusted informant has disappeared without trace.
143	"Hot Plastic"	TBA	Harry Bradbeer	Gregory Evans	4 December 1997
D.I. Deakin tries to salvage an operation after an unsuccessful raid in which Sgt. Cryer is scalded, D.C. Skase is injured, and the target escaped.
144	"Gaybashing"	Hannah Waterman guest stars.	Michael Ferguson	Simon Tyrell	5 December 1997
Sgt. Boyden and P.C. Quinnan investigate an assault in a public toilet, a notorious meeting place for homosexuals.
145	"Potential For Conflict"	First appearance of PC Luke Ashton, Geoffrey McGivern and David Telfer guest star	Catherine Morshead	Neil Clarke	9 December 1997
Stamp visits Hendon for new recruit Luke Ashton's last day of training. But Ashton's confidence takes a severe knock, and he might not pass the course.
146	"Heartbreak Hotel"	TBA	Ged Maguire	Alan Pollock	11 December 1997
D.I. Deakin and W.D.C. Rawton investigate the assault of a man who has been charming middle-aged women out of their savings.
147	"Humpty Dumpty, Part One"	TBA	Ian White	Tom Needham	12 December 1997
Ashton has a bad first day at Sun Hill when he and Stamp see a boy fall from the roof of a building.
148	"Humpty Dumpty, Part Two"	Rik Mayall guest stars.	Ian White	Tom Needham	16 December 1997
Cryer remains convinced that Jimmy's fall off the roof was not an accident. But who pushed him - and is his death linked to the attack on Bannerman?
149	"Humpty Dumpty, Part Three"	Rik Mayall guest stars.	Ian White	Tom Needham.	18 December 1997
All evidence points to Jimmy's father killing Bannerman and then pushing his son off the roof. But can Cryer and Ashton find a way to prove it?
150	"Out"	TBA	Harry Bradbeer	Tony Mulholland	19 December 1997
D.S. Daly puts the pressure on an ex-con who would risk another jail sentence rather than inform on a friend.
151	"Twanky"	Hour-long episode, Rachel Weaver guest stars	Mike Cocker	Mark Holloway	22 December 1997
Putting on a Christmas panto proves to be the toughest case of the year for Page and the officers at Sun Hill.
152	"Things That Go Bump in the Night"	First appearance of PC Sam Harker, Timothy Bateson guest stars	Gill Wilkinson	Terry Hodgkinson	30 December 1997
Sgt. Boyden and W.P.C. Page find a notorious safecracker, blown up and in a semi-conscious state, in a dilapidated building.