The Bill (series 24)

The Bill (series 24)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	88
Release
Original network	ITV
Original release	2 January – 31 December 2008

The 24th series of The Bill, a British television drama, was the antepenultimate series of the programme.

This series was the last to feature the killing of an officer, PC Emma Keane. It also contained the departure of two long term characters, PC Reg Hollis and Inspector Gina Gold and it gave us the Witness storyline about the murder of Carly Samuels, which ran for 8 episodes.

On 2 April 2014, The Bill Series 24 Part 1 & 2 and The Bill Series 24 Part 3 & 4 DVD sets were released (in Australia).

Cast Changes

Arrivals

• DC Stevie Moss (The Deadly Game-)
• CSE Eddie Olosunje (Deadly Cocktail-)
• DC Jacob Banks (R.I.P.P.I-)
• PC Leon Taylor (New Blood-)
• PC Millie Brown (New Blood-)
• PC Arun Ghir (New Blood-)
• PC Mel Ryder (Gun Runner: Trigger Happy-)
• Sergeant Rachel Weston (Street Kid-)

Departures

• PC Diane Noble - transfers to county forces to spend time with her son
• PC Emma Keane - killed in bomb blast
• PC Reg Hollis - resigns after Emma Keane death
• Sergeant Nikki Wright - resigns after not being able to balance work and family life
• Inspector Gina Gold - resigns after nearly losing several officers and the death of Emma Keane

Episodes

#	Title	Episode Notes	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod #
1	"The Deadly Game"	First appearance of DC Stevie Moss, Danny Webb guest stars	Paul Wroblewski	Gregory Evans	2 January 2008	570
Will and Ben arrest a teenager, Lily Wright, caught after a chase with a stolen car. The owner, footballer Gem Archer, is cleared by his girlfriend's alibi, but her father, Archer's agent Ernie Rosen, wants to keep the case quiet when it is believed to have been involved in the hit and run of a courier, being investigated by Max, Terry and new DC Stevie Moss. The driver in the chase is found in the abandoned car and arrested, but Lily is seen driving the car on CCTV after the hit and run. She is arrested and inadvertently confesses to blackmailing Archer for his phone, which was in the car. Archer claims the courier is his boyfriend, and Rosen confesses to the hit and run. Events take a twist when a domestic is called in at Archer's girlfriend's flat.
2	"Shadow Stalker"	David Sibley guest stars.	Paul Wroblewski	Frank Rickarby	3 January 2008	571
CID investigate the attempted rape of student Mandy Glover. Suspicion falls on her ex-boyfriend, but he is quickly dismissed due to an alibi. Kezia discovers the suspect could be Kevin Mallory, who she arrested for rape in the past. A disturbance at Glover's sees her found with a bag over her head, tied up, which matches Mallory's MO. A footprint is found out back, but the shoes are found under the bed of Mallory's friend Ronnie Raines. CID set up a sting to follow Mandy home. After another attack the suspect is revealed to be her counseller Martin Cantor. Cantor is cleared on the assaults, but Stevie uncovers a case of voyeurism after tapes are found in his home. Sally is reprimanded by Stone for using the IRV in pursuit after having three drinks during the op. The footprint doesn't match Raines, and he is bailed, but as Kezia takes him back to his hostel, she is hit from behind and awakes trapped in a cellar, with Mallory.
3-4	"To Catch a Killer"	TBA	Karl Neilson	Julian Perkins	9 & 10 January 2008	576
Part One: Dean Clark, an 11 year old boy, is abducted at a shopping center. Connections are made to two notorious abductors, Alistair Haig and Linda Johnson, but Haig is dead and Johnson is in prison. Manson visits Johnson with Turner, but she isn't interested. She calls Manson and requests to see him alone, and tells him about her boyfriend, Mike Wilson. She explains they split, and he would prove he loved her. Wilson's flat is raided, and he appears to be obsessed with the case. He is arrested and confesses to murdering Dean, but it is ruled out when Dean calls his mother. Part Two: The media go crazy when Linda Johnson's role in the hunt for Dean Clark is exposed. The public are outraged, especially Pete Barkley, whose brother Steven was killed by Haig & Johnson. A ransom note is delivered, and Johnson is asked to do the drop, but Barkley set it up, and is arrested chasing down Johnson with a knife. Events twist when another note is delivered, where Dean explains he's okay, which doesn't match the original case. Johnson gives another name, Scott Hayworth, who would've been victim four. Scott visits Johnson in hospital; Manson, surrounded by SO19 tries to talk him down while Nate & Tony search his home for Dean. After the case draws to a close, Neil arranges leave to visit his son Jake in Spain.
5-12	"Witness"	Ace Bhatti guest stars.	Tim Leandro	Tom Needham	January 16 & 17, 23 & 24, 30 & 31 and February 6 & 7 2008	558
Part One- Innocent Blood: Smithy and Emma attend an out of control party on the Jasmine Allen Estate, where a teenager, Tito Morientes, has been stabbed. Smithy's old informant, Carly Samuels, now a stay at home mother, points out Eric Benton, an illegal landlord to whom Morientes owed for rent. Carly's boyfriend, Marlon Reed, is the owner of £500 stolen from Morientes at the party, for admission. Marlon is found attacking Benton, and after a lengthy chase, Benton is arrested by Gold. He denies stabbing Morientes but confesses to mugging him. Carly reluctantly tells Smithy that Marlon was the attacker, and a dog finds a knife & blood-stained hoodie. Marlon is charged with GBH, but bailed. A suspected revenge attack sees Carly gunned down standing next to Marlon on the estate. Nate and Sally meanwhile, investigate a child carer, who relieves himself setting fires. Part Two- Wall of Silence: Carly Samuels is rushed to hospital after the shooting, where she dies of her injuries as her devastated mother Leanne arrives. The drive-by car is found alight, along with shell casings. Tito Morientes is suspect number one, but is given an alibi by girlfriend Alisha Daniels, who was also Carly's best friend. Uniform set up a mobile unit on the Jasmine Allen Estate. Smith is assigned as Leanne's FLO, but she throws him out after a mechanic feeds Sun Hill duff information about Carly being pregnant. Dwayne Fox, the father of Carly's daughter Brooke, tells CID Marlon Reed is dealing and producing crack cocaine, and Alisha says Carly was moving to Sheffield with Brooke. Marlon is found with a gun to Tito's head, and is charged with dealing & attempted murder. Tito confesses at gunpoint, but retracts it in interview. Problems mount as the investigation breaks down, and a wall of silence falls on the Jasmine Allen. Part Three- Breaking Point: Nate and Diane attend when Dr. Adam Tyler is attacked and robbed of his surgery keys. Local addict Brendan Connor confesses he robbed Tyler, but denies attacking him, and claims he was thrown from a car, which is backed up by CCTV. Tyler and his partner, Dr. Rachel Cartwright, are found in the middle of a disturbance, and they are revealed to have been involved in aiding the recovery of two injured burglars. The victim is also stabbed, and a race against time to find the injured victim and burglar is launched. Leanne Samuels reveals her psychic Dawn Stanley, knows about Tito's involvement through her boyfriend Pete Oldman. Oldman refuses to testify, and Smithy & Tony find Leanne in her bathtub with her wrists slit. Stanley gives info on a murder weapon, and it is recovered in the canal by divers. Leanne accepts Smithy as her FLO once more. Part Four- Deadly Secret: On the day of Carly Samuels' funeral, a fight breaks out on the Jasmine Allen as Tito Morientes shows up at the procession. A gun is discharged, and Tito is arrested again. Nate investigates a series of burglaries, including one at the Samuels residence. The suspect appears to be a criminal's son, who had a crush on Carly, and wanted to leave his abusive father. Alisha Daniels runs out of the funeral during a moving speech, and is brought in. A pair of shoes used to dump the weapon are traced to none other than Dwayne Fox, and Alisha finally cracks, breaking Tito's alibi. CID arrange raids on Dwayne and Tito. Part Five- Protection: Meadows launches the raid on Dwayne Fox's home, and Nixon coordinates one at Tito Morientes'. Tito is arrested, but Dwayne isn't home. Dwayne's mother Beverley breaks his alibi, but his boss kidnaps Brooke. Smithy and Nate use the boss in a sting, and Dwayne is arrested for his part in the shooting. Alisha's phone signal puts her at the scene of the murder, so she gives another statement. With Tito & Dwayne are charged, Alisha reveals there was a third man in the car, and as she returns to the Jasmine Allen under police protection, she is hit full speed ahead by a sports car. Part Six- Hit & Run: Uniform go all out to track down the hit and run car. Roger and Tony locate the Cougar in the Area Car, but the pursuit is abandoned when it goes off-road. Emma and Nate locate the car on fire, but it had just been lit and it is quickly extinguished. Alisha retracts her statement and the case goes downhill. The car owner claims he was attacked by a child, and it is confirmed as CID find youngster Danny Pearce on CCTV. He is interviewed in the presence of his brother Joel, who disappears when it is revealed the car wasn't destroyed. Alisha identifies Joel as the third drive-by suspect, but her father Oscar gets there first. Joel agrees to give evidence, to the delight of CID, Smithy and Leanne. Part Seven- Truth & Lies: The Carly Samuels murder trial kicks off. The defence barrister, Sunil Davdra, is an ex of Dasari. Joel Pearce has been intimidated out of testifying when he shows up covered in bruises, and tells the court he lied in his statement. Jo and Kezia investigate an assault on a pregnant woman. Her boyfriend, Raheem Woods is the suspect. When Wood is arrested, he smashes his face into a cell wall, claiming it was Nate. He is released by Gold, but riles the estate up about 'police brutality'. The judge consents for Alisha to give her evidence. A mob try to attack her leaving the estate, and a group of yobs bombard Reg & Beth with bricks whilst in the mobile unit. The estate backlash goes on when the IRV transporting her to court is rammed onto its roof by a mystery assailant. Part Eight- The Final Act: Tony and Emma quickly break Smithy, Alisha & Oscar Daniels out of the crashed IRV. Back on the estate, Will & Diane get Reg & Beth out of the mobile unit after it comes under attack. The group come under attack from ball bearings, bricks and petrol bombs when they intervene as a car comes under attack on the estate, the same one used in the attacking on Smithy's IRV. A full scale riot kicks off on the Jasmine Allen, but Alisha gets to court. Davdra goes full on to destroy her reputation. Nate is abducted by Raheem Woods and Spencer Wright, the driver of the car in the IRV attack, so Smithy leaves court to rescue him with Stone. Woods gives evidence that states Tito wasn't holding the gun that killed Carly, and that the shooting was Dwayne's idea. Woods states it is all down to Carly leaving, but would he really kill the mother of his child? Jo and Smithy try to implicate Dwayne, as he goes into meltdown at the court.
13	"Driven to Kill"	Ralph Ineson and Zig Byfield guest star.	Matthew Whiteman	Emma Goodwin	13 February 2008	557
After an influx of prank calls, Gold demands a crackdown in IBO. However, initiative from Fletcher and Wright convince them a child claims his father has abducted him and his brother. The pair discover his father is broke and depressed, and their suspicions are proved when he is found at a childhood haunt, threatening to drive into the river with his sons in the back. Stone and Stamp respond to reports of a body in the river; when they are pelted with water balloons, a boy with Asperger syndrome who has been filming the pranksters agrees to helping Stone & Stamp bring down the gang.
14-15	"Family Loyalty"	Rob Spendlove and Paul Copley guest star.	A.J. Quinn	Patrick Homes	February 14 & 21 2008	572
Part One- Pay Back: Stone, Green, Gayle and Armstrong chase a Ranger Rover, which ends up colliding with a skip. The driver is a child, but the owner is a known criminal, Dylan Morrison. His briefcase with explicit material, is recovered and Morrison is implicated in a potential blackmail, and is found later found with word 'SCUM' tattooed on his forehead. When it appears anybody connected to the blackmail is targeted, the joyrider's father is found with a stab wound in an RTA. Part Two- Cover Up: Ben finds Liam Harvey, at the bottom of the stairs in his home, and he believes the boy's father is responsible. Connections are made when a homeless man is hit over the head with a bag of coke, that Liam's father may have stolen. Ben assaults him when he confesses to the assault. A sting is set up to return the coke, and Liam's father is arrested for the assault. Despite rescuing him from his violent father, Liam rejects Ben's help upon hearing this.
16	"The Hit"	TBA	Robert Del Maestro	Sally Tatchell	27 February 2008	574
Uniform attend a hit and run. The victim leaves the scene, not the driver, but he is found close-by. Doctors believe a mass of blood is not his, and a friend is found nearby with a bullet wound. It appears he stole a briefcase involved in an assassination, and SO19 join CID for a sting. As they stake out the pub owned by the victim, Sally finds the assassin's car St. Hugh's. Sally has to tackle the gunman, but despite her bravery she is reprimanded by Stone.
17	"Spilt Blood"	TBA	Robert Del Maestro	Tom Higgins	28 February 2008	575
On a Friday night patrol, Callum and Sally re-encounter Mandy Glover, who was the victim of harassment and an attempted rape a few weeks earlier. She claims her sister, Kate, is in a nightclub, but the bouncer won't let Mandy in. Kate is reported missing, and she is found out the back of the club. It appears she was raped, and while Mandy tries to convince her to testify, Kate blocks it out. Stevie, Terry and Max work with a prisoner on leave, to arrest a drug dealer. Unfortunately, he spins them a line and escapes during the raid. One person can identify his hiding location, and the dealer protecting him; Stone's rape suspect, Ian Andain. With no statement, and one on the dealer, Andain is cleared. Stone goes on the arrest, and tells the dealer about Andain, before going to his house with Ben, Sally & Will as masked thugs show up.
18	"Deadly Cocktail"	First appearance of CSE Eddie Olosunje	Richard Signy	Alan Pollock	5 March 2008	578
Beth and Roger find a body on patrol. The victim, Michael Drummond, is a disgraced doctor under fire from the General Medical Council. He appears to be involved in a death on duty, and is under fire from friends and family of the victim. One of the suspects, Dave Batchelor lost his girlfriend at a party Drummond was at in the 90s. Beth tries to get through to Dave, with no avail. Events escalate when a friend of Drummond's is found, with Dave holding a needle to his neck.
19	"Heat on the Beat"	Final appaearance of PC Reg Hollis	Richard Signy	Si Spencer	12 March 2008	580
Beth and Emma are on shift with hangovers. Their day starts badly when they turn up late to a briefing with the Super, covering uniform for investigations while CID work a fraud case. It only gets worse when Heaton volunteers to join the duo on patrol. Gold and Wright go to Canley Market, mainly so Gold can keep an eye on Heaton! Nate and Roger stumble upon an electronics van, abandoned with driver tied up in the back. Heaton freaks out a female drug dealer when he arrests her, due to a history of abuse. Green, Keane and Heaton find a young boy working his mother's stall, and two robots stolen from the van are found. The drug dealer, Rachel Compton, has her flat turned over, and her brother Matty is found assaulted, surrounded by several damaged robots. Green and Heaton find heroin in the back of one of the two they seized. Rachel's boyfriend, James Maguire, is suspect number one, and he is being hunted down by Jaz Desai, the van's owner, wanting his drugs, and he's holding Rachel hostage. After being cut from the show, Jeff Stewart slit his wrists on set, and couldn't appear in his final episode. This is his last on screen appearance.
20	"Corrupted"	Kelly George guest stars.	Nigel Douglas	Patrick Homes	13 March 2008	581
During a brawl at a nightclub, Sally encounters a police officer from another nick, PC Andrew Tipping. He hands her drugs he bought undercover, and asks her to hide them. Stone finds out, after he tells Jo there were no drugs recovered. When Tipping threatens to expose Sally's role, Stone has to find another way to bust him, as usual. Jo looks into a OD, and has to help a father determined to hunt down the dealer he claims is responsible.
21	"Break In"	TBA	Nigel Douglas	Will Shindler	19 March 2008	582
Smithy answers a call about a pensioner who has been attacked during a burglary, so Stevie and Mickey set up a sting operation involving one of her neighbours, that reveals a well-established outfit selling stolen goods on the internet. When two hoods previously seen arguing with the victim are eliminated from the inquiry, the officers are left with some unlikely suspects, reminding them how deceptive appearances can be. The team later decide to set up a sting operation to trap the thief red-handed. Nate helps a tearaway to go home to his mother and escape his father.
22	"Beth Undercover"	TBA	Roberto Bangura	Steve Bailie	20 March 2008	583
A prisoner, Katie Taylor, asks to see Beth whilst in custody. Katie claims she needs to get seized drugs back to her boss. Beth goes undercover, but Max threatens to take Katie's son away if Beth is harmed. Beth falls for Lenny Jones, a DJ working for Earl Clarke, Katie's boss. Katie goes missing and is found assaulted. Beth gets continually aggravated with Max's attitude towards her, but helps her identify a gun she was threatened with by Clarke. Clarke's suspicions about Beth go on and he tries to ambush her, so Meadows leads a squad to bust him.
23-24	"Closing The Net"	Final appearance of PC Diane Noble, John Bowe and David Schofield guest star.	Paul Wroblewski	Chris Ould	March 26 & 27 2008	584
Part One: Emma and Roger respond to a disturbance and find a teenager with her wrists slit. It appears she is being groomed as part of an online peadophile network. When her friend goes missing, CID launch a manhunt, with Terry looking through offenders. Grace is seconded to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection group to work with Detective Superintendent Tom Faraday, and tries to open up professional yet compassionate Detective Inspector Phil Ashley. Just when it seems they've busted the ring, a post by a user named "Domino Man", promises a live feed showing the abuse of an 8 year old boy in 24 hours. Part Two: CID and CEOPs go all out to stop the live feed abuse of an 8 year old boy. With Det. Supt. Faraday working with Heaton and CID at Sun Hill, Grace and DI Ashley look through the image of the victim for information of his whereabouts. Diane becomes FLO to the mother, when the boy's drug addict brother is revealed to have given a photo to the peadophile network. When Dasari and Ashley get an address, and the boy reunites with his mother, an emotional Diane requests a leave of absence to spend time with her son.
25-26	"Blood Rush"	TBA	Matt Bloom	Andrew Taft	2 & 3 April 2008	586
Part One: Ben and Tony discover the body of drug addict Abbey Ferguson in a derelict building, whilst searching for a distressed young girl, and the trail of evidence leads back to her pimp Danny Peters. A prostitute claims she saw the violent client dragged Abbey's body downstairs. When this turns out to be false, she is arrested and has to give up Danny. When it conspires he killed Abbey for not sleeping with the violent punter, he injected her with a large dose of heroin. As Stevie and Stuart confront him, he arms himself with a needle. Part Two: After stabbing Stuart with a dirty needle, Peters is arrested by uniform. He claims he used a dirty needle, and Stuart finds himself waiting three months to discover whether or not he has HIV. Ever the professional, he shows up at work, and is horrified to discover Peters is offering info for a reduced sentence. Stevie goes undercover to catch the dealer, but it goes pear-shaped. Stuart gets too involved, but Stevie, instead of being annoyed, tries to prove the needle used was clean.
27-28	"Sins of the Father"	Edward and Tim Woodward guest star.	A.J. Quinn	Chris Murray	April 9 & 10 2008	594
Part One: Smithy attends the scene of an assault on an elderly man. He turns out to be Johnnie Jackson, an ex-East End gangster and bank robber. When Smithy and Max visit Johnnie, he is visited be his grandson, Jacko, and Johnnie claims he is dealing for Bosnian drugs warlord Andreas Audra. The team are perplexed why a gangster would 'grass', but when Johnnie points the team in the direction of 'Tailfeathers', a nightclub owned by Jacko and Roger Hutton, who turns out to be Johnnie's bastard love child. As Jacko is implicated in a smuggling op, Johhnie hopes they can bring down Roger. Events take a sinister twist when Jacko is found dead in Johnnie's house. Part Two: The list of suspects for killing Jacko Jackson is long; grandfather Johnnie, who went missing, is found at the grave of his son Ray, Jacko's father, covered in blood. He is quickly arrested and released. Jacko's uncle Roger is prime suspect, but he was in custody. His girlfriend, Anya Herdlitska, is arrested due to the fact that Jacko surrendered her to immigration. Then Andreas Audra, is arrested, but he was out of the country, although like Hutton, he could've arranged it. Marty Baxter, who assaulted Johnnie the day before, is a prime suspect, but why kill his best friend, and if he did, who did he do it for?
29	"Going Under"	TBA	Roberto Bangura	Doug Milburn	16 April 2008	579
When Nate tackles a robber to recover a shotgun, Stuart looks into a spate of violent burglaries, including one where a shopkeeper was shot dead. To catch the suspect, Meadows goes undercover with the ringleader to 'buy' stolen antiques. He clashes with Nixon over his control on the case, but is impressed with her work. Meadows confesses to being undercover when surveillance is lost, despite disbelief, but Nixon arrives to bust the gang on time.
30	"Overkill"	TBA	Olivia Lichtenstein	Clive Dawson	17 April 2008	588
Emma and Sally attend a burglary. The victim, claims he hit the suspect with a hammer, but five blows mean that the victim may become the person charged. Sally is hugely disappointed that the victim is the suspect, and she goes to Stone with Emma, for an 'alternate' result. Stone is furious Sally brought in Emma, due to her father being a DCI with the DPS. Emma tries to get in with Stone's gang.
31-32	"Private Investigation"	First appearance of DC Jacob Banks	Olivia Lichtenstein	Richard Ommanney	23 & 24 April 2008	589
R.I.P. P.I: DC Jacob Banks joins the Sun Hill watch in time to help a hung-over Mickey investigate the murder of a private detective. It appears he was looking into the disappearance of a woman, Geraldine Lawson. When a witness is tipped off, her family suspect she is dead. A complicated case brings up a suspect, but he proves elusive for the CID team. Emma is disappointed when Stone refuses to put through an application for her to go undercover on the case. City Slickers: Sally is undercover at a trading centre to investigate the involvement of a group of businessmen in the disappearance of Geraldine Lawson. Emma is frustrated that Stone keeps her on routine work, but she hints to go Meadows she'd like to join Sally undercover for drinks with the traders, which annoys Stone. Emma takes a risk and is attacked by one of the suspects, but she is rescued in time. Stone tries to kiss Emma, confirming he won't put her in his gang because he fancies her.
33-35	"Frontline"	Final appearance of PC Emma Keane, Liz May Brice guest stars.	Simon Massey	Sarah-Louise Hawkins	May 1, 8 & 15 2008	591
Part One- Shockwave: Sally and Emma are first on scene when two explosions rock a local street. With multiple injuries, fatalities, and severe damage to several buildings, Stone & Will quickly respond to assist. Gold arranges backup from the station, under the eye of Meadows & Heaton. Emma is injured chasing a passer-by who gropes a victim, claiming to be a doctor. A general sense of shock around the relief is affecting the job, but they band together to help the wounded. When Stone wants to deal with the phony doctor, Emma accuses him of being bent and storms off. She finds a building on fire, and during the response, a suspect package is found. As she finishes clearing the building, the bomb goes off, and radio silence stuns the station. Part Two- Aftershock: The relief struggle to deal with Emma's death, none more so than Sally, who argued with Emma about Stone's gang before her death. Sally nearly attacks the suspect, and SO15's DI Karen Lacy confirms the bombs contained fertilizer. Kezia finds herself in a life and death situation when she triggers a pressure pad, but the bomb is a fake. An email is sent and Grace decodes it to be about the "Four Evils of the Internet". A paranoid fraudster, victim number three, is released when it appears he was set up by the bomber. Part Three- End Game: CID and SO15 hunt down the Canley bomber. Stone returns to work after his fight with Smithy. Sally is caught up in an explosion, but it is a flour bomb and she is safe. Stone is allowed to work on shift, as an email is sent in claiming a bomb will take out a peadophile in 3 hours. The suspect is revealed, but he had been in the station. His house is raided, but he escapes after a chase with Stone. He avoids Emma's funeral to recover a bomb from a mother's car, not before heroically saving her baby. He appears at Emma's funeral to tell the relief the suspect has been arrested.
36	"Lucky Lucky Lucky"	DI Neil Manson returns from leave	David Innes Edwards	Chris Dunn	22 May 2008	597
Neil returns to Sun Hill after visiting his son in Spain. He pairs with Moss and investigates an assault and disappearance involving a wedding groom. Manson finds himself being flirted with by a gay club owner, and arrests a Kylie Minogue impersonator, not without Stevie grabbing a photo! Morale in the relief takes another downturn when Reg sends in his resignation. Stevie forms a bond with her grumpy boss after he opens up, upon discovering Stuart bet her £20 she wouldn't find something personal out about the DI. Gold stresses the importance of recruiting new uniformed officers to Heaton.
37	"Running Scared"	Peter-Hugo Daly guest stars.	David Innes Edwards	Emma Goodwin	29 May 2008	596
Nikki and Roger find a teenage boy, Alfie Eagen, assaulted on his way to school. Nikki is attached to the boy, and is horrified when drugs are found in his room following a burglary at his home. His father Carl, just released from prison, is bringing trouble and the drugs are believed to be his. Along with debts with a loan shark, Jason Dawes, he has also been in dealing wars with local skinhead Lucas Walsh, suspect number one for Alfie's assault. When Dawes gives CID Carl's address, he is found dead in a bathtub full of compost. Walsh is arrested and confesses to the assault and burglary, but denies killing Carl. Jo finds a homless informant she used to know, Sammo Taylor, and he helps in the inquiry, on condition they retrieve his missing ferret. Alfie runs away and is arrested for dealing, but he also denies killing his father. With Walsh, Dawes and Alfie ruled out, CID ponder, who was the killer?
38	"Cowboy Country"	TBA	Richard Signy	Frank Rickarby	4 June 2008	598
Whilst driving to work, Terry and Max find themselves stuck in traffic due to roadworks. At a set of temporary lights, screams are heard. While investigating, two men are seen stealing a Mercedes, and the owner is stabbed to death. Nixon arrives, but lets Max lead. The suspects are Polish, so Max reaches out to the community. Despite lying, which offends Terry, Pavel Rudzinski, a priest, identifies the suspects as brothers, Stefan & Feliks Adamski. Max's loyalty to Rudzinski compromises the evidence, and he fights with Terry in the station, before being separated by a furious Nixon. Stefan's girlfriend Halina Lesnik, agrees to meet him so he can be arrested, but Feliks intervenes and he is abducted. When he is assaulted, he is found at Father Rudzinski's and agrees to give info on his brother.
39-40	"We Are Family"	Joe Absolom guest stars.	Nigel Douglas	Tom Higgins	June 5 & 11 2008	604
Part One: Upon return to Sun Hill after going on the Undercover Training course, Beth teams up with Sally. The pair find a man, Alan Marlowe, beaten up in an alleyway of a known red light district. CCTV shows him arguing with his step-daughter, Lucy Burton. Burton is remanded in custody, but is quickly bailed. When her mother confesses to the assault, Burton intervenes and admits she assaulted her step-father. She explains to Beth that Marlowe attacked Lucy's mother for every time she tried to contact her, but her mother won't make a statement. Sally tells Beth she thinks she got too involved with Lucy. Part Two: Lucy Burton is found dead under an overpass. The first question for CID is accident, suicide or murder. Eddie's finding prove she was dead before she went over the bridge. There are two main suspects, Mark Lawrence, her polygamist boyfriend, and it becomes obvious he's covering something up when he goes missing and his car is found torched. The other suspect, her step-father Alan Marlowe, whose history of domestic violence to her mother was revealed by Lucy the day before. When Mark is just found to just be obsessed with his girlfriends, girls on the run with nothing and Marlowe is alibied, the team hit a brick wall in the investigation, so Beth visits the girls again.
41	"New Blood"	First appearances of PCs Millie Brown, Leon Taylor and Arun Ghir, Ray Trickett guest stars	Richard Standeven	Patrick Homes	12 June 2008	660
Probationers Millie Brown and Arun Ghir join Sun Hill, with transfer Leon Taylor. Leon and Roger are paired together, while Arun teams up with Nate. Jo interviews a man called Malcolm Towne, who thinks he has people in his home. Jo thinks he's crazy, but when Leon finds a tunnel in the basement of Towne's squat, they discover the path was used by notorious armed robber Colin Dempsey. Dempsey is further implicated by a man arrested for robbing a hardware store, and he identifies he was hired by Dempsey to steal an oxy-hydro cutter.
42	"Landfill Killer"	TBA	Richard Standeven	Chris Murray	25 June 2008	661
Brown and Ghir find a body in a landfill. Manson leads the investigation into the death. It appears the victim, Adele Jones, had a sordid love history. With a boyfriend, an ex and even her brother implicated, CID find themselves with too many suspects to get a clear picture. Adele had an argument with another man before her death, and he is suspect number one. He is cleared, meaning there may be a different motive for the killing all together.
43-47	"Gun Runner"	First appearance of PC Mel Ryder, Martin Reeve, Andreas Wisniewski and Rupert Hill guest star.	Richard Signy	Gregory Evans	July 2, 3, 9, 10 & 16 2008	599
Part One- Trigger Happy: Bansky, Roger and Ben are first on scene when a young boy, Emile Grover, is found with a loaded gun. Banksy talks him down, and it is identified as an army issued Browning high power pistol. Emile identifies the man who gave him the gun as Andrew Tyrell. Captain Charlie Shaw of the army identifies the owner of the gun as Corporal William 'Billy' Figgis. Conveniently, Figgis already dealt with Smithy and new PC Mel Ryder, but after holding them hostage with a replica handgun, he goes missing. Billy's wife, whom he'd been harassing, reports their son Josh missing. Billy is arrested on suspicion of abduction, but he reveals Tyrell is holding Josh so he can get more weapons. Sun Hill up the ante when Henry Grover reports Emile missing, and he was last seen with Josh Figgis. Part Two- Undercover: Suspected gun runner Andrew Tyrell mentions supplier Billy Figgis has been working with Kieran Wallace, a thug converting firearms for an as yet unknown kingpin. With nerve damage from the stabbing by Tyrell, Figgis agrees to introduce Smithy to Wallace. Smithy gets an in, and prepares to go deep undercover with Stevie acting as his girlfriend as a way of contact. Meanwhile, after Nate arrests a woman involved in a hit and run, Bansky discovers she was sexually assaulted in her home. The main suspect is a disgruntled ex-boyfriend, but after he is implicated with an alibi, it leaves them asking, who'd agree to rape someone for a friend? Part Three- Kick Off: Derby day. The Sun Hill relief find themselves on security for the Millwall vs Leyton Orient game. With Smithy attending alongside Kieran Wallace, uniform find another issue; a stolen case of volatile fireworks being set off by kids. With rival intelligence claiming the Orient fans would welcome the home fans with a bang, uniform have to go all out to find the rest. Smithy loses his cool with one of the gang, which impresses ringleader Darren Cutler. Gina goes into meltdown when Mel is nearly killed when a vehicle full of fireworks explode, but she carries on when she & Will have to take a woman in labour to hospital in the transport van. Part Four- Spray and Pray: Smithy finds himself holding a gun that Wallace claims was used in shooting. Stevie recovers the gun, but Smithy spends the entire day concerned his cover is blown. Max suggests setting up Wallace to plant the gun, and when Wallace is arrested, Smithy finds himself looking down the barrel of Cutler's gun. He is introduced to Bob Gatting, the boss of the SE1 gang, organizing security and cash for the deal. Cutler meets the supplier under surveillance at his workshop. CID use the gun to investigate the murder of an ex-con. Part Five- Firefight: After being bailed, Wallace confronts Smithy but is beaten up by Gatting's thugs. Cutler threatens to pull the deal, furious with the assault on his nephew, but Smithy gets it back on course. After meeting supplier Dimitri with Gatting & Cutler, Smithy tests out one of the Mac 10s Cutler's importing. As the deal is set up, Wallace shows up at the workshop and goes on the run with a Mac 10. After blaming the assault on Cutler, Smithy goes in pursuit of the vengeful thug, who is heading for a pub where Cutler is.
48	"Jack of Hearts"	TBA	Robert Knights	Andrew Alty	17 July 2008	606
Meadows' godson calls to collect his father after a poker game and is knocked down in a hit-and-run incident outside the DCI's home. Meadows assumes he was the target, and clashes with Banksy and Mickey, who suspect that one of the DCI's friends may have been the intended target. Meadows is shocked to discover how little he knows his oldest friends when one of is implicated in criminal activity.
49	"Body of Evidence"	Robin Soans guest stars.	Robert Knights	Andrew Rattenbury	23 July 2008	607
Uniform attend a suspicious house fire. Mickey and Banksy investigate, as Mickey knows the owner, as an informant. The prime suspect is the victim's landlord, who worked with the victim in the past. During forensic searches, Eddie finds human remains in the basement. The landlord's solicitor is Naomi Woods; with an attraction from Mickey, he is let down when Banksy reveals she is his wife. The victim is identified as a contractor who went missing in the 1970s. The big question is; who did it?
50	"Lifesaver"	TBA	Robert Del Maestro	Nicholas McInerny	24 July 2008	608
Ben and Sally attend an RTA. A teenage girl, Caitlin Haris, has been run over and the driver, Ryan Davison, is found with alcohol in his system. Kim Yates, on the scene when Caitlin was hit, is revealed to not be her mother, when a phone photo identifies Caitlin's mother as someone else. When Caitlin's grandmother, Lorna Wickham, is found unconscious, it appears Kim's birth name is also Wickham and she is Caitlin's birth mother. Caitlin goes missing, but her boyfriend helps Tony and Ben track her down. When Kim is bailed, she is found by the Thames, and after Sally attempts to get her out of the car, she goes full speed ahead into the river. Sally and Stone, much to the dismay of Gold, risk their lives by going into rescue Kim.
51	"Teacher's Pet"	TBA	Robert Del Maestro	Sally Tatchell	30 July 2008	609
Uniform attend a burglary. The victim, a school teacher, is assaulted. It is believed two students are involved, but they are cleared. Arun and Millie look for his car, and speak to another man, who is looking for his Jaguar, and they uncover a car theft ring. With the help of Tony and a trap at a car wash, they bag themselves a major collar. Meanwhile, the assault victim is implicated in the disappearance of a teenager girl.
52	"Seize the Day"	Final appearance of Sergeant Nikki Wright, Martin Jarvis guest stars	A.J. Quinn	Steve Bailie	31 July 2008	611
Whilst on patrol on the Antrim Green Estate, Nikki and Will encounter businessman Lesley Downey, impaled by a scaffold pole. Will informs CID, and Manson notices he has a knack for investigatory work. The passenger, local youth Anthony Watt, is interviewed, but his brother Damon is trying to keep him quiet. Nikki sits with Lesley, and they discuss their families as Lesley dies. He tells Nikki he lost his boyfriend to cancer ten years earlier, talking about restrictions around marriage and adoption for them. He tells Nikki he fears dying alone, and asks to see his brother and Anthony, to make peace before he dies. An emotionally distraught Nikki hands in her resignation.
53	"Street Kid"	First appearance of Sergeant Rachel Weston	A.J. Quinn	Si Spencer	6 August 2008	610
New Sergeant Rachel Weston arrives at Sun Hill and begins by investigating a break-in at a jewellery shop with Kezia and Mickey. After a pursuit, the robbers abandon their bike by lighting it on fire, but are involved in an RTA with a car. The van involved, has a history of crime after being stolen five years earlier, and it is believed it was used it as a rental for criminals. When the boy involved in the crash is found with stolen jewellery, Mel discovers he was in the van as he is not the car driver's son. The case is turned on it's head, when it appears she is the sister of the shop owner, and she was in the hold up, not the van drivers. The van occupants claim they are looking after the boy, when he ran away from his abusive father. When he goes missing, it appears his father isn't just holding his son.
54-55	"Personal Grudge"	PC Will Fletcher begins attachment with CID	Diana Patrick	P.G. Morgan	August 7 & 14 2008	612
Part One- Blind Alley: A young woman, Paula Merrick, is found unconscious in an alleyway. During a chase from Nate, the suspect drops a stun gun. Signs suggest she was raped. Nixon runs the investigation. Will joins CID on attachment from uniform, and is paired with Terry. He looks for a supplier of the stun guns, and ends up with a foot in the stomach during an arrest. Nixon's suspect is male stripper Tom Norris, but forensics aren't strong enough to charge him with rape, as he claims he had sex with Paula. Part Two- Getting Personal: After a chase with a car, Millie and Nate discover the body of a female in the trunk. She is an Australian tourist visiting her boyfriend. When CCTV of her at a club appears, she is seen talking to rape suspect Tom Norris. Nixon wastes no time in arresting Norris on suspicion of murder. Millie looks for the elusive driver, but she convinces her that she can be a witness if the theft charges are dropped.
56-57	"Game Plan"	Shaun Williamson and Liz May Brice guest star.	Richard Signy	Julian Perkins	August 19 & 20 2008	614
Part One: Whilst on operation at the docks to arrest thieves, Meadows is stopped by Karen Lacy, now an Intelligence Officer with the Serious and Organized Crime Agency. She convinces Meadows his theft operation based around dock boss Dave Monks is small fry; she has him under surveillance for 60 kilos of cocaine bound for the docks. Max, working undercover, has to warn one of the thieves, Dave's son Pete. Accomplice Tom Harris, agrees to give Meadows and Lacy evidence after he is arrested. For his help, Dave Monks agrees to give Max more work. Beth goes undercover in the Monk's club with Dave's daughter Chloe, but Meadows & Lacy spot Dave telling Pete to kill Chloe's boyfriend and business partner Asif Perreira. Pete bottles it and Asif goes into protection. Beth blows her cover with Chloe to gain trust, and takes her to Asif. Max tips off Meadows about a bust, but Dave set it up as a decoy run. Meanwhile, Stuart gets a clean bill of health after being stabbed with a hypodermic needle a few months earlier. Part Two: As Pete Monks stews in custody, and Tom Harris lies in St. Hugh's, Lacy, Meadows and Carter weigh up their options. Max suggests alienating Dave from his children. Anthony, who appeared to be Tom's boyfriend, was likely to know that his father ordered the beating on Harris. As expected, he tells his father he loves Tom and tells him he can do the deal alone. Chloe calls Dave, explaining Pete bottled it and Asif is alive, before telling him she is carrying Asif's child and is moving away from London. Dave confronts Pete, and tells him he is finished with him. With just Max left to trust, Dave decides to go get the coke once Max hints at the wire in Dave's office. As Max and Dave go for the coke, Beth calls Meadows to say an angry Pete is looking for Max, and he's armed with a handgun.
58-59	"Unnecessary Heroics"	TBA	Reza Moradi	Chris Smyth	August 21 & 26 2008	616
Part One- Demolition Girl: Whilst on cordon duty for a high rise demolition, Sally is approached by a woman, Sian McGuire, who claims her son is in the block. When it appears Sian was lying, after the search, she reveals her diary is inside detailing a rape at the hands of her uncle, Graham Boyce, when she was a child. Gold agrees to arrange a delay to the demolition, on the condition Sian makes a statement against Boyce. When the diary isn't found, the demolition goes ahead. As alarms ring, signalling the warning, Sian runs at the block, chased by Sally. As the building collapses, the pair are nearly crushed to death. Sian, with the help of Stevie, Jo and Sally, arranges a meeting with her aunt, Yvonne. However, the team are left with no choice but to arrest Boyce. Sian's diary is recovered from his shed, and he confesses. As Sally gets reprimanded by Gold for interfering with the interview, she goes to get drunk with Ben. After a drunken encounter, she drives off and hits another car. Meanwhile, Leon and Stone look for a missing pedigree dog. Part Two- Over the Limit: Sally awakens at the wheel of her car, after a head on collision. Ben takes her out, disposes of her keys and gives paramedics a false name. Ben calls Stone and Sally hides out at his place, while Stone checks the investigation. The passenger of the other car, a 15 year old girl, is found next to the car, possessing coke. The owner's son confesses to illegally driving the car, but CID think he's covering for his sick father, after he has an angina attack. When questions about Sally persist, Stone suggests she goes into the station.
60-61	"The Fall"	TBA	Olivia Lichtenstein	Tom Needham	August 28 & September 3, 2008	618
Part One- Before: Rachel and Roger attend a serious assault. A drug dealer has been brutally assaulted and has broken his jaw in a hammer attack. Weston tries to get the victim to talk, while Grace looks for a suspect. A teenager is brought in, but he has to be bailed for his own safety, when it is revealed he is witness protection. After Grace tears him apart in interview, he agrees to help her out. The fallout has disastrous consequences however, when he is found dead at the bottom of a tower block. Part Two- After: Grace and Neil investigate the death of Jay Newman. The man he put behind bars is a suspect, as is assault suspect Les Cooper. Grace feels a sense of guilt after pressurizing Jay into giving evidence against Cooper. Weston continues to work on the dealer to get info. The main suspect tries to flee town, but crashes his car after a pursuit with the Area Car. Neil tries to open up Grace's emotions.
62-63	"Secret History"	Tracey Wilkinson guest stars.	Paul Wroblewski	Simon Moss	September 4 & 10 2008	622
Part One: Millie and Arun respond to an assault in a car park, with the victim none other than Banksy's wife Naomi Woods. The suspect, Bobby Henshaw, is after retribution, when Woods defended Alistair Finch, a driver who killed Bobby's brother Michael in an RTA a few months earlier. Banksy tries to get Bobby's parents to open up, but his mother Judy blames him for his Michael's death. His associate Gavin Wishart, points CID in the right direction. When Banksy goes home to speak to Naomi, he finds Bobby holding a knife to her throat. Part Two: Banksy and his wife are quickly alibied for the serious assault on Bobby Henshaw. Alistair Finch is questioned by Arun & Millie, and Gavin Wishart is arrested after fleeing Tony & Ben. The Michael Henshaw case re-opens, when it appears that Alistair Finch was having an affair with none other than Judy Henshaw. After a disturbance at Finch's office, Judy tells Nixon that Finch had Michael killed so he wouldn't reveal the affair. Nixon tells Naomi she's not in a relationship with her husband. Naomi and Nixon get ready for the Tom Norris trial.
64-65	"Trial and Error"	TBA	Karl Neilson	Maxwell Young	11 & 17 September 2008	620
Part One: The trial for Tom Norris starts, with the charges rape and murder. Banksy's wife, Naomi Woods, is defence counsel. Sam continues her persistent work. Fallon Thomas runs from Millie and Beth when they go to pick her up, to bring her to court. Paula Merrick suffers a dose of nerves and is found out of her face on vodka, but Mel cleans her up and brings her to court. She is torn apart on the stand, and when the is found in the bathroom talking to fellow witness Sophie Oduya. Naomi witnesses the incident and the judge throws it out for police orchestration of collusion between witnesses. Nixon issues a warning to Norris about witness intimidation; and a call comes in about an assault in the same alleyway where Paula Merrick was found. Part Two: Nixon goes all out to find Tom Norris for the rape after he was bailed. Banksy goes to Naomi for advice, and does some digging. When he returns to CID, a furious Nixon tells him he needs to consider his future at Sun Hill. Nixon storms off, and Banksy confronts her in the bathroom, claiming Nixon's personal opinion of Naomi is compromising her role in the case. With Banksy's findings, the two work out that Dan Cox is also involved, and may be the only culprit. Norris goes missing, and Cox is hunted down to see if they can get a location on Norris.
66	"Funny Money"	Alibe Parsons guest stars.	David Innes Edwards	Roger Gartland	18 September 2008	624
Whilst on patrol in Canley Market, Stone, Smith and Gold arrest two children in possession of fake £50 notes. The boy and girl are also in possession stolen DVDs. Gold suspects the boy's aunt has him stealing to order, but she is bailed. The boy's father helps the team in the investigation, and tries to rekindle the relationship. Gold lies about a gun, so she can scare the aunt and get the location of the supplier, then threatens to resign in the fallout with Heaton.
67	"Appropriate Force"	Brian Croucher guest stars.	David Innes Edwards	Patrick Homes	24 September 2008	625
When a suspicious woman trying to withdraw money from her bank account is arrested, her husband and kids are found tied up and doused in petrol. When a suspect is identified as Glenn Donovan, a villain from Stone's past, Donovan is tipped off on a raid, from Sun Hill. When the victim is seen on the front office phone, he reveals Donovan threatened him and his family. When Stone finds Donovan's wife, Stone's ex-girlfriend, is found attacked, Smith attempts to make an arrest, and as Donovan starts attacking Smith, Stone intervenes and knocks him unconscious. Smithy argues with Gold over her handling, and inadvertently tells her to resign.
68-69	"An Honour to Serve"	Final appearance of Inspector Gina Gold	Robert Knights	Frank Rickarby	September 25 & October 2, 2008	626
Part One: With Nate, Leon and Rachel off sick, Heaton joins Gold on patrol. Stone, Roger, Millie & Ben attend a stabbing. The victim, Jake Quinn, claims his girlfriend Nicola's husband, Gerrard Parry, did the stabbing. When Stone & Millie go to his home, he makes a quick escape. Nicola claims Jake's obsessed with her, but there are more phone calls to Jake than from. When Parry is found, he denies the stabbing, and forensics prove Jake may have stabbed himself. At his work, Smithy and Gold find a gun holder in his locker, and he is seen leaving with Sophie Parry, Nicola and Gerrard's daughter. As Smithy and Gold go to Sophie's school, Jake is found waving a gun around. Part Two: As a gunshot rings out at the school, Heaton arranges a negotiation, with SO19's PS Hooper, Gold and Stone. Gunman Jake Quinn demands to see Nicola Parry, the woman he is obsessed with, and the mother of one of his hostages. Weston shows up, despite being sick, and goes into rescue a hostage having an asthma attack disguised as a paramedic. When Smith makes contact, the team use this to their advantage, and plan to fool Quinn with the promise of Nicola, so SO19 can go in under cover. Gina decides to retire.
70	"Hide and Seek"	Rachel Weston is promoted to Inspector	Indra Bhose	Matthew Bardsley	8 October 2008	630
In her first case as Inspector, Rachel sets up a raid on a crack den, with Manson. Leon makes a bond with a female user and her child. Will gets his first informant. The addict goes all out to protect her child, but she won't give up her supplier, in fear of losing her child. She claims her ex-husband is the supplier, but blows her chances by trying to flee with the drugs during a raid. Leon is reprimanded after telling the addict to leave during the raid.
71	"First Strike"	Will Fletcher becomes a TDC	Indra Bhose	Will Shindler	9 October 2008	631
Whilst attending a disturbance, a teenager collapses on Leon and Rachel's IRV. Upon examination, he appears to have stab wounds. Will works the case with Grace on the last day of his secondment in CID. He expresses an interest in staying, so Grace suggests that he should prove it with a good result. Will feels compromised when an allegation of dealing is made against the victim. Meanwhile, Leon and Tony investigate when a woman is burgled, after being mugged a few weeks earlier. She turns out to be the mother of two brothers claiming responsibility of the stabbing. Are they covering each other, or is it for somebody else?
72-73	"Hold Me Tight"	TDC Kezia Walker becomes a full DC	Richard Standeven	Lizzie Mickery	October 15 & 16 2008	628
Part One: Uniform start a search party for a missing eight year old, Bethany Riley. As a search party gets underway, Roger is assigned as FLO. Arun tragically finds her body a few miles from her school. Suspicion falls on her father, who is significantly older than his wife, after a dodgy alibi. Suspicion then falls on football coach Ryan Kemble, whose van was seen nearby when Bethany vanished. When one of her blazers appears in his van, he is arrested. Camera footage shows that one of Bethany's fellow pupils has a fixation on her, but is he capable of murder? Part Two: With the video footage of Mason Kemble picking up a bracelet belonging to Bethany, CID feel they have enough evidence to arrest him on suspicion of murder. Grace and Neil do the interview, but Mason is a hard person to crack. As Grace gets close, he shuts down and loses his temper. With the case falling apart, Grace reaches out to Mason's distant father Ryan, the only person he craves attention from, to see if they can open him up.
74	"The Rookie"	Zoe Henry guest stars.	Jamie Annett	Patrick Homes	22 October 2008	634
Mel and Nate attend a burglary. The occupant is missing, and a fire is discovered a construction site. The security guard is sketchy, as he fails to mention criminal damage and a cemented drain, discovered by the foreman. Will, working his first case as a TDC finds himself under pressure from Stuart for a first day result. He bonds with the family but finds himself having to arrest the victim. In order to make amends, he goes undercover to ensnare a loan shark putting the family under pressure.
75	"Fools Rush In"	TBA	Jamie Annett	Clive Dawson	23 October 2008	635
When Arun and Millie come across a carjacking, they discover a group of thugs kidnapping people on a local estate. CID uncover that the gang rob the friends and family members of the victims. Arun plays the brunt and ends up in a crowd of yobs, and has hit kit stolen. Arun, Nate, Millie, Mel and Smithy band together to arrest the thugs. After a fight between Millie and Arun arresting a suspect, Mel reports Arun, who gets a roasting from Smithy. A gang member claims a wannabe gangster is doing the kidnappings to impress one of the thug's sisters, and overthrow the ringleader.
76	"Loved and Lost"	TBA	Matt Bloom	Sally Tatchell	30 October 2008	636
Callum and Leon attend to a report of a missing fifteen-year-old. The girl is found unconscious in an alleyway, and Leon forms a bond with the emotional father, explaining that he lost his girlfriend in an accident six years earlier. It appears that a boyfriend may be responsible, but the case is far more confusing than it appears to be.
77	"Walk on By"	TBA	David Holroyd	Stuart Morris	5 November 2008	638
Nate and Mel are called to a stabbing on a bus and the victim is attended to by Holly Perkins. She works with Nate, after making a statement. When the victim dies, it appears he was involved in attacking the suspect a few weeks earlier. The suspect angrily confronts a witness to both attacks, but will the person to negotiate? Holly Perkins, tells her father she wants to go to Hendon.
77a	"The Bill Made Me Famous"	TBA	Reza Moradi	Stuart Morris	5 November 2008	638a
Martin Kemp tells the story of some of the famous faces who have made guest appearances on The Bill to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Rock legend Roger Daltrey, Pauline Quirke, comedian Les Dennis & TV personality Paul O'Grady talk about roles that change their careers; "Oxo mum" Lynda Bellingham talks about her only villain role and Michelle Collins explains how The Bill kick started her career. Christopher Ellison, Billy Murray & Todd Carty talk about their previous roles as police villains and new girl Rhea Bailey talks about starting her acting career on the show as PC Mel Ryder, with honourable mentions to stars such as Hugh Laurie, James McAvoy and a ten year old Keira Knightley.
78	"In Deep"	TBA	David Holroyd	Steve Bailie	6 November 2008	639
When a woman is thrown from a cab at St. Hugh's surrounded by bags of cocaine, Terry goes undercover with the cab firm to look into their criminal activities. He is compromised when he is asked to deliver a letter bomb, but saves a member of the cab firm from a group of thugs to get in on a surprise job the next morning.
79-80	"Proof of Life"	Crossover episode with SOKO Leipzig	Robert Del Maestro	Steve Bailie	November 12 & 13 2008	640
Part One: Terry goes on the 'big job' with cab boss Alan Brady. As they're parked up, Brady points a gun at a teenager and shoves her in a cab. Hajo Trautzschke and Ina Zimmermann of Leipzig PD arrive when it appears the victim, Charlotte Wenger, is a German national. Hajo's brute tactics annoy Jack, especially when he man-handles Terry in a raid on Thompson & Ray. Jimmy Thompson has already taken Charlotte away, so Terry meets him in Piccadilly Circus. Both Charlotte and Jimmy run off; Jimmy is arrested by SO19, but Terry and Charlotte go missing, kidnapped by the ringleader. He reveals his name as Viktor Hauptmann, and he is meeting a computer hacker, Hans Muller, at City Airport. Hajo arranges for an undercover cop, Jan Maybach, to swap with Muller. As soon as Terry leaves with Jan, the gang get on a plane bound for Germany. Part Two: Hauptmann arrives in Germany with Terry, fellow undercover officer Jan Maybach and kidnap victim Charlotte Wenger. After the raid, Hauptmann says he will kill the grass, but kills mercenary Carson. When the Wengers arrive in Leipzig, Hauptmann sets up a drop, a decoy so he can steal jewels from a courier firm. When Helen Wenger is reveled to be having an affair with a worker at the courier firm, it seems that is the motive for Charlotte's kidnapping, and it was arranged by Karl Wenger, to get back at Helen. Hauptmann's computer expert is arrested, but Jan escapes with Terry, and they lose their tail due to recklessness from Terry. If Terry was that reckless, then SOKO feel that Charlotte is in danger.
81	"One Day, But Not Today"	TBA	Sallie Aprahamian	Tom Higgins	27 November 2008	642
Tony takes Nate on a driver training course, in preparation to go on the Area Car driver training course. They attend an RTA, where a young girl has been hit by a stolen car. Nate loses the car in pursuit, while Smithy looks for the owner. The owner claims he got it recently from a dealership. When a recent string shows spare keys are being used to steal stolen cars, a warehouse is discovered. With the door panels off the cars, a bag is found full of drugs. A sting is set up as the owner brings in a new shipment from Cypress. Tony teaches Nate a vital lesson when a troubled father cuts his wrists.
82-83	"Forgotten Child"	TBA	Gill Wilkinson	Chris Murray	December 10 & 11 2008	644
Part One: Jo is on scene when a pub landlord discovers the body of a prostitute, Kelly Hunter. Her ex-boyfriend Andy Donnelly, is a suspect for Kelly's fatal overdose. His girlfriend, Jen Kilshaw, is obviously underage, so Jo focuses on getting her away from Andy. Jo promises Kelly's mum that she will bring down who is responsible. Kezia, Heaton and Jo look at two overdoses, including Kelly's, and a chain of locations where the girls came from and ended up, and fear that a sex trade operation is spreading across the UK, and Andy appears to not be the main suspect in Kelly's murder or the smuggling operation. Part Two: Jo continues her smuggling operation, and the murder of Kelly Hunter. Jake Clegg is the prime suspect in both, and appears to be working with Scot Logan Hunter, working in Glasgow. Jo accuses Clegg of murder, and he makes a formal complaint, for which she is reprimanded. Jen goes missing from her residential unit, and Jo fears she is heading for a swap with Hunter. Donnelly is assaulted by Clegg, and his car, fitted with a tracker, is abandoned. Can Jo get to Jen on time?
84	"Santa's Little Helper"	Bill Ward guest stars.	Diana Patrick	Sally Tatchell	17 December 2008	646
When several houses are turned over, it appears that a criminal family working out of a grotto are getting people to give their address, so they can be burgled whilst shopping. Santa, Peter Garrett, is prime suspect, and has previous, but his daughter is caught red handed when Stuart uses his flat for a sting. Lisa Garrett, says she did it to pay off some debt her father had with loan shark David Crossley, before he went to prison. Crossley is caught red-handed by Stevie and Stuart with a fake passport, and agrees to set up 'Robert', who is fleeing the country, to get time off his sentence. Stevie tells Stuart to pull the op when she identifies the target, drug dealer Robert Towler, who she was undercover with at S010 in 2005.
85-88	"Too Hot to Handle"	Bill Ward guest stars.	Diana Patrick	Chris Dunn	December 18, 22, 23 2008	647
Part One: Stevie sets up an OBBO on Rob Towler, but when nothing happens overnight, Stuart suggests she goes back under. Stevie's SO10 handler, DS Jim Rutherford, comes to Sun Hill to help with the case. Stevie dislikes Rob's partner, Gordon McCardle. She sees him at Rob's before a deal, and fears he is being set up. She voices this to an uninterested Stuart, and has to intervene herself. Part Two: With a gang member and SO19 officer down, Stevie and Rob speed off on a bike, chased by the gang. Ben and Arun call in to say they lost both targets. Stuart receives a cryptic call from Stevie, but it is quickly cut off. She confronts Stuart at her storage unit, after failing to find her passport at home. After putting a gun on him, Stuart is grounded. When he finds Towler and Stevie at Towler's father's home, but after he is shot, Stevie and Towler flee, and Stuart finds himself suspended. Part Three: When Stevie turns up at Stuart's, she explains how they had been hunted down by the Thameside Crew. Including the incident at the storage unit and the chase, there is also the story of a forger was assaulted whilst making a passport for Stevie. She explains most of the incidents were caused by her protection of Stuart (including his suspension) from Rutherford, who is the man on the inside for Malky, the boss of the Thameside Crew. Stuart calls Meadows to set up Rutherford, when they give a 'location' for where Stevie and Rob are, and the crew are ambushed by SO19. Stevie has to choose Rob or work.
88	"Second Chance"	TBA	Tim Leandro	Len Collin	31 December 2008	652
New Year's Eve. Mel's first New Year's shift starts late when she has to help her brother Jordan, visiting from Leeds. Attending a stabbing at a nightclub, Jordan is found covered in blood, and his girlfriend Kelly is found having been attacked in the bathroom. The victim goes into cardiac arrest at midnight, but survives. Roger grows close to the mother. Mel fears Jordan is protecting Kelly, as she had his knife, but they are both ruled out, leaving CID scratching their heads looking for suspects.