The Bill
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Bill |
| Country of production | United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1984-2010 |
| Production company |
Talkback Thames |
| Episodes | 2400 in 26 seasons |
| genre | Crime series |
| idea | Geoff McQueen |
| production | Lloyd Shirley (1984–1987) Peter Cregeen (1987–1989) Michael Chapman (1989–1998) Richard Handford (1998–2002) Chris Parr (2002) Paul Marquess (2002–2005) Johnathan Young (2005–2010) |
| music | Andy Pask, Charlie Morgan |
| First broadcast | October 16, 1984 on ITV |
The Bill is a British police series that aired on Independent Television (ITV) from October 16, 1984 to August 31, 2010. The series was not broadcast in German-speaking countries. On RTL, however, there was a weekly German adaptation under the title Die Wache and on ZDF in 2009 you could see a crossover between The Bill and SOKO Leipzig under the title Entführung in London .
history
The Bill emerged from a television film produced in 1983 that showed the daily work of a patrol officer. A year later one began with the production of the series, whereby Geoff McQueen produced it under the name Old Bill first. It was later finally renamed The Bill . Over the years many high profile actors such as Hugh Laurie , Alex Kingston and John Hannah have made guest appearances, and actors such as Keira Knightley and James McAvoy made their breakthroughs on the show. The last episode aired on August 31, 2010, which ITV justified with the drop in audience ratings. In 2002 The Bill had around seven million viewers per episode, in 2010 it was only around three and a half million.
Notable cast
| role | actor | year |
|---|---|---|
| DS Don Beech | Billy Murray | 1995-2004 |
| Sergeant Matt Boyden | Tony O'Callaghan | 1991-2003 |
| DC / CS Jim Carver | Christopher Ellison | 1983-2007 |
| Sergeant Bob Cryer | Eric Richard | 1984-2001 |
| DC Tosh Lines | Kevin Lloyd | 1988-1998 |
| PC Reg Hollis | Jeff Stewart | 1984-2008 |
| PC Tony Stamp | Graham Cole | 1987-2009 |
| PC / Sergeant June Ackland | Trudie Goodwin | 1983-2007 |
| PC / Sergeant / Inspector Dale "Smithy" Smith | Alex Walkinshaw | 1999-2010 |
| DCI / Superintendent Jack Meadows | Simon Rouse | 1989-2010 |
| DC Mickey Webb | Chris Simmons | 2000-2010 |
Awards
- 1991: British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Cinematographer
- 1996 and 2004: National Television Award for Best Drama Series
- 2009: British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Sequel