The following is a list of episodes in the first 26 series of The Bill

The first three series, known as "the originals", have only 12 episodes per series.

[edit] Summary

Series		Episodes	Year(s)	Originally broadcast
	1	11	1984 - 1985	16 October 1984 - 22 January 1985
	2	12	1985 - 1986	11 November 1985 - 10 February 1986
	3	12	1987	21 September 1987 - 7 December 1987
	4	48	1988	19 July 1988 - 29 December 1988
	5	104	1989	3 January 1989 - 28 December 1989
	6	104	1990	2 January 1990 - 27 December 1990
	7	105	1991	1 January 1991 - 31 December 1991
	8	105	1992	2 January 1992 - 31 December 1992
	9	155	1993	5 January 1993 - 31 December 1993
	10	156	1994	4 January 1994 - 30 December 1994
	11	149	1995	5 January 1995 - 29 December 1995
	12	156	1996	2 January 1996 - 31 December 1996
	13	152	1997	2 January 1997 - 30 December 1997
	14	121	1998	1 January 1998 - 31 December 1998
	15	87	1999	7 January 1999 - 31 December 1999
	16	84	2000	4 January 2000 - 29 December 2000
	17	86	2001	5 January 2001 - 21 December 2001
	18	83	2002	3 January 2002 - 31 December 2002
	19	105	2003	1 January 2003 - 31 December 2003
	20	96	2004	7 January 2004 - 30 December 2004
	21	105	2005	5 January 2005 - 29 December 2005
	22	91	2006	5 January 2006 - 29 December 2006
	23	92	2007	4 January 2007 - 28 December 2007
	24	88	2008	2 January 2008 - 31 December 2008
	25	68	2009	1 January 2009 - 31 December 2009
	26	52	2010	7 January 2010 - 30 December 2010

[edit] Pilot (1983)

First Appearances WPC June Ackland PC Jim Carver

#	Title	Writer	Director	Airdate
1	"Woodentop"	Geoff McQueen	Peter Cregeen	16 August 1983 (1983-08-16)

[edit] Series 1 (1984 to 1985)

#	Title	Writer	Director	Airdate
1	"Funny Ol' Business - Cops and Robbers"	Geoff McQueen	Peter Cregeen	16 October 1984 (1984-10-16)
2	"A Friend in Need"	Barry Appleton	Peter Cregeen	23 October 1984 (1984-10-23)
3	"Clutching at Straws"	Barry Appleton	Christopher Hodson	30 October 1984 (1984-10-30)
4	"Long Odds"	Geoff McQueen	John Michael Phillips	6 November 1984 (1984-11-06)
5	"It's Not Such a Bad Job After All"	Barry Appleton	John Woods	13 November 1984 (1984-11-13)
6	"The Drugs Raid"	Barry Appleton	John Woods	20 November 1984 (1984-11-20)
7	"A Dangerous Breed"	Barry Appleton	Christopher Hodson	27 November 1984 (1984-11-27)
8	"Rough in the Afternoon"	John Kershaw	Christopher Hodson	4 December 1984 (1984-12-04)
9	"Burning the Books"	Barry Appleton	Peter Cregeen	8 January 1985 (1985-01-08)
10	"Death of a Cracksman"	Barry Appleton	Christopher Hodson	15 January 1985 (1985-01-15)
11	"The Sweet Smell of Failure"	Barry Appleton	John Michael Phillips	22 January 1985 (1985-01-22)

[edit] Series 2 (1985 to 1986)

#	Title	Writer	Director	Airdate
1	"Snouts and Red Herrings"	Geoff McQueen	Peter Cregeen	11 November 1985 (1985-11-11)
2	"Suspects"	Barry Appleton	Michael Ferguson	18 November 1985 (1985-11-18)
3	"Lost"	Ginnie Hole	Christopher Hodson	25 November 1985 (1985-11-25)
4	"Home Beat"	Christopher Russell	John Michael Phillips	2 December 1985 (1985-12-02)
5	"Hostage"	Barry Appleton	Michael Ferguson	9 December 1985 (1985-12-09)
6	"This Little Pig"	Christopher Russell	John Woods	23 December 1985 (1985-12-23)
7	"Ringer"	Barry Appleton	John Woods	6 January 1986 (1986-01-06)
8	"Public and Confidential"	Lionel Goldstein	Christopher Hodson	13 January 1986 (1986-01-13)
9	"Loan Shark"	Tim Aspinal	John Michael Phillips	20 January 1986 (1986-01-20)
10	"With Friends Like That...?"	Barry Appleton	Christopher Hodson	27 January 1986 (1986-01-27)
11	"Whose Side Are You On?"	Jim Hill	Peter Cregeen	3 February 1986 (1986-02-03)
12	"The Chief Super's Party"	Barry Appleton	Peter Cregeen	10 February 1986 (1986-02-10)

[edit] Series 3 (1987)

#	Title	Writer	Director	Airdate
1	"The New Order of Things"	Geoff McQueen	Michael Ferguson	21 September 1987 (1987-09-21)
2	"Some You Win, Some You Lose"	Barry Appleton	Peter Cregeen	28 September 1987 (1987-09-28)
3	"Brownie Points"	Christopher Russell	Mary McMurray	5 October 1987 (1987-10-05)
4	"Missing, Presumed Dead"	Barry Appleton	Michael Ferguson	12 October 1987 (1987-10-12)
5	"Domestics"	Edwin Pearce	Peter Cregeen	19 October 1987 (1987-10-19)
6	"What Are Little Boys Made Of?"	Christopher Russell	Peter Duguid	26 October 1987 (1987-10-26)
7	"Blind Alleys, Clogged Roads"	Lionel Goldenstein	Graham Theakston	2 November 1987 (1987-11-02)
8	"Double Trouble"	Barry Appleton	Michael Ferguson	9 November 1987 (1987-11-09)
9	"Sun Hill Karma"	Christopher Russell	Mary McMurray	16 November 1987 (1987-11-16)
10	"Skipper"	Christopher Russell	Richard Bramall	23 November 1987 (1987-11-23)
11	"Overnight Stay"	Barry Appleton	Graham Theakston	30 November 1987 (1987-11-30)
12	"Not Without Cause"	Barry Appleton	Peter Cregeen	7 December 1987 (1987-12-07)

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