The Bill
The Bill

The Bill (1984 – 2010)

1984 • 26 seasons • Crime, Drama • TV-14
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Episode 36 — The Short Straw

Season 9 • The Bill
Released: 1993-03-26 • Crime/Drama
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When her car breaks down on the way to the station, DC Viv Martella misses an important CID briefing about an obbo on a suspected armed robbery, and is furious when she is taken off the case by DI Frank Burnside. As CID and SO19 wait outside the target, Martella and PC Tony Stamp follow up a simple case to arrest a suspected bag snatcher. As they wait outside the suspect's house, a van pulls up, obscuring their view. Having missed the briefing, Martella fails to recognise the van's occupants as the armed robbers, and when she approaches their van she is shot and killed. Stamp is wounded, but manages to give a description of the van which is spotted by a traffic police motorcycle. As the India 99 police helicopter and SO19 cars pursue Martella's killers across London, PC Loxton and WPC Ackland disobey Ch. Insp. Cato's orders and pursue the suspect vehicle in the Area Car. The vehicle hits a bulldozer and explodes, killing all inside.

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Episode air date26.03.1993
Episode runtime22 min
Episode rating0.00
GenresCrime / Drama
TMDB series rating6.7
IMDb series rating6.7
Series statusCanceled
Age rating14+
CountryGB

Cast

Simon Rouse
Simon Rouse
Jack Meadows
Sarah Manners
Sarah Manners
Kirsty Knight
Andrew Lancel
Andrew Lancel
Neil Manson
Alex Walkinshaw
Alex Walkinshaw
Dale Smith
Amita Dhiri
Amita Dhiri
Grace Dasari
Ben Richards
Ben Richards
Nate Roberts
Bruce Byron
Bruce Byron
Terry Perkins
Jason Barnett
Jason Barnett
Eddie Olosunje
John Bowler
John Bowler
Roger Valentine
Lucy Speed
Lucy Speed
Stevie Moss
Patrick Robinson
Patrick Robinson
Jacob Banks
Rhea Bailey
Rhea Bailey
Mel Ryder
Sally Rogers
Sally Rogers
Jo Masters
Sam Callis
Sam Callis
Callum Stone
Chris Simmons
Chris Simmons
Mickey Webb
Christopher Fox
Christopher Fox
Max Carter
Dominic Power
Dominic Power
Leon Taylor
Gary Lucy
Gary Lucy
Will Fletcher
Micah Balfour
Micah Balfour
Benjamin Gayle

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