The Bill S08E39 · Sign Of Our Times

Name: Sign Of Our Times
Released: 1992-05-14

Air date: 1992-05-14 22m

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An armed robber admits to D.C. Lines that redundancy and the repossession of his house made him take to crime to solve his problems.

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1 1. The Best Policy1992-01-02 · 22mD.C.I. Reid's influence in high places suddenly makes D.I. Burnside look vulnerable to criticism. CID investigate an armed robbery.
2 2. A Friend In Need1992-01-07 · 22mP.C. Quinnan is the subject of a civil complaint. P.C.s Stamp and Stringer follow up on a fire at a home for ex-psychiatric patients, but find little care in the community.
3 3. Whose Side Are You On?1992-01-09 · 22mD.C. Lines investigates a mugging, and tries to get the victim charged with the murder of his assailant.
4 4. Lip Service1992-01-14 · 22mD.C. Lines is enjoying an off-duty pint in his local pub and becomes involved in a bar brawl.
5 5. Illegals1992-01-16 · 22mD.C. Lines investigates when a cellarful of illegal immigrants is discovered. He enlists the help of Sgt. Boyden, who takes a fancy to one of the females. Lines warns him off.
6 6. Fair Play1992-01-21 · 22mP.C. Quinnan investigates the illegal sale of steroids. P.C. Garfield is put on the spot when his old sparring partner is arrested.
7 7. Dinosaur1992-01-23 · 22mD.I. Burnside's unorthodox policing methods, which include flushing an informant's head down a toilet, set him on a collision course with D.C.I. Reid, who has already received seve
8 8. Joyride1992-01-28 · 22mA girl is seriously injured in a joyriding incident. Ch. Supt. Brownlow must decide whether he is prepared to risk a riot by sending officers into an estate to round up the culprit
9 9. Not Waving1992-01-30 · 22mA student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody.
10 10. Mates1992-02-04 · 22mSgt. Cryer is finding being non-operational tedious. He goes undercover as a punter in a brothel, but his presence on the operation antagonises Sgt. Peters. Cryer goes to sees Ch.
11 11. Lost Boy1992-02-06 · 22mD.S. Greig is led to a vice ring when searching for a missing thirteen-year-old boy. D.C. Dashwood and W.P.C. Ackland are brought into an operation against ponces running rent boys
12 12. Chicken1992-02-11 · 22mP.C. Stringer tries to stop some children from playing 'chicken' on the railway line, but one of them is run down by a train. Sgt. Peters transfers upstairs to the post of duty ser
13 13. Somebody Special1992-02-13 · 22mActing D.I. Greig tries to recruit a hardened female thief as a snout, but finds her more than a match for him. D.C.I. Reid is promoted out of Sun Hill to MS15.
14 14. Previous Convictions1992-02-18 · 22mInvestigating an apparent accident in which a man's hand is crushed in a car-breaker's yard, Sgt. Maitland uncovers years of animosity, neglect and revenge.
15 15. Beggar My Neighbour1992-02-20 · 22mA tramp is attacked, leading the police into a web of crime.
16 16. It's A Small World1992-02-25 · 22mThinking of leaving the force, D.C. Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security consultants.
17 17. Licence1992-02-27 · 22mA man convicted of strangling his wife has been released on licence, but the probation service fails to notify Sun Hill. His presence comes to light when his son causes a disturban
18 18. Comeback1992-03-03 · 22mThe community police station run by P.C. Smollett is fire-bombed. The area car is stolen from P.C. Loxton and W.P.C. Datta, and it is written off in an RTA.
19 19. Fireproof1992-03-05 · 22mD.I. Burnside leads an investigation into the firebombing of the community police station.
20 20. The Paddy Factor1992-03-10 · 22mD.C. Carver and W.D.C. Martella have a car thief under observation, and see him shot as he gets into a car. The Anti-Terrorist Squad is called in, and the IRA is suspected.
21 21. The Wild Rover1992-03-12 · 22mD.S. Roach ignores the Anti-Terrorist Squad, and investigates a possible IRA cell.
22 22. Coincidence1992-03-17 · 22mA small boy known for lying claims to have been the subject of an attempted abduction in an adventure playground.
23 23. Going Soft1992-03-19 · 22mA routine trip to a magistrate for a warrant turns into a nightmare for D.C. Dashwood when he is taken prisoner by two hooded burglars.
24 24. Re-Hab1992-03-24 · 22mJack Meadows arrives to take charge of Sun Hill CID. He becomes involved with a father suspected of murdering his drug addict son.
25 25. Acting Detective1992-03-26 · 22mA woman who collapsed at an airport is found to be a mule, smuggling drugs in her stomach. D.I. Burnside, with only limited time to mount an operation, gets W.P.C. French to take t
26 26. Stopover1992-03-31 · 22mP.C. Smollett tries to offer a follow-up service to victims of crime. A woman whose husband is in prison, and who runs a guesthouse, keeps reporting an intruder on the premises. Sm
27 27. Suspects1992-04-02 · 22mD.S. Greig arrests a suspect for an armed robbery, but is proved wrong.
28 28. All The King's Horses1992-04-07 · 22mA lorry overturns and sheds its load outside a school, burying a boy and girl and putting P.C. Loxton to the test.
29 29. Party Politics1992-04-09 · 22mW.D.C. Martella celebrates her birthday. D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach go to a party attended by a crooked businessman, who makes Burnside an offer he can't refuse.
30 30. Trials & Tribulations1992-04-14 · 22mW.P.C. Marshall becomes a vital witness in a murder trial, and soon realises that someone is trying to intimidate her.
31 31. A Can Of Worms1992-04-16 · 22mA traffic accident draws attention to a minicab firm.
32 32. Timing1992-04-21 · 22mD.C.I. Meadows tries to find the link between three arson attacks. D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood track down an escaped prisoner, but Roach seems more interested in his beautiful wif
33 33. A Nice Little Line In Plastic1992-04-23 · 22mP.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta arrest a girl using stolen credit cards and uncover a major racket.
34 34. Trial & Error1992-04-24 · 22mAn armed robber who put an innocent bystander in an wheelchair has his house firebombed by the victim's son. D.I. Burnside is determined to see justice done.
35 35. Owning Up1992-04-30 · 22mP.C.s Loxton and Stringer follow up on a mugging but their case is nearly ruined when it collides with an investigation by D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows. Can W.P.C. Ackland crack t
36 36. Up Behind1992-05-05 · 22mIt's Saturday night, but CID are at work trailing a known criminal believed to be responsible for a series of artifice burglaries involving pensioners.
37 37. Appearances1992-05-07 · 22mFollowing an argument with a drunken pub customer, a young barmaid is hit by a car and later dies. P.C.s Quinnan and Stringer have their suspicions about the customer. Could it be
38 38. Principled Negotiation1992-05-12 · 22mD.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach look favourably on an ex-villain with a loan-shark problem, but they expect favours in return.
39 39. Sign Of Our Times1992-05-14 · 22mAn armed robber admits to D.C. Lines that redundancy and the repossession of his house made him take to crime to solve his problems.
40 40. Priorities1992-05-19 · 22mP.C.s Stringer and Loxton attend to a theft at an old people's home and begin to suspect that the ex-policeman who runs the home is ill-treating residents.
41 41. Users1992-05-21 · 22mW.D.C. Martella arrests a woman for drug dealing. D.I. Burnside suspects that she is using teenage girls as couriers by offering them free holidays in Spain, but she is being explo
42 42. Man Of The People1992-05-26 · 22mP.C. Stringer wins the election for the post of Federation Rep, beating the incumbent P.C. Hollis by fifty-eight votes to two. Ch. Supt. Brownlow decides to eat in the canteen with
43 43. Runaway1992-05-28 · 22mD.S Roach investigates the beating of a teenage girl, and tries to establish if his suspect is also responsible for a number of murders being investigated by AMIP.
44 44. Exposures1992-06-02 · 22mA young model claims that she was sexually assaulted during a photographic session. W.D.C. Martella discovers that every picture tells a story.
45 45. Better The Devil1992-06-04 · 22mP.C. Stringer gets involved with a bizarre household, and discovers a horrifying case of parental cruelty in the attic. W.P.C. Marshall goes on attachment to the Domestic Violence
46 46. Prisoners1992-06-09 · 22mSgt. Boyden and P.C. Hollis are hoping for a quiet night in the custody suite at Sun Hill, but that's not how it turns out.
47 47. World To Rights1992-06-11 · 22mW.P.C. Marshall, on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at Stafford Row, makes an error of judgement and is attacked by a woman's husband.
48 48. Do The Right Thing1992-06-16 · 22mP.C. Stringer is mugged by a gang, and determines to get his own back. P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta follow a cheque card fraudster.
49 49. Hiding To Nothing1992-06-18 · 22mP.C. Stamp is ambushed by a gang of youths on a local estate. In trying to assist him, W.P.C. Ackland crashes the Area car, much to P.C. Loxton's delight.
50 50. Punching Judy1992-06-23 · 22mA woman lies critically injured in hospital, beaten up by her husband. D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows interview the husband. W.P.C. Marshall decides to quit the Domestic Violence Un
51 51. Vicious Circles1992-06-25 · 22mP.C. Hollis arrests a woman for being drunk in charge of a baby, and finds himself drawn into a complicated family set-up.
52 52. Up All Night1992-06-30 · 22mP.C. Garfield pursues a burglar and is beaten up. Sgt. Boyden's inaction brings hostility from the relief and trouble for D.S. Roach.
53 53. Part Of The Furniture1992-07-02 · 22mD.C. Dashwood is to be transferred to the Art and Antiques Squad. D.S. Roach hands him a burglary at an infants' school as a wind-up, but it develops into a case that allows Dashwo
54 54. Snakes & Ladders1992-07-07 · 22mIt's P.C. Garfield's first day back after the attack. The relief place bets on the likelihood of Garfield punching Sgt. Boyden, but Garfield eventually takes his revenge.
55 55. Street Cleaning1992-07-09 · 22mSgt. Cryer gets the relief to put the Garfield-Boyden conflict behind them and get back to work, to sort out the takeover of genuine beggars' pitches by violent professional thieve
56 56. Hands Up1992-07-14 · 22mConway decides he needs to get back on the beat, and arrests a drunk for criminal damage.
57 57. A Scandalous Act1992-07-16 · 22mP.C. Garfield brings in a teenaged girl arrested at a drugs party, and she accuses him of sexually assaulting her.
58 58. Raiders1992-07-21 · 22mA ram-raid ends in tragedy when a boy is killed. But what was his part in the affair?
59 59. Talk Out1992-07-23 · 22mA middle-aged couple arrive at the front desk and report their neighbour missing, but W.P.C. Ackland isn't sure that they are telling the whole truth.
60 60. True Confessions1992-07-28 · 22mD.S. Roach is put under pressure when a suspect retracts a confession and accuses the police of oppression.
61 61. Private Enterprise1992-07-30 · 22mD.C.I. Meadows tackles CID about passing intelligence to the collator; but D.S. Roach is reluctant to share information relating to his current operation.
62 62. Getting Through1992-08-04 · 22mThe night shift is saddled with a feud between two men who come to the front desk with allegations of GBH against each other.
63 63. Last Night Of Freedom1992-08-06 · 22mSomeone is stabbed on a stag night, but the likely suspect can't remember a thing about it.
64 64. Cutting Loose1992-08-11 · 22mBurnside and Lines are returning a chief suspect to prison when they are ambushed by a gang of masked men, who spring him.
65 65. Soft Targer1992-08-13 · 22mP.C. Smollett discovers that a local villain is driving people out of their flats and reletting them to squatters. At Sun Hill, a civilian typist is discovered to be having an affa
66 66. I've Never Been To Harrogate1992-08-18 · 22mD.S. Greig and D.C. Woods investigate the mysterious collapse of an old lady who has been burgled.
67 67. Human Resources1992-08-20 · 22mTwo con men are preying on women through the small ads in the local paper. Lack of personnel for D.S. Roach's operation places W.D.C. Martella in danger.
68 68. Exit1992-08-25 · 22mA loan shark is attacked. D.S. Greig has a vital witness who is young, blonde and pretty, but she keeps stringing him along, and then disappears.
69 69. Loyalties1992-08-27 · 22mActing on information from a snout, D.I. Burnside mounts a raid on crack-houses. When details of the raid are leaked, D.C.I. Meadows challenges Burnside over the trustworthiness of
70 70. Snapshot1992-09-01 · 22mA complaint over loud music quickly escalates into an armed siege, as a man waves a gun at P.C.s Stamp and Quinnan.
71 71. Letting Go1992-09-03 · 22mReg is playing with a train set before going out. He is looking for a place to live as he is moving out of the section house but ends up moving to a different corridor instead.
72 72. Travelling Light1992-09-08 · 22mViv helps Donna dress up for a reconstruction of a murder case. They find a man who spoke to the dead woman and gives them a new lead. The ex-boyfriend of the murder victim asks
73 73. Radio Waves1992-09-10 · 22mMonroe talks to Conway about a problem with a car chase. Tony and Dave were chasing joy riders with Ron in the back. Norika and George help catch the children who were joy riding
74 74. A Blind Eye1992-09-15 · 22mViv brings in an elderly mugging victim who helps make an identikit picture. Boyden gets spoken to by Monroe about working with the relief. Tony assists George with a disturban
75 75. Sympathy For the Devil1992-09-17 · 22mTosh is at the building society waiting for an armed robber. Dave and Barry assist CID and they catch an old age pensioner. Steve goes to a disturbance behind a pub. He finds a
76 76. Force Is Part of the Service1992-09-22 · 22mBrownlow and Conway have a meeting with councillors about the changes in the police force. Conway gives them a tour of the station. Steve brings in a man suspected of street rob
77 77. On the Record, Off the Record1992-09-24 · 22mCID investigates a break-in at a warehouse which resulted in the theft of personal CD players. Steve spots the van used in the robbery. After talking to a worker with form, finge
78 78. Stoning the Glasshouse1992-09-29 · 22mBob visits a friend who is the head of a neighbourhood watch. His son is stealing to support his drug habit. Bob's friend thinks the police are turning a blind eye towards the Co
79 79. Tip-Off1992-10-01 · 22mTosh is asked for by a burglar whom he put inside. He gives Tosh information that there might be a bank robbery. CID catches the robbers after the job but when Tosh tries to arra
80 80. Open to Offers1992-10-06 · 22mMonroe and the relief go to a pub where some men are damaging it. One of the men tries to blackmail Dave over some moonlighting Dave did to get off the charge. Monroe thinks the
81 81. Playing God1992-10-08 · 22mCID are tied up with a court case. A burglary suspect of Ted's may have to be released as he is at court. Tony brings in an old lady who has been abusive in the street. Dave a
82 82. Crack of Doom1992-10-13 · 22mThere is a search of people looking for crack. A man has a scuffle with another man and claims a piece of crack was planted on him. Tony discovers the man, an ex-boxer, lives ove
83 83. Spit and Polish1992-10-15 · 22mSteve is late for shift. Just as Steve is about to arrest a fine defaulter Dave is nearly run over by a speeding BMW. Steve really wants to arrest the fine defaulter, who has alr
84 84. Overdue1992-10-20 · 22mBurnside talks to a snout in a bus queue about a delivery. Woods and Carver observe the delivery and CID raid the premises. The cartons contain bricks and motor parts instead of
85 85. We Should Be Talking1992-10-22 · 22mGeorge is following a silver car that might have been involved in a ramraid. While checking in with the station, his radio goes dead. Sgt. Cryer discovers the radio link is down.
86 86. Reasonable Grounds1992-10-27 · 22mNorika goes to see a man about a missing child. Barry has to tell a man his brother is dead after complaining of having to let a suspected burglar go with a caution. the man tak
87 87. Discipline1992-10-29 · 22mAn obbo on a club nearly goes wrong when a fight starts outside it. The man who started the fight turns out to be a D. S. suspended from the Drug Squad.
88 88. Minefield1992-11-03 · 22mSgt. Maitland finds himself in the wrong when he discovers a serious procedural error meant that a dangerous and possibly psychopathic man has been arrested twice for the same offe
89 89. Gamers1992-11-05 · 22mTosh investigates a fire bombing of an Asian shop. Dave and Cathy investigates an Asian lady accused of shoplifting. Cathy thinks there is something going on. Her husband is ga
90 90. Occupational Hazard1992-11-10 · 22mWhen sex appeal doesn't get him what he wants, Harry Osborne turns vicious. W.D.C. Martella has to pick up the pieces.
91 91. Just Send Some Flowers1992-11-12 · 22mW.D.C. Martella investigates a burglary that occurred during a funeral. D.C. Carver links it to previous burglaries and an employee with a criminal record who claims to be innocent
92 92. Waifs and Strays1992-11-17 · 22mA missing girl's blood-stained book leads D.C. Lines to uncover the family's dark secrets and come up with an unexpected result. P.C. Hollis has to deal with a lost dog. P.C. Lox
93 93. Happy Families1992-11-19 · 22mWhat's a smart girl like Sharon doing with a villain like Daniel Batt? D.I. Burnside thinks it's all to do with female hormones, but W.D.C. Martella isn't so sure.
94 94. Well Out of Order1992-11-24 · 22mMeadows and Burnside want to go in force to the Tankeray estate to root out the criminal element, but Brownlow is committed to a softer approach. P.C. Smollett proves more effectiv
95 95. Into The Mire1992-11-26 · 22mCID receive information that leads to the arrest of a prolific handler of stolen goods.
96 96. Master Of The House1992-12-01 · 22mThe body of a respectable family man is found on a notorious patch of wasteland.
97 97. Fireworks1992-12-03 · 22mStamp uses some old-fashioned policing methods to tackle the problem of children playing with railway detonators.
98 98. Cold Shoulder1992-12-08 · 22mA local youth with form is stabbed in the centre of a densely populated housing development. D.C.I. Meadows investigates when no witnesses come forward.
99 99. Safety First1992-12-10 · 22mD.I. Burnside investigates when a pawnbroker is shot in the leg with a legally-acquired shotgun during a robbery at his shop.
100 100. Counting the Cost1992-12-15 · 22mA local hero who prevented a robbery, and was severely injured in the process, but received no compensation, is being harassed by a scrap dealer until W.P.C. Ackland turns the tabl
101 101. Compassion1992-12-17 · 22mA probation officer seems eager to assist D.I. Burnside over the murder of a prostitute, but how close is she to the murderer?
102 102. Finders Keepers1992-12-22 · 22mD.C. Carver finds a buried treasure and the glory should be his. D.C. Dashwood, now with the Art and Antiques Squad, takes the case away and gets a result.
103 103. Return Match1992-12-24 · 22mWhen a collection of valuable dolls is stolen, D.C. Dashwood from the Art and Antiques Squad turns up, wrong-foots D.C. Lines and gets a result.
104 104. High Places1992-12-29 · 22mAn ex-criminal who used to be part of a circus high-wire act is found dead, apparently from a fall, but the pathologist says he died elsewhere.
105 105. When Push Comes To Shove1992-12-31 · 22mSun Hill officers are drinking after shift when some troublemakers arrive at the pub. W.P.C. Ackland tries to calm the situation, but P.C.s Quinnan and Loxton decide that she needs