The eleventh series of ''

The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, first broadcast on ITV from 16 August 1983 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, '' Woodentop'', broadcast in August 1983. The programme focused on ...

'', a British

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, consisted of 149 episodes, broadcast between 5 January – 29 December 1995. Cast members

Jaye Griffiths Jaye Griffiths (born 24 September 1963) is a British stage, television and voice-over actress. After playing Ros Henderson in the BBC series '' Bugs'' and D.I. Sally Johnson in the ITV procedural drama ''The Bill'', she landed the role of Eli ...

(DI Johnson) and

Martin Marquez Martin Joseph Marquez (born 8 October 1964) is an English actor. He is best known on television for his role as Gino Primirola, the head barman, in the British television comedy drama '' Hotel Babylon''. He also played Danny Pearce in ''The Bi ...

(DS Pearce) both left their roles as series regulars, being replaced by

Russell Boulter Russell Boulter (born 7 April 1963 in Liverpool) is an English actor and documentary narrator. He is a communications coach. Career As a teenager he was one of the original members of the Concrete Theatre Company which toured several theatre p ...

& Billy Murray (DSs Boulton and Beech), with Beech taking the place of DS Chris Deakin after he was promoted to DI. Griffiths would go on to return eight years later for a storyline in 2003, while Marquez returned a year later to make one final appearance as a guest actor. While not notable at the time, Murray's character Beech would go on to be the show's longest-running full-time villain in the years that followed. Mark Spalding joined the cast as Chief Inspector Paul Stritch, following the exit of

Philip Whitchurch Philip Whitchurch (born 30 January 1951) is an English stage, film, and television actor. He is best known for playing Captain William Frederickson in three episodes of the Sharpe series between 1994-1997 and the role of Chief Inspector Philip ...

as Chief Inspector Philip Cato, however Spalding left the series before its conclusion after just seven months on the show. Alan Westaway & Andrea Mason joined as probationary PCs Nick Slater and Debbie Keane, while

Mary Jo Randle Mary Jo Randle (born 26 April 1954) is an English actress from Rochdale, Lancashire) working in theatre and television. After a childhood in Littleborough, Randle left home to study for a degree in drama at the University of Birmingham but ...

made a brief return as WDS Jo Morgan in the autumn before her character was killed off in a four-part story arc in which a hitman targeted WPC

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. On 6 February 2013, the complete series was released on DVD in Australia.

Cast changes

Arrivals

* DS

Don Beech ''The Bill'' is a long-running British television police procedural television series, named after a slang term for the police. The characters are all police officers or civilian staff at the fictional Sun Hill police station in London. Senior ...

(Episode 14) * PC Nick Slater (Episode 25) * WPC Debbie Keane (Episode 25) * Ch. Insp. Paul Stritch (Episode 33–116) * WDS Jo Morgan (Episode 110–116) – Returning character * DS

John Boulton ''The Bill'' is a long-running British television police procedural television series, named after a slang term for the police. The characters are all police officers or civilian staff at the fictional Sun Hill police station in London. Senior ...

(Episode 125)

Departures

* DI Sally Johnson (Episode 11) – Forcibly transferred to New Scotland Yard after losing the faith of A/Supt. Conway and DCI Meadows * Ch. Insp. Philip Cato (Episode 24) – Resigned after realising he would not be promoted * DS Danny Pearce (Episode 107) – Transferred to AMIP * DS Jo Morgan (Episode 116) – Killed after a hitman tried to shoot June Ackland * Ch. Insp. Paul Stritch (Episode 116) – Unexplained

Episodes

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