The sixth 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 o ...
'', a British
television drama
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, consisted of 104 episodes, broadcast between 2 January – 27 December 1990. The series was first released on DVD as part of the Collection 5 and Collection 6 DVD boxsets in Australia, made available on 9 April – 8 October 2008, respectively. The series was later reissued as two-half series boxsets in Australia, released on 7 March 2012. The above artwork is taken from the most recent Australian release. It features images of DC Tosh Lines and DI Frank Burnside. The original Collection box-sets contained sole images of PC Reg Hollis and DS Ted Roach. In the UK, the first nine episodes were released on DVD under the title Volume 7, on 2 September 2013.
A number of Audio Commentaries for Series 6 episodes have been recorded with cast and crew, including stars
Larry Dann
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His acting career began by a fluke, with "a chance knock at the door looking for kids to work in films." He made his film debut age five in '' Adam and Evely ...
(Sgt. Alec Peters),
Chris Humphreys
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(P.C. Richard Turnham),
Jon Iles
Jon Iles (born 17 May 1954 in Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English actor who is best known for playing DC Mike Dashwood in ''The Bill'' from 1984 to 1992. He returned to the series in 1996, promoted to DS for the antiques squad. As wel ...
(D.C. Mike Dashwood) and
Lynne Miller (W.P.C. Cathy Marshall), writers
Russell Lewis
Russell Lewis (born 11 September 1963) is an English television writer and former actor. He is the writer of the ''Inspector Morse'' prequel '' Endeavour'' (2012–present), and the first two series of ''Grace'' (2021-2022).
Career
Lewis wa ...
, Garry Lyons and
J.C. Wilsher, camera operator Alison Chapman and producer Tony Virgo.
Cast changes
Arrivals
* Insp.
Andrew Monroe (Episode 4-)
* DCI
Gordon Wray (Episode 33-)
* PC
Barry Stringer (Episode 41-)
* Det. Supt.
Jack Meadows (Episode 45-)
* PC
Steve Loxton (Episode 47-)
* PC
Ron Smollett (Episode 50-)
* DAC
Trevor Hicks (Episode 78-)
* WPC
Delia French (Episode 79-)
* Sgt.
Joseph Corrie (Episode 100-)
* DCI
Kim Reid (Episode 102-)
* Sgt.
John Maitland (Episode 103-)
Departures
* Insp.
Christine Frazer - Took a leave of absence to write a thesis on women in the police
* PC
Timothy Able - Unexplained
* PC
Francis "Taffy" Edwards - Transferred to a Welsh police force
* PC
Richard Turnham - Transferred to MS11
* PC
Ken Melvin - Killed in the first Sun Hill station fire
* Sgt.
Tom Penny
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- Resigned after being arrested for drink driving
* DCI
Gordon Wray - Transferred after having an affair with WPC June Ackland
Episodes
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bill (series 6), The
1990 British television seasons
The Bill series