32 years ago today:
The Bill
S7E52: Minimum Force
Tony and George go to a burglary. The home owner caught the burglar and beat him up. The wife comes back and says the burglar was a work mate collecting some pills for her. Viv and Jim check on the husband and find out that a work mate, who had his nose broken by him, has form for burglary. A d...
Airdate: 1991-06-27
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/7/episode/52
#TheBill #ITV #tvshows

So, I've never watched #Broadchurch before and in the first five minutes, there's already

1 Doctor Who
1 Who Companion

I haven't even seen #DavidTennant yet.

Apparently, there's a #Torchwood alumni in it too but I dunno if that's this first series I'm watching.

The only other thing that can keep up with Who for celeb Brit actor spotting is #MidsomerMurders or, back in the day, #TheBill.

#SmallWorld #BritishActors #DoctorWho

Dave Brown on #MetPolice #CaseyReport #CaseyReview #Police #InstitutionalRacism #InstitutionalMisogyny #InstitutionalHomophobia #TheBill - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

31 years ago today:
The Bill
S8E20: The Paddy Factor
D.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.
Airdate: 1992-03-10
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/8/episode/20
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Is there a British tv actor alive who has NOT worked on one of #TheBill #MidsomerMurders #Poirot and/or #MissMarple #DrWho #CoronationStreet #SilentWitness #Morse and or variants #EastEnders

32 years ago today:
The Bill
S7E6: Machines
Roach and Carver put pressure on a defendant who postpones his appearance in court due to illness. Lines is on the trail of photocopiers stolen from an American base.
Airdate: 1991-01-17
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/7/episode/6
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22 years ago today:
The Bill
S17E1: Appropriate Action
A teenage boy is found badly beaten, and a young girl, Lisa, from the same school is missing. DC Webb shows little interest in the case, so Sgt Cryer investigates the girl's disappearance himself. A local 'photographer', Andrew Morton, is the main suspect, as he has an obsession with Lisa and her ...
Airdate: 2001-01-05
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https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/17/episode/1

23 years ago today:
The Bill
S16E1: Angel
DCI Burnside arrives to investigate a murder which looks like part of a series of male rapes gone too far. Andy Wilson, one of the previous victims remembers something about an angel when he was attacked. Following a statement from taxi driver Steve Sanderson, DC Holmes finds a man matching Sanderso...
Airdate: 2000-01-04
#TheBill #ClassicTV #TV #Television
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/16/episode/1

17 years ago today:
The Bill
S22E1: The Bill Season 22 Episode 1

Airdate: 2006-01-04
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https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/22/episode/1

21 years ago today:
The Bill
S18E1: Loaded
Des Taviner and Reg Hollis are in the Area Car enjoying the warm weather when Sergeant Craig Gilmore surprises them. He is unimpressed with their excuses and orders them to remove their sunglasses and get back to work. As they drive around, Hollis reveals that he is planning to propose to his girlfr...
Airdate: 2002-01-03
#TheBill #ClassicTV #TV #Television
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/18/episode/1

21 years ago today:
The Bill
S18E1: Loaded
Des Taviner and Reg Hollis are in the Area Car enjoying the warm weather when Sergeant Craig Gilmore surprises them. He is unimpressed with their excuses and orders them to remove their sunglasses and get back to work. As they drive around, Hollis reveals that he is planning to propose to his girlfr...
Airdate: 2002-01-03
#TheBill #ClassicTV #TV #Television
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/18/episode/1

My #DnD5e group postponed for the night, but fortunately my GM for #RiversOfLondon came through. In his words (roughly), he’s running it like #TheBill, but with magick, and it’s a welcome change in tone. It feels very different to other procedural games that foreground the supernatural, but apply police investigation as a campaign frame. It doesn’t hurt that we draw as much from Blackstone’s as from the novels for inspiration. #ttrpg

32 years ago today:
The Bill
S7E1: Grief
Norika and George are on traffic duty. He failed to see the D.A.C. so didn't salute him. Brownlow's wife is giving grief about the roof of his summer cottage.
Airdate: 1991-01-01
#TheBill #ClassicTV #TV
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/7/episode/1

31 years ago today:
The Bill
S7E105: Breakout
On New Year's Eve, a learner driver backs into a prison van, allowing a dangerous prisoner to escape from custody.
Airdate: 1991-12-31
#TheBill #ClassicTV #TV
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/7/episode/105

30 years ago today:
The Bill
S8E105: When Push Comes To Shove
Sun 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 their protection, and provoke a fight with a violent thug.
Airdate: 1992-12-31
#TheBill #ClassicTV #TV
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/8/episode/105

29 years ago today:
The Bill
S9E155: Nothing Ventured
George is chasing a suspect but loses him. Steve searches the area and spots him. When caught he has just dropped some LSD tabs. The suspect tries to do a deal with the D.I. about getting bail to attend his brother's wedding. Regional Crime Squad:Drugs are in the station and organising a raid on...
Airdate: 1993-12-31
#TheBill #ClassicTV #TV
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/9/episode/155

14 years ago today:
The Bill
S24E88: Second Chance
New Year's Eve. Ryder’s first New Year's shift starts late when she has to help her brother Jordan, visiting from Leeds. Attending a stabbing at a nightclub, Jordan is found covered in blood, and his girlfriend Kelly is found having been attacked in the bathroom. The victim goes into cardiac arrest ...
Airdate: 2008-12-31
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https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/24/episode/88

31 years ago today:
The Bill
S7E105: Breakout
On New Year's Eve, a learner driver backs into a prison van, allowing a dangerous prisoner to escape from custody.
Airdate: 1991-12-31
#TheBill #TV
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/7/episode/105

30 years ago today:
The Bill
S8E105: When Push Comes To Shove
Sun 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 their protection, and provoke a fight with a violent thug.
Airdate: 1992-12-31
#TheBill #TV
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/8/episode/105

29 years ago today:
The Bill
S9E155: Nothing Ventured
George is chasing a suspect but loses him. Steve searches the area and spots him. When caught he has just dropped some LSD tabs. The suspect tries to do a deal with the D.I. about getting bail to attend his brother's wedding. Regional Crime Squad:Drugs are in the station and organising a raid on...
Airdate: 1993-12-31
#TheBill #TV
https://themoviedb.org/tv/2072/season/9/episode/155