The Bill

The Bill

The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...

is a long-running British television police procedural television series, named after a slang term for the police. The characters

Character (arts)

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 are all police officers or civilian staff at the fictional Sun Hill police station

Police station

A police station or station house is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of staff. These buildings often contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles, along with locker rooms, temporary holding cells and interview/interrogation rooms.- Facilities...

 in London

London

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Rank	Name	Actor	Last Appearance
Deputy Assistant Commissioner	Georgia Hobbs	Kazia Pelka Kazia Pelka Kazia Pelka is a British actress. She trained at the LAMDA where she was awarded the Wilfred Foulis prize...	1 March 2007
Commander	Lisa Kennedy	Julie Graham Julie Graham Julie Graham is a Scottish television and film actress.-Career:Graham's television roles have included The Houseman's Tale BBC TV Series , Alison McGrellis in Casualty ; Alice in Harry ; Alison McIntyre in Life Support ; Lisa Kennedy in The Bill ; Megan Hartnoll in...	8 April 2010
Ch Supt	Ian Barratt	John McArdle John McArdle John McArdle is an English actor. He is most notable for playing Billy Corkhill in the soap-opera Brookside, with many other smaller appearances in other soaps and dramas...	3 November 2005
Ch Supt	Charles Brownlow	Peter Ellis Peter Ellis (actor) Peter Ellis is a British actor. Peter has worked extensively in Theatre and Television both as an Actor and Director. He is perhaps best known for playing the role of Chief Superintendent Charles Brownlow in the long running ITV drama The Bill.In 1983, Peter appeared in the play Trafford Tanzi,...	2 May 2002
Ch Supt	Guy Mannion	Nick Miles Nick Miles Nick Miles is an English actor well known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as businessman Jimmy King. He also appeared in the music video of Embrace's 1998 hit "Come Back to What You Know" as a policeman....	26 October 2001
Ch Supt	Adam Okaro	Cyril Nri Cyril Nri Cyril Nri is a British actor, writer and director. He attended the Young Vic Youth Theatre in Waterloo, London. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and is probably best known for playing the role of Superintendent Adam Okaro, now Chief Superintendent, in the long-running ITV police...	14 September 2006
Supt	John Heaton	Daniel Flynn Daniel Flynn (Actor) Daniel Flynn is an English actor born in 1961 in Evesham, Worcestershire but moved to Bromley, Kent as a baby. He is the son of actor Eric Flynn and the brother of actor Jerome Flynn...	16 July 2009
Supt	Tom Chandler	Steven Hartley Steven Hartley Steven Hartley is a British actor known for his television, film and theatre roles. He has appeared in leading roles on British television since 1985, including the series EastEnders from 1987-1989 and The Bill 2000-2002...	16 October 2002
Supt	Jack Meadows	Simon Rouse Simon Rouse Simon Rouse is an English actor, best known for playing the role of Superintendent Jack Meadows in the long-running ITV police drama The Bill....	31 August 2010
Supt	Amanda Prosser	Serena Gordon Serena Gordon Serena Gordon is an English actress. She is probably best known for playing the role of Superintendent Amanda Prosser in the long running ITV drama The Bill....	22 September 2005
Ch Insp/ Acting Supt	Derek Conway	Ben Roberts Ben Roberts (actor) Ben Roberts is an actor most famous for his portrayal of Chief Inspector Derek Conway in The Bill. He recently made an appearance in Casualty.He appears in the 2010 Mike Leigh film, Another Year....	28 March 2002
Ch Insp	Philip Cato	Philip Whitchurch Philip Whitchurch Philip Whitchurch is a British stage, film, and television actor. He is best known for playing Chief Inspector Philip Cato in The Bill from 1993 to 1995...	3 March 1995
Ch Insp	Paul Stritch	Mark Spalding Mark Spalding Mark Spalding is an English actor from Birmingham.He began acting in 1984. He is perhaps best known for his role as Chief Inspector Paul Stritch in the long running ITV drama The Bill. He has also played policemen in Fallen Angel, Hustle, Outnumbered and Prime Suspect...	28 March 1995
DCI	Frank Burnside	Christopher Ellison Christopher Ellison Christopher Michael Ellison is an English actor. He is best known for his role as DCI Frank Burnside in the popular ITV police series The Bill and short lived spin off series Burnside....	4 September 1993
DCI	Kim Reid	Carolyn Pickles Carolyn Pickles Carolyn Pickles is an English actress who has appeared in West End theatre and on British television, perhaps most notably in Emmerdale as Shelly Williams.-Life and career:Pickles was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England...	13 February 1992
DCI	Rowanne Morell	Tanya Franks Tanya Franks Tanya Christine Franks is an English-based actress, writer and producer, who is most known for starring roles on television in Family Affairs, The Bill, Pulling and the role of Rainie Cross in EastEnders. Franks is also the founder of Stock-pot Productions, a theatre and media production company...	7 December 2005
DCI	Gordon Wray	Clive Wood Clive Wood -Film and television:Wood's first starring TV role was as Vic Brown, opposite Joanne Whalley and Susan Penhaligon, in the 1982 ITV drama series based on the novel A Kind of Loving. He has played Matt Kerr in Press Gang, DCI Gordon Wray in The Bill and Jack Morgan in London's Burning...	20 December 1990
DI	Alex Cullen	Ged Simmons Ged Simmons Ged Simmons is a British actor who played DI Alex Cullen in The Bill from 2000 to 2002. He has also been in Coronation Street, EastEnders, Bodyguards, Touching Evil, Holby City, Dream Team, The Rotters' Club , Doctors and Spooks,He is also the author of a number of screenplays and theatrical works...	20 August 2002
DI	Chris Deakin	Shaun Scott Shaun Scott Shaun Scott is a British television actor, who appeared in the popular long-running series of The Bill where he played DI Chris Deakin. He also appeared as deputy lock keeper Tom Pike in the 1989 BBC TV comedy The River with David Essex...	31 October 2000
DI	Roy Galloway	John Salthouse John Salthouse John Salthouse is a British actor and producer. He is perhaps best known for creating the role of Tony in Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party and DI Roy Galloway in The Bill from 1984 to 1987...	17 December 1987
DI	Harry Haines Harry Haines Harry Allen Haines is a judge of the United States Tax CourtHaines earned his B.A. at St. Olaf College in 1961, his J.D. at the University of Montana Law School in 1964, and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University Law School in 1966. Following his 1964 admitted to the Montana Bar and U.S...	Gary Whelan Gary Whelan Gary Whelan is an Irish actor, known for his work on British television.Although born in Ireland, Gary relocated to London when he was ten years old.-Acting:He has portrayed several roles in the police force...	31 December 1993
DI	Sally Johnson	Jaye Griffiths Jaye Griffiths Jaye Griffiths is a British stage and television actress.Griffiths trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and has appeared in many television dramas, including a starring role in Bugs, which ran for four series...	27 January 1995
DI	Neil Manson	Andrew Lancel Andrew Lancel Andrew Lancel is an English actor. He is best known for his current role as Frank Foster in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street, and formerly in his role as DI Neil Manson in The Bill.-Biography:...	31 August 2010
DI	Claire Stanton	Clara Salaman Clara Salaman Clara Salaman is an actress based in Britain.She is known for playing the role of DS Claire Stanton in the long running ITV drama The Bill....	31 October 2000
DI	Samantha Nixon	Lisa Maxwell Lisa Maxwell (actress) Lisa Maxwell is an English actress and television presenter.-Early life:Born in the Elephant & Castle district of Southwark, South London in November 1963, she was trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, and first acted on TV aged 11 in a schools programme A Place Like Home...	18 June 2009
Insp	Christine Frazer	Barbara Thorn Barbara Thorn Barbara Thorn is an actor based in Britain.She is known for playing the role of Inspector Christine Frazer in the long running ITV drama The Bill and Rita "Coop" Cooper in the BBC legal drama series Judge John Deed.-External links:...	11 January 1990
Insp	Brian Kite	Simon Slater Simon Slater Simon Slater, born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire is an English actor and composer. He was educated at Sedbergh School.He has been performing, playing and composing since his early teens and continued through university when he attended Goldsmiths College at the University of London.He plays...	7 December 1987
Insp	Andrew Monroe	Colin Tarrant	16 April 2002
Insp	Dale Smith Dale Smith (The Bill) Dale Smith is a fictional character played by Alex Walkinshaw in the British police procedural television series, The Bill. He first appeared in 1999 as a police constable, and eventually became inspector.-Character history:...	Alex Walkinshaw Alex Walkinshaw Alex Newcombe Walkinshaw is an English actor best known for playing the role of Inspector Dale "Smithy" Smith in ITV's long running police procedural series, The Bill.-Early life and career:...	31 August 2010
Insp	Gina Gold	Roberta Taylor Roberta Taylor Roberta Taylor is an English actress and author. She is probably best known for her roles of Irene Raymond in EastEnders , and Inspector Gina Gold in The Bill .-Career:...	2 October 2008
Insp	Rachel Weston Rachel Weston Rachel M. Weston is the current Vermont State Representative for the Chittenden-3-3 District representing Old North End, Downtown, and Waterfront in Burlington, Vermont.-Early life and career:...	Claire Goose Claire Goose Claire Goose is a British actress. She is best known for her role as nurse Tina Seabrook in the BBC television drama Casualty and later as DS Mel Silver in Waking the Dead.-Life and career:...	16 June 2009
Sgt	Matthew Boyden	Tony O'Callaghan Tony O'Callaghan Tony O'Callaghan is a British television actor of Irish descent.He is notable for his character Sergeant Matt Boyden on the television series The Bill from 1991 to 2003.-Early life:...	1 May 2003
Sgt	Stuart Lamont	Steve Morley
Sgt	Joseph Corrie	Roland Oliver	18 July 1991
Sgt	Bob Cryer	Eric Richard Eric Richard Eric Richard is an English actor.His theatre work includes plays at the Royal Court Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, as well as seasons with the Royal Exchange, Manchester, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Sheffield Crucible Theatre and Paines Plough...	24 April 2001
Sgt	Craig Gilmore	Hywel Simons Hywel Simons Hywel Simons , is a Welsh actor.Born in Neath, he was brought up in Porthcawl. He started acting while a pupil at Porthcawl Comprehensive School, before he went on to study at LAMDA....	6 February 2003
Sgt	Jane Kendall	Liz Crowther Liz Crowther Elizabeth Ann 'Liz' Crowther is an English television actress. She is the daughter of comedian Leslie Crowther....
Sgt	John Maitland	Sam Miller Sam Miller Sam Miller is an English television director. He is best known for his work on the BBC television dramas Cardiac Arrest and This Life. -Filmography:-Actor - Filmography:...	25 May 1993
Sgt	Tom Penny Tom Penny Tom Penny is a professional skateboarder from Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. He is well known in the skateboarding community for his calm style and natural abilities and as a master of frontside flips and many kickflip variations...	Roger Leach Roger Leach Roger Leach was an English-Australian actor who played Sgt. Tom Penny in The Bill, and guest starred in Bergerac, Perfect Scoundrels and Doctors....	13 December 1990
Sgt	Alec Peters	Larry Dann Larry Dann Larry Dann is a British film and television actor.As a youngster he had a cameo playing a schoolboy in Carry on Teacher, Appreared in two films with Sir Norman Wisdom, Trouble In store and The Bulldog breed and later rejoined the famous Carry On series of films for Carry On Behind , Carry On...	27 February 1992
Sgt	Ray Steele	Robert Perkins	11 April 1996
Sgt	June Ackland	Trudie Goodwin Trudie Goodwin Trudie Goodwin is an English actress best known for playing Sergeant June Ackland in the high-profile British television police drama The Bill from 1984 to 2007. On September 7th, 2011 it was announced that Goodwin is to join the long-running soap Emmerdale...	8 March 2007
Sgt	Callum Stone Callum Stone Callum Stone is a fictional character in the long running police drama The Bill portrayed by Sam Callis .-Background:When Stone was sixteen he left home after his father was accused of rape. Stone's father was an inspector in the police force and was accused of raping probationer Kelly Ryan...	Sam Callis Sam Callis Samuel 'Sam' Callis is an English actor and film director, best known for his role as Sergeant Callum Stone in The Bill.-Biography:...	31 August 2010
Sgt	Jo Masters	Sally Rogers Sally Rogers Sally Rogers is an English actress currently best known for her role as Detective Constable / Sergeant Jo Masters in ITV's The Bill....	31 August 2010
Sgt	Nikki Wright	Gillian Taylforth Gillian Taylforth Gillian Taylforth is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Kathy Mitchell on the BBC soap opera, EastEnders and as Jackie Pascoe-Webb on ITV's Footballers Wives , but more recently as Sgt. Nikki Wright in ITV's The Bill...	31 August 2008
Sgt	Diane Noble	Kaye Wragg	30 April 2009
DS	Don Beech	Bill Murray Billy Murray (actor) Billy Murray is an English actor, best known for playing Don Beech in The Bill from 1995 to 2004, Johnny Allen in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2005 to 2006, Captain John Price in the video games Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare...	31 October 2000
DS	John Boulton	Russell Boulter Russell Boulter Russell Boulter is an English actor. He played Chris, Malcolm's assistant in series four of Watching. He has played DS John Boulton in The Bill from 1995 to 2000, a character created by Matthew Wingett, the brother of Mark Wingett who played Jim Carver in the series. Since then he has appeared in...	7 October 2000
DS	Jim Carver	Mark Wingett Mark Wingett Mark Wingett , is an English actor. He is best known for playing the role of Jim Carver in the ITV1 police procedural The Bill.-Career:...	24 February 2005
DS	Geoff Daly	Ray Ashcroft Ray Ashcroft Ray Ashcroft is an English actor.He played Ringo Starr in the biopic TV movie Birth of the Beatles .Then, he has played DS Geoff Daly in The Bill from 1996 to 2000, and he has also appeared in Coronation Street and Emmerdale.-External links:...	31 October 2000
DS	Ramani DeCosta	Thusitha Jayasundera Thusitha Jayasundera Thusitha Jayasundera is a Sri Lankan actress based in the United Kingdom.Thusitha played Tushura 'Tash' Bandara in the BBC Hospital Drama Holby City for three years. She later played Ramani DeCosta in the ITV1 police drama The Bill....	23 February 2006
DS	Max Carter	Christopher Fox Christopher Fox (actor) Christopher Fox is a British actor . He is best known for playing Corporal Louis Hoffman in Ultimate Force from 2002-2008 and DS Max Carter in The Bill between December 2007 and August 2010, as well as being the narrator on the documentary series Police Interceptors...	31 August 2010
DS	Stevie Moss	Lucy Speed Lucy Speed Lucy Renee Speed is an English actress known for her television roles as Natalie Evans in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders, and DS Stevie Moss in the ITV1 police drama series The Bill.-Early life:...	31 August 2010
DS	Phil Hunter	Scott Maslen Scott Maslen Scott Alexander Maslen is an English actor and model, best known for his portrayal as DS Phil Hunter in ITV's The Bill and now Jack Branning on the BBC's flagship soap EastEnders.-Early and personal life:...	17 October 2007
DS	Debbie McAllister	Natalie Roles Natalie Roles Natalie Roles is an English actress best known for her role of DS Debbie McAllister in the ITV drama The Bill.She started her TV career as a dancer in 1987 on It Couldn't Happen Here...	10 November 2004
DS	Jo Morgan	Mary Jo Randle Mary Jo Randle Mary Jo Randle is a British actress. She played Jo Morgan in The Bill from 1993 to 1995 and she played Bernie Quinlan in The Lakes.Randle has also been seen in Holby City, Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, The Royal, Casualty, Doctors, Heartbeat, Inspector Morse, Dalziel and Pascoe, Bad Behaviour, Wire...	12 October 1995
DS	Danny Pearce	Martin Marquez Martin Marquez Martin Marquez is a British actor.He is best known on television for his role as Gino Primirola, the head barman, in the British TV comedy drama Hotel Babylon...	21 September 1995
DS	Ted Roach	Tony Scannell Tony Scannell Tony Scannell is an actor whose best-known role is probably DS Ted Roach in ITV’s The Bill. His debut in the show was on 23 October 1984, in an episode called A Friend in Need....	15 May 1993
DS	Vik Singh Vik Singh Vik Singh is currently an Entrepreneur In Residence at Sutter Hill Ventures.Previously, Vik helped create and architect Yahoo! Search BOSS, an open web search platform...	Raji James Raji James Rajesh Jhanji better known by his stage name Little Raji James That Used To Be In Eastenders But Ruined It, is a British Indian actor, club night promotor and podcast co-host, best known for his role as Ash Ferreira in EastEnders, he also played Abdul Khan in the 1999 British Film East Is East...	4 April 2002
DS	Stuart Turner	Doug Rao Doug Rao Doug Rao is an English actor. He played DS Stuart Turner in The Bill, and he has starred in theatre with The Royal Shakespeare Company, in three renowned world premieres including David Edgar's The Prisoner's Dilemma and Peter Whelan's A Russian in the Woods.In 2007 he wrote, produced and directed...	16 July 2009
CSE	Lorna Hart	Siobhan Redmond Siobhan Redmond Siobhan Redmond is a Scottish actress.Originally from Tollcross, Glasgow, Redmond's first television appearances were in the early 1980s. Her first TV appearance was in 1982 in a sketch show called "Nothing to worry about!" which then lead to the sketch show Alfresco...
CSE.	Eddie Olosunje	Jason Barnett	31 August 2010
CPS Lawyer	Jonathan Fox	Larry Lamb Larry Lamb (actor) Lawrence Douglas "Larry" Lamb is an English actor who has worked frequently in television. He is best known for playing one of the greatest villains of British soap Archie Mitchell in the BBC television soap EastEnders, Michael Shipman in the BBC television show Gavin & Stacey and Mischievous...
CPS Lawyer	Matt Hinckley	Mark Dexter Mark Dexter Mark Dexter is a British RADA trained actor.Dexter's early successes were on stage, in particular with two high-profile productions of Tennessee Williams plays, beginning with Sam Mendes' 1995 Olivier Award winning production of The Glass Menagerie at the Donmar Warehouse, in which he played The...	3 May 2007
CAD Officer	Dean McVerry	Luke Hamill
PC	Polly Page	Lisa Geoghan Lisa Geoghan Lisa Geoghan is a British actress best known for playing PC/CAD Officer Polly Page in the long-running police drama The Bill. She also appeared in Tucker's Luck, Big Deal and Desmond's.-External links:...	8 April 2004
SRO	Roberta Cryer	Moya Brady Moya Brady Moya Brady is a British actress. Born in Manchester, Brady grew up in the seaside town of Blackpool with other actor classmates such as David Thewlis of Harry Potter fame. She has appeared in a wide variety of roles in film, television and the theatre, including a role as F.D.O. Roberta Cryer in...	31 December 2003
SRO	Julian Tavell	Nick Patrick Nick Patrick (actor) Nick Patrick is a British actor, most famous for playing the part of SRO Julian 'JT' Tavell, in the ITV Soap opera The Bill.He also played a character in Prime Suspect, Season 4: Inner Circles.- References :...
SRO	Marilyn Chambers	Vickie Gates Vickie Gates (actress) Vickie Gates made her television acting debut in Brookside at the age of 16. After her initial storylines from 1990–1993, she joined an all-girl pop band called Dream Reality and then appeared in the TV series Springhill before returning to Brookside in 1997 for four additional years...	24 February 2005
PCSO	Colin Fairfax	Tim Steed Tim Steed Tim Steed is an American comedian, author, screenwriter, songwriter, and keynote speaker.-Biography:Tim Steed was born December 30, 1957 in Knoxville, Tennessee. He graduated Bearden High School in 1975 and soon after joined the U.S. Army, where he was a member of the 101st Airborne Division in a...
CSP	Rachel Inns	Amanda Abbington Amanda Abbington Amanda Abbington is an English actress and comedienne who has appeared on both television and stage. She is best known for her roles in the 2005 comedy sketch show Man Stroke Woman and the 2007–2008 comedy After You've Gone with Nicholas Lyndhurst...	2 August 2007
DoPA	Mia Perry	Jo Anne Knowles	14 June 2007
DRO	Rochelle Barratt	Anna Acton Anna Acton Anna Acton is a British actress who is best known for her role as Rochelle Barratt, the wife of a borough commander in the ITV television series The Bill...	31 January 2005
StCh. Supt.	Marion	Susan Majorlier
PC.	Leon Taylor Leon Taylor Leon Taylor is a British former competitive diver.He was hyperactive as a child and his parents were advised to channel his energies and enthusiasm into sport. He was a swimmer and gymnast from the age of two and only took up competitive diving when he was eight...	Dominic Power	31 August 2010
PC.	Roger Valentine	John Bowler	31 August 2010
PC.	Mel Ryder	Rhea Bailey	31 August 2010
PC.	Kirsty Knight	Sarah Manners	31 August 2010
PC.	Ben Gayle	Michar Balfour	31 August 2010
PC	Nate Roberts	Ben Richards Ben Richards Ben Richards is an English actor. He is best known for playing Bruno Milligan in series 4 and 5 of the British TV drama Footballers' Wives and in series 1 and 2 of its spin-off Footballers' Wives: Extra Time...	10 August 2010
PC	Sally Armstrong	Ali Bastian Ali Bastian Alexandra Louise "Ali" Bastian is an English television actress, best known for playing Becca Dean in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks from 2001 to 2007, and PC Sally Armstrong in long-running ITV drama series The Bill from 2007 to 2009.-Biography:Born in Windsor, Berkshire, to Paula C. Marriott...	17 December 2009
PC	Timothy Able	Mark Haddigan Mark Haddigan Mark Haddigan is an actor based in England.He is known for playing the part of PC Timothy Able in the long running ITV drama The Bill and has guest starred in Shameless.-External links:...	1 March 1990
PC	Jamila Blake	Lolita Chakrabarti Lolita Chakrabarti Lolita Chakrabarti is an actress and writer based in London, United Kingdom.As an actress she has worked extensively on stage and screen...	28 January 1999
PC	Adam Bostock	Carl Brincat Carl Brincat Carl Brincat is an actor based in Britain. Brincat is known for his role as PC Adam Bostock in the long running ITV drama The Bill.-External links:...	6 September 1994
PC	Cathy Bradford	Connie Hyde Connie Hyde Connie Hyde is an English actress.She is best known for playing PC Cathy Bradford in The Bill from 2002 to 2004, DC Janet Miller in City Central, Catherine Heywood in Wing and a Prayer...	15 January 2004
PC	Ruby Buxton	Nicola Alexis Nicola Alexis Nicola Alexis is a British actress best known for playing the role of WPC Ruby Buxton in the long running ITV drama The Bill.She recently played the lead role in the theatre adaptation of Carl Hiaasen's Lucky You, which premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2008.-External links:* *...
PC	Dan Casper	Chris Jarvis Chris Jarvis (actor) Chris Jarvis is an English dancer and actor most famous for the part of PC Dan Casper in the ITV soap opera, The Bill. He has also appeared in the 2004 movie version of The Phantom of the Opera, and Beyond The Sea....	16 August 2007
PC	Roz Clarke	Holly Davidson Holly Davidson Holly Davidson is a British actress, model and personal trainer.She is most known for her recurring roles on the TV series' Renford Rejects, The Bill and Casualty, and roles in the films Final Cut, Van Wilder 2: Rise of the Taj and Essex Boys.She is the daughter of the photographer Robert Davidson...	11 November 2001
PC	Norika Datta	Seeta Indrani Seeta Indrani Seeta Indrani is an English dancer and actress.-Performance:After graduation as a dancer from the London Contemporary Dance School, she took the role of Cassandra in the original 1981 West End production of Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber...
PC	Claire Brind	Kelly Lawrence Kelly Lawrence Kelly Lawrence is an actress based in Britain.Kelly is known for playing the role of WPC Claire Brind in the long running ITV drama The Bill.-External links:...	28 December 1989
PC	Andrea Dunbar	Natalie J. Robb Natalie J. Robb Natalie J. Robb is a Scottish actress born in Bellshill, Glasgow on 3 December 1974.- Personal life :Born Natalie Joy Robb, she is the youngest of three children. As a child, Robb attended weekend drama groups in Glasgow, where she was discovered by director Alan Macmillan, later going to the Royal...	24 February 2005
PC	Francis "Taffy" Edwards	Colin Blumenau Colin Blumenau Colin Blumenau is a British actor and theatre director.He played Francis "Taffy" Edwards in The Bill from 1984 to 1990....	11 January 1990
PC	Suzanne Ford	Vicky Gee-Dare	7 November 1991
PC	Rosie Fox	Caroline Catz Caroline Catz -Biography:Born Caroline Caplan, Catz began acting in the early 1990s, initially playing minor roles. On registering with Equity, she discovered that an actress with the name Caroline Caplan was already registered, so she had to choose a different professional name.In 1994 she took a lead role in...	2 April 2000
PC	Millie Brown	Clare Foster Clare Foster Clare Foster is a British actress who trained at Masters Performing Arts College. She has played numerous roles both on and off the West End, and has also been seen as a regular, PC Millie Brown in the ITV series 'The Bill'...	29 December 2009
PC	Robin Frank	Ashley Gunstock Ashley Gunstock Ashley Gunstock is a British actor, political activist and schoolteacher.-Career:He is best known for playing the role of PC Robin Frank in the long running drama television series, The Bill, on ITV....	11 July 1989
PC	Delia French	Natasha Williams Natasha Williams Natasha Williams is an actress based in Britain.Williams is known for playing the role of PC Delia French in the long running ITV drama The Bill. She also played the role of a pharmacist in "Gridlock", an episode of Doctor Who that was broadcast on 14 April 2007, and appeared in Powers in 2004...	26 March 1992
PC	George Garfield	Huw Higginson Huw Higginson Huw Higginson is an English actor. He is most famous for playing PC George Garfield in The Bill from 1989 to 1999. He has appeared in Heartbeat, EastEnders, Casualty and Jessica...	14 October 1999
PC	Gabriel Kent Gabriel Kent Gabriel Kent is a fictional character in The Bill. He was played by Todd Carty from 2003 to 2005.-Personal life and background:PC Gabriel Kent was the most corrupt and deranged police officers ever to work at Sun Hill....	Todd Carty Todd Carty Todd Carty is an Irish actor and director, who has grown up on television screens in a variety of roles. His stage work has varied from pantomime to serious drama, as well as radio plays, voiceovers, commercials, narrations, and films...	6 October 2005
PC	Arun Ghir	Abhin Galeya Abhin Galeya Abhin Galeya is British actor who played Police Constable Arun Ghir in the ITV1 police drama The Bill.He has recently completed filming Cleanskin , playing one of the lead roles in the terrorist thriller starring Sean Bean, Charlotte Rampling, James Fox, Michelle Ryan and Tuppence...	19 March 2009
PC	Beth Green	Louisa Lytton Louisa Lytton Louisa Lytton is an English actress born in Camden and living in Islington. She rose to fame in 2005 when joining EastEnders as Ruby Allen. After leaving EastEnders in late 2006, Lytton joined The Bill as PC Beth Green, who she played from May 2007 to March 2009. She also appeared on Strictly...	18 March 2009
PC	Vicky Hagen	Samantha Robson Samantha Robson Samantha Jane Robson is a British actress who played PC Vicky Hagen in The Bill from 1998 to 2001. She has also appeared in Red Dwarf as Pete Tranter's sister and Murder in Mind. Before working in television, she worked for eighteen months as a table dancer under the name Shelley at For Your Eyes...	26 October 2001
PC	Sam Harker	Matthew Crompton Matthew Crompton 17 July 1971) is an actor from the United Kingdom, most famous for his role as Sam Harker in ITV's The Bill. He has also appeared in various other TV shows, including two distinct roles in Brookside . From 3 December 2007 he has played Dan Mason in Coronation Street, signing a new one year...	18 April 2002
PC	Donna Harris	Louise Harrison Louise Harrison Louise Harrison , is a British actress and producer. She is best known for her role as PC Donna Harris in the long running ITV drama The Bill, but has also played the regular character of Dawn Prescott in Coronation Street, and appeared in several other TV dramas.- Acting career :Her first...	27 February 1996
PC	Lewis Hardy	Aml Ameen Aml Ameen Aml Eysan Ameen is an English actor best known for his roles as Trife in Kidulthood, Lewis Hardy in The Bill and Malcolm in Harry's Law.-Biography:...	19 July 2007
PC	Malcolm Haynes	Eamonn Walker Eamonn Walker Eamonn Walker is an English film, television and theatre actor. In the United States, he is known for playing Kareem Said in the HBO television series Oz, for which he won a CableACE Award, and elsewere as Winston, the gay, black thorn in Alf Garnett's side in In Sickness and in Health and John...	22 August 1989
PC	Honey Harman	Kim Tiddy Kim Tiddy Kim Tiddy , is an English actress, is known for playing the part of PC Honey Harman, in the ITV soap opera The Bill, and Heidi Costello in the British Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks.-Personal life:...
PC	Ben Hayward	Ben Peyton Ben Peyton Ben Peyton is a British actor who played PC Ben Hayward in The Bill from 2000-2002. He has also starred in the films Bridget Jones's Diary and Nine Lives . His other television credits include Band of Brothers, Emmerdale , Holby City and Doctor Who in 2010...	16 April 2002
PC	Yvonne Hemmingway	Michele Austin Michele Austin Michele Austin is a British actress best known for her role as PC Yvonne Hemmingway on ITV's The Bill, for which she won the Screen Nation award for best television actress in 2005....	15 November 2006
PC	Steve Hunter	James Lloyd James Lloyd (actor) James Lloyd is an English actor.He is most well known for the role of PC Steve Hunter in the ITV Police Drama The Bill. He previously appeared in the programme in 1989 as the son of Detective Constable Alfred "Tosh" Lines , and would also become a production runner, prior to his role...
PC	Reg Hollis	Jeff Stewart Jeff Stewart (actor) Jeffrey Stewart is a Scottish actor, probably best known as PC Reg Hollis in the ITV drama The Bill, a role he played from 1984 to 2008....	12 March 2008
PC	Mike Jarvis	Stephen Beckett Stephen Beckett Stephen Beckett is an English actor, known for portraying Dr Matt Ramsden in Coronation Street and Mike Jarvis in The Bill.-Background:...
PC	Leela Kapoor	Seema Bowri Seema Bowri Seema Bowri . is a British-based actor most noted for the role of PC Leela Kapoor in the ITV soap opera The Bill.Seema studied Drama and Dance at the University of Birmingham before going on to feature on UK TV in Doctors, Casualty and Coupling and on stage at the Theatre Royal in Calcutta...	26 September 2007
PC	Debbie Keane	Andrea Mason Andrea Mason (actress) Andrea Mason is a British actress who played W.P.C. Debbie Keane in The Bill from 1995 to 1998. She has guest starred in Clocking Off, Holby City, William and Mary and Doctors.- External links :... )	22 September 1998
PC	Emma Keane	Melanie Gutteridge Melanie Gutteridge Melanie Gutteridge is a British actress, best known for playing the role of PC Emma Keane in the ITV television series The Bill. She is married to actor Rufus Wright who recently guest starred in an episode of The Bill.Melanie was born in August 1972...	1 May 2008
PC	Nick Klein	René Zagger René Zagger René Zagger is an English actor, probably best known for playing PC Nick Klein in The Bill from 1999 to 2004. He has also made several guest appearances in Casualty, and Wycliffe.- Background :...	8 April 2004
PC	Dave Litten	Gary Olsen Gary Olsen Gary Olsen was an English actor.Olsen was born in London and lived with an aunt and uncle, after losing both his parents at an early age. He attended the Archbishop Tenison's Church of England School in Kennington...	22 January 1985
PC	Steve Loxton	Tom Butcher Tom Butcher -Television:He is well known for playing PC Steve Loxton in The Bill from 1990 to 1997, Dr Marc Elliott in Doctors, Tim Gaskill in Casualty...	14 November 1997
PC	Abe Lyttleton	Ronnie Cush	10 February 1986
PC	Cathy Marshall	Lynne Miller Lynne Miller Lynne Miller is a British actress who played Cathy Marshall in The Bill from 1989 to 1996.- External links :*...	19 January 1996
PC	Garry McCann	Clive Wedderburn Clive Wedderburn Clive Wedderburn is an actor who played Police Constable Garry McCann in The Bill.-External links:...
PC	Ken Melvin	Mark Powley Mark Powley Mark Powley Mark Powley Mark Powley (Born 4 October 1963 Chelmsford, Essex United Kingdom is a British actor.Powley is best known for his work on television, most notably for appearing in 88 episodes of police drama The Bill as P.C Melvin (1987–1990) and as builder Tom in BBC sitcom Next of Kin for...	22 May 1990
PC	Sheelagh Murphy	Bernie Nolan Bernadette Nolan Bernadette Therese "Bernie" Nolan is an Irish actress, singer and television personality, formerly lead vocalist of The Nolans. Her siblings are Anne, Brian, Denise, Maureen, Tommy, Linda and Coleen Nolan. She is the second youngest...	11 October 2005
PC	Pete Muswell	Ralph Brown Ralph Brown Ralph William John Brown is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in Withnail and I, the security guard Aaron in Alien 3, DJ Bob Silver in The Boat That Rocked, and the pilot Ric Olié in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace...	10 February 1986
PC	Gemma Osbourne	Jane Danson Jane Danson Jane Danson is an English actress, most famous for playing the role of Leanne Battersby in Coronation Street.-Acting:...	21 May 2003
PC	Danesh Patel	Sonesh Sira	23 November 1987
PC	Lance Powell	Ofo Uhiara Ofo Uhiara Ofo Uhiara is a British based actor most noted for his role as Police Constable Lance Powell in the ITV soap opera The Bill. He is the brother of actor Ony Uhiara.-External links:...
PC	Dave Quinnan	Andrew Paul Andrew Paul Andrew Paul is a British-Jewish actor best known for playing PC Dave Quinnan in the ITV drama The Bill for 13 years.- Career :...	27 February 2002
PC	Pete Ramsey	Nick Reding Nick Reding Nick Reding is a British actor. During a career of more than two decades, he is probably best known for playing PC Pete Ramsey in The Bill and DI Michael Conner in Silent Witness...	25 July 1989
PC	Cass Rickman	Suzanne Maddock Suzanne Maddock Suzanne Maddock is a British actress. She appeared in the ITV police procedural drama The Bill as PC Cass Rickman from 1999 to 2002. Her character was killed off in the highly-rated Sun Hill Serial Killer storyline....	12 December 2002
PC	Billy Rowan	Ben Lee Ben Lee Benjamin Michael "Ben" Lee is an ARIA Award winning musician and actor. Lee began his career as a musician at the age of 14 with the Sydney band Noise Addict, but focused on his solo career when the band broke up in 1995. He appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake...	5 July 2007
PC	Eddie Stantini	Michael Higgs Michael Higgs Michael Higgs is a British actor best known for prominent roles in two long-running television series: Eddie Santini in ITV1's The Bill, and Andy Hunter in EastEnders....
PC	Nick Shaw	Chris Walker Chris Walker (actor) Chris Walker is an English actor most notable for playing Rob Hollins, in the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors.He won the award of Best On-screen partnership at The British Soap Awards 2010, for his role as Rob Hollins, with Actress, Jan Pearson who plays Karen Hollins.-Career:Always wanting to be...	7 December 1987
PC	Nick Slater	Alan Westaway Alan Westaway Alan Westaway is a British actor known for playing Nick Slater in The Bill from 1995 to 1997. Westaway also appeared in two episodes of series 4 of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps playing Phillip and also EastEnders in 2004.-External links:...	31 October 1997
PC	Tony 'Yorkie' Smith	Robert Hudson
PC	Ron Smollet	Nick Stringer Nick Stringer Nick Stringer is an English actor.In a thirty year career, Stringer has appeared in numerous well-known British television shows, including The Bill, Open All Hours, Only Fools and Horses, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Coronation Street, Family Affairs, Minder, Johnny Jarvis, Butterflies and My Family...
PC	Tony Stamp	Graham Cole Graham Cole Graham Cole is an English actor.He is best known as PC Tony Stamp in the ITV police drama The Bill, a role he has played from 1984 until 2009. He had made previous uncredited appearances as an unnamed PC....	5 November 2009
PC	Barry Stringer	Jonathan Dow Jonathan Dow Jonathan Dow is a British actor. He joined the National Youth Theatre at the age of 14, and after finishing his A levels he trained at the Guildhall Drama School. His first big television role was as Under Secretary Tim in No Job for a Lady with Penelope Keith.He has also appeared as P.C....	15 June 1993
PC	Cameron Tait	Daniel MacPherson Daniel MacPherson Daniel Donald MacPherson is an Australian actor and television presenter, best known for his roles as; Joel Samuels on Neighbours, PC Cameron Tait on British police drama The Bill, and Detective Senior Constable Simon Joyner in City Homicide...	22 July 2004
PC	Des Taviner	Paul Usher Paul Usher Paul Usher is an English actor.He was educated at St John Plessington Catholic College, Bebington, and is best known for playing Barry Grant in Brookside, from the first episode until the last , and PC Des Taviner in The Bill from 2001 to 2004.He has also appeared in Liverpool...	17 March 2004
PC	Richard Turnham	Chris Humphreys Chris Humphreys Chris Humphreys is a British actor, playwright and novelist. Born in Toronto, Canada, he was raised in Los Angeles until the age of seven and then grew up in the United Kingdom. For acting he is best known for his role in The Bill where he played PC Richard Turnham from 1989 to 1990...	10 April 1990
PC	Di Worrell	Jane Wall Jane Wall Jane Wall is an English actress born to a Nigerian mother and an English father. She played PC Di Worrell in The Bill from 1999 to 2002 and she has also appeared in Dangerfield, A Touch of Frost, Doctors and Holby City....	16 April 2002
PC	Phil Young	Colin Alldridge
PC	Kerry Young	Beth Cordingly Beth Cordingly Beth Cordingly is an English actress, most famous for her role as PC Kerry Young in the ITV police drama The Bill.-Biography:...	21 December 2004
PC	Laura Bryant	Melanie Kilburn Melanie Kilburn Melanie Kilburn is an English actress, well known for playing PC Laura Bryant in ITV's, The Bill....	25 May 2006
SC	Terry Knowles	Alex Avery Alex Avery (actor) Alex Avery is an English actor who played SC Terry Knowles in The Bill in 2001, and played Carl in Holby City in 1999. He has also guest starred in Shameless and EastEnders.He has also appeared in the movie Quills and will be appearing in a Neil Jordan film in the future.- External links :...	3 January 2002
DC	Ken Drummond	Russell Floyd Russell Floyd Russell Floyd is a British actor. He played Michael Rose in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1996 to 1999, and DC Ken Drummond in the ITV police drama, The Bill, from 2002 to 2005...	23 February 2005
DC	Juliet Becker	Rae Baker Rae Baker Rae Baker , is an English actress.-Biography:Born to a carpenter father, her brother Kevin is an electronics engineer...	30 October 2003
DC	Gary Best	Ciaran Griffiths Ciarán Griffiths Ciarán Joseph Griffiths is an English actor, best known for his roles as Gary Best in The Bill, Mickey Maguire in Shameless and Dylan Hodge in Waterloo Road.-Biography:...	20 July 2005
DC	Suzi Croft	Kerry Peers Kerry Peers Kerry Peers . She is a British actress who is best known for her role in The Bill where she played Suzi Croft from 1993 to 1998. She has also been in Casualty, Doctors, Holby City and Brookside. Nowadays she does mainly plays.- External links :* from Internet Movie Database....	24 February 1998
DC	Danny Glaze	Karl Collins Karl Collins Karl Collins is an English actor.He has played DC Danny Glaze in The Bill, and has appeared in Casualty, Dream Team, Holby City, As Time Goes By and 55 Degrees North...	8 October 2003
DC	Kerry Holmes	Joy Brook Joy Brook Joy Brook is an English actress who played DC Kerry Holmes in The Bill and Joanne Pearson in Peak Practice...	31 October 2000
DC	Brandon Kane	Pal Aron Pal Aron Pal Aron is a British actor, best known for playing Adam Osman in Casualty, Brandon Kane in The Bill, Jayesh Parekh and Sonny Dhillon in Coronation Street. Before turning professional he performed with the Theatre of the Unemployed in Birmingham...	15 January 2004
DC	Duncan Lennox	George Rossi George Rossi George Rossi is a Scottish actor, best known for playing Detective Constable Duncan Lennox in The Bill from 1998 to 2003. Rossi is of Italian descent, his mother originates from Valvori, a frazione of Vallerotonda in Lazio, Italy.He worked alongside his brother Peter in the family ice-cream van...	2 January 2003
DC	Jacob Banks	Patrick Robinson Patrick Robinson (actor) Patrick Robinson is an English actor, who played the character of charge nurse Martin "Ash" Ashford in the long-running medical drama series Casualty on BBC One from 1990 to 1996...	31 August 2010
DC	Alfred "Tosh" Lines	Kevin Lloyd Kevin Lloyd Kevin Reardon Lloyd was a British actor, born in Derby, and trained at East 15 Acting School, London. Best known for his part of DC Alfred "Tosh" Lines in Thames Television's The Bill....	9 June 1998
DC	Grace Dasari	Amita Dhiri Amita Dhiri Amita Emmanuelle Dhiri is an Anglo-Indian actress. She has two younger brothers, Viney and Sanjay. She speaks fluent French and Hindi. She has also performed ballet, contemporary and modern dance.- Career:...	31 August 2010
DC	Terry Perkins	Bruce Byron Bruce Byron Bruce Michael Byron is an English actor best known for his role as DC Terry Perkins in The Bill. He originally followed a career in music, and he started acting at 20....	31 August 2010
DC	Mickey Webb	Chris Simmons Chris Simmons Chris Simmons is an English actor who is best known for playing DC Mickey Webb in The Bill. He moved to Gravesend, Kent where he attended Saint Georges Cofe Secondary School and lived on Singlewell Road....	31 August 2010
DC	Viv Martella	Nula Conwell Nula Conwell Nula Conwell is a British-born character actress with strong Irish family ties. She appeared in David Lynch's 1980 Oscar nominated film The Elephant Man and is well known for playing Police Officer W.D.C. Viv Martella in the long-running crime UK series The Bill from 1984 to 1993, until her...	26 March 1993
DC	Zain Nadir	TJ Ramini TJ Ramini TJ Ramini is an English actor best known for his role as DC Zain Nadir in The Bill.He attended King Alfred School in North London. His father is Palestinian, while his mother is Australian and was a newsreader for ITV. He is also of Russian Jewish and Scottish ancestry. At 19, he moved to...	20 December 2007
DC	Tom Proctor	Gregory Donaldson
DC	Liz Rawton	Libby Davison Libby Davison Libby Davison is a British actress who is best known for playing DC Liz Rawton in The Bill from 1996 to 1999. She made her name playing Geoff's assistant in Byker Grove. She has also appeared in Our Friends in the North, Holby City, Doctors and The Royal Today. She joined Hollyoaks as Rose...	21 December 1999
DC	Paul Riley	Gary Grant Gary Grant (actor) Gary Grant in North London, England, is a British television actor. He is best known for portraying DC Paul Riley in The Bill from 2000 to 2002 and he has also appeared in Dangerfield, Doctors and Essex Boys. He is also an award winning film director with emotional piece "Daisy's Last...	16 April 2002
DC	Eva Sharpe	Diane Parish Diane Parish Diane Parish is a British actress best known for her role as Denise Johnson in the BBC Soap EastEnders and DC Eva Sharpe in The Bill.-Career:...	10 March 2004
DC	Will Fletcher	Gary Lucy	7 January 2010
DC	Suzie Sim	Wendy Kweh Wendy Kweh Wendy Kweh is an actress of Chinese descent born in Singapore. She migrated to the United Kingdom in 1995. She lives in London.-Education:She is a RADA graduate in London....	19 July 2006
DC	Rod Skase	Iain Fletcher Iain Fletcher Iain Fletcher is a British television actor, best known for his role as DC Rod Skase in the ITV1 drama series The Bill. He served on the show for 9 years.Other acting credits include Family Affairs, Casualty and Doctors....	17 February 2000
DC	Rob Thatcher	Brian Bovell Brian Bovell Brian Bovell is an English actor.He has appeared regularly on television since 1980, as well as featuring in the cult film Babylon released the same year. He has also appeared in the play Where There Is Darkness in 1981, winning the 1982 London Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Supporting...	29 December 2004
DC	Alan Woods	Tom Cotcher Tom Cotcher Tom Cotcher is a Scottish actor who played Alan Woods in The Bill from 1992 to 1996. He also appeared briefly in an earlier episode of the police saga as a local resident with a missing dog. Since then he has appeared in Taggart and Night and Day, and in October 2007 as a doctor in EastEnders...	1 August 1996
DC	Tom Baker Tom Baker Thomas Stewart "Tom" Baker is a British actor. He is best known for playing the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who, a role he played from 1974 to 1981.-Early life:...	Vic Gallucci

Notable characters

This is a list of the most notable characters to have appeared on The Bill, being those who have been in the series for some considerable time and have had a significant impact on the series.

• Billy Murray
  Billy Murray (actor)
  Billy Murray is an English actor, best known for playing Don Beech in The Bill from 1995 to 2004, Johnny Allen in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2005 to 2006, Captain John Price in the video games Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare...
  
  appeared in The Bill for 5 years playing DS Don Beech. The character was a corrupt police officer, notably having murdered DS John Boulton, forcing Beech to go on the run. Since leaving The Bill, Murray's career has included a stint on EastEnders
  EastEnders
  EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
  
   as Johnny Allen
  Johnny Allen (EastEnders)
  Jonathan "Johnny" Allen is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Billy Murray.-Storylines:Johnny Allen was a businessman and retired gangster, who grew up in Walford but moved away to start up an empire of his own which he named J.A. Enterprises...
  
   and two films, Rollin' With The Nines and Rise of the Footsoldier
  Rise of the Footsoldier
  Rise of the Footsoldier is a 2007 English crime film released on 7 September, 2007. It is the third film from BAFTA award winning director Julian Gilbey...
  
  . The character also spawned Beech on the Run and Beech is Back
  Beech is Back
  Beech is Back was a six-part mini-series spin-off from The Bill revolving around the corrupt Don Beech played by Billy Murray.The series was preceded by a regular episode of The Bill, entitled Beech on the Run, which was broadcast on 19 August 2001...
  
  .

• Russell Boulter
  Russell Boulter
  Russell Boulter is an English actor. He played Chris, Malcolm's assistant in series four of Watching. He has played DS John Boulton in The Bill from 1995 to 2000, a character created by Matthew Wingett, the brother of Mark Wingett who played Jim Carver in the series. Since then he has appeared in...
  
  played DS John Boulton from 1995 to 2000, the character having first appeared as a DC in 1994. The character had a reputation for being a hard man, and was once suspected of deliberately killing a suspect, although he was cleared. He later had a relationship with DS Claire Stanton, who was an anti-corruption officer targeting Don Beech. John was ultimately murdered by Beech, leading to the collapse of CID and the removal of Charles Brownlow as Superintendent.

• Tony O'Callaghan
  Tony O'Callaghan
  Tony O'Callaghan is a British television actor of Irish descent.He is notable for his character Sergeant Matt Boyden on the television series The Bill from 1991 to 2003.-Early life:...
  
  played Sergeant Matt Boyden for 12 years from 1991–2003. Boyden was shot dead by his daughter's boyfriend so she can profit from insurance money to fund her drug habit. Tony O'Callaghan has also appeared in The Magnificent Evans
  The Magnificent Evans
  The Magnificent Evans is a 1984 BBC situation comedy written by Roy Clarke and starring Ronnie Barker, Sharon Morgan and Myfanwy Talog.-Plot:...
  
  , Family Affairs
  Family Affairs
  Family Affairs was a British soap opera broadcast on Five, from 1997 to 2005. It was the second programme to be broadcast on the channel on 30 March 1997, the channel's launch night...
  
  , Holby City
  Holby City
  Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
  
  , Doctors and Shameless
  Shameless
  Shameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...
  
  .

• Peter Ellis
  Peter Ellis (actor)
  Peter Ellis is a British actor. Peter has worked extensively in Theatre and Television both as an Actor and Director. He is perhaps best known for playing the role of Chief Superintendent Charles Brownlow in the long running ITV drama The Bill.In 1983, Peter appeared in the play Trafford Tanzi,...
  
  played Chief Superintendent
  Chief Superintendent
  Chief superintendent is a senior rank in police forces organised on the British model.- United Kingdom :In the British police, a chief superintendent is senior to a superintendent and junior to an assistant chief constable .The highest rank below Chief Officer level, chief...
  
   Charles Brownlow for over 16 years from the start of the series in 1984 to 2000, when the character tendered his resignation in light of the Don Beech scandal
  Don Beech Scandal
  The Don Beech Scandal was a storyline in the long-running police procedural British television series, The Bill.The storyline centred around the corrupt Detective Sergeant Don Beech. Since the character's debut in 1995, his corruption had steadily grown...
  
  . In 1983, Ellis appeared in the play Trafford Tanzi opposite Toyah Wilcox.

• Christopher Ellison
  Christopher Ellison
  Christopher Michael Ellison is an English actor. He is best known for his role as DCI Frank Burnside in the popular ITV police series The Bill and short lived spin off series Burnside....
  
  played DCI Frank Burnside for 5 years. Since leaving The Bill, Ellison has enjoyed a guest stint as Len Harker in EastEnders
  EastEnders
  EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
  
  . Ellis has also appeared in Minder
  Minder (TV series)
  Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV...
  
  , Casualty
  Casualty (TV series)
  Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
  
  , Judge John Deed
  Judge John Deed
  Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove...
  
   and voiced a Doctor Who
  Doctor Who
  Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
  
   audio adventure. The character spawned spin off Burnside
  Burnside (TV series)
  Burnside is a British television police procedural drama, broadcast on ITV in 2000. The series, a spin-off from ITV's long-running police drama The Bill, focused on DCI Frank Burnside, formerly a detective at Sun Hill and now working for the National Crime Squad...
  
  .

• Mark Wingett
  Mark Wingett
  Mark Wingett , is an English actor. He is best known for playing the role of Jim Carver in the ITV1 police procedural The Bill.-Career:...
  
  played DS Jim Carver from 1983 to 2005. After building up gambling debts, the character left Sun Hill. Since leaving, Wingett has also appeared in EastEnders
  EastEnders
  EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
  
  , the British version of American Chopper
  American Chopper
  American Chopper is a reality television series that airs on Discovery Channel, produced by Pilgrim Films & Television. The series centers on Paul Teutul, Sr. and his son Paul Teutul, Jr. , who manufacture custom motorcycles. Orange County Choppers is in Newburgh, New York...
  
   and Spartacus
  Spartacus
  Spartacus was a famous leader of the slaves in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Little is known about Spartacus beyond the events of the war, and surviving historical accounts are sometimes contradictory and may not always be reliable...
  
  .

• Eric Richard
  Eric Richard
  Eric Richard is an English actor.His theatre work includes plays at the Royal Court Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, as well as seasons with the Royal Exchange, Manchester, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Sheffield Crucible Theatre and Paines Plough...
  
  played Sergeant Bob Cryer
  Bob Cryer
  George Robert Cryer, known as Bob Cryer was a politician in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Salt High School, Shipley, and the University of Hull...
  
  from 1984–2001, the character leaving when he was accidentally shot by then PC Dale Smith
  Dale Smith (The Bill)
  Dale Smith is a fictional character played by Alex Walkinshaw in the British police procedural television series, The Bill. He first appeared in 1999 as a police constable, and eventually became inspector.-Character history:...
  
  . Prior to appearing in The Bill, Richard appeared in a number of TV programmes including Open All Hours
  Open All Hours
  Open All Hours is a BBC sitcom written by Roy Clarke which ran for four series a first run in 1976, a second run in 1981, third in 1982 and finally with a fourth run in 1985, with a pilot episode from the Seven of One series in 1973...
  
  , Made In Britain
  Made in Britain
  Made in Britain is a 1982 British drama film directed by Alan Clarke, and written by David Leland, about a 16-year-old white power skinhead named Trevor, and his constant confrontations with authority figures. It was originally broadcast on ITV as the fourth in an untitled series of works by...
  
   and Shoestring
  Shoestring
  Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own show on Radio West, the local radio station.The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 one hour-long episodes...
  
  .

• Scott Maslen
  Scott Maslen
  Scott Alexander Maslen is an English actor and model, best known for his portrayal as DS Phil Hunter in ITV's The Bill and now Jack Branning on the BBC's flagship soap EastEnders.-Early and personal life:...
  
  played DS Phil Hunter from 2002–07, the character was written out with a transfer to Special Operations
  Special operations
  Special operations are military operations that are considered "special" .Special operations are typically performed independently or in conjunction with conventional military operations. The primary goal is to achieve a political or military objective where a conventional force requirement does...
  
  . Since leaving The Bill, Maslen has played the character of Jack Branning
  Jack Branning
  Jack Branning is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Scott Maslen. He made his first appearance on 29 October 2007. He is the youngest child of Jim and Reenie Branning and the brother of April Branning, Carol Jackson, Derek Branning, Suzy Branning and Max Branning...
  
   in EastEnders
  EastEnders
  EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
  
  .

• Todd Carty
  Todd Carty
  Todd Carty is an Irish actor and director, who has grown up on television screens in a variety of roles. His stage work has varied from pantomime to serious drama, as well as radio plays, voiceovers, commercials, narrations, and films...
  
  played PC Gabriel Kent
  Gabriel Kent
  Gabriel Kent is a fictional character in The Bill. He was played by Todd Carty from 2003 to 2005.-Personal life and background:PC Gabriel Kent was the most corrupt and deranged police officers ever to work at Sun Hill....
  
  from 2003–05, the character left when his false identity was uncovered. As well as The Bill, Carty has appeared in a number of television series including EastEnders
  EastEnders
  EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
  
  , Grange Hill
  Grange Hill
  Grange Hill is a British television drama series originally made by the BBC. The show began in 1978 on BBC1 and was one of the longest running programmes on British television...
  
  , Heartbeat and Holby City
  Holby City
  Holby City, stylised as Holby Ci+y, is a British medical drama television series that airs weekly on BBC One.The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama Casualty, and premiered on 12 January 1999...
  
  .

• Kevin Lloyd
  Kevin Lloyd
  Kevin Reardon Lloyd was a British actor, born in Derby, and trained at East 15 Acting School, London. Best known for his part of DC Alfred "Tosh" Lines in Thames Television's The Bill....
  
  played DC Tosh Lines from 1988–98, the character was written out as having accepted a position in the Coroner
  Coroner
  A coroner is a government official who* Investigates human deaths* Determines cause of death* Issues death certificates* Maintains death records* Responds to deaths in mass disasters* Identifies unknown dead* Other functions depending on local laws...
  
  's Office after the actor was sacked for turning up drunk. The actor died a week after his dismissal.

• Andrew Paul
  Andrew Paul
  Andrew Paul is a British-Jewish actor best known for playing PC Dave Quinnan in the ITV drama The Bill for 13 years.- Career :...
  
  played PC Dave Quinnan from 1989–2002 when the character left to transfer to SO10
  SO10
  SO10 was the former designation of the Metropolitan Police's Covert Operations Group.-History:The group's origins can be traced back to 1960, with the formation of what was known as the Criminal Investigation Branch, which later evolved and was merged into SO10 and the Public Order Unit...
  
  . Since leaving The Bill, Paul has enjoyed a brief stint on EastEnders
  EastEnders
  EastEnders is a British television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985 and continuing to today. EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in the fictional London Borough of Walford in the East End...
  
   as Maxwell Moon and on Where The Heart Is
  Where the Heart Is (1997 TV series)
  Where the Heart Is is a British television drama series set in the fictional town Skelthwaite.First shown in 1997, it was created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone...
  
   until the programme was axed in 2006.

• Lisa Geoghan
  Lisa Geoghan
  Lisa Geoghan is a British actress best known for playing PC/CAD Officer Polly Page in the long-running police drama The Bill. She also appeared in Tucker's Luck, Big Deal and Desmond's.-External links:...
  
  played PC Polly Page from 1992 to 2004. After assisting a friend's suicide, she was tried for murder and returned to Sun Hill as a Civilian CAD Officer, a role which she ultimately resigned from.

• Jeff Stewart
  Jeff Stewart (actor)
  Jeffrey Stewart is a Scottish actor, probably best known as PC Reg Hollis in the ITV drama The Bill, a role he played from 1984 to 2008....
  
  played PC Reg Hollis from 1984–2008. In 2008, the character was written out with the character resigning after being traumatised by the death of colleagues in a bomb blast. After learning of his axing from the show, Stewart attempted suicide on set by slashing his wrists. Stewart has not been on television since but has starred in the Miike Snow
  Miike Snow
  Miike Snow is a Swedish indie pop band formed in 2007. The band consists of producing team Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg and Andrew Wyatt.-Early years:Miike Snow was formed in 2007 in Stockholm, Sweden....
  
   video, Black & Blue.

• Lisa Maxwell
  Lisa Maxwell (actress)
  Lisa Maxwell is an English actress and television presenter.-Early life:Born in the Elephant & Castle district of Southwark, South London in November 1963, she was trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, and first acted on TV aged 11 in a schools programme A Place Like Home...
  
  played DI Samantha Nixon from 2002–09 until the character transferred to the child exploitation unit. In April 2009, she made an appearance, discussing The Bill, on The Paul O'Grady Show
  The Paul O'Grady Show
  The Paul O'Grady Show was a BAFTA award-winning British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to Channel 4...
  
   and now appears on Loose Women
  Loose Women
  Loose Women is a British lunchtime television programme, first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip...
  
  .

• Roberta Taylor
  Roberta Taylor
  Roberta Taylor is an English actress and author. She is probably best known for her roles of Irene Raymond in EastEnders , and Inspector Gina Gold in The Bill .-Career:...
  
  played Inspector Gina Gold from 2002–08, the character leaving due to the stress of the job. Taylor has since only appeared as a guest panelist on Loose Women
  Loose Women
  Loose Women is a British lunchtime television programme, first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip...
  
  , The Wright Stuff
  The Wright Stuff
  The Wright Stuff is a British television chat show, hosted by Matthew Wright, and currently airing on Channel 5 each weekday morning from 9:15 to 11:10am....
  
   and The Paul O'Grady Show
  The Paul O'Grady Show
  The Paul O'Grady Show was a BAFTA award-winning British comedy chat show hosted by Birkenhead-born comedian Paul O'Grady. The format was originally devised by Granada Television and was broadcast on ITV before moving to Channel 4...
  
  .

• Graham Cole
  Graham Cole
  Graham Cole is an English actor.He is best known as PC Tony Stamp in the ITV police drama The Bill, a role he has played from 1984 until 2009. He had made previous uncredited appearances as an unnamed PC....
  
  played PC Tony Stamp from 1984–2009. The character was written out as part of the 2009 revamp after producers felt that he didn't fit the new show. Cole's last episode was shown on November 5, 2009 and his departure means The Bill has no original characters remaining.

• Trudie Goodwin
  Trudie Goodwin
  Trudie Goodwin is an English actress best known for playing Sergeant June Ackland in the high-profile British television police drama The Bill from 1984 to 2007. On September 7th, 2011 it was announced that Goodwin is to join the long-running soap Emmerdale...
  
  played Sergeant June Ackland from 1983 to 2007, appearing first in Woodentop
  Woodentop (The Bill)
  "Woodentop" is an episode of the Thames Television series of one-off plays Storyboard. The programme was originally broadcast on 16 August 1983. It is also the forerunner to the long-running British police television series The Bill...
  
  . The character retired in 2007 after her on-screen relationship with DC Jim Carver came to an abrupt end. When Goodwin left The Bill in 2007 she was not only the longest serving cast member in the history of The Bill, but also held the world record for the longest time an actor has portrayed a police character.

• Alex Walkinshaw
  Alex Walkinshaw
  Alex Newcombe Walkinshaw is an English actor best known for playing the role of Inspector Dale "Smithy" Smith in ITV's long running police procedural series, The Bill.-Early life and career:...
  
  has played Inspector Dale "Smithy" Smith
  Dale Smith (The Bill)
  Dale Smith is a fictional character played by Alex Walkinshaw in the British police procedural television series, The Bill. He first appeared in 1999 as a police constable, and eventually became inspector.-Character history:...
  
  since 1999. Walkinshaw made three "one off" appearances in the series prior to becoming a regular cast member and has made appearances in several other British soaps and serial dramas.

• Simon Rouse
  Simon Rouse
  Simon Rouse is an English actor, best known for playing the role of Superintendent Jack Meadows in the long-running ITV police drama The Bill....
  
  has played Superintendent Jack Meadows since 1990, though the character only became a regular role in 1992. Aside from The Bill, Rouse has had small appearances in a number of other British television series including Robin of Sherwood
  Robin of Sherwood
  Robin of Sherwood , was a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by Richard Carpenter, it was produced by HTV in association with Goldcrest, and ran from 1984 to 1986 on the ITV network. In America it was retitled Robin Hood and shown on the premium cable TV channel...
  
  , The Professionals
  The Professionals (TV series)
  The Professionals was a British crime-action television drama series produced by Avengers Mk1 Productions and London Weekend Television that aired on the ITV network from 1977 to 1983. In all, 57 episodes were produced, filmed between 1977 and 1981. It starred Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins and Gordon...
  
  , Casualty, and Minder
  Minder (TV series)
  Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV...
  
  .

• Chris Simmons
  Chris Simmons
  Chris Simmons is an English actor who is best known for playing DC Mickey Webb in The Bill. He moved to Gravesend, Kent where he attended Saint Georges Cofe Secondary School and lived on Singlewell Road....
  
  played DC Mickey Webb from 2000 to 2010. He appeared twice on the show playing different roles, most notably as a criminal in 1999, before joining the cast as a regular in the following year. He left the series temporarily in 2003, as the culmination of a storyline where his character was raped. He made several guest appearances before returning as a regular in 2005.

Notable Actors

This is a list of some of the most notable actors to have made brief or cameo appearances in The Bill.

• Keira Knightley
  Keira Knightley
  Keira Christina Knightley born 26 March 1985) is an English actress and model. She began acting as a child and came to international notice in 2002 after co-starring in the film Bend It Like Beckham...
  
  played child burglar Sheena Rose in a 1995 episode entitled "Swan Song".
• David Tennant
  David Tennant
  David Tennant is a Scottish actor. In addition to his work in theatre, including a widely praised Hamlet, Tennant is best known for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, along with the title role in the 2005 TV serial Casanova and as Barty Crouch, Jr...
  
  played kidnapper Steven Clemens in a 1995 episode of The Bill called "Deadline".
• Paul O'Grady
  Paul O'Grady
  Paul James Michael O'Grady MBE is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio DJ. He is best known for presenting the daytime chat television series, The Paul O'Grady Show and, more recently, Paul O'Grady Live, as well as his drag queen comedic alter ego, Lily Savage, as...
  
  - credited as "Paul Savage" - played transvestite Roxanne in three episodes of The Bill between 1988 and 1990.
• Sean Bean
  Sean Bean
  Shaun Mark "Sean" Bean is an English film and stage actor. Bean is best known for playing Boromir in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and, previously, British Colonel Richard Sharpe in the ITV television series Sharpe...
  
  played robber Horace Clark in a 1984 episode of The Bill entitled "Long Odds"
• Ralf Little
  Ralf Little
  Ralf Alistair J. B. Little is an English actor, writer and semi-professional footballer, working mainly in television comedy. He is best known for playing Antony Royle in The Royle Family and Jonny Keogh in the first six series of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.-Early life and work...
  
  played Tommy Lawson in the 2001 episodes Judas Kiss, Shout, Aftershock and Night Games.
• Emma Bunton
  Emma Bunton
  Emma Lee Bunton is an English pop singer/songwriter and TV and radio presenter. She was a member of the 1990s girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was known as Baby Spice as she was the youngest member. In 2010, she joined the judging panel on ITV's Dancing on Ice...
  
  played the role of Janice in the 1993 episode Missionary Work.
• Catherine Tate
  Catherine Tate
  Catherine Tate is an English actress, writer, and comedian. She has won numerous awards for her work on the sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and four BAFTA Awards...
  
  appeared in the 1993 episode Give and Take and 1994 instalment Fly on the Wall.
• James MacAvoy played a Scottish runaway named Gavin in a 1997 episode entitled Rent.
• Loraine Kelly appeared as herself in a 2003 episode when PC Cathy Bradford appeared on her GMTV
  GMTV
  GMTV was the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc. in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end...
  
   show.