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Post by Dirty Epic on Aug 14, 2017 14:28:04 GMT
Might try and catch a few of these. Didn't mind The Bill till around the Don Beech era then it all went a bit tosh after that. Still it's best was never a patch on The Sweeney.
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Post by Arthur Pringle on Aug 14, 2017 18:21:31 GMT
This reminds me that there is an edition of 'Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe' where a group of Americans are shown various UK tv shows, one of which is The Bill ( featuring 'Hedgehog' Howard Radcliff from Auf Wiedersehen Pet ), you can see their reaction 9 mins into the clip. Note- a few swear words.
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Post by The Saint on Sept 8, 2017 20:01:54 GMT
I have just watched an episode from 1985 with a few Sweeney connections...
The episode was called "Ringer" and the villain was called "Regan"!
Guest stars were Michael Melia (Messenger of The Gods) and Mike Savage (Cover Story).
Christopher Ellison (Queens Pawn) as Burnside made an appearance.
Stunt arranger was The Sweeney's Peter Braham and the executive producer was The Sweeney's Lloyd Shirley.
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Post by Charles Bronson on Sept 9, 2017 12:46:21 GMT
I have just watched an episode from 1985 with a few Sweeney connections... The episode was called "Ringer" and the villain was called "Regan"! Guest stars were Michael Melia (Messenger of The Gods) and Mike Savage (Cover Story). Christopher Ellison (Queens Pawn) as Burnside made an appearance. Stunt arranger was The Sweeney's Peter Braham and the executive producer was The Sweeney's Lloyd Shirley. The Saint I watched part of that episode myself, and I noticed The Sweeney connections in the end credits too. I don't watch The Bill regularly, but from the bits I've seen, I've noticed that these early episodes have much better locations than the later series. Charles
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Post by The Saint on Sept 9, 2017 13:13:36 GMT
I have just watched an episode from 1985 with a few Sweeney connections... The episode was called "Ringer" and the villain was called "Regan"! Guest stars were Michael Melia (Messenger of The Gods) and Mike Savage (Cover Story). Christopher Ellison (Queens Pawn) as Burnside made an appearance. Stunt arranger was The Sweeney's Peter Braham and the executive producer was The Sweeney's Lloyd Shirley. The Saint I watched part of that episode myself, and I noticed The Sweeney connections in the end credits too. I don't watch The Bill regularly, but from the bits I've seen, I've noticed that these early episodes have much better locations than the later series. Charles Indeed Charles, these early episodes were filmed in the East End and the later ones were filmed in south west London I believe. The Saint
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Post by Kenny Dalglish 1979 on Feb 14, 2018 20:39:41 GMT
I watched the first 4 series of The Bill 2 years ago up to I think August '89 when Yorkie left. The John Salthouse/Galloway era was very impressive as it had that lowdown East End gritty Cockney vibe to it, showing the wasteland, desolate street areas and blocks of flats where the cops would go to make an enquiry or an arrest which would usually involve a bout or 2 of fisticuffs. I remember seeing lots of promos and adverts for The Bill before it was premiered on ITV on Tuesday 16th October 1984 and even as a 5 year old, I knew it was going to be a very intense and serious drama. Series 1 focused mostly on Galloway, Roach, Dashwood, Carver, Ackland, Cryer, Litten, Edwards and occasionally, we saw the likes of Penny, Yorkie and Hollis. These characters were expanded on a bit in series 2 which introduced newer characters in uniform and tried to get back to the feel of Woodentop while still focusing on the CID team. I think there was more of this sort of feel in series 3 but some of the episodes felt a bit too slow paced for my liking despite some really good ones.
At first, I thought Burnside was a weak replacement for Galloway but after quite a lot of episodes, you get used to him and it must have made a change for Christopher Ellison to play a good guy after years playing baddies on The Sweeney, The Professionals, Wolcott, Widows and Running Scared. Had Galloway not left, he would have still been good value and perhaps Roach could have been a more permanent DI until one too many cock-ups and a demotion back to DS.
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Post by Windy Miller on Jan 16, 2021 21:40:47 GMT
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Post by Batgirl on Feb 25, 2021 12:23:44 GMT
I wonder how the series starting from the start stacks up these days for new viewers. Back in the 90's I watched it and loved it here in Australia. Watched it to the end. The storylines went in a bizarre sort of soap series direction in the end but great series in its day.
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Post by Cartman on Feb 25, 2021 13:23:10 GMT
It was quite good at first but degenerated into an unwatchable soap opera towards the end
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Post by Palmer on Sept 2, 2021 14:15:56 GMT
The earlier episodes of The Bill were fantastic...
Unfortunately the last ten years (or thereabouts!!) of the show were pretty poop!!
It's a shame as it really did shift from something gritty and exciting into something flabby and boring.
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