The Bill series 8#ep58

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=1

|Title=The Best Policy

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Clive Wedderburn guest stars

|DirectedBy= Derek Lister

|WrittenBy= Victoria Taylor

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|1|2|df=y}}

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|ShortSummary=D.C.I. Reid's influence in high places suddenly makes D.I. Burnside look vulnerable to criticism. CID investigate an armed robbery. (Clive Wedderburn, who plays Lennie Johnstone, will later be cast as regular character PC Gary McCann.)

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=2

|Title=A Friend in Need

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= Edmund Pegge guest stars

|DirectedBy= Bill Pryde

|WrittenBy= Duncan Gould

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|1|7|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=P.C. Quinnan is the subject of a civil complaint. P.C.s Stamp and Stringer follow up on a fire at a home for ex-psychiatric patients, but find little care in the community.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=3

|Title=Whose Side Are You On?

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=William Simons and Tom Kelly guest star

|DirectedBy= Bill Hays

|WrittenBy= Duncan Gould

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|1|9|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=D.C. Lines investigates a mugging, and tries to get the victim charged with the murder of his assailant.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=4

|Title=Lip Service

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Oliver Smith, Ian Reddington, Sherrie Hewson and Samantha Womack guest star

|DirectedBy= Derek Lister

|WrittenBy= Arthur Ellis

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|1|14|df=y}}

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|ShortSummary=D.C. Lines is enjoying an off-duty pint in his local pub and becomes involved in a bar brawl.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=5

|Title=Illegals

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Laura Sims

|WrittenBy= Christopher Russell

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|1|16|df=y}}

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|ShortSummary=D.C. Lines investigates when a cellarful of illegal immigrants is discovered. He enlists the help of Sgt. Boyden, who takes a fancy to one of the females. Lines warns him off.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=6

|Title=Fair Play

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Alex Walkinshaw, Roger Griffiths and Jason Isaacs guest star

|DirectedBy= Niall Leonard

|WrittenBy= Mark Holloway

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|1|21|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=P.C. Quinnan investigates the illegal sale of steroids. P.C. Garfield is put on the spot when his old sparring partner is arrested.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=7

|Title=Dinosaur

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Jo Martin, Trevor Byfield and Jeremy Bulloch guest star

|DirectedBy= Laura Sims

|WrittenBy= Victoria Taylor

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|1|23|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=D.I. Burnside's unorthodox policing methods, which include flushing an informant's head down a toilet, set him on a collision course with D.C.I. Reid, who has already received several complaints about Sun Hill officers. A video commentary for this episode with writer Tim Vaughan (credited on broadcast as Victoria Taylor) and director Laura Sims is available on The Bill Podcast.https://www.patreon.com/collection/232787

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=8

|Title=Joyride

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Colin Spaull and Terry Molloy guest star

|DirectedBy= John Strickland

|WrittenBy= Mike Harris

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|1|28|df=y}}

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|ShortSummary=A girl is seriously injured in a joyriding incident. Ch. Supt. Brownlow must decide whether he is prepared to risk a riot by sending officers into an estate to round up the culprits.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=9

|Title=Not Waving

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Dexter Fletcher guest stars

|DirectedBy= Richard Holthouse

|WrittenBy= Russell Lewis

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|1|30|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A student nurse is sexually assaulted. D.I. Burnside arrests the obvious suspect, but he escapes from police custody.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=10

|Title=Mates

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Annie Hulley guest stars

|DirectedBy= Derek Lister

|WrittenBy= Philip Palmer

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|2|4|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Sgt. Cryer is finding being non-operational tedious. He goes undercover as a punter in a brothel, but his presence on the operation antagonises Sgt. Peters. Cryer goes to sees Ch. Supt. Brownlow about giving up his job as duty sergeant and going back to the relief.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=11

|Title=Lost Boy

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Robert Glenister guest stars

|DirectedBy= Nicholas Laughland

|WrittenBy= Mark Holloway

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|2|6|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=D.S. Greig is led to a vice ring when searching for a missing thirteen-year-old boy. D.C. Dashwood and W.P.C. Ackland are brought into an operation against ponces running rent boys.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=12

|Title=Chicken

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= Liz Gebhardt guest stars,

|DirectedBy= Chris Lovett

|WrittenBy= Julian Jones

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|2|11|df=y}}

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|ShortSummary=P.C. Stringer tries to stop some children from playing 'chicken' on the railway line, but one of them is run down by a train. Sgt. Peters transfers upstairs to the post of duty sergeant, swapping roles with Bob Cryer, who returns to the relief.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=13

|Title=Somebody Special

|AltTitle=Bronagh Gallagher (from The Commitments)

|Aux1= Final regular appearance of DCI Kim Reid

|DirectedBy= John Strickland

|WrittenBy= Christopher Russell

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|2|13|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Acting D.I. Greig tries to recruit a hardened female thief as a snout, but finds her more than a match for him. D.C.I. Reid is promoted out of Sun Hill to MS15.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=14

|Title=Previous Convictions

|AltTitle=Johnny Murphy guest stars (from The Commitments)

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Aisling Walsh

|WrittenBy= Tony Etchells

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|2|18|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Investigating an apparent accident in which a man's hand is crushed in a car-breaker's yard, Sgt. Maitland uncovers years of animosity, neglect and revenge.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=15

|Title=Beggar My Neighbour

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Beryl Cooke guest stars

|DirectedBy= Niall Leonard

|WrittenBy= Jonathan Whitten

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|2|20|df=y}}

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|ShortSummary=A tramp is attacked, leading the police into a web of crime.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=16

|Title=It's a Small World

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Ian Redford, Kenneth Cope and Paul Jerricho guest star

|DirectedBy= Bill Pryde

|WrittenBy= Barry Appleton

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|2|25|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Thinking of leaving the force, D.C. Dashwood is tempted by a lucrative business opportunity with a firm of security consultants.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=17

|Title=Licence

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Sally Rogers and Tom Georgeson guest star

|DirectedBy= Gordon Flemyng

|WrittenBy= Neil McKay

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|2|27|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A man convicted of strangling his wife has been released on licence, but the probation service fails to notify Sun Hill. His presence comes to light when his son causes a disturbance.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=18

|Title=Comeback

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= John Darnell

|WrittenBy= Julian Jones

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|3|3|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=The community police station run by P.C. Smollett is fire-bombed. The area car is stolen from P.C. Loxton and W.P.C. Datta, and it is written off in an RTA.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=19

|Title=Fireproof

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Rachel Victoria Roberts guest stars

|DirectedBy= Mike Dormer

|WrittenBy= Julian Jones

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|3|5|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=D.I. Burnside leads an investigation into the firebombing of the community police station.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=20

|Title=The Paddy Factor

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Edward Peel guest stars

|DirectedBy= Chris Lovett

|WrittenBy= J. C. Wilsher

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|3|10|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=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.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=21

|Title=The Wild Rover

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Final appearance of WPC Suzanne Ford; Edward Peel and Clare Clifford guest star

|DirectedBy= Chris Lovett

|WrittenBy= J.C. Wilsher

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|3|12|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=D.S. Roach ignores the Anti-Terrorist Squad, and investigates a possible IRA cell.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=22

|Title=Coincidence

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Rod Culbertson and Denise Black guest star

|DirectedBy= Patrick Lau

|WrittenBy= Peter J. Hammond

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|3|17|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A small boy known for lying claims to have been the subject of an attempted abduction in an adventure playground.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=23

|Title=Going Soft

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Anna Cropper guest star

|DirectedBy= Derek Lister

|WrittenBy= Barry Appleton

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|3|19|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A routine trip to a magistrate for a warrant turns into a nightmare for D.C. Dashwood when he is taken prisoner by two hooded burglars.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=24

|Title=Re-Hab

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=First regular appearance of DCI Jack Meadows

|DirectedBy= Derek Lister

|WrittenBy= Tony Etchells

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|3|24|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary= AMIP's Detective Superintendent Jack Meadows is bumped down to DCI and becomes the new boss of Sun Hill CID, much to the chagrin of Burnside. He becomes involved with a father suspected of murdering his drug addict son.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=25

|Title=Acting Detective

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Final appearance of PC Delia French

|DirectedBy= Nicholas Laughland

|WrittenBy= Mark Holloway

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|3|26|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A woman who collapsed at an airport is found to be a mule, smuggling drugs in her stomach. D.I. Burnside, with only limited time to mount an operation, gets W.P.C. French to take the courier's place in an attempt to uncover the dealer. A video commentary with writer Mark Holloway is available on The Bill Podcast.https://www.patreon.com/collection/232787

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=26

|Title=Stopover

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Edward Burnham guest stars

|DirectedBy= Aisling Walsh

|WrittenBy= Peter J. Hammond

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|3|31|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=P.C. Smollett tries to offer a follow-up service to victims of crime. A woman whose husband is in prison, and who runs a guesthouse, keeps reporting an intruder on the premises. Smollett gives her support, but P.C. Garfield thinks he is wasting his time.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=27

|Title=Suspects

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Eric Deacon and Roger Blake guest star

|DirectedBy= Richard Holthouse

|WrittenBy= Philip Palmer

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|4|2|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=D.S. Greig arrests a suspect for an armed robbery, but is proved wrong.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=28

|Title=All the King's Horses

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= John Darnell

|WrittenBy= Duncan Gould

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|4|7|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A lorry overturns and sheds its load outside a school, burying a boy and girl and putting P.C. Loxton to the test.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=29

|Title=Party Politics

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Dominic Keating, Barbara Wilshere and Derek Martin guest star

|DirectedBy= Alan Bell

|WrittenBy= Susan Shattock

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|4|9|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=W.D.C. Martella celebrates her birthday. D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach go to a party attended by a crooked businessman, who makes Burnside an offer he cannot refuse.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=30

|Title=Trials and Tribulations

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Final regular appearance of Sgt. Alec Peters; Amelda Brown guest stars

|DirectedBy= Chris Lovett

|WrittenBy= Anthony Valentine

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|4|14|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=W.P.C. Marshall becomes a vital witness in a murder trial, and soon realises that someone is trying to intimidate her.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=31

|Title=A Can of Worms

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Andrew Carr guest stars

|DirectedBy= Charles Beeson

|WrittenBy= Duncan Gould

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|4|16|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A traffic accident draws attention to a minicab firm.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=32

|Title=Timing

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Robin Soans guest stars

|DirectedBy= Aisling Walsh

|WrittenBy= Russell Lewis

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|4|21|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=D.C.I. Meadows tries to find the link between three arson attacks. D.S. Roach and D.C. Dashwood track down an escaped prisoner, but Roach seems more interested in his beautiful wife.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=33

|Title=A Nice Little Line in Plastic

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Sarah Pia Anderson

|WrittenBy= Margaret Simpson

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|4|23|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta arrest a girl using stolen credit cards and uncover a major racket.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=34

|Title=Trial and Error

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= Ian McElhinney, John Hannah and Ben Aris guest star

|DirectedBy= Alan Bell

|WrittenBy= Edward Dumas

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|4|28|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Burnside investigates an arson attack on the home of a vicious assault suspect let off by a mis-trial.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=35

|Title=Owning Up

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Charles Beeson

|WrittenBy= Martyn Wade

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|4|30|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=P.C.s Loxton and Stringer follow up on a mugging but their case is nearly ruined when it collides with an investigation by D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows. Can W.P.C. Ackland crack the case?

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=36

|Title=Up Behind

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Sarah Pia Anderson

|WrittenBy= J.C. Wilsher

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|5|5|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=It's Saturday night, but CID are at work trailing a known criminal believed to be responsible for a series of artifice burglaries involving pensioners.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=37

|Title=Appearances

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=John Duttine guest stars

|DirectedBy= Patrick Lau

|WrittenBy= Simon Moss

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|5|7|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Following an argument with a drunken pub customer, a young barmaid is hit by a car and later dies. P.C.s Quinnan and Stringer have their suspicions about the customer. Could it be manslaughter?

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=38

|Title=Principled Negotiation

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Pete Postlethwaite guest stars

|DirectedBy= Gordon Flemyng

|WrittenBy= J.C. Wilsher

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|5|12|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=D.I. Burnside and D.S. Roach look favourably on an ex-villain with a loan-shark problem, but they expect favours in return.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=39

|Title=Sign of Our Times

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Lindsey Coulson guest stars

|DirectedBy= Laura Sims

|WrittenBy= David Squire

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|5|14|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=An armed robber admits to D.C. Lines that redundancy and the repossession of his house made him take to crime to solve his problems.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=40

|Title=Priorities

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Anya Camilleri

|WrittenBy= Neil McKay

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|5|19|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=P.C.s Stringer and Loxton attend to a theft at an old people's home and begin to suspect that the ex-policeman who runs the home is ill-treating residents.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=41

|Title=Users

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Elizabeth Carling guest stars

|DirectedBy= Laura Sims

|WrittenBy= Simon Moss

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|5|21|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=W.D.C. Martella arrests a woman for drug dealing. D.I. Burnside suspects that she is using teenage girls as couriers by offering them free holidays in Spain, but she is being exploited by a bigger dealer.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=42

|Title=Man of the People

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Richard Holthouse

|WrittenBy= Christopher Russell

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|5|26|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=P.C. Stringer wins the election for the post of Federation Rep, beating the incumbent P.C. Hollis by fifty-eight votes to two. Ch. Supt. Brownlow decides to eat in the canteen with the other ranks, much to their discomfort.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=43

|Title=Runaway

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Colin McCormack guest stars

|DirectedBy= Derek Lister

|WrittenBy= Christopher Russell

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|5|28|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=D.S Roach investigates the beating of a teenage girl, and tries to establish if his suspect is also responsible for a number of murders being investigated by AMIP.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=44

|Title=Exposures

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Ché Walker, Gemma Craven and David Schofield guest star

|DirectedBy= Richard Holthouse

|WrittenBy= Mark Holloway

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|6|2|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A young model claims that she was sexually assaulted during a photographic session. W.D.C. Martella discovers that every picture tells a story.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=45

|Title=Better the Devil

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Rudolph Walker and Caroline John guest star

|DirectedBy= Jeremy Silberston

|WrittenBy= Russell Lewis

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|6|4|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=P.C. Stringer gets involved with a bizarre household, and discovers a horrifying case of parental cruelty in the attic. W.P.C. Marshall goes on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at Stafford Row.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=46

|Title=Prisoners

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Chris Lovett

|WrittenBy= Victoria Taylor

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|6|9|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Sgt. Boyden and P.C. Hollis are hoping for a quiet night in the custody suite at Sun Hill, but that's not how it turns out.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=47

|Title=World To Rights

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Jeremy Young guest stars

|DirectedBy= Graham Theakston

|WrittenBy= Russell Lewis

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|6|11|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=W.P.C. Marshall, on attachment to the Domestic Violence Unit at Stafford Row, makes an error of judgement and is attacked by a woman's husband.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=48

|Title=Do the Right Thing

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Christopher Hodson

|WrittenBy= Marianne Colbran

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|6|16|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=P.C. Stringer is mugged by a gang, and determines to get his own back. P.C. Quinnan and W.P.C. Datta follow a cheque card fraudster.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=49

|Title=Hiding to Nothing

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Graham Theakston

|WrittenBy= Jonathan Rich

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|6|18|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=P.C. Stamp is ambushed by a gang of youths on a local estate. In trying to assist him, W.P.C. Ackland crashes the Area car, much to P.C. Loxton's delight.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=50

|Title=Punching Judy

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Moira Armstrong

|WrittenBy= Russell Lewis

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|6|22|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A woman lies critically injured in hospital, beaten up by her husband. D.S. Greig and D.C.I. Meadows interview the husband. W.P.C. Marshall decides to quit the Domestic Violence Unit.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=51

|Title=Vicious Circles

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Carol Harrison guest stars

|DirectedBy= Christopher Hodson

|WrittenBy= Duncan Gould

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|6|25|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=P.C. Hollis arrests a woman for being drunk in charge of a baby, and finds himself drawn into a complicated family set-up.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=52

|Title=Up All Night

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Cindy O'Callaghan guest stars

|DirectedBy= Mike Dormer

|WrittenBy= Tony Etchells

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|6|30|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=P.C. Garfield pursues a burglar and is beaten up. Sgt. Boyden's inaction brings hostility from the relief and trouble for D.S. Roach.

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{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=53

|Title=Part of the Furniture

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Final regular appearance of DC Mike Dashwood; Linda Henry and James Garbutt guest star

|DirectedBy=Udayan Prasad

|WrittenBy= Christopher Russell

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|7|2|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=D.C. Dashwood is to be transferred to the Art and Antiques Squad. D.S. Roach hands him a burglary at an infants' school as a wind-up, but it develops into a case that allows Dashwood to show the others a thing or two.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=54

|Title=Snakes and Ladders

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Mike Dormer

|WrittenBy= Tony Etchells

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|7|7|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=It's P.C. Garfield's first day back after the attack. The relief place bets on the likelihood of Garfield punching Sgt. Boyden, but Garfield eventually takes his revenge.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=55

|Title=Street Cleaning

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Laura Sims

|WrittenBy= Christopher Russell

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|7|9|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Sgt. Cryer gets the relief to put the Garfield-Boyden conflict behind them and get back to work, to sort out the takeover of genuine beggars' pitches by violent professional thieves.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=56

|Title=Hands Up

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=First appearance of DC Alan Woods; Cheryl Hall and Rowena Cooper guest star

|DirectedBy= Michael Simpson

|WrittenBy= Christopher Russell

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|7|14|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Conway decides he needs to get back on the beat, and arrests a drunk for criminal damage.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=57

|Title=A Scandalous Act

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= Guest appearance of now-Det. Supt. Kim Reid; Martine McCutcheon guest stars

|DirectedBy=Anya Camilleri

|WrittenBy= Anthony Valentine

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|7|16|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=P.C. Garfield brings in a teenaged girl arrested at a drugs party, and she accuses him of sexually assaulting her.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=58

|Title=Raiders

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Janet Lees Price guest stars

|DirectedBy= Brian Parker

|WrittenBy= Rib Davis

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|7|21|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A ram-raid ends in tragedy when a boy is killed. But what was his part in the affair?

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=59

|Title=Talk Out

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Brian Parker

|WrittenBy= Peter J. Hammond

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|7|23|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A middle-aged couple arrive at the front desk and report their neighbour missing, but W.P.C. Ackland is not sure that they are telling the whole truth.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=60

|Title=True Confessions

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Tenniel Evans guest stars

|DirectedBy= Jeremy Silberston

|WrittenBy= Edward Dumas

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|7|28|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=D.S. Roach is put under pressure when a suspect retracts a confession and accuses the police of oppression.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=61

|Title=Private Enterprise

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Lucy Benjamin guest stars

|DirectedBy= Patrick Lau

|WrittenBy= Carolyn Sally Jones

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|7|29|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=D.C.I. Meadows tackles CID about passing intelligence to the collator; but D.S. Roach is reluctant to share information relating to his current operation.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=62

|Title=Getting Through

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Roberta Taylor and Brian Croucher guest star

|DirectedBy= Andrew Higgs

|WrittenBy= Carolyn Sally Jones

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|8|4|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=The night shift is saddled with a feud between two men who come to the front desk with allegations of GBH against each other.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=63

|Title=Last Night of Freedom

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Jamie Foreman guest stars

|DirectedBy= Chris Clough

|WrittenBy= Lizzie Mickery

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|8|6|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Someone is stabbed on a stag night, but the likely suspect cannot remember a thing about it.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=64

|Title=Cutting Loose

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Allan Corduner and Jonathan Kydd guest star

|DirectedBy= Chris Clough

|WrittenBy= Steve Trafford

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|8|11|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Burnside and Lines are returning a chief suspect to prison when they are ambushed by a gang of masked men, who spring him.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=65

|Title=Soft Target

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Paterson Joseph and Michael Ripper guest star

|DirectedBy= Laura Sims

|WrittenBy= Roy MacGregor

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|8|13|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=P.C. Smollett discovers that a local villain is driving people out of their flats and reletting them to squatters. At Sun Hill, a civilian typist is discovered to be having an affair with a known villain.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=66

|Title=I've Never Been to Harrogate

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Charles Kay guest stars

|DirectedBy= Moira Armstrong

|WrittenBy= Christopher Russell

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|8|18|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=D.S. Greig and D.C. Woods investigate the mysterious collapse of an old lady who has been burgled.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=67

|Title=Human Resources

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Bruce Alexander guest stars

|DirectedBy= Andrew Higgs

|WrittenBy= Robert Jones

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|8|20|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Two con men are preying on women through the small ads in the local paper. Lack of personnel for D.S. Roach's operation places W.D.C. Martella in danger.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=68

|Title=Exit

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Sarah Alexander guest stars

|DirectedBy= Tom Cotter

|WrittenBy= Peter J. Hammond

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|8|25|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A loan shark is attacked. D.S. Greig has a vital witness who is young, blonde and pretty, but she keeps stringing him along, and then disappears.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=69

|Title=Loyalties

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Dean Gaffney guest stars

|DirectedBy= Tom Cotter

|WrittenBy= Duncan Gould

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|8|27|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Acting on information from a snout, D.I. Burnside mounts a raid on crack-houses. When details of the raid are leaked, D.C.I. Meadows challenges Burnside over the trustworthiness of his team.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=70

|Title=Snap Shot

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Colin Wells guest stars

|DirectedBy= Mike Dormer

|WrittenBy= Tony Etchells

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|9|1|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A complaint over loud music quickly escalates into an armed siege, as a man waves a gun at P.C.s Stamp and Quinnan.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=71

|Title=Letting Go

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Martin Marquez and Alan Westaway guest star

|DirectedBy= Chris Lovett

|WrittenBy= Joanne Maguire

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|9|3|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Reg is playing with a train set before going out. He is looking for a place to live as he is moving out of the section house. (Martin Marquez appears as Danny Pearce before later becoming a regular character.)

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=72

|Title=Travelling Light

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Sheree Folkson

|WrittenBy= Rod Lewis

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|9|8|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Viv helps Donna dress up for a reconstruction of a murder case.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=73

|Title=Radio Waves

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Stephen Lord and Joe Absolom guest stars

|DirectedBy= Chris Lovett

|WrittenBy= Simon Moss

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|9|10|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=After Stamp, Quinnan and Smollett pursue a stolen Escort XR3i in Sierra1, Monroe talks to Conway about a problem with a car chase.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=74

|Title=A Blind Eye

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Russell Boulter, Adjoa Andoh and Eileen Way guest star

|DirectedBy= Mike Dormer

|WrittenBy= Julian Jones

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|9|15|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Viv brings in an elderly mugging victim who helps make an identikit picture. Boyden gets spoken to by Monroe about working with the relief.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=75

|Title=Sympathy for the Devil

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Harry Fowler and Vladek Sheybal guest star

|DirectedBy= Sheree Folkson

|WrittenBy= Edward Dumas

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|9|17|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=D.I. Burnside sets a trap for an armed robber at a building society, and is surprised to finds that the culprit is a man in his sixties.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=76

|Title=Force Is Part of the Service

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=David Harewood and Sally Faulkner guest star

|DirectedBy=Anya Camilleri

|WrittenBy= J.C. Wilsher

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|9|22|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Brownlow and Conway have a meeting with councillors about the changes in the police force. Conway gives them a tour of the station.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=77

|Title=On the Record, Off the Record

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= Alan Ford, Allan Corduner, Treva Etienne and Roy Heather guest star

|DirectedBy= Anya Camilleri

|WrittenBy= David Hoksins

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|9|24|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=CID investigates a break-in at a warehouse which resulted in the theft of personal CD players.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=78

|Title=Stoning the Glasshouse

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Anthony Daniels, Mark Arden and Stephen Moore guest star

|DirectedBy= David Attwood

|WrittenBy= Anthony Valentine

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|9|29|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Cryer visits a friend who is the head of a neighbourhood watch. His son is stealing to support his drug habit.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=79

|Title=Tip-Off

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Brian Capron guest stars

|DirectedBy= John Darnell

|WrittenBy= Sebastian Walker

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|10|1|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Tosh is asked for by a burglar whom he put inside. He gives Tosh information that there might be a bank robbery.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=80

|Title=Open to Offers

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Tim McInnerny guest stars

|DirectedBy= Roger Gartland

|WrittenBy= Russell Lewis

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|10|6|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Monroe and the relief go to a pub where some men are damaging it. One of the men tries to blackmail Quinnan over some moonlighting.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=81

|Title=Playing God

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Pat Nye guest stars

|DirectedBy= Roger Gartland

|WrittenBy= Margaret Phelan

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|10|8|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=CID are tied up with a court case. A burglary suspect of Roach's may have to be released as he is at court.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=82

|Title=Crack of Doom

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= John Darnell

|WrittenBy= Gregory Evans

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|10|13|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=There is a search of people looking for crack. A man has a scuffle with another man and claims a piece of crack was planted on him.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=83

|Title=Spit and Polish

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=First appearance of WPC Polly Page; George Irving guest stars

|DirectedBy= Frank W. Smith

|WrittenBy= Robert Jones

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|10|15|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Loxton is late for shift. Just as Loxton is about to arrest a fine defaulter, Quinnan is nearly run over by a speeding Mercedes.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=84

|Title=Overdue

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Lloyd McGuire, Paul Ritter and Nicola Duffett guest star

|DirectedBy= Chris Lovett

|WrittenBy= J.C. Wilsher

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|10|20|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Burnside talks to a snout in a bus queue about a delivery. Woods and Carver observe the delivery and CID raid the premises.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=85

|Title=We Should Be Talking

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= Hugo Speer guest stars

|DirectedBy= David Attwood

|WrittenBy= Duncan Gould

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|10|22|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Garfield is following a silver car that might have been involved in a ramraid. While checking in with the station, his radio goes dead.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=86

|Title=Reasonable Grounds

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=June Page and Larry Martyn guest star

|DirectedBy= Colm Villa

|WrittenBy= Julian Spilsbury

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|10|27|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Datta goes to see a man about a missing child. Stringer has to tell a man his brother is dead.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=87

|Title=Discipline

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Gary Whelan guest stars

|DirectedBy= Colm Villa

|WrittenBy= Joanna Maguire

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|10|29|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=An obbo on a club nearly goes wrong when a fight starts outside it.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=88

|Title=Minefield

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Selina Cadell and Sam Kelly guest star

|DirectedBy= Jean Stewart

|WrittenBy= Carolyn Sally Jones

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|11|3|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Sgt. Maitland finds himself in the wrong when he discovers a serious procedural error meant that a dangerous and possibly psychopathic man has been arrested twice for the same offence and released.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=89

|Title=Gamers

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Gordon Warnecke guest stars

|DirectedBy= Frank W. Smith

|WrittenBy= Jonathan Myerson

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|11|5|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Lines investigates a fire bombing of an Asian shop. Quinnan and Marshall investigate an Asian lady accused of shoplifting.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=90

|Title=Occupational Hazard

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=First appearance of PC Gary McCann

|DirectedBy= Jean Stewart

|WrittenBy= Carolyn Sally Jones

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|11|10|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=When sex appeal doesn't get him what he wants, Harry Osborne turns vicious. W.D.C. Martella has to pick up the pieces.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=91

|Title=Just Send Some Flowers

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Adrian Lester and Liz Crowther guest star

|DirectedBy= Chris Lovett

|WrittenBy= Michael Jenner

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|11|12|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=W.D.C. Martella investigates a burglary that occurred during a funeral. A video commentary for this episode with writer Michael Jenner is available on The Bill Podcasthttps://www.patreon.com/collection/232787

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=92

|Title=Waifs and Strays

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= Gavin Richards and Barbara Keogh guest star

|DirectedBy= Haldance Duncan

|WrittenBy= Jonathan Rich

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|11|17|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=An old lady brings a blood-stained book belonging to a missing girl in to the station. D.C. Lines uncovers the family's dark secrets and comes up with an unexpected result.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=93

|Title=Happy Families

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Charlotte Coleman guest stars

|DirectedBy= Andrew Higgs

|WrittenBy= David Hoskins

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|11|19|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=What's a smart girl like Sharon doing with a villain like Daniel Batt? D.I. Burnside thinks it's all to do with female hormones, but W.D.C. Martella is not so sure.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=94

|Title=Well Out of Order

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Peter Smith

|WrittenBy= Steve Trafford

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|11|24|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Meadows and Burnside want to go in force to the Tankeray estate to root out the criminal element, but Brownlow is committed to a softer approach.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=95

|Title=Into the Mire

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Peter Smith

|WrittenBy= Steve Trafford

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|11|26|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=CID receive information that leads to the arrest of a prolific handler of stolen goods.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=96

|Title=Master of the House

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Derek Lister

|WrittenBy= Christopher Russell

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|12|1|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=The body of a respectable family man is found on a notorious patch of wasteland.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=97

|Title=Fireworks

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= Neil Maskell guest stars

|DirectedBy= Nicholas Laughland

|WrittenBy= Duncan Gould

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|12|3|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Stamp uses some old-fashioned policing methods to tackle the problem of children playing with railway detonators.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=98

|Title=Cold Shoulder

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Haldane Duncam

|WrittenBy= Tony Etchells

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|12|8|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A local youth with form is stabbed in the centre of a densely populated housing development. D.C.I. Meadows investigates when no witnesses come forward.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=99

|Title=Safety First

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Nicholas Laughland

|WrittenBy= Mick Duffy

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|12|10|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=Following an armed robbery, D.I. Burnside confronts the problems caused by the widespread ownership of shotguns, and discovers just how easy it is for them to get into the wrong hands.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=100

|Title=Counting the Cost

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Stanley Townsend guest stars

|DirectedBy= Laurence Moody

|WrittenBy= Anthony Valentine

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|12|15|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A local hero who prevented a robbery, and was severely injured in the process, but received no compensation, is being harassed by a scrap dealer until W.P.C. Ackland turns the tables with some harassment of her own.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=101

|Title=Compassion

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Chris Lovett

|WrittenBy= Frank Kippax

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|1992|12|17|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=A probation officer seems eager to assist D.I. Burnside over the murder of a prostitute, but how close is she to the murderer?

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=102

|Title=Finders Keepers

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= Guest appearance of DC Mike Dashwood; Terence Bayler, Kate Williams and John Cater guest star

|DirectedBy= Derek Lister

|WrittenBy= Christopher Russell

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|12|22|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=D.C. Carver finds a buried treasure and the glory should be his. D.C. Dashwood, now with the Art and Antiques Squad, takes the case away and gets a result.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=103

|Title=Return Match

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= Guest appearance of DC Mike Dashwood

|DirectedBy= Derek Lister

|WrittenBy= Christopher Russell

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|12|24|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=When a collection of valuable dolls is stolen, D.C. Dashwood from the Art and Antiques Squad turns up, wrong-foots D.C. Lines and gets a result.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=104

|Title=High Places

|AltTitle=

|Aux1=Anna Keaveney and Caroline John guest star

|DirectedBy= Jeremy Silberston

|WrittenBy= Peter J. Hammond

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|12|29|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=An ex-criminal who used to be part of a circus high-wire act is found dead, apparently from a fall, but the pathologist says he died elsewhere.

}}

{{#invoke:Episode list|sublist|The Bill series 8

|EpisodeNumber=105

|Title=When Push Comes to Shove

|AltTitle=

|Aux1= –

|DirectedBy= Matthew Evans

|WrittenBy= Tony Etchells

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1992|12|31|df=y}}

|LineColor = 6fa

|ShortSummary=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.

}}