The Bill

The Bill is a ongoing since 16 October 1984 British police series. This was originally broadcast by ITV in England.



Content
[hide] *Theme 1  ==Theme[ Edit] == The stories are set around the police station "Sun Hill" in the East of London, in the fictional district of Canley. The scenes are filmed in various locations in London, especially in the Southern District of Merton, where theset is. The series focuses on multiple types of police work and on the private lives of the characters. Some story lines or business are followed for several months or a whole year; other cases are handled within one or two episodes. ==History[ Edit] == The Bill was and is broadcast in over 55 countries. Thus, the series very popular in Australia, where it is broadcast on ABC1. In some countries the series got another title, such as "volante" Brigade in France and formerly called "Sunhillspolisstation" (Swedish for Sun Hill police station) in Sweden (anno 2008 broadcast under the original English title. In Belgium the series broadcast on onesince 2005, mainly in the summer months. [1]  this is season 18 and 19, episode, September 18 Episode 007 to 19.32 Episode 107. The VRT assuming complete sets at the time of purchase was purchased to have.
 * 2 History
 * 3 guest roles
 * 4 Trivia
 * 5 external links
 * 6 References

From 1994 to 2006 In Germany was for RTL Television produced a German version of The Bill, called "Die Wache". To do this, the creators used the original scripts of the series. The Bill led to the production of domestically three spin-offs: Burnside (2000; six episodes), Beech is Back (2001; six episodes) and MIT: Murder Investigation Team (2003).

In Netherlands is the series Bureau kruislaan based on The Bill. This series was broadcast in the early 90 's by the VARA. ==Guest Roles[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="321" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Spice Girl Emma Bunton appeared in 2003 in an episode as a teenager, Janice.
 * Actress Keira Knightley played in 1995 the ten year old Sheena Rose.
 * Footballer Emmanuel Petit appeared as himself in the 1998 Christmas episode .
 * Actor Daniel Radcliffe appeared as a policeman.
 * The doors of the prison cells were initially made of plywood, with the loud bang when slamming was afterwards switch on the Hsi. Since may 2007 is the door of metal.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-inside_story_2-0" len="173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2]
 * In 1998 "The Bill"-actor Kevin Lloyd died after alcohol abuse after he was told that his contract was not renewed at the series. In January 2008 Mr Jeff Stewart tried to commit suicide in his "The Bill"-locker room after he received the same message.
 * While recording on location has "The Bill" no permission to use sirens . These sound effects are afterwards switch on the Hsi.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-inside_story_2-1" len="173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [2]
 * The uniforms that are worn in the series, are real. Every night they are kept under lock and key, with no Cabinet a complete uniform hangs.
 * The series contained some live episodes, which sometimes can be seen along the public street.