Episode Two: Car crime is on the rise and PCs Carver and Edwards manage to arrest a suspected car thief. Originally transmitted 16 October 1984. The entire first series of The Bill. New episodes uploaded every Tuesday at / 999thebill .
As good as when I watched it first time round in the 80's. So well written, very nearly a "fly on the wall" documentry feel to it. A program you can really lose yourself in. 10 out of 10!
With a bit of luck it'll piss down with rain and keep a few of the buggers at home 😂 Early bill had a more realistic feel to it like you were watching real coppers
"glad too se your nose job has been a success Bobby" "oi Bob your have too give me the name of your tailor, I'll go around there and kick he's windows in" Burnside 😂......
Frank Burnside's long lost identical twin brother Tommy🤣🤣🤣Definitely not Frank Burnside, no way he would beg like the way he did to Galloway over his snout.
I like this show, if people dont like it, then simply dont watch it, but dont ruin it for the others that do enjoy the show, there a alot of things to watch on youtube, you can always change it, im sorry to be so blunt, but it is only common sense, im from the states so watching shows from here or aussie, i really enjoy because they are different then the ones here.
If Americans grew up with this series they would have more respect for the Police. This is a truly remarkable series...from day one to the final episode ...dynamic all the way!
@@Sailorsega The Bill started in 1983. DI Galloway drove a Ford Cortina which he traded for an early 80’s Vauxhall which they were all driving around then.
According to Imdb.com wooden top went to air in August 16 1983 as a pilot & the first episode (this one) was 5 August 1984. If you go to either Imdb.com or download the IMDb app & search the bill you can find every person who appeared & how many episodes they were in, good app to get.
Seems to be a bit of confusion around the pilot and what passes for Series 1 Episode 1. So many characters have changed, even WPC Ackland’s victim hair in favour of the Lady Di look, even when Carver and Taffy are unchanged lol
Great 2nd episode and show, I hadn't seen the slightly different intro, usually they only show the PC & WPC's lower bodies/legs walking, not their faces and headress.
That's how people spoke back then when communities were closer. Yep, in those days, 'community' meant the people in your local area not some silly reference to a specific demographic or group within a population. Even if my sexuality, ethnicity, religion or whatever is something in common with someone else, they are not part of my community unless I know them or know of them specifically and live local to me.
Nice show. Nothing like it used to be. those were the days and the cops could smoke in the police station. good show. did you know Tommy Burnside became Frank Burnside and he took up the post of DI when Galloway left.
So Frank Burnside was originally called Tommy Burnside. I have to agree, Frank suits the character better than Tommy. It was funny seeing Burnside grovelling or eating humble pie as he put it.
Erik Stone Did you know the BBC made a joke out of it by having someone dressed up as a Policeman and another dressed up as a PCSO? The Policeman told the PCSO he was just pretending to be a Policeman and that he wasn't even a Policewoman. Before sending him to prison! He also pointed out he is actually a Policeman whereas on The Bill the two actors in the original open sequence were just pretending to be officers.
Thatcher's London Police and Crooks!One of the Best UK Series Ever Women were a little despised in this period but no more in the later decades. Bob Cryer 's First coming. I realized that by watching this Show that burgling ad crooks dominates more than Law Enforcement :Police was weak whilst its not the same in America where Law Enforcement is tough and harsh.
I think the makers of the bill had to change Tommy to Frank Burnside as there was someone at the Met called Tommy Burnside. In the late 80s Christopher Ellison and his CID colleagues were funny as hell off set whenever we saw them on location in NW London.
I used to watch this regularly, I remember an episode where June Ackland had her bra ripped off, exposing her bra, can anyone remember the name of that episode?
Ponce is the correct spelling. As well as the answer below, which is correct, it can also mean to take stuff for free as a verb, and if you take stuff for free you are a ponce. Derogatory nickname.
These wonderful cop shows remind me of my life in London before multi culturalism drove me to emigrate...I miss You my beloved country...but I could not take anymore
