The Bill | Farewell The Bill | ITV Documentary (2010) 

The Bill will never be forgotten

I worked on it as as runner floor assistant.. Best job I ever had

The best TV Police drama ever. UKTV drama still show it today. And those who do thumbs down have no taste and are probably sick.

brilliant bring the bill back miss it loads

The bill. An amazing TV show. We need this in todays world. To support the police and send the message that they aren't all bad.

"The Bill" was solid drama series that kept itself grounded in reality from the time it first aired in 1983 until 1997. In 1998, the show began to shift it's outlook towards the personal lives of it's characters. Things got a little melodramatic (the whole Quinnan/Garfield love triangle storyline is a prime example) but the program was still anchored to real life. In 2002, the series adopted a serialized format and changed from police drama to cop soap. As such the influx of love affairs, bent/psycho coppers not to mention the death toll dramatically increased and whilst ratings were high, the credibility factor got strained noticeably. An attempt was made to get the series back on track in it's later years but declining ratings saw the show fall out of favour with viewers and the program ended in 2010.

9 years on still find it hard to except it’s passing.

I miss The Bill alot. I wish it would come back one day

I watch the old 1980s early 90s episodes on here it’s so fun to enjoy them passes the time at home.

I miss the bill I always watch it

Bring it back !

I was 10 in 1983 & remember the first episode vaguely but always loved Jim, Reg & June.

I miss the bill ☹️

Still looks fresh 14yrs on. It’s a classic series.

What's not to love about Smithy and Callum? Meanwhile Trudie Goodwin and Graham Cole are still lovely to this day and are helping to keep the Bill alive for fans. xx

Thanks for posting this.

Amazing. Waiting for the return of tmThe Bill in 2021.

The Bill was one of all time favourite shows I really miss it Xx

i miss the bill😥

My mum worked on the nights the bill was on. My great Nana would babysit me and we'd watch the bill and eat Afterates. Some of the best memories I have . RIP NANA X

THE BILL IS COMING BACK

Great series back in the 1990s was weird being a met cop people always asked is it like the bill lol

Really Miss it indeed ❤️

Glad Smithy was made Insp he came along way from cocky PC then a grounded Sgt/Insp always reminded me of a young Bob Cryer And Jack Meadows always will be the Govnr glad he became a Supt again always one of my favorites

Need to come back love the show ps stay safe 🙏👍

THANK YOU 💯❣

Classic tv series 😊😊😊awesome.

It was great and I watch it daily on RU-vid and dvd. That being said it ran its course.

I used to watch this in young offenders huntercomb

Bring back the bill

I watch it daily on RU-vid

The bill was the only show when i was really young that my parents use to let me stay up later and watch with them and boy what wonderful memories i got of those times, my dad sadly no longer here though. The early years were and always will be the best, it went terrible when they adopted the stupid soap opra style which is what killed London's burning and i'm amazed the bill didn't get finished off to by it. Fair enough the series got back to somewhat normal a little while later then sadly they made it go too CSI like which spoiled it fair enough they tried to capture the gritty and dark moments of the early years but it just didn't work out. I know it's rumoured to be coming back in some format but i can't see it working that well in this day of age, they would have to be careful not to offend snowflakes and that means we won't get great characters like burnside or dez.

It is hard to believe that viewing figures were so low that the show had to end because it is still the greatest police drama on TV to this very day but I guess that's why it ended? It's like a chicken and egg situation because I often think that the reason less people watch TV nowadays than before is not because of the internet and Netflix but because there is nothing on worth watching. If The Bill was still around and was as good as it was then I for one would be watching it. The writing managed to capture real life and combine it with TV entertainment perfectly and probably better than any other show. It was certainly up there.

There's no TV Drama quite like The Bill; the interview's finally terminated.

they really really need to bring the bill back

They didn't mention how Rik Mayall was in the Bill too.

i loved the bill, my cousin was in it, imagine how it would be if they made it today. crap i bet

Should be back on tv

Sad i loved The Bill

Chris Ellison Frank Burnside ran the bill when in was in it

i miss the bill and the actors best police drama there was

0:23 did he just do an army salute in a police constable’s unifirm

What’s the name of the song at 10:24

Anyone wanna start a petition

my guilty pleasure

It's so crazy looking at young, slim Jim Carver at the beginning turn into the overweight, alcoholic gambler he was before leaving the show.

Any mention of the feet?

the bill can you still use the studio now and are all the sets up

I heard news it's coming back this year

For me, the Bill went from unmissable to unwatchable at about Series 13. But there is no doubt it got its mojo back for the final 2 series before it ended. Personally, I will never forgive the writers for sticking Jim Carver back in uniform and turning him from a bright, fun young DC into a shambolic alcoholic. And I'll also never forgive them for killing off Cass Rickman. Then there were the station psychos Gabriel Kent, Tom Chandler, Kathy Bradford - and they are just off the top of my head. It's not the only brilliant show that went pear-shaped when new writers/producer fuc*ed up the storylines but it's hard to deny that while it was good, it was great.

Does anyone know the “ chemical and biological warfare” episode(s) 19:05-19:15?

God the Bill went downhill fast. Everything b4 the glossy remake in the 2000's was class everything after not so much. Howling at their insistence on keeping it real.....some of the storylines towards the end were ridiculous beyond belief, a shame cause in it's hey day it was untouchable.

What is that ep of the bill where reg is down a swear looking for drugs

I watch the bill coz of smithy and Callum Mel Leon Ben and Roger they are the best

Superintendent John Heaton at 10:25!

I say never remake the Bill it went crap towards the end of its time

Best police program in the business

what episodes of the bill were them car chases at 2:10 and 2:40

Might have been an awesome ending blowing sun hill up

Interesting that the most disliked policeman towards the end, Max Carter played no part whatsoever in the documentary. I disliked his character so much!

stupid idea to cancel it. Should bring it back.

Why Martin Kemp?

I've seen it's returning

How the hell was this axed but Coronation Street survived??

1995-2002/3 was good

Super ace show😅

Before The Wire, there was...

39:25😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Gute ist die Series

If they brought back the bill now they would need alot of knee pads on set.

In year 1999

Sad.

Chris simmons is in hollyoaks Don beach went to eastenders and died Smithy holby city Not meany british shows like thid all amrrican rubbish now a days

Should bring back a one off two parter z

Good job this isn't going anymore. It would have to highlight two tier policing and more corruption within the metrocommical. Not to mention protests and terrorist sympathiser flags in every episode. I hate to think of having to write the script's in the current climate....🙄

And ITV gave us VERA!! TOTAL RUBBISH