List of The Bill episodes
This is a list of episodes of The Bill, which ran from 16 August 1983 to 31 August 2010. 26 series were made.
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||
| 0 | 1 | 16 August 1983 | ||
| 1 | 11 | 16 October 1984 | 22 January 1985 | |
| 2 | 12 | 11 November 1985 | 10 February 1986 | |
| 3 | 12 | 21 September 1987 | 7 December 1987 | |
| 4 | 48 | 19 July 1988 | 29 December 1988 | |
| 5 | 104 | 3 January 1989 | 28 December 1989 | |
| 6 | 104 | 2 January 1990 | 27 December 1990 | |
| 7 | 105 | 1 January 1991 | 31 December 1991 | |
| 8 | 105 | 2 January 1992 | 31 December 1992 | |
| 9 | 155 | 5 January 1993 | 31 December 1993 | |
| 10 | 156 | 4 January 1994 | 30 December 1994 | |
| 11 | 149 | 5 January 1995 | 29 December 1995 | |
| 12 | 156 | 2 January 1996 | 31 December 1996 | |
| 13 | 152 | 2 January 1997 | 30 December 1997 | |
| 14 | 121 | 1 January 1998 | 31 December 1998 | |
| 15 | 87 | 7 January 1999 | 31 December 1999 | |
| 16 | 86 | 4 January 2000 | 29 December 2000 | |
| 17 | 92 | 5 January 2001 | 21 December 2001 | |
| 18 | 86 | 3 January 2002 | 31 December 2002 | |
| 19 | 105 | 1 January 2003 | 31 December 2003 | |
| 20 | 98 | 7 January 2004 | 30 December 2004 | |
| 21 | 106 | 5 January 2005 | 29 December 2005 | |
| 22 | 91 | 4 January 2006 | 29 December 2006 | |
| 23 | 92 | 3 January 2007 | 28 December 2007 | |
| 24 | 88 | 2 January 2008 | 31 December 2008 | |
| 25 | 65 | 1 January 2009 | 29 December 2009 | |
| 26 | 31 | 7 January 2010 | 31 August 2010 | |
Episodes
Pilot (1983)
Series 1 (1984–85)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Funny Ol' Business – Cops and Robbers" | Peter Cregeen | Geoff McQueen | 16 October 1984 |
| 2 | 2 | "A Friend in Need" | Peter Cregeen | Barry Appleton | 23 October 1984 |
| 3 | 3 | "Clutching at Straws" | Christopher Hodson | Geoff McQueen | 30 October 1984 |
| 4 | 4 | "Long Odds" | John Michael Phillips | Geoff McQueen | 6 November 1984 |
| 5 | 5 | "It's Not Such a Bad Job After All" | John Woods | Barry Appleton | 13 November 1984 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Drugs Raid" | John Woods | Barry Appleton | 20 November 1984 |
| 7 | 7 | "A Dangerous Breed" | Christopher Hodson | Barry Appleton | 27 November 1984 |
| 8 | 8 | "Rough in the Afternoon" | Christopher Hodson | John Kershaw | 4 December 1984 |
| 9 | 9 | "Burning the Books" | Peter Cregeen | Barry Appleton | 8 January 1985 |
| 10 | 10 | "Death of a Cracksman" | Christopher Hodson | Barry Appleton | 15 January 1985 |
| 11 | 11 | "The Sweet Smell of Failure" | John Michael Phillips | Barry Appleton | 22 January 1985 |
Series 2 (1985–86)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | "Snouts and Red Herrings" | Peter Cregeen | Geoff McQueen | 11 November 1985 |
| 13 | 2 | "Suspects" | Michael Ferguson | Barry Appleton | 18 November 1985 |
| 14 | 3 | "Lost" | Christopher Hodson | Ginnie Hole | 25 November 1985 |
| 15 | 4 | "Home Beat" | John Michael Phillips | Christopher Russell | 2 December 1985 |
| 16 | 5 | "Hostage" | Michael Ferguson | Barry Appleton | 9 December 1985 |
| 17 | 6 | "This Little Pig" | John Woods | Christopher Russell | 23 December 1985 |
| 18 | 7 | "Ringer" | John Woods | Barry Appleton | 6 January 1986 |
| 19 | 8 | "Public and Confidential" | Christopher Hodson | Lionel Goldstein | 13 January 1986 |
| 20 | 9 | "Loan Shark" | John Michael Phillips | Tim Aspinall | 20 January 1986 |
| 21 | 10 | "With Friends Like That...?" | Christopher Hodson | Barry Appleton | 27 January 1986 |
| 22 | 11 | "Whose Side Are You On?" | Peter Cregeen | Jim Hill | 3 February 1986 |
| 23 | 12 | "The Chief Super's Party" | Peter Cregeen | Barry Appleton | 10 February 1986 |
Series 3 (1987)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 1 | "The New Order of Things" | Michael Ferguson | Geoff McQueen | 21 September 1987 |
| 25 | 2 | "Some You Win, Some You Lose" | Peter Cregeen | Barry Appleton | 28 September 1987 |
| 26 | 3 | "Brownie Points" | Mary McMurray | Christopher Russell | 5 October 1987 |
| 27 | 4 | "Missing, Presumed Dead" | Michael Ferguson | Barry Appleton | 12 October 1987 |
| 28 | 5 | "Domestics" | Peter Cregeen | Edwin Pearce | 19 October 1987 |
| 29 | 6 | "What Are Little Boys Made Of?" | Peter Duguid | Christopher Russell | 26 October 1987 |
| 30 | 7 | "Blind Alleys, Clogged Roads" | Graham Theakston | Lionel Goldenstein | 2 November 1987 |
| 31 | 8 | "Double Trouble" | Michael Ferguson | Barry Appleton | 9 November 1987 |
| 32 | 9 | "Sun Hill Karma" | Mary McMurray | Christopher Russell | 16 November 1987 |
| 33 | 10 | "Skipper" | Richard Bramall | Christopher Russell | 23 November 1987 |
| 34 | 11 | "Overnight Stay" | Graham Theakston | Barry Appleton | 30 November 1987 |
| 35 | 12 | "Not Without Cause" | Peter Cregeen | Barry Appleton | 7 December 1987 |
Series 4 (1988)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Episode notes | Original release date | Guest(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | 1 | "Light Duties" | Derek Lister | Geoff McQueen | First appearances of Insp Christine Frazer, PC Malcolm Haynes and SRO Marion Layland, first credited appearance of PC Tony Stamp, PC Jim Carver is promoted to DC | 19 July 1988 | Andy Secombe |
| TBA | 2 | "The Three Wise Monkeys" | Bill Brayne | Geoff McQueen | First appearance of Ch Insp Derek Conway | 21 July 1988 | Nick Brimble and Tom Owen |
| TBA | 3 | "Good Will Visit" | William Brayne | Barry Appleton | First appearance of PC Pete Ramsey | 26 July 1988 | Malcolm Kaye and Osaze Ehibor |
| TBA | 4 | "Home Sweet Home" | Gareth Davies | Nicholas McInerny | — | 28 July 1988 | Christian Rodska and John Bowe |
| TBA | 5 | "All in Good Faith" | Gareth Davies | Barry Appleton | — | 2 August 1988 | Leslie Schofield |
| TBA | 6 | "Just Call Me Guvnor" | Brian Parker | Geoff McQueen | First regular appearance of DI Frank Burnside | 4 August 1988 | Russell Lewis |
| TBA | 7 | "Caught Red Handed" | Derek Lister | Barry Appleton | — | 9 August 1988 | — |
| TBA | 8 | "Homes and Gardens" | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | — | 11 August 1988 | Mark Monero, Brian Peck, Desmond Cullum-Jones and Aidan Gillen |
| TBA | 9 | "Country Cousin" | Sharon Miller | Barry Appleton | — | 16 August 1988 | — |
| TBA | 10 | "Alarms and Embarrassments" | Sharon Miller | Christopher Russell | — | 18 August 1988 | Jeff Rawle and Alison Bettles (credited as Alison Beetles) |
| TBA | 11 | "Stealing Cars and Nursery Rhymes" | Paul Harrison | Julian Jones | — | 23 August 1988 | Tom Cotcher and Patsy Smart |
| TBA | 12 | "Hold Fire" | Paul Harrison | Barry Appleton | — | 25 August 1988 | Walter Sparrow |
| TBA | 13 | "Bad Faith" | Frank Smith | Julian Jones | — | 30 August 1988 | — |
| TBA | 14 | "Requiem" | Sharon Miller | Peter J. Hammond | First episode to not feature Sun Hill Police Station within the episode | 1 September 1988 | Richard Beale and Ronald Leigh-Hunt |
| TBA | 15 | "Trespasses" | Brian Parker | Christopher Russell | First appearance of WPC Claire Brind | 6 September 1988 | Alex McAvoy and Terence Beesley |
| TBA | 16 | "Save the Last Dance For Me" | Brian Farnham | Barry Appleton | — | 8 September 1988 | — |
| TBA | 17 | "Runaround" | Derek Lister | Al Hunter | First credited appearance of WPC Suzanne Ford | 13 September 1988 | John Challis, Linda Robson and Eve Karpf |
| TBA | 18 | "The Trap" | Brian Farnham | Jonathan Rich | — | 15 September 1988 | — |
| TBA | 19 | "Community Relations" | Frank Smith | Christopher Russell | — | 20 September 1988 | — |
| TBA | 20 | "A Dog's Life" | Brian Parker | Graeme Curry | — | 22 September 1988 | — |
| TBA | 21 | "Trouble and Strife" | Brian Parker | Julian Jones | — | 27 September 1988 | Brian Capron |
| TBA | 22 | "Running Late" | Sharon Miller | John Milne | — | 29 September 1988 | — |
| TBA | 23 | "They Say We're Rough" | Frank W. Smith | Douglas Watkinson | — | 4 October 1988 | — |
| TBA | 24 | "Blue for a Boy" | Paul Harrison | John Foster | — | 6 October 1988 | Gerry Cowper and Robert Glenister |
| TBA | 25 | "Chasing the Dragon" | Frank W. Smith | Brendan J. Cassin | — | 11 October 1988 | Terry Sue-Patt |
| TBA | 26 | "The Coop" | Graham Theakston | Garry Lyons | — | 13 October 1988 | — |
| TBA | 27 | "The Quick and the Dead" | Philip Casson | Christopher Russell | — | 18 October 1988 | John Rolfe |
| TBA | 28 | "Witness" | Graham Theakston | Christopher Russell | — | 20 October 1988 | — |
| TBA | 29 | "Here We Go Loopy Lou" | Brian Farnham | Julian Jones | — | 25 October 1988 | — |
| TBA | 30 | "Stop And Search" | Terry Marcel | Geoff McQueen | First appearance of DC Tosh Lines | 27 October 1988 | — |
| TBA | 31 | "Spook Stuff" | Terry Marcel | Geoff McQueen | — | 1 November 1988 | Andrew McCulloch and Daniel Peacock |
| TBA | 32 | "Evacuation" | Terry Green | Edwin Peace | — | 2 November 1988 | Matthew Scurfield, Eddie Tagoe and Jim McManus |
| TBA | 33 | "Personal Imports" | Brian Farnham | Kevin Clarke | Some scenes were filmed at Grenfell Tower and immediate surrounding areas, such as Barandon Walk. | 8 November 1988 | Paul O'Grady (credited as Paul Savage) |
| TBA | 34 | "Paper Chase" | Niall Leonard | Barry Appleton | — | 10 November 1988 | Christine Kavanagh and Sally Faulkner |
| TBA | 35 | "Intruder" | Graham Theakston | Roger Parkes | — | 15 November 1988 | Terence Wilton and Iain Rattray |
| TBA | 36 | "Conflict" | Graham Theakston | Al Hunter | — | 17 November 1988 | Alex Kingston and Russell Lewis |
| TBA | 37 | "Duplicates" | Niall Leonard | Simon Moss | — | 22 November 1988 | — |
| TBA | 38 | "Snout" | Paul Harrison | Arthur McKenzie | — | 24 November 1988 | Desmond McNamara |
| TBA | 39 | "Old Habits" | Barry Davis | Nicholas McInerny | — | 29 November 1988 | Geoffrey Beevers, Hilary Mason, Ralph Nossek, Lee MacDonald and Aimée Delamain |
| TBA | 40 | "The Silent Gun" | Terry Marcel | Christopher Russell | — | 1 December 1988 | James Gaddas, Peter Caffrey, Damaris Hayman, Milo Sperber and Richard Bonehill |
| TBA | 41 | "An Old Fashioned Term" | Philip Casson | Geoff McQueen | — | 6 December 1988 | — |
| TBA | 42 | "Getting Stressed" | Philip Casson | Christopher Russell | — | 8 December 1988 | Tim Preece |
| TBA | 43 | "Tigers" | Terry Marcel | Edwin Pearce | — | 13 December 1988 | Michael Goldie and Patsy Palmer |
| TBA | 44 | "Guessing Game" | Jan Sargent | P. J. Hammond | — | 15 December 1988 | — |
| TBA | 45 | "The Assassins" | Terry Daw | Douglas Watkinson | — | 20 December 1988 | Daniel Flynn, Frank Mills and Owen Brenman |
| TBA | 46 | "Outmoded" | Terry Green | Barry Appleton | — | 22 December 1988 | Michael Fenton Stevens and Brian Miller |
| TBA | 47 | "Digging Up the Past" | Barry Davis | Barry Appleton | — | 27 December 1988 | Dicken Ashworth, Gawn Grainger and Tessa Peake-Jones |
| TBA | 48 | "Taken into Consideration" | Christopher Hodson | Lawrence Gray | — | 29 December 1988 | — |
Series 5 (1989)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Episode notes | Original release date | Guest(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | 1 | "Getting It Right" | Terry Daw | Barry Appleton | First appearance of DS Alistair Greig | 3 January 1989 | Bernard Horsfall and Brian Miller |
| TBA | 2 | "A Reflection of Glory" | Christopher Hodson | Brendan J. Cassin | — | 5 January 1989 | Richard Graham and Stefan Schwartz |
| TBA | 3 | "One To One" | Jan Sargent | Christopher Russell | — | 10 January 1989 | Arabella Weir |
| TBA | 4 | "The Mugging and the Gypsies" | Barry Davis | David Halliwell | — | 12 January 1989 | Albert Welling and Melanie Hill |
| TBA | 5 | "The Chain of Command" | Robert Tronson | Christopher Short | — | 17 January 1989 | Stella Gonet and Gilbert Wynne |
| TBA | 6 | "Life and Death" | Robert Tronson | Kieran Prendiville | — | 19 January 1989 | Elisabeth Sladen and Arthur Blake |
| TBA | 7 | "Hothead" | Phillip Casson | Edwin Pearce | — | 24 January 1989 | Larry Martyn, Michael Melia and Stephen Churchett |
| TBA | 8 | "Steamers" | Terry Green | Gerry Huxham | — | 26 January 1989 | Timothy Bateson |
| TBA | 9 | "Duty Elsewhere" | Jeremy Summers | Brendan J. Cassin | — | 31 January 1989 | Ricco Ross |
| TBA | 10 | "Saturday Blues" | Jeremy Summers | David Squire | — | 2 February 1989 | Julia Chambers, Roy Skelton and Adrienne Burgess |
| TBA | 11 | "N.F.A." | Keith Washington | Arthur McKenzie | — | 7 February 1989 | Peter-Hugo Daly, Betty Marsden and John Ringham |
| TBA | 12 | "The Price You Pay" | Keith Washington | Kieran Prendiville | — | 9 February 1989 | Debbie Arnold, Godfrey James and Tony Osoba |
| TBA | 13 | "The Key of the Door" | Christopher Hodson | Barry Appleton | — | 14 February 1989 | Shirin Taylor |
| TBA | 14 | "Cock Up" | Brian Farnham | Tony Grounds | — | 16 February 1989 | Rod Culbertson, Dave Atkins and Ricci Harnett |
| TBA | 15 | "Repercussions" | Brian Farnham | Tony Grounds | — | 21 February 1989 | Rod Culbertson, Dave Atkins and John Fortune |
| TBA | 16 | "A Death in the Family" | Christopher Hodson | John Foster | — | 23 February 1989 | Eric Deacon |
| TBA | 17 | "In the Frame" | Barry Davis | Barry Appleton | — | 28 February 1989 | William Simons |
| TBA | 18 | "A Good Result" | Jeremy Summers | Christopher Russell | — | 2 March 1989 | Oliver Parker |
| TBA | 19 | "Conscience" | Jeremy Summers | Barry Appleton | — | 7 March 1989 | Patrick O'Connell |
| TBA | 20 | "Sunday Sunday" | Terry Marcel | Richard LeParmentier and Paddy Fletcher | — | 9 March 1989 | Ann Way |
| TBA | 21 | "Climate" | Brian Parker | P. J. Hammond | — | 14 March 1989 | Robin Soans |
| TBA | 22 | "Bad Company" | Terry Marcel | Brendan J. Cassin | — | 16 March 1989 | Steve McFadden, Victor Winding and Cyril Shaps |
| TBA | 23 | "Suspicious Minds" | Terry Green | Kieran Prendiville | — | 21 March 1989 | Kellie Bright |
| TBA | 24 | "Intuition" | Brian Parker | Jonathan Rich | — | 23 March 1989 | Del Henney, Trevor Byfield and Harry Fielder |
| TBA | 25 | "Loss" | Brian Farnham | P. J. Hammond | — | 28 March 1989 | — |
| TBA | 26 | "Procedure" | Terry Green | John Milne | — | 30 March 1989 | — |
| TBA | 27 | "Luck of the Draw" | Keith Washington | Patrick Harkins | — | 4 April 1989 | Allan Surtees and Ian Redford |
| TBA | 28 | "No Strings" | Brian Farnham | Kevin Clarke | — | 6 April 1989 | Paul O'Grady (Credited as Paul Savage) |
| TBA | 29 | "Fool's Gold" | Keith Washington | David Squire | — | 11 April 1989 | Billy Murray and Danny Webb |
| TBA | 30 | "The Visit" | Alan Wareing | Barry Appleton | — | 13 April 1989 | John Hamill, Ian Collier, Gordon Reid, Luan Peters and Brian Hall |
| TBA | 31 | "One For the Ladies" | Terry Green | Brendan J. Cassin | — | 18 April 1989 | — |
| TBA | 32 | "No Shelter" | Terry Marcel | Julian Jones | — | 20 April 1989 | Kelly Marcel and Mark Haddigan |
| TBA | 33 | "Out to Lunch" | Brian Parker | Julian Jones | — | 25 April 1989 | Brian Capron, Michael Mellinger and Adrienne Burgess |
| TBA | 34 | "Free Wheel" | Alan Wareing | P. J. Hammond | — | 27 April 1989 | Liz Gebhardt |
| TBA | 35 | "Only a Bit of Thieving" | Brian Parker | Chris Barlas | First appearance of PC George Garfield | 2 May 1989 | Hazel McBride and Nicholas Pinnock |
| TBA | 36 | "Communications" | Alan Wareing | Jonathan Rich | — | 4 May 1989 | Oliver Haden |
| TBA | 37 | "Silver Lining" | Mike Dormer | Colin Giffin | — | 9 May 1989 | Catherine Schell |
| TBA | 38 | "Suffocation Job" | Brian Farnham | P. J. Hammond | — | 11 May 1989 | Yvonne Antrobus and Liz Fraser |
| TBA | 39 | "Mickey Would Have Wanted It" | Brian Farnham | Kieran Prendiville | — | 16 May 1989 | Peter Guinness |
| TBA | 40 | "Blood Ties" | Mike Dormer | Chris Barlas | — | 19 May 1989 | David Collings |
| TBA | 41 | "You'll Be Back" | Richard Standeven | Shirley Cooklin | — | 23 May 1989 | Dominic Keating |
| TBA | 42 | "Fort Apache – Sun Hill" | Antonia Bird | Barry Appleton | — | 25 May 1989 | Tom Georgeson, Bill Stewart and Tip Tipping |
| TBA | 43 | "Waste" | Richard Standeven | Al Hunter | — | 30 May 1989 | Suzanne Bertish and John Barrard |
| TBA | 44 | "The Strong Survive" | Sharon Miller | Brendan J. Cassin | — | 1 June 1989 | Dexter Fletcher and Michael Robbins |
| TBA | 45 | "Loving Care" | Michael Owen Morris | Al Hunter | — | 6 June 1989 | Philippa Urquhart |
| TBA | 46 | "Back on the Streets" | Alan Wareing | Simon Moss | — | 8 June 1989 | — |
| TBA | 47 | "FAT'AC" | John Bruce | Julian Jones | — | 13 June 1989 | Roy Boyd and Tony Haygarth |
| TBA | 48 | "Somewhere By Chance" | Terry Marcel | Barry Appleton | — | 15 June 1989 | Bruce Alexander |
| TBA | 49 | "A Quiet Life" | Sharon Miller | Simon Moss | First appearance of PC Cathy Marshall | 20 June 1989 | Race Davies and Arthur Smith |
| TBA | 50 | "Tom Tiddler's Ground" | John Bruce | P. J. Hammond | — | 22 June 1989 | Peter Benson |
| TBA | 51 | "Make My Day" | Michael Ferguson | Barry Appleton | First appearances of PCs Richard Turnham and Timothy Able | 27 June 1989 | Martin Benson, John Abineri and Arthur Whybrow |
| TBA | 52 | "Provocation" | Michael Ferguson | Edwin Pearce | — | 29 June 1989 | JoAnne Good |
| TBA | 53 | "Overspend" | Terry Marcel | Christopher Russell | — | 4 July 1989 | Colin Spaull and Ralph Watson |
| TBA | 54 | "Between Friends" | Barry Davis | Barry Appleton | — | 6 July 1989 | John Horsley, Richard Moore and David McAlister |
| TBA | 55 | "Traffic" | Bill Brayne | Christopher Russell | Final appearance of PC Robin Frank | 11 July 1989 | Leslie Ash and Gordon Reid |
| TBA | 56 | "The Sacred Seal" | Michael Owen Morris | Brendan J. Cassin | — | 13 July 1989 | Philip Middlemiss |
| TBA | 57 | "Subsequent Visits" | Bill Brayne | Arthur McKenzie | — | 18 July 1989 | — |
| TBA | 58 | "User Friendly" | Graham Theakston | Barry Appleton | — | 20 July 1989 | — |
| TBA | 59 | "Don't Like Mondays" | Antonia Bird | Barry Appleton | Final appearance of PC Pete Ramsey | 25 July 1989 | Helena Little and Natasha Williams |
| TBA | 60 | "Pickup" | Michael Owen Morris | John Milne | — | 27 July 1989 | — |
| TBA | 61 | "Kidding" | Michael Ferguson | Jonathan Rich | — | 1 August 1989 | Madhav Sharma |
| TBA | 62 | "Black Spot" | Michael Owen Morris | Arthur McKenzie | — | 3 August 1989 | Brian Hibbard, Julie Graham and Desmond McNamara |
| TBA | "Taken for a Ride" | Terry Marcel | Barry Appleton | — | 8 August 1989 | Michael Cochrane and Keith Drinkel | |
| TBA | 64 | "Time Out" | Terry Marcel | Barry Appleton | — | 10 August 1989 | Ben Onwukwe, Charles Lawson and Brian Croucher |
| TBA | 65 | "Leaving" | Terry Marcel | Christopher Russell | Final regular appearance of PC Yorkie Smith | 15 August 1989 | Declan Mulholland, Kathy Burke and Elizabeth Bradley |
| TBA | 66 | "Street Games and Board Games" | Barry Davis | J. C. Wilsher | — | 17 August 1989 | Rebecca Lacey and David Savile |
| TBA | 67 | "Pressure" | Barry Davis | Kevin Clarke | Final appearance of PC Malcolm Haynes | 22 August 1989 | Joseph Marcell and Aimée Delamain |
| TBA | 68 | "A Little Knowledge" | James Cellan Jones | Christopher Russell | — | 24 August 1989 | — |
| TBA | 69 | "Pathways" | Michael Ferguson | P. J. Hammond | — | 29 August 1989 | George Waring |
| TBA | 70 | "Seen To Be Done" | James Cellan Jones | Jonathan Rich | — | 31 August 1989 | James Cosmo |
| TBA | 71 | "Tulip" | Keith Washington | Barry Appleton | — | 5 September 1989 | Michael Attwell, Trevor Cooper and Ilario Bisi-Pedro |
| TBA | 72 | "Nothing But The Truth" | Keith Washington | Arthur McKenzie | — | 7 September 1989 | Kevin McNally |
| TBA | 73 | "It's Not Majorca" | Niall Leonard | Julian Jones | — | 12 September 1989 | Zohra Sehgal and Perry Benson |
| TBA | 74 | "Mending Fences" | Niall Leonard | Julian Jones | — | 14 September 1989 | Zohra Sehgal |
| TBA | 75 | "Exit Lines" | Derek Lister | Brian Finch | First appearance of PC Norika Datta | 19 September 1989 | Barbara Durkin and Constance Chapman |
| TBA | 76 | "That Old Malarkey" | Barry Davis | Julian Jones | — | 21 September 1989 | — |
| TBA | 77 | "Greig Versus Taylor" | Clive Fleury | Christopher Russell | — | 26 September 1989 | Derek Newark |
| TBA | 78 | "Tottering" | Chris Lovett | Simon Moss | — | 28 September 1989 | Stephen Garlick and Perry Fenwick |
| TBA | 79 | "I Counted Them All Out" | Paul Harrison | Kieran Prendiville | — | 3 October 1989 | Count Prince Miller |
| TBA | 80 | "Zig Zag" | Chris Lovett | P. J. Hammond | — | 5 October 1989 | Jo Rowbottom and Roy Heather |
| TBA | 81 | "A Matter of Trust" | Derek Lister | Kieran Prendiville | — | 10 October 1989 | Tony O'Callaghan and Sharon Maiden |
| TBA | 82 | "Tourist Trap" | Diana Patrick | Pete Dearsley | — | 12 October 1989 | David Ashton and Petra Markham |
| TBA | 83 | "The One That Got Away" | David Attwood | Jonathan Rich | — | 17 October 1989 | — |
| TBA | 84 | "Found Offending" | Eva Kolouchova | John Kershaw | — | 19 October 1989 | Caroline Milmoe and Tim Whitnall |
| TBA | 85 | "All Part of The Job" | Bren Simson | Colin Giffin | — | 24 October 1989 | Alun Lewis |
| TBA | 86 | "In The Cold" | Graham Theakston | J. C. Wilsher | — | 26 October 1989 | — |
| TBA | 87 | "Just a Little Runaround" | Eva Kolouchova | Richard Ireson | — | 31 October 1989 | Iain Rogerson and Dominic Mafham |
| TBA | 88 | "A Fair Appraisal" | Nick Laughland | Garry Lyons | — | 2 November 1989 | Tessa Peake-Jones, Kenneth Farrington and David Sibley |
| TBA | 89 | "Visitors" | Clive Fleury | Kevin Clarke | — | 7 November 1989 | June Page, Andrew Robertson and Dennis Chinnery |
| TBA | 90 | "Private Wars" | Nicholas Prosser | Guy Meredith | — | 9 November 1989 | Prentis Hancock |
| TBA | 91 | "Feasting With Panthers" | Simon Cellan Jones | J. C. Wilsher | — | 14 November 1989 | — |
| TBA | 92 | "By The Book" | Jeremy Silberston | John Milne | — | 16 November 1989 | Renu Setna and Michael Bilton |
| TBA | 93 | "Beer and Bicycles" | Nick Laughland | Christopher Russell | — | 21 November 1989 | Nigel Humphreys |
| TBA | 94 | "Grace of God" | David Hayman | Paddy Fletcher and Richard LeParmentier | — | 23 November 1989 | Douglas Henshall, Christopher Fairbank, Katherine Parr, Louis Mahoney and Shay Gorman |
| TBA | 95 | "Just Another Day" | Nicholas Prosser | J.C Martindale | — | 28 November 1989 | — |
| TBA | 96 | "Gone Fishing" | Nick Laughland | Jonathan Rich | — | 30 November 1989 | Harry Fowler |
| TBA | 97 | "Early Bird" | Eva Kolouchova | Tom Needham | — | 5 December 1989 | — |
| TBA | 98 | "Just for the Crack" | Jeremy Silberston | Steve Trafford | — | 7 December 1989 | Alan Ford |
| TBA | 99 | "Woman in Brown" | Eva Kolouchova | Alan Clews | — | 12 December 1989 | Mark Greenstreet and Walter Sparrow |
| TBA | 100 | "Speaking Freely" | David Attwood | Gary Lyons | — | 14 December 1989 | — |
| TBA | 101 | "The Return of The Prodigal Son" | Keith Washington | John Kershaw | — | 19 December 1989 | Michael Graham Cox and Karl Johnson |
| TBA | 102 | "Chinese Whispers" | Julian Aymes | Christopher Russell | First appearances of PCs Phil Young and Dave Quinnan | 21 December 1989 | Michael Wisher |
| TBA | 103 | "Powers of Exclusion" | Julian Aymes | J. C. Wilsher | — | 26 December 1989 | Norman Beaton |
| TBA | 104 | "Saturday Night Fever" | Bren Simson | Edwin Pearce | Final appearance of WPC Claire Brind | 28 December 1989 | Gordon Salkilld and Clive Rowe |
Series 6 (1990)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Episode notes | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188 | 1 | "By The Skin of Our Teeth" | Bren Simson | Arthur McKenzie | Nigel Le Vaillant and Robert Perkins guest star | 2 January 1990 |
| 189 | 2 | "Officers and Gentlemen" | Diana Patrick | Steve Trafford | Laurence Harrington guest stars | 4 January 1990 |
| 190 | 3 | "Carry Your Bags Sir" | Simon Jones | John Milne | Phil Nice and Brigitte Kahn guest star | 9 January 1990 |
| 191 | 4 | "I Thought You'd Gone" | Nick Laughland | J. C. Wilsher | First appearance of Insp Andrew Monroe, final appearances of PC Francis "Taffy" Edwards and Insp Christine Frazer | 11 January 1990 |
| 192 | 5 | "C.A.D." | Chris Hodson | J.C. Wilsher | Geraldine Fitzgerald, Stephen Finlay guest star | 16 January 1990 |
| 193 | 6 | "A Day Lost" | Phillip Casson | Les Pollard | — | 18 January 1990 |
| 194 | 7 | "A Clean Division" | Derek Lister | Julian Jones | David Lonsdale and Andrew Powell guest star | 23 January 1990 |
| 195 | 8 | "Roger And Out" | David Giles | John Kershaw | — | 25 January 1990 |
| 196 | 9 | "Addresses" | Chris Lovett | Peter J. Hammond | Victor Maddern guest stars | 30 January 1990 |
| 197 | 10 | "Michael Runs The Family Now" | John Michael Phillips | Kieran Prendiville | Roy Holder and Robert Aldous guest star | 1 February 1990 |
| 198 | 11 | "Against The Odds" | Keith Washington | Arthur McKenzie | Terry Downes and Harry Fielder guest star | 6 February 1990 |
| 199 | 12 | "Bloodsucker" | Chris Hodson | Steve Trafford | — | 8 February 1990 |
| 200 | 13 | "Workers in Uniform" | Colm Villa | J.C. Wilsher | — | 13 February 1990 |
| 201 | 14 | "Something To Hide" | John Michael Phillips | Tom Needham | — | 15 February 1990 |
| 202 | 15 | "The Old Men's Run" | David Hayman | John Milne | — | 20 February 1990 |
| 203 | 16 | "Legacies" | Chris Hodson | Peter Gibbs | Wendy van der Plank and Symond Lawes guest star | 22 February 1990 |
| 204 | 17 | "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" | Colm Villa | Geoff McQueen | Louise Lombard, Harry Landis and Jon Finch guest star | 27 February 1990 |
| 205 | 18 | "Something Special" | David Giles | Guy Meredith | Final appearance of PC Timothy Able; Lorraine Ashbourne and Davyd Harries guest star | 1 March 1990 |
| 206 | 19 | "Enemies" | Alan Wareing | Philip Martin | Badi Uzzaman guest stars | 6 March 1990 |
| 207 | 20 | "Safe Place" | Tom Cotter | Peter J. Hammond | Frank Jarvis guest stars | 8 March 1990 |
| 208 | 21 | "Burnside Knew My Father" | Tom Cotter | Lennie James | Rudolph Walker and David Gooderson guest star | 13 March 1990 |
| 209 | 22 | "Watching" | Chris Lovett | Peter Gibbs | Norman Rossington guest stars | 15 March 1990 |
| 210 | 23 | "University Challenge" | Derek Lister | Simon Moss | George Irving and Mary Maude guest star | 20 March 1990 |
| 211 | 24 | "Growing Pains" | Phillip Casson | Barry Appleton | — | 22 March 1990 |
| 212 | 25 | "One of the Boys" | Alan Wareing | Jonathan Rich | WPC Viv Martella is promoted to WDC; Andy Serkis guest stars | 27 March 1990 |
| 213 | 26 | "Beggars and Choosers" | Bob Hird | Steve Trafford | Wally K. Daly and Bryan Coleman guest star | 29 March 1990 |
| 214 | 27 | "Citadel" | Bob Hird | J.C. Wilsher | Roger Brierley, Christopher Godwin, Jon Glover and Michael Bilton guest star | 3 April 1990 |
| 215 | 28 | "Blue Eyed Boy" | Nick Laughland | Julian Jones | David Hayman and Kika Mirylees guest star | 5 April 1990 |
| 216 | 29 | "Full House" | Julian Aymes | Arthur McKenzie | Final appearance of PC Richard Turnham | 10 April 1990 |
| 217 | 30 | "Big Fish, Little Fish" | Nick Laughland | Patrick Harkins | Oliver Smith guest stars | 12 April 1990 |
| 218 | 31 | "Information Received" | Michael Simpson | Kevin Clarke | Dean Harris, Ann Mitchell and Paul O'Grady guest star | 17 April 1990 |
| 219 | 32 | "Close Co-Operation" | Michael Simpson | Garry Lyons | Patrick Cremin and Philip Whitchurch guest star | 19 April 1990 |
| 220 | 33 | "Middleman" | Michael Simpson | J.C. Wilsher | First appearance of DCI Gordon Wray | 24 April 1990 |
| 221 | 34 | "Corkscrew" | Michael Simpson | J.C. Wilsher | Matthew Scurfield and Pete Lee-Wilson guest star | 26 April 1990 |
| 222 | 35 | "Obsessions" | Julian Aymes | Peter Gibbs | Clare Clifford and Nicholas Gecks guest star | 1 May 1990 |
| 223 | 36 | "Small Hours" | Mike Vardy | Kevin Clarke | David Neilson guest stars | 3 May 1990 |
| 224 | 37 | "Victims" | Derek Lister | Jonathan Rich | John Cater guest stars | 8 May 1990 |
| 225 | 38 | "Somebody's Husband" | Derek Lister | Jonathan Rich | John Cater guest stars | 10 May 1990 |
| 226 | 39 | "Canley Fields" | Mike Vardy | Christopher Russell | Gary Webster guest stars | 15 May 1990 |
| 227 | 40 | "The Night Watch" | Graham Theakston | J.C. Wilsher | Emma Chambers and Mark Addy guest star | 17 May 1990 |
| 228 | 41 | "Trojan Horse" | Graham Theakston | Pat Dunlop | Final appearance of PC Ken Melvin | 22 May 1990 |
| 229 | 42 | "Rites" | Derek Lister | Jonathan Rich | First appearance of PC Barry Stringer; guest appearances of Francis 'Taffy' Edwards and Tony 'Yorkie' Smith; Kika Mirylees guest stars | 24 May 1990 |
| 230 | 43 | "Answers" | Chris Hodson | Peter J. Hammond | Anthony May guest stars | 29 May 1990 |
| 231 | 44 | "A Fresh Start" | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | guest star. | 31 May 1990 |
| 232 | 45 | "A Case To Answer" | Stuart Burge | J.C. Wilsher | Emma Chambers, Mark Addy and Cyril Nri guest star | 5 June 1990 |
| 233 | 46 | "Line Up" | Stuart Burge | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | — | 7 June 1990 |
| 234 | 47 | "Police Powers" | Gordon Flemyng | Julian Jones | First appearance of PC Steve Loxton; Ian Reddington guest stars | 12 June 1990 |
| 235 | 48 | "Action Book" | Graham Theakston | Christopher Russell | Michael Garner and Simon Rouse guest star. DSU Jack Meadows appears briefly. | 14 June 1990 |
| 236 | 49 | "Tactics" | Graham Theakston | Arthur McKenzie | Ben Onwukwe and Desmond McNamara guest star | 19 June 1990 |
| 237 | 50 | "Scores" | Gordon Flemyng | Peter J. Hammond | First appearance of PC Ron Smollett | 21 June 1990 |
| 238 | 51 | "Witch Hunt" | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | Ron Cook guest stars | 26 June 1990 |
| 239 | 52 | "Close To Home" | Nick Laughland | Christopher Russell | Doña Croll guest stars | 28 June 1990 |
| 240 | 53 | "Breaking Point" | Peter Barber-Fleming | Les Pollard | — | 3 July 1990 |
| 241 | 54 | "Jumping The Gun" | Peter Barber-Fleming | David Hoskins | — | 5 July 1990 |
| 242 | 55 | "What Kind of Man" | Chris Lovett | Christopher Russell | Jim McManus guest stars | 10 July 1990 |
| 243 | 56 | "Beat Crime" | Nick Laughland | J.C. Wilsher | John Alford and Lyndam Gregory guest star | 12 July 1990 |
| 244 | 57 | "Unsocial Hours" | Derek Lister | J.C. Wilsher | Peter Benson guest stars | 17 July 1990 |
| 245 | 58 | "Interpretations" | Julian Aymes | Jonathan Rich | Shaheen Khan and Jenna Russell guest star | 19 July 1990 |
| 246 | 59 | "Angles" | Roger Tucker | Arthur McKenzie | — | 24 July 1990 |
| 247 | 60 | "Watch My Lips" | Julian Aymes | Patrick Harkins | — | 26 July 1990 |
| 248 | 61 | "Feeling Brave" | Richard Holthouse | John Milne | Colin McCormack and Shirin Taylor guest star | 31 July 1990 |
| 249 | 62 | "Come Fly With Me" | Michael Kerrigan | Peter Gibbs | Albert Moses, Tariq Yunus and Raymond Llewellyn guest star | 2 August 1990 |
| 250 | 63 | "Attitudes" | Richard Holthouse | Arthur McKenzie | Liz Gebhardt guest stars | 7 August 1990 |
| 251 | 64 | "Robbo" | Chris Lovett | Brian Finch | John Bardon guest stars | 9 August 1990 |
| 252 | 65 | "Ground Rules" | Michael Kerrigan | Geoff McQueen | Andrew McCulloch guest stars | 14 August 1990 |
| 253 | 66 | "Once a Copper" | Frank W Smith | Robin Mukherjee | — | 16 August 1990 |
| 254 | 67 | "Vendetta" | Graham Theakston | Peter Brooks | Amanda Mealing and Luan Peters guest star | 21 August 1990 |
| 255 | 68 | "My Favourite Things" | Roger Tucker | Arthur McKenzie | Sue Woodford guest stars | 23 August 1990 |
| 256 | 69 | "Win Some Lose Some" | Jeremy Ancock | Jonathan Rich | Colin Jeavons guest stars | 28 August 1990 |
| 257 | 70 | "Up The Steps" | Jeremy Ancock | Carolyn Sally Jones | Dominic Jephcott and Eileen Helsby guest star | 30 August 1990 |
| 258 | 71 | "Where There's a Will" | Garth Tucker | Patrick Harkins | Bernard Gallagher guest stars | 4 September 1990 |
| 259 | 72 | "Near The Knuckle" | Nick Hamm | Ayshe Raif | Dorothy Tutin and David Quilter guest star | 6 September 1990 |
| 260 | 73 | "Body Language" | Nick Hamm | Dick Sharples | Ian Redford and Geoffrey Beevers guest star | 11 September 1990 |
| 261 | 74 | "When Did You Last See Your Father" | Bob Gabriel | Barry Appleton | Billy Murray, Brian Rawlinson and Gertan Klauber guest star | 13 September 1990 |
| 262 | 75 | "Eye-Witness" | Graham Theakston | Christopher Penfold | David Harewood guest stars | 18 September 1990 |
| 263 | 76 | "Sufficient Evidence" | Garth Tucker | Rib Davis | Abigail Thaw guest stars | 20 September 1990 |
| 264 | 77 | "Forget-Me-Not" | Frank W Smith | Russell Lewis | Jack Ellis guest stars | 25 September 1990 |
| 265 | 78 | "Something to Remember" | Laura Sims | Christopher Russell | First appearance of DAC Trevor Hicks; Pippa Hinchley guest stars | 27 September 1990 |
| 266 | 79 | "Off The Leash" | Chris Hodson | Christopher Russell | First appearance of WPC Delia French; Declan Mulholland guest stars | 2 October 1990 |
| 267 | 80 | "Family Ties" | Chris Lovett | Martyn Wade | John Golightly and David Quilter guest star | 4 October 1990 |
| 268 | 81 | "Old Friends" | Michael Kerrigan | Nick Collins | Sydney Livingstone and Marian McLoughlin guest star | 9 October 1990 |
| 269 | 82 | "Pride and Prejudice" | Laura Sims | Tim Firth | David Easter guest stars | 11 October 1990 |
| 270 | 83 | "Housey Housey" | William Brayne | John Chambers | Sian Thomas and Paul Copley guest star | 16 October 1990 |
| 271 | 84 | "Connelly's Kids" | Chris Lovett | Michael Cameron | — | 18 October 1990 |
| 272 | 85 | "One of Those Days" | Nick Laughland | Roger Leach | — | 23 October 1990 |
| 273 | 86 | "Jack-The-Lad" | Bill Hays | Michael Baker | Linda Marlowe and Jacquetta May guest star | 25 October 1990 |
| 274 | 87 | "Blue Murder" | Stuart Urban | Russell Lewis | Bob Mason, Patsy Palmer and Lee MacDonald guest star | 30 October 1990 |
| 275 | 88 | "Effective Persuaders" | Nick Laughland | J.C. Wilsher | Ron Donachie and Tony Rohr guest star | 1 November 1990 |
| 276 | 89 | "A Sense of Duty" | Bill Hays | Julian Jones | Jeremy Nicholas guest stars | 6 November 1990 |
| 277 | 90 | "Lying in Wait" | William Brayne | Chris Boucher | Simon Rouse | 8 November 1990 |
| 278 | 91 | "Plato For Policemen" | Chris Hodson | Robin Mukherjee | Kerry Peers, Simon Rouse and Charles Kay guest star | 13 November 1990 |
| 279 | 92 | "Testimony" | Chris Hodson | Robin Mukherjee | Bruce Alexander, Kerry Peers and Nicola Stapleton guest star | 15 November 1990 |
| 280 | 93 | "Decisions" | Tom Cotter | Arthur McKenzie | Patricia Hayes and Patricia Brake guest star | 20 November 1990 |
| 281 | 94 | "Know Your Enemy" | Moria Armstrong | Nick Collins | Jamie Foreman and Beryl Cooke guest star | 22 November 1990 |
| 282 | 95 | "Lies" | Roger Tucker | Brendan McDonald | Adele Silva guest stars | 27 November 1990 |
| 283 | 96 | "Old Wounds" | Roger Tucker | Ian Briggs | Alan Ford guest stars | 29 November 1990 |
| 284 | 97 | "Just for a Moment" | Tom Cotter | Susan Shattock | Charlie Creed-Miles guest stars | 4 December 1990 |
| 285 | 98 | "Market Forces" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Peter Brooks | Steven Mackintosh, Roberta Taylor and Peter Craze guest star | 6 December 1990 |
| 286 | 99 | "One for the Road" | John Strickland | Michael Crompton | Philip Whitchurch, Lloyd McGuire and Tracey Wilson guest star | 11 December 1990 |
| 287 | 100 | "Start with the Whistle" | John Strickland | J.C. Wilsher | First appearance of Sgt Joseph Corrie, final regular appearance of Sgt Tom Penny; Stephen Churchett guest stars | 13 December 1990 |
| 288 | 101 | "Out of The Blue" | Moria Armstrong | J.C. Wilsher | Alec Christie and Peter Ferdinando guest star | 18 December 1990 |
| 289 | 102 | "Street Smart" | Sarah Pia Anderson | J.C. Wilsher | First appearance of DCI Kim Reid; final appearance of DCI Gordon Wray; Robert Wisdom and Morgan Deare guest star | 20 December 1990 |
| 290 | 103 | "Safe As Houses" | Tom Cotter | Russell Lewis | First appearance of Sgt John Maitland; Ken Hutchison guest stars | 26 December 1990 |
| 291 | 104 | "Friends and Neighbours" | Mike Dormer | Christopher Russell | Brian Croucher, Doug Bradley, Allan Surtees and Richard Davies guest star | 27 December 1990 |
Series 7 (1991)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Episode notes | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 292 | 1 | "Grief" | Graham Theakston | Arthur McKenzie | Samantha Janus, Elizabeth Bradley and Eve White guest star | 1 January 1991 |
| 293 | 2 | "The Chase" | Stuart Urban | Carol Harrison | Richard Graham guest stars | 3 January 1991 |
| 294 | 3 | "The Attack" | John Black | Philip Palmer | — | 8 January 1991 |
| 295 | 4 | "Crown V. Cooper" | Michael Kerrigan | Jane Hollowood | Robin Sachs and Nicholas Courtney guest star | 10 January 1991 |
| 296 | 5 | "The Girl Can't Help It" | John Strickland | Arthur McKenzie | Trevor Peacock and Shirley Stelfox guest star | 15 January 1991 |
| 297 | 6 | "Machines" | Bob Gabriel | Peter J. Hammond | Meera Syal, Royce Mills and Henry Goodman guest star | 17 January 1991 |
| 298 | 7 | "Loophole" | John Strickland | Michael Baker | Donald Bisset and Arthur Whybrow guest star | 22 January 1991 |
| 299 | 8 | "Bottle" | Graham Theakston | Arthur McKenzie | — | 24 January 1991 |
| 300 | 9 | "Samaritan" | John Black | Brian Finch | David Bamber and Mary Jo Randle guest star | 29 January 1991 |
| 301 | 10 | "Fear or Favour" | Mike Dormer | Christopher Russell | Rudolph Walker, Karl Collins and Louis Mahoney guest star | 31 January 1991 |
| 302 | 11 | "Start To Finish" | Laura Sims | Graham Ison | Guest appearance of ex-Sgt Tom Penny; Patrick Jordan guest star | 5 February 1991 |
| 303 | 12 | "Night and Day" | Michael Owen Morris | Russell Lewis | John Woodnutt guest stars | 7 February 1991 |
| 304 | 13 | "Favours" | Bob Blagden | Martyn Wade | Stuart McGugan, Margery Mason and Ron Pember guest star | 12 February 1991 |
| 305 | 14 | "In Chambers" | Michael Owen Morris | Carolyn Sally Jones | John Moulder-Brown, Valentine Pelka, Robert Gwilym, Louise Jameson and Christian Rodska guest star | 14 February 1991 |
| 306 | 15 | "Kids Don't Cry Anymore" | Tom Cotter | Barry Appleton | Patrick O'Connell and Rita May guest star | 19 February 1991 |
| 307 | 16 | "Too Many Chiefs" | David Hayman | Tony Etchells | Simon O’Brien guest star | 21 February 1991 |
| 308 | 17 | "Every Mother's Son" | Laura Sims | Patrick Harkins | Stefan Kalipha guest stars | 26 February 1991 |
| 309 | 18 | "Furthers" | Brian Farnham | Robin Mukherjee | Nigel Terry, Felicity Montagu and Johnnie Wade guest star | 28 February 1991 |
| 310 | 19 | "Closing The Net" | Michael Brayshaw | Robin Mukherjee | Ian Bleasdale, Caroline Webster and Harry Fielder guest star | 5 March 1991 |
| 311 | 20 | "The Public Interest" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Christopher Russell | Geoffrey Freshwater guest stars | 7 March 1991 |
| 312 | 21 | "Photo Finish" | Bob Blagden | David Hoskins | Chesney Hawkes, Sharon Duce and Paul Reynolds guest star | 12 March 1991 |
| 313 | 22 | "Just Desserts" | Alan Bell | Christopher Russell | John Rolfe and Helen Blatch guest star | 14 March 1991 |
| 314 | 23 | "832 Receiving" | Alan Bell | Barbara Cox | Vilma Hollingbery, Jaye Griffiths and Don Gilet guest star | 19 March 1991 |
| 315 | 24 | "The Better Part of Valour" | David Hayman | Arthur McKenzie | Robert Carlyle, Richard Beale and Leslie Schofield guest star | 21 March 1991 |
| 316 | 25 | "Double Or Quits" | Bill Pryde | Rib Davis | Su Elliot, Ian Gelder, John Ramm and Nicola Stapleton guest star | 26 March 1991 |
| 317 | 26 | "We Could Be Heroes" | John Strickland | Tony Etchells | Robert Blythe and Mark Lewis Jones guest star | 28 March 1991 |
| 318 | 27 | "Cold Turkey, Part One: Lifeline" | Gordon Flemyng | J. C. Wilsher | Rupert Holliday-Evans, Andrew Burt, Keith Marsh, Renu Setna and David Quilter guest star | 2 April 1991 |
| 319 | 28 | "Cold Turkey, Part Two: Late Turn Sunday" | Gordon Flemyng | J.C. Wilsher | Rupert Holliday-Evans guest stars | 4 April 1991 |
| 320 | 29 | "Now We're Motoring" | Michael Brayshaw | J.C. Wilsher | Mary Tamm and David Sibley guest star | 9 April 1991 |
| 321 | 30 | "Dead Man's Boots" | John Glenister | Julian Jones | Liz Smith guest stars | 11 April 1991 |
| 322 | 31 | "Caught Napping" | John Strickland | Russell Lewis | David Banks guest stars | 16 April 1991 |
| 323 | 32 | "Hammer To Fall" | Richard Holthouse | Russell Lewis | Gary Whelan guest stars | 18 April 1991 |
| 324 | 33 | "Cry Havoc" | Stuart Urban | Russell Lewis | Marc Warren guest stars | 23 April 1991 |
| 325 | 34 | "Rules of Engagement" | David Attwood | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | Shaun Scott guest stars | 25 April 1991 |
| 326 | 35 | "Delivery on Time" | David Attwood | Jonathan Myerson | Ian Collier guest stars | 30 April 1991 |
| 327 | 36 | "Black Monday" | Alan Bell | Peter J. Hammond | Marcia Warren guest stars | 2 May 1991 |
| 328 | 37 | "Jobs for the Boys" | Alan Bell | Carolyn Sally Jones | Bob Mason, Michael Bilton and Colin Higgins guest star | 7 May 1991 |
| 329 | 38 | "Without Consent" | Derek Lister | Julian Jones | Martin Marquez guest stars | 9 May 1991 |
| 330 | 39 | "Saints and Martyrs" | John Glenister | Christopher Russell | Walter Sparrow guest stars | 14 May 1991 |
| 331 | 40 | "Observation" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Martyn Wade | — | 16 May 1991 |
| 332 | 41 | "The Greater Good" | Mike Dormer | David Hoskins | Barry Jackson guest stars | 21 May 1991 |
| 333 | 42 | "The Best You Can Buy" | Moira Armstrong | Christopher Russell | Karl Collins and Donald Douglas guest star | 23 May 1991 |
| 334 | 43 | "Addict" | Chris Lovett | Victoria Taylor | Laurence Harrington guest stars | 25 May 1991 |
| 335 | 44 | "Black Mark" | Bill Pryde | Phillip Palmer | — | 30 May 1991 |
| 336 | 45 | "The Right Thing To Do" | Brian Parker | Kieran Prendiville | Anton Phillips, Tony Guilfoyle and Valentine Nonyela guest star | 4 June 1991 |
| 337 | 46 | "The Harder They Fall" | Chris Lovett | Tony Etchells | — | 6 June 1991 |
| 338 | 47 | "Something Personal" | Brian Parker | Brendan J. Cassin | Michael Robbins guest stars | 11 June 1991 |
| 339 | 48 | "Hijack" | Derek Lister | Phillip Palmer | Ian Burfield guest stars | 13 June 1991 |
| 340 | 49 | "With Intent" | Bill Pryde | Carolyn Sally Jones | Peter Wight, Stephen Boxer and Owen Brenman guest star | 18 June 1991 |
| 341 | 50 | "Initiative" | Mike Dormer | J.C. Wilsher | Helen Pearson and Gerry Cowper guest star | 20 June 1991 |
| 342 | 51 | "Careless Whispers" | Derek Lister | Edward Dumas | Joan Ann Maynard and Garry Cooper guest star | 25 June 1991 |
| 343 | 52 | "Minimum Force" | William Brayne | Simon Andrew Stirling | Jo-Anne Knowles guest stars | 27 June 1991 |
| 344 | 53 | "Skeletons" | Brian Farnham | Kevin Clarke | Alex Kingston, Martine McCutcheon, Ken Campbell and Jamila Massey guest star | 2 July 1991 |
| 345 | 54 | "Targets" | Suri Krishnamma | J.C. Wilsher | Tim Dry and Jake Wood guest star | 4 July 1991 |
| 346 | 55 | "The Negotiator" | Stuart Urban | Paul Bond | Roger Lloyd-Pack, Kathy Burke and Wendy Padbury guest star | 9 July 1991 |
| 347 | 56 | "Reputations" | Suri Krishnamma | Simon Moss | Meera Syal guest stars | 11 July 1991 |
| 348 | 57 | "The Juggler and the Fortune Teller" | Alan Bell | Barry Appleton | Victoria Burgoyne, Nigel Harman and Larry Martyn guest star | 16 July 1991 |
| 349 | 58 | "Joey" | Derek Lister | J.C. Wilsher | Penelope Nice, Neil Maskell and Adam Godley guest star | 18 July 1991 |
| 350 | 59 | "Your Shout" | Bill Pryde | Julian Jones | Maureen Beattie and Nadia Chambers guest star | 23 July 1991 |
| 351 | 60 | "Ladykiller" | Moira Armstrong | Steve Trafford | — | 25 July 1991 |
| 352 | 61 | "A Corporal of Horse" | Mike Vardy | Julian Jones | William Gaminara, Kathleen Byron, Kevin Stoney and David Michaels guest star | 30 July 1991 |
| 353 | 62 | "Cause and Effect" | Jan Sargent | Christopher Russell | Susan Wooldridge guest stars | 1 August 1991 |
| 354 | 63 | "Getting Involved" | Richard Holthouse | Stephen Churchett | — | 6 August 1991 |
| 355 | 64 | "Benefit of the Doubt" | Mike Vardy | Jonathan Myerson | David McAlister guest stars | 8 August 1991 |
| 356 | 65 | "Crack-Up" | William Brayne | Barry Appleton | John Grillo guest stars | 13 August 1991 |
| 357 | 66 | "The Last Laugh" | Denny Lawrence | Duncan Gould | Tom Chadbon and Nigel Lambert guest star | 15 August 1991 |
| 358 | 67 | "Access" | Brian Parker | Tony Attard | Michael Feast guest stars | 20 August 1991 |
| 359 | 68 | "Six of One" | Sharon Miller | Rib Davis | Susan Lynch guest stars | 22 August 1991 |
| 360 | 69 | "Married to the Job" | Brian Parker | Roger Leach | Bernard Holley guest stars | 27 August 1991 |
| 361 | 70 | "Domestic" | Graham Theaktson | Phillip Palmer | — | 29 August 1991 |
| 362 | 71 | "Stress Rules" | Jan Sargent | Robin Mukherjee | René Zagger guest stars | 3 September 1991 |
| 363 | 72 | "They Also Serve" | David Hayman | Russell Lewis | John Bennett guest stars | 5 September 1991 |
| 364 | 73 | "Inside Job" | Denny Lawrence | Simon Moss | — | 10 September 1991 |
| 365 | 74 | "Bones of Contention" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Susan Shattock | — | 12 September 1991 |
| 366 | 75 | "Wide of The Mark" | Chris Lovett | David Hoskins | Michael Goldie and Gordon Salkilld guest star | 17 September 1991 |
| 367 | 76 | "Hitting The Mark" | Mike Dormer | Steve Trafford | Jo Rowbottom, Michael Goldie and Gordon Salkilld guest star | 19 September 1991 |
| 368 | 77 | "Bending the Rules" | Alan Bell | Eric Deacon | David Quilter guest stars | 24 September 1991 |
| 369 | 78 | "Skint" | Graham Theakston | Brendan Martin | — | 26 September 1991 |
| 370 | 79 | "Friday and Counting" | Bill Pryde | Barry Appleton | Dominic Guard and Leonard Maguire guest star | 1 October 1991 |
| 371 | 80 | "Lest We Forget" | Bill Pryde | Victoria Taylor | Dermot Crowley guest stars | 3 October 1991 |
| 372 | 81 | "Nutters" | Richard Holthouse | Phillip Palmer | Dicken Ashworth and Daniel Peacock guest star | 8 October 1991 |
| 373 | 82 | "Downtime" | Richard Holthouse | Peter J. Hammond | Patricia Quinn and Iain Rattray guest star | 10 October 1991 |
| 374 | 83 | "Out of Order" | David Hayman | Dave Simpson | Final appearance of Sgt Joseph Corrie | 15 October 1991 |
| 375 | 84 | "Empire Building" | Nicholas Laughland | Phillip Palmer | — | 17 October 1991 |
| 376 | 85 | "Innocence" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Victoria Taylor | Title sequence updated; Ray Winstone guest stars | 22 October 1991 |
| 377 | 86 | "Losing It" | Jim Goddard | Russell Lewis | — | 24 October 1991 |
| 378 | 87 | "Shots" | Chris Lovett | J.C. Wilsher | Patsy Palmer and Thomas Craig guest star | 29 October 1991 |
| 379 | 88 | "The Square Peg" | Jim Goddard | Christopher Russell | Final appearance of PC Phil Young | 31 October 1991 |
| 380 | 89 | "A Question of Confidence" | Jan Sargent | Robin Mukherjee | Katharine Rogers guest stars | 5 November 1991 |
| 381 | 90 | "Balls in the Air" | Sharon Miller | J.C. Wilsher | First appearance of Sgt Matthew Boyden | 7 November 1991 |
| 382 | 91 | "The Taste" | Alan Bell | Julian Jones | Caroline Milmoe and James Coombes guest star | 12 November 1991 |
| 383 | 92 | "Turning Back The Clock" | Aisling Walsh | Barry Appleton | Neil Dudgeon and David Quilter guest star | 14 November 1991 |
| 384 | 93 | "Discretion" | Niall Leonard | Edward Dumas | First appearance of PC Donna Harris; Frank Mills and Kevork Malikyan guest star | 19 November 1991 |
| 385 | 94 | "Chapter and Verse" | Aisling Walsh | Carolyn Sally Jones | — | 21 November 1991 |
| 386 | 95 | "The Whole Truth" | Duncan Gould | Geoff McQueen | Eve Pearce and James Walker guest star | 26 November 1991 |
| 387 | 96 | "Profit and Loss" | Nicholas Laughland | Tony Etchells | — | 28 November 1991 |
| 388 | 97 | "Thicker Than Water" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Matthew Wingett | — | 3 December 1991 |
| 389 | 98 | "On The Take" | Patrick Lau | Steve Trafford | — | 5 December 1991 |
| 390 | 99 | "Caring" | Aisling Walsh | Anthony Valentine | Ann Mitchell guest stars | 10 December 1991 |
| 391 | 100 | "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" | Derek Lister | Victoria Taylor | Jonny Lee Miller, Ian Mercer and Zig Byfield guest star | 12 December 1991 |
| 392 | 101 | "Imposters" | Bill Hays | Tony McHale | James Hooton, Ronan Vibert and Kevin Allen guest star | 17 December 1991 |
| 393 | 102 | "A Woman Scorned" | Derek Lister | Victoria Taylor | — | 19 December 1991 |
| 394 | 103 | "Vital Statistics" | Jeremy Summers | Christopher Russell | TBA | 24 December 1991 |
| 395 | 104 | "Decent People" | Mike Dormer | Edward Dumas | Gillian McCutcheon guest stars | 26 December 1991 |
| 396 | 105 | "Breakout" | Frank W. Smith | Carolyn Sally Jones | TBA | 31 December 1991 |
Series 8 (1992)
| No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Episode notes | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Best Policy" | Derek Lister | Victoria Taylor | Clive Wedderburn guest stars | 2 January 1992 |
| 2 | "A Friend in Need" | Bill Pryde | Duncan Gould | Edmund Pegge guest stars | 7 January 1992 |
| 3 | "Whose Side Are You On?" | Bill Hays | Duncan Gould | William Simons and Tom Kelly guest star | 9 January 1992 |
| 4 | "Lip Service" | Derek Lister | Arthur Ellis | Oliver Smith, Ian Reddington, Sherrie Hewson and Samantha Womack guest star | 14 January 1992 |
| 5 | "Illegals" | Laura Sims | Christopher Russell | — | 16 January 1992 |
| 6 | "Fair Play" | Niall Leonard | Mark Holloway | Alex Walkinshaw, Roger Griffiths and Jason Isaacs guest star | 21 January 1992 |
| 7 | "Dinosaur" | Laura Sims | Victoria Taylor | Jo Martin, Trevor Byfield and Jeremy Bulloch guest star | 23 January 1992 |
| 8 | "Joyride" | John Strickland | Mike Harris | Colin Spaull and Terry Molloy guest star | 28 January 1992 |
| 9 | "Not Waving" | Richard Holthouse | Russell Lewis | Dexter Fletcher guest stars | 30 January 1992 |
| 10 | "Mates" | Derek Lister | Philip Palmer | Annie Hulley guest stars | 4 February 1992 |
| 11 | "Lost Boy" | Nicholas Laughland | Mark Holloway | Robert Glenister guest stars | 6 February 1992 |
| 12 | "Chicken" | Chris Lovett | Julian Jones | Liz Gebhardt guest stars, | 11 February 1992 |
| 13 | "Somebody Special" | John Strickland | Christopher Russell | Final regular appearance of DCI Kim Reid; Bronagh Gallagher guest stars | 13 February 1992 |
| 14 | "Previous Convictions" | Aisling Walsh | Tony Etchells | — | 18 February 1992 |
| 15 | "Beggar My Neighbour" | Niall Leonard | Jonathan Whitten | Beryl Cooke guest stars | 20 February 1992 |
| 16 | "It's a Small World" | Bill Pryde | Barry Appleton | Ian Redford, Kenneth Cope and Paul Jerricho guest star | 25 February 1992 |
| 17 | "Licence" | Gordon Flemyng | Neil McKay | Sally Rogers and Tom Georgeson guest star | 27 February 1992 |
| 18 | "Comeback" | John Darnell | Julian Jones | — | 3 March 1992 |
| 19 | "Fireproof" | Mike Dormer | Julian Jones | Rachel Victoria Roberts guest stars | 5 March 1992 |
| 20 | "The Paddy Factor" | Chris Lovett | J. C. Wilsher | Edward Peel, Jimmy Yuill guest star | 10 March 1992 |
| 21 | "The Wild Rover" | Chris Lovett | J.C. Wilsher | Final appearance of WPC Suzanne Ford; Edward Peel, Jimmy Yuill and Clare Clifford guest star | 12 March 1992 |
| 22 | "Coincidence" | Patrick Lau | Peter J. Hammond | Rod Culbertson and Denise Black guest star | 17 March 1992 |
| 23 | "Going Soft" | Derek Lister | Barry Appleton | Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Anna Cropper and Freddie Earlle guest star | 19 March 1992 |
| 24 | "Re-Hab" | Derek Lister | Tony Etchells | First regular appearance of DCI Jack Meadows | 24 March 1992 |
| 25 | "Acting Detective" | Nicholas Laughland | Mark Holloway | Final appearance of PC Delia French | 26 March 1992 |
| 26 | "Stopover" | Aisling Walsh | Peter J. Hammond | Edward Burnham guest stars | 31 March 1992 |
| 27 | "Suspects" | Richard Holthouse | Philip Palmer | Eric Deacon and Roger Blake guest star | 2 April 1992 |
| 28 | "All the King's Horses" | John Darnell | Duncan Gould | — | 7 April 1992 |
| 29 | "Party Politics" | Alan Bell | Susan Shattock | Dominic Keating, Barbara Wilshere and Derek Martin guest star | 9 April 1992 |
| 30 | "Trials and Tribulations" | Chris Lovett | Anthony Valentine | Final regular appearance of Sgt Alec Peters; Amelda Brown guest stars | 14 April 1992 |
| 31 | "A Can of Worms" | Charles Beeson | Duncan Gould | Andrew Carr guest stars | 16 April 1992 |
| 32 | "Timing" | Aisling Walsh | Russell Lewis | Robin Soans guest stars | 21 April 1992 |
| 33 | "A Nice Little Line in Plastic" | Sarah Pia Anderson | Margaret Simpson | — | 23 April 1992 |
| 34 | "Trial and Error" | Alan Bell | Edward Dumas | Ian McElhinney, John Hannah and Ben Aris guest star | 28 April 1992 |
| 35 | "Owning Up" | Charles Beeson | Martyn Wade | — | 30 April 1992 |
| 36 | "Up Behind" | Sarah Pia Anderson | J.C. Wilsher | — | 5 May 1992 |
| 37 | "Appearances" | Patrick Lau | Simon Moss | John Duttine guest stars | 7 May 1992 |
| 38 | "Principled Negotiation" | Gordon Flemyng | J.C. Wilsher | Pete Postlethwaite guest stars | 12 May 1992 |
| 39 | "Sign of Our Times" | Laura Sims | David Squire | Lindsey Coulson guest stars | 14 May 1992 |
| 40 | "Priorities" | Anya Camilleri | Neil McKay | — | 19 May 1992 |
| 41 | "Users" | Laura Sims | Simon Moss | Elizabeth Carling guest stars | 21 May 1992 |
| 42 | "Man of the People" | Richard Holthouse | Christopher Russell | — | 26 May 1992 |
| 43 | "Runaway" | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | Colin McCormack guest stars | 28 May 1992 |
| 44 | "Exposures" | Richard Holthouse | Mark Holloway | Ché Walker, Gemma Craven and David Schofield guest star | 2 June 1992 |
| 45 | "Better the Devil" | Jeremy Silberston | Russell Lewis | Rudolph Walker, Andrew Powell and Caroline John guest star | 4 June 1992 |
| 46 | "Prisoners" | Chris Lovett | Victoria Taylor | — | 9 June 1992 |
| 47 | "World To Rights" | Graham Theakston | Russell Lewis | Jeremy Young guest stars | 11 June 1992 |
| 48 | "Do the Right Thing" | Christopher Hodson | Marianne Colbran | — | 16 June 1992 |
| 49 | "Hiding to Nothing" | Graham Theakston | Jonathan Rich | — | 18 June 1992 |
| 50 | "Punching Judy" | Moira Armstrong | Russell Lewis | — | 22 June 1992 |
| 51 | "Vicious Circles" | Christopher Hodson | Duncan Gould | Carol Harrison guest stars | 25 June 1992 |
| 52 | "Up All Night" | Mike Dormer | Tony Etchells | Cindy O'Callaghan guest stars | 30 June 1992 |
| 53 | "Part of the Furniture" | Udayan Prasad | Christopher Russell | Final regular appearance of DC Mike Dashwood; Linda Henry and James Garbutt guest star | 2 July 1992 |
| 54 | "Snakes and Ladders" | Mike Dormer | Tony Etchells | — | 7 July 1992 |
| 55 | "Street Cleaning" | Laura Sims | Christopher Russell | — | 9 July 1992 |
| 56 | "Hands Up" | Michael Simpson | Christopher Russell | First appearance of DC Alan Woods; Cheryl Hall and Rowena Cooper guest star | 14 July 1992 |
| 57 | "A Scandalous Act" | Anya Camilleri | Anthony Valentine | Guest appearance of now-Det Supt Kim Reid; Martine McCutcheon guest stars | 16 July 1992 |
| 58 | "Raiders" | Brian Parker | Rib Davis | Janet Lees Price guest stars | 21 July 1992 |
| 59 | "Talk Out" | Brian Parker | Peter J. Hammond | — | 23 July 1992 |
| 60 | "True Confessions" | Jeremy Silberston | Edward Dumas | Tenniel Evans guest stars | 28 July 1992 |
| 61 | "Private Enterprise" | Patrick Lau | Carolyn Sally Jones | Lucy Benjamin guest stars | 29 July 1992 |
| 62 | "Getting Through" | Andrew Higgs | Carolyn Sally Jones | Roberta Taylor and Brian Croucher guest star | 4 August 1992 |
| 63 | "Last Night of Freedom" | Chris Clough | Lizzie Mickery | Jamie Foreman guest stars | 6 August 1992 |
| 64 | "Cutting Loose" | Chris Clough | Steve Trafford | Allan Corduner and Jonathan Kydd guest star | 11 August 1992 |
| 65 | "Soft Target" | Laura Sims | Roy MacGregor | Paterson Joseph and Michael Ripper guest star | 13 August 1992 |
| 66 | "I've Never Been to Harrogate" | Moira Armstrong | Christopher Russell | Charles Kay guest stars | 18 August 1992 |
| 67 | "Human Resources" | Andrew Higgs | Robert Jones | Bruce Alexander guest stars | 20 August 1992 |
| 68 | "Exit" | Tom Cotter | Peter J. Hammond | Sarah Alexander guest stars | 25 August 1992 |
| 69 | "Loyalties" | Tom Cotter | Duncan Gould | Dean Gaffney guest stars | 27 August 1992 |
| 70 | "Snap Shot" | Mike Dormer | Tony Etchells | Colin Wells guest stars | 1 September 1992 |
| 71 | "Letting Go" | Chris Lovett | Joanne Maguire | Martin Marquez and Alan Westaway guest star | 3 September 1992 |
| 72 | "Travelling Light" | Sheree Folkson | Rod Lewis | — | 8 September 1992 |
| 73 | "Radio Waves" | Chris Lovett | Simon Moss | Stephen Lord and Joe Absolom guest stars | 10 September 1992 |
| 74 | "A Blind Eye" | Mike Dormer | Julian Jones | Russell Boulter, Adjoa Andoh and Eileen Way guest star | 15 September 1992 |
| 75 | "Sympathy for the Devil" | Sheree Folkson | Edward Dumas | Harry Fowler and Vladek Sheybal guest star | 17 September 1992 |
| 76 | "Force Is Part of the Service" | Anya Camilleri | J.C. Wilsher | David Harewood and Sally Faulkner guest star | 22 September 1992 |
| 77 | "On the Record, Off the Record" | Anya Camilleri | David Hoksins | Alan Ford, Allan Corduner, Treva Etienne and Roy Heather guest star | 24 September 1992 |
| 78 | "Stoning the Glasshouse" | David Attwood | Anthony Valentine | Anthony Daniels, Mark Arden and Stephen Moore guest star | 29 September 1992 |
| 79 | "Tip-Off" | John Darnell | Sebastian Walker | Brian Capron guest stars | 1 October 1992 |
| 80 | "Open to Offers" | Roger Gartland | Russell Lewis | Tim McInnerny guest stars | 6 October 1992 |
| 81 | "Playing God" | Roger Gartland | Margaret Phelan | Pat Nye guest stars | 8 October 1992 |
| 82 | "Crack of Doom" | John Darnell | Gregory Evans | — | 13 October 1992 |
| 83 | "Spit and Polish" | Frank W. Smith | Robert Jones | First appearance of WPC Polly Page; George Irving guest stars | 15 October 1992 |
| 84 | "Overdue" | Chris Lovett | J.C. Wilsher | Lloyd McGuire, Paul Ritter and Nicola Duffett guest star | 20 October 1992 |
| 85 | "We Should Be Talking" | David Attwood | Duncan Gould | Hugo Speer guest stars | 22 October 1992 |
| 86 | "Reasonable Grounds" | Colm Villa | Julian Spilsbury | June Page and Larry Martyn guest star | 27 October 1992 |
| 87 | "Discipline" | Colm Villa | Joanna Maguire | Gary Whelan guest stars | 29 October 1992 |
| 88 | "Minefield" | Jean Stewart | Carolyn Sally Jones | Selina Cadell and Sam Kelly guest star | 3 November 1992 |
| 89 | "Gamers" | Frank W. Smith | Jonathan Myerson | Gordon Warnecke guest stars | 5 November 1992 |
| 90 | "Occupational Hazard" | Jean Stewart | Carolyn Sally Jones | First appearance of PC Gary McCann | 10 November 1992 |
| 91 | "Just Send Some Flowers" | Chris Lovett | Michael Jenner | Adrian Lester and Liz Crowther guest star | 12 November 1992 |
| 92 | "Waifs and Strays" | Haldance Duncan | Jonathan Rich | Gavin Richards and Barbara Keogh guest star | 17 November 1992 |
| 93 | "Happy Families" | Andrew Higgs | David Hoskins | Charlotte Coleman guest stars | 19 November 1992 |
| 94 | "Well Out of Order" | Peter Smith | Steve Trafford | — | 24 November 1992 |
| 95 | "Into the Mire" | Peter Smith | Steve Trafford | — | 26 November 1992 |
| 96 | "Master of the House" | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | — | 1 December 1992 |
| 97 | "Fireworks" | Nicholas Laughland | Duncan Gould | Neil Maskell and Jenny McCracken guest star | 3 December 1992 |
| 98 | "Cold Shoulder" | Haldane Duncam | Tony Etchells | — | 8 December 1992 |
| 99 | "Safety First" | Nicholas Laughland | Mick Duffy | — | 10 December 1992 |
| 100 | "Counting the Cost" | Laurence Moody | Anthony Valentine | Stanley Townsend guest stars | 15 December 1992 |
| 101 | "Compassion" | Chris Lovett | Frank Kippax | — | 17 December 1992 |
| 102 | "Finders Keepers" | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | Guest appearance of DC Mike Dashwood; Terence Bayler, Kate Williams and John Cater guest star | 22 December 1992 |
| 103 | "Return Match" | Derek Lister | Christopher Russell | Guest appearance of DC Mike Dashwood | 24 December 1992 |
| 104 | "High Places" | Jeremy Silberston | Peter J. Hammond | Anna Keaveney and Caroline John guest star | 29 December 1992 |
| 105 | "When Push Comes to Shove" | Matthew Evans | Tony Etchells | — | 31 December 1992 |
Series 9 (1993)
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| No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Episode notes | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "A Dying Breed" | Chris Clough | Chris Ould | Title sequence updated; Elizabeth Rider guest stars | 5 January 1993 |
| 2 | "Fact of Life" | Derek Lister | Julian Jones | Tim Matthews guest stars | 7 January 1993 |
| 3 | "All Through the Night" | Jeremy Silberston | John Wilsher | — | 8 January 1993 |
| 4 | "New Tune, Old Fiddle" | Laurence Moody | John Wilsher | First appearance of Ch Insp Philip Cato; Bob Mason guest stars | 12 January 1993 |
| 5 | "Delinquent" | Chris Lovett | Victoria Taylor | Stephanie Turner and Dickon Tolson guest star | 14 January 1993 |
| 6 | "Bringing Up Baby" | Matthew Evans | Edward Canfor-Dumas | Daniel Flynn and Jacqueline Defferary guest star | 15 January 1993 |
| 7 | "Rainy Days and Mondays" | Sarah Anderson | Trevor Wadlow | Zoe Telford guest stars | 19 January 1993 |
| 8 | "Supply and Demand" | Chris Clough | Joanne Maguire | Gareth Armstrong, Richard Beale and Shirin Taylor guest star | 21 January 1993 |
| 9 | "On the Cards" | Jan Sargent | Gregory Evans | Adrienne Burgess and Andrew McCulloch guest star | 22 January 1993 |
| 10 | "Shock to the System" | David Attwood | Christopher Russell | First appearance of Sgt Jane Kendall; Shaun Dingwall and Lisa Coleman guest star | 26 January 1993 |
| 11 | "Living It Down" | David Attwood | Ron Rose | Jane Danson and Melanie Hill guest star | 28 January 1993 |
| 12 | "Heat of the Moment" | Sarah Anderson | Edward Canfor-Dumas | Julie Buckfield guest star | 29 January 1993 |
| 13 | "Shake, Rattle 'N' Roll" | George Case | Susan Shattock | First appearance of PC Mike Jarvis; Marcia Warren and Shaun Scott guest star | 2 February 1993 |
| 14 | "No Thanks to You" | Jan Sargent | Candy Denman | Raymond Llewellyn and Elizabeth Estensen guest star | 4 February 1993 |
| 15 | "A Better Life" | Andrew Higgs | Roy MacGregor | Sean Maguire guest stars | 5 February 1993 |
| 16 | "Echo" | Bill Pryde | Peter Hammond | Adrian Rawlins guest stars | 9 February 1993 |
| 17 | "Fagins" | Brian Farnham | Julian Jones | First appearance of WPC Suzi Croft | 11 February 1993 |
| 18 | "Cried Too Late" | Chris Lovett | Matthew Wingett | Gerda Stevenson guest stars | 12 February 1993 |
| 19 | "Gone for a Soldier" | Brian Farnham | Steve Trafford | Charles De'Ath and Renu Setna guest star | 16 February 1993 |
| 20 | "Persuasion" | Richard Holthouse | Marianne Colbran | Sue Devaney guest stars | 18 February 1993 |
| 21 | "Hard Man" | Andrew Higgs | Carolyn Jones | — | 19 February 1993 |
| 22 | "Missionary Work" | William Brayne | Steve Trafford | Emma Bunton, Simone Hyams, Muriel Pavlow, Fanny Carby and Peter Gunn guest star | 23 February 1993 |
| 23 | "Hypocritical Oath" | Andrew Higgs | Matthew Bardsley | Kenneth Farrington and Anastasia Hille guest star | 25 February 1993 |
| 24 | "Trivial Pursuits" | Brian Parker | Len Collin | Jeremy Bulloch guest stars | 26 February 1993 |
| 25 | "Out of the Mouths" | Graeme Harper | Duncan Gould | Colin Spaull, David Simeon, John Leeson and Nathan Constance guest star | 2 March 1993 |
| 26 | "Keeping In Touch" | George Case | Anthony Valentine | Frank Mills and Daphne Oxenford guest star | 4 March 1993 |
| 27 | "If It Isn't Hurting" | Paul Unwin | Tony Etchells | Madhav Sharma and Wendy Williams guest star | 5 March 1993 |
| 28 | "Keeping Out of Trouble" | Brian Parker | Michael Jenner | First appearance of WDC Jo Morgan | 9 March 1993 |
| 29 | "School of Hard Knocks" | Graeme Harper | Robert Jones | Shirley Stelfox, Ivor Roberts and Nick Brimble guest star | 11 March 1993 |
| 30 | "A Little Family Business" | Michael Simpson | Steve Trafford | Margery Mason guest stars | 12 March 1993 |
| 31 | "Breaking the Chain" | Bill Pryde | Jonathan Myerson | — | 16 March 1993 |
| 32 | "The Fortress" | Bill Pryde | Philip Palmer | — | 18 March 1993 |
| 33 | "In Broad Daylight" | Richard Holthouse | Roy MacGregor | Nick Moran guest stars | 19 March 1993 |
| 34 | "Credible Witness" | Diana Patrick | Joanne Maguire | Hugh Futcher guest stars | 23 March 1993 |
| 35 | "The Price of Fame" | Haldane Duncan | Lizzie Mickery | Georgina Cates and Margot Leicester guest star | 25 March 1993 |
| 36 | "The Short Straw" | William Brayne | Russell Lewis | Final appearance of WDC Viv Martella | 26 March 1993 |
| 37 | "Missing" | Roger Gartland | Christopher Russell | David Hargreaves and Tim Preece guest star | 30 March 1993 |
| 38 | "Goods Received" | Diana Patrick | Julian Spilsbury | Eamon Boland and James Marcus guest star | 1 April 1993 |
| 39 | "Double Enmity" | Paul Unwin | David Hoskins | Paul Moriarty and Connor Byrne guest star | 2 April 1993 |
| 40 | "Hard Evidence" | Laurence Moody | Tony Etchells | Conleth Hill and Ken Bones guest star | 6 April 1993 |
| 41 | "High Hopes And Low Life" | John Darnell | Roy MacGregor | Final appearance of PC Ron Smollett; Peter Benson and Sharon Maiden guest star | 8 April 1993 |
| 42 | "On the Loose" | Laurence Moody | Candy Denman | Michelle Joseph, Allan Surtees and Hilda Fenemore guest star | 9 April 1993 |
| 43 | "Out of Court" | Jim Goddard | Mark Holloway | Jack Smethurst, James Bree and Timothy Walker guest star | 13 April 1993 |
| 44 | "Bedfellows" | Jan Sargent | Christopher Russell | Ace Bhatti and Raji James guest star | 15 April 1993 |
| 45 | "Cat and Mouse" | John Darnell | Sebastian Secker-Walker | Natalie Roles guest stars | 17 April 1993 |
| 46 | "Brothers" | Roger Gartland | Chris Lang | Jake Wood guest stars | 20 April 1993 |
| 47 | "Playing Away" | Ed Braman | Chris Ould | Geraldine Somerville guest stars | 22 April 1993 |
| 48 | "Coming to Terms" | Jeremy Silbertson | Roy MacGregor | Stephen Churchett and Maureen O'Brien guest star | 24 April 1993 |
| 49 | "Return to Sender" | Jeremy Silbertson | Michael Jenner | Andy Serkis and Joseph Kpobie guest star | 27 April 1993 |
| 50 | "Sticks and Stones" | Betsan Morris | David Lane | Tenniel Evans guest stars | 29 April 1993 |
| 51 | "Tangled Webs" | David Attwood | Ron Rose | James Gaddas and Julia Ford guest star | 1 May 1993 |
| 52 | "Recruiting Officer" | Ed Braman | Len Collin | Ray Ashcroft and Ian Burfield guest stars | 4 May 1993 |
| 53 | "Give 'Em An Inch" | Ken Horn | Duncan Gould | Ralph Ineson guest stars | 6 May 1993 |
| 54 | "By Hook or By Crook" | Haldane Duncan | Anthony Valentine | Neil Stuke guest stars | 8 May 1993 |
| 55 | "Home to Roost" | Chris Clough | Julian Spilsbury | Ricky Tomlinson and Gordon Salkilld guest star | 11 May 1993 |
| 56 | "In Safe Hands" | Chris Clough | Steve Trafford | Daniela Denby-Ashe guest stars | 13 May 1993 |
| 57 | "Punch Drunk" | Michael Simpson | Edward Canfor-Dumas | Final regular appearance of DS Ted Roach | 15 May 1993 |
| 58 | "Fall Out" | Anthony Quinn | James Mavor | — | 18 May 1993 |
| 59 | "Away Days" | Laurence Moody | Peter Hammond | Victoria Plucknett and Glyn Houston guest star | 20 May 1993 |
| 60 | "Pride and Joy" | Betsan Evans | Chris Ould | First appearance of DS Danny Pearce; Anne Reid, Matilda Ziegler, Tim Wylton and David Sibley guest star | 22 May 1993 |
| 61 | "Fast Food" | Ian White | Margaret Phelan | Pui Fan Lee, Robert Blythe and Larry Martyn guest star | 25 May 1993 |
| 62 | "Soft Touch" | Anthony Quinn | Robert Jones | Michael Carter guest stars | 27 May 1993 |
| 63 | "We Gave Him All Our Love" | David Attwood | Michael Russell | Polly James and Steven Arnold guest stars | 29 May 1993 |
| 64 | "Hearts and Minds" | Derek Lister | Tony Etchells | — | 1 June 1993 |
| 65 | "Cry Baby" | Derek Lister | Edward Canfor-Dumas | — | 3 June 1993 |
| 66 | "A Willing Victim" | Jim Goddard | Isabelle Grey | Albert Moses, Robert Gwilym, Lee MacDonald and Denise van Outen guest star | 5 June 1993 |
| 67 | "Rank Outsider" | Laurence Moody | Susan Shattock | — | 8 June 1993 |
| 68 | "Tender Mercies" | Ken Horn | Jane Woodrow | Ann Davies guest stars | 10 June 1993 |
| 69 | "Double Take" | Haldane Duncan | Anthony Valentine | Vilma Hollingbery and Peter Miles guest star | 12 June 1993 |
| 70 | "Mouth and Trousers" | Michael Simpson | Len Collin | Final appearance of PC Barry Stringer; Daragh O'Malley guest stars | 15 June 1993 |
| 71 | "Uses and Abuses" | Michael Simpson | Joan Maguire / Geoff McQueen | Charlotte Avery, Souad Faress and Frances Ruffelle guest star | 16 June 1993 |
| 72 | "Picking a Winner" | Haldane Duncan | Michael Jenner | Amanda Abbington guest stars | 19 June 1993 |
| 73 | "Broken" | John Bruce | Roy MacGregor | Brian Glover guest stars | 22 June 1993 |
| 74 | "Insider Dealing" | John Strickland | Julian Spilsbury | Donald Douglas and Philip Martin Brown guest star | 24 June 1993 |
| 75 | "To Have and To Hold" | Sarah Anderson | Edward Canfor-Dumas | Alex Kingston guest stars | 26 June 1993 |
| 76 | "Honour Among Thieves" | John Strickland | Joanne Maguire | Trevor Peacock guest stars | 29 June 1993 |
| 77 | "Somebody to Love" | Ian White | Marianne Colbran | Victoria Alcock, Jimmy Yuill and Jo Kendall guest star | 1 July 1993 |
| 78 | "Morning Has Broken" | Sarah Anderson | Gregory Evans | WDC Jo Morgan is promoted to WDS; Michael Elwyn guest stars | 3 July 1993 |
| 79 | "Swaps" | Laurence Moody | Duncan Gould | Gabrielle Blunt and Tony Aitken guest star | 6 July 1993 |
| 80 | "Trust" | Aisling Walsh | Marianne Colbran | Bronagh Gallagher and Lee Ross guest star | 8 July 1993 |
| 81 | "Divided We Fall" | James Cellan Jones | Ron Rose | Caroline John guest stars | 10 July 1993 |
| 82 | "A Duty of Care" | Indra Bhose | Philip Palmer | Richard Moore guest stars | 13 July 1993 |
| 83 | "Family Values" | Graham Theakston | James Stevenson | Tilly Vosburgh guest stars | 15 July 1993 |
| 84 | "A Matter of Life and Death" | Aisling Walsh | Christopher Long | Final appearance of Sgt John Maitland; Peter Gilmore guest stars | 17 July 1993 |
| 85 | "Kith and Kin" | Indra Bhose | Isabelle Grey | First appearance of Sgt Ray Steele; Oscar James guest stars | 20 July 1993 |
| 86 | "Part of the Family" | Michael Offer | Clive Hopkins | Lolita Chakrabarti and Nadim Sawalha guest star | 22 July 1993 |
| 87 | "Mighty Atoms" | Alex Kirby | Neil Clarke | Jonny Lee Miller guest stars | 24 July 1993 |
| 88 | "A Malicious Prosecution" | James Cellan Jones | Julian Jones | Timothy Walker guest stars | 27 July 1993 |
| 89 | "Outbreak" | Michael Offer | Stephen C. Handley | Joanna Hole and Trevor Byfield guest star | 27 July 1993 |
| 90 | "Unreliable Witness" | Chris Lovett | Steve Griffiths | Eddie Marsan and Patsy Palmer guest star | 31 July 1993 |
| 91 | "Sweet Charity" | Chris Clough | Len Collin | Stuart Organ guest stars | 3 August 1993 |
| 92 | "David and Goliath" | Chris Lovett | Duncan Gould | Natasha Pyne guest stars | 5 August 1993 |
| 93 | "What a Pair" | John Bruce | Lizzie Mickery | Marjorie Yates guest stars | 7 August 1993 |
| 94 | "Desirable Property" | John Bruce | Mark Holloway | — | 10 August 1993 |
| 95 | "Blind Spot" | Matthew Evans | Roger Davenport | John Simm guest stars | 12 August 1993 |
| 96 | "Carrying the Load" | Matthew Evans | Michael Jenner | Tony Haygarth guest stars | 14 August 1993 |
| 97 | "Deadly Weapon" | Haldane Duncan | Graham Harvey | Alex Walkinshaw and Dave Atkins guest star | 17 August 1993 |
| 98 | "All the Wrong Connections" | Haldane Duncan | Roy MacGregor | Stephen Greif guest stars | 19 August 1993 |
| 99 | "Give and Take" | John Strickland | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | Jaye Griffiths and Catherine Tate guest star | 21 August 1993 |
| 100 | "Desperate Measures" | Sue Dunderdale | Candy Denman | Gordon Warnecke guest stars | 24 August 1993 |
| 101 | "To Catch a Thief" | Sue Dunderdale | Lyndon Mallett | Robert Ashby, Peter Armitage and JoAnne Good guest star | 26 August 1993 |
| 102 | "Natural Reaction" | Michael Simpson | Tom Needham | Jane Slavin guest stars | 28 August 1993 |
| 103 | "Desperate Remedies" | Andrew Higgs | Barry Simner | Paul Angelis, Linda Henry and Gerry Cowper guest star | 31 August 1993 |
| 104 | "Bright Lights" | Michael Simpson | Peter Hammond | George Rossi guest stars | 2 September 1993 |
| 105 | "Bare Faced Lies" | Alex Kirby | Lizzi Mickery | Final regular appearance DI Frank Burnside; Tracie Bennett and Carol Harrison guest star | 4 September 1993 |
| 106 | "But Not Forgotten" | David Attwood | Russell Lewis | Brian Capron guest stars | 7 September 1993 |
| 107 | "Push" | John Strickland | Mark Holloway | Lucy Speed and Edna Doré guest star | 9 September 1993 |
| 108 | "Bad Reaction" | Moira Armstrong | Joanne Maguire | First appearance of DI Harry Haines | 11 September 1993 |
| 109 | "Compliments of the Service" | Derek Lister | Anthony Valentine | Nigel Humphreys guest stars | 14 September 1993 |
| 110 | "Game of Two Halves" | Andrew Higgs | Robert Jones | — | 16 September 1993 |
| 111 | "The Knowledge" | Chris Clough | Michael Russell | Bill Stewart, Jimmi Harkishin and Daniel Abineri guest star | 18 September 1993 |
| 112 | "No Place Like Home" | Graham Theakston | Tony Etchells | Final appearance of Sgt Jane Kendall | 21 September 1993 |
| 113 | "Customer Care" | Derek Lister | Trevor Wadlow | — | 23 September 1993 |
| 114 | "The Right Man for the Job" | Jeremy Silbertson | Chris Ould | Joe Absolom, Count Prince Miller and Anthony Jackson guest star | 25 September 1993 |
| 115 | "A Life in the Day Of" | Moira Armstrong | Edward Canfor-Dumas | Kate Maravan guest stars | 28 September 1993 |
| 116 | "Having What It Takes" | Gill Wilkinson | Isabelle Grey | Diane Langton guest stars. | 30 September 1993 |
| 117 | "Play the Game" | Aisling Walsh | Philip Palmer | Barry Stanton and Aidan Gillen guest star | 2 October 1993 |
| 118 | "Unlucky For Some" | David Attwood | Julian Spilsbury | Danny Dyer, Maggie Cronin and Helen Blatch guest star | 5 October 1993 |
| 119 | "Gift of the Gab" | Ted Clisby | Anthony Valentine | Dermot Crowley guest stars | 7 October 1993 |
| 120 | "A Class Act" | Jeremy Woolf | Trevor Wadlow | Marc Warren guest stars | 9 October 1993 |
| 121 | "Dangerous Trade" | Jeremy Woolf | Graham Harvey | — | 12 October 1993 |
| 122 | "Cheating Heart" | Nicholas Mallett | Scott Cherry | Amelda Brown, Christopher Blake and Bobby Knutt guest star | 14 October 1993 |
| 123 | "Somewhere To Hang My Hat" | Ted Clisby | Neil Clarke | Jean Heywood guest stars | 16 October 1993 |
| 124 | "No Comment" | Jeremy Silberston | Christopher Russell | Adam Blackwood guest stars | 19 October 1993 |
| 125 | "Shrinkage" | Nicholas Mallett | Duncan Gould | Berwick Kaler, Vincent Regan, Martin Hancock, David Schaal and Ben Nealon guest star | 21 October 1993 |
| 126 | "Street Legal" | Chris Lovett | James Stevenson | Mark Letheren guest stars | 23 October 1993 |
| 127 | "The Green Eyed Monster" | Laura Sims | Chris Lang | Billy Hartman guest stars | 26 October 1993 |
| 128 | "Behind Closed Doors" | Gill Wilkinson | Sebastian Secker-Walker | Pal Aron guest stars | 28 October 1993 |
| 129 | "Links in the Chain" | Laura Sims | Duncan Gould | Andrew Burt guest stars | 30 October 1993 |
| 130 | "Care in the Community" | Chris Lovett | Jane Hollowood | Roberta Taylor, Geoffrey Hutchings, Barry Andrews and David Quilter guest star | 2 November 1993 |
| 131 | "You Don't Always Get What You Want" | Chris Clough | Stephen C. Handley | — | 4 November 1993 |
| 132 | "Reason To Believe" | Ian White | Joanne Maguire | Billy Hartman guest stars | 6 November 1993 |
| 133 | "Let Slip" | Riitta Leena Lynn | Lyndon Mallet | — | 9 November 1993 |
| 134 | "Until Proven Guilty" | Derek Lister | Sebastian Secker Walker | Tony Caunter guest stars | 11 November 1993 |
| 135 | "The Hard Sell" | Derek Lister | Michael Jenner | — | 13 November 1993 |
| 136 | "Consequences" | Riitta Leena Lynn | Marianne Colbran | Tony Guilfoyle and Cheryl Hall guest star | 16 November 1993 |
| 137 | "A Question of Identity" | Ian White | David Lane | — | 18 November 1993 |
| 138 | "Cutting Edge" | Michael Simpson | Terry Hodgkinson | Derek Newark and Godfrey James guest star | 20 November 1993 |
| 139 | "Put Down" | Michael Simpson | Edward Canfor-Dumas | Jeillo Edwards guest stars | 23 November 1993 |
| 140 | "Left Behind" | Frank W. Smith | Judith Johnson | Albert Welling guest stars | 25 November 1993 |
| 141 | "Real Villains" | Chris Clough | Gregory Evans | Dean Gaffney guest stars | 27 November 1993 |
| 142 | "Questionable Judgement" | Paul Unwin | Candy Denman | Camilla Power, Martin Fisk and David Quilter guest star | 30 November 1993 |
| 143 | "Taking Care of Business" | Christopher Hodson | Steve Griffiths | — | 2 December 1993 |
| 144 | "The Law in Their Hands" | Graeme Harper | Len Collin | Richard Davies guest stars | 4 December 1993 |
| 145 | "Cause For Complaint" | Frank W. Smith | Edwin Pearce | — | 7 December 1993 |
| 146 | "Blood Counts" | Paul Unwin | Andy Garrett | Paul Barber guest stars | 9 December 1993 |
| 147 | "Hurting Inside" | Peter Cattaneo | Harry Duffin | Oliver Smith guest stars | 11 December 1993 |
| 148 | "Corroboration" | John Bruce | Margaret Phelan | Kevork Malikyan guest stars | 14 December 1993 |
| 149 | "Death of a Ladies' Man" | Chris Lovett | Marianne Colbran | — | 16 December 1993 |
| 150 | "An Ill Wind" | Laurence Moody | Graham Harvey | Sally Knyvette guest stars | 18 December 1993 |
| 151 | "Keep on Trucking" | Graeme Harper | Duncan Gould | Russell Floyd guest stars | 21 December 1993 |
| 152 | "A Family Trait" | Aisling Walsh | Candy Denman | — | 23 December 1993 |
| 153 | "Paid in Full" | John Bruce | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | Arthur Cox and Sophie Stanton guest star | 24 December 1993 |
| 154 | "Cause for Concern" | Christopher Hodson | Julian Spilsbury | Dean Harris and Ray Armstrong guest star | 28 December 1993 |
| 155 | "Nothing Ventured" | Nick Laughland | Edward Canfor-Dumas | Final regular appearance of DI Harry Haines; Nick Miles and Donald Sumpter guest star | 31 December 1993 |
Series 10 (1994)
| No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Episode notes | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Games" | Andrew Higgs | Len Collin | David Bamber and June Page guest star | 4 January 1994 |
| 2 | "Second Sight" | David Attwood | Elizabeth-Ann Wheal | First regular appearance of DI Sally Johnson; Michael Byrne guest stars | 6 January 1994 |
| 3 | "Darkness Before Dawn" | Nick Laughland | Sebastian Secker Walker | Sophie Okonedo, Douglas Henshall and David Quilter guest star | 7 January 1994 |
| 4 | "He Who Waits" | Douglas MacKinnon | Neil Clarke | First appearance of DC Rod Skase; Sally George guest stars | 11 January 1994 |
| 5 | "Mix and Match" | Charles Beeson | Chris Ould | — | 13 January 1994 |
| 6 | "Dealer Wins" | Charles Beeson | Duncan Gould | — | 14 January 1994 |
| 7 | "No Job For An Amateur" | Rittaa Leena Lynn | Candy Denman | First appearance of PC Adam Bostock; Julie Hesmondhalgh guest stars | 18 January 1994 |
| 8 | "Judge and Jury" | Bill Pryde | James Stevenson | Susan Fleetwood and David Horovitch guest star | 20 January 1994 |
| 9 | "The Mourning After" | Chris Lovett | Mark Holloway | Jo Stone-Fewings and Dido Miles guest star | 21 January 1994 |
| 10 | "Just Say No" | Jan Sargent | Nigel Baldwin | Tim Preece guest stars | 25 January 1994 |
| 11 | "Mud Sticks" | Peter Cattaneo | Isabelle Grey | — | 27 January 1994 |
| 12 | "One Bad Turn" | Laurence Moody | Anthony Valentine | Nicholas Bailey guest stars | 29 January 1994 |
| 13 | "Faith in the System" | Bill Pryde | Matthew Wingett | Russell Boulter guest stars | 1 February 1994 |
| 14 | "Keeping Mum" | Michael Simpson | Lizzie Mickery | Kevin Doyle and Annie Hulley guest star | 3 February 1994 |
| 15 | "Double Vision" | Chris Clough | Neil Clark | Fanny Carby guest stars | 4 February 1994 |
| 16 | "No Access" | Riitta Leena Lynn | Isabelle Grey | David Neilson and Rene Zagger guest star | 8 February 1994 |
| 17 | "Ways and Means" | Jan Sargent | Jane Woodrow | Paul Jerricho and Perry Fenwick guest star | 10 February 1994 |
| 18 | "Cutting It" | Brian Parker | Michael Jenner | — | 11 February 1994 |
| 19 | "Secrets" | Douglas MacKinnon | Neil McKay | Dicken Ashworth and David Haig guest star | 15 February 1994 |
| 20 | "Bin-Men" | Ian White | Roger Davenport | Lloyd McGuire guest stars | 17 February 1994 |
| 21 | "Ducking and Diving" | Chris Clough | Barry Purchese | Alan Ford and Debbie Linden guest star | 18 February 1994 |
| 22 | "Gone Away" | Ian White | Isabelle Grey | Daniela Denby-Ashe guest stars | 22 February 1994 |
| 23 | "Dead Men Don't Drive Cars" | John Bruce | Rob Gittins | Lizzie Mickery guest stars | 24 February 1994 |
| 24 | "Saturday Night's All Right" | John Bruce | Len Collin | Charles De'Ath guest stars | 25 February 1994 |
| 25 | "Ranks and Files" | Derek Lister | Edward Canfor-Dumas | Nicholas Donnelly guest stars | 1 March 1994 |
| 26 | "Business as Usual" | Indra Bhose | Philip Palmer | — | 3 March 1994 |
| 27 | "Root of All Evil" | Indra Bhose | Joanne Maguire | Paul Putner and Roy Heather guest star | 4 March 1994 |
| 28 | "Man to Man" | Derek Lister | Trevor Wadlow | Steven Hartley guest stars | 8 March 1994 |
| 29 | "Menace" | Brian Parker | Tom Needham | Michael Keating guest stars | 10 March 1994 |
| 30 | "Killjoys" | Laurence Moody | Gregory Evans | — | 11 March 1994 |
| 31 | "One of Them" | Nick Laughland | Chris Lang | David Quilter and John McArdle guest star | 15 March 1994 |
| 32 | "Day of Reckoning" | Diana Patrick | Julian Spilsbury | Zienia Merton, Connor McIntyre and Harry Van Gorkum guest star | 17 March 1994 |
| 33 | "Sleeping with the Fishes" | Laurence Moody | Julian Jones | Geoffrey McGivern guest stars | 18 March 1994 |
| 34 | "Fair Exchange" | Diana Patrick | Chris Lang | — | 22 March 1994 |
| 35 | "Last Rights" | Nick Laughland | Candy Denman | Philip McGough guest stars | 24 March 1994 |
| 36 | "Mean Streak" | Michael Offer | James Stevenson | — | 25 March 1994 |
| 37 | "Pig in the Middle" | Carol Wilks | Jonathan Myerson | Idris Elba and Jennie Stoller guest star | 29 March 1994 |
| 38 | "House Arrest" | Carol Wilks | Barry Simner | Georgina Cates guest stars | 31 March 1994 |
| 39 | "Clubbing Together" | Brian Farnham | Sebastian Secker Walker | George Irving guest stars | 1 April 1994 |
| 40 | "Pals" | Aisling Walsh | Mark Holloway | David Gwillim guest stars | 5 April 1994 |
| 41 | "Sold Out" | Michael Offer | Stephen C. Handley | Shirin Taylor guest stars | 7 April 1994 |
| 42 | "Last Orders" | Chris Lovett | Michael Jenner | — | 8 April 1994 |
| 43 | "All the Comforts of Home" | Aisling Walsh | Lyndon Mallet | Brian Miller, Sorcha Cusack and Philip Glenister guest star | 12 April 1994 |
| 44 | "Wild Justice" | Graeme Harper | Nigel Baldwin | Sarah Alexander and Colin Spaull guest star | 14 April 1994 |
| 45 | "Give Away" | Brian Farnham | Len Collin | — | 15 April 1994 |
| 46 | "Nowhere to Run" | Chris Lovett | Simon Frith | Charlotte Bellamy and John Moreno guest star | 19 April 1994 |
| 47 | "Final Straw" | Gwennan Sage | Tom Needham | — | 21 April 1994 |
| 48 | "Bodyguard of Lies" | Gwennan Sage | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | Ron Cook and David Quilter guest star | 22 April 1994 |
| 49 | "Friends Like That" | Roger Gartland | Tony Etchells | — | 26 April 1994 |
| 50 | "Disclosures" | Graeme Harper | Carolyn Sally Jones | Ian Redford, Dominic Jephcott and Patrick Godfrey guest star | 28 April 1994 |
| 51 | "Big Eagle Day" | A J Quinn | Terry Hodgkinson | Danny Webb and Patrick Murray guest star | 29 April 1994 |
| 52 | "Bottleneck" | David Richards | J. C. Wilsher | Ginny Holder guest stars | 3 May 1994 |
| 53 | "Honour and Obey" | Roger Gartland | Lizzie Mickery | — | 5 May 1994 |
| 54 | "Hot Off the Press" | A J Quinn | Edwin Pearce | Clive Merrison and David Hargreaves guest star | 6 May 1994 |
| 55 | "Killing Time" | Jeremy Silberston | Mark Holloway | Thomas Craig and Lesley Nicol guest star | 10 May 1994 |
| 56 | "Butter Wouldn't Melt" | David Richards | Neil Clarke | Pete Lee-Wilson and Joanna Monro guest stars | 12 May 1994 |
| 57 | "All Things Nice" | David Attwood | Ron Rose | — | 13 May 1994 |
| 58 | "No Way to Treat a Lady" | Ian White | Scott Cherry | — | 17 May 1994 |
| 59 | "The Price" | Jeremy Silberston | Roy MacGregor | — | 19 May 1994 |
| 60 | "Old Scores" | Ian White | David Hoskins | Trevor Byfield guest stars | 20 May 1994 |
| 61 | "Branded" | David Attwood | Barry Simner | — | 24 May 1994 |
| 62 | "Good Friends" | June Howson | Marianne Colbran | Alan Westaway guest stars | 26 May 1994 |
| 63 | "RTA" | Douglas Mackinnon | Philip Palmer | — | 27 May 1994 |
| 64 | "No Marks" | June Howson | Robert Jones | Frank Mills guest stars | 31 May 1994 |
| 65 | "Sweetness and Light" | David Attwood | Ron Rose | Kenneth Farrington guest stars | 2 June 1994 |
| 66 | "Hey Diddle Diddle" | Nick Laughland | Gerry Huxham | Rebecca Lacey and David Meyer guest star | 3 June 1994 |
| 67 | "Funny Money" | Graham Dixon | Duncan Gould | — | 7 June 1994 |
| 68 | "Till Death Do Us Part" | Chris Clough | Harry Duffin | Colin Buchanan guest stars | 9 June 1994 |
| 69 | "All Along the Watchtower" | Sue Dunderdale | Stephen C. Handley | Michele Austin guest stars | 10 June 1994 |
| 70 | "Snowblind" | Douglas Mackinnon | Steve Griffiths | — | 14 June 1994 |
| 71 | "Lesson to be Learned" | Andrew Higgs | Roy Mitchell | Sally Rogers, Louis Mahoney and Dominic Guard guest star | 16 June 1994 |
| 72 | "Dear John" | Brian Farnham | Lyndon Mallet | — | 17 June 1994 |
| 73 | "Within Limits" | Christopher Hodson | Brian B. Thompson | — | 21 June 1994 |
| 74 | "Tails You Lose" | Christopher Hodson | Maxwell Young | — | 23 June 1994 |
| 75 | "Gate Fever" | Jim Goddard | Isabelle Grey | David Gwillim and George Sewell guest star | 24 June 1994 |
| 76 | "The Road Not Taken" | Jim Goddard | Ron Rose | — | 28 June 1994 |
| 77 | "Fallen Angel" | Graham Dixon | Rob Gittins | Barrie Gosney and Hywel Simons guest star | 30 June 1994 |
| 78 | "A Touch of Braid" | Frank Smith | Edwin Pearce | Ged Simmons guest stars | 1 July 1994 |
| 79 | "Masquerade" | Frank Smith | Julian Spilsbury | Rio Fanning guest stars | 5 July 1994 |
| 80 | "Good Days" | Michael Simpson | Peter J. Hammond | Liz Fraser, Renu Setna and Frank Jarvis guest star | 7 July 1994 |
| 81 | "Banned" | Sam Miller | Michael Baker | Trevor Cooper guest stars | 8 July 1994 |
| 82 | "Parental Guidance" | Chris Lovett | Richard Stoneman | — | 12 July 1994 |
| 83 | "Settling the Score" | Baz Taylor | Tom Needham | — | 14 July 1994 |
| 84 | "High Drivers" | Sam Miller | Nigel Baldwin | Charlie Condou guest stars | 15 July 1994 |
| 85 | "Personal Space" | Moira Armstrong | Carolyn Sally Jones | WPC Suzi Croft is promoted to WDC; Ashley Jensen and Peter-Hugo Daly guest star | 19 July 1994 |
| 86 | "Public Spirit" | Sue Dunderdale | Simon Frith | Paul Copley guest stars | 21 July 1994 |
| 87 | "Dirty Laundry" | Moira Armstrong | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | — | 22 July 1994 |
| 88 | "Paying the Price" | John Bruce | Robert Jones | — | 26 July 1994 |
| 89 | "Best Interests" | Brian Farnham | James Stevenson | Robert Gwilym guest stars | 28 July 1994 |
| 90 | "Easy Prey" | Baz Taylor | Mark Holloway | — | 29 July 1994 |
| 91 | "Unfinished Business" | Jeremy Silberston | David Hoskins | First appearance of DS Chris Deakin | 2 August 1994 |
| 92 | "War of Nerves" | Danny Hiller | Edwin Pearce | Billy McColl guest stars | 4 August 1994 |
| 93 | "Legacy" | Laurence Moody | Chris Ould | Hubert Rees, Shaun Williamson and Eamon Boland guest star | 5 August 1994 |
| 94 | "Death and Taxes" | David Yates | Jonathan Myerson | John Duttine guest stars | 9 August 1994 |
| 95 | "In Too Deep" | Nicholas Mallett | Roy MacGregor | — | 11 August 1994 |
| 96 | "You Belong to Me" | Jeremy Silberston | Marianne Colbran | Dearbhla Molloy guest stars | 12 August 1994 |
| 97 | "Looking for Mr Right" | Danny Hiller | Barry Simner | — | 16 August 1994 |
| 98 | "Skinning Cats" | Nicholas Mallett | Duncan Gould | — | 18 August 1994 |
| 99 | "Full Contact" | David Yates | Steve Griffiths | Adrienne Posta guest stars | 19 August 1994 |
| 100 | "Partners" | John Bruce | Simon Moss | Gerry Cowper guest stars | 23 August 1994 |
| 101 | "On the Latch" | Gill Wilkinson | Michael Jenner | Shaun Dingwall guest stars | 25 August 1994 |
| 102 | "Wall of Silence" | Gill Wilkinson | David Hoskins | Michael Melia guest stars | 26 August 1994 |
| 103 | "Business Opportunities" | Dominic Allan | Isabelle Grey | John Rolfe guest stars | 30 August 1994 |
| 104 | "A Little Learning" | Chris Lovett | Michael Jenner | Anna Wilson-Jones guest stars | 1 September 1994 |
| 105 | "Right Way, Wrong Way" | Simon Meyers | Nigel Baldwin | Larrington Walker and Pik-Sen Lim guest star | 2 September 1994 |
| 106 | "Instant Response" | Nicholas Laughland | Joanne Maguire | Final appearance of PC Adam Bostock | 6 September 1994 |
| 107 | "Washback" | Chris Clough | A. Valentine | — | 8 September 1994 |
| 108 | "Kickback" | Laurence Moody | A. Valentine | David Gwillim guest stars | 9 September 1994 |
| 109 | "Birthright" | Aisling Walsh | Peter J. Hammond | Deborah Manship guest stars | 13 September 1994 |
| 110 | "Threats and Promises" | Michael Simpson | Gregory Evans | — | 15 September 1994 |
| 111 | "Inside" | Gwennan Sage | Mark Holloway | — | 16 September 1994 |
| 112 | "Back on the Chain Gang" | Laura Sims | Stephen C. Handley | — | 20 September 1994 |
| 113 | "Out in the Cold" | Gwennan Sage | David G. McDonagh | Jacqueline Defferary guest stars | 22 September 1994 |
| 114 | "Living Legend" | Brian Farnham | Helen Leadbeater | Georgina Hale, Derek Martin, Johnnie Wade, Neil Stuke and John Gill guest star | 23 September 1994 |
| 115 | "Runners and Riders" | June Howson | Michael Jenner | Victoria Alcock guest stars | 27 September 1994 |
| 116 | "Down and Out" | Laura Sims | Simon Frith | Ewen Bremner guest stars | 29 September 1994 |
| 117 | "Inquest" | Brian Farnham | Margaret Phelan | TBA | 30 September 1994 |
| 118 | "Grey Matter" | Aisling Walsh | Edward Canfor-Dumas | Bruce Byron and Madhav Sharma guest star | 4 October 1994 |
| 119 | "Blackout" | Simon Meyers | Roger Davenport | Malcolm Terris, Mark Heap, Sean Caffrey and Peter Benson guest star | 6 October 1994 |
| 120 | "The Cold Consumer" | Douglas Mackinnon | Terry Hodgkinson | — | 7 October 1994 |
| 121 | "Saving Face" | Dominic Allan | Scott Cherry | Stacey Tendeter guest stars | 11 October 1994 |
| 122 | "Silent Partner" | Indra Bhose | Isabelle Grey | Peter Copley guest stars | 13 October 1994 |
| 123 | "One Born Every Minute" | Jeremy Silberston | Tom Needham | Campbell Morrison guest stars | 14 October 1994 |
| 124 | "Backlash" | Chris Clough | A. Valentine | Hour-long 10th anniversary special; Danny John-Jules and Allan Corduner guest star | 18 October 1994 |
| 125 | "Taken on Trust" | Tony Virgo | Julian Spilsbury | — | 20 October 1994 |
| 126 | "Bridgework" | Michael Simpson | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | David Lonsdale guest stars | 21 October 1994 |
| 127 | "Land of the Blind" | John Bruce | Sebastian Secker-Walker | Claire Benedict and Russell Brand guest star | 25 October 1994 |
| 128 | "Indecent Exposure" | John Bruce | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | Nadia Sawalha guest stars | 27 October 1994 |
| 129 | "Pass the Parcel" | Alan Bell | Chris Ould | — | 28 October 1994 |
| 130 | "Cheap at Half the Price" | Christopher Hodson | Chris Lang | — | 1 November 1994 |
| 131 | "The Sixth Age" | June Howson | Ron Rose | Helen Fraser and Diana Coupland guest stars | 3 November 1994 |
| 132 | "Pipped at the Post" | Christopher Hodson | Robert Jones | — | 4 November 1994 |
| 133 | "Mischief" | Gill Wilkinson | Peter J. Hammond | — | 8 November 1994 |
| 134 | "Taking Stock" | Tony Virgo | Marianne Colbran | Final regular appearance of WDS Jo Morgan; Sarah Parish and Maureen O'Farrell guest star | 10 November 1994 |
| 135 | "The Melting Pot" | Sam Miller | Christopher Russell | Ch Insp Derek Conway is promoted to A/Supt; Oscar James guest stars | 11 November 1994 |
| 136 | "No Name, No Number" | Indra Bhose | Jonathan Myerson | Forbes Collins and Anthony Jackson guest star | 15 November 1994 |
| 137 | "Make Believe" | David Attwood | Michael Jenner | — | 17 November 1994 |
| 138 | "Sleeping Dogs" | Audrey Cooke | Maxwell Young | — | 18 November 1994 |
| 139 | "Beg, Borrow or Steal" | Gill Wilkinson | Edwin Pearce | John Abineri guest stars | 22 November 1994 |
| 140 | "Work Experience" | Chris Lovett | Barry Simner | Richard Mylan guest stars | 24 November 1994 |
| 141 | "Down a Blind Alley" | Alan Bell | Roy MacGregor | David Quilter guest stars | 25 November 1994 |
| 142 | "Creating a Market" | Douglas Mackinnon | Candy Denman | — | 29 November 1994 |
| 143 | "Fly on the Wall" | Audrey Cooke | Rob Gittins | Catherine Tate guest stars | 1 December 1994 |
| 144 | "King of the Hill" | Simon Meyers | Chris Ould | Joe Absolom guest stars | 2 December 1994 |
| 145 | "Fathers and Sons" | Brian Parker | Gregory Evans | Richard Beale and Bruce Alexander guest star | 6 December 1994 |
| 146 | "A Feeling for the Job" | Keith Boak | Tom Needham | Freddie Earlle guest stars | 8 December 1994 |
| 147 | "Closing Time" | Chris Lovett | Mark Holloway | — | 9 December 1994 |
| 148 | "Blood Pressure" | David Attwood | Richard Stoneman | Angela Lonsdale, Jack Smethurst and Martin Hancock guest star | 13 December 1994 |
| 149 | "Appropriate Adults" | Martin Hutchings | Barry Simner | — | 15 December 1994 |
| 150 | "Throw the Key Away" | Sam Miller | Neil Clarke | — | 16 December 1994 |
| 151 | "An Unconventional Approach" | Frank W. Smith | Dom Shaw | Ann Davies guest stars | 20 December 1994 |
| 152 | "Fall Guy" | Simon Meyers | James Stevenson | — | 22 December 1994 |
| 153 | "Stuffed" | Christopher Hodson | Mark Holloway | Ray Ashcroft guest stars | 23 December 1994 |
| 154 | "Dearly Departed" | Alan Bell | David G. McDonagh | Ian Puleston-Davies and Ralph Watson guest star | 27 December 1994 |
| 155 | "Returning the Call" | Frank W. Smith | Richard Stoneman | Jake Wood guest stars | 29 December 1994 |
| 156 | "Licensed to Kill" | Jan Sargent | Roy MacGregor | Pooky Quesnel guest stars | 30 December 1994 |
Series 11 (1995)
| No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Episode notes | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "To Crack a Nut" | Nicholas Mallett | Chris Lang | Sheila Ruskin and Sarah-Jane Potts guest star | 5 January 1995 |
| 2 | "Hot Stuff" | Robin Sheppard | Candy Denman | Guest appearance of Harry Haines | 6 January 1995 |
| 3 | "Hit and Miss" | Robin Sheppard | Jo O'Keefe | Ian Cullen and Mark Benton guest star | 10 January 1995 |
| 4 | "Hard Cases" | Martin Hutchings | Katharine Way | Rob Edwards and Jane Hazlegrove guest star | 12 January 1995 |
| 5 | "The Protection Racket" | Nicholas Mallett | Edwin Pearce | — | 13 January 1995 |
| 6 | "Crossfire" | Laurence Moody | Fred Kerins | Clara Salaman guest stars | 17 January 1995 |
| 7 | "Little Boy Lost" | Keith Boak | Scott Cherry | Melanie Walters guest star | 19 January 1995 |
| 8 | "Hard Knocks" | Brian Parker | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | — | 20 January 1995 |
| 9 | "New Management" | Jeremy Silberston | Steve Griffiths | — | 24 January 1995 |
| 10 | "Powerless" | Paul Unwin | John Harding | Robert Pugh, Maureen Beattie and Daniela Denby-Ashe guest star | 26 January 1995 |
| 11 | "Done Is Done" | Alan Bell | Chris Ould | Final regular appearance of DI Sally Johnson; Sean Gilder guest stars | 27 January 1995 |
| 12 | "Getting Even" | David Skynner | Steve Griffiths | DS Chris Deakin is promoted to Acting DI; Terence Beesley guest stars | 31 January 1995 |
| 13 | "Taking the Blame" | Haldane Duncan | Matthew Wingett | — | 2 February 1995 |
| 14 | "Expert Witness" | Alan Bell | Simon Frith | First appearance of DS Don Beech; Debra Gillett guest stars | 3 February 1995 |
| 15 | "Just Another Caution" | Jonathan Dent | Bob Eaton | — | 7 February 1995 |
| 16 | "Uncle Bob" | Derek Lister | Scott Cherry | June Page, Oliver Smith and Jeffery Kissoon guest star | 9 February 1995 |
| 17 | "Street Life" | Paul Unwin | Rory MacGregor | Sara Stockbridge, Jeffery Kissoon and Michael Troughton guest star | 10 February 1995 |
| 18 | "A Fighting Chance" | Laurence Moody | Kevin Scouler | Ivan Kaye guest stars | 14 February 1995 |
| 19 | "Going Home" | Gill Wilkinson | Terry Hodgkinson | Michael Mellinger guest stars | 14 February 1995 |
| 20 | "High Score" | David Skynner | Jim Hawkins | Nicholas Murchie guest stars | 17 February 1995 |
| 21 | "Throwback" | Gill Wilkinson | Peter J. Hammond | Hazel Douglas guest stars | 23 February 1995 |
| 22 | "Eyes and Ears" | Peter Barber-Fleming | Michael Jenner | Ian Bartholomew guest stars | 24 February 1995 |
| 23 | "Good Housekeeping" | Tom Cotter | J. C. Wilsher | — | 28 February 1995 |
| 24 | "Is That the Time?" | Tom Cotter | Steve Griffiths | Final appearance of Ch Insp Philip Cato; Geoffrey Beevers and Robert Daws guest star | 3 March 1995 |
| 25 | "New Moves" | Chris Clough | Neil Clarke | First appearances of PCs Nick Slater and Debbie Keane; John McArdle and Stuart Organ guest star | 7 March 1995 |
| 26 | "Flora and Fauna" | Haldane Duncan | Simon Moss | Alex Walkinshaw guest star | 9 March 1995 |
| 27 | "Loose Cannon" | Simon Meyers | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | — | 10 March 1995 |
| 28 | "Count to Ten" | Christopher Hodson | David Hoskins | — | 14 March 1995 |
| 29 | "Alone" | Jan Sargeant | Jonathan Myerson | Niall Buggy and Terry Molloy guest star | 17 March 1995 |
| 30 | "Quits" | Keith Boak | Rory MacGregor | — | 21 March 1995 |
| 31 | "Stopping Time" | Jonathan Dent | Duncan Gould | Penelope Nice and Paul Putner guest star | 23 March 1995 |
| 32 | "Value for Money" | Peter Barber-Fleming | Maxwell Young | Dominic Brunt guest stars | 24 March 1995 |
| 33 | "Little Green Apples" | Nicholas Laughland | Robert Jones | First appearance of Ch Insp Paul Stritch; Timothy Bateson and Jonathan Kydd guest star | 28 March 1995 |
| 34 | "Never Too Young" | Chris Lovett | Jonathan Myerson | Carol Harrison guest stars | 30 March 1995 |
| 35 | "Lost and Found" | Keith Boak | Suj Ahmed | Vincenzo Pellegrino, John Fraser and Renu Setna guest star | 31 March 1995 |
| 36 | "Hair Trigger" | Derek Lister | Tom Needham | — | 4 April 1995 |
| 37 | "Learning Curve" | Carol Wiseman | Barry Simner | David Schofield, Trevor Cooper and Eric Mason guest star | 7 April 1995 |
| 38 | "Not Just For Christmas" | Chris Lovett | Julian Spilsbury | Basil Moss and Cliff Parisi guest star | 11 April 1995 |
| 39 | "Swan Song" | Pip Broughton | Lyndon Mallet | Keira Knightley, Pat Roach, Gordon Warnecke and Lois Baxter guest star | 13 April 1995 |
| 40 | "In on the Game" | Pip Broughton | Sebastian Secker-Walker | Title sequence updated; Alex Kingston and Andrew Burt guest star | 14 April 1995 |
| 41 | "Your Witness" | Simon Meyers | David Hoskins | — | 18 April 1995 |
| 42 | "Life's a Bitch" | David Yates | Chris Ould | Philip Martin Brown guest stars | 21 April 1995 |
| 43 | "Old Habitats" | Laurence Moody | Neil Clarke | Luisa Bradshaw-White and Linda Bassett guest star | 25 April 1995 |
| 44 | "Baby Face" | Gwennan Sage | Edwin Pearce | Shaun Curry guest stars | 27 April 1995 |
| 45 | "Deeds of Mercy" | Brian Parker | J. C. Wilsher | DS Chris Deakin is promoted to DI; Carl Forgione guest stars | 28 April 1995 |
| 46 | "Damage" | Audrey Cooke | Peter J. Hammond | — | 2 May 1995 |
| 47 | "When Opportunity Knocks" | Laurence Moody | David G. McDonagh | — | 4 May 1995 |
| 48 | "Have a Go Hero" | Sarah Harding | Len Collin | Mark Lambert and Julie Peasgood guest star | 5 May 1995 |
| 49 | "Memorial" | Laurence Moody | Neil Clarke | — | 9 May 1995 |
| 50 | "Good Intentions" | Chris Clough | David Ansdell | Annie Hulley and Robert Glenister guest star | 11 May 1995 |
| 51 | "Losing Streak" | Martin Hutchings | Edwin Pearce | Jason Watkins guest stars | 12 May 1995 |
| 52 | "In the Midnight Hour" | Carol Wiseman | Steve Handley | Gawn Grainger, Karen Westwood and Angela Pleasence guest star | 16 May 1995 |
| 53 | "Never Forget a Face" | Mike Cocker | Simon Frith | Nick Patrick guest stars | 18 May 1995 |
| 54 | "A Quiet Night In" | Nicholas Laughland | Richard Stoneman | Emma Cunniffe, Kay Stonham, David Daker, Jo Kendall and Shirley Stelfox guest star | 19 May 1995 |
| 55 | "Looking After Your Own" | Mike Cocker | Richard Stoneman | Jez Butterworth guest stars | 23 May 1995 |
| 56 | "Four Walls" | Dominic Lees | Stephen Plaice | Robin Soans guest stars | 25 May 1995 |
| 57 | "O.T.S." | Nicholas Laughland | David Hoskins | Connie Hyde guest stars | 26 May 1995 |
| 58 | "Unfamiliar Territory" | Laurence Moody | Simon Moss | Stephen Frost guest stars | 30 May 1995 |
| 59 | "Feeling Guilty" | David Yates | Tim Hyndman | Paul Jesson and Charlie Creed-Miles guest star | 1 June 1995 |
| 60 | "See No Evil" | Douglas Mackinnon | Steve Griffiths | Daniel Ryan guest stars | 2 June 1995 |
| 61 | "Looking For Justice" | Nicholas Laughland | Roy MacGregor | Dean Harris and Peter Guinness guest star | 6 June 1995 |
| 62 | "Other Voices" | Brian Parker | Elizabeth Anne-Wheal | Benjamin Whitrow and Maureen O'Brien guest star | 8 June 1995 |
| 63 | "Water Wings" | Chris Clough | Michael Jenner | Andrew McCulloch guest stars | 9 June 1995 |
| 64 | "They All Look the Same" | Audrey Cooke | Maxwell Young | Tyler Butterworth guest stars | 13 June 1995 |
| 65 | "Trying It On" | Sarah Harding | Gregory Evans | David Horovitch guest stars | 15 June 1995 |
| 66 | "Better Off Dead" | Dominic Lees | Candy Denman | — | 16 June 1995 |
| 67 | "Today and Tomorrow" | Gill Wilkinson | Sheila Duncan | Ross McCall and Mark Letheren guest star | 20 June 1995 |
| 68 | "Upstairs, Downstairs" | A.J. Quinn | Barry Simner | Razaaq Adoti guest stars | 22 June 1995 |
| 69 | "Bedside Manner" | John Bruce | Carolyn Sally Jones | Carol Hawkins guest stars | 23 June 1995 |
| 70 | "Who Cares?" | Martin Hutchings | Mark Holloway | Maurice Denham and Kenneth Colley guest star | 27 June 1995 |
| 71 | "Kicking" | Gwennan Sage | Mark Holloway | Rosie Marcel and David Harewood guest star | 29 June 1995 |
| 72 | "Big Hitters" | Peter Barber-Fleming | Neil Clarke | Dicken Ashworth guest stars | 30 June 1995 |
| 73 | "Picking up the Pieces" | Ken Horn | Nicholas McInerny | Trevor Byfield and Roy Heather guest star | 4 July 1995 |
| 74 | "Big Boy's Rules" | Peter Barber-Fleming | Julian Spilsbury | David Graham and Jeff Nuttall guest star | 6 July 1995 |
| 75 | "Woman of Substance" | Ken Horn | Peter Gibbs | Tony Guilfoyle and Ruth Gemmell guest star | 7 July 1995 |
| 76 | "With Friends Like These" | Paul Unwin | Maxwell Young | Mark Addy guest stars | 11 July 1995 |
| 77 | "No Choice" | Paul Unwin | Tom Needham | Michelle Fairley guest stars | 13 July 1995 |
| 78 | "The Lives of Brian" | David Richards | David Hoskins | Ken Stott guest stars | 14 July 1995 |
| 79 | "Skin Deep" | Robin Sheppard | Simon Frith | Burt Caesar guest stars | 18 July 1995 |
| 80 | "Kid" | David Skynner | Mark Holloway | Simon Merrells guest stars | 20 July 1995 |
| 81 | "A Bird in the Hand" | Simon Meyers | Tom Needham | Albert Welling and Paul Barber guest star | 21 July 1995 |
| 82 | "Over the Top" | David Skynner | Bob Eaton | Neil Maskell and Ameet Chana guest star | 25 July 1995 |
| 83 | "Body Beautiful" | Jonathan Dent | James Stevenson | Lesley Vickerage and Mark Arden guest star | 27 July 1995 |
| 84 | "What the Eye Doesn't See" | Baz Taylor | Ray Brooking | Claire Goose guest stars | 28 July 1995 |
| 85 | "In Control" | Jonathan Dent | Matthew Wingett | Jim McManus guest stars | 1 August 1995 |
| 86 | "Presumed Guilty" | Nicholas Mallett | David Hoskins | Karen Henthorn and Amanda Drew guest star | 3 August 1995 |
| 87 | "Under the Doctor" | Mike Cocker | Simon Moss | Susannah Corbett guest stars | 4 August 1995 |
| 88 | "Ritual" | Brian Farnham | Peter J. Hammond | Denys Hawthorne guest stars | 8 August 1995 |
| 89 | "Whipping Boy" | Danny Hiller | Graham White | — | 10 August 1995 |
| 90 | "The Devil You Don't Know" | Jeremy Silberston | Steve Handley | Roy Skelton, Sharon Small and Lesley Nicol guest star | 11 August 1995 |
| 91 | "Normal Behaviour" | Chris Lovett | Graham Mitchell | — | 15 August 1995 |
| 92 | "Charity and Beating" | Danny Hiller | Richard Stoneman | Lucy Davis guest stars | 17 August 1995 |
| 93 | "Nearest and Dearest" | Brian Farnham | Duncan Gould | Colin Buchanan guest stars | 18 August 1995 |
| 94 | "Mother's Ruin" | Derek Lister | Isabelle Grey | Idris Elba guest stars | 22 August 1995 |
| 95 | "Russian Doll" | James Cellan Jones | Sebastian Secker-Walker | — | 24 August 1995 |
| 96 | "Mitigating Circumstances" | Nicholas Laughland | Suj Ahmed | Ray Winstone and Nigel Lindsay guest star | 25 August 1995 |
| 97 | "Now and Then" | Derek Lister | John Brennan | Scott Neal guest stars | 29 August 1995 |
| 98 | "Three in a Bed" | A.J. Quinn | Chris Ould | — | 31 August 1995 |
| 99 | "The Writing on the Wall" | A.J. Quinn | Mark Holloway | — | 1 September 1995 |
| 100 | "Too Clever by Half" | Simon Meyers | Steve Griffiths | David Sibley guest stars | 5 September 1995 |
| 101 | "Heat" | Gill Wilkinson | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | Owen Aaronovitch, Sam Kelly and Andrew Lancel guest star | 7 September 1995 |
| 102 | "Still Waters" | Baz Taylor | J. C. Wilsher | Hans Matheson guest stars | 8 September 1995 |
| 103 | "All in the Game" | Nicholas Mallett | Edwin Pearce | Michael Attwell and Roy North guest star | 12 September 1995 |
| 104 | "Sins of the Father" | Robin Sheppard | Carole Forbes | — | 14 September 1995 |
| 105 | "Night Beat" | John Bruce | Chris Lang | — | 15 September 1995 |
| 106 | "Balancing the Scales" | Chris Lovett | Julian Perkins | Charlie Condou and David Quilter guest star | 19 September 1995 |
| 107 | "For Services Rendered" | Mike Cocker | Jonathan Myerson | Final regular appearance of DS Danny Pearce | 21 September 1995 |
| 108 | "Response Time" | Jeremy Silberston | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | Davyd Harries guest stars | 22 September 1995 |
| 109 | "Knowing the Score (Part 1)" | Laurence Moody | Margaret Phelan | Guest appearance of WDS Jo Morgan; Meera Syal, Martin Reeve, Rob Jarvis, Rowena Cooper and Moya Brady guest star | 26 September 1995 |
| 110 | "Some You Lose (Part 2)" | Laurence Moody | Margaret Phelan | Meera Syal, Moya Brady, Rowena Cooper and Rob Jarvis guest star | 28 September 1995 |
| 111 | "Rock-a-bye Baby" | Baz Taylor | David G. McDonagh | Victoria Alcock guest stars | 29 September 1995 |
| 112 | "Video Nasty" | James Cellan Jones | David Hoskins | Michael Redfern guest stars | 3 October 1995 |
| 113 | "Bad Pictures" | Laurence Moody | Terry Hodgkinson | Shaun Parkes, Jasper Britton and Ian Redford guest star | 5 October 1995 |
| 114 | "Fire (Part 1)" | John Strickland | Edward Canfor-Dumas | Joan Ann Maynard guest stars | 6 October 1995 |
| 115 | "All Tucked Up (Part 2)" | John Strickland | Edward Canfor-Dumas | — | 10 October 1995 |
| 116 | "Bait (Part 3)" | John Strickland | Edward Canfor-Dumas | Final appearance of Ch Insp Paul Stritch; Amanda Abbington guest stars | 12 October 1995 |
| 117 | "Damage Limitation (Part 4)" | John Strickland | Edwin Pearce | — | 13 October 1995 |
| 118 | "Solid Gold Cert" | Laurence Moody | Neil Clarke | — | 17 October 1995 |
| 119 | "Mugs" | Dominic Lees | Mark Holloway | Bruce Byron guest stars | 19 October 1995 |
| 120 | "Off Limits" | Dominic Lees | Peter J. Hammond | Annette Badland, Shirin Taylor and Patsy Rowlands guest star | 20 October 1995 |
| 121 | "Strictly Personal" | Keith Boak | Marianne Colbran | — | 24 October 1995 |
| 122 | "Day of Rest" | A.J. Quinn | Roy MacGregor | Nicholas Day guest stars | 26 October 1995 |
| 123 | "Allegations and Allegiances" | Baz Taylor | Nigel Baldwin | Emma Amos guest stars | 27 October 1995 |
| 124 | "Honeypot" | Simon Meyers | Nick Crittenden | Craig Charles and Joe Absolom guest star | 31 October 1995 |
| 125 | "Saved" | Jeremy Silberston | Matthew Wingett | First regular appearance of DS John Boulton | 2 November 1995 |
| 126 | "A Year and A Day" | Gwennan Sage | Nicholas McInerny | — | 3 November 1995 |
| 127 | "With This Body" | Simon Meyers | Len Collin | Peter Craze guest stars | 7 November 1995 |
| 128 | "Deadline" | A.J. Quinn | David Hoskins | David Tennant, Dermot Crowley, Barbara Marten and Honeysuckle Weeks guest star | 8 November 1995 |
| 129 | "Lockdown" | Nick Laughland | Stephen Plaice | Charles Dale, Sean Scanlan, Pip Torrens and Geoffrey McGivern guest star | 9 November 1995 |
| 130 | "Last Waltz" | Michael Simpson | Tom Needham | Christine Kavanagh guest stars | 10 November 1995 |
| 131 | "Compensation" | Jeremy Silbertson | Nigel Baldwin | Gwyneth Strong and Bernard Holley guest star | 14 November 1995 |
| 132 | "The Wee Small Hours" | Gwennan Sage | Michael Jenner | Carol Leader guest stars | 16 November 1995 |
| 133 | "Photocall" | John Strickland | J. C. Wilsher | Matt Bardock guest stars | 17 November 1995 |
| 134 | "Love Me, Love My Dog" | John Bruce | Maxwell Young | Maggie Ollerenshaw guest stars | 21 November 1995 |
| 135 | "Heart of Gold" | Christopher Hodson | Neil Clarke | David Gooderson guest stars | 23 November 1995 |
| 136 | "Dying Breath" | Michael Simpson | Gregory Evans | Nicholas Donnelly guest stars | 24 November 1995 |
| 137 | "Poison" | Keith Boak | Chris Lang | Oscar James guest stars | 28 November 1995 |
| 138 | "Three in a Row" | Ken Hannam | Renny Krupinski | — | 30 November 1995 |
| 139 | "Neutral Territory" | Tom Cotter | David G. McDonagh | Wil Johnson guest stars | 1 December 1995 |
| 140 | "Getaway" | Kate Cheeseman | Candy Denman | Tom Hollander guest stars | 4 December 1995 |
| 141 | "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" | Christopher Hodson | Jim Hawkins | Peter Tuddenham and John Ioannou guest star | 7 December 1995 |
| 142 | "Natural Justice" | Robin Sheppard | Graham Mitchell | Renu Setna and Barbara Wilshere guest star | 12 December 1995 |
| 143 | "Got To Get A Body" | Michael Cocker | Stephen C. Handley | Sally George, Kelly Marcel and Craig Heaney guest star | 14 December 1995 |
| 144 | "No Questions Asked" | Catherine Morshead | Ron Rose | Marc Warren and Philip McGough guest star | 15 December 1995 |
| 145 | "Sweet Innocent" | Michael Cocker | Scott Cherry | — | 19 December 1995 |
| 146 | "Drop" | Tom Cotter | Mark Holloway | Lee Turnbull guest stars | 21 December 1995 |
| 147 | "On the Lookout" | Kate Cheeseman | Richard McBrien | Chris Gascoyne guest stars | 22 December 1995 |
| 148 | "Ties that Bind" | Ken Hannam | Ron Rose | Ingrid Lacey guest stars | 28 December 1995 |
| 149 | "Journey Home" | Diana Patrick | Graham Harvey | Patrick Jordan, Connor McIntyre and Stewart Bevan guest star | 29 December 1995 |
Series 12 (1996)
| No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Episode notes | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Call Waiting" | John Bruce | Simon Moss | Susannah Wise guest stars | 2 January 1996 |
| 2 | "Second Sense" | Diana Patrick | Peter Gibbs | Cheryl Hall guest stars | 4 January 1996 |
| 3 | "Runners Up" | Nick Laughland | Robert Jones | Tracey Childs guest stars | 5 January 1996 |
| 4 | "Keeping It in the Family" | Frank W. Smith | Tony Lindsay | Nicholas Pinnock and Lloyd McGuire guest star | 9 January 1996 |
| 5 | "Home Truths" | June Howson | Katharine Way | Danny Dyer guest stars | 11 January 1996 |
| 6 | "Outer" | Nick Laughland | J. C. Wilsher | Rhona Mitra guest stars | 12 January 1996 |
| 7 | "Better Half" | Catherine Morshead | Jonathan David | Nigel Humphreys guest stars | 16 January 1996 |
| 8 | "No Assistance Required" | Robin Sheppard | Richard Stoneman | Neil Stuke guest stars | 18 January 1996 |
| 9 | "Judgement Call" | Martin Hutchings | Julian Spilsbury | Hour-long special; final appearance of WPC Cathy Marshall; Tina Hobley, Nicholas Ball and Clive Carter guest star | 19 January 1996 |
| 10 | "Old Dogs, New Tricks" | Frank W. Smith | Jonathan Myerson | — | 23 January 1996 |
| 11 | "Worst Fears: Part 1" | Robin Shepperd | Richard Stoneman | Clare Holman guest stars | 25 January 1996 |
| 12 | "One Night With You: Part 2" | Derek Lister | Chris Ould | — | 26 January 1996 |
| 13 | "Someone Else's Problem" | John Bruce | Renny Krupinski | Richard Beale guest stars | 30 January 1996 |
| 14 | "Bounds of Decency" | Corin Campbell Hill | Avril E. Russell | — | 1 February 1996 |
| 15 | "Happy Birthday" | Sarah Harding | Tom Needham | — | 2 February 1996 |
| 16 | "Stop the Music" | Sarah Harding | Margaret Ousby | Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Ayesha Antoine guest star | 6 February 1996 |
| 17 | "Cold Light of Day" | Corin Campbell Hill | David G. McDonagh | — | 8 February 1996 |
| 18 | "Back in Business" | Laurence Moody | Peter Gibbs | Ch Supt Charles Brownlow returns from Area; A/Supt Derek Conway returns to Ch Insp | 9 February 1996 |
| 19 | "Separate Rooms" | Jan Sargent | Nick Crittenden | Camilla Power and Ewen Bremner guest star | 13 February 1996 |
| 20 | "Going Guilty" | James Hawes | Mark Holloway | — | 15 February 1996 |
| 21 | "Pieces of Cake" | Derek Lister | Maxwell Young | — | 16 February 1996 |
| 22 | "Somebody's Home" | Jan Sargent | Simon Tyrrell | — | 20 February 1996 |
| 23 | "Pointing the Finger" | Simon Meyers | Edwin Pearce | Ron Donachie guest stars | 22 February 1996 |
| 24 | "Boy Meets Girl" | James Hawes | Simon Moss | Lloyd Owen guest stars | 23 February 1996 |
| 25 | "Confession" | David Richards | Terry Hodgkinson | Hour-long episode; final appearance of PC Donna Harris, guest appearance of DS Danny Pearce; David Westhead guest stars | 27 February 1996 |
| 26 | "Home From Home" | June Howson | Stephen McAteer | — | 29 February 1996 |
| 27 | "Open Wound" | John Bruce | Tom Needham | — | 1 March 1996 |
| 28 | "Perfect Match" | Laurence Moody | Carolyn Sally Jones | — | 5 March 1996 |
| 29 | "Someone Special" | Gwennan Sage | Carolyn Sally Jones | Bruce Alexander guest stars | 7 March 1996 |
| 30 | "Bits and Pieces" | Simon Meyers | Terry Hodgkinson | Amanda Ryan, Lucy Benjamin and Peter Benson guest star | 8 March 1996 |
| 31 | "Home Help" | Michael Simpson | Peter Mills | Angela Bruce guest stars | 12 March 1996 |
| 32 | "Kicked Out" | Michael Ferguson | Stephen C. Handley | — | 14 March 1996 |
| 33 | "On the Block" | Michael Ferguson | J. C. Wilsher | Kenneth Watson guest stars | 15 March 1996 |
| 34 | "Getting Off" | Michael Cocker | Graham Mitchell | — | 19 March 1996 |
| 35 | "Girls' Night" | Gill Wilkinson | Gwyneth Hughes | — | 21 March 1996 |
| 36 | "Blood Brothers" | Jeremy Silberston | Manjit Singh | Roshan Seth guest stars | 22 March 1996 |
| 37 | "Broken Homes" | Robert Del Maestro | Gregory Evans | WPC June Ackland is promoted to Acting Sergeant (off screen) | 23 March 1996 |
| 38 | "A Hornet's Nest" | Robert Del Maestro | Candy Denman | Melanie Kilburn guest stars | 28 March 1996 |
| 39 | "Dead of Night" | Ian White | Julian Jones | First appearance of June Ackland as A/Sgt; Rosie Cavaliero guest stars | 29 March 1996 |
| 40 | "Party Pooper" | James Hawes | Isabelle Grey | Daniel Casey guest stars | 2 April 1996 |
| 41 | "More Haste" | Jeremy Silberston | David Hoskins | — | 4 April 1996 |
| 42 | "Beating the Odds" | Ian White | Edwin Pearce | Jamie Glover and Amelia Curtis guest star | 5 April 1996 |
| 43 | "Animal" | Kate Cheeseman | Tom Needham | Ian Reddington and Sheree Murphy guest star | 9 April 1996 |
| 44 | "Dangerous Game" | Brian Parker | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | Hour-long episode; final appearance of Sgt Ray Steele; Tracey Wilkinson guest stars | 10 April 1996 |
| 45 | "Dancers" | Nick Laughland | Mark Holloway | Tenniel Evans guest stars | 12 April 1996 |
| 46 | "And Nothing But" | Michael Simpson | Richard Stoneman | — | 16 April 1996 |
| 47 | "Tale of Two Cities" | Tom Cotter | Spenser Frearson | Petra Markham guest stars | 18 April 1996 |
| 48 | "Cheating" | Kate Cheeseman | Spenser Frearson | Leslie Phillips and Carol Royle guest star | 19 April 1996 |
| 49 | "Decent Proposals" | Gill Wilkinson | Jonathan Myerson | Clare Cathcart and Trevor Cooper guest star | 23 April 1996 |
| 50 | "Going For a Song" | Martin Hutchings | Julian Spilsbury | Guest appearance of now-DS Mike Dashwood | 25 April 1996 |
| 51 | "Value Added" | Simon Meyers | Barry Simner | Malcolm Terris and Geff Francis guest stars | 26 April 1996 |
| 52 | "Professional Ethics" | Chris Lovett | David Hoskins | John Bowler guest stars | 30 April 1996 |
| 53 | "Accidents Will Happen" | Tom Cotter | David G. McDonagh | Paul Ritter guest stars | 2 May 1996 |
| 54 | "Time Spent" | Chris Lovett | Chris Ould | — | 3 May 1996 |
| 55 | "Conspiracy of Silence" | Peter Barber-Fleming | Margaret Phelan | Ann Davies guest stars | 7 May 1996 |
| 56 | "Cold Feet and Hot Coffee" | Gwennan Sage | Julian Perkins | Jason Done and Stephen Churchett guest star | 9 May 1996 |
| 57 | "Rollover" | Michael Simpson | Nick Crittenden | Libby Davison and Philip Wright guest star | 10 May 1996 |
| 58 | "Tough Love" | Martin Hutchings | Katharine Way | John Michie guest stars | 14 May 1996 |
| 59 | "With This Ring" | Nick Laughland | John Brennan | Roger Avon and Rowena Cooper guest star | 16 May 1996 |
| 60 | "Final Drive" | Michael Ferguson | Mark Holloway | Thomas Craig and Sukie Smith guest star | 17 May 1996 |
| 61 | "Voices" | Moira Armstrong | Peter J. Hammond | Sian Thomas and David Quilter guest star | 21 May 1996 |
| 62 | "Party On" | Danny Hiller | Mark Illis | Hilary Whitehall guest stars. | 23 May 1996 |
| 63 | "Hard Enough" | Dominic Lees | Lyndon Mallett | Elizabeth Berrington and Adrian Rawlins guest star | 24 May 1996 |
| 64 | "Cuckoo" | Danny Hiller | Nicholas McInerny | Honeysuckle Weeks, Olivia Hallinan and Campbell Morrison guest star | 28 May 1996 |
| 65 | "Helping Hands" | Peter Duffell | Clive Dawson | Aidan J. David guest stars | 30 May 1996 |
| 66 | "Jekyll and Hyde" | Danny Hiller | Edwin Pearce | Matthew Crompton guest stars | 31 May 1996 |
| 67 | "Knocking on the Door" | John Bruce | Steve Handley | First appearance of DS Geoff Daly | 4 June 1996 |
| 68 | "Lies and Statistics" | James Hawes | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | Sean Gilder and David Quilter guest star | 6 June 1996 |
| 69 | "Butting In" | Michael Simpson | Sebastian Secker Walker | Barry Jackson, David Quilter and Lolita Chakrabarti guest star | 7 June 1996 |
| 70 | "The Bagman" | Michael Cocker | Richard McBrien | — | 11 June 1996 |
| 71 | "Overstepping the Mark" | John Bruce | Michael Jenner | Kris Marshall and David Quilter guest star | 13 June 1996 |
| 72 | "Filth" | Jo Shoop | Graham Mitchell | — | 20 June 1996 |
| 73 | "Camper" | Moira Armstrong | Terry Hodgkinson | Timothy Bateson and Avril Elgar guest star | 21 June 1996 |
| 74 | "Spill" | John Strickland | Michael Jenner | Hour-long episode; Lolita Chakrabarti and Bob Mason guest star | 25 June 1996 |
| 75 | "Apron Strings" | Adrian J. Fearnley | Len Collin | Denyse Alexander guest stars | 27 June 1996 |
| 76 | "One Step Ahead" | Simon Massey | Candy Denman | Ken Hutchison and Roy Skelton guest star | 28 June 1996 |
| 77 | "Starting Young" | Michael Ferguson | Andrew Rattenbury | Nathan Constance guest stars | 2 July 1996 |
| 78 | "Tart's Cards" | Simon Meyers | Margaret Ousby | Annie Hulley guest stars | 4 July 1996 |
| 79 | "Born Again" | Robin Sheppard | Simon Frith | Alexandra Gilbreath and Chris Tranchell guest stars | 5 July 1996 |
| 80 | "Kick Me Hard" | Audrey Cooke | Gregory Evans | — | 9 July 1996 |
| 81 | "All or Nothing" | Adrian J. Fearnley | Philip Kingston | — | 11 July 1996 |
| 82 | "Unlucky in Love" | Jo Shoop | Jonathan Rich | Anna Keaveney and Joanne Froggatt guest star | 12 July 1996 |
| 83 | "A Quick Return" | Brian Parker | Stephen McAteer | — | 16 July 1996 |
| 84 | "Sartorial Elegance" | Simon Massey | Nigel Baldwin | Joseph Kpobie guest stars | 18 July 1996 |
| 85 | "Don't Leave Me This Way" | Ian White | Graham White | Albert Welling and Margo Gunn guest star | 19 July 1996 |
| 86 | "Big Bullies" | Michael Simpson | Ron Rose | Jim McManus guest stars | 23 July 1996 |
| 87 | "Playing It by the Rules" | Chris Lovett | Sheila Duncan | — | 25 July 1996 |
| 88 | "True Colours" | Brian Parker | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | — | 26 July 1996 |
| 89 | "Target" | John Strickland | Edward Canford-Dumas | Feature length rebroadcast of the episodes "Fire", "All Tucked Up" and "Bait" from Series 11 | 29 July 1996 |
| 90 | "Dead Man's Hand" | Dominic Lees | Simon Tyrrell | Jamie Foreman guest stars | 30 July 1996 |
| 91 | "For Their Own Good" | Peter Duffell | Nigel Baldwin | Final appearance of DC Alan Woods; Lynn Farleigh and Billy McColl guest star | 1 August 1996 |
| 92 | "Theory and Practice" | Peter Barber-Fleming | Maxwell Young | Kacey Ainsworth guest stars | 6 August 1996 |
| 93 | "Drinking Partners" | Peter Lydon | Matthew Wingett | Tony Marshall guest stars | 8 August 1996 |
| 94 | "Lean on Me" | Simon Meyers | Barry Simner | Madeleine Howard guest stars | 9 August 1996 |
| 95 | "Reminders" | Chris Lovett | Michael Jenner | Vas Blackwood, Laurie Brett and Ricci Harnett guest star | 13 August 1996 |
| 96 | "Minding" | Nick Laughland | Mark Holloway | Charlotte Barker guest stars | 15 August 1996 |
| 97 | "Follow the Van" | Robin Sheppard | Stephen Plaice | Donald Douglas guest stars | 16 August 1996 |
| 98 | "Don't Kill the Messenger" | Jim Shields | Isabelle Grey | — | 20 August 1996 |
| 99 | "Junior" | Jim Shields | Julian Perkins | Trevor Byfield and Elizabeth McKechnie guest star | 22 August 1996 |
| 100 | "Pony Express" | Simon Meyers | David G. McDonagh | Andy Linden and Ade Sapara guest star | 23 August 1996 |
| 101 | "Out of Control" | Ian White | Edwin Pearce | David Hargreaves and Lucy Speed guest star | 27 August 1996 |
| 102 | "Day Tripper" | Gill Wilkinson | Chris Smyth | — | 29 August 1996 |
| 103 | "Waiting For Frank" | Robert Del Maestro | Chris Ould | Jonathan Phillips guest stars | 30 August 1996 |
| 104 | "A Day in the Life" | Audrey Cooke | Robert Jones | Kulvinder Ghir, Jack Deam and Maxine Evans guest star | 3 September 1996 |
| 105 | "Second Chances" | Nick Laughland | Manjit Singh | Paul Bhattacharjee guest stars | 5 September 1996 |
| 106 | "Repossession" | Peter Lydon | Lyndon Mallet | Gerry Cowper, Jan Pearson and Lorcan Cranitch guest star | 6 September 1996 |
| 107 | "Liar" | Michael Simpson | Spenser Frearson | First appearance of DC Liz Rawton; Elizabeth Bennett guest stars | 10 September 1996 |
| 108 | "Detained" | Ken Horn | Jimmy Gardner | Scott Neal and Sara Stockbridge guest star | 12 September 1996 |
| 109 | "Karma" | Brian Parker | Edward Canford-Dumas | Jim Norton guest stars | 13 September 1996 |
| 110 | "Stolen Moments" | Audrey Cooke | Julian Perkins | Judy Flynn guest stars | 17 September 1996 |
| 111 | "A Good Night Out" | Tom Cotter | Richard Stoneman | Hour-long episode; A/Sgt June Ackland becomes full-time Sgt; Martin Glyn Murray and Oliver Smith guest star | 18 September 1996 |
| 112 | "Chatterbox" | Ian White | Simon Moss | Adrian Bower and Desmond Askew guest star | 19 September 1996 |
| 113 | "Too Close For Comfort" | Robin Sheppard | Maxwell Young | Steve John Shepherd and Lorraine Ashbourne guest star | 20 September 1996 |
| 114 | "Blame" | Chris Lovett | Gwyneth Hughes | Gerry Cowper guest stars | 24 September 1996 |
| 115 | "Once a Thief" | Robert Del Maestro | Tony Mulholland | — | 26 September 1996 |
| 116 | "Party Animals" | Moira Armstrong | Katharine Way | Jake Wood guest stars | 27 September 1996 |
| 117 | "Natural Causes" | Morag Fullarton | Simon Tyrrell | Colin Buchanan guest stars | 1 October 1996 |
| 118 | "Known To Someone" | Derek Lister | Joanne Maguire | JoAnne Good, Luisa Bradshaw-White and Gerry Cowper guest star | 3 October 1996 |
| 119 | "Champing at the Bit" | Diana Patrick | Robert Jones | Hermione Gulliford guest stars | 4 October 1996 |
| 120 | "Taking Out the Rubbish" | Ken Horn | A. Valentine | Joel Beckett guest stars | 8 October 1996 |
| 121 | "Presumed Innocent" | Harry Bradbeer | Elizabeth-Anne Wheal | Michael McKell and Roger Blake guest star | 10 October 1996 |
| 122 | "Change of Heart" | Gill Wilkinson | Graham Mitchell | — | 11 October 1996 |
| 123 | "Hedging Your Bets" | Roger Gartland | Candy Denman | Peter Jeffrey, Hilary Mason and Barbara Young guest star | 15 October 1996 |
| 124 | "Out of the Past" | Robin Sheppard | Tony Lindsay | Sam Callis guest stars | 17 October 1996 |
| 125 | "Road to Recovery" | Jo Shoop | Len Collin | Eddie Marsden guest stars | 18 October 1996 |
| 126 | "Three Fools" | Moira Armstrong | Mark Illis | Johanna Hargreaves guest stars | 22 October 1996 |
| 127 | "Track Marks" | Harry Bradbeer | James Stevenson | — | 24 October 1996 |
| 128 | "In for the Kill" | Derek Lister | Tom Needham | — | 25 October 1996 |
| 129 | "Remote Control" | Steve Shill | Julian Spilsbury | — | 29 October 1996 |
| 130 | "Telling Tales" | Jo Shoop | Renny Krupinski | Derek Newark Kate Williams and Malcolm Tierney guest star | 31 October 1996 |
| 131 | "Old Codgers" | Martin Hutchings | Chris Ould | Freddie Jones and Patrick Godfrey guest star | 1 November 1996 |
| 132 | "Trap" | Christopher Hodson | Michael Jenner | — | 5 November 1996 |
| 133 | "All in the Mind" | Diana Patrick | Edwin Pearce | Cathy Shipton guest stars | 7 November 1996 |
| 134 | "Trust Me" | Roger Gartland | Isabelle Grey | Paul Greenwood and Catherine Cusack guest star | 8 November 1996 |
| 135 | "Nice Boy" | Brian Parker | Scott Cherry | Nadim Sawalha guest stars | 12 November 1996 |
| 136 | "A Woman's Place" | James Hawes | Simon Moss | — | 14 November 1996 |
| 137 | "Finishing School" | Michael Cocker | Barry Simner | — | 15 November 1996 |
| 138 | "Death of a Nobody" | Simon Meyers | Tom Needham | Hour-long episode; Peter Guinness and Philip McGough guest star | 19 November 1996 |
| 139 | "Up the Wall" | Steve Shill | Lyndon Mallett | — | 21 November 1996 |
| 140 | "Boiling Point" | Christopher Hodson | Neil Clarke | Kenneth Colley guest stars | 22 November 1996 |
| 141 | "Mirror Image" | John Bruce | Katharine Way | — | 26 November 1996 |
| 142 | "Public Relations" | Brian Parker | Philip Kingston | — | 28 November 1996 |
| 143 | "Lock 'Em In" | Roger Gartland | Sebastian Secker Walker | Jeremy Bulloch guest stars | 29 November 1996 |
| 144 | "Opportunity Costs" | Martin Hutchings | Edward Canford-Dumas | — | 3 December 1996 |
| 145 | "Paying For It" | Jane Prowse | Mark Holloway | — | 5 December 1996 |
| 146 | "Many Happy Returns" | Adrian J. Fearnley | Andrew Rattenbury | Paul Jerricho guest stars | 6 December 1996 |
| 147 | "Black Money" | Roger Gartland | Terry Hodgkinson | Dominic Guard and Danny Webb guest star | 10 December 1996 |
| 148 | "Scorned" | Morag Fullarton | Tracey Black | Brian Protheroe, Jane Slavin and Geraldine Fitzgerald guest star | 12 December 1996 |
| 149 | "Stolen Kisses" | Michael Cocker | Manjit Singh | Samantha Seager and Jo Martin guest star | 13 December 1996 |
| 150 | "Jumping to Conclusions" | Harry Bradbeer | Philip Kingston | — | 17 December 1996 |
| 151 | "Toe the Line" | James Hawes | Stephen Plaice | Michael Attwell, Michelle Gomez, Joe Absolom and David Schofield guest star | 19 December 1996 |
| 152 | "A Gun to the Head" | Chris Lovett | Maxwell Young | John Fraser and Rob Edwards guest star | 20 December 1996 |
| 153 | "Merrily on High" | Michael Cocker | Robert Jones | New opening sequence introduced; Danny Dyer and Frank Mills guest star | 24 December 1996 |
| 154 | "Hers" | Michael Cocker | Mark Holloway | Tamzin Outhwaite guest stars | 26 December 1996 |
| 155 | "Hat Trick" | John Bruce | Stephen Greenhorn | Eric Mason guest stars | 27 December 1996 |
| 156 | "The Right Thing" | Nigel Douglas | Tony Mulholland | First appearance of PC Jamila Blake; Paul Bettany and Ken Bones guest star | 31 December 1996 |
Series 13 (1997)
Series 14 (1998)
Series 15 (1999)
Series 16 (2000)
Series 17 (2001)
Series 18 (2002)
Series 19 (2003)
Series 20 (2004)
Series 21 (2005)
Series 22 (2006)
Series 23 (2007)
Series 24 (2008)
Series 25 (2009)
Series 26 (2010)
Cancellation
On 26 March 2010, ITV announced that The Bill would end after 27 years on air due to a drop in ratings, and on 31 August 2010, the final episode, "Respect: Part 2" was aired, bringing the total number of episodes to 2425.