The second series of ''

The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyb ...

'', a British

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, consisted of twelve episodes, broadcast between 11 November 1985 and 10 February 1986. Many of the cast and crew shared their memories of making this second series for the boo
''Witness Statements''
including stars

John Salthouse John Salthouse (born John Lewis; 16 June 1951) is a British actor and producer. His best-known screen roles are those of Tony in Mike Leigh's ''Abigail's Party'' and DI Roy Galloway in ''The Bill'' from 1984 to 1987. He has also appeared in "Co ...

Eric Richard Eric Richard (born Eric Smith, 27 June 1940) is an English actor and presenter. His theatre work includes plays at the Royal Court Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Stratford East, as well as seasons with the Royal Exchange, Manchester, Birmingha ...

Trudie Goodwin Trudie Goodwin (born 13 November 1951) is an English actress best known for playing Sergeant June Ackland in the high-profile British television police drama ''The Bill'' from 1983 to 2007, and Georgia Sharma in the ITV soap ''Emmerdale'', f ...

Mark Wingett Mark Christopher Wingett (born 1 January 1961) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as PC/DC Jim Carver in ''The Bill'' and ''EastEnders'' as Mike Swann, ''Hollyoaks'' as Frank Symons and '' Heartbeat'' as Terry Molloy. Actin ...

, Peter Ellis, Nula Conwell,

Jon Iles Jon Iles (born 17 May 1954 in Ripon, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English actor who is best known for playing DC Mike Dashwood in ''The Bill'' from 1984 to 1992. He returned to the series in 1996, promoted to DS for the antiques squad. As we ...

Larry Dann Larry Dann (born 4 May 1941 in London, England) is a British film and television actor. His acting career began by a fluke, with "a chance knock at the door looking for kids to work in films." He made his film debut age five in ''Adam and Evelyn ...

Colin Blumenau Colin Blumenau (born 7 August 1956) is a British writer and theatre director. He is the son of Tom Blumenau OBE and Eva Blumenau, both founder members of Amnesty International. He is the Artistic Director oThe Production Exchange Blumenau was ...

, Robert Hudson,

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and

Ralph Brown Ralph William John Brown (born 18 June 1957) is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in '' Withnail and I'', the security guard Aaron (a.k.a. "85") in ''Alien 3'', DJ Bob Silver in '' The Boat That Rocked'' aka ...

; along with writers Barry Appleton, Lionel Goldstein, Ginnie Hole and Christopher Russell, producer

Peter Cregeen Peter Cregeen (born 28 January 1940 in London, England) is a British television director, producer and executive. He was the original director of ITV's successful police drama ''The Bill'', and made a substantial contribution to the series the ...

and directors Michael Ferguson and John Woods.

Cast changes

Arrivals

* PC Abe Lyttleton * PC Pete Muswell * PC

Nick Shaw Nick Shaw is an independent Film director, film maker and background artist. He is known for his direction, writing and Film editing of the independent, fair trade film, ''Bananas Unpeeled'', highlighting the plight of plantation workers in ...

Departures

* PC Abe Lyttleton * PC Dave Litten * PC Pete Muswell

Episodes

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bill series 2, The 1985 British television seasons 1986 British television seasons The Bill series