The third 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
television drama
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional te ...
, consisted of twelve episodes, broadcast between 21 September and 7 December 1987. The series was first released on DVD as part of a three-season box set on 10 May 2006 in Australia. It was later made available as a separate season in the United Kingdom on 28 May 2007 and in Australia on 3 August 2011. The above DVD artwork is taken from the most recent Australian release. It features an image of Ch. Supt. Charles Brownlow. The British artwork features a collage image featuring DI Roy Galloway, PCs Nick Shaw and Viv Martella, and DC Mike Dashwood. The image right is the Australian three-season DVD box set features a sole image of chief superintendent Charles Brownlow.
Many of the cast and crew shared their memories of making this third 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,
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,
Mark Powley,
Sonesh Sira and
Graham Cole; along with writers Barry Appleton, Lionel Goldstein, Edwin Pearce 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 director
Michael Ferguson.
Cast changes
Arrivals
* Inspector
Brian Kite
* PC
Danesh Patel
* PC
Ken Melvin
Departures
* PC
Nick Shaw
* PC Danesh Patel
* Inspector
Brian Kite
*DI
Roy Galloway
Episodes
External links
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1987 British television seasons
The Bill series