^^ Wardrobe crew please take note when sending Mickey Webb undercover next! hehehe

Lol!! I'd go for shirtless DC Webb undercover I can't wait to watch this again when I go home and have the sky + box again.

Well they have been on our screens for a couple of weeks now and I was wondering what people were thinking about our two latest characters, PC Kirsty Knight and Commander Lisa Kennedy??
 
Of course I've gotta have my two pennies worth so heres my thoughts:
 
Kirsty: haven't seen too much of her yet but for a character that is supposed to be quite fiesty she does seem to do a lot of whining.  Think I will wait and see a few more weeks with her.
 
Lisa: fabulous, please can we keep her???  Not quite what I was expecting and she seems to be on Jacks side which is great, haha they can't mess with Mr Meadows!!   I get the sneaking suspicion we may get some sort of Lisa/Jo Masters storyline tho, its already been mentioned they have a past and Jo's sexuality has been brought up more times in the last three weeks than it has in the past three years.. just a thought.
 
So anyone else have any thoughts on our latest cast members??  Please do share 

And for all you lucky people with satilite and cable TV here's this weeks episodes on Watch.
 
The Bill is on TV this week ...
Watch 9:00am Mon 8 Mar
Sweet Revenge An overworked Smithy loses his cool and accidentally reveals to a worried woman that her husband has been held on suspicion of stalking a prostitute. Mickey undertakes PR work with the local Neighbourhood Watch group on the Jasmine Allen Estate, but when he makes two arrests during a drugs deal, he becomes drawn into investigating a joyriding incident. Michael Maloney guest stars

 
Watch 10:00am Mon 8 Mar
Killer on the Run Smithy encounters Ryan Jones again and finds the battered corpse of his wife Connie in the boot of his car. As the murderer makes his getaway in the London Underground, it soon becomes clear he has a personal vendetta against the Sun Hill desk sergeant and plans further killings, working his way through Smithy's address book - beginning with his mother Pauline. Michael Maloney guest stars
 
Watch 9:00am Tue 9 Mar
Killer on the Run Smithy encounters Ryan Jones again and finds the battered corpse of his wife Connie in the boot of his car. As the murderer makes his getaway in the London Underground, it soon becomes clear he has a personal vendetta against the Sun Hill desk sergeant and plans further killings, working his way through Smithy's address book - beginning with his mother Pauline. Michael Maloney guest stars
 
Watch 10:00am Tue 9 Mar
Dead Men Don't Tell Lies Heaton is rattled to learn psychopathic arsonist Ray Moore is in the area and warns his wife to get out of London immediately, leaving Mickey and Jack puzzling over what this man means to their superior officer. A terrified youngster decides to flee rather than give evidence against a well-known local thug, but Matt Hinckley proves his worth by getting a conviction when the case comes to court
 
Watch 9:00am Wed 10 Mar
Dead Men Don't Tell Lies Heaton is rattled to learn psychopathic arsonist Ray Moore is in the area and warns his wife to get out of London immediately, leaving Mickey and Jack puzzling over what this man means to their superior officer. A terrified youngster decides to flee rather than give evidence against a well-known local thug, but Matt Hinckley proves his worth by getting a conviction when the case comes to court


Watch 10:00am Wed 10 Mar
Brotherhood A member of the Sken gang is stabbed and Lewis is tempted to bend the rules to investigate the involvement of his cousin Dominic. Meanwhile, a boy is knocked off his bike and killed during a car chase. Will and Diane trace the vehicle involved back to Heaton's old enemy Ray Moore, prompting Jack to dig deeper - only to learn one of Moore's known associates has been reported missing

 
Watch 9:00am Thu 11 Mar
Brotherhood A member of the Sken gang is stabbed and Lewis is tempted to bend the rules to investigate the involvement of his cousin Dominic. Meanwhile, a boy is knocked off his bike and killed during a car chase. Will and Diane trace the vehicle involved back to Heaton's old enemy Ray Moore, prompting Jack to dig deeper - only to learn one of Moore's known associates has been reported missing
 
Watch 10:00am Thu 11 Mar
Dicing with Danger A woman is robbed of her winnings on the way home from a casino, and suspicion soon falls on the barman who called her a taxi - which was driven by his friend. The case against the men grows stronger when it turns out they once before arranged transport for a woman who was attacked, so Emma Keane is sent undercover as a casino punter - only for events to take a surprising turn. Michael Brandon guest stars

 
Watch 9:00am Fri 12 Mar
Dicing with Danger A woman is robbed of her winnings on the way home from a casino, and suspicion soon falls on the barman who called her a taxi - which was driven by his friend. The case against the men grows stronger when it turns out they once before arranged transport for a woman who was attacked, so Emma Keane is sent undercover as a casino punter - only for events to take a surprising turn. Michael Brandon guest stars
 

Watch 10:00am Fri 12 Mar
Long-running drama with the bobbies and detectives at London's Sun Hill police station
(I'm guessing they don't know themselves yet which episode comes next!?)

 
Episode list taken from:  http://www.tvguide.co.uk/titlesearch.asp?title=The%20Bill

Looks like its not only Sally and Chris who have been doing their bit for sport relief look what some of the other cast members have been up too:
 
A team of cast members from The Bill have taken part in a mile-long run around the drama's Sun Hill police station for Sport Relief.
Alex Walkinshaw (Dale Smith), Sam Callis (Callum Stone), Micah Balfour (Benjamin Gayle) and Ben Richards (Nate Roberts) were among the stars who pounded the pavements surrounding the station in order to encourage the public to participate in a Sport Relief Mile event later this month.
John Bowler (Roger Valentine), Rhea Bailey (Mel Ryder) and Jason Barnett (Eddie Olosunje) were also part of the team, whose efforts will be broadcast on BBC One's The Sport Relief Mile Show on March 21.

Walkinshaw commented: "It's brilliant that so many of the cast have got involved. We're usually found chasing criminals so it was nice to be running for a different reason!
"It was really hot in our uniform, but it will prove that anyone and everyone can join in the fun and rise to the challenge by getting sponsored to do the Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile. Sign up now at sportrelief.com."
March 21 will see 16 Sport Relief Mile events taking place around the country in a bid to raise funds for those in poverty in the UK and abroad. Participants can choose to run one, three or six miles at each event.
 
And the official site have a vid of the run too which you can watch if you click on this link http://thebill.com/videos/videodetail/item_200072.htm   
 
Looks great although I do have to say that I reckon my house is no more than a mile away from the studios so maybe next year they might like to plan the route so they can all pop in for a cuppa tea?? I'd even get my the bill mugs out especally!!

Yay!! Another Jo Masters storyline!  Our new sergeant has been one busy lady!
  035: 'Ricochet' Airs on Thursday, March 11 2010 at 21:00 GMT on ITV1
    Part 1 of 2

Sergeant Jo Masters and the team are called to a road traffic accident where motorist Helen Parr has hit a youth who has since fled the scene. A passing cyclist has discovered a teenage boy lying badly injured i

n a nearby park. Jo rushes to the scene where she tries to resuscitate the boy along with the ambulance service. They are unable to save him and they discover that the boy has been shot and not hit by a car. There is further confusion as the boy found injured in the park is a white male, motorist Helen Parr claims the teenager she hit was black.

The dead boy is Paul Sorrel. P.C Mel and P.C Leon Taylor are given the difficult task of informing his mother Emma Sorrel who refuses to believe that the boy they have found is her son Paul. Back at the scene of the traffic collision P.C Kristy Knight discovers a bag of cannabis under the car that hit the teenager.

Leon speaks to Paul's mother Emma about the possibility of Paul being involved in drugs. In the meantime a teenager Devon Marshall. who has been hit by a car turns up at St Hughes.

D.C Mickey Webb finds Jasmine Harris wandering the streets and persuades her to speak to him about the shooting. After some convincing (and a small fee) Jasmine tells Mickey that just before the shooting she saw Paul Sorrel with Devon Marshall leaving a local off licence and heading towards the park where Paul was found critically injured.

 D.S Max Carter is not happy with how the investigation is being carried out and is highly critical of Sergeant Jo Masters and her team. Jo quickly reminds Max that if it weren't for her team there would be no evidence. Commander Lisa Kennedy is overseeing the case and puts her trust in Jo to not only solve the case but to pull the team together following Sergeants Stone's recent suspension.

After being interviewed by Inspector Smith and Sergeant Masters, Devon Marshall is released due to a lack of evidence. D.C Mickey Webb speaks to Jasmine Harris again who insists Devon Marshall was definitely in the park at the time of the shooting. She claims he said that he "had business to do" just before meeting Paul Sorrel, but she claims there was also someone else in the park with Paul and Devon. Jasmine claims the third person in the park was Jedda Atkins and tells Mickey where he can find him.

When a gun is found (matching the one that killed Paul) under a mattress in the house where Jedda is staying he is immediately taken in for questioning. He denies all knowledge of the gun and claims he is just staying at the house. He says he was indoors the whole evening on the night of the shooting.

Jedda's alibi is confirmed and when the team receive the news that the gun found under the mattress is not the same weapon that killed Paul Sorrel, Jedda is released. The team continue the search for the gunman....

Personally i do very much enjoy a serialised drama & think the episodes that had storylines rolling over and continuing along such as the Radford family saga were some of the best.

As long as it isn't taken too far and the show turns into a soap opera.

I am making myself useful this week creating some more up-to-date character profiles for a revamp of the cast section on this site.  At the moment I am working on Terry Perkins profile.  I have read that his first episode was in Nov 2003.  Has Terry really been in the show for 7 years??  I really didn't think he'd been in the show that long, is it my imagination and time has really flown past too quick or is the date wrong??  Can anyone help, please??

Thanks I might need it they are not too keen at ITV at sending out replies (which is why I'm waiting until the programme on ITV3 has aired in the hope that it might appear).  Rather than just trying my luck with ITV I'll also be mailing a couple of individuals in the hope they may be of more help... so all I can say is keep your fingers crossed and watch this space and hopefully we'll find out whats going on.

thanks for that Paul. 
 
And of course don't forget twitter users that we can be found at @thebillfansite oh and we are on facebook too, do pay us a visit and say hello 

036: 'Impact' Airs on Thursday, March 18 2010 at 21:00 GMT on ITV1
By Kris Green, Soaps Editor     Part 2 of 2

The team continue the search for the gunman responsible for the death of Paul Sorrel.

The team reassess all the evidence they have. Prime suspects Devon Marshall and Jedda Atkins have been released on bail due to a lack of evidence. Sergeant Jo Masters tells the team that by all accounts Paul Sorrel was a good teenager and that he had never been in trouble with the police before.

D.S Max Carter is determined to use Jasmine Harris, a local teenager who has been speaking to Mickey Webb about the shooting as an informant and is certain she has the information that will unlock the whole case. D.C Mickey Webb feels it is too dangerous for Jasmine to get involved further and tries to persuade Max against speaking to her. Mickey is furious when D.I Neil Manson gives Max the go ahead to use Jasmine as an informant.

Commander Kennedy is overseeing the case and Superintendent Jack Meadows is conscious that she will want to know about the morale within the team following Sergeant Stone’s suspension. Sergeant Smith reassures him that morale is picking up after Jo Masters recently stuck up for the team when they were criticised by uniform.

After visiting the scene where Paul Sorrel was killed with Paul’s mother, P.C Leon Taylor witnesses Paul’s cousin Bobby Sorrel and Uncle Gary Sorrel arguing nearby. A short time later Bobby Sorrel is taken to the police station by his father Gary and forced to speak to D.S Max Carter about Paul’s involvement in drugs.

 Bobby reveals that Paul had bought forty bags of cannabis to sell on as a one off to get some money for his mother who was struggling financially. Bobby claims that he was with Paul earlier in the evening but then went home to watch football with his dad Gary who confirms this.

The team review CCTV from the night of the shooting, they see Bobby Sorrel walking home and are surprised when they see him stop to talk to Jedda Atkins. When questioned Bobby confirms he spoke to him but claims that Jedda wanted to rob him.

D.S Max Carter and D.C Jacob Banks go and speak to Devon Marshall again, they know he is a low level dealer and believe that he and Paul were in the deal together with Paul supplying the cash and Devon supplying the cannabis splitting the profit 50/50. They know he is probably being threatened by Jedda Atkins who has gone underground and offer him witness protection. Devon declines and is shaken up when his house is robbed and his car set alight.

The team are frustrated further when C.S.E Eddie Olosunje is unable to find any forensic evidence that links either Devon Marshall or Jedda Atkins to the incident.

The case is solved when Devon Marshall strikes a deal with D.C Jacob Banks and D.C Mickey Webb and agrees to give a statement. He reveals that he was with Paul Sorrel at the time of the shooting and that Jedda Atkins did try and rob him and Paul as the team suspected, but that the person that pulled the trigger was not Jedda but in fact a very surprising culprit....

I have absolutely no idea Cougar and after a quick skirt around the net I am still none the wiser.  When I find out the date I will be sure to share. 

Watch the episode and all will become clear.