The Bill
Louise Gold
appeared a Ginny Sharman, in ‘Alone’, first broadcast on ITV at 8pm on either
Friday 17 February 1995 or Friday 17 March 1995 (The date originally given in
the Radio Times was Friday 17 February 1995, however it was also listed in
exactly the same way in The Radio Times for 17 March 1995, and on the latter it
was not given as being a repeat, and that date is often given in internet
listings as the original airdate, so it seems likely that the 17 February date
was cancelled for reasons unknown)
Cast
Acting Di Deakin - Shaun Scott
DS Greig - Andy Mackintosh
Des Riley - Niall Buggy
Mrs Riley - Marian Mcloughlin
DS Pearce - Martin Marquez
DC Skase - Iain Fletcher
Flannery - Jake D’Arcy
Ginny Sharman - Louise Gold
Sgt Cryer - Eric Richard
Acting Supt Conway - Ben Roberts
PC Hollis - Jeff Stewart
Angie - Lisa Spicer
Mal Ericson - Terry Molloy
WPC Ackland - Trudie Goodwin
Production Team
Episode Written By - Jonathan Myerson
Producer - Mike Dormer
Director - Jan Sargent
Production Company and show & character names copyright - Thames Television and ITV
Episode Number originally 804 (in the old Sofcom.com episode guide listing, currently listed as Episode 841or Series 11 Episode 29 in TV Tome.
Several of
‘The Boys From The Bill (including Andy
Mackintosh, Ben Roberts, and, Jeff Stewart) had appeared on
stage in the charity gala Kids At Heart.
Martin
Marquez went on to appear on
stage in The Gondoliers.
Terry
Molloy is of course better known
as the actor who plays Mike Tucker in The Archers.
Thames
Television also produced the
television special Julia And
Company, and broadcast The Ghost Of
Faffner Hall.
Eric
Richard went on to appear on
television in The Alan Clark Diaries
Jan Sargent had previously directed Once A Catholic on the
stage.
Trudie Goodwin spoke about The Bill,
and other programmes on ITV’s 50 Greatest
Shows.
The Ghost Of Faffner
Hall, Up The Garden Path, ABBA The Reunion, Spitting
Image: Must See TV, ABBA – The Mamma Mia! Story, Best Ever Spitting Image, ITV’s 50 Greatest Shows, and, Coronation Street were also first broadcast on ITV.
Links about The Bill
The Bill’s Official site: http://www.thebill.com/
Digi Guide’s page for this episode of The Bill: http://library.digiguide.com/lib/episode/57792
SierraOscar.com’s page for ‘Alone’ - it’s a fansite
for The Bill: http://www.sierraoscar.com/03_episodes/guide_details.asp?ep_id=834 (strangely the cast listing for the episode only
mentions the regulars, and does not include guest actors such as Louise).
Google
Group for The Bill: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.tv.the-bill?hl=en
You’re
Nicked, Yahoo Group for The Bill:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/YOURE-NICKED/
TV Tome Listing for this
episode: http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/GuidePageServlet/showid-1023/epid-86360/ (does not actually give much information).
The
Internet Movie Data Base’s entry
for the programme: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0084987/
Sunhill, The
Bill’s Fanlisting site: http://www.mystical-charm.net/thebill/
Do You Remember.co.uk’s page for the programme: http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory.asp?memID=1579
