List of The Bill episodes
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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
Episodes
Pilot (1983)
Series 1 (1984–85)
Series 2 (1985–86)
Series 3 (1987)
Series 4 (1988)
Series 5 (1989)
Series 6 (1990)
Series 7 (1991)
Series 8 (1992)
Series 9 (1993)
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Series 10 (1994)
Series 11 (1995)
Series 12 (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.
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