I've been a fan of the Bill for ever. Since i first saw it I've been in love with it. I first watched it when Cass Rickman was in it and thought the story line was awesome. How they chase down criminals and still have enough time to gossip around the station and have affairs and relationships Over the years I've had over 40 favorite's cast members. I love them all. There's so many story lines that you will love. But i quit watching it 3 or 4 years before it finished. because all of my favorite's cast members had left. There's also a lot of hot cops. Which i like, and old and loving characters that made the show. And because it's British its not racist.

The Bill was very good a few years ago however at the moment it is suffering from a dose of over-sensationalism. The show has always featured unrealistic happenings for years now and it's always had a dose of sensationalism however it seems to be extracting the urine from it's fans at the moment. The scenes aren't as deep or as meaningful, the stories aren't as top notch and there's an explosion every other week. However the show is still interesting and good to watch but it needs to get back to the people outside the station committing crimes rather than focusing on villainous coppers or the coppers love lives. Overall entertaining to watch but not a patch on what it used to be.

I wrote a review a couple of years ago regretting the direction the programme had taken. I note that several other readers have also commented on The Bill's headlong descent into pantomime soap-opera. I cannot believe that many of the show's long-time fans (which included the eminent historian Andrew Roberts) now bother to watch. Very occasionally I steel myself to tune in for part of an episode but end up watching through my fingers. My most recent visits coincided with the police station being blown up for the second time in five years, the exposure of yet another psychopathic deranged serial-killer police officer, Superintentent Okaro's entire family being wiped out and the poor man going doolally and a regular character being held hostage for the umpteenth time. Not to mention yet another series regular being involved in a relationship with a criminal and struggling with divided loyalties. Enough already! Let Sun Hill join Dock Green and Newtown in that great police beat in the sky.

Once upon a time there was a British police drama called "The Bill". It was a good series. Fast paced, well acted and as the name implies, about police doing the things police do.A few years ago, "The Bill" was replaced by another series, also called "The Bill" with much the same cast. That however, was where any similarity to the original series ended.The new "The Bill" is a turgid soap where the main occupation of the cast is keeping up with who is in bed with who, who is gay, who is a psycho, who is stabbing who in the back and who is bent. Who is bent seems only of passing interest though as the other issues are far more important.The remaining five minutes of any episode may actually contain some police issues but that is fairly optional.Perhaps the use of police uniforms and vehicles is meant to cover the fact that the present series is but a shadowy reflection of a once excellent drama called "The Bill".It would do the producers of this appalling soap a power of good to get a reel or two of the episodes made ten years ago and watch them a few times. Maybe then they would realize what a disgrace the current effort is.