The Bill - The Short Straw (1)

When her car breaks down on the way to the station, DC Viv Martella misses an important CID briefing about an obbo on a suspected armed robbery, and is furious when she is taken off the case by DI Frank Burnside. As CID and SO19 wait outside the target, Martella and PC Tony Stamp follow up a simple case to arrest a suspected bag snatcher. As they wait outside the suspect's house, a van pulls up, obscuring their view. Having missed the briefing, Martella fails to recognise the van's occupants as the armed robbers, and when she approaches their van she is shot and killed.

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[axelsteel21]

did they ever get beyond season 4 on the dvd's i ha ve up to 4 and want to add to my collection

[hexicode]

@axelsteel21 In Australia, all of season 5 and most of 6 were also released on DVD as part of so called collections containing 12 DVDs each. They are no longer being sold in shops as the manufacturer discontinued them, but you might still be able to find them on ebay.

[timpresland2]

I love Burnside's wit - "you don't do your homework, you don't go to the party". Classic!

[robertfoy100]

This was without doubt one of the best episodes in the entire 2400 ones they made.

[POLICEINTERCEPTORS1]

Can you upload Evacuation and Running Late?

[gibber222]

The modern Bill is garbage compared to episodes like this...

[MrAndrewGCGibson]

@gilesloch why are you complaining? i dont see anyone-else on youtube have this amazing episode.

[gilesloch]

whats up with the sound on this keeps missing bits grr

[CHANNELMICHAEL]

1993

[sedgrick09]

what year