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Channel 4 to air Trinny and Susannah show

Channel 4 has picked up the recent Trinny and Susannah web series and will air it as a one-off programme later in September. The series, entitled Trinny and Susanna: What They Did Next, comprised of 16 six-minute episodes in a spoof documentary format.

The Bill finished with 4.4m

Over 4.4 million viewers tuned in to watch the final ever episode of ITV1 police drama The Bill on Tuesday night. The 27-year-old drama series finale ended with a 18.8% audience share in the 9pm hour beating BBC One’s The Deep.

Morgan confirms CNN talks

Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 10:35PM - 11:35PM on ITV1

Farewell The Bill says goodbye to TV’s longest running police drama.

As ITV1’s The Bill draws to a close this summer after 27 years on air, Farewell The Bill looks back over the lifetime of the show and goes behind the scenes of TV’s longest running police drama as it follows the final weeks of filming.

With exclusive access to the series’ final shoot this May and June, this touching one-off documentary captures the emotion, tears and laughter as both cast and crew say farewell to the show and film the final ever two-parter of The Bill which transmits on ITV1 this month. Cast including Alex Walkinshaw (Smithy), Simon Rouse (Spt Jack Meadows) and Chris Simmons (DC Mickey Webb) and crew talk exclusively about their experiences of working on the series and what it was like to be filming it’s last ever scenes.

Tuesday, 31 August 2010, 9:00PM - 10:00PM on ITV1

THE FINAL EVER EPISODE OF THE BILL

Respect [part 2 of 2]

Following Liam Martin’s murder and Jasmine Harris’ subsequent gang rape, Smithy and Stone try to track down the gang members responsible. Stone finally proves himself to Smithy and Jack breaks free of his shackles to come up trumps for the team.

Superintendent Jack Meadows (Simon Rouse) continues questioning Carlos Miller (Lewis Chase) trying to get him to admit that Gary Wilson (Darragh Mortell) is leading the Parkway Crew, the gang responsible for the murder of Liam Martin and the gang rape of Jasmine Harris (Faye Daveney). DI Neil Manson (Andrew Lancel) and the team watch CCTV footage which shows Gary Wilson and Colin Simmons (Jumayn Hunter) amongst others at the scene of Jasmine’s rape. Both men are quickly arrested.

Tuesday, 24 August 2010, 9:00PM - 10:00PM on ITV1

This is part one (of two) of the final two episodes of The Bill.

Journalists who require episodic details for part two (the final ever episode of The Bill) must contact lucy.shanahan@talkbackthames.tv

In the wake of a suspected gang-related murder of a teenager on the Parkway Estate, the team clash over the involvement of a previous police-informant, Jasmine Harris. After questioning Jasmine, ultimately the decision whether to send her back out onto the streets is Smithy’s call.

Tuesday, 17 August 2010, 9:00PM - 10:00PM on ITV1

Tombstone

After his father’s funeral, Sergeant Callum Stone (Sam Callis) fights to show his mother the truth about his dad. But, in trying to protect a vulnerable family, will he prove himself to be just like his father to get a result in the case?

Tuesday, 10 August 2010, 9:00PM - 10:00PM on ITV1

Death Knock:

Sergeant Callum Stone (Sam Callis) has a tough day at work when he learns of his father’s death. Deciding to keep the information to himself, it's Inspector Dale Smith (Alex Walkinshaw) who has to deal with the fall-out and his Sergeant’s unpredictable behaviour. During the investigation involving a young prostitute, P.C. Kirsty Knight (Sarah Manners) bears the brunt of Stone's anger when he loses it with her, just as Smithy enters the room…

Sergeant Callum Stone (Sam Callis) has a tough day at work when he learns of his father’s death. But, deciding to keep the information to himself, Inspector Dale Smith (Alex Walkinshaw) has to deal with the fall-out and his Sergeant’s unpredictable behaviour.

Tuesday, 3 August 2010, 9:00PM - 10:00PM on ITV1

P.C. Leon Taylor (Dominic Power) and P.C. Kirsty Knight (Sarah Manners) are called to the home of Fiona (Sally Faulkner) and Howard Walsh (Michael Cochrane) by a neighbour who hasn’t seen them for days. When they get inside it is clear that the Walsh’s have been burgled and their dog has been brutally killed.

Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 9:00PM - 10:00PM on ITV1

Who Dares Wins

*Featuring Nicola Stapleton as Louise Gates*

D.S. Max Carter (Christopher Fox) returns to work having requested some time off following his run in with D.C. Terry Perkins (Bruce Byron) over his cocaine habit. D.S. Max Carter appears calm and is keen to tackle his first case, a murder. The badly beaten body of Liam Powell has been discovered on a footpath, the team rule out a mugging as he still has all of his belongings on him. D.S. Max Carter orders P.C. Kristy Knight (Sarah Manners) to leave the cordon and speak to staff at a nearby pub to see if anyone witnessed anything. Pub landlord Nick Willis (Lee Whitlock) and his girlfriend Louisa Gates (Nicola Stapleton) inform her that Liam Powell was a regular and had been drinking in there the night before. Frustratingly they claim the CCTV in the pub doesn’t work and they have no images from the previous evening.

Tuesday, 20 July 2010, 9:00PM - 10:00PM on ITV1

Taking A Stand

Sergeant Callum Stone (Sam Callis) and P.C. Kirsty Knight (Sarah Manners) are called to the home of elderly widow Jill Peters (Claire Bloom). Her neighbour David Townsend (Robert Morgan) has reported a disturbance. When Sergeant Callum Stone and P.C. Kirsty Knight arrive Mrs Peters is extremely anxious and is reluctant to let them in. She eventually opens the door and claims to have been the victim of a burglary. Having looked around the house and spoken to Mrs Peters P.C. Kirsty Knight believes that there is more to this case than just a burglary and gently pushes her about what has occurred.

Tuesday, 13 July 2010, 9:00PM - 10:00PM on ITV1

The Calling

It’s the morning after the night before and P.C. Kirsty Knight (Sarah Manners) and P.C. Leon Taylor (Dominic Power) wake up in bed together. After the harrowing events of the previous day P.C. Leon Taylor is still suffering from flashbacks. They both decide to put it down to a drunken mates one night stand after a traumatic day. Inspector Smith (Alex Walkinshaw) tells Sergeant Stone (Sam Callis) to keep an eye on P.C’s Kirsty Knight and Leon Taylor after their shocking day. P.C. Leon Taylor and P.C. Nate Roberts (Ben Richards) are sent out on a call for a missing woman who is seven months pregnant.

Tuesday, 29 June 2010, 9:00PM - 10:00PM on ITV1

Solace

P.C. Kirsty Knight (Sarah Manners) and P.C. Leon Taylor (Dominic Power) discover the body of a young woman in a holdall on a rubbish dump. The body is that of Luisa Dias (Deborah Pucci) a 28 year old Venezuelan woman. Tests reveal that she had been drowned the night before.

P.C. Kirsty Knight and P.C. Leon Taylor visit the flat Luisa shared with her boyfriend Dominic Fisher and their son Paulo (Rudy Talboys).They find the door open and there are signs in the bathroom that this is where Luisa was killed, however there is no sign of either Dominic or Paulo.

Tuesday, 22 June 2010, 9:00PM - 10:00PM on ITV1

Intervention

Successful businessman Ajay Kapur has been abducted by an armed gang, his family are reluctant to involve the police. Back at Sun Hill D.I Neil Manson (Andrew Lancel) reveals to the team the reason behind his uncharacteristic behaviour of late ��" his son has been suffering with Leukaemia.

D.I. Neil Manson (Andrew Lancel) finally tells the team about his son Jake’s Leukaemia and apologises for his recent absence and lack of concentration at work.

The sun set Monday on THE BILL’s Sun Hill, as cast filmed their final ever scene.

After 27 years filming, ITV1’s award-winning cop show THE BILL called its last ever ‘wrap’ as the final scene was shot.  All 17 cast *see below including Simon Rouse, Alex Walkinshaw, Sam Callis, Sally Rogers and Lucy Speed were present to be part of the final day’s shoot at talkbackTHAMES Merton Studios, home of the ‘Sun Hill’ set.

The series will conclude with a gritty and poignant 2-parter and will transmit later this summer on ITV1.  The final episode’s storyline will showcase THE BILL’s special ability to tell hard hitting stories about the reality of policing modern day Britain and will centre on the life of a young female gang member.

Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 9:00PM - 10:00PM on ITV1

D.C. Grace Dasari (Amita Dhiri) and D.I. Neil Manson (Andrew Lancel) attend the funeral of eleven year old Matty Wallace along with Matty’s grandmother Ruth Pearce (Diana Kent) and step father Craig Gant (Jai Armstrong). Neil is unaware that D.S. Max Carter (Christopher Fox) has ordered an ‘obbo’ on Craig Gant and his associates at the funeral. Whilst looking into the murder of Craig’s stepson Matty, Max discovers that Craig has a criminal record for handling stolen goods but believes there is more to it. Suspicious of Craig, he wants delve deeper into his background and along with D.C. Terry Perkins (Bruce Byron) attends the funeral to observe Gant and fellow mourners.

Tuesday, 11 May 2010, 9:00PM - 10:00PM on ITV1

Deadly Consequences