The Bill: Insp Gina Gold and PC Gemma Osbourne visit a local school to investigate reports of drug dealing. Osbourne runs into a teacher friend of hers, Caroline Cotton, who passes on a pornographic tape she confiscated from a pupil. Osbourne passes the tape on to CID, but when Caroline arrives at the station, Osbourne decides to take DS Phil Hunter down a peg or two by setting him up with her lesbian friend. Sgt. June Ackland investigates a possibly racial assault on pub landlady Aisha Danvers, and sends PCs Jim Carver and Cathy Bradford undercover in the pub, an assignment that raises a few eyebrows given Carver's history of alcoholism. After a failed obbo on a possible gun buy at the pub, Bradford and Ackland suspect Carver has started drinking again. A furious Carver sets out to prove otherwise, and discovers that Danvers has actually set up her own drug and guns racket on the Larkmead. Osbourne's plan backfires when DS Hunter turns up the next day like the cat that got the cream, and Robbie Cryer suggests a "Cop Idol" theme for the station Christmas party. Shane Pellow is brought in for questioning when he is recognised on the pornographic video, but is freed once again when his girlfriend says the video was filmed with her consent. PC Nick Klein is released from hospital, but his doctor seems concerned by Klein's increasing need for strong medication. TDC Brandon Kane's ex-wife is found guilty of drink-driving, and she vows to take sole custody of their children.

Starring:

Alex Walkinshaw, Andrew Lancel, Chris Simmons, Eric Richard, Graham Cole, Mark Wingett, Roberta Taylor, Simon Rouse, Trudie Goodwin

Genre:

Drama, Crime