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Series 17 of British television drama The Bill consisted of 92 episodes, broadcast between 5 January and 21 December 2001. As well as 85 regular episodes, the series also included a spinoff Beech is Back, following a special 90-minute episode in Australia. The story follows ex-Sun Hill officer Claire Stanton, now a DI, as she goes to Australia to try and extradite ex-DS Don Beech for the murder of his colleague John Boulton. The spinoff that follows concludes the Beech storyline, which began in Series 16. Although the idea of making the series into a serial drama did not fully take effect until April 2002, many of the stories in the latter half of the year were multi-part stories, some containing up to six episodes, such as the "Night Games" saga. The two-part episode "Lifelines" is the last two-parter to feature in the series until the return of episode titles in 2007.
Aired: Jan 05, 2001 Genre: Crime DramaCasts: Simon Rouse Sarah Manners Andrew Lancel Alex Walkinshaw Amita Dhiri Ben Richards Bruce Byron Chris SimmonsCreated By: Geoff McQueenDuration: 25m Rating: 0 Country: United Kingdom Production: Talkback Thames, Thames Television, ITV
Episodes
01: Appropriate Action02: Criminal Practice03: Upon Information Received04: No Victim05: Common Language06: PC Smith07: Family Honour08: Words Of Wisdom09: Out Of The Frying Pan10: Mexican Stand Off11: Cruise Control12: Real Crime13: Home and Away14: Going Under15: Faultline16: Long Shadows (1)17: Long Shadows (2)18: Higher Power19: Touched By Evil20: The Leopard (1)21: The Leopard (2)22: Tolerance (1)23: Tolerance (2)24: Promised Land25: Return of the Hunter26: Tour of Duty27: Lies of Silence28: Over the Hill29: Head Over Heels30: Hitting Home31: Value Judgement32: Collateral Damage33: A Week of Nights (2)34: A Week of Nights (2)35: Wednesday36: Billy the Kid37: Still Crazy38: Complicity (1)39: Complicity (2)40: Suffer the Little Children41: Happy and Glorious42: Gun Crazy (1)43: Gun Crazy (2)44: The Jury's Out45: Lick of Paint46: Temptation47: Envy48: Greed49: Redemption50: The Dark Side51: Angel Rooms52: Paint It Black53: Eye of the Lens54: Another Country55: Britanniamania: Going Underground56: Britanniamania: To Us and Ours57: Episode 5758: Britanniamania: Stand By Me59: Beech on the Run60: Episode 6061: Come Live With Me62: In Another Life63: Crush64: Liquid City65: A Pound of Flesh66: Home Run67: Debt of Love68: Blood and Money69: Hidden Agenda70: Lifelines71: Sacrifice72: White Cliffs of Dover73: The Value of Nothing74: Money Man75: Beyond the Call76: Night Games77: Aftershock78: Compulsion79: Shout80: Judas Kiss81: Slash and Burn82: For Better, For Worse83: Special Attention84: Lure of the Sirens85: The Risk Factor86: Deadly Encounter