The Bill series 5


The fifth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 104 episodes, broadcast between 3 January and 28 December 1989. The series was first released on DVD as part of the Collection 3 and Collection 4 DVD boxsets in Australia, made available on 8 August – 7 November 2007, respectively. The first four episodes of the series were later issued on DVD in the United Kingdom, under the title Volume 4, on 15 March 2010. The next thirteen episodes of series 5 were released on DVD in the UK, under the title Volume 5, on 11 July 2011, the next 48 episodes of Series five were released on DVD in the UK under the title Volume 6, on 15 October 2012 and the remaining episodes were released on DVD in the UK under the title Volume 7, on 2 September 2013. The series was later reissued as two half-series boxsets in Australia, released on 7 March 2012. The above DVD artwork is taken from the most recent Australian release. It features images of DC Jim Carver and Sgt Bob Cryer. The British volume artwork features a collage image featuring a variety of characters from across the season. The original Collection boxsets contained sole images of PC Pete Ramsey and WPC June Ackland, respectively.

Cast and crew commentaries

A number of for Series 5 episodes have been recorded with cast and crew, including actors Colin Blumenau, Larry Dann, Trudie Goodwin, Robert Hudson, Chris Humphreys, Jon Iles, Andrew Mackintosh, Nick Reding and Barbara Thorn, writers Garry Lyons, Christopher Russell and J. C. Wilsher, and directors Niall Leonard and Jan Sargent.

Cast changes

Arrivals

Departures

Episodes