The Bill (series 15)

Burnside and Rawton pursue a serial rapist and his accomplice following four brutal assaults in the area. The only method of tracking either of the assailants is to get one of the victims to do a group identification - which soon highlights barman Craig Sutton as one of the attackers. Although his family refuse to believe he has anything to do with the attacks, Burnside knows he is getting close to a conviction when both assailants are let out on bail - in the hope that they will lead him straight to the car, which was used in the attacks. When he, Henderson and Rawton arrive at the lock up garage, which Sutton owns, they find the car gone and Sutton's accomplice Murray Watkins with his skull caved in.

Badlands: Boulton is determined to catch a pair of brutal thieves, and he is certain that local crook Mick Glover is one of them. Ignoring protests from Quinnan and Garfield, who already have Glover under surveillance, Boulton leads a disastrous raid on Glover's flat, which fails to uncover any evidence, and subsequently, puts Quinnan's informant Janie in grave danger. When Quinnan and Garfield find Janie's flat on the Jasmine Allen Estate vandalised, Quinnan pursues the suspects, but finds himself separated from Garfield, who can only watch in horror as his friend is beaten and stabbed by a gang of youths. As Quinnan fights for his life, Boulton faces a backlash from his colleagues.

Eyes Everywhere: With Quinnan in a critical condition in hospital, the relief descend on the Jasmine Allen estate, determined to catch those responsible. Garfield manages to identify most of the gang, and a young boy, Kevin White, is brought in for questioning and names them as the Sun Hill Massive. As dawn raids capture another two members of the gang, Boulton receives a phone call from Glover's son, Ben, who offers to provide information on the crimes his father committed as well as identifying members of the gang who stabbed Quinnan. Boulton finally manages to prove that Glover is responsible for the burglaries, he and Garfield come to blows when he denies any responsibility for Dave's attack.

Ashton is accused by a teenage girl, Abi, a key witness in a domestic violence case, of getting her pregnant. When she falls apart in the witness box and the abuser is found not guilty, Page is furious that Ashton's involvement has caused the collapse of the case. Adamant that he is not the father of the girl's baby, Cryer suggests that Ashton files a harassment complaint against the girl in order to make his case look stronger. However, after a meeting with Ashton, Abi tries to commit suicide after Ashton suggests she has an abortion. Cryer asks Page to speak to the girl in hospital, and she finally reveals that Ashton is not the father of her baby, and that she has been raped by her stepfather.

Lennox and Rawton go to Salisbury to bring in a con-man, George Riordian, for questioning, but he proves to be a slippery customer when he first gives them the slip at a service station, and then later on absconds altogether when the car they are travelling in breaks down and Lennox has to pull over to repair it. The pair manage to find a missing £50,000 which Riordian supposedly stole from one of his victims, Stella Kauffman, but then Riordian appears at the station the following day to hand himself in. When Kauffman then announces she is withdrawing the charges against Riordian, Lennox realises that the whole incident has been a con from the start and that he and Rawton have been had.

Proctor and Lennox find themselves at the cutting edge of forensic science when they try to solve a burglary case, where the burglar has left an 'earprint' at the scene. Meanwhile, Proctor receives a call from a woman who reports to have information about a serious crime. She reports that she was witness to an assault that Carver and Skase have been investigating, where they are unable to prove their prime suspect is responsible. Proctor tries to convince her to testify, but she does a disappearing act. Proctor then discovers she is having an affair, which is making her scared to testify. When her boyfriend is found beaten up, Proctor heads straight for his prime suspect and discovers the weapon used.

Part One: Boulton, with the help of Daly - who is Acting DI while Deakin is on holiday - organise an obbo on a warehouse raid following information from one of Boulton's informants. When the prime target, Anthony Payne, runs from the scene, Boulton pursues him into the dead of night. When Skase, Daly and Rawton arrive, they find Boulton pulling Payne out of a river, and shortly after, Payne dies of drowning. Boulton is the only witness to Payne's death, and CIB immediately make him a possible suspect for his murder. Boulton's informant then makes a false statement, incriminating Boulton in Payne's death, in an attempt to keep cover and not blow the fact that he grassed on his fellow gang members.

Lone Ranger: Santini and Hagen are tasked with assisting with the distribution of leaflets to local residents about a pair of bogus callers who have been stealing from elderly residents while they are not looking. However, Santini is sidelined by the fact that his lover, Jess Orton, has managed to set him up with some drug dealers - he wants out of Sun Hill, and his friend, Paul Timpney, a detective sergeant in Area Drugs, has promised him a place in the squad if he can get him evidence on them. A meeting time has been set for 5 o'clock, but when his failure to inform a group of residents about the callers results in a burglary, Cryer demands to see him at the same time, leaving him in an awkward position.

Old Flame: Santini is surprised to spot his lover, Jess Orton, liaising with drugs baron John Ferguson on her own, and so he leaves Quinnan at the scene of a break-in to go and speak to her at her club, but shortly after their tiff, the club is firebombed, resulting in the death of Jess' husband Steve, as well as two other victims. When AMIP are assigned to investigate the fire, Santini is shocked to discover that one of the officers on the team is none other than his old nemesis, Rosie Fox, now sergeant. With Jess having disappeared without trace, Fox begins to suspect Santini's motives when she nearly catches him talking to a witness, and then discovers he ran a PNC on Ferguson just days previously.

Push It: Santini continues the search for Jess Orton, but Fox is becoming increasingly suspicious of his motives. When he does finally manage to catch up with her, he persuades her to make a false confession to the firebombing of the club. Timpney then gives him the nod that AMIP DCI, Pallister, is making a move to area drugs when the op is over, so he goes all out to impress the gov in the hope of getting the transfer he wants. Meanwhile, having discovered his real identity, Ferguson is breathing down his neck, and has bought him tickets to Amsterdam to collect a package for him and bring it back into the country. Determined to find out if Jess grassed on him, he breaks into her home and challenges her.

Taxed: Ashton is paired with new PC Dale Smith on his first day, and the pair's first task is to trail a suspect involved with a stabbing. As they chase him onto a nearby estate, Ashton is paralysed with fear when the suspect confronts him with a knife. When questioned, Ashton then lies and says he did not see the suspect. However, when Ashton is forced to reveal the truth, Smithy becomes contemptuous of him and brands him a coward in front of the relief. As he, Smith and Cryer investigate the latest in a long line of witness intimidation attacks, they lead a raid on a flat where they suspect a kidnap victim to be. As Smithy chases after the two armed suspects, Ashton is paralysed with fear once again.

Part One: Brownlow assigns the relief to overlook a legal rave organised by a respected community leader when threats of a racist nature are made against him. Officers from Barton Street are drafted in to help the convoy travelling from base to the venue. However, a cunning plan by a racist group sees the convoy, complete with Proctor on board, attacked. Meanwhile, it's PC Nick Klein's first day at Sun Hill, and on his first day on the beat, he is paired with Smithy. They investigate reports of a disturbance at a local market, and Smithy confronts a group of black youths. When it turns out to be an integrity test by top brass, Smithy suspects Klein of being a mole planted by area to catch him out.

Part One: Rickman and Klein head up an obbo into a disqualified driver, which sees Garfield and Quinnan paired together in a panda car. Garfield is in quite a state - his girlfriend Jenny Delaney has just returned from South America, and he is eager to know if she has considered his marriage proposal. Unknown to him, Quinnan is also trying to contact Jenny. When Quinnan slips away during the obbo to try and call her, Rickman berates him for being unprofessional. Meanwhile, Beech has received a tip-off from a snout that an old-time villain wanted for murder has returned to Sun Hill. As Lennox and Proctor setup an obbo outside the hospital, they catch both Garfield and Quinnan trying to contact Jenny.

Part One: Meadows and Skase are furious when Carver turns up drunk to give evidence in a court case - evidence which is so unreliable the judge throws the case out of court. As his colleagues begin to realise the extent of Carver's problems, Monroe decides to put him on an easy task - escorting a convoy of confiscated drugs to a Home Office depot for destruction. However, Carver's inability to stay sober results in him unwillingly revealing the location that the convoy will be travelling to a warehouse porter. As Carver and Stamp set off, Carver forces Stamp to pull over so he can be sick, but by the time they catch up with the convoy, four armed men have ambushed the van and shot an S019 officer.

Consumers: Carver is attacked and mugged by a local youth during an early morning binge. With no money and no alcohol, Carver befriends a group of homeless alcoholics who point him in the direction of a pub, which serves out of hours. Carver befriends a man, Jonjo Sullivan, who invites him back to his flat to meet his wife, Claire. Meanwhile, the relief become concerned when they realise Carver has gone missing. Fears for his safety begin to grow when the youth who attacked him is arrested in possession of his credit card. The youth leads Lennox to catch a local fraudster who is organizing thefts of credit and debit cards to buy stolen gear. Meanwhile, a legless Carver wakes up to find Claire dead.

A Night to Forget: It's the day before Quinnan's wedding, and the day goes from bad to worse when the driver of his cake is involved in an RTA, destroying the masterpiece. Meanwhile, Hollis is organizing the stag night. He has organised a minibus to take the relief on a pub crawl. Meanwhile, Jenny has invited the female members of the relief to a new strip club, where Page ends up investigating a case of indecent assault. Proctor and Monroe deal with a man who has no recollection of who he is, so decide to take him on a trip down memory lane. Steve Loxton re-appears to join in the celebrations, but Carver is suspicious of his old mate when it turns out his car has been flagged by area drugs.