Series 4

48 episodes July 19, 1988

The fourth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of forty-eight episodes, broadcast between 19 July – 29 December 1988. This series was the first to adopt a half-hour format, and the theme tune had its first of several updates. The series was first released on DVD on 4 December 2006 in Australia, incorrectly packaged as Seasons 4 & 5, when in fact the set only contained the entire series four. The series was later issued in four separate volumes in the United Kingdom, available on 30 June 2008, 2 March 2009, 11 May 2009 and 15 March 2010. It was later reissued in Australia on 31 August 2011. The above DVD artwork is taken from the most recent Australian release. It features an image of DS Ted Roach. The British volume artwork features a variety of collage images featuring characters from across the season. The original Australian box set features a sole image of DI Frank Burnside.

Episodes

1 Light Duties Jul 19, 1988 No ratings 2 The Three Wise Monkeys Jul 21, 1988 No ratings 3 Good Will Visit Jul 26, 1988 No ratings 4 Home Sweet Home Jul 28, 1988 No ratings 5 All in Good Faith Aug 2, 1988 No ratings 6 Just Call Me Guvnor Aug 4, 1988 No ratings 7 Caught Red Handed Aug 9, 1988 No ratings 8 Homes and Gardens Aug 11, 1988 No ratings 9 Country Cousin Aug 16, 1988 No ratings 10 Alarms and Embarrassments Aug 18, 1988 No ratings 11 Stealing Cars and Nursery Rhymes Aug 23, 1988 No ratings 12 Hold Fire Aug 25, 1988 No ratings 13 Bad Faith Aug 30, 1988 No ratings 14 Requiem Sep 1, 1988 No ratings 15 Trespasses Sep 6, 1988 No ratings 16 Save the Last Dance for Me Sep 8, 1988 No ratings 17 Runaround Sep 13, 1988 No ratings 18 The Trap Sep 15, 1988 No ratings 19 Community Relations Sep 20, 1988 No ratings 20 A Dog's Life Sep 22, 1988 No ratings 21 Trouble and Strife Sep 27, 1988 No ratings 22 Running Late Sep 29, 1988 No ratings 23 They Say We're Rough Oct 4, 1988 No ratings 24 Blue for a Boy Oct 6, 1988 No ratings 25 Chasing the Dragon Oct 11, 1988 No ratings 26 The Coop Oct 13, 1988 No ratings 27 The Quick and the Dead Oct 18, 1988 No ratings 28 Witness Oct 20, 1988 No ratings 29 Here We Go Loopy Lou Oct 25, 1988 No ratings 30 Stop and Search Oct 27, 1988 No ratings 31 Spook Stuff Nov 1, 1988 No ratings 32 Evacuation Nov 2, 1988 No ratings 33 Personal Imports Nov 8, 1988 No ratings 34 Paper Chase Nov 10, 1988 No ratings 35 Intruder Nov 15, 1988 No ratings 36 Conflict Nov 17, 1988 No ratings 37 Duplicates Nov 22, 1988 No ratings 38 Snout Nov 24, 1988 No ratings 39 Old Habits Nov 29, 1988 No ratings 40 The Silent Gun Dec 1, 1988 No ratings 41 An Old-Fashioned Term Dec 6, 1988 No ratings 42 Getting Stressed Dec 8, 1988 No ratings 43 Tigers Dec 13, 1988 No ratings 44 Guessing Game Dec 15, 1988 No ratings 45 The Assassins Dec 20, 1988 No ratings 46 Outmoded Dec 22, 1988 No ratings 47 Digging Up the Past Dec 27, 1988 No ratings 48 Taken Into Consideration Dec 29, 1988 No ratings