Series 5

104 episodes January 3, 1989

The fifth series of The Bill, a British television drama, consisted of 104 episodes, broadcast between 3 January – 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.

Episodes

1 Getting It Right Jan 3, 1989 No ratings 2 A Reflection Of Glory Jan 5, 1989 No ratings 3 One To One Jan 10, 1989 No ratings 4 The Mugging And The Gypsies Jan 12, 1989 No ratings 5 The Chain Of Command Jan 17, 1989 No ratings 6 Life And Death Jan 19, 1989 No ratings 7 Hothead Jan 24, 1989 No ratings 8 Steamers Jan 26, 1989 No ratings 9 Duty Elsewhere Jan 31, 1989 No ratings 10 Saturday Blues Feb 2, 1989 No ratings 11 N.F.A. Feb 7, 1989 No ratings 12 The Price You Pay Feb 9, 1989 No ratings 13 The Key of the Door Feb 14, 1989 No ratings 14 Cock-Up Feb 16, 1989 No ratings 15 Repercussions Feb 21, 1989 No ratings 16 A Death In The Family Feb 23, 1989 No ratings 17 In The Frame Feb 28, 1989 No ratings 18 A Good Result Mar 2, 1989 No ratings 19 Conscience Mar 7, 1989 No ratings 20 Sunday, Sunday Mar 9, 1989 No ratings 21 Climate Mar 14, 1989 No ratings 22 Bad Company Mar 16, 1989 No ratings 23 Suspicious Minds Mar 21, 1989 No ratings 24 Intuition Mar 23, 1989 No ratings 25 Loss Mar 28, 1989 No ratings 26 Procedure Mar 30, 1989 No ratings 27 Luck Of The Draw Apr 4, 1989 No ratings 28 No Strings Apr 6, 1989 No ratings 29 Fool's Gold Apr 11, 1989 No ratings 30 The Visit Apr 13, 1989 No ratings 31 One For The Ladies Apr 18, 1989 No ratings 32 No Shelter Apr 20, 1989 No ratings 33 Out To Lunch Apr 25, 1989 No ratings 34 Free Wheel Apr 27, 1989 No ratings 35 Only A Bit Of Thieving May 2, 1989 No ratings 36 Communications May 4, 1989 No ratings 37 Silver Lining May 9, 1989 No ratings 38 Suffocation Job May 11, 1989 No ratings 39 Mickey Would Have Wanted It May 16, 1989 No ratings 40 Blood Ties May 19, 1989 No ratings 41 You'll Be Back May 23, 1989 No ratings 42 Fort Apache - Sun Hill May 25, 1989 No ratings 43 Waste May 30, 1989 No ratings 44 The Strong Survive Jun 1, 1989 No ratings 45 Loving Care Jun 6, 1989 No ratings 46 Back On The Streets Jun 8, 1989 No ratings 47 FAT'AC Jun 13, 1989 No ratings 48 Somewhere By Chance Jun 15, 1989 No ratings 49 A Quiet Life Jun 20, 1989 No ratings 50 Tom Tiddler's Ground Jun 22, 1989 No ratings 51 Make My Day Jun 27, 1989 No ratings 52 Provocation Jun 29, 1989 No ratings 53 Overspend Jul 4, 1989 No ratings 54 Between Friends Jul 6, 1989 No ratings 55 Traffic Jul 11, 1989 No ratings 56 The Sacred Seal Jul 13, 1989 No ratings 57 Subsequent Visits Jul 18, 1989 No ratings 58 User Friendly Jul 20, 1989 No ratings 59 Don't Like Mondays Jul 25, 1989 No ratings 60 Pickup Jul 27, 1989 No ratings 61 Kidding Aug 1, 1989 No ratings 62 Black Spot Aug 3, 1989 No ratings 63 Taken For A Ride Aug 8, 1989 No ratings 64 Time Out Aug 10, 1989 No ratings 65 Leaving Aug 15, 1989 No ratings 66 Street Games And Board Games Aug 17, 1989 No ratings 67 Pressure Aug 22, 1989 No ratings 68 A Little Knowledge Aug 24, 1989 No ratings 69 Pathways Aug 29, 1989 No ratings 70 Seen To Be Done Aug 31, 1989 No ratings 71 Tulip Sep 5, 1989 No ratings 72 Nothing But The Truth Sep 7, 1989 No ratings 73 It's Not Majorca Sep 12, 1989 No ratings 74 Mending Fences Sep 14, 1989 No ratings 75 Exit Lines Sep 19, 1989 No ratings 76 That Old Malarkey Sep 21, 1989 No ratings 77 Greig Versus Taylor Sep 26, 1989 No ratings 78 Tottering Sep 28, 1989 No ratings 79 I Counted Them All Out Oct 3, 1989 No ratings 80 Zig Zag Oct 5, 1989 No ratings 81 A Matter of Trust Oct 10, 1989 No ratings 82 Tourist Trap Oct 12, 1989 No ratings 83 The One That Got Away Oct 17, 1989 No ratings 84 Found Offending Oct 19, 1989 No ratings 85 All Part of The Job Oct 24, 1989 No ratings 86 In the Cold Oct 26, 1989 No ratings 87 Just a Little Run Around Oct 31, 1989 No ratings 88 A Fair Appraisal Nov 2, 1989 No ratings 89 Visitors Nov 7, 1989 No ratings 90 Private Wars Nov 9, 1989 No ratings 91 Feasting With Panthers Nov 14, 1989 No ratings 92 By The Book Nov 16, 1989 No ratings 93 Beer And Bicycles Nov 21, 1989 No ratings 94 Grace Of God Nov 23, 1989 No ratings 95 Just Another Day Nov 28, 1989 No ratings 96 Gone Fishing Nov 30, 1989 No ratings 97 Early Bird Dec 5, 1989 No ratings 98 Just For The Crack Dec 7, 1989 No ratings 99 Woman In Brown Dec 12, 1989 No ratings 100 Speaking Freely Dec 14, 1989 No ratings 101 The Return Of The Prodigal Dec 19, 1989 No ratings 102 Chinese Whispers Dec 21, 1989 No ratings 103 Powers Of Exclusion Dec 26, 1989 No ratings 104 Saturday Night Fever Dec 28, 1989 No ratings