Back on the beat with Sun Hill's finest...

By 1999 The Bill had returned to the one-hour format, remaining a Top 10 UK drama ever for ITV and a popular Saturday night fixture on ABC-TV in Australia. Starring such fan favourites as Sgt Cryer (Eric Richard), WPC Ackland (Trudie Goodwin), DCI Jack Meadows (Simon Rouse) and PC Dale ""Smitthy"" Smith (Alex Walkinshaw), this 23-disc set contains all 86 episodes from the seventeenth series, which sees the departure of long-running character Sgt. Bob Cryer.