The Bill

Special Attention

Season 17    Episode 83
December 18, 2001
PCs Des Taviner and Reg Hollis are 'volunteered' to look after new recruit Terry Knowles. Taviner is unimpressed and tells Knowles to do only as he's told. Meanwhile DS Vik Singh and DC Paul Riley are visiting the Mahmoods whose house has been vandalised. Mrs Mahmood and Rikki claim their neighbours, the Halston family, are racists and imply they caused the damage particularly as Janice Halston worked for them at their launderette until recently when she was sacked for stealing. CID visit Janice who says she can hardly be racist when her baby is the son of her black lover and denies any responsibility. Out on the beat Knowles is desperate to prove himself and wants to attend when he hears that the Mahmoods' launderette has been smashed up but Taviner tells him to wait. Later, Taviner insists they ignore another call requesting further help for the Mahmoods. Back at the station Sergeant Craig Gilmore warns Knowles that he only needs to impress the Sergeants, not his colleagues and he ca

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Cast of Special Attention
  • Simon RouseJack Meadows
  • Andrew PaulDave Quinnan
  • Lisa GeoghanPolly Page
  • Ciarán GriffithsGary Best
  • Daniel MacPhersonCameron Tait
  • Tony O'CallaghanMatt Boyden
  • Diane ParishEva Sharpe
  • Ged SimmonsAlex Cullen
  • Jane WallDi Worrell
  • Natalie J. Robb
  • Rae Baker
  • Samantha Robson
  • Steven Hartley
  • Tom ButcherSteve Loxton
  • John SalthouseRoy Galloway
  • Kim Tiddy
  • Louisa LyttonBeth Green
  • Louise HarrisonDonna Harris
  • Melanie Gutteridge
  • Sarah MannersKirsty Knight
  • Karen Lewis

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