The Bill

Writing On The Wall

Season 19    Episode 84
October 22, 2003    TV-14
With the guilt of what he has done weighing heavily on his mind, PC Des Taviner admits to Sgt. Sheelagh Murphy his part in the Sun Hill fire which killed six of his colleagues. To his horror, Murphy demands he turn himself in or she will do it for him. Instead, she calls her husband Patrick and admits her affair, saying she is leaving him for Des. Alan Best tells Insp. Gina Gold that a big heroin deal is about to go down at the garage where he works, so CID set up an obbo. They don't count on PC Gary Best turning up at the garage in full uniform and a panda car to apologise to his dad for assaulting him. When the dealer pulls a gun, DS McAllister calls for a Trojan unit, but when the gunman takes aim at Gary, his dad offers himself as a hostage in his place. PC Taviner becomes obsessed with finding a mugger responsible for the death of an elderly woman who dies of shock after her husband is stabbed. Hearing that Sgt. Murphy has gone to Scotland Yard, and that Supt. Okaro wants to see h
Directed By
Peter Butler
Written By
Maxwell Young

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Cast of Writing On The Wall
  • Simon RouseJack Meadows
  • 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
  • Clare FosterMillie Brown
  • John SalthouseRoy Galloway
  • Kelly Lawrence
  • Kim Tiddy
  • Louisa LyttonBeth Green
  • Louise HarrisonDonna Harris
  • Melanie Gutteridge
  • Scott NealPC Luke Ashton
  • Jeanne Mockford
  • Greg Owen

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