The Bill

The Trap

E18    Sep 15, 1988    TV-14
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D.I. Burnside sets up a trap on a residential street: an open vanload of video recorders. He, Carver, Roach and Dashwood sit in wait for some villains to take the bait. Eventually, a man pulls up in a BMW and takes one of the videos into his house. Roach and Dashwood arrest him, and back at the station he turns out to be Julian Pembridge, a slimy solicitor well known to Burnside. Pembridge claims he was merely exposing a police entrapment campaign, and manages to escape with a fine. With Sgt. Peters on leave, Sgt. Cryer and Insp. Frazer are concerned about Sgt. Penny's state of mind. Ch. Insp. Conway has a word with him and asks him to take some leave. Penny insists he's fine and refuses, but when the air conditioning breaks down in the CAD room, Penny's temper rises with the temperature. He spills a coffee on his keyboard, and tries to attack the electrician - taking leave is no longer optional.
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Cast of The Trap
  • Christopher EllisonFrank Burnside
  • Susan MajolierMarion Layland
  • Vicky Gee-DareSuzanne Ford
  • Peter EllisCharles Brownlow
  • Barbara ThornChristine Frazer
  • Ben RobertsDerek Conway
  • Ashley GunstockRobin Frank
  • Colin BlumenauFrancis Edwards
  • Eric RichardBob Cryer
  • Graham ColeTony Stamp
  • Jeff StewartReg Hollis
  • Jon IlesMike Dashwood
  • Larry DannAlec Peters
  • Mark WingettJim Carver
  • Nula ConwellViv Martella
  • Robert HudsonTony Smith
  • Roger LeachTom Penny
  • Tony ScannellTed Roach
  • Trudie GoodwinJune Ackland
  • Mark PowleyKen Melvin
  • Kelly LawrenceClaire Brind
  • Kevin LloydAlfred Lines
  • Nick RedingPete Ramsey
  • Robert Addie

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