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RETURN OF THE BILL
It seems the ITV police drama series The Bill is on track for a mammoth return to television screens over a decade since it last aired.
The ITV police procedural television series aired from August 1983 to August 2010, racking up an astonishing 2,425 episodes.
And now fans of the highly-acclaimed show will be delighted to hear there is a reboot in the pipeline.
Last July, it was understood that cast members from the original show, Graham Cole, Trudie Goodwin and Mark Wingett, were approached by writer Simon Sansome who had allegedly acquired the rights to the original series.
Mark, 61, played DC Jim Carver while Graham, 70, was PC Tony Stamp on the show and Trudie, 70, had the role of Sgt June Ackland.
They said: “In the minds of many producers and execs, The Bill is a drama which is just sitting, waiting, to be rebooted. It’s a simple format but one which attracted a loyal army of followers who would be delighted to see it return. No doubt any new incarnation would be tweaked to make it attract a whole new generation to the show.”
Throughout its 26-year run, The Bill also saw a host of famous faces guest star with many appearing on the series before their big Hollywood breaks. Among those who appeared on the show were Emma Bunton, James McAvoy, Russell Brand and Downton Abbey star Joanne Froggatt.
In April 2020, Trudie, Mark and Graham joined Eric Richard and Chris Ellison on a virtual reunion from COVID-19 lockdown.
The cast started the call ‘in the slammer’ with prison bars as their backgrounds before changing to pictures of Sun Hill and images of themselves from back in the day as they reminisced. Chris, who played DI Frank Burnside, recalled shooting car scenes ‘with our trousers off, not because we were too hot, just bored,’ while Mark remembered the ‘belly laughing’.