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Good morning all! Today we are celebrating The Bill's PC/Sgt Diane Noble played by Kaye Wragg. Diane was a well respected officer who took her work seriously. Her promotion to sergeant was well deserved. Please share with us your favourite memories of Diane.

#cotw128 Clue 4 – Her personality changed after a few drinks.

#cotw128 Clue 3 – She impressed a colleague with one of her hobbies.

Good morning all. Today we are recommending an outstanding episode of The Bill written by Len Collin. 'On Air' is from Series 15. In this episode, Chief Inspector Conway takes part in a radio phone-in.

#cotw128 Clue 2 – She had a relationship with a colleague.

#cotw128 Here is your first clue to help you discover who is this week's #thebill 'Character of the Week'. Just return daily for a new clue and have fun guessing who it could be. Clue 1 – This character did not survive.

Happy Monday everyone! Here is your early morning #thebillquote to help you start your week off the right way. Today's quote comes from DI Roy Galloway, who had quite the way with words.

#cotw127 Many congratulations to all of you who correctly worked out that this week's #thebill 'Character of the Week' is DC Mike Dashwood, played Jon Iles. Please return tomorrow morning when the game starts again.

Happy Saturday everyone! Are you a #thebill memorabilia collector? What is your favourite piece of memorabilia? What is the most unusual item in your collection?

Happy Friday everyone! Today we are recommending a memorable episode of The Bill written by Len Collin. 'Street Level Action' from Series 22. In this episode, Phil Hunter and Terry Perkins deal with an assault on a shopkeeper.

#cotw127 Clue 5 – This DC had a close encounter with a panther.

#cotw127 Clue 4 – He made a return visit for a clock.

Today we are celebrating a 'The Bill' legend: Jack Meadows, played by Simon Rouse. Jack's time at Sun Hill was tumultuous; he was demoted, promoted and was lucky to hold his position after the Don Beech affair. His home life was just as eventful. What are your memories of Jack?

#cotw127 Clue 3 – This officer worked under more than one Detective Inspector.

The first episode of The Bill written by Len Collin is 'Strange Bedfellows' from series 14. In this fantastic episode DCI Burnside uses a convicted pedophile to help find a missing boy.

During the month of November, we shall be celebrating episodes of The Bill written by Len Collin. We have plenty of episodes to chose from, Len Collin wrote a grand total of 46 episodes.

A computer programmer, my father worked for numerous well known businesses & created many websites over the years and yet he was still proud of our The Billaton website. Hopefully a new website will be created over the next year, until then we can still be found on social media.

Website news: Our website is down and is unlikely to return in its current form. The site was created for us by my father, Derrick, who worked from a design I made on a scrap of paper. Unfortunately, Dad died in June, and the website has now been taken offline. cont'd...