The Bill Opportunity Costs (Season 12, Episode 144)
TV-14
TV Episode | 25 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The Bill

Opportunity Costs (Season 12, Episode 144)

TV-14

TV Episode | 25 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Ch Supt Brownlow orders DCI Meadows and Ch Insp Conway to review their budgets, but DCI Meadows decides to investigate the unsolved murder of a prostitute instead.

Director

Martin Hutchings

Writers

Geoff McQueen (deviser) | Edward Canfor-Dumas (by)

Producer

Pat Sandys (producer)

Production Designer

Anna Deamer

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 3, 1996

Release date

Dec 3, 1996 (United Kingdom)

Awards

Series awards

8 wins & 26 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
17 cast members

Name	Known for
Simon Rouse D.C.I. Meadows D.C.I. Meadows See fewer	The Bill (1984)
Ben Roberts Ch. Insp. Conway Ch. Insp. Conway See fewer	Jane Eyre (2011)
Peter Ellis Ch. Supt. Brownlow Ch. Supt. Brownlow See fewer	An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Shaun Scott D.I. Deakin D.I. Deakin See fewer	Sardar Udham (2021)
Ray Ashcroft D.S. Daly D.S. Daly See fewer	The Bill (1984)
Andrew Mackintosh D.S. Greig D.S. Greig See fewer	Poirot (1989)
Russell Boulter D.S. Boulton D.S. Boulton See fewer	The Bill (1984)
Kevin Lloyd D.C. Lines D.C. Lines See fewer	Coronation Street (1960)
Colin Tarrant Insp. Monroe Insp. Monroe See fewer	The Rainbow (1988)
Tony O'Callaghan Sgt. Boyden Sgt. Boyden See fewer	The Bill (1984)
Jeff Stewart P.C. Hollis P.C. Hollis See fewer	A Date with Shillelagh (2019)
Tom Butcher P.C. Loxton P.C. Loxton See fewer	The Bill (1984)
Lisa Geoghan W.P.C. Page W.P.C. Page See fewer	The Bill (1984)
Caroline Trowbridge Andrea Tennant Andrea Tennant See fewer	Four O'Clock Flowers (2022)
Michael Gardiner Peter Nixon Peter Nixon See fewer	Richard III (1983)
Jane Arden Linda Wallace Linda Wallace See fewer	A Dinner of Herbs (2000)
Sean Gleeson Keith Boey Keith Boey See fewer	Doctors (2000)