The Bill Podcast

Two Podcasters celebrate one of Sun Hill's all-time greats. Rob Cook joins Patrick to discuss the legendary Viv Martella, played by the phenomenal Nula Conwell and why Russell Lewis' The Short Straw is a Top 10 episode. Plus Rob shares some cracking insight into the VHS releases of The Bill over the years. What are YOUR favourite Viv moments? Unlock the full 69-minute Obbocast, along with six more...

Enjoy Part 2 of this fascinating chat with the former Met Inspector as we chat more about the role of the Technical Advisor on The Bill, including the unique value he brought to the series, memories of his fellow Advisors Brian Hart and Malcolm Knight and some of the legends of Sun Hill who are no longer with us. Hope you find this an arresting listen! The Bill Podcast is brought to you in proud a...

Meet the real deal! The former Met Inspector and longest-serving Police Advisor on The Bill is here! The mighty Trevor Hermes worked on the series for a decade and saw the show transform on multiple occasions. In this first part of a two-part special, I met Trevor at his home where he shared some of his favourite Sun Hill memories with me, as well as the highs and lows of his police career. TW: Du...

The mighty Ben Adams introduces our first two-part Obbocast as our Executive Producer Rebecca Deeprose discusses her favourite Sun Hill copper in glorious detail with Patrick! Between them, this talented pair of sleuths begin to collate their all-time Top 10 Deakin stories, focusing initially on his early episodes from his unique debut in "Unfinished Business" and his famous encounter with David T...

Rob Cook is BACK! Join special guest Richard Hope for an anecdote-packed finale to this enjoyable chat, featuring a deep dive into Richard's time as schoolmaster Rod Jessop, the man who swept June Ackland off her feet. There's lots of fascinating insight about the business from this marvellous actor, so put your feet up, relax and enjoy! The Bill Podcast is brought to you in proud association with...

For this month's obbo, Patrick is joined by fellow presenter and Reaching a Verdict author Edward Kellett! Between them, this talented pair of TV history detectives select their combined Top 10 comedy episodes from the half-hour era. Will you agree with their choices? Edward's phenomenal Reaching a Verdict: Reviewing The Bill books can be ordered from devonfirebooks.com The upcoming fourth edition...

Rob Cook makes his presenting debut and brings us an MIT special with series regular Richard Hope (DS Barry Purvis) One of this country's most successful character actors discusses his new role in #Giant opposite John Lithgow! At the time of the interview, Giant was about to open at the Royal Court and following a successful run the play has now transferred to the West End for a limited run at the...

14/14 - Letter from Helvetica is a 14-part fiction podcast starring The Bill legends Andrew Mackintosh and Natalie Roles. Taking a humorous look at civilisation through the eyes of Abby, the series follows a talented biologist on a research mission in Vanuatu; and her Uncle John, a retired army colonel living in Cornwall. The pair explore the world from both sides of the globe, discussing everythi...

13/14 - T'was the night before Christmas... Letter from Helvetica is a 14-part fiction podcast starring The Bill legends Andrew Mackintosh and Natalie Roles. Taking a humorous look at civilisation through the eyes of Abby, the series follows a talented biologist on a research mission in Vanuatu; and her Uncle John, a retired army colonel living in Cornwall. The pair explore the world from both sid...

12/14 - John speaks to Beltane benefactor, Fay Derrick, regarding nudity at future festivals and is amazed by her response. With the TV remote on the blink, John enjoys showing Zlata some local landmarks before discovering he has rats in his ceiling… Letter from Helvetica is a 14-part fiction podcast starring The Bill legends Andrew Mackintosh and Natalie Roles. Taking a humorous look at civilisat...

11/14 - The Wesleys finally make it back to The Haus and the pig joins the family. Back in Helvetica, John clashes with the Chairman of the Parish Council over the wanton displays of nudity at Beltane… Letter from Helvetica is a 14-part fiction podcast starring The Bill legends Andrew Mackintosh and Natalie Roles. Taking a humorous look at civilisation through the eyes of Abby, the series follows...

10/14 - Richard drinks Kava root for the first time, resulting in them having to stay the night in the village. In the morning, Abby must trek back through the forest with three still intoxicated men, three grumpy children and a large lady pig… Letter from Helvetica is a 14-part fiction podcast starring The Bill legends Andrew Mackintosh and Natalie Roles. Taking a humorous look at civilisation th...

9/14 - The Wesleys are invited to a feast in the village to celebrate their arrival. They meet Chief Papa Pierre and are treated to Laplap as well as, to Emily’s consternation, some very unusual meat... Letter from Helvetica is a 14-part fiction podcast starring The Bill legends Andrew Mackintosh and Natalie Roles. Taking a humorous look at civilisation through the eyes of Abby, the series follows...

8/14 - Abby learns about the marine life that surrounds them and The Wesley Family solve the problem of having no washing machine by not wearing clothes. But will Bettina be offended... Letter from Helvetica is a 14-part fiction podcast starring The Bill legends Andrew Mackintosh and Natalie Roles. Taking a humorous look at civilisation through the eyes of Abby, the series follows a talented biolo...

7/14 - Abby describes their extraordinary house and tells John all about the food that is available for them to eat and how they obtain it. Letter from Helvetica is a 14-part fiction podcast starring The Bill legends Andrew Mackintosh and Natalie Roles. Taking a humorous look at civilisation through the eyes of Abby, the series follows a talented biologist on a research mission in Vanuatu; and her...

6/14 - John enjoys a stupendous Croatian meal prepared by Zlata and is taken aback by 'skyclad' dancing around the bonfire at Beltane. Abby meets Egbert and Bettina for the first time... Letter from Helvetica is a 14-part fiction podcast starring The Bill legends Andrew Mackintosh and Natalie Roles. Taking a humorous look at civilisation through the eyes of Abby, the series follows a talented biol...

5/14 - Arriving on Burbango, Abby sees "Haos Blong Olfala" for the first time. In Helvetica, John attends the Parish Council and prepares for the festival of Beltane... Letter from Helvetica is a 14-part fiction podcast starring The Bill legends Andrew Mackintosh and Natalie Roles. Taking a humorous look at civilisation through the eyes of Abby, the series follows a talented biologist on a researc...

4/14 - The Wesley family sail up the coast of Vanuatu in the research vessel, 'Gloria', and get their first glimpse of Burbango Island. And they meet smiling Stephen. Letter from Helvetica is a 14-part fiction podcast starring The Bill legends Andrew Mackintosh and Natalie Roles. Taking a humorous look at civilisation through the eyes of Abby, the series follows a talented biologist on a research...

3/14 - John finds out rather more than he expected about Zlata the new House Elf, and meets one of the new owners of "Celliwig". Abby is thrilled that John has agreed to email rather than snail-mail... Letter from Helvetica is a 14-part fiction podcast starring The Bill legends Andrew Mackintosh and Natalie Roles. Taking a humorous look at civilisation through the eyes of Abby, the series follows...

2/14 - After her horrendously long journey, Abby wakes up in a luxury hotel and meets Martin the German. Back in Helvetica, John introduces the new house Elf to Penstruther Grange... Letter from Helvetica is a 14-part fiction podcast starring The Bill legends Andrew Mackintosh and Natalie Roles. Taking a humorous look at civilisation through the eyes of Abby, the series follows a talented biologis...

1/14 - John sees Abigail and family off at Heathrow as they begin their journey to Vanuatu. After a drunken evening with old army friends, John sends his first letter from Helvetica... Letter from Helvetica is a 14-part fiction podcast starring The Bill legends Andrew Mackintosh and Natalie Roles. Taking a humorous look at civilisation through the eyes of Abby, the series follows a talented biolog...

Rob Cook introduces the third edition of this monthly spinoff series, where Patrick Stratford is joined by The Bill fan ROYALTY. A viewer since Woodentop, Sarah Went is a Sun Hill connoisseur of the highest calibre and creator of The Billaton - the greatest online resource for the series to ever grace the internet - https://thebillaton.com/ In this fantastic hour-long discussion, Sarah shares her...

In the second episode of our new monthly spinoff series, Patrick Stratford is joined by our friend and sponsor Mark Bennett of Vanguard Comics, who shares his top Sgt. Bob Cryer episodes in a podcast jam-packed with love for Sun Hill. Please enjoy the first few minute of the podcast and join us for the full 50-minute Obbo for just £2.99 on patreon.com/thebillpodcast where you will also instantly u...

James Crisall from Manchester SEO introduces the finale of Patrick Stratford's glorious interview with legends Lucy Speed & Sally Rogers. As well as sharing some gold-dust about some of their Sun Hill colleagues, the talented pair discuss working with a ferret, guest actors, directors, the move to the 9pm slot, the perils of HD and their reaction to the series being axed. And if you'd like to enjo...

The Sun Hill legends return for the finale of their trilogy! This time there are more "The Bill" memories as Brian answers more fan questions and reveals the circumstances that led to Rob Thatcher's tragic exit from the series. Then there's all the usual mayhem from Roles Play as Brian does his best to answer Natalie's quickfire questions. The Bill Podcast is brought to you in proud association wi...