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A Friend in Need

A Friend in Need

1984TV Episode⏱️ 44mTV-14
CrimeDramaMystery
7.3
IMDB Rating
79 votes

When a spate of bomb hoaxes begin to threaten peace and harmony in Sun Hill, Brownlow becomes eager to find the hoax callers and stop chaos from breaking out.

Director
Peter Cregeen
Writers
Geoff McQueen, Barry Appleton
Stars
Eric Richard, John Salthouse, Mark Wingett
Release Date
October 23, 1984
Language
Greek, English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Eric Richard
Eric Richard
as Sgt. Cryer
John Salthouse
John Salthouse
as DI Roy Galloway
Mark Wingett
Mark Wingett
as PC Jim Carver
Colin Blumenau
Colin Blumenau
as P.C. Edwards
Jon Iles
Jon Iles
as Det. Con. Dashwood
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Tony Scannell
as Det. Sgt. Roach
Trudie Goodwin
Trudie Goodwin
as W.P.C. Ackland
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Gary Olsen
as P.C. Litten
Peter Ellis
Peter Ellis
as Ch. Supt. Brownlow
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Roger Leach
as Sgt. Penny

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
England, UK
Production
Thames Television

🏷️ Keywords

making a betdrunk man arrestedbomb threatmissing wallet

🎯 Categories

GreekCrimeDramaMystery

⭐ Featured Review

A Friend in Need
by Prismark102020-07-24
6/10

"The second episode of The Bill and you see more focus on the relationship between DI Galloway and Sgt Cryer. They bicker, argue and begrudgingly respect each other as well. The argument is over some potentially racially motivated bomb threats. The Home Office and Carver take it seriously. Galloway thinks it is a prank. They even place a bet on it. It is still the wide eyed PC Carver who ends up in the middle of a scandal. He goes easy on a drunk just released from the cells and Carver is later accused of stealing his wallet. A very serious accusation against a police officer. Galloway and C..."

💡 Did You Know?

The pub used in this episode is The Royal Oak, Columbia Road, London - also the pub featured in Goodnight Sweetheart

📖 Synopsis

When a spate of bomb hoaxes begin to threaten peace and harmony in Sun Hill, Brownlow becomes eager to find the hoax callers and stop chaos from breaking out.