Rather enjoying the 2001 season of The Bill. It's a bit maligned by fans, mostly because the replacement CID characters after the wipeput caused by the Beech scandal in late 2000 aren't up to much, but it's BAFTA winning stuff compared to what came later. Okay I've skipped a couple of episodes (those dreadful ones with McAllister and her informant and dreary Riley with his brother) but it's still been thoroughly enjoyable for the most part. Quinnan's nervous breakdown is dramatic stuff and the last I watched was Long Shadows, a 2 parter where Meadows gets fired up when he thinks he's found evidence that Chandler is corrupt (he hasn't), which was great. Chandler was such a fantastic character, can't believe how the dreaded Marquess ruined him. Then again he ruined the entire show so why am I surprised?
