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at the end when the astra slides, there is a person jumping off a building  and another one

Someone on another forum as pointed out, this is actually the footage from the episode "Held Responsible" when the lad is jumpinfg off the diving board.

Another one involved Tosh Lines interrogating a man who was a witness to a murder (I think) and who taunts him and Ackland (saying to her "well you aint got much going for you have you") and being particularly nasty speculating about Tosh and his wife's sex life, before Lines explodes and pins him to the wall. At that point he very creepily confesses to having seen the killer since he always hands around lovers lane. "I like to listen to them."

This is 'Climate' from 1989.  One of my favourite episodes from that year!

http://thebill.wikia.com/wiki/Climate

Nicely put.


The thing which strikes me so much about John Salthouse's portrayal of Galloway, maybe even more than Burnside, is just how textured his performance is. Salthouse really does sell Galloway as a real person, warts and all. He's outwardly a bit unpleasant at times, but inwardly he genuinely cares about others. Its a very layered characterisation.


The thing with Galloway in comparison with Burnside is that Roy does have the trust of his team. He might have quite violent disagreements with many of them from time to time, but he's not backwards in coming forwards to praise those who work under him, when he feels that praise is justified. Compare this to Burnside, who even as late as 1993 was still considered to be a bit of a "lone ranger", who never truely had the respect of those who worked with him. A recurring thread with Burnside was his lightning quick ability to sell a member of his team up the river if it meant personal glory for himself -- Galloway would never have done anything like that.


Galloway's relationship with WPC Ackland is interesting too -- in IT'S NOT SUCH A BAD JOB AFTER ALL the two of them are at loggerheads, with Ackers nearly quitting the job because Galloway's such a bastard to her. But WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE sees them working closely together on the rape case, and they even go outside and share a smoke and some sympathy at one point. By the time of season two's finale, THE CHIEF SUPER'S PARTY, there's a definite implication that they're attracted to one another, but they keep it at bay for professional reasons. Marquess would probably have developed this more blatantly, but I kind of like the way the early episodes touched on the idea without making it explicit, leaving the viewers to draw their own conclusions about the characters.

Look at the new advert for L&O UK, there is the bit where all the cars in Respect Part 1 arrived to chase the murderer.B******'s copying a deceased show

The fanzine now has a name "Let's Do It!" and we've got a group on Facebook if you'd like to join us there. We're actively discussing format, content and we'd love to welcome contibuters onboard.

What kind of stuff do you like? I just worked my way through a box set of Lewis which was excellent and with some really great acting but lacked any kind of realism.

The early years of Law and Order are incredable.

I've now seen every episode of Stingers, which was usually terrific, and I've seen just about all of the Underbelly episodes which, while occasionally disturbing (and sometimes oversexed to the point of stupidity), is also high quality.  I'm thinking of getting into Water Rats, Blue Heelers, and as Cops LAC has just started, I will make a real effort to get into that.  It looks like it was inspired by The Bill, but it may be a slightly more Marquess-style program than what we were used to from the current Bill.  Oh, and I must see Blue Murder - the Australian show (although I'll probably try the English one too).

I thought that the story was well played out - Sarah Manners was especially good; she really conveyed the kind of policeman (or policewoman) society needs - one that, even when feeling out of their depth, holds themselves together and performs professionally - it seems a bit like Kirsty's coming of age.  How sad that we won't really get to know her.

Galloway was capable of being a nice fellow, but most of the time he was a tough, but not unfair, boss.  A rare exception was his insulting attitude to June Ackland in "Not Such a Bad Job After All", but on the whole he would do what had to be done, without caring much about who he offended - there were definite comparisons to be made between him and Burnside, especially in the pre-DCI days.

It should be noted that while he ranks with Bob Cryer, Jim Carver and Frank Burnside as one of the most famous characters from The Bill (certainly the "Old Bill"), Galloway actually appeared in fewer episodes than most of the other cast regulars in the show's history.  Including "Woodentop", where he was portrayed by Robert Pugh instead of John Salthouse, Galloway only appeared in 36 hour-long episodes - fewer than many of the lesser known characters.  The reason for his fame is largely because before the show switched to half-hour episodes, Galloway and Cryer were treated as the main characters, whereas the cast became a more ensemble affair following the change.  Nevertheless, there's only so much character development that can be done in 36 episodes (especially when Paul Marquess isn't producing).

Michael Higgs who played P.C. Eddie Santini appeared in CASUALTY last night (4/9) as a uniformed P.C. !