Actor who played the matriarch Irene Raymond in EastEnders and the hard-drinking Inspector Gina Gold in The Bill
June 2022
ABC 90th birthday: from Countdown to Roy and HG – our favourite shows and moments
As the national broadcaster celebrates the anniversary, Guardian staff recall programs and moments that shaped us
June 2021
Ben Roberts obituary
Stage and screen actor admired for his gruff, world-weary portrayal of Chief Inspector Derek Conway in The Bill
June 2020
Tony Scannell obituary
Stage and small screen actor best known for his portrayal of the spiky but likable DS Ted Roach in the TV series The Bill
August 2017
Hywel Bennett, best known as Shelley in hit sitcom, has died aged 73
Actor played the ‘professional freelance layabout’ for five years from 1979, while recent roles included gangland boss Jack Dalton in EastEnders
July 2017
Ex-producer of The Bill jailed for trying to hire hitmen to kill partner
David Harris offered £200,000 to have Hazel Allinson killed so that he could be with woman he met in a brothel
February 2015
A new hearing aid can be a life-changing experience for an actor like me
Letters: Last year I went for a long-overdue hearing test and was given, with no problem at all, fantastic, tiny new hearing aids free of charge. I’ve been banging on about them ever since
October 2014
TV and radio blog
Lynda Bellingham: a life in clips
Video: The actor and presenter, who has died aged 66, was famous for her role as the Oxo mum, but also starred in Doctor Who, All Creatures Great and Small and The Bill, and hosted Loose Women
December 2013
Police forces scour contacts book for celebrities to support their efforts
Television presenters, sports stars and actors among those recruited by police to front campaigns or attend award nights
October 2012
The Northerner
Let's hear it for Emmerdale - 40 years old and the bravest of the soaps
People talk about the 'Big Two' - Coronation Street and EastEnders - but that's not fair, says Mick McCann. Emmerdale is going to prove the point on its anniversary live broadcast
January 2012
The Bill's Colin Tarrant dies
The actor who played Inspector Andrew Monroe in the long-running ITV police show dies aged 59
August 2011
The Bill's Reg Hollis actor wins US award for Soviet-era film
Jeff Stewart, formerly Reg Hollis in the ITV cop show, earns Manhattan film festival best actor for Under Jakob's Ladder
January 2011
John Burgess obituary
Character actor who was an ensemble player to the core
October 2010
Media Monkey
Police beat villains to The Bill gear
Media Monkey: Real-life coppers snap up uniforms from ITV series to stop them falling into hands of criminals
September 2010
South London's Heygate estate mourned by locals – and Hollywood
The Bill finale wins 4.4m viewers
August 2010
Unthinkable?
Unthinkable? Working the soaps into a lather
What we'll miss about The Bill
TV matters
The Bill lives on
Mark Lawson
TV review
TV review: The Bill and Lorraine Kelly's Big Fat Challenge
