Reaching A Verdict

<p>As<em> The Bill </em>entered a new decade the programme makers once again faced the challenge of finding a new location for Sun Hill police station. But this time they had to do so without a break in the gruelling filming schedule and ensure that new episodes of ITV's bi-weekly ratings smash were in constant production...</p><p></p><p>In the second of his acclaimed REACHING A VERDICT series TV historian Edward Kellett returns to investigate how from this testing period <em>The Bill</em> emerged a show better than ever willing to experiment with longer storylines and unlock the full potential of the half-hour format.</p><p></p><p>Discover how the programme's greatest writers under the command of executive producer Michael Chapman joined forces to create 314 episodes of drama tackling contemporary issues in Britain and ensuring <em>The Bill</em> took no prisoners in the 1990s. </p><p></p><p>REACHING A VERDICT: REVIEWING THE BILL (1990-1992) opens with a Foreword by producer Tony Virgo and an Afterword by legendary writer J.C. Wilsher.</p><p></p><p><strong>EDWARD KELLETT IS A MASTER STORYTELLER WHO VIVIDLY CAPTURES A REMARKABLE ERA OF BRITISH TELEVISION DRAMA - Barry Appleton legendary <em>The Bill </em>writer.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL IN EDWARD KELLETT'S ERUDITE CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BILL IS ASTONISHING - Christopher Russell legendary <em>The Bill</em> writer.</strong></p>