Reaching A Verdict

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Between 1993-1994 </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Bill</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> was regularly beating rival </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>EastEnders</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> in the ratings. But having increased Albert Square's output to three episodes a week the BBC were now winning the ratings war. Sun Hill needed to fight back.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>To ensure their survival Michael Chapman and his team introduced an array of new characters including CID sleuths Don Beech John Boulton and Geoff Daly while fresh-faced probationers Debbie Keane and Nick Slater joined the ranks in uniform.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>n the fourth edition of </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>REACHING A VERDICT </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Edward Kellett investigates how hard-hitting storylines surprise returns and shock exits helped </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Bill</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> increase its average audience and earn the crown of Most Popular Drama at the 1996 National Television Awards.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>REACHING A VERDICT: REVIEWING THE BILL (1995-1996)</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> features a Foreword by Script Editor Rachel Wright and an Afterword by legendary writer Peter J. Hammond.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Edward Kellett's Reaching A Verdict series keeps getting better and better - <em>Patrick Stratford The Bill Obbocast</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Another masterpiece by Edward Kellett! The perfect accompaniment to The Bill - <em>Sarah Went The Billaton</em></strong></p>