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* [[Artifact Title]]: 'The Old Bill' was a common slang term for the police, especially during the 1970s and 1980s. But its not heard so much anymore. |
* [[Artifact Title]]: 'The Old Bill' was a common slang term for the police, especially during the 1970s and 1980s. But its not heard so much anymore. |
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* {{spoiler|[[And the Adventure Continues...|And The Beat Continues:]] It ends this way, following Smithy and Callum as they leave the station, passing (amongst the rest of the cast either leaving for the day or staying late at Sun Hill) Jo Masters and Leon Taylor being called to some trouble and other officers bringing some arrested drunks into the station.}} |
* {{spoiler|[[And the Adventure Continues...|And The Beat Continues:]] It ends this way, following Smithy and Callum as they leave the station, passing (amongst the rest of the cast either leaving for the day or staying late at Sun Hill) Jo Masters and Leon Taylor being called to some trouble and other officers bringing some arrested drunks into the station.}} |
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* [[Billing Displacement]]: For the first three seasons, Eric Richard (as Sgt Cryer) and John Salthouse (Inspector Galloway) were always given top billing in the end credits. Not entirely surprising, as those two characters could probably very legitimately be seen as the central stars in the early years. After Salthouse left the series in its fourth season and the format changed to half hour episodes, the tradition continued for another few years with Eric Richard always recieving top billing, regardless of whether Cryer was actually the central character of that given episode or not. |
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* [[Boot Camp Episode]]: several times, mostly involving one or two of the regular characters going back to Hendon academy for further training (an advanced driving course, a firearms refresher course, a crowd control course, etc etc). |
* [[Boot Camp Episode]]: several times, mostly involving one or two of the regular characters going back to Hendon academy for further training (an advanced driving course, a firearms refresher course, a crowd control course, etc etc). |
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* [[The Bridge]]: The various incarnations of Sun Hill's Computer Aided Dispatch/Integrated Borough Operations room serve the same function as this trope, complete with an equivalent to [[The Captain]] (the duty Sergeant), as well as various [[Bridge Bunnies]] (of either gender) using headsets to answer emergency calls and to direct the officers who are out and about on the beat to go to the scene of a crime. [[Bottle Episode|One episode from the early 1990s even took place entirely within the confides of the C.A.D. room]], with all the "action" taking place entirely off-screen (or only heard over the radio system). It was much better than it sounds. |
* [[The Bridge]]: The various incarnations of Sun Hill's Computer Aided Dispatch/Integrated Borough Operations room serve the same function as this trope, complete with an equivalent to [[The Captain]] (the duty Sergeant), as well as various [[Bridge Bunnies]] (of either gender) using headsets to answer emergency calls and to direct the officers who are out and about on the beat to go to the scene of a crime. [[Bottle Episode|One episode from the early 1990s even took place entirely within the confides of the C.A.D. room]], with all the "action" taking place entirely off-screen (or only heard over the radio system). It was much better than it sounds. |
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