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<\/noscript> <\/div>\nGraham Cole \u2013 Tony Stamp<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Stalwart star Graham played PC Stamp for over 20 years.<\/p>\n
He was written out the year before the show was axed, when he became a driving instructor instead.<\/p>\n
He was written out because The Bill was being regenerated with a younger cast. This, however, led to its downfall.<\/p>\n
Graham did return to acting, however, and was seen in the likes of Law & Order: UK, Doctors and Holby City.<\/p>\n
He was also awarded an OBE for his continuing work with charities.<\/p>\n
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<\/noscript> <\/div>\nMark Wingett \u2013 Jim Carver\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Mark appeared as Carver 720 of The Bill’s\u00a02425 episodes of The Bill.<\/p>\n
He was already a known actor, featuring in the likes of Quadrophenia and The Professionals.<\/p>\n
He had a two-year hiatus from The Bill but returned for the final episodes when the show ended in 2010.<\/p>\n
He has since cropped up in the likes of Doctors and Hollyoaks and appeared in\u00a02015’s big screen adaptation of Far From The Madding Crowd, opposite Carey Mulligan, Juno Temple and Michael Sheen.<\/p>\n
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<\/noscript> <\/div>\nChris Ellison \u2013 Frank Burnside\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Chris played the volatile Burnside for 15 years on The Bill and proved so popular that he got a spin-off in 2000.<\/p>\n
Titled Burnside, it saw him work for the National Crime Squad.<\/p>\n
It only ran for one season, and aired six episodes.<\/p>\n
He has since appeared in EastEnders, an audio play for Doctor Who, as a contestant on Pointless Celebrities and found himself on Celebrity Big Brother in 2015 alongside Janice Dickinson, Jenna Jameson and Daniel Baldwin.<\/p>\n
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<\/noscript> <\/div>\nJeff Stewart \u2013 Reg Hollis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Jeff is best known for his role as PC Reg Hollis in The Bill.\u00a0The actor played the much-loved character for 24 years before the character was axed in 2008<\/p>\n
Jeff ‘felt badly let down’ by the shock axing and later tried to take his own life.<\/p>\n
But he overcame his mental health problems and has continued to act in roles in Crossroads, Doctor Who and Hi-De-Hi! He also appeared in killer crocodile sequel Lake Placid: The Final Chapter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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<\/noscript> <\/div>\nTrudie Goodwin \u2013 June Ackland\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Ackland was the longest -standing female character on The Bill with Trudie fronting the role for 24 years from its 1983 pilot to 2007.<\/p>\n
The character left the series when her relationship with\u00a0Jim Carver came to an end.\u00a0<\/p>\n
From 2011 to 2015, she starred in Emmerdale as Georgia.<\/p>\n
She also made headlines when it was revealed her daughter is the pop star La Roux.<\/p>\n
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<\/noscript> <\/div>\nEric Richard \u2013 Bob Cryer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Appearing in 670 of The Bill’s episodes, Eric eventually said goodbye to the cop drama in 2004.<\/p>\n
He appeared in Holby City afterwards and even cropped up in 2017’s\u00a0Christopher Nolan epic Dunkirk, which starred the likes of Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Off-screen, he suffered personal tragedy when his grandson Charlie was revealed to have been the youngest victim of the\u00a0Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004.<\/p>\n
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<\/noscript> <\/div>\nDiane Parish \u2013 Eva Sharpe\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Diane played DC Eva Sharpe – the extrovert, out-spoken constable who was beloved by many and irritated by some.<\/p>\n
She left The Bill after a short stint and joined the cast of EastEnders in 2006, where she has been a mainstay ever since, playing tough cookie\u00a0Denise Fox.<\/span><\/p>\nShe took time off the soap after having a baby but returned 18 months later.<\/span><\/p>\nShe won the Royal Television Society award for Best Actress in 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n\n
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<\/noscript> <\/div>\nRoberta Taylor \u2013 Gina Gold<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The character of Gold featured between 2002 and 2008, deciding to resign from the force after another character was held hostage. Before landing a role on The Bill, Roberta Taylor had roles on shows such as Inspector Morse, Minder, and The Knock, to name a few.<\/p>\n
Prior to this, she was a regular face on EastEnders, playing Irene Raymond from 1997\u20132000. She went on to appear in Father Brown and Casualty, and cropped up in Luther last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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