Quote Originally Posted by parkerman View Post

I thought it was very telling that the narration actually made the point that The Bill was intended in the first place as an antidote to all the CID type dramas and was supposed to be centred around the ordinary unglamorous cop on the beat. Perhaps the producers could reflect on this when they consider why the ratings dropped to the point where the show had to be axed.
This is in my opinion why the soap formerly known as The Bill failed in its reincarnation as the Max Carter Show