^Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
The Bill is a British
police procedural television series that ran from 1984 to 2010. The show, whose name is derived from "old bill"—a British
slang term for police officers—was unusual among police dramas in that it focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work. The series originated in 1983 as a one-off drama titled
Woodentop (another British slang term for the police, derived from the
helmets worn by British police officers), written by
Geoff McQueen and produced by
Thames Television.[1]ITV were sufficiently impressed with Woodentop that they commissioned a series, which started in 1984 under the title of The Bill. At the time of the series' end in August 2010, The Bill was the United Kingdom's longest-running police drama and was among the longest-running of any British television series, having run for almost 27 years.[2][3]
The Bill has earned various awards and nominations during its run, with the nominations in categories ranging from Best Drama to its camera and editing work to the cast's acting performance. It received nominations for eight awards from the
British Academy of Film and Television Arts, winning Best Video Cameraman in 1990 and Best Continuing Drama in 2009—an award for which it was unsuccessfully nominated in a further three years. In addition, The Bill enjoyed success at the
Inside Soap Awards, where it won Best Drama six times, including four consecutive wins, as well as a nomination in 2010—losing to Waterloo Road.[4] Other awards include a
Writers' Guild of Great Britain award for Best Soap/Continuing Drama Series in 2008, Best Serial Drama at the
Digital Spy Soap Awards of the same year and a nomination for Most Popular Overseas Drama at the 2005
Logie Awards. The Bill has also received multiple nominations at the
EMMAs,
National Television Awards, where it won Most Popular Drama in 1996 and 2004, and six
Royal Television Society award nominations, having won awards in 2006 and 2008.
Awards and nominations
British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards
^Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.
The Bill is a British
police procedural television series that ran from 1984 to 2010. The show, whose name is derived from "old bill"—a British
slang term for police officers—was unusual among police dramas in that it focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work. The series originated in 1983 as a one-off drama titled
Woodentop (another British slang term for the police, derived from the
helmets worn by British police officers), written by
Geoff McQueen and produced by
Thames Television.[1]ITV were sufficiently impressed with Woodentop that they commissioned a series, which started in 1984 under the title of The Bill. At the time of the series' end in August 2010, The Bill was the United Kingdom's longest-running police drama and was among the longest-running of any British television series, having run for almost 27 years.[2][3]
The Bill has earned various awards and nominations during its run, with the nominations in categories ranging from Best Drama to its camera and editing work to the cast's acting performance. It received nominations for eight awards from the
British Academy of Film and Television Arts, winning Best Video Cameraman in 1990 and Best Continuing Drama in 2009—an award for which it was unsuccessfully nominated in a further three years. In addition, The Bill enjoyed success at the
Inside Soap Awards, where it won Best Drama six times, including four consecutive wins, as well as a nomination in 2010—losing to Waterloo Road.[4] Other awards include a
Writers' Guild of Great Britain award for Best Soap/Continuing Drama Series in 2008, Best Serial Drama at the
Digital Spy Soap Awards of the same year and a nomination for Most Popular Overseas Drama at the 2005
Logie Awards. The Bill has also received multiple nominations at the
EMMAs,
National Television Awards, where it won Most Popular Drama in 1996 and 2004, and six
Royal Television Society award nominations, having won awards in 2006 and 2008.
Awards and nominations
British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards