Great Power

THE BILL
Great Power - Episode 39
Thursday 1st April 2010, 21.00 to 22.00, ITV1
Repeated on ITV3 on Monday 5th April at 23:00
*Featuring Julie Graham as Commander Lisa Kennedy*
Part 1 of a 2 part episode

The troops are tasked with managing an onslaught of fighting football fans on match day.

Watching live CCTV images from base during a very tense build up to a football match Superintendent Jack Meadows (Simon Rouse) leads the team on the ground, there are known trouble makers in the crowd. Inspector Smith (Alex Walkinshaw) is tasked with controlling the fans and keeping the rival fans apart.

Due to an earlier incident, part of the route Superintendent Meadows had intended to send one group of fans down is now closed off leading to them being contained. Commander Lisa Kennedy (Julie Graham) who is overseeing the whole situation is unhappy about the 'Kettling' of fans and urges Meadows to release the fans into a nearby park.

Commander Lisa Kennedy’s son Mark is attending the football match and she becomes increasingly anxious for his safety. When a woman in the crowd suffers an asthma attack, Commander Lisa Kennedy eventually takes control of the situation and orders Smithy to release the fans into the nearby park in order for an ambulance to get through.

When the situation seems to have calmed down, Smithy and the team start to clean up the area and come across the body of a man in a nearby alley who seems to have died in suspicious circumstances. Was he killed during the crowd scuffle?

Story concludes Week 14 Ep 44 Great Responsibility (TX 08/04/10)
THE BILL is a talkbackTHAMES production and a direct commission by ITV. This episode was written by David Lawrence, directed by Alex Pillai and produced by James Hall.