Maureen Beattie

Interviewed actress Maureen Beattie, who played Chief Superintendent Jane Fitzwilliam in The Bill in 2003, for a piece in the Edinburgh Evening News – she’s starring in The Cherry Orchard at The Royal Lyceum, until 8, May, 2010.
She had this to say about the axing of the series:

“I was very sad when I heard that The Bill was being axed because it was just fantastic to work on. It was actually quite a magical series to work on because you go into what you think is an industrial unit... and find yourself in the police station, with all these people walking about dressed as policemen. And then you go in behind that and you have the offices, the wardrobe department, the make-up department.

“The axing must have been a huge blow to all the regulars – wonderful actors doing wonderful work, creating very believable characters, who will suddenly find themselves out of work. So I hope very much that The Bill does get saved. It’s a good programme and not as if the quality was in question.”

On The Beat: Maureen Beattie’s credits on The Bill from imdb.

Body Language (11 September 1990) - Tory Councillor
Your Shout (23 July 1991) - Mrs. Henderson
Powerless (26 January 1995) - Kathleen Leigh
075 (31 December 2002) - Chief Superintendent Jane Fitzwilliam
076 (1 January 2003) - Chief Supt Jane FitzWilliam
077 (2 January 2003) - Chief Supt Jane FitzWilliam
079 (9 January 2003) - Chief Superintendent Jane Fitzwilliam
081 (16 January 2003) - Chief Superintendent Jane Fitzwilliam
082 (22 January 2003) - Chief Superintendent Jane Fitzwilliam
090 (13 February 2003) - Chief Superintendent Jane Fitzwilliam
120 (11 June 2003) - Borough Commander
121 (12 June 2003) - Chief Superintendent Jane Fitzwilliam