The Bill - interesting facts

The actor who was in the most episodes was Graham Cole, appearing in 1197 episodes.

The actor who played the most different characters was Trevor Byfield, who played:

1. Martin Ricks
2. Malcolm Willard
3. Dougie Davis
4. Halloran
5. David Boyd
6. Max Myers
7. Det Supt Garrett
8. Barry Lyons
9. Martin Carmichael
10. Stephen Bickham
11. Frank McBride
12. DS Frank Thomas
13. Danny Evans
14. Kevin Carson

other actors to play many characters...

• Michael Mawby (12)
• Bill Moody (12)
• Chrissie Cotterill (11)
• John Vine (11)
• Arthur White (11)
• Ian Burfield (11)
• Tim Faraday (10)
• David Quilter (10)
• David Keyes (10)
• Dennis Banks (10)
• Jake Nightingale (10)
• Andy Mulligan (10)
• Jenny Bolt (10)
• Stewart Harwood (10)
• Christopher Saul (10)

The episodes with the fewest actors:

The episodes with the most actors:

• 51 actors in S2 E2 "Suspects"
• 49 actors in S12 E89 "Target"
• 48 actors in S2 E4 "Home Beat"

The first episode of "The Bill" only has one actor who didn't apppear in at least one other episode. 369 episodes though had no actors who only appeared in a single episode. The first few were:

• S4 E22 "Running Late"
• S4 E23 "They Say We're Rough"
• S4 E38 "Snout"