List of awards and nominations received by The Bill

The Bill is a British police procedural television series that ran from 1983 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 full series, which started in 1984 under the title of The Bill. From 2009 until the show's cancellation in 2010, the number of episodes was reduced to one episode a week in a post-watershed slot of 9pm which incorporated a new format and a new theme tune. At the time of the series' end on 31 August 2010 due to a drop in ratings, 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]

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Part of The Bill's opening sequence which was used from 23 July 2009 until its cancellation on 31 August 2010
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations British Academy of Film and Television Arts 2 8 Digital Spy Soap Awards 1 1 Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy Awards 2 3 Inside Soap Awards 6 8 Logie Award 0 1 National Television Awards 2 19 Royal Television Society 2 6 TV Quick & TV Choice Awards 1 17 Writers' Guild of Great Britain 1 1
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Wins	17
Nominations	64
Note [a] Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge 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.

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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.