Old bill
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Search complete. 22 mentions across 6 episodes found for "Old bill".
Oct 7, 2026
Shane WhaleyHOST
I think he did 11 or 12 Sweeneys, and most of them, if not all of them, are very, very strong, and I think part of that is, you know, he grew up on the rough streets of South London.
Shane WhaleyHOST
He'd had a few run-ins with the old bill himself.
Shane WhaleyHOST
Um, you know, he, he drank in pubs with gangsters, and I think, again, we talked at the top of the show about why we liked the Sweeney, and you know, it just felt realistic of that policing of that time, um, as, as did the villains.
Shane WhaleyHOST
They weren't cardboard cutouts or caricatures.
8 MINS LATER
Shane WhaleyHOST
They haven't caught him.
Shane WhaleyHOST
When Billy Martin comes in with the photos, you know, they, he's got Dave Brook, who we'll get into in a minute, calling someone with the reg, the number plate, to find out who owns it.
Shane WhaleyHOST
So clearly that was either somebody at the, at the Old Bill or someone in my hometown of, uh, the DVLA of Swansea [laughs] ringing him up.
John AllamHOST
I suspect it was the Old Bill, because they sort of seemed to have these, you know, people on the payroll.
ShaneHOST
This felt very, very different.
ShaneHOST
Um, and also, I think this episode in particular, you gotta start asking yourself, where's the line between the Old Bill and the blaggers? Because you look at that fight at the start, maybe we'll get into it now, that action sequence.
ShaneHOST
I mean, the Old Bill are steaming in.
ShaneHOST
I mean, they're using coshes and sticks and, you know.
ShaneHOST
And you see, and I love this about Jackpot, you see throughout the entire episode, this is not they've had a scratch and in the next scene it's gone.
Meyhem LaurenGUEST
Q U, I'm like the motherfucking mayor.
Meyhem LaurenGUEST
Dipping on Old Bill, flipping some new bills.
Meyhem LaurenGUEST
Trying to get new bills from niggas who do crills.
Meyhem LaurenGUEST
Up in the street still, move with the heat still.
Johnny VaughanHOST
Okay, yeah.
Johnny VaughanHOST
The Old Bill.
Gavin WoodsHOST
Yes.
Gavin WoodsHOST
Peelers was the original.
Johnny VaughanHOST
Yeah, Bobbies, which is weird because from Sir Robert Peel, which is why we left that off at the start.
Johnny VaughanHOST
So we could reveal that now, but you already knew.
Johnny VaughanHOST
What's weird, though, is that someone told me that Old Bill also relates to Sir Robert Peel.
Johnny VaughanHOST
No, I thought it was the Old Bailey.
AshGUEST
We couldn't get out.
AshGUEST
because waiting for us outside were West Ham to the right, West Ham to the left, and you had Old Bill, and they were keeping everyone apart.
AshGUEST
So the game had already kicked off, and we're like, let us out of the fucking station, we want to get to the game.
AshGUEST
So we're all pushing, pushing, pushing, and we've managed to push our way out of the station, and as soon as we've come out, bottles are flying at us.
Bruce SmartHOST
Yeah, I get you on that.
Bruce SmartHOST
I miss, there's a saying in the old bill that people always band about when they either leave or retire.
Bruce SmartHOST
It's, you miss the clowns, you don't miss the circus.
Bruce SmartHOST
So it's like, you don't miss the organisation at the Met.
Tommy LindleyGUEST
I'm just curious.
Tommy LindleyGUEST
Do you, um, Do you miss not having to have that tour leader or that tour sort of organiser hat on and just riding with your mates? Yeah.
Bruce SmartHOST
I am a control freak, something I wasn't aware of until probably leaving the Old Bill, I think.
Bruce SmartHOST
And I would suggest until Simon came on board, I didn't really fully appreciate how much of a control freak I was.