The Sun Hill Fire (2005)
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The Sun Hill Fire was a storyline in the long-running police procedural
British television series, The Bill
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as a Community Support Officer
. Later in the year, his position was terminated after his racist
views being discovered. After Fairfax had been dismissed, Detective Constable Ken Drummond was sent to formally arrest Fairfax. After being knocked out
by Fairfax, Ken awoke in a van laden with explosives hurtling towards Sun Hill Police Station. After Fairfax jumping out before the impact, the van crashed into the front office of Sun Hill and the explosives failed to go off. After Reg Hollis phoned Station Reception Officer Marilyn Chambers the spark allowed the explosives to ignite, causing an explosion to hurtle through the station.
The episode concluded two storylines: PC Hollis's relationship with SRO Chambers and the undercover journalist, Andrea Dunbar, who had infiltrated the ranks of Sun Hill to produce stories to sell to the press. Shortly before the bombing, Gabriel Kent had taken PC Dunbar hostage in a store-room, as she threatened to expose him as the Sun Hill Sniper who killed Kerry Young, and reveal his name as false, having assumed his foster brother's identity so he could join the police. As the explosion ripped through Sun Hill, the ceiling caved in on the store room trapping PC Dunbar, and PC Kent left her to die despite begging him to help her and promising she would destroy the evidence against him.
Police procedural
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British television series, The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
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Events of the Sun Hill Fire
During 2005, the fictional character of Colin Fairfax was added to the cast of Sun Hill Police StationPolice Station
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as a Community Support Officer
Police community support officer
A police community support officer , or community support officer is a uniformed non-warranted officer employed by a territorial police force or the British Transport Police in England and Wales. Police community support officers were introduced in September 2002 by the Police Reform Act 2002...
. Later in the year, his position was terminated after his racist
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
views being discovered. After Fairfax had been dismissed, Detective Constable Ken Drummond was sent to formally arrest Fairfax. After being knocked out
Knockout
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by Fairfax, Ken awoke in a van laden with explosives hurtling towards Sun Hill Police Station. After Fairfax jumping out before the impact, the van crashed into the front office of Sun Hill and the explosives failed to go off. After Reg Hollis phoned Station Reception Officer Marilyn Chambers the spark allowed the explosives to ignite, causing an explosion to hurtle through the station.
The episode concluded two storylines: PC Hollis's relationship with SRO Chambers and the undercover journalist, Andrea Dunbar, who had infiltrated the ranks of Sun Hill to produce stories to sell to the press. Shortly before the bombing, Gabriel Kent had taken PC Dunbar hostage in a store-room, as she threatened to expose him as the Sun Hill Sniper who killed Kerry Young, and reveal his name as false, having assumed his foster brother's identity so he could join the police. As the explosion ripped through Sun Hill, the ceiling caved in on the store room trapping PC Dunbar, and PC Kent left her to die despite begging him to help her and promising she would destroy the evidence against him.
Characters involved in the fire
- Constable Andrea Dunbar
- Station Reception Officer Marilyn Chambers
- Constable Gabriel Kent
- Sergeant Dale Smith
- Detective Constable Ken Drummond
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Margaret 'Maggie' Barnes - Detective Sergeant Ramani DeCosta
- Sergeant June Ackland
- Detctive Constable Jim Carver
- PCSOPolice community support officerA police community support officer , or community support officer is a uniformed non-warranted officer employed by a territorial police force or the British Transport Police in England and Wales. Police community support officers were introduced in September 2002 by the Police Reform Act 2002...
Colin Fairfax
Casualties
- Detective ConstableConstableA constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions.-Etymology:...
Ken Drummond - Died - ConstableConstableA constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions.-Etymology:...
Andrea Dunbar - Died - SRO Marilyn Chambers - Hospitalised, later died
- SergeantSergeantSergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries, police forces, and other uniformed organizations around the world. Its origins are the Latin serviens, "one who serves", through the French term Sergent....
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- Hospitalised, recovered