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[edit] Introduction

From 1984 to 1992, The Bill was in its first run on television in Australia. The community benefited from the introduction of computers, with their word processing programs. They allowed for the fandom to produce higher quality fanzines.

[edit] The Show

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[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.

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[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fandom.

[edit] 1983

• "Following the pilot on 16 August 1983 the first episode of The Bill was transmitted on the 16th October 1984." [1]

[edit] 1984

• On October 16, 1984, The Bill premiered on television in the United Kingdom. [2]

[edit] 1988

• "The Bill went on to be three half hour episodes per week between 1988 and 1998 due to a drop in ratings before going to two hour long episodes per week." [3]
• On October 27, 1988, The Bill premiered on television in Sweden. [4]

[edit] 1994

• "A German version of The Bill, utilising original Bill scripts was produced for RTL Television from 1994 to 2006. It was called Die Wache." [5]

[edit] 1997

• On June 2, 1997, The Bill premiered on television in Finland. [6]

[edit] 1998

• "From 1998 The Bill became more serialised, especially from 2002 when Paul Marquess took over as Executive Producer. " [7]

[edit] 2000

• On May 30, 2000, the mailing list sunhill2 was created. [8]

[edit] 2001

• On October 1, 2001, the Australian mailing list theaustralianbillfanclub was created. [9]

[edit] 2002

• On July 18, 2002, the British mailing list thenewbill was created. [10]
• On August 28, 2002, the British Mickey Webb mailing list dcmickeywebb was created. [11]
• On August 28, 2002, the British Gina Gold mailing list inspginagold was created. [12]
• On August 28, 2002, the British Clare Stanton mailing list dsclarestanton was created. [13]
• On August 29, 2002, the British June Ackland mailing list sgtjuneackland was created. [14]
• On August 29, 2002, the British Tony Stamp mailing list pctonystamp was created. [15]
• On August 29, 2002, the British Don Beech mailing list dsdonbeech was created. [16]
• On September 1, 2002, the British Polly Page mailing list pcgarybest was created. [17]
• On September 1, 2002, the British Gary Best mailing list pcgarybest was created. [18]
• On September 1, 2002, the British Sam Harker mailing list pcsamharker was created. [19]
• On September 1, 2002, the British Reg Hollis mailing list pcreghollis was created. [20]
• On September 9, 2002, the British mailing list Eliminate3 was created. [21]
• On November 23, 2002, the British Gemma Osbourne mailing list gemmaosbourne was created. [22]
• On December 16, 2002, the British mailing list YOURE-NICKED was created. [23]

[edit] 2003

• On January 10, 2003, the Sam Nixon mailing list DSSamanthaNixon was created. [24]
• On February 23, 2003, the LiveJournal community the_bill was created. [25]
• On June 30, 2003, an article about The Bill was created on Wikipedia. [26]
• On September 11, 2003, the British June/Jim mailing list thebillfans was created. [27]
• On October 2, 2003, Like a Dead Man Wears a Scar by Avon became the first The Bill story published on FanFiction.Net. [28][29]

[edit] 2004

• On April 20, 2004, the LiveJournal community sunhill was created. [30]
• On May 26, 2004, the British mailing list sunhills_best was created. [31]
• On August 7, 2004, the British mailing list the_bill_rocks was created. [32]
• On November 9, 2004, the mailing list beth_cordinglystar was created. [33]

[edit] 2005

• On March 1, 2005, the multifandom cop show themed LiveJournal community copshows was created. It represented several fandoms including this one. [34]
• On April 20, 2005, the BillsFan.Com LiveJournal community billfans was created. [35]
• On September 22, 2005, the slash LiveJournal community tb_slash was created. [36]
• On December 5, 2005, a wiki dedicated to The Bill was created on Wikia. [37]
• On December 16, 2005, the FanFiction.Net forum The Bill Slash Forum was created. [38]

[edit] 2006

• On January 4, 2006, the FanFiction.Net forum Phil & Sam was created. [39]
• On January 8, 2006, the FanFiction.Net forum Smithy was created. [40]
• On January 14, 2006, the FanFiction.Net forum Andrea & Neil was created. [41]
• On January 28, 2006, the FanFiction.Net forum The Bill was created. [42]
• On January 29, 2006, a French language article about The Bill was created on Wikipedia. [43]
• On April 9, 2006, the FanFiction.Net forum The Bill Polls and Compititions was created. [44]
• On July 1, 2006, the LiveJournal community sunhill_hunnies was created. [45]
• On November 20, 2006, the FanFiction.Net forum Mickey Webb was created. [46]
• On December 27, 2006, the wiki The Bill on Wikia was relaunched. [47]

[edit] 2007

• On May 8, 2007, the British mailing list thebilluk was created. [48]
• On June 6, 2007, a Swedish language article about The Bill was created on Wikipedia. [49]
• On August 22, 2007, the FanFiction.Net forum The Old Bill: Stories about characters who shouldn was created. [50]
• On October 4, 2007, the FanFiction.Net forum Jo Sam Nikki Diane was created. [51]
• On November 7, 2007, a Welsh language article about The Bill was created on Wikipedia. [52]
• On November 18, 2007, an Irish language article about The Bill was created on Wikipedia. [53]
• On December 17, 2007, the mailing list sun-hill was created. [54]

[edit] Kerfluffles

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[edit] Fanzines

Among the fanzines produced was Sierra Oscar, released in 1990. It was 18 pages long and contained a piece of fan fiction in letter form. [55] Serious Police Work Newsletter, another fanzine containing fan fiction, was first published in 1992. It had information about characters and a chance to network with fans. Over 1,200 copies of the first issue were distributed. [56]

[edit] Influential fanworks

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[edit] Fandom members

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[edit] Fandom size

As of February 10, 2008, there are 1,335 stories on FanFiction.Net. [57]

[edit] External links

• The Bill: FanWorksFinder
• BILLFans Discussion Forum - Chat with 100's of other fans.
• The Bill Bios
• Sierra Oscar - Online fansite and gallery dedicated to The Bill
• Any Previous
• British Film Institute Screen Online
• Who Killed The Old Bill - Australian radio documentary on the changes to the series in 2002 under Paul Marquess.

[edit] See also

• The Bill fanzines

[edit] Sources

Below is a partial list of articles and academic sources to help you continue to learn about this community.

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