The Bill: Line of Fire

Series 9, episode 0

Neil persuades paranoid schizophrenic Michael Simms to drop the knife he is holding to Shelley Cooper's throat. But in the confusion a shot rings out and Michael escapes. Convinced that Michael has a gun, Neil gives CO19 an order to take him down and he is fatally shot. Neil and his colleagues are interviewed and Heaton confesses that he has doubted Neil's ability in the past. Neil realises that he is responsible for the death of an innocent man - and his career could be over. www.thebill.com.