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Wild Bill

Wild Bill
★ 6.7/10•2019•45m•TV-14•Drama•Comedy•Crime
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U.S. police chief Bill Hixon lands in the British town of Boston, Lincolnshire, with his 14-year-old daughter Kelsey in tow hoping they can flee their painful recent past. But this unfamiliar, unimpressed community will force Bill to question everything about himself and leave him asking whether it's Boston that needs Bill, or Bill that needs Boston?

StatusEnded
Runtime45m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJun 12, 2019

Episodes

Episode 1 - Boston, LincolnshireE145m

Boston, Lincolnshire

High-flying US cop Bill Hixon arrives in Boston to shake up the East Lincolnshire Constabulary, but when the coldest of cold cases turns up, it is Bill who finds himself shaken up.

Jun 12, 2019

Episode 2 - Piano ManE245m

Piano Man

Bill tries to reboot his authority by getting his team to focus on the difficult unsolved crimes, including that of the ‘Boston Bandit’ who was responsible for a series of post office robberies and a murder. Meanwhile, Bill’s professional relationship with Mary gets personal, Oleg pressures Muriel into betraying Bill, and Kelsey succeeds in getting Bill to finally engage with his dead wife’s memory.

Jun 19, 2019

Episode 3 - Alte und EinsameE345m

Alte und Einsame

Bill launches a PR offensive when a leaked list of potential redundancies turns his team against him, and courts Boston’s old folks by claiming his new approach will make them safer.

Jun 26, 2019

Episode 4 - FamilienfehdeE445m

Familienfehde

When the body of a young local man is found between two rival farms, a bitter feud is reignited. With the two families having been enemies for over 30 years, the team must deduce which of them is responsible. Bill and Muriel find themselves on opposite sides and both are determined to prove themselves correct. Bill wrestles with introducing Mary to Kelsey. Kelsey makes a new friend at the local school. Lydia resents doing Bill's dirty work as the redundancies commence.

Jul 3, 2019

Episode 5 - ArbeiterparadiesE545m

Arbeiterparadies

Suspicion falls on members of the immigrant workforce after a suitcase containing the body of farm owner, Darren Bailey is pulled from the river. Bill discovers that the farm had been used to launder criminal proceeds through the clever accounting of the victim’s much younger Slovenian girlfriend, Lubica, who has been made sole owner of the farm’s assets. This makes her a key suspect, particularly after it’s revealed that her and Darren had an argument on the night he went missing. However, with many of Darren’s employees seeming happy at the news of his demise and stories coming to light about how he has squeezed them at every opportunity, it isn’t an open and shut case.

Jul 10, 2019

Episode 6 - Nothing Behind the CurtainE645m

Nothing Behind the Curtain

The discovery of a pyre of bodies puts Bill on the hunt for Frank McGill, a hitman notorious for his weapon of choice: a nail-gun. However, having been put into witness protection years earlier after turning in other members of the Maguire gang which he worked for, Frank is now off-grid. Bill sets his sights on tracking him down. Meanwhile, DS Blair is released on bail after information is leaked regarding the unlawful obtaining of key DNA, Commissioner Metcalfe discusses the financial benefits of selling off a disused training facility and the pressure mounts for Bill to resign.

Jul 17, 2019

Actors

Rob Lowe

Rob Lowe

Bill Hixon

Aloreia Spencer

Aloreia Spencer

Kelsey Hixon

Bronwyn James

Bronwyn James

DC Muriel Yeardsley

Anjli Mohindra

Anjli Mohindra

ACC Lydia Price

Anthony Flanagan

Anthony Flanagan

PC Sean Cobley

Divian Ladwa

Divian Ladwa

PC Drakes

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