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The Bill is a long running British police procedural television series, unusual among police dramas in that its focus is on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work. The series is produced by Talkback Thames, its name originating from "Old Bill", a slang term for the police and Geoff McQueen's original title for the series. It originated as a one off drama, entitled Woodentop in August, 1983. However, ITV were impressed to the extent that The Bill started as a series in October the following year. Woodentop primarily starred Trudie Goodwin as WPC June Ackland of the fictional Sun Hill police station in London, who was later to become the last remaining original cast member.