Woodentop (The Bill) Woodentop (The Bill) "Woodentop" is an episode of the Thames Television series "Storyboard", which includes a series of one-off plays on different themes. The episode was originally broadcast on 16 August 1983. "Woodentop" became the forerunner to long-running British police television series "The Bill", which went on air 14 months later and continued for 26 years. The name "woodentop" is a colloquialism for beat policemen who traditionally wear helmets; the nickname is itself an allusion to the Children's TV series "The Woodentops". The episode documents PC Jim Carver's first day at Sun Hill Police Station, where he is partnered with
Moving On (TV series) for broadcast on the BBC iPlayer from 8 November, becoming the first BBC television drama series to do this. Two further series were subsequently commissioned, broadcast in November 2014 and February 2016 respectively, and an eighth series was filmed in July 2016, for broadcast in November. Series 4–8 are available on DVD from Simply Media. Moving On (TV series) Moving On is a British television anthology series created by Jimmy McGovern, which consists of standalone contemporary dramas first shown during the daytime on BBC One. The first episode, entitled "The Rain Has Stopped", aired on 18 May 2009. Since, a