Robert Louis Stevenson so many irons in the fire". He wrote "The Beach of Falesa", "Catriona" (titled "David Balfour" in the US), "The Ebb-Tide", and the "Vailima Letters" during this period. Stevenson grew depressed and wondered if he had exhausted his creative vein, as he had been "overworked bitterly" and that the best he could write was "ditch-water". He even feared that he might again become a helpless invalid. He rebelled against this idea: "I wish to die in my boots; no more Land of Counterpane for me. To be drowned, to be shot, to be thrown from a horse — ay, to
The Bill title sequences The Bill title sequences The Bill's title sequences have varied greatly over the 26 years it has been on air. The series started as an episode for ITV as part of its "Storyboard" strand of one-off dramas entitled "Woodentop". The episode began with the regular "Storyboard" title sequence and an introductory scene with PC Jim Carver which was followed by the title caption of the episode. The first series in 1984 has its own unique title sequence, featuring images of the feet of two uniformed officers walking towards the camera interspersed with shots of the streets of Sun Hill. Then