Beech is Back
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Beech is Back was a six-part mini-series spin-off
from The Bill
revolving around the corrupt Don Beech played by Billy Murray
.
The series was preceded by a regular episode of The Bill
, entitled Beech on the Run, which was broadcast on 19 August 2001. The episode followed Beech's new life in Australia as he endeavoured to set up a life of leisure and luxury funded by crime and various illegal scams. Beech's new life is brought to an abrupt end, however, due to the unfailing determination of former colleague Claire Stanton. At the end of the episode, Beech is seen boarding a boat as it explodes.
This episode prompted the six-part spin off, which began broadcasting from 24 August 2001. In the first episode, it is revealed he had survived the explosion and had used it to fake his death and return to Britain. Perceived dead, he returned to England to attempt to organise a six-million-pound diamond robbery only to find himself once again pitted against Claire Stanton. His attempt failed and he received life imprisonment for murder and all the various crimes he had committed whilst a police officer and on the run in Australia.
The series has never been released on DVD, despite being scheduled for release alongside Burnside
in Australia.
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
from The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
revolving around the corrupt Don Beech played by Billy Murray
Billy Murray (actor)
Billy Murray is an English actor, best known for playing Don Beech in The Bill from 1995 to 2004, Johnny Allen in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2005 to 2006, Captain John Price in the video games Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare...
.
The series was preceded by a regular episode of The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, entitled Beech on the Run, which was broadcast on 19 August 2001. The episode followed Beech's new life in Australia as he endeavoured to set up a life of leisure and luxury funded by crime and various illegal scams. Beech's new life is brought to an abrupt end, however, due to the unfailing determination of former colleague Claire Stanton. At the end of the episode, Beech is seen boarding a boat as it explodes.
This episode prompted the six-part spin off, which began broadcasting from 24 August 2001. In the first episode, it is revealed he had survived the explosion and had used it to fake his death and return to Britain. Perceived dead, he returned to England to attempt to organise a six-million-pound diamond robbery only to find himself once again pitted against Claire Stanton. His attempt failed and he received life imprisonment for murder and all the various crimes he had committed whilst a police officer and on the run in Australia.
The series has never been released on DVD, despite being scheduled for release alongside Burnside
Burnside (TV series)
Burnside is a British television police procedural drama, broadcast on ITV in 2000. The series, a spin-off from ITV's long-running police drama The Bill, focused on DCI Frank Burnside, formerly a detective at Sun Hill and now working for the National Crime Squad...
in Australia.