British television drama that started on ITV in 1984, was axed in 2010 and is set in and around the fictional London police station of Sun Hill. The following Knightmare actors and actresses have appeared in both Knightmare and The Bill:
> Iona Kennedy (Sidriss, Greystagg, Maldame) as Sarah Waskett in 1994 (Series 10 Episode 6, Dealer Wins - pictured) & Mrs. Lee on 01/09/1999 (Series 15 Episode 55, Lola).

Alec Westwood (Folly, Gibbet) as an unnamed Barman in 1995 (Series 11).

Bill Cashmore (Honesty Bartram, Snapper-Jack, Bhal-Shebah) in various episodes between 1989 and 1994.

Cliff Barry (Lissard, Raptor, Brother Strange) in a 2002 episode and a 2010 episode.
> Lawrence Werber (Cedric, Casper) as Mr. Bryant in 1990 (Series 6 Episode 6, A Day Lost).

Adrian Neil (Ridolfo, Captain Nemanor) as a doctor, circa 1992.

Tom Karol (Olaf, Bumptious, Mrs. Grimwold) in two episodes whose names evoke Knightmare: In Chambers (1991, Series 7 Episode 14) & Spook Stuff (01/11/1988, Series 4 Episode 31).
< David Verrey (Golgarach, McGrew) as Mark Bright on 11/04/2007 (Series 23), episode titled End Of The Affair.

Erin Geraghty (Mistress Goody) as Annie, year unknown.

Richard Howse, the dungeoneer of Team 1 of Series 8 of KM, also went on to appear in The Bill, in a pizza restaurant scene in May 1999 (Series 15 Episode 48), episode titled Screwdriver.
> Natasha Pope (Velda, Brangwen, Morghanna) as Kate Jordan on 30/12/2003 (Series 19), Episode 179.
> Mark Knight (Lord Fear, Sir Hugh, Ah Wok, Rothberry) as Mick Hawkins in 1992 (Series 10 Episode 4, He Who Waits. Thank you to BBrooks(KM Forever) of the Knightmare.com Forum for pinpointing the episode).

In March 2001, the website now known as Knightmare.com published the observation by Daniel Lawrence that 'an episode of ITV's The Bill a few years ago showed a boy sitting at home watching the TV... and guess what was on? Yes, a scene from Knightmare Series 6 featuring the Dreadnought.' Where The Heart Is reportedly featured an apparently very similar event in 2002, suggesting that the KM scene in question may have been a kind of stock children's TV clip that ITV dramas were able to use without inconvenience.

Knightmare fandom member KM Fan is also known online as a keen fan of The Bill. Knightmare enthusiast KaM (SEE: Hordriss), reacting to the cancellation of The Bill, wrote that 'It's Knightmare all over again. Knightmare finished with viewing figures approaching 5 million ... While creator Tim Child found that the improvements he wanted to make would be harder and harder to achieve, it was commissioners, ultimately, mixed with a little career politics, that pulled the plug.' And in Issue 56 of The Eye Shield fanzine, Jake Collins voiced his appreciation of the series, remarking that 'if you take something like The Bill, which has always (or almost always) run as a continuous serialised drama and, perhaps more importantly, has always concentrated on the characters as police officers rather than people with personal lives, you’ll find that it's very nearly as good today as it was twenty-five years ago!'

Dave Morris, author of the Knightmare books, also wrote the second of The Bill novels, Tough Love.

[Earlier version: 2008-05-20 16:24:49]

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