Source: See hereThe Bill star Gabrielle Glaister has revealed the shocking amount of money earnt by actors more than a decade after the crime drama's axing.
ITV culled the cult classic in August 2010, with episodes only now being seen during re-runs. With archived instalments very rarely making it on the telly, legendary show stars aren't making much, with Gabrielle detailing the truly unbelievable amount she 'rakes in'.
⁘I earned £1.88 from a repeat of The Bill today,⁘ she posted on X, formally Twitter . She played PC Dave Quinnan's ex-wife Jenny Marton in the programme and fans couldn't comprehend why they'd make hardly anything after the show's storming success.
⁘Raking it in there lol! Tell them to repeat it on a loop you could earn loads,⁘ commented one follower, to which she simply replied: ⁘Yes.⁘ Another asked if the less than £2 payment was before tax, but she confirmed it was the amount due after paying her taxes.
It was during the pandemic that The Bill made the most re-runs. The show, which aired 26 series between 1984 and 2010, followed the fictional stories of The Metropolitan Police force and introduced us to iconic characters that dominated the TV landscape.
The popular crime drama returned on the streaming service UK TV Play. Despite running for an impressive 27 years, The Bill was cancelled by ITV after a format change failed to boost its once soaring ratings. The show's ratings took a hit when it was revamped and moved to a later 9pm slot in 2009, also being reduced from airing twice a week to just once.
Initially, The Bill, set in the fictional London area of Sun Hill, had only 12 hour-long standalone episodes but by 1988 the programme switched to three half-hour shows a week. A decade later, the drama, which gave us well-loved characters like June Ackland, Reg Hollis and Jim Carver, returned to 60-minute shows.
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