Series 1 and 2 of bbc one's gritty, controversial and hard hitting police procedural, set and filmed in sheffield'. '.strtoupper('s')tarring john hannah, david morrissey, orla brady, neil dudgeon and lennie james'. '.strtoupper('d')irected by bafta winner richard laxton himandher and emmy nominee sam miller the bill follow the personal and professional lives of the detectives at brazen gate cid as they investigate chilling murder cases and clash with an already divided and hostile sheffield community'. '.strtoupper('h')igh flyer and head of the brazen gate cid frank drinkall john hannah four weddings and a funeral is concerned for his career performance when he is diagnosed with epilepsy'. '.strtoupper('h')is stubborn decision to carry on with his work regardless and hide his condition from his colleagues leads him into a downwards spiral'. '.strtoupper('f')eisty ds rebecca bennett orla brady wuthering heights has to fight distractions from her work as both dc warren allen darrell d'silva and pc alex holder stephen billington braveheart vie for her affections'. '.strtoupper('a')nd dc marty brazil neil dudgeon son of ranbow offers some light comic relief to the bleak environment as the joker of the group'. '.strtoupper('i')n series two, ds jim llewyn david morrissey takes over the department, but soon comes under speculation and investigation from the rest of the team, as it appears he is working to his own personal agenda'. '.strtoupper('f')ormat pal language english with english subtitles region region 2 number of discs 4 classification15 studio simply media dvd release date10 july 2017 run time 600 minutes