east London, most notably the London Docklands, with other scenes filmed in Tooting, Greenwich and Croydon among other locations around London. The Bill's set of "Sun Hill" police station remained until mid 2013 when it was finally dismantled. Locations from individual episodes Brockwell Lido, SE24 0PA: "Sun Hill Boulevard" series 15, 31 August 1999 Former Salvation Army Men's Hostel (now demolished), SE16 3FE: "Lock In" series 15, 9 December 1999 Crossness Pumping Station, SE2 9AQ: "Haunted" series 15, 23 December 1999 Centre Court Shopping Centre, SW19 8YA: "All Fall Down, Part 1" series 16, 27 October 2000 The Gorbals, Glasgow (now demolished): "Demolition Girl", series 24, 21 August 2008 "Sun Hill" The Bill is set in and around Sun Hill police station, in the fictional "Canley Borough Operational Command Unit" in East London. Geoff McQueen, creator of The Bill, claimed that he named Sun Hill after a street name in his home town of Royston, Hertfordshire. The fictional Sun Hill suburb is located in the fictional London borough of Canley in the East End, north of the River Thames. The Borough of Canley is approximately contiguous to the real-life London Borough of Tower Hamlets, and in the first few years of The Bill, Sun Hill police station was actually stated as being located in Wapping in Tower Hamlets. Sun Hill has a London E1 postcode (the 'address' of Sun Hill police station is given as '2 Sun Hill Road, Sun Hill, Canley E1 4KM'), which corresponds to the real-life areas of Whitechapel and Stepney. Production details When filming The Bill, some outdoor scenes were re-enacted indoors with microphones surrounding the actors and the extra sounds being "dubbed" on later. Some of the more aggressive scenes were also filmed indoors either for dubbing or safety reasons. The sirens used in the series were added later in the dubbing suite as The Bill did not have permission to use them while on location. However, the police uniforms used in the series were genuine, again making The Bill unique amongst police dramas. When the series ended, London's Metropolitan Police Service, after talks with the production company, bought 400 kilograms of police-related paraphernalia, including uniforms and body armour, to prevent them falling into the hands of criminals after the programme's production ceased. The Bill is unique amongst police dramas in that it takes a serial format, focusing on the work and lives of a