I'm rubbish I know...

Blimey, I feel awful having not posted on this blog for so long after promising to try harder :(

I'm sorry, I'm a rubbish Bill blogger I know and I'm not going to bore you with the same old excuses (though to be fair it has been a busy time!)...

As you will have probably noticed a lot of changes have happened to our beloved cop show The Bill. For those of you who are oblivious to the changes let me recap for you...

1. The biggest change to happen is The Bill has moved from its weekly time of 8pm (Wednesday and Thursday) to 9PM THURSDAYS! Still on ITV1...

2. For Scottish viewers they can still see the show on ITV3 Monday 11pm (the repeat of the Thursday show). Good news for Bill fans who miss the show or their stupid sky plus box fails to record it...

3. It's now being filmed in HD (high definition), it's the future....

4. The new post-watershed time means The Bill will be grittier and more gory (but it's still watchable, trust me). As for swearing so far, I've only the heard the words 'arsed' *sniggers*

5. The last episode before the 'new' one saw a lot of exists. We said a tearful goodbye too:

DS Stuart Turner

DC Kezia Walker

Supt. John Heaton

Inspector Rachel Weston

DI Samantha Nixon *sobs*

As none of these were killed off who knows we might see them in the future back in Sun Hill?

6. As a result of these changes Smithy is now Inspector Dale 'Smithy' Smith and The Guvnor (DCI Jack Meadows) is now Supt. Jack Meadows! How exciting!!

7. The sad news from all this is that 'the daddy' PC Tony Stamp is to be "rested" :(

8. Biggest change of all is the INTRO!!!! Not only are the credits different but so is the music. I'm talking totally diff. Gone is the trademark "dadah dah dah der der der der..." (you know what I mean!). Whilst it's all very snazzy being the sentimentalist that I am it still doesn't feel right.

A LOT of changes to take in, I know. Still as a Bill fan for many many years it felt like an end of an era but after giving the 'new' Bill a chance I have to say it is still as gripping and watchable as ever. Of course I miss some of the old faces (and the theme tune) but other than that I am loving it! The new filming style needs getting used to but as they say...

The Beat Goes On :)