No-nonsense US cop Bill Hixon arrives in Boston, UK with his teen daughter Kelsey to be the town's new police chief. When a severed female head is found during a stakeout, he and his assista... Read allNo-nonsense US cop Bill Hixon arrives in Boston, UK with his teen daughter Kelsey to be the town's new police chief. When a severed female head is found during a stakeout, he and his assistant, Muriel Yeardsley, investigate.No-nonsense US cop Bill Hixon arrives in Boston, UK with his teen daughter Kelsey to be the town's new police chief. When a severed female head is found during a stakeout, he and his assistant, Muriel Yeardsley, investigate.
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- TriviaAs Wild Bill is walking round Boston, introducing himself to the locals, being followed by the reporter played by Angela Griffin, the location magically changes from Boston, to a road in North London, regularly used in film and TV, with a distinctive house in the distance., despite the fact it is still supposed to be in Boston.
- GoofsPC Sean Cobley issues a ticket to Bill for speeding on a bicycle, cyclist are not governed by speed limits in the UK. He could have given him a ticket for careless cycling though.
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PC Drakes: Howdy, y'all. Much obliged for the fine welcome to this here East Lincolnshire Shire Sheriff's office. We're gonna be making us a few changes around these parts.
[laughter]
PC Drakes: As our nation's president once memorably said... "Y'all fired!"
[laughter]
PC Drakes: [Guns click]
[Room falls silent]
Bill Hixon: That's a pretty good accent. What were you going for, West Texas? Lubbock?
PC Drakes: Er, I don't really know, sir. Just, you know, cowboy and that. John Wayne or...
Bill Hixon: Are you still talking?
[He sighs]
Bill Hixon: I've never actually been to Texas. I have, however, been to UCLA, where I got my degree in criminology. To go along with my master's from Yale. I also have a doctorate in statistical mapping from MIT. Although, I don't use the whole doctor thing, cos nobody likes a wise-ass. Isn't that right, PC Drakes? But you are right about one thing. Your government demands a 10% cut in your budget... to go along with a 10% reduction in crime rate. And that's where I come in. I was America's top metropolitan police chief three years running. I ran departments in San Diego, Denver, Miami.
PC Sean Cobley: And now East Lincs. What the Sergio Agüero are you doing here?
Bill Hixon: My ancestors are from here. Boston, Lincolnshire. Came over on the Mayflower.
PC Drakes: Really, sir?
Bill Hixon: Fuck, no. I'm the best at what I do. You need what I do. Your numbers are bad. I'm here to find out how bad.
DS Alex Blair: You can't police with numbers.
Bill Hixon: I'm almost glad you said that. 21st-century policing is only about numbers. Length of time to charge is now 18 days. That's four days worse than last year. Crime convictions are down 15% to 9%. There is one area in which you're succeeding. You have the highest murder rate in the country. So, congratulations on that.
PC Sean Cobley: I've got some bugger nicking satellite dishes off council estates. You'll not catch bugger from behind a laptop, will ya?
Bill Hixon: I could police this whole county from Miami Beach with a cellphone and good Wi-Fi. But I'm not on a beach. I'm here. For some reason... Oh! I almost forgot. The inspirational stuff. My dad was a cop. Patrolled the same beat from the age of 18 until they forced him out at 67. I watched it grind him down, year after year, like trying to beat back a wildfire of social disintegration with a fly swatter. That's not gonna happen to you. When I leave here, you will have lost your grey frowns and defensive negativity, and you will actually want to come to work. And that will do a lot more to help you and the community you serve than a pat on the back and some more bullshit about how policing is all about people. Yee-haw!
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Sara Cox Show: Episode #1.17 (2019)
This is the premise of this fish out of water drama. Bill Hixon is an ace Miami cop who has become the new chief constable of East Lincolnshire police. He will implement budget cuts and job losses. So he sure is going to be a popular guy.
Straight off the bat he is investigating a murder when a decapitated head of a teenage woman is found in a fridge. It looks like she died 10 years ago and she was involved in growing weed.
Possible suspects could be her Polish boyfriend or a Russian gangster.
Wild Bill hints at gritty drama as well as comedy. It has the black humour of the Channel 4 series No Offence.
Of course there is a back story as to why Bill has turned up in England with his teenage daughter. There are people in the force in England who want to see the back of him and a video is uncovered of Bill beating up some college sportsman in Miami.
Rob Lowe has considerable charm but he was a bit unsure of himself in the opening episode. The writing was a bit clunky in places, in fact it was all rather messy as it tried to do so many things.
- Prismark10
- Jun 13, 2019
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- Runtime47 minutes