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* FollowUpFailure: ''The Bill'' lasted for 2400 episodes over a whopping 26 years. ''Burnside'' barely lasted 6 episodes before vanishing without trace.
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[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KAL2550_288.jpg]]A short lived spin-off series from ''Series/TheBill'', which originally aired in the UK between 7 July and 11 August, 2000. It concerned the exploits of no-nonsense Detective Chief Inspector Frank Burnside (Christopher Ellison), as he joined the NCS (National Crime Squad), a kind of UK equivalent of America's FBI. Teamed with moody Glaswegian Detective Constable Samantha Philips (Zoe Eeles), and Detective Sergeant Dave Summer (Justin Pierre), the son of a former friend and mentor, Frank investigates the darker, seedier side of crime in inner city London.
Despite the [[EnsembleDarkhorse overwhelming popularity of the Burnside character in the parent series]], this spin-off only lasted for six episodes (which were in turn staggered into three seperate stories of two 'parts' each). A second series of six episodes was anticipated, but it never happened. Ellison himself attributed the series' lack of success to it being a case of "too little, too late", and felt that the production team should have struck with a spin-off while the iron was still hot following his original departure from ''The Bill'' seven years earlier.
Despite the [[EnsembleDarkhorse overwhelming popularity of the Burnside character in the parent series]], this spin-off only lasted for six episodes (which were in turn staggered into three seperate stories of two 'parts' each). A second series of six episodes was anticipated, but it never happened. Ellison himself attributed the series' lack of success to it being a case of "too little, too late", and felt that the production team should have struck with a spin-off while the iron was still hot following his original departure from ''The Bill'' seven years earlier.
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[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KAL2550_288.jpg]]A short lived short-lived spin-off series from ''Series/TheBill'', which originally aired in the UK between 7 July and 11 August, 2000. It concerned the exploits of no-nonsense Detective Chief Inspector Frank Burnside (Christopher Ellison), as he joined the NCS (National Crime Squad), a kind of UK equivalent of America's FBI. Teamed with moody Glaswegian Detective Constable Samantha Philips (Zoe Eeles), and Detective Sergeant Dave Summer (Justin Pierre), the son of a former friend and mentor, Frank investigates the darker, seedier side of crime in inner city London.
Despite the [[EnsembleDarkhorse overwhelming popularity of the Burnside character in the parent series]], this spin-off only lasted for six episodes (which werein turn staggered further divided into three seperate separate stories of two 'parts' each). A second series of six episodes was anticipated, but it never happened. Ellison himself attributed the series' lack of success to it being a case of "too little, too late", and felt that the production team should have struck with a launched the spin-off while the iron was still hot following his original departure from ''The Bill'' seven years earlier.
Despite the [[EnsembleDarkhorse overwhelming popularity of the Burnside character in the parent series]], this spin-off only lasted for six episodes (which were
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* AbortedArc: An overarching plot across all six episodes of the series seen Burnside determined to take down a villain named Ronnie Buchan, who had been responsible for the death of a friend when Frank had been a lowly constable many decades ago. But this storyline was never ultimately resolved due to the cancellation of the series.
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* AbortedArc: An overarching plot across all six episodes of the series seen Burnside determined to take down a villain named Ronnie Buchan, who had been responsible for the death of a friend when Frank had been a lowly constable many decades ago. But this storyline was never ultimately never resolved due to the cancellation of the series.
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* BritishBrevity: Unlike it's parent series, this one didn't last the distance.
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* ExpansionPackPast: Frank recieves one in the form of the death of a former colleague at the hands of Ronnie Buchan, broadly suggested to be the main reason why he has always kept everybody he works with at an arm's length all these years. This new piece of character building was never mentioned during his stint on ''The Bill'', but it doesn't flatly contradict anything that we already knew about him either.
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* ExpansionPackPast: Frank recieves receives one in the form of the death of a former colleague at the hands of Ronnie Buchan, broadly suggested to be as the main reason why he has always kept everybody he works with at an arm's length all these years. This new piece of character building was never mentioned during his stint on ''The Bill'', but it doesn't flatly contradict anything that we already knew about him either.
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[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KAL2550_288.jpg]]A short lived spin-off series from ''TheBill'', which originally aired in the UK between 7 July and 11 August, 2000. It concerned the exploits of no-nonsense Detective Chief Inspector Frank Burnside (Christopher Ellison), as he joined the NCS (National Crime Squad), a kind of UK equivalent of America's FBI. Teamed with moody Glaswegian Detective Constable Samantha Philips (Zoe Eeles), and Detective Sergeant Dave Summer (Justin Pierre), the son of a former friend and mentor, Frank investigates the darker, seedier side of crime in inner city London.
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[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KAL2550_288.jpg]]A short lived spin-off series from ''TheBill'', ''Series/TheBill'', which originally aired in the UK between 7 July and 11 August, 2000. It concerned the exploits of no-nonsense Detective Chief Inspector Frank Burnside (Christopher Ellison), as he joined the NCS (National Crime Squad), a kind of UK equivalent of America's FBI. Teamed with moody Glaswegian Detective Constable Samantha Philips (Zoe Eeles), and Detective Sergeant Dave Summer (Justin Pierre), the son of a former friend and mentor, Frank investigates the darker, seedier side of crime in inner city London.
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[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KAL2550_288.jpg]]A short lived spin-off series from ''TheBill'', which originally aired in the UK between 7 July and 11 August, 2000. It concerned the exploits of no-nonsense Detective Chief Inspector Frank Burnside (Christopher Ellison), as he joined the NCS (National Crime Squad), a kind of UK equivalent of America's FBI. Teamed with moody Glaswegian Detective Constable Samantha Philips (Zoe Eeles), and Detective Sergeant Dave Summer (Justin Pierre), Burnside investigates the darker, seedier side of crime.
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[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KAL2550_288.jpg]]A short lived spin-off series from ''TheBill'', which originally aired in the UK between 7 July and 11 August, 2000. It concerned the exploits of no-nonsense Detective Chief Inspector Frank Burnside (Christopher Ellison), as he joined the NCS (National Crime Squad), a kind of UK equivalent of America's FBI. Teamed with moody Glaswegian Detective Constable Samantha Philips (Zoe Eeles), and Detective Sergeant Dave Summer (Justin Pierre), Burnside the son of a former friend and mentor, Frank investigates the darker, seedier side of crime.
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[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KAL2550_288.jpg]]A short lived spin-off series from ''TheBill'', which aired in the UK between 7 July and 11 August, 2000. It concerned the exploits of no-nonsense Detective Chief Inspector Frank Burnside (Christopher Ellison), as he joined the NCS (National Crime Squad), a kind of UK equivalent of America's FBI. Teamed with moody Glaswegian Detective Constable Samantha Philips (Zoe Eeles), and Detective Sergeant Dave Summer (Justin Pierre), Burnside investigates the darker side of crime.
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[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KAL2550_288.jpg]]A short lived spin-off series from ''TheBill'', which originally aired in the UK between 7 July and 11 August, 2000. It concerned the exploits of no-nonsense Detective Chief Inspector Frank Burnside (Christopher Ellison), as he joined the NCS (National Crime Squad), a kind of UK equivalent of America's FBI. Teamed with moody Glaswegian Detective Constable Samantha Philips (Zoe Eeles), and Detective Sergeant Dave Summer (Justin Pierre), Burnside investigates the darker darker, seedier side of crime.
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[[quoteright:260:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/KAL2550_288.jpg]]A short lived spin-off series from ''TheBill'', which aired in the UK between 7 July and 11 August, 2000. It concerned the exploits of no-nonsense Detective Chief Inspector Frank Burnside (Christopher Ellison), as he joined the NCS (National Crime Squad), a kind of UK equivalent of America's FBI. Teamed with moody Glaswegian Detective Constable Samantha Philips (Zoe Eeles), and Detective Sergeant Dave Summer (Justin Pierre), Burnside investigates the darker side of crime.
Despite the [[EnsembleDarkhorse overwhelming popularity of the Burnside character in the parent series]], this spin-off only lasted for six episodes (which were in turn staggered into three seperate stories of two 'parts' each). A second series of six episodes was anticipated, but it never happened. Ellison himself attributed the series' lack of success to it being a case of "too little, too late", and felt that the production team should have struck with a spin-off while the iron was still hot following his original departure from ''The Bill'' seven years earlier.
!!!This series provides examples of the following tropes:
* AbortedArc: An overarching plot across all six episodes of the series seen Burnside determined to take down a villain named Ronnie Buchan, who had been responsible for the death of a friend when Frank had been a lowly constable many decades ago. But this storyline was never ultimately resolved due to the cancellation of the series.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The basic format of the series. Of the three stories, "Back With A Vengeance" focused entirely on Burnside, "Exposed" revolved around Sam's attempts to catch a serial killer (putting herself in the firing line in the process), and "Trial By Fire" was all about Dave and his dad's dodgy past.
* BritishBrevity: Unlike it's parent series, this one didn't last the distance.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''The Bill'' could be plenty dark and edgy when it really wanted to be, but ''Burnside'' attempted to turn it up to eleven.
* DeadpanSnarker: Burnside himself was never lacking a witty remark. DC Sam Philips held her own in this department too.
* ExpansionPackPast: Frank recieves one in the form of the death of a former colleague at the hands of Ronnie Buchan, broadly suggested to be the main reason why he has always kept everybody he works with at an arm's length all these years. This new piece of character building was never mentioned during his stint on ''The Bill'', but it doesn't flatly contradict anything that we already knew about him either.
* FollowUpFailure: ''The Bill'' lasted for 2400 episodes over a whopping 26 years. ''Burnside'' barely lasted 6 episodes before vanishing without trace.
* [[ViolentGlaswegian Moody Glaswegian]]: Sam Philips seldom raised a smile, and her patter was often downright caustic even about her own colleagues.
* SellingTheShow: Averted. Chris Ellison was fairly disparaging of the production while he was doing "promotional" interviews for it down in Australia. But then again, everybody expects Christopher Ellison to speak his mind...
* SerialKiller: In the storyline "Exposed". The killer's trademark was that he always shaves the girls that he kills.
* {{Transplant}}: Frank Burnside himself, of course.
* TwoferTokenMinority: DC Summers is both black ''and'' gay. Much plot mileage is gained out of both points.
Despite the [[EnsembleDarkhorse overwhelming popularity of the Burnside character in the parent series]], this spin-off only lasted for six episodes (which were in turn staggered into three seperate stories of two 'parts' each). A second series of six episodes was anticipated, but it never happened. Ellison himself attributed the series' lack of success to it being a case of "too little, too late", and felt that the production team should have struck with a spin-off while the iron was still hot following his original departure from ''The Bill'' seven years earlier.
!!!This series provides examples of the following tropes:
* AbortedArc: An overarching plot across all six episodes of the series seen Burnside determined to take down a villain named Ronnie Buchan, who had been responsible for the death of a friend when Frank had been a lowly constable many decades ago. But this storyline was never ultimately resolved due to the cancellation of the series.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The basic format of the series. Of the three stories, "Back With A Vengeance" focused entirely on Burnside, "Exposed" revolved around Sam's attempts to catch a serial killer (putting herself in the firing line in the process), and "Trial By Fire" was all about Dave and his dad's dodgy past.
* BritishBrevity: Unlike it's parent series, this one didn't last the distance.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''The Bill'' could be plenty dark and edgy when it really wanted to be, but ''Burnside'' attempted to turn it up to eleven.
* DeadpanSnarker: Burnside himself was never lacking a witty remark. DC Sam Philips held her own in this department too.
* ExpansionPackPast: Frank recieves one in the form of the death of a former colleague at the hands of Ronnie Buchan, broadly suggested to be the main reason why he has always kept everybody he works with at an arm's length all these years. This new piece of character building was never mentioned during his stint on ''The Bill'', but it doesn't flatly contradict anything that we already knew about him either.
* FollowUpFailure: ''The Bill'' lasted for 2400 episodes over a whopping 26 years. ''Burnside'' barely lasted 6 episodes before vanishing without trace.
* [[ViolentGlaswegian Moody Glaswegian]]: Sam Philips seldom raised a smile, and her patter was often downright caustic even about her own colleagues.
* SellingTheShow: Averted. Chris Ellison was fairly disparaging of the production while he was doing "promotional" interviews for it down in Australia. But then again, everybody expects Christopher Ellison to speak his mind...
* SerialKiller: In the storyline "Exposed". The killer's trademark was that he always shaves the girls that he kills.
* {{Transplant}}: Frank Burnside himself, of course.
* TwoferTokenMinority: DC Summers is both black ''and'' gay. Much plot mileage is gained out of both points.
