Wild Bill (TV series)


Wild Bill is a British television comedy-drama series which premiered on ITV on 12 June 2019. The series stars executive producer Rob Lowe, and six episodes were commissioned in October 2018. On 13 November 2019, ITV announced the series was cancelled after a single series.

Premise

Bill Hixon, a widowed former US police chief, moves from Miami to Boston, Lincolnshire with his fourteen-year-old daughter Kelsey, after being sacked from the American police force for assaulting a boy who had uploaded sexual images of his daughter. Although he makes an immediate impact on his colleagues, none appear too pleased to have an American officer around, aside from eager young trainee detective Muriel Yeardsley, with whom Bill forms an affinity after a slightly rocky initial start.

Episodes

Cast

Filming began in November 2018, with Anjli Mohindra, Rachael Stirling and Angela Griffin confirmed to be among the cast. Aloreia Spencer, who plays Hixon's fourteen-year-old daughter Kesley, made her on-screen debut in the series.

Broadcast

On 29 May 2019 CBC Television announced it was picking up the show. It began broadcasting it 9 March 2020.

Reception

The series received mixed reviews, with Lucy Mangan of The Guardian awarding the series' premiere episode three stars, writing:
The Independents two-star review described it as "grim and a bit cheapo", a "howling letdown", and "dreary".

Home media

The series was released on DVD on 29 July 2019.