| Jim Carver | |
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 Mark Wingett as DS Jim Carver |
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| First appearance | Woodentop (16/08/1983) |
| Last appearance | #289a (24/02/05) |
| Cause/reason | Left Sun Hill |
| Portrayed by | Mark Wingett |
| Information | |
| Occupation | Police Officer |
| Title | Detective Sergeant |
Jim Carver is a fictional police officer in the long running ITV drama The Bill. He was played by Mark Wingett from 1983-2005.
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Woodentop
Carver began his career in Berryfields as a probationer at Sun Hill, appearing in the pilot episode, Woodentop. He had already made up his mind that he was going to remain a uniformed police officer for the remainder of his career and was adamant that he was not destined for CID.[1]
CID
Despite his vow not to transfer to CID, Jim later becomes a Detective Constable,[1] where DI Frank Burnside becomes a mentor for him. He remains in CID until he is demoted back to uniform. His career then goes into decline, due mainly to his increased dependency on alcohol. His alcoholism almost costs him his job, but he is able to transfer back into uniform after rehabilitation, where he begins to rebuild his reputation. Carver joins the Community Safety Unit, where he really tries to make a go of it; he later returns to CID as a DC.
Marriage
Marie Carver
Carver's first marriage is to Marie Graham, a victim of crime who he had liaised with at one point. This marriage fails, however, when Marie also turns out to be an alcoholic and physically abuses Jim. She is later sectioned and the two divorce.
June Ackland
June Ackland, who also appears in "Woodentop" as a WPC, had been a close friend of Carver's and they had a relationship before his marriage to Marie. After the divorce they are able to get closer again and eventually they marry. Despite staying sober after his rehabilitation, Carver adopts a gambling addiction. He accrues massive debts and eventually leaves Sun Hill, leaving June to come out of retirement to repay the debts.[1]
Jim's return
Jim Carver later returns to Sun Hill and it is revealed that he had been sent by Greater Manchester Police to track down and arrest a suspect that had come to Sun Hill to escape the law.[1] Carver returns as a Detective Sergeant, having been promoted from Detective Constable. Whilst tracking the suspect down, both June and Jim are kidnapped, although the staff at Sun Hill are able to locate them and send in armed support to rescue them and arrest their kidnapper, Pat Headly.
References
- ^ a b c d DS Jim Carver, The Bill Biographies
