Tom Cotcher (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Tom Cotcher (born 28 July 1950) is a Scottish actor who played Alan Woods in The Bill from 1992 to 1996. He also appeared briefly in an earlier episode of the police saga (as did several of the cast) as a local resident with a missing dog. Since then he has appeared in Taggart and Night and Day, and in October 2007 as a doctor in EastEnders. He has also made appearances as Chief Superintendent Hobbs in River City. Tom is the narrator on the UK editions of Ice Road Truckers. He is a husband and father living in Brighton, England.The Bill is Britain's longest running police procedural television series, unusual among police dramas in that its focus is on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work.The series is produced by Talkback Thames, its name originating from "Old Bill," a slang term for the police and Geoff McQueen's original title for the series. It originated as a one-off drama, entitled Woodentop in August 1983. However, ITV were impressed to the extent that they commissioned a series, which commenced in October 1984.