Hewden, the UK’s largest equipment rental provider, lent its Mitcham depot to producers of ITV’s, The Bill, for a day of filming on the 19th September 2007.

The South London depot was host to members of the cast and production team filming up-and-coming storylines for the programme, with the inclusion of three Hewden employee’s as extra’s.

Alan Denyer, Stephen Weston, both Fitters, and David O’Neill, Foreman at the depot, took part in scenes with Roberta Taylor (Inspector Gina Gold) and Grahame Fox (Dave Vance).

Depot Manager, Steve Sparrow, commented, "It was great fun having all the characters filming at the depot and the guys really enjoyed playing extras. I’m fortunate to work with some fantastic people at Hewden and my biggest problem now is keeping the staff. I think one or two of them fancy themselves as the next PC Reg Hollis!"