Crew working on 'The Bill' had to call in the real police when burglars raided the set of the ITV show, detectives said today.
Expensive editing equipment and a tape was taken during the burglary at the south-west London studios on Wednesday morning.
A police spokesman said a man wearing a high visibility jacket made his way past security staff, after pulling up in a Transit van and following a real worker inside.
A spokeswoman for the show said a tape was in one of the stolen machines.
