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Speaking to What's On TV, Rouse - Jack Meadows on the ITV1 cop drama - said that The Bill's new post-watershed timeslot does not mean that the two programmes are now in competition.
"Why do we want to compete with them? I love American shows but they are very different people, they're much more cartoon-like. We're not like that, we're a bit more subtle and ironic," he said.
"We're an English cop show. I think people get worried about 'are we as good as...', I think we're very, very good and I'm very proud of what we do."
The Bill began airing in high definition earlier this week.
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