Mark Wingett rules out a revival of The Bill

\'The Bill\' star Mark Wingett doubts the show will ever return to TV.

The 59-year-old actor - who played Jim Carver on the long-running show - thinks the series is unlikely to make a comeback due to cost issues.

Mark explained: "People still think of \'The Bill\' fondly. They really miss it.

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"And there hasn\'t been a proper uniform police series since it finished. But I don\'t think it will ever come back.

"When it was on, it grew from a small studio into this huge thing that had 500 people working on it. So it would be very hard to start it again from scratch.

"It would have to be a new series with a new title and a new cast. I\'m certainly too old for it now!"

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Mark also thinks the evolution of Britain\'s police forces makes a revival unlikely.

The show originally aired between 1983 and 2010, but the actor cannot envision it ever returning to TV screens.

Speaking to the Daily Star Sunday newspaper, he shared: "Staffing numbers are different and things are policed in a different way. Things are much more violent now. And terrorism is around a lot more. So it would be a very different show."

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Meanwhile, Trudie Goodwin recently insisted \'The Bill\' shouldn\'t have been cancelled.

The actress - who is best known for playing Sergeant June Ackland in the long-running police drama - was "disappointed" when the show was axed in 2010.

Trudie confessed: "I was so disappointed it finished.

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"I thought there was no reason really why it should have, and that it could have gone on a great deal longer. I think it should still be on now."