GO AHEAD PUNK...MAKE MY GRAVY (24/11/04)

OXO ad mum Lynda Bellingham takes stock of a tense situation in The Bill – by pulling out a gun.

Lynda, famed for the long-running ads, plays vice queen Irene Radford who takes Insp. Gina Gold hostage in a Christmas cliff-hanger.

She hits the ground as shots ring out and viewers are left wondering if she survives.

Evil cop Gabriel Kent (Todd Carty) is also hit on December 14. Bosses refuse to tell who lives.