PC Barry Stringer is a character from The Bill PC Barry Stringer was a Midlands born copper who brought a different accent to Sun Hill and a different approach from some of his mates - liberal-minded, non-racist, non-sexist, he treated everyone from the same neutral distance. He was involved in one of Sun Hill's most incident-filled days. A kid on drugs stabbed Sergeant Alec Peters as Stringer was driving back to Sun Hill to get a faulty radio fixed. The boy ran into Barry's car, was injured but ran on. Barry - knowing nothing of the stabbing - jumped out to help the injured youth, but the boy kept going and finally ran into a disused power station. More than 150 feet above the ground, the two men struggled, with a snarling guard dog below them. Barry fell off a ledge but managed to save h