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New Tricks

  • TV-PG
  • 2004–2015
  • 12 seasons
  • Drama, Comedy
  • 7.3

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.

Episodes

After a hostage rescue goes wrong, superintendent Sandra Pullman is put in charge of unsolved crimes. With little resources and no back-up she decides to recruit three ex policeman. However times have changed, unlike her new recruits. Jack Halford is yet to get over the loss of his wife, Brian Lane is over obsessed and over medicated, and Gerry Standing is not quite the ladies man he used to be. They may have the experience but it's not like the old days. Not only are they chasing criminals, but they are having to deal with a new police force which does not always appreciate their old style policing.

8 episodes
  1. 1The War Against Drugs

    60 minJul 16, 2009

    Brian Lane enters rehab to treat his alcoholism, but the rest of the team soon join him.

  2. 2The Truth Is Out There

    60 minJul 23, 2009

    The team find themselves at the centre of a shocking cover-up.

  3. 3Fresh Starts

    60 minJul 30, 2009

    The team exhumes the body of a car crash victim after claims she has been seen alive.

  4. 4Shadow Show

    60 minAug 6, 2009

    UCOS are forced to re-open the investigation into producer Max Stone's death.

  5. 5Death of a Timeshare Salesman

    60 minAug 13, 2009

    The UCOS team find themselves reinvestigating the death of a well-known timeshare magnate.

  6. 6The Last Laugh

    60 minAug 20, 2009

    The team reinvestigate the disappearance of two young political activists.

  7. 7Blood Is Thicker Than Water

    60 minAug 27, 2009

    UCOS reinvestigate a high-profile riverboat disaster on the Thames after a new witness comes forward claiming the collision was the result of sabotage, rather than an accident. But the case means putting DAC Strickland's wealthy sailing chums under the investigation spotlight; what better motivation could the team have?

  8. 8Meat Is Murder

    60 minSep 3, 2009

    As the series comes to an end, the desiccated, neatly carved-up body of a butcher who disappeared more than 30 years ago is discovered, leading Sandra Pullman and her boys to pay a visit to Smithfield meat market in London, the original murder scene. It's a pity the butcher is dead, because he has a few questions to answer about why the body of a doctor was found hanging from a meat hook all those years ago at the back of his market stall. It's an episode peppered with revelations. We discover Gerry Standing's very interesting family history - he's descended from French Huguenots and is thus tormented by his colleagues for being a fake cockney, much to his annoyance: "Je suis ang-bleedingglais!" he protests. But it's Sandra who has to face up to a startling personal disclosure that has a direct bearing on the case and also throws a whole new light on her father. For once Gerry, Brian and Jack are left completely speechless.

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Series cast

Dennis WatermanGerry Standing107 episodes
Amanda RedmanSandra Pullman87 episodes
James BolamJack Halford87 episodes
Alun ArmstrongBrian Lane87 episodes
Tamzin OuthwaiteSasha Miller50 episodes
Denis LawsonSteve McAndrew40 episodes
Anthony CalfRobert Strickland34 episodes
Susan JamesonEsther Lane33 episodes
Nicholas LyndhurstDanny Griffin30 episodes
Storme ToolisHolly Griffin11 episodes
Chiké OkonkwoPC Clark7 episodes
Heather JamesAlison4 episodes
Sheila HancockGrace Pullman4 episodes
Patrick Baladi3 episodes
Hannah Waterman3 episodes
Barnaby KayNed Hancock3 episodes
David TroughtonRicky Hanson3 episodes
Ian Bartholomew2 episodes

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