New Tricks Episode Guide

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Episode Guide

New Tricks: Season 6 (2009)

  • Season 6 Episode 8: Meat Is Murder

    Gerry is forced to confront his past when the team reinvestigates the 33-year-old murder of a doctor, who was found hanging from a meat hook on a butcher's stall at Smithfield Market. The butcher went missing on the same day, and since then the community has rallied to help his widow Julia keep the business afloat. However, his recently discovered remains reveal a match to an unidentified person and lead to a shocking revelation for Sandra. Guest starring Ken Farrington, David Calder and Diana Quick, with Amanda Redman and Alun Armstrong

  • Season 6 Episode 7: Blood Is Thicker Than Water

    Jack intervenes in a dispute aboard a luxury yacht, where a wealthy property developer is confronted by a woman who believes he is to blame for a boating collision in which one his business rivals was killed. Her father, whose tug was involved in the incident, was implicated in a civil action brought by the dead man's widow and, claiming there is a new witness, she tries to enlist the team's help to clear her father's name. Guest starring Barbara Flynn and James Weber Brown

  • Season 6 Episode 6: The Last Laugh

    Gerry celebrates his birthday at a comedy club, where a controversial act comes under fire from a group of hecklers. Sandra discovers the most vocal member of the gang is the niece of a political activist who went missing 25 years previously after waging a campaign against the comedian. Agreeing to reinvestigate the disappearance, the squad discovers that the activist and her boyfriend had infiltrated an extreme right-wing group with links to the dangerous criminal who murdered Jack's wife. Guest starring Phil Daniels, Joe Absolom and John Henshaw

  • Season 6 Episode 5: Death of a Timeshare Salesman

    The squad re-investigates the death of a timeshare magnate, previously thought to have committed suicide, when a reformed call girl claims she was with him the night he died and saw someone force their way into his house as she left. It then emerges the deceased's widow has fallen on hard times since being swindled by her late husband's business partner - who is connected to a notorious criminal. Guest starring Shane Richie, Naomi Bentley and Claire Rushbrook

  • Season 6 Episode 4: Shadow Show

    When clips of an actor being assaulted in a 1990 movie are posted on the internet, the squad reopens the investigation into her disappearance and the murder of the film's producer. Director Don Maddox features in the footage, but when questioned, he appears to have problems distinguishing fact from fiction. A potential witness is then found dead, and Brian and Jack are seconded to the unit handling the case, only to find Emily Driscoll (Dennis Waterman's daughter Hannah) is heading the operation. Imogen Stubbs and Sandra Dickinson also guest star

  • Season 6 Episode 3: Fresh Starts

    Gerry and the team agree to help a man who believes his wife is still alive, even though she supposedly died 18 months earlier in a car accident. They decide the best way to convince him is to have her exhumed - only to be faced with more questions than answers when it turns out the husband was right and the body is not hers after all. Meanwhile, Brian needs to find a handyman when Esther bans him from his latest DIY project. Hugh Dennis and Samuel West guest star

  • Season 6 Episode 2: The Truth Is Out There

    Jack examines a case previously undertaken by a deceased colleague, who was convinced that the alleged suicide of a journalist was a cover-up by the American government. Enlisting the help of a UFO-spotter, the team discovers the reporter witnessed a mysterious air crash near a US Air Force base, and the retired officers try to track down the original personnel to get some answers. Guest starring Mark Williams, Glynis Barber, Michael Brandon and Raquel Cassidy

  • Season 6 Episode 1: The War Against Drugs

    A reluctant Brian enters an addiction centre run by monks to treat his alcoholism, but soon becomes bored and looks for a distraction. He finds one when a chance remark reopens an investigation into the death of a heroin user nine years previously. Sandra and the rest of the team soon join Brian and it's not long before Gerry decides to go undercover as a sex addict to help reveal the truth. Richard Wilson and Fay Ripley guest star

New Tricks: Season 5 (2008)

  • Season 5 Episode 8: Mad Dogs

    Jack and Strickland form an unlikely alliance that sees them break the rules to find out why a British soldier died while taking part in a Ministry of Defence medical trial. With three of the man's colleagues now suffering from psychological, drink or memory problems, the team consider whether he died as a result of the experiment, or if he was a victim of an Army cover-up. Last in series

  • Season 5 Episode 7: Communal Living

    The unexplained death of a university student who disappeared before his body was found is reinvestigated when the deceased's mother discovers her son had secretly spent time at a commune. While Sandra becomes suspicious of the community's way of life, Brian embraces its sense of freedom - but even he has to concede life there isn't what it seems when the body of a pimp is uncovered. Sylvia Syms guest stars

  • Season 5 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

    The team investigates the death of a man originally thought to have been killed by his hypnotised wife. Brian confronts the magician named in a tip-off and becomes embroiled in a battle of wits, while Gerry, sceptical of the phenomenon, agrees to be put under the spell of an expert at the Magic Circle - with disturbing results. Sam Kelly and Kevin Eldon guest star

  • Season 5 Episode 5: Couldn't Organise One

    The team reopens a case originally worked on by a corrupt colleague of Sandra's father, leading the detective to seek the truth about her family's shady past in a decision that puts pressure on the relationship with her mother. Brian investigates a suspicious death at a brewery, while Gerry and Jack take the time to enjoy its fruits

  • Season 5 Episode 4: Loyalties and Royalties

    The team investigates the apparent suicide of a Seventies guitarist following the deathbed confession of a witness. Strickland, a fan of the rock star's band, reveals himself to be a keen musician, while Brian tracks down Jack and persuades the veteran detective to rejoin UCOS. Roger Lloyd Pack and George Costigan guest star

  • Season 5 Episode 3: Face for Radio

    The team investigate an arson attack on an Eighties music station which resulted in the death of a controversial DJ, and also look into the suicide of the station's owner shortly afterwards. Strickland seeks a permanent replacement for the absent Halford, but Pullman and Standing call his bluff

  • Season 5 Episode 2: Final Curtain

    The inclusion of a letter in a late actor's biography reopens an old case for the team - but reliving the past threatens to be too much for the widow who was accidentally responsible for his death. DAC Strickland's cocky nephew lends his assistance, but his affections for Pullman bring out the worst in Standing and Lane. Dexter Fletcher and Claire Bloom guest star

  • Season 5 Episode 1: Spare Parts

    New series of the detective drama, starring Amanda Redman, James Bolam, Alun Armstrong and Dennis Waterman. Jack's mind is not on the job as Ricky Hanson faces trial for attempting to murder him and threatens to discredit the squad. However, when an old friend asks him to reinvestigate the murder of a wealthy businessman, he, Brian and Gerry spring into action. David Troughton guest stars

New Tricks: Season 4 (2007)

  • Season 4 Episode 8: Big Topped

    Sandra loses her trust in the team when she discovers they have withheld information concerning her father from her. The revelation that he committed suicide while under investigation for corruption causes the detective to doubt all she took for granted, but she tries to set her feelings aside when she is asked to look into the death of a circus ringmaster. Ian McNeice and Sheila Hancock guest. Last in series

  • Season 4 Episode 7: Father's Pride

    The team reopen a 20-year-old case when a camera and film belonging to a photographic lab assistant murdered in 1987 are found in a Soho pub toilet. New evidence leads the detectives into the dark underside of the modelling world and to the door of a professional footballer. Meanwhile, Brian's erratic behaviour takes an alarming turn and Gerry is less than happy when his daughter Emily (played by Dennis Waterman's real-life daughter Hannah) joins the team and looks to Sandra as a role model

  • Season 4 Episode 6: Buried Treasure

    A body is found, prompting two people to confess to murder. When tests show the corpse is more than 600 years old, the team must discover why the pair took responsibility for a crime they couldn't possibly have committed and if they are in fact the perpetrators of other killings. Alun Armstrong and James Bolam star

  • Season 4 Episode 5: Powerhouse

    The team reinvestigate the 50-year-old murder of Frederick Tully, a young wages clerk at Battersea Power Station. The detectives discover new evidence that leads them to doubt the man executed for the crime was guilty,and question the validity of the original case against him. Drama, guest starring George Cole and Roy Hudd

  • Season 4 Episode 4: Nine Lives

    The team reopens the investigation into the undetermined death of an elderly woman, whose decision to leave her estate to her cats sparked a family feud. When the deceased's pets die, her money and property reverts to the relatives, leaving the detectives with no choice but to get to the bottom of her mysterious demise. Drama, guest starring comedian Eric Sykes, former EastEnders star Lindsey Coulson and Goodnight Sweetheart's Victor McGuire

  • Season 4 Episode 3: Ducking and Diving

    An armoured security van is discovered at the bottom of a lake, and the team make a link to a disappearance 17 years ago and an unsolved murder, prompting them to re-open the case. Sandra Pullman feels she is making progress after finding the offending weapon, but suffers a setback when a key witness is killed. Detective drama, starring Amanda Redman

  • Season 4 Episode 2: God's Waiting Room

    Sandra's private and professional worlds become intertwined when her mother has a fall that means she needs to go into a care home and her first choice is revealed to be the scene of a suspicious death a year earlier. Jack, Gerry and Brian decide to go undercover at the home. Drama, guest starring June Whitfield, Sheila Hancock and Gwyneth Strong

  • Season 4 Episode 1: Casualty

    Sandra takes drastic measures to prevent Jack exacting revenge on the hit-and-run driver who killed his wife. With the team's future under threat, she tries desperately to keep the truth about the incident from shady new recruit DS Karen Hardwick, while working on a 10-year-old murder case to restore the squad's reputation. Amanda Redman and Lynda Bellingham star

New Tricks: Season 3 (2006 - 2007)

  • Season 3 Episode 8: Congratulations

    A young man wrongly convicted of burning down his school is released, and seeks Halford's help in tracking down the real culprit. Standing meets a woman who claims to be his daughter (played by Dennis Waterman's real-life daughter Hannah) but Lane is not convinced she's telling the truth. Pullman is offered a promotion to become head of the Murder Squad. Kevin Whately guest stars

  • Season 3 Episode 7: Ice-Cream Wars

    The squad investigates a long-running feud between two family ice-cream businesses, which resulted in a shooting and several armed raids 10 years ago. Standing enlists the aid of his daughter in cracking the case, and she discovers evidence of drug dealing - but Pullman does not approve of her involvement. With Dennis Waterman and Amanda Redman, alongside guest star Jodie Kelly

  • Season 3 Episode 6: Bank Robbery

    A police informant resurfaces after 17 years on the run, and claims to have information implicating a former crook-turned-celebrity (guest star Steven Berkoff) in an unsolved armed robbery. Pullman accompanies Strickland to the Hero of the Year Awards, where the recipient of the title is an old rival of Standing's - who is brought in to work on the case

  • Season 3 Episode 5: Wicca Work

    The team reopen the 10-year-old murder of a librarian who also belonged to a witches' coven, and attempt to track down the other members of the group. Halford has visions of his dead wife, and becomes convinced he has been cursed, while Lane starts to suspect the killing may have been part of a human sacrifice. With guest star Stephanie Beacham

  • Season 3 Episode 4: Diamond Geezers

    A notorious criminal suspected of murdering a police informant returns to the country, prompting Pullman to reopen the case. While Halford feels responsible for not preventing the victim's death at the time, Standing finds his past indiscretions coming back to haunt him. However, evidence emerges that the crook's henchman may be concealing dark secrets from his boss. Patrick Malahide and Christopher Fairbank guest

  • Season 3 Episode 3: Old Dogs

    A dog is found killed in a manner that matches a series of animal slayings from 30 years ago. The team reopen the case, but the cruelty of the crimes affects Lane's judgement - especially when his own pet dies. Halford's deteriorating health causes concern for his colleagues, and a visit to a museum leads to an alarming discovery. Richard Briers guest stars

  • Season 3 Episode 2: Dockers

    The team are asked to reinvestigate the 1975 death of a union leader, whose body was found in the Thames. As they delve deeper into the case, a financial scandal involving misappropriated funds is uncovered and a Labour peer points the finger of suspicion at the victim's deputy, but Brian's increasingly erratic behaviour threatens to hamper the inquiry. Frances Barber, Kenneth Cranham and Dave Hill guest star

  • Season 3 Episode 1: Lady's Pleasure

    A car in which a teacher was murdered five years ago is returned to its owner - the victim's husband. Pullman reopens the unsolved case, hoping to track down the dead woman's secret lover, who is known to have had a small tattoo - a clue that eventually leads to a male prostitute. Detective drama, starring Amanda Redman, James Bolam, Dennis Waterman and Alun Armstrong

New Tricks: Season 2 (2005)

  • Season 2 Episode 8: EPISODE: 8

    A Home Office pathologist joins the team to help discover the identity of a dead girl found in woodland in 1987. The detectives trace her origins back to the Highlands of Scotland, uncovering evidence of syphilis and a possible connection with local aristocrat Lady Deeley. Meanwhile, Lane confronts his fears by revisiting the crime scene. Detective drama, guest starring Timothy West and Jane Asher

  • Season 2 Episode 7: EPISODE: 7

    The team investigates the kidnapping of two boys in 1979, which it believes could be linked to a recent spate of disappearances. The youngsters involved in the earlier case escaped - though their abductor was never found. Fearing they may be on the trail of a serial killer, the detectives also uncover a link with another unsolved case - the assault on a champion fisherman

  • Season 2 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

    Standing loses £10,000 in a high-stakes poker game - but his opponent, a bookmaker, agrees to write off the debt if the detective can bring his father's killer to justice. Lane helps him uncover a connection with the case of a champion greyhound abducted in the 1980s, and a map comes to light that appears to lead to the missing dog's grave. Meanwhile, a dead man's widow mounts a protest outside the station

  • Season 2 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

    Halford is approached by an old friend who has discovered a diamond worth millions in the flat of a man who died more than 20 years ago. It transpires that the precious stone was stolen in a safety deposit box heist, but the dead man's passport shows he was out of the country when the crime was committed. Delving deeper into his past, the team discover some well-concealed secrets - including a daughter who's still unaware of her true parentage - and track down the prime suspect in the original jewel theft

  • Season 2 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

    A tabloid editor approaches the detectives, claiming to have evidence implicating world-famous celebrity chef Kitty Campbell in the murder of her husband Bertie during the 1960s. A former assistant of the culinary couple claims Bertie was gay, and that she killed him for fear of a scandal wrecking her career. Halford is convinced they are being taken for a ride, but Lane's wife spots a vital clue in one of Kitty's old cookery shows. Honor Blackman and Stephen Tompkinson guest star

  • Season 2 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

    The team reopen a 1992 abduction case when the woman who disappeared turns up alive and well, claiming she was never kidnapped in the first place. Halford suspects the apparent victim's mother of faking the incident to get her ex-husband to pay the ransom. However, the case is complicated further when she threatens to sue the police. Drama, starring Amanda Redman, James Bolam and Dennis Waterman

  • Season 2 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

    The unsolved-crime squad reopen the case of an Asian woman who was attacked eight years ago, and has been in a coma ever since. They enlist the aid of a community liaison officer and uncover conflict in the victim's family, as well as a possible connection with the disappearance of a private detective. Nina Wadia, Keith Allen and Navin Chowdhry guest star

  • Season 2 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

    The squad have a new boss, who orders them to look into the unsolved murder of a barrister found bound and gagged in his car 25 years ago. The case was a rare failure for a former chief inspector, although his notes point to a very clear suspect. As they uncover the late advocate's unusual hobbies, they gradually learn exactly what happened. Anita Dobson, Jenny Agutter and Keith Barron guest star

New Tricks: Season 1 (2003 - 2004)

  • Season 1 Episode 6: EPISODE: 6

    Halford visits a clairvoyant in the hope of making contact with his dead wife, but instead receives a message from a teenage girl who was abducted and left to die in a transport container in 1982. Despite the unconventional nature of the new evidence, Pullman agrees to reopen the investigation. The ageing detectives become convinced it will be their final case when they are ordered to report for physical and psychological evaluation. James Bolam, Amanda Redman and Robert Bathurst star

  • Season 1 Episode 5: EPISODE: 5

    The discovery of a blood-stained pair of hot pants results in the team being asked to reinvestigate the 1971 disappearance of a mother and her six-month-old son. Lane, who worked on the original case, quickly identifies the victim's husband as the chief suspect, but when Halford and Standing learn that two other women went missing in the area on the same day, they begin to wonder if they are really looking for a serial killer. Alun Armstrong and Dennis Waterman star

  • Season 1 Episode 4: EPISODE: 4

    A dying man asks the team to clear the name of his son, a talented junior golfer who committed suicide after being implicated in the murder of a 10-year-old boy. The team are aided in their investigation by a former chief superintendent who admits she always had doubts about the teenager's guilt, but the committee members of the exclusive golf club where the victim's body was discovered prove reluctant to help the officers with their inquiries. Isla Blair and Cheri Lunghi guest star

  • Season 1 Episode 3: EPISODE: 3

    The team are given the task of re-examining the unsolved case of peace protester Josh Livesey, found dead near a Nato base in 1984, when one of his former friends is locked up in Broadmoor for murder. Other campaigners claimed innocence at the time, but refused to co-operate with police, blaming the death on Secret Service skulduggery. A recovered film shows that a section of the wire fence at the camp was replaced the night Livesey died, and a Special Branch officer admits his people moved the victim's body, though he insists there was no conspiracy. Detective drama, starring Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman and Dennis Waterman

  • Season 1 Episode 2: EPISODE: 2

    The team have to draw on all their powers of detection and discretion when a painting in the Queen's private collection is found to be a fake - and all the clues lead to an art forger and political activist who seemingly committed suicide after a fire destroyed his studio. Meanwhile, prospective grandfather Standing feels his age when he has to sell his beloved Triumph Stag to buy his pregnant daughter a pushchair, though an encounter with an attractive widow puts the spring back in his step. Anthony Head guest stars alongside Dennis Waterman and Amanda Redman

  • Season 1 Episode 1: EPISODE: 1

    The team are asked to reinvestigate the murder of a policewoman some 17 years previously - a case which proves to be uncomfortably close to home for Pullman. Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, James Bolam and Alun Armstrong star

New Tricks: Pilot

  • Pilot Episode 1: Pilot

    Pilot episode of the crime drama, starring Amanda Redman as Superintendent Sandra Pullman, a rising star of the Met who is sidelined after a failed hostage rescue. Put in charge of a new department, she is dismayed to discover the unit is to be manned by a motley crew of old-school former detectives who know little about modern police procedure. However, when they re-examine the case of a man whose conviction for murder 20 years ago has just been overturned, their combined experience and unorthodox methods bring interesting results. Alun Armstrong, Dennis Waterman and James Bolam play Redman's veteran team, with Jon Finch, Tim Woodwork and Philip Bretherton