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New Tricks

A team of retired former detectives with over 80 years service between them and three very distinct personalities is recruited to re-examine unsolved crimes. The squad is headed up by Sandra Pullman - a detective in disgrace after bungling a hostage situation.
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  1. S1 E1 - Pilot
    January 25, 2003
    1 h 26 min
    TV-14
    A team of retired former detectives with over 80 years service between them and three very distinct personalities is recruited to re-examine unsolved crimes. Adapting to the new touchy-feely 21st-century police strategies - not to mention working under a tough woman with her future on the line - isn't easy, as the three discover with plenty of comic results.
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  2. S1 E2 - Episode 1
    March 31, 2004
    52min
    TV-14
    The UCOS team investigate the brutal unsolved murder of a young police woman. But as Pullman struggles to keep the boys under control, it becomes clear that this case is more personal than she's letting on. Phillip Sheppard was charged with the murder, but maintains his innocence to this day.
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  3. S1 E3 - Episode 2
    April 7, 2004
    52min
    TV-14
    The discovery of a fake painting in the Queen's art collection sends the UCOS team on a hush hush mission to uncover the forger. Their investigations swiftly uncover a trail of high class frauds and suspicious deaths, but also lead to suspension for one of the squad.
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  4. S1 E4 - Episode 3
    April 14, 2004
    52min
    TV-14
    The UCOS team investigate the 20-year-old murder of Josh Livesey, a young peace protestor, killed at the outskirts of a nuclear base in 1984. Is the killer one of the four secretive friends he camped with, or is the team in danger of exposing a Special Branch cover up?
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  5. S1 E5 - Episode 4
    April 21, 2004
    51min
    TV-14
    The apparent suicide of a teenager from two decades ago leads the UCOS team to Wellesley Park golf club, a stronghold of snobbish male chauvinism. Talented junior golfer Ken Rodger was suspected of killing a child with a golf club, but hanged himself before he could face trial. Was he the real culprit?
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  6. S1 E6 - Episode 5
    April 28, 2004
    51min
    TV-14
    When a missing person case which Lane originally investigated gets re-activated, he's determined to crack it. But when the team swiftly uncover another two mysterious disappearances, they start to think they've got a serial killer on their hands. Can Lane finally lay the case to rest?
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  7. S1 E7 - Episode 6
    May 5, 2004
    52min
    TV-14
    When a desperate Halford visits a clairvoyant in the hope of contacting his dead wife, he's instead contacted by a young girl who disappeared some twenty years ago. Meanwhile the boys become paranoid when they're put through their paces: is someone out to close down UCOS?
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Content advisory
Violencesubstance usealcohol usesmokingfoul languagesexual content
Audio languages
English
Subtitles
English [CC]
Directors
Graham TheakstonJon EastJuliet MayMartyn Friend
Producers
Gina CronkTom Sherry
Cast
Alun ArmstrongAmanda RedmanDennis Waterman
Studio
BBC Studios
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