Unsolved crimes, 21st century ideas... light-hearted crime drama

New Tricks

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.

New Tricks - Series 1 - Episode 1

Episode 1

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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.

New Tricks - Series 1 - Episode 2

Episode 2

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.

New Tricks - Series 1 - Episode 3

Episode 3

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.

New Tricks - Series 1 - Episode 4

Episode 4

From the discovery of a new motive in the killing of a college lecturer, to the tracing of a missing child, the team finds a way through the detail that eluded the original officers.

New Tricks - Series 1 - Episode 5

Episode 5

New Tricks - Series 1 - Episode 6

Episode 6

Series 1

The team are tasked with investigating the death of a notorious highcourt barrister, David Barrie, found trussed up in his car twenty years earlier.

New Tricks - Series 2 - Episode 1

UCOS take to the streets of Southall to try and track down the attacker of a young Asian woman, left lying in a coma after a vicious beating.

New Tricks - Series 2 - Episode 2

A bungled murder case involving a misidentified young girl is re-investigated by the team. Hannah Taylor was abducted, and presumed dead, but UCOS swiftly discover that she is, in fact, still alive.

New Tricks - Series 2 - Episode 3

The team are approached by a tabloid newspaper editor, claiming that a world famous celebrity chef callously murdered her husband. Is his story pure fantasy or does her squeaky clean public image mask a terrible secret?

New Tricks - Series 2 - Episode 4

When an old friend of Halford's brings the team a priceless red diamond, they find themselves re-investigating a multi million pound jewellery heist.

New Tricks - Series 2 - Episode 5

When Gerry loses badly at poker, he agrees to pay back the debt by investigating the suspicious death of a bookie. Soon the team are plunged into the world of greyhound racing.

New Tricks - Series 2 - Episode 6

UCOS re-open the unsolved abduction of two ten year old boys, alerted by the similiarities with the reign of terror of a current serial killer.

New Tricks - Series 2 - Episode 7

Episode 7

The team are set their toughest challenge yet: discovering the identity of a murder victim from just her torso.

New Tricks - Series 2 - Episode 8

Episode 8

Series 2

Pullman is forced to re-investigate a case that has always haunted her. Nancy Murray, a suburban housewife, lost control of her car and plunged through a restaurant window, dying instantly.

Lady's Pleasure

New Tricks - Series 3 - Episode 1

1. Lady's Pleasure

The team investigate the suspicious death of Joe Walsh, a union firebrand, found drowned in 1975. Did Joe's militant views land him in trouble with the authorities? Or was the killer part of his trusted inner circle?

Dockers

New Tricks - Series 3 - Episode 2

2. Dockers

When a serial dog killer starts stalking local parks, the team are reluctantly forced into taking on the case. The killer's first reign of terror was thirty years ago - what can possibly have triggered the latest spate of attacks?

Old Dogs

New Tricks - Series 3 - Episode 3

3. Old Dogs

The team go after vicious criminal Chopper Hadley, back in the country for just one week. But when Halford is subjected to a vicious campaign of intimidation, the squad start to realise just how dangerous their target really is.

Diamond Geezers

New Tricks - Series 3 - Episode 4

4. Diamond Geezers

The team set off on the trail of Ray Cook, a legendary criminal turned prime time celebrity. Was Cook responsible for a notorious bank job which left a cashier dead, or is he as innocent as he claims?

Bank Robbery

New Tricks - Series 3 - Episode 6

6. Bank Robbery

The team investigate the mysterious case of the ice cream bandit, an armed robber who targetted the vans of two feuding ice cream manufacturers in the mid 1990s.

Ice Cream Wars

New Tricks - Series 3 - Episode 7

7. Ice Cream Wars

Pullman struggles to keep the boys in line as their chequered pasts begin to catch up with them. While Halford puts himself in grave danger, determined to nail a vicious criminal who has so far eluded him.

Congratulations

New Tricks - Series 3 - Episode 8

8. Congratulations

Series 3

Jack Halford decides to take revenge against his wife's killer by running him down, but luckily Pullman and the team manage to crash into him before he succeeds.

Casualty

New Tricks - Series 4 - Episode 1

1. Casualty

Sandra Pullman's infuriating mother Grace needs to go into a home, but the one she has chosen has recently had a suspicious and unsolved death.

God's Waiting Room

New Tricks - Series 4 - Episode 2

2. God's Waiting Room

The discovery of an armoured security van involved in the disappearance of one person and the unsolved murder of another provides the impetus for the team to look into the case again.

Ducking and Diving

New Tricks - Series 4 - Episode 3

3. Ducking and Diving

When an elderly lady's body is discovered, part consumed by her hordes of cats, the death is dismissed as a tragic accident.

Nine Lives

New Tricks - Series 4 - Episode 4

4. Nine Lives

The family of one of the last men to be hanged in Britain claim that he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice due to police corruption.

Power House

New Tricks - Series 4 - Episode 5

5. Power House

When Brian Lane's dog finds a body on a common, it prompts two people to confess to murder. But the body turns out to be over 600 years old.

Buried Treasure

New Tricks - Series 4 - Episode 6

6. Buried Treasure

The chance discovery of a camera and several rolls of film hidden in a pub toilet, leads the team to re-open the unsolved case of a young man who was murdered whilst working in a photography shop.

Father's Pride

New Tricks - Series 4 - Episode 7

7. Father's Pride

The team face the challenge of explaining the death of a circus ringmaster who burned to death in his caravan.

Big Topped

New Tricks - Series 4 - Episode 8

8. Big Topped

Series 4

Jack Halford confronts his Nemesis in court when Ricky Hanson stands trial for his attempted murder, and Gerry Standing faces the consequences of lying to his daughter Emily.

Spare Parts

New Tricks - Series 5 - Episode 1

1. Spare Parts

The team investigates the 1992 case of actor Michael Austin, shot dead on stage by his wife on opening night.

Final Curtain

New Tricks - Series 5 - Episode 2

2. Final Curtain

The team reopens the murder case of popular DJ Johnny Deacon, who died live on air following an arson attack at '80s music station Roxy Radio.

A Face for Radio

New Tricks - Series 5 - Episode 3

3. A Face for Radio

Gerry Standing meets his heroes, '70s rock band Bad Faith, when the team reinvestigates the death of lead guitarist Andy Fletcher. Meanwhile, Brian is determined to prevent the disbanding of UCOS and tries to persuade Jack to return.

Loyalties and Royalties

New Tricks - Series 5 - Episode 4

4. Loyalties and Royalties

Investigating the death of the Chief Brewer at Felspar's Brewery proves to be rather intoxicating for the boys. For Pullman, the case has a more personal agenda as she learns some difficult truths about her dead father.

Couldn't Organise One

New Tricks - Series 5 - Episode 5

5. Couldn't Organise One

The team investigates the art of illusion when they reopen a case involving a magic trick that ended in murder. But powerful mind games and hypnosis prove a dangerous mix for Brian Lane.

Magic Majestic

New Tricks - Series 5 - Episode 6

6. Magic Majestic

Struggling to control and conceal his desire to drink again, Brian finds the perfect refuge in a commune at the centre of the team's investigation into the death of a university student.

Communal Living

New Tricks - Series 5 - Episode 7

7. Communal Living

Ministry of Defence spooks try to silence the UCOS team when it reinvestigates the death of British soldier Eric Trimble, and Brian breaks Esther's heart as he loses his battle against his old demons.

Mad Dog

New Tricks - Series 5 - Episode 8

8. Mad Dog

Series 5

Brian Lane reluctantly goes into rehab to treat his alcoholism, but a chance remark leads the rest of the UCOS team to join him as they re-investigate the death of a heroin addict at the clinic nine years earlier.

The War Against Drugs

New Tricks - Series 6 - Episode 1

1. The War Against Drugs

Conspiracy theories about UFOs and US Government cover-ups confront the UCOS team when the detectives reopen a case involving the suspected suicide of respected journalist Peter Edelmann.

The Truth Is Out There

New Tricks - Series 6 - Episode 2

2. The Truth Is Out There

David Fleeting is adamant that he saw his wife in a local playground a year after her supposed death in a car crash. He persuades the UCOS team to exhume her body, and the plot thickens.

Fresh Starts

New Tricks - Series 6 - Episode 3

3. Fresh Starts

When clips of actress Eva Roderick being assaulted in the 1990 film noir Shadow Show are mysteriously posted on the internet, UCOS are forced to re-open the investigation into producer Max Stone's death and Eva's subsequent disappearance.

Shadow Show

New Tricks - Series 6 - Episode 4

4. Shadow Show

When former escort girl Alice Hill finds God and decides to confess her sins, the UCOS team find themselves reinvestigating the death of a well-known timeshare magnate.

Death of a Timeshare Salesman

New Tricks - Series 6 - Episode 5

5. Death of a Timeshare Salesman

The team reinvestigates the disappearance of two young political activists who had waged a very public campaign against racist comedian Ray Harris.

The Last Laugh

New Tricks - Series 6 - Episode 6

6. The Last Laugh

When a new witness comes forward claiming that a high-profile riverboat collision on the Thames was the result of sabotage rather than an accident, the team find themselves investigating DAC Strickland's wealthy sailing chums.

Blood Is Thicker Than Water

New Tricks - Series 6 - Episode 7

7. Blood Is Thicker Than Water

When the murder case of a doctor at Smithfield Market 33 years ago is reopened, Gerry is forced to admit to his past. But it is the results of a routine DNA test that lead Pullman to make a shattering discovery about her own family.

Meat Is Murder

New Tricks - Series 6 - Episode 8

8. Meat Is Murder

Series 6

UCOS reinvestigate the death of a wealthy financier when a psychic tells the dead man's daughter that she needs to resolve some unfinished business on her father's behalf.

Dead Man Talking

New Tricks - Series 7 - Episode 1

1. Dead Man Talking

When the team reinvestigate the death of university professor Dr Richard Symes, Lane finds himself going undercover in his "spiritual home", The London Library.

It Smells of Books

New Tricks - Series 7 - Episode 2

2. It Smells of Books

UCOS reinvestigate the disappearance of five-year-old Yasser Blackledge 25 years ago when a recently released prisoner, John Davies, confesses to his abduction and murder.

Left Field

New Tricks - Series 7 - Episode 3

3. Left Field

UCOS pursue a serial rapist when a recent assault at a bakery is linked to two attacks at a chocolate factory ten years previously.

Dark Chocolate

New Tricks - Series 7 - Episode 4

4. Dark Chocolate

The team reinvestigate the death of celebrated graffiti artist Danny "Flak" Tyler when graffiti claiming "I Killed Flak" starts appearing around London.

Good Morning Lemmings

New Tricks - Series 7 - Episode 5

5. Good Morning Lemmings

The UCOS team reinvestigate the murder of fashion designer Ritchie Levene following an intensive campaign to reopen the case by his ex-wife. But is Sarah Levene's obsession to get justice for her ex-husband born out of love or revenge?

Fashion Victim

New Tricks - Series 7 - Episode 6

6. Fashion Victim

When serious criminal Mark Johnson was killed in a fatal fire at London's Union club in 1996, a wall of silence among witnesses and associates plagued the investigation.

Where There's Smoke

New Tricks - Series 7 - Episode 7

7. Where There's Smoke

The team reinvestigate the 1983 abduction of 18-year-old debutante Barbara Linden-Warner. The daughter of a wealthy British arms manufacturer, Barbara was the apple of her father's eye. But did she pay the ultimate price for her life of privilege?