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New Tricks

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 has 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 might have the experience but it's not like the old days. Not only are they chasing criminals, but they are dealing with a new police force which does not always appreciate their old-style policing.

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Cast & Crew See All

Dennis Waterman
Gerry Standing
Amanda Redman
Det. Supt. Sandra Pullman
Alun Armstrong
Brian Lane

Season 12 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Last Man Standing: Part One

59 mins

Gerry is personally involved when the body of Martin Ackroyd, his first inspector when he joined CID, is discovered having been missing for thirty years. Prime suspects are former officers Bryant and McCabe, whom Ackroyd believed to be corrupt and are now involved with career criminal Dominic Chapman, as is Ackroyd's ex-superior Ronald Sainsbury who colludes with them to discredit Gerry. Gerry tracks down Tommy Naylor, another crook the dead man had in his sights and whom Bryant and McCabe unsuccessfully attempted to frame. Gerry decides to take the law into his own hands after his daughter Caitlin is threatened but this only makes him seem guilty of the murder in Sasha's eyes.

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New Tricks: Season 1 (Trailer 1)
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Awards

  • 2009 - TRIC Award - TV Crime Programme - winner
  • 2007 - Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award - Soap/Series (TV) - nominated
  • 2007 - TV Quick Award - Best Actress - nominated
  • 2004 - Emmy - Drama Series - nominated

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