Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, James Bolam and
Alun Armstrong star as an unlikely team of crack detectives
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New Tricks
Fridays at 9pm,
repeats Sundays at 11pm
A gang of four detectives take on cold cases in this BBC drama, New Tricks, digging around in the murk of kidnappings, theft and murder. Even one of the detective's dogs gets in on the action, digging up a skeleton with it and the long-since dead search for a murderer. The series is complete with the must-haves of modern crime dramas: high tech sleuthing and office politics.
Want to catch up on the details of each detective's career and private life? Then check out Wikipedia's entry on the series, where tidbits including Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman's adulterous past, how Detective Jack Halford's wife died, corruption charges against Detective Gerry Standing, and Detective Brian Lane's fight with alcoholism.