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Season 5 – New Tricks

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A BBC production, "New Tricks" dramatizes the work of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad, led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman and three previously retired police officers -- Gerry Standing, Jack Halford and Brian Lane -- whom Pullman recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.

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New Tricks — Season 5

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Roy Mitchell

Creator

Nigel McCrery

Creator

Amanda Redman

Sandra Pullman

Dennis Waterman

Gerry Standing

James Bolam

Jack Halford

Alun Armstrong

Brian Lane

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jul 7, 2008 Spare Parts Ricky Hanson is in court for attempting to murder Jack. Jack must cope with meeting his nemesis in court. Details Episode 2 Aired Jul 14, 2008 Final Curtain The team returns to the 1992 case of actor Michael Austin, shot dead by his wife on stage during an opening-night performance; Halford goes AWOL after the trial for his attempted murder. Details Episode 3 Aired Jul 21, 2008 A Face for Radio When Pullman and Standing refuse to work with the new team member, Lane continues the search for missing Jack Walford. Details Episode 4 Aired Jul 28, 2008 Loyalties and Royalties The detectives reinvestigate the death of Andy Fletcher, guitarist for the 1970s rock band Bad Faith. Details Episode 5 Aired Aug 4, 2008 Couldn't Organize One Pullman's professional and personal lives collide when a case originally investigated by a colleague of her dead father is reopened. Details Episode 6 Aired Aug 11, 2008 Magic, Majestic The team investigate 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, sending him down a destructive path. Details Episode 7 Aired Aug 18, 2008 Communal Living As Brian Lane struggles to control his desire to drink, he finds refuge at the center of the team's investigation into the death of a student. Details Episode 8 Aired Aug 25, 2008 Mad Dogs The team fall foul of the Ministry of Defense when they look into the death of a British soldier, and Esther is devastated as Brian struggles to conquer his old demons. Details

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Season Info

Director
Martyn Friend, Dermot Boyd, Rob Evans, Julian Simpson
Creator
Roy Mitchell, Nigel McCrery
Executive Producer
Tom Sherry, Alex Graham
Screenwriter
Nigel McCrery, Roy Mitchell, Lisa Holdsworth, Paul Rutman, Nicholas Hopkins, Douglas Watkinson
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Crime, Drama, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Jul 7, 2008