New Tricks

Disc 1

Episode 1:  Dark Chocolate

After a recent rape is linked to two unsolved attacks at a chocolate factory, the team examines all three cases and discovers even more dark secrets. Meanwhile, Gerry enlists Sandra’s help to quit smoking.

 

Episode 2:  Good Morning Lemmings

Celebrated graffiti artist Danny “Flak” Tyler was murdered four years ago. So why is “I Killed Flak” graffiti suddenly appearing around London? While the team focuses on Flak’s former crew members, Brian’s obsession with Twitter proves distracting.

 

Episode 3:  It Smells of Books

Brian goes undercover at the London Library, his “spiritual home,” to learn what really happened to a cold case victim. When university professor and book lover Richard Symes fell off the roof of his college, was it suicide or murder?

 

Episode 4:  Coming Out Ball

The 1983 abduction of an 18-year-old debutante is a very cold case that just got warmer. A former member of the Irish Republican Front has come forward with new information. Can Sandra and her team learn the truth?

 

Disc 2

Episode 5:  Dead Man Talking

When a psychic tells a dead man’s daughter that her father left unfinished business, the team reinvestigates the death of a wealthy financier. Sandra is convinced the psychic is a fraud—until he reveals a conflict involving her own late father.

 

Episode 6:  Fashion Victim

Eight years prior, fashion designer Ritchie Levene was stabbed to death. There were plenty of suspects, but no evidence. On the eve of a retrospective exhibition of Levene’s work, the team takes another look at the crime.

 

Episode 7:  Left Field

Soon after being released from jail, pedophile John Davies confesses to abducting and killing a 5-year-old boy 25 years earlier. Suspicious of Davies’s motives, the team reopens the case—to prove his innocence, not his guilt.

 

Disc 3

Episode 8:  Gloves Off

A talented young boxer was shot and killed 15 years ago, but the case stalled when the murder weapon was never found. Now that the gun has surfaced, the team reopens the case and learns more than they want to know about professional boxing.

 

Episode 9:  Where There's Smoke

When the team receives new information about a fatal fire, they are drawn into a dangerous criminal underworld. The original investigation was blocked by a wall of silence, which may be crumbling—if a witness can be trusted.

 

Episode 10:  The Fourth Man 

DI Frank Paterson joins the team to reinvestigate a 30-year-old armed robbery during which £10 million were stolen and two guards killed. Paterson’s belief that new evidence points to high-level police corruption puts Sandra’s team in jeopardy.

 

• Behind-the-scenes featurette

• Bloopers

Packaging: Boxed set

Run Time: 582 minutes, plus bonus programming

Format: Widescreen

Number of discs: 3

Language: English

Subtitles: No

Color or B&W: Color

CC: No

SDH: Yes

Region Code: 1

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Rating: NR

“Well-cast cop drama” —The Independent (UK)

“Fresh and clever” —London Evening Standard (UK)

 

“Drama of the highest quality” —The Mail on Sunday (UK)

 

• Behind-the-scenes featurette

Disc 1
Episode 1:Casualty
Jack seeks revenge after learning who killed his wife, but his rash actions put the whole team in the hospital. Sandra suspects that a DCI sent to help her is really a spy, and the team pulls together to reinvestigate a suspicious death.

Episode 2:God’s Waiting Room
Sandra’s personal and professional lives collide when her mother takes ill. After finding a perfect nursing home, she learns that a suicide there may have been a murder. Worried, Sandra ignores orders to leave the case alone.

Episode 3:Ducking and Diving
An armored van found at the bottom of a lake is linked to an unsolved murder and a man’s disappearance. When the team learns that the van was ransacked underwater, Sandra makes a shocking discovery.

Disc 2
Episode 4:Nine Lives
Was a rich old woman murdered, or did she die of natural causes? Much of the evidence disappeared when the body lay undiscovered for two weeks. Meanwhile, the list of suspects includes an angry neighbor and a devoted caregiver.

Episode 5:Powerhouse
A suitcase filled with cash found in an attic reopens a 50-year-old murder case. A man was convicted and hanged for the crime, but as the team reexamines the evidence, clues point to a blackmail plot.

Episode 6:Buried Treasure
After Brian’s dog digs up a human skeleton on the common, a criminal’s widow confesses to murder and a local youth worker is suspiciously curious. Tests on the bones lead the team to wonder if the common hides the remains of more victims.

Disc 3
Episode 7:Curse of Beauty
The discovery of a camera and film in a pub toilet sheds light on a 20-year-old murder case. When the film is developed, the detectives find puzzling images. Meanwhile, Brian goes through a dark time, and Gerry feels snubbed by his own daughter.

Episode 8:Big Topped
Why did a circus ringmaster die, and where are his feet? Sandra’s boss has personal reasons for wanting the case reopened. Sandra also learns more about her father’s death 30 years ago and discovers that her team has kept a devastating secret from her.

Packaging:Boxed set
Run Time:480 minutes
Format:Widescreen
Number of discs:3
Language:English
Subtitles:No
Color or B&W:Color
CC:No
SDH:Yes
Region Code:1
Aspect Ratio:16:9
Rating:NR

"First class entertainment"—Daily Mail(UK)

"Top notch guilty-pleasure viewing"—The Guardian(UK)

"Fresh and clever"—Evening Standard(UK)

"The crime show to watch"—Liverpool Daily Post(UK)

Television and Radio Industries Club Awards, TRIC Award Winner for TV Crime Programme (2009)

Disc 1
Episode 1:Lady’s Pleasure
Five years ago, a teacher died at the wheel of her husband’s prized sports car. Now he wants the car back, inspiring Sandra to reopen the investigation. Her only clue: a photo of a small tattoo in a very private place.

Episode 2:Dockers
Reinvestigating the 1975 death of a union boss, the team steps into a political minefield. Was his death murder or suicide? Did he steal money from the union? And why is a Labour peer so interested?

Episode 3:Old Dogs
With a serial dog killer stalking Hampstead Heath, Sandra and her team dust off a 30-year-old case. The cruelty of the crimes affects Brian’s judgment, especially when his beloved dog, Scruffy, dies.

Disc 2
Episode 4:Diamond Geezers
A notorious criminal returns to England to bury his father, leading the team to reopen the unsolved case of a murdered police informant. The investigation heats up quickly, and Brian goes undercover.

Episode 5:Wicca Work
The team takes a fresh look at the decade-old murder of a librarian when a woman insists witchcraft was involved—the victim had belonged to a coven. Brian suspects human sacrifice, and Jack has visions of his dead wife.

Episode 6:Bank Robbery
After 17 years on the run, an informant surfaces with new evidence about a deadly unsolved robbery. A crook-turned-celebrity proves to be an unwilling suspect, and Gerry must team with an old rival to solve the crime.

Disc 3
Episode 7:Ice Cream Wars
Ten years ago, a feud between two rival ice-cream businesses turned nasty when someone was shot. The original investigation focused on suspects outside of both victims’ families. This time, the team looks closer to home.

Episode 8:Congratulations
New evidence leads to an arsonist’s early release from prison. Free and allegedly reformed, he wants his case reopened to right old wrongs. Meanwhile, a young woman arrives at Gerry’s flat claiming to be his daughter.

• Behind-the-scenes featurette
• Cast filmographies

Packaging:Boxed set
Run Time:463 minutes, plus bonus programming (20 minutes)
Format:Widescreen
Number of discs:3
Language:English
Subtitles:No
Color or B&W:Color
CC:No
SDH:Yes, main program only
Region Code:1
Aspect Ratio:16:9
Rating:NR (Due to music rights, this program has been modified for home video presentation.)

"Excellent crime series"—Daily Mail(UK)

"Enjoyably mischievous"—The Sunday Times(UK)

"Cutting-edge Brit TV"—The Guardian(UK)

"Unstoppable ratings monster"—The Sunday Telegraph(UK)

"The crime show to watch"—Liverpool Daily Post(UK)

Television and Radio Industries Club Awards, TRIC Award Winner for TV Crime Programme (2009)

Episode 1:
New boss Robert Strickland asks the team to re-open the case of David Barrie, a barrister found dead, bound and gagged, in his car in the 1980s. The case was a rare instance of officer in charge Ronnie Ross not getting his man. Chief suspect Michael, now a transsexual called Michaela, had an alibi but Michaela is involved with Elaine Wanless, a former brothel-keeper who reveals the dead man's penchant for bondage. The team is convinced that both know more about the death than they claim.

Episode 2:
UCOS re-opens the case of a woman who has been left comatose for eight years.

Episode 3:
In 1992,18-year old Hannah Taylor was kidnapped and now a body,once believed to be hers, is proven to be another girl's. Hannah's mother Madeline,an ex-alcoholic G.P., is prickly but admits to paying a twenty thousand pound ransom delivered by an-ex cop who was,in fact, her married lover and Jack suspects that this was a scam to part Madeline's former husband from twenty thousand pounds. The mystery intensifies when Jack traces Hannah, now married, who states that she left her mother a note to say she was going to a pop festival where she met her husband. It intensifies even further on the discovery that Madeline already knew Hannah's husband.

Episode 4:
Sandra is approached by a tabloid editor who believes that former TV cookery queen Kitty Campbell poisoned her husband Bertie. Kitty obviously denies this but the Campbells' former assistant reveals that Bertie was a closet gay, much to Kitty's disgust. Esther Lane collapses and Brian realizes the extent to which he depends on her, the more so as, whilst watching archive film of the Campbells, she discovers the key to the mystery.

Episode 5:
A friend of Jack Halford has a diamond that would appear to have been stolen.

Episode 6:
The team is supposed to be investigating the conviction of Stanley Ackerman, whose wife is continually protesting in front of the station. The man was convicted of setting his factory on fire, but Jack sees an number of anomalies in the evidence. But having lost £10,000 in a poker game, Gerry is given the possibility of wiping out the debt when the winner asks him to investigate his father's murder 20 years ago. The man, Joe Jacobs, had been attacked on the street and it was put down to a mugging with no arrests. Gerry tries to investigate the case on his own but his colleagues, including Supt. Sandra Pullman, are soon on to him. Jacobs was in debt to bookie George Morton but they determine that his death was related to the kidnapping of a champion greyhound racing dog.

Episode 7:
The UCOS team investigate the kidnapping of two 10-year old boys over twenty years ago. Brian thinks it may be related to a current spate of kidnappings. What they know is that two boys, Daryl and Alan, were taken while fishing at an old pit. A few days later, they managed to escape unharmed, but the police never made an arrest in the case. One of the survivors agrees to undergo hypnosis that reveals some additional clues. They soon learn that others fishing at the pit were either threatened or attacked over the years, including a champion fisherman who had held the record for catching the largest carp. As Brian spends more and more time by himself fishing at the pit, his wife Esther seeks Sandra Pullman's advice.

Episode 8:
The team investigates the murder of an unidentified young woman who was found in the woods some 18 years previously. The original pathologist on the case, Professor Mears, has kept all of the evidence in the case and has longed for it to be re-opened. He has even given the girl a name, "Millicent". Working with what little information they have - the young woman had red hair and had syphilis - they first seek to identify the girl. She was also cut up by an expert carver. Throughout this time, Gerry Standing is going a bit mad as he has given up gambling but every horse he would have bet on, has won.

Packaging:Boxed set
Run Time:467 minutes
Format:Widescreen
Number of discs:3
Language:English
Subtitles:English
Color or B&W:Color
CC:No
SDH:No
Region Code:1
Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
Rating:NR

"Fresh, original and funny"—The Guardian (U.K.)

"A masterclass in effortless character acting"—The Guardian(U.K.)

"Crack cast"—The Guardian(U.K.)

"Deftly humorous…a treat"—The Independent(London)

"Light-hearted whodunnit…undemanding fun"—The Times(London)

"Stylish, smart, and witty"—Daily Express(U.K.)

"Great comic chemistry…sharp and witty"—The Mirror(London)

"On its way to becoming a national treasure"—Radio Times(U.K.)

Television and Radio Industries Club Awards Winner for TV Crime Programme (2009)

Pilot Episode:
As punishment for messing up a kidnap rescue and shooting a dog in the process Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman is assigned to the newly created unsolved murder squad. Due to a manpower shortage her team is made up of veteran detectives seconded back into the police force who bring a 1970's attitude to modern policing rather than vice versa. The team's first case is to re-investigate a twenty year old murder conviction which has suddenly become unsafe due to police corruption. Sifting through the lies, dubious motives and the police cover up during the first investigation, the unorthodox methods of the dinosaur detectives eventually discover what really happened twenty years ago, clearing up two murders and an armed robbery in the process!

Episode 1:
The team investigate the murder of a policewoman 17 years ago, but what is Sandra's connection, and what secrets from her days at Hendon are revealed?

Episode 2:
Sir Tim is Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures. He discovers that some of the pictures in his charge are fakes. But they never used to be. Was his predecessor making money on the side?

Episode 3:
The team investigate the murder of a young peace protester, killed near a nuclear base in 1984. Was it a cover-up?

Episode 4:
A ten year old boy is killed on a golf course. 20 years later the team investigate but face obstruction from a snobbish golf club committee who struggle to keep women out of the bar and to protect the memory of a Falklands war hero.

Episode 5:
The team investigate the disappearance of an attractive young mum and her six-month old son in the 1970s. They also have to submit to a physical and psychological assessment.

Episode 6:
Jack Halford hopes a clairvoyant will put him in touch with his late wife. Instead he is contacted by a girl who disappeared twenty years earlier.

Packaging:Boxed set
Run Time:437 minutes
Format:Widescreen
Number of discs:3
Language:English
Subtitles:English
Color or B&W:Color
CC:No
SDH:No
Region Code:1
Aspect Ratio:1.78:1
Rating:NR

"Fresh, original and funny"—The Guardian (U.K.)

"A masterclass in effortless character acting"—The Guardian (U.K.)

"Crack cast"—The Guardian (U.K.)

"Deftly humorous…a treat"—The Independent (London)

"Light-hearted whodunnit…undemanding fun"—The Times (London)

"Stylish, smart, and witty"—Daily Express (U.K.)

"Great comic chemistry…sharp and witty"—The Mirror (London)

"On its way to becoming a national treasure"—Radio Times (U.K.)

"It's not hard to see how six seasons later, the show is still going strong in the U.K."—DVD Verdict

Television and Radio Industries Club Awards Winner for TV Crime Programme (2009)