List of New Tricks episodes

New Tricks is a British Drama television which has currently broadcast five series between 2003 and 2008. Series 6 has been commsioned for broadcast in 2009.

Pilot

New Tricks began as a one-off episode, first shown in March 2003, which gained enough viewers for a series.

eries Three

New Tricks was given a double commission, for a third and fourth series to be produced.Series 3 was shown in 2006, with 8 episodes;

eries Four

Series Four was broadcast in 2007, continuing where the third series had previously ended.There were 8 episodes in the series

eries Five

The fifth series of eight episodes will be broadcast on BBC One from 7 July 2008.

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EpisodeNumber= 1
Title= Spare Parts
Aux1=Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell
Aux2=
OriginalAirDate= 7 July 2008
ShortSummary=Jack confronts his nemesis in court when Ricky Hanson stands trial for his attempted murder, and Gerry faces the consequences of lying to his 'daughter', Emily. The team uncover a shady organ-donor racket when they reinvestigate the murder of a wealthy businessman who left a three million pound fortune to a prostitute.
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EpisodeNumber= 2
Title= Final Curtain
Aux1=Chris Coghill
Aux2=Julian Simpson
OriginalAirDate= 14 July 2008
ShortSummary= The team return to the 1992 case of actor Michael Austin, shot dead by his wife on stage during the opening night performance of Death at the Masked Ball. Already a man down when Halford goes AWOL, the case looks like claiming another member of the team as Lane embraces his newfound love of acting and the theatre.
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EpisodeNumber= 3
Title= A Face For Radio
Aux1=Nigel McCrery
Aux2=Martyn Friend
OriginalAirDate= 21 July 2008
ShortSummary= The team reinvestigates the murder of a popular DJ who died live on air after an arson attack at 80s music station Roxy Radio. Brian Lane is determined to find the missing Jack when Sandra and Gerry threaten to quit rather than work with a new team member.
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EpisodeNumber= 4
Title= Loyalties and Royalties
Aux1=Nicholas Hopkins
Aux2=Rob Evans
OriginalAirDate= 28 July 2008
ShortSummary=Gerry meets his heroes, the 70s rock band Bad Faith, when the team investigate the death of its lead guitarist. It is over 30 years since the group split up, however, and the ageing rockers do not quite live up to the legends Gerry remembers. Meanwhile, determined to prevent UCOS from disbanding, Brian finally tracks down Jack and tries to persuade him to return.
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EpisodeNumber= 5
Title=Couldn't Organise One
Aux1= Roy Mitchell
Aux2=Rob Evans
OriginalAirDate= 4 August 2008
ShortSummary=The team investigate the death of the Chief Brewer at Felspar's Brewery which proves to be rather intoxicating for the boys. For Sandra, the case has a more personal agenda and she learns some difficult truths about her dead father.
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EpisodeNumber= 6
Title= Magic Majestic
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OriginalAirDate= 11 August 2008
ShortSummary=The team investigate the art of illusion when they reopen a case involving a magic trick that ended in murder. Powerful mind games and hypnosis prove a dangerous mix for Brian Lane, however, sending him down a destructive path.
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EpisodeNumber= 7
Title=Communal Living
Aux1=Lisa Holdsworth
Aux2=Dermot Boyd
OriginalAirDate= 18 August 2008
ShortSummary=As Brian struggles to control and conceal his desire to drink again, he finds the perfect refuge in a commune at the centre of the team's investigation into the death of a university student.

The case also helps Gerry face up to his relationship with Emily, who has not spoken to him since she discovered the truth about the DNA test at Ricky Hanson's trial.
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EpisodeNumber= 8
Title=Mad Dogs
Aux1=Roy Mitchell
Aux2=Dermot Boyd
OriginalAirDate= 25 August 2008
ShortSummary= Ministry of Defence spooks try to silence the UCOS team when they reinvestigate the death of British soldier Eric Trimble. Just weeks before a tour of duty in Iraq, Trimble, along with three other squaddies, was sent to the MoD's Influenza Research Unit (IRU) to take part in a medical trial.

All four went out drinking one night, but Trimble never returned. He was later found beaten to death two miles from the Unit.

Brian's behaviour, meanwhile, causes concern. His new obsession is masking the truth.
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