New Tricks (2003)

Crime · Drama

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.

IMDb rating: 8.0 (10,278 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 -0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 12
Streaming (US): Hulu · Peacock
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2003)

7.80 avg 7 episodes 8.3 → 7.5 63 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	The Chinese Job	8.3	631
1	ID Parade	7.7	403
2	Painting on Loan	7.8	387
3	1984	7.4	350
4	Good Work Rewarded	8.0	347
5	Home Truths	7.9	326
6	Talking to the Dead	7.5	327

Season 2 (2005)

7.84 avg 8 episodes 7.9 → 8.2 58 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Delicate Touch	7.9	367
2	Family Business	7.8	342
3	Trust Me	8.0	331
4	Old and Cold	7.8	312
5	Creative Problem Solving	7.7	270
6	Eyes Down for a Full House	7.8	309
7	Fluke of Luck	7.5	268
8	17 Years of Nothing	8.2	335

Season 3 (2006)

7.89 avg 8 episodes 7.9 → 8.3 58 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lady's Pleasure	7.9	296
2	Dockers	7.7	327
3	Old Dogs	8.0	303
4	Diamond Geezers	8.2	323
5	Wicca Work	7.2	334
6	Bank Robbery	7.9	313
7	Ice Cream Wars	7.9	310
8	Congratulations	8.3	324

Season 4 (2007)

8.03 avg 8 episodes 8.4 → 7.8 58 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Casualty	8.4	354
2	God's Waiting Room	8.2	337
3	Ducking and Diving	7.9	303
4	Nine Lives	8.0	271
5	Powerhouse	8.1	312
6	Buried Treasure	8.1	299
7	Father's Pride	7.7	245
8	Big Topped	7.8	296

Season 5 (2008)

7.64 avg 8 episodes 7.5 → 8.0 58 min avg

Big finale

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Spare Parts	7.5	270
2	Final Curtain	7.6	260
3	A Face for Radio	7.6	271
4	Loyalties and Royalties	7.8	269
5	Couldn't Organise One	7.7	257
6	Magic Majestic	7.3	264
7	Communal Living	7.6	262
8	Mad Dogs	8.0	264

Season 6 (2009)

7.89 avg 8 episodes 8.3 → 8.2 59 min avg

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The War Against Drugs	8.3	272
2	The Truth Is Out There	7.5	299
3	Fresh Starts	7.8	262
4	Shadow Show	7.5	260
5	Death of a Timeshare Salesman	7.8	246
6	The Last Laugh	8.4	281
7	Blood Is Thicker Than Water	7.6	230
8	Meat Is Murder	8.2	254

Season 7 (2010)

7.74 avg 10 episodes 7.7 → 8.4 59 min avg

Big finale

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dead Man Talking	7.7	255
2	It Smells of Books	8.0	261
3	Left Field	7.6	252
4	Dark Chocolate	7.8	247
5	Good Morning Lemmings	7.4	247
6	Fashion Victim	7.5	242
7	Where There's Smoke	7.8	229
8	Coming Out Ball	7.5	242
9	Gloves Off	7.7	233
10	The Fourth Man	8.4	266

Season 8 (2011)

7.75 avg 10 episodes 7.6 → 7.8 59 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Old Fossils	7.6	258
2	End of the Line	7.8	253
3	Lost in Translation	7.5	224
4	Setting Out Your Stall	7.7	228
5	Moving Target	7.8	232
6	Object of Desire	7.7	219
7	The Gentleman Vanishes	8.2	260
8	Only the Brave	7.7	225
9	Half Life	7.7	214
10	Tiger Tiger	7.8	223

Season 9 (2012)

7.91 avg 10 episodes 8.5 → 8.1 59 min avg

Season 9 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Death in the Family	8.5	367
2	Old School Ties	7.5	265
3	Queen and Country	7.9	240
4	The Girl Who Lived	8.1	246
5	Body of Evidence	7.9	242
6	Love Means Nothing in Tennis	7.8	239
7	Dead Poets	7.3	221
8	Blue Flower	8.0	226
9	Part of a Whole	8.0	261
10	Glasgow UCOS	8.1	256

Season 10 (2013)

7.89 avg 10 episodes 8.0 → 7.7 59 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 10 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Rock: Part One	8.0	259
2	The Rock: Part Two	8.3	255
3	The Sins of the Father	7.9	234
4	The Little Brother	8.3	265
5	Cry Me a River	7.3	250
6	Into the Woods	7.6	232
7	Things Can Only Get Better	7.7	215
8	The One That Got Away	8.5	293
9	Roots	7.6	237
10	Wild Justice	7.7	239

Season 11 (2014)

7.47 avg 10 episodes 7.4 → 7.7 61 min avg

Season 11 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bermondsey Boy	7.4	232
2	Tender Loving Care	7.3	214
3	Deep Swimming	7.2	215
4	Ghosts	7.5	219
5	London Underground	7.7	236
6	Romans Ruined	7.3	204
7	In Vino Veritas	7.4	188
8	The English Defence	7.6	193
9	Breadcrumbs	7.6	193
10	The Queen's Speech	7.7	204

Season 12 (2015)

7.71 avg 10 episodes 8.5 → 7.8 59 min avg

Season 12 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Last Man Standing: Part One	8.5	252
2	Last Man Standing: Part Two	8.8	288
3	The Curate's Egg	7.2	199
4	The Wolf of Wallbrook	7.4	195
5	Prodigal Sons	7.4	177
6	The Fame Game	7.3	178
7	The Russian Cousin	7.6	177
8	Lottery Curse	7.5	177
9	Life Expectancy	7.6	169
10	The Crazy Gang	7.8	197