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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

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    New Tricks Season 3 Episode 5 - Wicca Work
    7.2/10(335 votes)

    #1 - Wicca Work

    S3:E5

    A young woman insists that the suspicious death of a local librarian was because of witchcraft and the team are drawn into the world of magic and the supernatural. A series of strange events occur and they are put under increasing pressure. The squad gets convinced that the supernatural exist and struggle to remain cynical.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. New Tricks Season 11 Episode 3 - Deep Swimming
    7.2/10(209 votes)

    #2 - Deep Swimming

    S11:E3

    The team looks into the death of a terrorist 30 years previously after his daughter receives an anonymous note claiming he was murdered - an investigation that takes them right back to the Greenham Common anti-nuclear protests. Meanwhile, Sasha agrees to go for dinner with her ex-husband Ned, which he is hoping will lead to a reconciliation.

    Director:Philip John
    Writer:Chloe Moss

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  3. New Tricks Season 12 Episode 3 - The Curate's Egg
    7.2/10(195 votes)

    #3 - The Curate's Egg

    S12:E3

    Ted Case is welcomed by Danny and Steve into the UCOS office in Sasha's absence, but for all his wealth of experience, they aren't sold on his superstitious quirks. The team take a look at the case of a brutally murdered vicar who received racist hate mail in the lead up to his murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. New Tricks Season 5 Episode 6 - Magic Majestic
    7.3/10(255 votes)

    #4 - Magic Majestic

    S5:E6

    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. Meanwhile, a session with the Magic Circle's Dr Moroni leaves a sceptical Gerry Standing feeling paranoid and his colleagues a little nervous around him.

    Director:Julian Simpson
    Writer:Paul Rutman

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  5. New Tricks Season 10 Episode 5 - Cry Me a River
    7.3/10(242 votes)

    #5 - Cry Me a River

    S10:E5

    A young woman's paternity test leads to the reopening of a notorious murder case from the seedy underworld of 1980s Soho in which the prime suspect was mysterious ex-jazz chanteuse Angela Gold. Meanwhile in UCOS, feathers are ruffled when recently retired police officer Dan Griffin joins the team.

    Director:Philip Johnson
    Writer:Roy Mitchell

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  6. New Tricks Season 11 Episode 2 - Tender Loving Care
    7.3/10(208 votes)

    #6 - Tender Loving Care

    S11:E2

    The team investigate the unsolved killing of brilliant young doctor Lydia Dryden in a case that takes them into the two very different worlds of public and private medicine. Danny Griffin is bereft when daughter Holly leaves home to start university, so his UCOS colleagues throw some fun distractions his way. And he might even be about to acquire a pet...

    Director:Andy Hay
    Writer:Marston Bloom

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  7. New Tricks Season 12 Episode 6 - The Fame Game
    7.3/10(174 votes)

    #7 - The Fame Game

    S12:E6

    The boys' investigations take them to a lookalike agency whose top acts were found dead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. New Tricks Season 1 Episode 3 - Painting on Loan
    7.4/10(342 votes)

    #8 - Painting on Loan

    S1:E3

    The discovery of a fake painting in the Queen's art collection sends the UCOS team on a hush-hush mission to uncover the forger. Their investigations swiftly uncover a trail of high class frauds and suspicious deaths, but also lead to suspension for one of the squad. NOTE: In Scotland This Episode Was Shown On Sunday 11th April Due To LIVE Sportscene Football Being Shown

    Director:Jamie Payne
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. New Tricks Season 7 Episode 5 - Good Morning Lemmings
    7.4/10(240 votes)

    #9 - Good Morning Lemmings

    S7:E5

    When graffiti appears around London by an unknown person claiming to have murdered a celebrated street artist, the team reopens the four-year-old case. Originally part of a gang, the victim went solo when he received support from a wealthy art patron, leaving the detectives suspicious of his resentful former crew members. Meanwhile, Brian signs up to Twitter to chart the gritty life of a lawman, much to his colleagues' displeasure.

    Director:Robin Sheppard
    Writer:Matthew Thomas

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  10. New Tricks Season 9 Episode 7 - Dead Poets
    7.4/10(215 votes)

    #10 - Dead Poets

    S9:E7

    UCOS re-open the case of Sean Docherty, a talented young poet whose burnt body was discovered ten years ago in the scrapyard of a known gangster. While Standing is convinced that the murder is related to Docherty's criminal connections, Lane is sure that the answer lies in his poetry.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. New Tricks Season 11 Episode 1 - Bermondsey Boy
    7.4/10(227 votes)

    #11 - Bermondsey Boy

    S11:E1

    Family ties affect both Gerry Standing and Sasha Miller. While Sasha is forced to work with ex-husband Ned as he fills in for Strickland, Gerry returns to his roots in Bermondsey to help arrange his daughter's wedding. As a consequence he is thrown into a case involving the possible murder of an architecture student who is also the grandson of an old friend. Meanwhile, Danny Griffin has been on an FBI course in reading body language.

    Director:Andy Hay
    Writer:Simon Allen

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  12. New Tricks Season 11 Episode 6 - Roman Ruined
    7.4/10(199 votes)

    #12 - Roman Ruined

    S11:E6

    The team investigate the death of a personal trainer who had belonged to a Roman reenactment society and discover a gang selling illegal steroids, but the motive for murder may not be all it seems. And Danny Griffin starts to become attracted to his forensic pathologist colleague Fiona Kennedy just as he receives some troubling news about his wife.

    Director:Julian Simpson
    Writer:Roy Mitchell

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  13. New Tricks Season 12 Episode 4 - The Wolf of Wallbrook
    7.4/10(191 votes)

    #13 - The Wolf of Wallbrook

    S12:E4

    Ted leads an investigation into the apparent suicide of a city trader in the 80s.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. New Tricks Season 12 Episode 5 - Prodigal Sons
    7.4/10(174 votes)

    #14 - Prodigal Sons

    S12:E5

    With Sasha back on fighting form, UCOS investigate the death of a cricket prodigy.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. New Tricks Season 1 Episode 6 - Home Truths
    7.5/10(317 votes)

    #15 - Home Truths

    S1:E6

    When a missing person case which Lane originally investigated gets re-activated, he's determined to crack it. But when the team swiftly uncover another two mysterious disappearances, they start to think they've got a serial killer on their hands.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. New Tricks Season 2 Episode 7 - Fluke Of Luck
    7.5/10(254 votes)

    #16 - Fluke Of Luck

    S2:E7

    Lane indulges his obsession with fishing when UCOS investigates the case of two boys abducted from a fishing lake in 1979, believing it could be linked to a recent spate of snatches near the M25.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. New Tricks Season 5 Episode 1 - Spare Parts
    7.5/10(258 votes)

    #17 - Spare Parts

    S5:E1

    New series of the drama featuring an eccentric group of ex-police officers brought out of retirement to investigate unsolved crimes. 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. New Tricks Season 6 Episode 2 - The Truth Is Out There
    7.5/10(289 votes)

    #18 - The Truth Is Out There

    S6:E2

    The team find themselves at the centre of a shocking cover-up.

    Director:Julian Simpson
    Writer:Julian Simpson

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  19. New Tricks Season 6 Episode 4 - Shadow Show
    7.5/10(252 votes)

    #19 - Shadow Show

    S6:E4

    UCOS are forced to re-open the investigation into producer Max Stone's death.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. New Tricks Season 7 Episode 6 - Fashion Victim
    7.5/10(238 votes)

    #20 - Fashion Victim

    S7:E6

    When a retrospective exhibition of murdered fashion designer Ritchie Levene's work opens, the team is prompted to re-examine the three-year-old crime. The detectives learn about his tempestuous relationships with his new spouse, personal assistant and ex-wife Sarah, who believes his brother Adrian is the killer because he had the most to gain from his death. Meanwhile, Gerry enlists Emily to help update his image, although not everyone is impressed with the results.

    Director:Julian Simpson
    Writer:Nick Hopkins

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  21. New Tricks Season 7 Episode 8 - Coming Out Ball
    7.5/10(237 votes)

    #21 - Coming Out Ball

    S7:E8

    When 18-year-old debutante Barbara Linden-Warner disappeared without trace 27 years ago, the assumption at the time was that she had been kidnapped and her father, a wealthy British arms manufacturer, paid a ransom for her return. When new evidence emerges about her last movements, the indication is that she may still be alive.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. New Tricks Season 8 Episode 3 - Lost in Translation
    7.5/10(219 votes)

    #22 - Lost in Translation

    S8:E3

    The UCOS team are drawn into a world of immigration loopholes, Albanian gangs and family feuds when they reinvestigate the death of an unidentified male discovered on farmland outside Waltham Forest in 1996, in what appeared to be a crucifixion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. New Tricks Season 9 Episode 2 - Old School Ties
    7.5/10(258 votes)

    #23 - Old School Ties

    S9:E2

    The team are called in to reinvestigate the disappearance of PE teacher Jason Bowe after a body is found on the perimeter of the elite public boarding school where he was employed. The investigation has come at a really bad time for the school, which is getting to welcome a former pupil, the Rt Hon Geoffrey Parkes MP, for the opening of a new computer centre.

    Director:Julian Simpson
    Writer:Sarah Pinborough

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  24. New Tricks Season 11 Episode 4 - Ghosts
    7.5/10(211 votes)

    #24 - Ghosts

    S11:E4

    When Steve McAndrew's teenage son Stewie is arrested for drug possession, he finds himself face to face again with his ex-wife Tricia as they try to save the boy from a downward spiral. And after a distressed dementia patient escapes her care home to report a murder, the team look into the disappearance of a policeman, possibly murdered but missing since 1956...

    Director:Philip John
    Writer:Matt Evans

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  25. New Tricks Season 11 Episode 7 - In Vino Veritas
    7.5/10(183 votes)

    #25 - In Vino Veritas

    S11:E7

    UCOS want to talk to a Turkish girl who is found working illegally in Dalston, regarding a unsolved murder from 2009. The landlord of a pub, Richard Gibson, died in a fire and the case had remained unresolved. The team meet the landlady of the pub, Joanna Gibson, who is also Richard's widow. His best friend, David is also someone of interest, especially when the team find out the French champagne he is selling, is actually sparkling wine produced in Britain. Sasha enters the team into a 5-a-side football competition.

    Director:Brian Grant
    Writer:Dan Muirden

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Wicca Work" is the worst rated episode of "New Tricks". It scored 7.2/10 based on 335 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/15/2006. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Deep Swimming".