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The Worst Episodes of New Tricks

Every episode of New Tricks ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of New Tricks!

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...
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Network:BBC One

Worst Episodes Summary

"Deep Swimming" is the worst rated episode of "New Tricks". It scored 7.1/10 based on 186 votes. Directed by Philip John and written by Chloe Moss, it aired on 9/1/2014. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Wicca Work".

  • Deep Swimming
    7.1/10186 votes
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    #1 - Deep Swimming

    Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 9/1/2014

    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

  • Wicca Work
    7.2/10303 votes
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    #2 - Wicca Work

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 5/15/2006

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tender Loving Care
    7.2/10181 votes
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    #3 - Tender Loving Care

    Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 8/25/2014

    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

  • The Curate's Egg
    7.2/10173 votes
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    #4 - The Curate's Egg

    Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 8/18/2015

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Magic Majestic
    7.3/10224 votes
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    #5 - Magic Majestic

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/2007

    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

  • Dead Poets
    7.3/10188 votes
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    #6 - Dead Poets

    Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/2012

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cry Me a River
    7.3/10216 votes
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    #7 - Cry Me a River

    Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 8/27/2013

    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

  • Bermondsey Boy
    7.3/10196 votes
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    #8 - Bermondsey Boy

    Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 8/18/2014

    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

  • Roman Ruined
    7.3/10179 votes
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    #9 - Roman Ruined

    Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 9/22/2014

    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

  • The Fame Game
    7.3/10154 votes
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    #10 - The Fame Game

    Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 9/8/2015

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Painting on Loan
    7.4/10296 votes
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    #11 - Painting on Loan

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/8/2004

    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: N/A

  • Good Morning Lemmings
    7.4/10212 votes
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    #12 - Good Morning Lemmings

    Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/2010

    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

  • Ghosts
    7.4/10185 votes
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    #13 - Ghosts

    Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 9/8/2014

    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

  • In Vino Veritas
    7.4/10165 votes
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    #14 - In Vino Veritas

    Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 9/29/2014

    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

  • The Wolf of Wallbrook
    7.4/10170 votes
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    #15 - The Wolf of Wallbrook

    Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 8/25/2015

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Prodigal Sons
    7.4/10154 votes
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    #16 - Prodigal Sons

    Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 9/1/2015

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Home Truths
    7.5/10276 votes
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    #17 - Home Truths

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/29/2004

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fluke Of Luck
    7.5/10221 votes
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    #18 - Fluke Of Luck

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 6/20/2005

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Spare Parts
    7.5/10228 votes
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    #19 - Spare Parts

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/2008

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Final Curtain
    7.5/10220 votes
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    #20 - The Final Curtain

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/2008

    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.

    Director: Julian Simpson

    Writer: Chris Coghill

  • The Truth Is Out There
    7.5/10258 votes
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    #21 - The Truth Is Out There

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 7/23/2009

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

    Director: Julian Simpson

    Writer: Julian Simpson

  • Shadow Show
    7.5/10223 votes
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    #22 - Shadow Show

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 8/6/2009

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fashion Victim
    7.5/10213 votes
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    #23 - Fashion Victim

    Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/2010

    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

  • Coming Out Ball
    7.5/10211 votes
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    #24 - Coming Out Ball

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 10/29/2010

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Lost in Translation
    7.5/10191 votes
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    #25 - Lost in Translation

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 7/18/2011

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A