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{{quote|''"You shoot one dog in this country..." ''|DS Sandra Pullman}}
New Tricks (2005-) is a [[The BBC|
* '''Jack Halford''' (James Bolam), an ex-Detective Chief Superintendent and Pullman's old boss and mentor, who left the job in grief over the unsolved hit-and-run death of his beloved wife Mary.
* '''Brian 'Memory' Lane''' (Alun Armstrong), a brilliant but highly eccentric and anti-social detective with an instant-recall memory and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. A recovered alcoholic.
* '''Gerry Standing''' (Dennis Waterman), a Jack-the-lad charmer with three ex-wives (that he is on excellent terms with), a gambling habit and some shady ethics, who left the force under suspicion of corruption after punching out his boss (who just happens to now be ''Pullman's'' boss). A softened-for-comedy version of what George Carter, Waterman's character in ''[[The
Also frequently appearing were Pullman's bosses (Don Bevan in the pilot and first series, Robert Strickland in the second onwards) and Esther Lane (Susan Jameson), Brian's put-upon and long-suffering but loyal wife.
Although a mystery series, much of the interest in the show comes from the characters and their various eccentricities, and in particular the culture clash between modern police methods (represented by Pullman and her media-and-statistics conscious superiors) and the old-school ways (Halford, Lane and Standing, are all cops from the seventies and eighties). Pullman is often exasperated by the corners cut and rules ignored by her colleagues, even as she herself is gradually 'corrupted' by them. In some ways, it can be said to foreshadow the popularity of ''[[Life On
This is also a seriously popular show- ''repeats'' have been known to get eight million or more viewers, and they can be found pretty often at that.
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* [[Becoming the Mask]]: In the episode "Only the Brave", it turns out the murderer was [[Reverse
* [[Benevolent
* [[Beware the Nice
* [[Big
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: It's established that Brian's remarkable photographic instant-recall memory and outstanding abilities as a detective and forensic investigator are the direct result of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and a manic depression that, if he doesn't take his medication, leaves him with crippling, obsessive paranoia and at the best of times renders him an anti-social pedant. He is also a recovered alcoholic.
* [[The
* [[Conspiracy
* [[Conveyor Belt of
* [[Creepy
* [[Da Chief]]: Sandra and her superior officers.
* [[Danger Takes a
* [[Deadpan
{{quote|'''Gerry:''' So, Ricky Hanson... mate of yours?
'''Jack:''' Biggest murdering, thieving, lying piece of morally-bankrupt shite I've ever laid eyes on.
'''Brian:''' Oh. Nothing personal then.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Death
* [[Defective
** To a lesser extent, the others as well: Jack most obviously with his grieving for his late wife Mary, but Gerry has to deal with borderline addictions to gambling and cigarettes (although he can control his booze, oddly enough) and a lingering reputation for corruption, and Sandra has to cope with being a workaholic with no social life and the lingering memory of her father's suicide.
* [[Department of Redundancy
* [[Do-It-Yourself Theme
** George Harrison, famous as being one of the Beatles, actually wrote the song as "End of the Line", which Dennis Waterman changed to "It's Alright".
* [[Eureka
** Parodied with a subversion in one episode when Gerry sees someone he recognizes in an old 1980s video about a peace protest. We're lead to assume that he's just had a sudden breakthrough about the case... until he proudly announces "I ''had'' her!"
* [[Everything's Better with
* [[Four-Temperament
* [[Giving Them the Strip]]: In "Dark Chocolate", Gerry escapes the [[Conveyor Belt O'
* [[Innocent
* [[Insult
* [[Interservice
* [[Ironic
* [[It's Personal]]: Jack was hell bent on brining down crime boss Ricky Hanson, the man who murdered his wife. Jack actually tries to kill him with his car at one point, but only ends up hospitalizing himself and the whole team. [[Up to
* [[Kick the
* [[Monkey Morality
* [[The Mourning
* [[Necro
* [[Innuendo
* [[No Medication for
* [[Noodle
* [[Off the
* [[Old-Fashioned
** Played with at times; sometimes, the old-fashioned way of doing things makes things worse, and the new methods ''are'' the better ones, for their flaws.
* [[Pac-Man
* [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]]: Although they're not too bad for the most part, the boys can at times have difficulty adjusting to more modern ways of thinking about things like race, gender equality, etc., which can cause tension.
* [[Put on a
* [[Red
* [[The
* [[Ship
* [[Shout-
* [[Slave to PR]]: Sandra's bosses are very aware of the power of publicity and often saddles the team with pointless cases merely for the sake of favorable press. Averted for the team, they simply don't care as they are not technically policemen anymore.
* [[Someone Elses
** In the same scene, Jack, Brian and Gerry -- having caused the fight in the first place -- decide discretion is the better part of valor and stand back to let the actual coppers take care of things, offering a running commentary all the while.
* [[Soundtrack
* [[Stealth
* [[The
* [[The Swear
* [[Theme
** Late in the series it turns out Gerry has relatives in the meat business. Their names? Barry, Harry, Gary, Mary, Larry, and [[Overly Long Gag|
* [[Toyota
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