New Tricks

Series 11

TV-PG
There is now only one left of the original Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad: Gerry Standing, portrayed by Dennis Waterman. The rest of the team have changed – even the leader, the ambitious DS Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman), left in the last series, replaced by DCI Sasha Miller, played by Tamzin Outhwaite. The other squad members are Steve McAndrew (Denis Lawson) and Dan Griffin (Nicholas Lyndhurst).
10 Episodes
  • Bermondsey Boy
    E1
    Episode 1Bermondsey BoyFamily 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.
  • Tender Loving Care
    E2
    Episode 2Tender Loving CareIn 2010 trainee doctor Lydia Dryden was found dead in her flat after visiting Bar 393 night club. Neighbours reported a possible stalker lurking outside the building but her parents, both surgeons, do not recognize him from the Identikit picture. Married Laurence Devlin, another surgeon, denies having an affair with Lydia though it transpires that he is her actual father, which her mother Monica has kept from husband Hugh. Lydia's sister had a drug habit and Lydia was suspected of stealing from the hospital medicine cabinets to help her. then the stalker is revealed, a man whose wife died during an operation performed by Laurence and Lydia. He denies killing her but helps lead the team to the true murderer.
  • Deep Swimming
    E3
    Episode 3Deep SwimmingThe 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.
  • Ghosts
    E4
    Episode 4GhostsElderly dementia sufferer Nancy leaves her care home to report that her policeman husband Jimmy, who disappeared in 1956 was actually murdered. Harry Page, an old friend of the couple, reports that Jimmy had gambling debts and got into a fight the night that he died. Sasha takes Nancy back to her old house where she recalls Jimmy's violence and jealousy. A grim secret is discovered in the bedroom wall, in turn leading to the solution of the murder. Meanwhile Steve is called to the police station when his son Stewie is cautioned for minor drug possession, which brings him into conflict with his ex-wife Tricia. They do not part on good terms.
  • London Underground
    E5
    Episode 5London UndergroundTension mounts as Ned and Sasha are forced to work together when the body of a film critic found in a sewer is thought to be linked to the 20-year-old murder of a concept artist, David Straka. As the team interview Straka's contemporaries, groupies and assistants, looking for possible connections between the deaths, they find themselves immersed in the macabre world of the occult. And Griffin's expert knowledge of the history of London and in particular the hidden Fleet River, proves invaluable.
  • Roman Ruined
    E6
    Episode 6Roman RuinedThe 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.
  • In Vino Veritas
    E7
    Episode 7In Vino Veritas 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.
  • The English Defence
    E8
    Episode 8The English DefenceWhile investigating the murder of 55 year-old interpreter Agnes Bradley, the UCOS team get a partial DNA match from a teenage boy who once threw a brick onto a motorway as a dare. They interview the boy to see if one of his male relations could be the murderer, only to discover that his mother was raped and they could be looking for a rapist-turned-murderer. Agnes was a chess enthusiast so Gerry Standing and Steve McAndrew interview members of her local club while Sasha Miller and Strickland investigate leads from Agnes’s working life, where they meet a Chilean diplomat with a possible axe to grind. Steve McAndrew’s elderly father is dying, so he brings him to a London hospice for his last days.
  • Breadcrumbs
    E9
    Episode 9BreadcrumbsAfter an amateur sleuth is murdered, a photo of Danny is found at the scene. It turns out Danny was her friend, and he vows to find the killer. Clues lead to a 25-year-old murder and a trip to the countryside.
  • The Queen's Speech
    E10
    Episode 10The Queen's SpeechA mix tape from 1983 is discovered, containing the voice of a teenage girl who was murdered shortly after it went into her school's time capsule. Sasha is distracted by a romantic entanglement with a charming record shop owner. Gerry is dreading his future son-in-law's stag night.
Cast of Series 11
  • Dennis WatermanGerry Standing
  • Tamzin OuthwaiteDCI Sasha Miller
  • Denis LawsonSteve McAndrew
  • Nicholas LyndhurstDanny Griffin
 
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