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Hit 91Èȱ¬ ONE drama New Tricks returns for a third series
"New Tricks is that rarity,
a genuinely funny crime series, generously stuffed with throwaway
jokes" - The Guardian
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"91Èȱ¬ ONE's
highest rating new drama of last year is back for an eight
week run, with the same quirky mix of comedy and criminality.
It's the crack cast though that really makes these tales of retired
coppers back on the job so watchable" - Telegraph
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"One of the most enjoyable
things currently on television" - Daily
Mail
Amanda Redman, Dennis
Waterman, Alum Armstrong and
James Bolam are back for a third series of the
hit drama New
Tricks, due for transmission on 91Èȱ¬
ONE this year.
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Irreverent, warm
and funny, New Tricks is a detective series with a difference. Ìý
Jack Halford (Bolam), Gerry Standing (Waterman) and
Brian Lane (Armstrong) are three ex-coppers brought out of retirement
to re-examine unsolved and open cases as part of a new initiative,
UCOS - Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad.
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Headed up by Superintendent Sandra Pullman (Redman),
this trio of ageing misfits should not be underestimated. Murder,
fraud, suicide, witchcraft, politics - professionally, there isn't
much that fazes this team.
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And what unites them is a complete disregard
for rules, regulations and protocol.
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These old dogs refuse to be taught new tricks, but
with such a high success rate, Pullman soon finds herself bending
the rules too.
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The new eight-part series also features Susan
Jameson,
Anthony Calf and Natalie
Forbes with guest appearances from Steven
Berkoff, Stephanie Beecham, Frances
Barber, Kenneth Cranham, Anton
Lesser, Gareth Hunt, Richard
Briers, Siobhan Redmond, Frances
De La Tour, Patrick Malahide, Denise
Black, Steve John Shepherd, Kevin
Whately, Joe Absolom and Hannah
Waterman among others.
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Created by Roy Mitchell and Nigel
McCrery, the third
series of New Tricks is written by Roy Mitchell, Jaquetta
May, John
Martin Johnson, David Allison, Lisa
Holdsworth, Steve Coombes and
John Wilsher.
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The huge success of series one and two of New Tricks
has resulted in an unprecedented double commission of series three
and four by the 91Èȱ¬.
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Adding to the show's success, New Tricks series two was
recently nominated for a prestigious International Emmy.
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New Tricks is a Wall To Wall production (A Rather English
Marriage, Our Boy, Plotlands) for 91Èȱ¬ ONE, produced by Francis
Matthews (My Dad's The Prime Minister, Gimme Gimme Gimme).
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Executive Producer is Tom Sherry (Murphy's Law). Executive
producers for the 91Èȱ¬ are John Yorke and Eleanor
Moran.
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