New Tricks is a British television drama series which follows the work of the Metropolitan Police Service's Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS). Led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes. The series title is taken from the popular expression "You can't teach an old dog new tricks". The "old dogs" are successful in adapting their skills an...
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New Tricks is a British television drama series which follows the work of the Metropolitan Police Service's Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS). Led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes. The series title is taken from the popular expression "You can't teach an old dog new tricks". The "old dogs" are successful in adapting their skills and experience to modern policing, with their knowledge of past cases proving especially useful.
The show itself has proved to be consistently popular, due to the well-known lead actors, high calibre guest cast and strong writing.
Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman): Born 1961 she is the head of the unit and is the youngest and only currently serving police officer (and the only woman) in Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS), Sandra Pullman was previously a high flyer in Greater London's Metropolitan Police Service and a...
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