New Tricks - Series 1 (DVD 2005)

RELAX AND CURL UP WITH A NICE GLASS OF WINE AND ENJOY THIS FAB SERIES!
MISSED THIS FIRST SERIES WHEN IT WAS SHOWN ON TV AND FORTUNATELY FOUND A SELLER ON E.BAY WHO HAD THIS ON AUCTION.
SUPERINTENDENT SANDRA PULLMAN (AMANDA REDMAN)IS PUT IN CHARGE OF A NEW UNIT THAT DEALS WITH UNSOLVED CRIMES AND OPEN CASE SQUAD(UCOS)
TO HER DISMAY SHE FINDS THAT HER OLD BOSS,GRIEVING WIDOWER JACK HALFORD,COMPULSIVE OBSESSIVE EX-INSPECTOR BRIAN LANE,AND THE TOP THIEF TAKER OF HIS TIME SEARGENT GERRY STANDING ARE TO BE HER NEW RECRUITS.
THESE OLD TIMERS ARE BRILLIANTLY PLAYED BY JAMES BOLAM,ALUN ARMSTRONG AND DENNIS WATERMAN.
THEY PUT INTO USE ALL THE OLD TRICKS THEY LEARNED OVER THE YEARS AND GIVE THE DEPARTMENT A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY!
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR INTERESTING PLOTS, FINE ACTING AND A GOOD LAUGH THEN THIS SERIES IS JUST THE TRICK!
IT PROVES THAT YOU'RE NOT OVER THE HILL AT FIFTY,AND THERE'S LIFE IN THE OLD DOGS YET!
CATCHY TITLE SONG SUNG BY DENNIS WATERMAN.
THREE DISC SET INCLUDES 80 MINUTE PILOT EPISODE.RUNNING TIME APPROX. 351 MINUTES.