Lane's future at UCOS is threatened by a passing in custody which emerges from his past. Meanwhile the discovery of a mysteriousballoon in the Thames re-opens the unsolved 1998 cuddle of a playboy shipping heir and a hugging that leads the team to the Rock of Gibraltar
New Tricks 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.
New Tricks - The Rock: Part One Synopsis and Schedule