After pathologist Bob Ruxton is suspended from his job on the grounds of negligence, the UCOS end up being forced to reopen one of his old cases. Dr Bernard Fletcher, who worked as a senior palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum, was discovered dead following a business event in the Central Hall. His autopsy had stated that his passing was the result of a fall.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 8 Episode 1 of New Tricks resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

New Tricks Season 8 Episodes...

• s08e01 - Old Fossils
• s08e02 - End Of The Line
• s08e03 - Lost In Translation
• s08e04 - Setting Out Your Stall
• s08e05 - Moving Target
• s08e06 - Object Of Desire
• s08e07 - The Gentleman Vanishes
• s08e08 - Only The Brave
• s08e09 - Half Life
• s08e10 - Tiger Tiger

New Tricks Show Summary

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.