New Tricks Series 7

If you watch the antics of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad, like me you are familiar with the gentle comedy and sometimes laugh out loud moments but also gripped by the hard hitting cases, some quite disturbing ( the severed finger springs to mind).

I have watched Dennis Waterman since I was a child, serious in The Sweeney, grumpy in the Minder, he so was always going to be a surly older policeman.

James Bolam was my favourite Likely Lad, so funny when you are a child to see a grown up being naughty. Alun Armstrong and Amanda Redman both loved before the New Tricks Series.

Its really settled in to itself and Series 7 is gripping, what I personally like is that the cases are meatier, the episodes darker than when the show first started. Series 8 has just started and this is perfect timing to catch up with its predecessor.

ACORN MEDIA is delighted to announce the DVD release of the BBC smash hit drama

New Tricks Series 7, which continues the investigations and exploits of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS).

The seventh series of the highly acclaimed, chart topping detective drama

New Tricks comes to DVD as a three-disc set on 1 August 2011, to coincide with the transmission of Series 8 on BBC One.

Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman – At Home with the Braithwaites, Honest) heads the UCOS, cracking previously unsolved crimes from the past. Her team are three ex-policemen; Gerry Standing (Dennis Waterman – Minder, The Sweeney), Jack Halford (James Bolam – When The Boat Comes In, Born and Bred) and Brian Lane (Alun Armstrong – Garrow’s Law, Little Dorrit) who have all opted for early retirement.

New Tricks Series 7 sees a case being reopened when a victim’s daughter provides new evidence from a psychic; the team is approached by a known paedophile who confesses to murder, but they find themselves trying to prove his innocence; and an old adversary brings them fresh information on a 30-year-old bank job that threatens to finish the unit forever.

 With the TV series attracting audiences in excess of 7 million viewers, New Tricks Series 7 is great British drama at its very best.

Special features: Behind the scenes and Out-takes

Title: New Tricks Series 7 Release Date: 1 August 2011

Cat No: AV9781 RRP: £25.99

Run Time: 588 mins approx on 3 discs Certificate: 12