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New Tricks: Series 4

8 episodes Premiered Apr 9, 2007 Updated Nov 7, 2026
Previously on New Tricks

Season 4 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of New Tricks Season 3.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (5): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (3): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

Casualty

Apr 9, 2007 · 60 min

The future of the team is threatened and without having that to deal with, Sandra has to take drastic measures to prevent Jack from exacting revenge against the man who killed his

S4·E2 Core

God's Waiting Room

Apr 16, 2007 · 60 min

Sandra's private and professional worlds become intertwined when her mother has a fall and goes into a care home - but the establishment is revealed to be a scene of a suspicious d

S4·E3 Core

Ducking & Diving

Apr 23, 2007 · 60 min

When an armoured van is discovered at the bottom of a lake, the team makes a link with the murder of a women 17 years ago.

S4·E4 Mytharc

Nine Lives

Apr 30, 2007 · 60 min

A family feud erupts when a rich and lonely old woman, Dorothy Hepple, is found dead in her home. Dorothy leaves all her money and property to her beloved cats, rather than her n

S4·E5 Mytharc

Powerhouse

May 7, 2007 · 60 min

The team reinvestigates the 1950s murder of a young wages clerk at Battersea Power Station. Richard Dunne was hanged for Frederick Tully's murder, but his granddaughter, Hannah, i

S4·E6 Core

Buried Treasure

May 14, 2007 · 60 min

When Brian's dog finds a body, it prompts two people to confess to murder. It turns out that the body is over 600 years old, so Sandra, Jack, Brian and Gerry must discover why the

S4·E7 Mytharc

Father's Pride

May 21, 2007 · 60 min

When a camera and film belonging to a photographic lab assistant murdered in 1987 are found in a Soho pub toilet, the team reopen a 20-year-old case. Elsewhere, Gerry is less than

S4·E8 Mytharc

Big Topped

May 28, 2007 · 60 min

The news that Sandra's father, a DI, killed himself while under investigation for corruption, throws into doubt everything she believed in. Her mother, Grace , is in hospital foll

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