New Tricks: Series 7
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Produce a JSON object for "New Tricks" Season 7. Constraints: Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources. No invented titles, names, dates, episode counts, awards, ratings, box-office, viewership, or plot points. If not in material, omit it. Style: Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose, plain text (no markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points). Output: Val
Season 7 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- James Bolam, Alun Armstong, and Dennis Waterman are old dogs trying to learn some new tricks.
- 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.
Season overview
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Produce a JSON object for "New Tricks" Season 7.
Constraints:
Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources.
No invented titles, names, dates, episode counts, awards, ratings, box-office, viewership, or plot points.
If not in material, omit it.
Style: Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose, plain text (no markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points).
Output: Valid JSON only.
JSON Keys:
overview: Factual 160-220 word summary of this season's narrative arc.
primer: Array of exactly 4 concise bullet points summarizing essential previous lore, character positions, and stakes.
TMDB Synopsis: James Bolam, Alun Armstrong, and Dennis Waterman play retired detectives with different personalities recalled to form a special unit for unsolved crimes. Their methods clash with 21st-century policing. Amanda Redman stars as the reluctant commander, assigned after an embarrassing incident halted her career. She seeks redemption and runs a tight ship, leading to clashes with the trio.
Source [1]: British comedy-drama. Follows the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police.
Source [2]: Squad is the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman. Made up of retired police officers recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.
Source [3]: Original cast: Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong, Dennis Waterman, James Bolam. Created by Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell.
Source [4]: Series ran 2003-2015.
Constraint Check: The prompt asks for a summary of "Season 7".
Reviewing provided text: Does the text mention "Season 7" specifically?
TMDB Synopsis: Discusses the premise of the series/characters. It does not mention Season 7 specifically.
Source [1]: General overview.
Source [2]: General overview.
Source [3]: Cast/Creator info.
Source [4]: Date range.
Problem: The provided text does not contain specific plot details for "Season 7". It only describes the general premise of the series.
Instruction: "If a detail is not in the provided material, you omit it rather than guess." "Write ONLY verifiable facts that are explicitly supported by the provided SY
Episode Guide
Season 7 Progress Shield
Dead Man Talking
Sep 10, 2010 · 60 min
UCOS reinvestigate the death of a wealthy financier when a psychic tells the dead man's daughter that she needs to resolve some unfinished business on her father's behalf. Deeply s
It Smells Of Books
Sep 17, 2010 · 60 min
Brian finds the library card of cold case victim Dr Richard Symes, leading him to reinvestigate the death of the professor, who died after falling from the roof of his college thre
Left Field
Sep 24, 2010 · 60 min
After being released from jail, notorious paedophile John Davies admits to the abduction and murder of a child 25 years previously. Suspicious of his motives, the detectives reopen
Dark Chocolate
Sep 30, 2010 · 60 min
A recent rape is linked to two similar attacks at a chocolate factory 10 years previously, leaving the team no choice but to reopen all three cases. The detectives uncover news of
Good Morning Lemmings
Oct 8, 2010 · 60 min
When graffiti appears around London by an unknown person claiming to have murdered a celebrated street artist, the team reopens the four-year-old case. Originally part of a gang, t
Fashion Victim
Oct 15, 2010 · 60 min
When a retrospective exhibition of murdered fashion designer Ritchie Levene's work opens, the team is prompted to re-examine the three-year-old crime. The detectives learn about hi
Where There's Smoke
Oct 22, 2010 · 60 min
UCOS reopen the case of a fire at Ealing's Union Club club in which a notorious criminal was killed in 1996. New evidence provided suggests that a serial arsonist is at large and t
Coming Out Ball
Oct 29, 2010 · 60 min
When 18-year-old debutante Barbara Linden-Warner disappeared without trace 27 years ago, the assumption at the time was that she had been kidnapped and her father, a wealthy Britis
Gloves Off
Nov 5, 2010 · 60 min
When the gun used to murder a talented young boxer 11 years ago surfaces in an armed robbery, UCOS are drawn into the darker side of professional boxing in a case that causes confl
The Fourth Man
Nov 12, 2010 · 60 min
The team reinvestigate a 30-year-old safety deposit robbery, and they soon find themselves being drawn into a case involving police corruption that threatens the future of the UCOS