The BEST episodes of New Tricks season 2

Every episode of New Tricks season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of New Tricks season 2!

Drama about a police unit, made up of retired detectives and a long-suffering boss, looking at unsolved crimes.

Last Updated: 12/14/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
Creative Problem Solving
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8.01
136 votes

#1 - Creative Problem Solving

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 6/6/2005

Attractive widow and probate assessor Elise Allen asks Halford to find the rightful owner of a large, uncut red diamond, worth £15 million. She found the rare jewel in a flat rented by John Newman who died in 1982.

Directors: Martyn Friend
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Old and Cold
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7.95
128 votes

#2 - Old and Cold

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/30/2005

Tabloid editor Chris McConnell asks Sandra Pullman to help him prove celebrity chef Kitty Campbell killed her drunken husband Bertie 40 years ago at the height of their 60s TV fame.

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17 Years of Nothing
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7.74
121 votes

#3 - 17 Years of Nothing

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/27/2005

The Home Office pathologist asks the team to identify the remains of an unidentified woman, whose remains were found back in 1987. These remains are the only body that he was unable to identify. With his help and that of his attractive assistant, not only must the team identify the body bits, but how she died and who killed her.

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A Delicate Touch
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7.73
124 votes

#4 - A Delicate Touch

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/9/2005

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Robert Strickland is the new boss in charge of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS). He asks the team to look into the death of David Barrie, a top barrister found in his car in 1980 after being bound and gagged.

Directors: Jon East
Writer: Roy Mitchell
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Family Business
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7.69
97 votes

#5 - Family Business

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/16/2005

In 1996 a beautiful newlywed, was attacked and left for dead. The only thing taken was her wedding ring and she has been in a coma ever since. The man jailed for the crime is now a born-again Christian and is protesting his innocence

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Fluke Of Luck
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7.60
141 votes

#6 - Fluke Of Luck

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/20/2005

Lane indulges his obsession with fishing when UCOS investigates the case of two boys abducted from a fishing lake in 1979, believing it could be linked to a recent spate of snatches near the M25.

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Eyes Down for a Full House
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7.56
149 votes

#7 - Eyes Down for a Full House

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/13/2005

Luck turns against Standing when he loses a poker game, owing bookie Michael Jacobs £10,000. Michael offers him a chance to clear his debt by finding out what happened to his dad Joe, who died after being mugged outside Walthamstow stadium in 1983.

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Trust Me
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7.54
115 votes

#8 - Trust Me

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/23/2005

The team re-examine the case of Hannah Taylor who was kidnapped from her home in 1992. A body, previously thought to be Hannah's, has just been identified as that of another kidnap victim

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