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with characters often coping with problems at their age but using their wisdom to overcome hurdles in the original investigation of cold cases. Both creators, McCrery and Mitchell, devised the title of the programme around the proverb "You can't teach an old dog new tricks".
Over the course of its broadcast, "New Tricks" attracted respectable viewing figures.
Series.
"New Tricks" began as a one-off episode broadcast on 27 March 2003. This attracted sufficient viewers for the BBC to commission a
, Dec 1967
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- New Tricks, (ss) Boys’ Life Dec 1937
- The Ox Team, (sl) Boys’ Life Oct, Nov 1949
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