BBC Renews New Tricks for Two More Seasons

The BBC has announced that its light crime drama New Tricks has been renewed for another two seasons.

The series, which follows an unconventional bunch of ex-coppers brought out of retirement to work on unsolved and open cases, sees old school policing clash with today's political correctness. However, they may be eccentric, bend the rules, follow their hunches and ignore procedure, but they get results.

"New Tricks continues to grow and is a huge favourite with the audience making it the highest rating drama on TV so far this year," says Ben Stephenson, Controller, BBC Drama Commissioning. "Amanda, Dennis, Alun and James are a dream team that BBC One viewers have taken to their hearts and I'm thrilled the show will be back on our screens for two more years."

Filming on the next series will begin later this year on location in and around London.

New Tricks recently completed airing its eighth series (season) in the UK. The first four seasons are available on DVD from Telemystery: New Tricks. The fifth season DVDs are released on September 27th.

(Source: BBC Press Release.)