James missed a couple of episodes in Series 5, of course, and I thought they were just as enjoyable without him.
I'm looking forward to seeing Denis in this. Obviously when the same team of 4 have done 67 episodes over 8 years, it'll be odd for someone else to be added to it but I'm looking forward to it and there's always the other 67 episodes to watch on DVD - or telly reppeats - if you want to see James in it!
9 years. The pilot episode was in 2003. And it's not really the first time a sort of cast character has gone. PC Clarke went missing after series 1. He was an on par with Strickland and Esther.
Dennis Lawson might have been seen in the US on British TV shows - Holby City, where he was excellent as head doctor Tom Campbell-Gore for some time....and the mini series Sea of Souls - which ran for three years and saw him as the head of a parapsychology unit at a Scottish university investigating strange phenomena.
Dennis Lawson might have been seen in the US on British TV shows - Holby City, where he was excellent as head doctor Tom Campbell-Gore for some time....and the mini series Sea of Souls - which ran for three years and saw him as the head of a parapsychology unit at a Scottish university investigating strange phenomena.
That was Bill Paterson who used to be in Law & Order UK Dennis was in Marchlands last year.
Thinking about it and Flukie is right. It would be 8 years that Jack was in the show. Though the show is 9 years old now.
Steve McAllister (Ex-Detective Inspector) (Denis Lawson): Retired DI Steve McAllister joined the team after Jack Halford's departure. He is described as "a bundle of energetic optimism with a tendency to get personally involved in the cases he’s working on
That was Bill Paterson who used to be in Law & Order UK Dennis was in Marchlands last year.
Yes, sorry,quite right - it was in Sea of Souls (always get them confused).
But he was Dr Tom Campbell Gore in Holby.
Oh, and in one of my all time favourite BBC Dramas - The Flip Side of Dominic Hide - with a very young Harry from Spooks!
This and its sequel (Another Flip for Dominic) is some of the best science fiction that BBC 1 has ever made - clever, funny and thought provoking. And a great success at the time. Well worth seeking out if you were not around in the early 80s.
That was Bill Paterson who used to be in Law & Order UK Dennis was in Marchlands last year.
Thinking about it and Flukie is right. It would be 8 years that Jack was in the show. Though the show is 9 years old now.
The Pilot episode was shown in March 2003, so I counted from that, tho really, as James left in 2011, he was in it 7 years cos the first series was shown in April 2004, a whole year after the Pilot episode.
James did Born and Bred between the Pilot (which was just going to be a one off thing) and the First Series, so he actually left Born and Bred to do New Tricks, so as he was working on something else for the year in between the Pilot and the series starting, his New Tricks time really started in 2004 - just to be picky about it! lol
Anyway, I'm looking forward to Series 9, seeing how Denis fits into it, and I just wish there was some news/pictures released about it.
I could understand Brian being upset, but I hope it doesn't last for more than one episode.
He was upset when Jack originally disappeared after the trial, previously, but that was cos no one knew where he was or if he'd be back.
How he reacts this time will depend on how Jack's absense is explained.And as Brian will presumably know where he is, he probably won't be that bothered.
When I was watching Friday's repeat on BBC1 it just crossed my mind to wonder, when the first episode of the new series is shown, whether they'll show the new credits straightaway, specially if Steve (I think his name is) isn't introduced before the credits. Or if they wait til the second episode - like there was no credits to the Pilot.
They might just do it as normal of course, but with a new team member, after 8 series ... I just wondered! Not a particularly important point but still .. just wondered.
When I was watching Friday's repeat on BBC1 it just crossed my mind to wonder, when the first episode of the new series is shown, whether they'll show the new credits straightaway, specially if Steve (I think his name is) isn't introduced before the credits. Or if they wait til the second episode - like there was no credits to the Pilot.
They might just do it as normal of course, but with a new team member, after 8 series ... I just wondered! Not a particularly important point but still .. just wondered.
I hadn't thought about that, good point.
I'm wondering how they're going to write Jack out.
In September 2011, the BBC, following the success of series 8 and internationally, commissioned another two series. Series 9 is expected to be broadcast in 2012, with 10 episodes. Episode 2 has been revealed to be called "Old School Ties".
That's what I call a titbit!
I do wish someone would tell us when Series 9 is being shown!
I mentioned previously that BBC1 had started a 10 episode run (over 11 weeks cos of Comic Relief this week) and wondered if it might be back after that.
Watched an old episode of NT from Series 8 and realised one of the characters name is Helen Gilder. I've just realised that was a character from Born and Bred.
Obviously put in for James Bolams's benefit! lol (she was his grand-daughter in B&B)
Aibi are starting to show Series 8 of New Tricks and amazingly, they are showing ALL the episode because they are being shown between 9 - 10.15pm.
Wonders never cease! They usually cut 12 minutes off each episode, ruining them, if you remember them, and I always wished they'd show them over an extra 15 minutes so they wouldn't cut them.
Someone granted my wish!
Aibi are starting to show Series 8 of New Tricks and amazingly, they are showing ALL the episode because they are being shown between 9 - 10.15pm.
Wonders never cease! They usually cut 12 minutes off each episode, ruining them, if you remember them, and I always wished they'd show them over an extra 15 minutes so they wouldn't cut them.
Someone granted my wish!
That's great, I watched 'an hour' long New Tricks, and it made no sense! I think they must have cut out all the important bits in order to make it fit for the hour slot.
That's great, I watched 'an hour' long New Tricks, and it made no sense! I think they must have cut out all the important bits in order to make it fit for the hour slot.
12 minutes cut from a 58 minute long programme is criminal! Specially when you often hear a fuss being made if someone cuts one scene lasting about 3 minutes out of something!
They cut a lot of the comedy bits out, which is what frustrates me if I watch an episode I know well. Even the very first episode - the murdered policewoman 17 years before - has funny bits cut. When Sandra and Gerry are in the opticians waiting to see the witness. All they show of that is the young woman calling them into her office to talk to her. They cut out the funny bit of Gerry trying on glasses saying he'd been toying with the idea of glasses for a while.
He tries on a half moon pair, saying - putting on a voice 'David Dickinson!'
And Sandra says, "Yeah, without the David and the inson' (leaving Dick, of course!) lol which I always laugh at, but they cut if out.
Spose the comedy bits were the easiest to cut out so they could then say they never actually cut any of the story out!
Which of course isn't true cos there isn't always 12 minutes of comedy!
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9 years. The pilot episode was in 2003. And it's not really the first time a sort of cast character has gone. PC Clarke went missing after series 1. He was an on par with Strickland and Esther.
That was Bill Paterson who used to be in Law & Order UK
Thinking about it and Flukie is right. It would be 8 years that Jack was in the show. Though the show is 9 years old now.
Steve McAllister (Ex-Detective Inspector) (Denis Lawson): Retired DI Steve McAllister joined the team after Jack Halford's departure. He is described as "a bundle of energetic optimism with a tendency to get personally involved in the cases he’s working on
Yes, sorry,quite right - it was in Sea of Souls (always get them confused).
But he was Dr Tom Campbell Gore in Holby.
Oh, and in one of my all time favourite BBC Dramas - The Flip Side of Dominic Hide - with a very young Harry from Spooks!
This and its sequel (Another Flip for Dominic) is some of the best science fiction that BBC 1 has ever made - clever, funny and thought provoking. And a great success at the time. Well worth seeking out if you were not around in the early 80s.
The Pilot episode was shown in March 2003, so I counted from that, tho really, as James left in 2011, he was in it 7 years cos the first series was shown in April 2004, a whole year after the Pilot episode.
James did Born and Bred between the Pilot (which was just going to be a one off thing) and the First Series, so he actually left Born and Bred to do New Tricks, so as he was working on something else for the year in between the Pilot and the series starting, his New Tricks time really started in 2004 - just to be picky about it! lol
Anyway, I'm looking forward to Series 9, seeing how Denis fits into it, and I just wish there was some news/pictures released about it.
Never watched the Inbetweeners ... which of the women was she?
yes it was, Belinda Stewart Wilson, I think!
Maybe Brian will really like the new guy. He's meant to be really enthusiastic, and Brian would like that on a case.
He was upset when Jack originally disappeared after the trial, previously, but that was cos no one knew where he was or if he'd be back.
How he reacts this time will depend on how Jack's absense is explained.And as Brian will presumably know where he is, he probably won't be that bothered.
Hope we see more of Strickland in this series. Not sure why exactly, but I really have a soft spot for him. Maybe its just me
I missed Strickland when we barely saw him last series.
Yeah he was so underused. He must be in the first ep of Series 9 as they have to introduce the new team member etc.
Hope they give him some good scenes so we see him lots.
They might just do it as normal of course, but with a new team member, after 8 series ... I just wondered! Not a particularly important point but still .. just wondered.
I hadn't thought about that, good point.
I'm wondering how they're going to write Jack out.
In September 2011, the BBC, following the success of series 8 and internationally, commissioned another two series. Series 9 is expected to be broadcast in 2012, with 10 episodes. Episode 2 has been revealed to be called "Old School Ties".
That's what I call a titbit!
I do wish someone would tell us when Series 9 is being shown!
I mentioned previously that BBC1 had started a 10 episode run (over 11 weeks cos of Comic Relief this week) and wondered if it might be back after that.
Blimey - give him a chance! He's an excellent actor for starters.
Obviously put in for James Bolams's benefit! lol (she was his grand-daughter in B&B)
Wonders never cease! They usually cut 12 minutes off each episode, ruining them, if you remember them, and I always wished they'd show them over an extra 15 minutes so they wouldn't cut them.
Someone granted my wish!
That's great, I watched 'an hour' long New Tricks, and it made no sense! I think they must have cut out all the important bits in order to make it fit for the hour slot.
12 minutes cut from a 58 minute long programme is criminal! Specially when you often hear a fuss being made if someone cuts one scene lasting about 3 minutes out of something!
They cut a lot of the comedy bits out, which is what frustrates me if I watch an episode I know well. Even the very first episode - the murdered policewoman 17 years before - has funny bits cut. When Sandra and Gerry are in the opticians waiting to see the witness. All they show of that is the young woman calling them into her office to talk to her. They cut out the funny bit of Gerry trying on glasses saying he'd been toying with the idea of glasses for a while.
He tries on a half moon pair, saying - putting on a voice 'David Dickinson!'
And Sandra says, "Yeah, without the David and the inson' (leaving Dick, of course!) lol which I always laugh at, but they cut if out.
Spose the comedy bits were the easiest to cut out so they could then say they never actually cut any of the story out!
Which of course isn't true cos there isn't always 12 minutes of comedy!