Why Not Series 1-9?
New Tricks is a great show and has now run to nine series. Which begs the question as to why just Series 1-5 are now being released on DVD. In the UK Series 10 is currently showing on TV. Jack Halford played by James Bolam left in Series 8, although he appears in Episode 1 of Series 9. In Series 10 we lose both DS Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman) and Brian Lane (Alun Armstrong). This leaves just Gerry Standing (Dennis Waterman) from the original cast. It seems that there are intentions to carry on New Tricks, but clearly this excellent program will never be quite the same.
Hence I think it is inevitable that a box set of the complete Series 1-10 is going to be released probably sooner rather than later and potential purchasers may wish to hold off for that. This is an excellent Five Star program, but I cannot rate releasing this abbreviated DVD set very highly.
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