New Tricks Season 8

New Tricks Season 8 is currently streaming on and , and it delivers exactly the kind of comedy that earns a loyal following. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. 64 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Watch it for Dennis Waterman — stay for everyone else around them. Available now — press play and find out why people keep recommending it.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, New Tricks Season 8 is worth clearing space for. The jokes in New Tricks Season 8 land because the characters underneath them are worth caring about. Brian Lane, Jack Halford and Gerry Standing may be eccentric, ignore procedure, bend the rules and take risks, but they get results. Series 8 sees them opening the files on the death of a senior palaeontologist at the Natural History Musuem, the hit and run of a cycle courier, the murder of a vagrant on a tube train, a missing scientist who disappeared on the London to Paris Eurostar and the murder of the leader of a notorious criminal biker gang. Among the guest stars appearing in the series are Sheila Hancock, Keith Allen, Peter Davison, Tim McInnerny, Rebecca Front, Sally Phillips, Paul McGann, Shaun Williamson and Emily Glenister. Dennis Waterman and Amanda Redman lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2011. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and New Tricks Season 8 holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

New Tricks Season 8 is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Dennis Waterman anchors an ensemble with real chemistry. Genuinely funny, consistently, across the whole run.