As a child you see your parents as protectors, shields against the ugliness of the world, but eventually you come to the realization that for all their morals and life lessons their as fallible as

If you’ve never seen New Tricks before here is the basic plot: Retired coppers work as consultants with the Metropolitan Police Department in cold case files.

Back in 2003 Murphy’s Law went to air and unfortunately it never made it onto my radar.

Dennis Waterman stars as John Neil, a reluctant operative who spends most of his days in his hideaway home, trying his best to ignore the world.

Taggart first hit the airwaves in 1983 maintaining the longest running cop drama in the UK and remains one of the most intriguing shows to date.