New Tricks back for sixth series

Cop show New Tricks which stars Dennis Waterman, Alun Armstrong and James Bolam as retired coppers investigating unsolved murders will be back for a sixth series, the BBC has announced.

The show, which also stars Amanda Redman, has been a ratings hit for the channel with the latest series peaking at 9.24 million viewers. According to BARB the drama has been the most watched programme on British TV for the weeks ending 13 July, 3 August and 10 August 2008.

Moving Wallpaper Returns

Echo Beach may be no more after network executives (real and fictional) brought the show to a tragic early demise but producer Jonathan Pope (Ben Miller) and his team are back for a second series of Moving Wallpaper.