# Almost done with "New Tricks" - what next?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-done-with-new-tricks-what-next/973299>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\
**Created:** [October 15, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-done-with-new-tricks-what-next/973299 "2022-10-15T17:02:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-done-with-new-tricks-what-next/973299/21 "2022-10-17T18:53:12Z")

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I would put **Vera** at the top of your list. It’s a little more straight than **New Tricks** , but very good.

For lightweight you can’t go wrong with **Father Brown** , and the related **Sister Boniface**.

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**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-done-with-new-tricks-what-next/973299/22 "2022-10-17T23:05:31Z")

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> [@GuanoLad](#):
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> There is an even more recent one directed by Hugh Laurie.

That’s right! I’d forgotten about that one.

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**Post date:** [November 8, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-done-with-new-tricks-what-next/973299/23 "2022-11-08T15:00:09Z")

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Bumping to announce that we finished New Tricks and apparently our next series is… Monk.

Not that there’s anything wrong with Monk, but I’ve probably seen them all already either in first run or rerun and would have preferred something I haven’t seen before. Oh well, maybe there’s still time to take control of this bus before it runs into a ditch.

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-done-with-new-tricks-what-next/973299/24 "2022-11-14T14:28:32Z")

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Turns out my wife also did not want “Monk” to be our new series. (She’s seen most of them from when they had Monk all day Tuesdays on H&I.) So last night we watched a couple episodes of Father Brown. Not sure if it’s a keeper, but at least it’s something different.

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**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-done-with-new-tricks-what-next/973299/25 "2022-11-16T20:39:11Z")

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I’ve not watched _New Tricks_ but Dennis Waterman rose to fame in _Minder_, which was really great when I watched it on prime time in the 1980s. Not sure how it would stack up now or whether its available on any service that’s useful.

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