Series 7 poster

Series 7

(2010)

Overview

James Bolam, Alun Armstong, and Dennis Waterman are old dogs trying to learn some new tricks. The veteran actors team up in this new police drama playing retired detectives with wildly different personalities who are recalled to duty to form a special unit investigating unsolved crimes. However, their tried-and-tested ways of solving crimes don't always mesh with 21st-century policing. Amanda Redman also stars as the unit's reluctant commander, assigned to the team after an embarrassing incide…

Cast

Dennis Waterman as Gerry Standing
Dennis Waterman

as Gerry Standing

Amanda Redman as Det. Supt. Sandra Pullman
Amanda Redman

as Det. Supt. Sandra Pullman

James Bolam as Jack Halford
James Bolam

as Jack Halford

Alun Armstrong as Brian Lane
Alun Armstrong

as Brian Lane

Episodes

Dead Man Talking poster

Dead Man Talking 8.0

September 10, 2010

UCOS reinvestigate the death of a wealthy financier when a psychic tells the dead man's daughter that she needs to reso…

It Smells Of Books poster

It Smells Of Books 8.0

September 17, 2010

Brian finds the library card of cold case victim Dr Richard Symes, leading him to reinvestigate the death of the profes…

Left Field poster

Left Field 8.0

September 24, 2010

After being released from jail, notorious paedophile John Davies admits to the abduction and murder of a child 25 years…

Dark Chocolate poster

Dark Chocolate 8.0

September 30, 2010

A recent rape is linked to two similar attacks at a chocolate factory 10 years previously, leaving the team no choice b…

Good Morning Lemmings poster

Good Morning Lemmings 8.0

October 8, 2010

When graffiti appears around London by an unknown person claiming to have murdered a celebrated street artist, the team…

Fashion Victim poster

Fashion Victim 8.0

October 15, 2010

When a retrospective exhibition of murdered fashion designer Ritchie Levene's work opens, the team is prompted to re-ex…

Where There's Smoke poster

Where There's Smoke 8.0

October 22, 2010

UCOS reopen the case of a fire at Ealing's Union Club club in which a notorious criminal was killed in 1996. New eviden…

Coming Out Ball poster

Coming Out Ball 8.0

October 29, 2010

When 18-year-old debutante Barbara Linden-Warner disappeared without trace 27 years ago, the assumption at the time was…

Gloves Off poster

Gloves Off 9.0

November 5, 2010

When the gun used to murder a talented young boxer 11 years ago surfaces in an armed robbery, UCOS are drawn into the d…

The Fourth Man poster

The Fourth Man 8.0

November 12, 2010

The team reinvestigate a 30-year-old safety deposit robbery, and they soon find themselves being drawn into a case invo…