List of New Tricks Episodes - Series 5 (2008)

Jack confronts his nemesis in court when Ricky Hanson stands trial for his attempted murder. Gerry faces the consequences of lying to his 'daughter', Emily. The team uncover a shady organ-donor racket when they reinvestigate the murder of a wealthy businessman who left a three million pound fortune to a prostitute.

The team returns to the 1992 case of actor Michael Austin, shot dead by his wife on stage during the opening night performance of Death at the Masked Ball. Already a man down when Jack Halford goes AWOL, it looks like the team may lose another member as Lane embraces his newfound love of acting and the theatre. Guest starring: Claire Bloom, Dermot Crowley, Dexter Fletcher, John Fortune, Will Kemp, Kim Thomson and Diana Weston

The team reinvestigates the murder of a popular DJ who died live on air after an arson attack at 80s music station Roxy Radio. Brian Lane is determined to find the missing Jack when Sandra and Gerry threaten to quit rather than work with a new team member. Guest starring: Kellie Bright, Danny Webb and Reece Shearsmith

Gerry meets his heroes, the 70s rock band Bad Faith, when the team investigates the death of its lead guitarist. It is over 30 years since the group split up, however, and the ageing rockers do not quite live up to the legends Gerry remembers. Meanwhile, determined to prevent UCOS from disbanding, Brian finally tracks down Jack and tries to persuade him to return.

The team investigates the death of the Chief Brewer at Felspar's Brewery, which proves to be rather intoxicating for the boys. For Sandra, the case has a more personal aspect as she learns some difficult truths about her dead father.

The team investigates the art of illusion when they reopen a case involving a magic trick that ended in murder. Powerful mind games and hypnosis prove a dangerous mix for Brian Lane, however, sending him down a destructive path.

As Brian struggles to control and conceal his desire to drink again, he finds the perfect refuge in a commune at the centre of the team's investigation into the death of a university student. The case also helps Gerry face up to his relationship with Emily, who has not spoken to him since she discovered the truth about the DNA test at Ricky Hanson's trial.

Ministry of Defence spooks try to silence the UCOS team when they reinvestigate the death of British soldier Eric Trimble. Just weeks before a tour of duty in Iraq ,turning the First Gulf War, Trimble, along with three other squaddies, was sent to the MoD's Influenza Research Unit (IRU) to take part in a medical trial. All four went out drinking one night, but Trimble never returned. He was later found beaten to death two miles from the Unit. Brian's behaviour, meanwhile, causes concern. His new obsession is unmasking the truth. (Note: the final line of this episode, spoken by Brian, can be read in multiple ways. The entire episode is unusually political for this series, and the last line -- which can be read as a warning about America's growing covert & overt military power in the world -- underscores the unique content of this episode.)