New Tricks: The English Defence (2014)
Season 11, Episode 8
8/10
A clever mystery.
13 February 2023
The DNA of a teenage boy who threw a brick onto oncoming traffic on a motorway is linked to the killing of Agnes Bradley, a translator who was brutally killed.

The latter part of this series truly has produced some high quality episodes, The English Defence is yet another, a deep, cracking storyline, one which sees The UCOS team mixing with Diplomats and chess masters.

Well paced, intriguing and suspenseful, with strong characters, and a good few surprises. I just kept waiting for Danny to turn out to be some kind of Chess expert.

Steve's storyline was really good, we got to see a different side to his character, Ian Hogg was excellent as his angry and bitter dad.

Once again, I was so impressed by Tamsin Outhwaite, Sasha was such a brilliant character, great the way she stood up to Strickland.

Leanne Best was excellent as Zoe, her pronunciation of several languages was excellent.

This was a fine episode, 8/10.
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