Dennis Waterman, the final member of the original cast of BBC TV show New Tricks left after episode 2 of the current, and final, series to be replaced by which actor playing retired detective Ted Case?
New Tricks respectively. In September 2014, Dennis Waterman announced that he would be leaving the show after filming two episodes of the next series. Larry Lamb replaced him for the rest of the final series. Roy Mitchell, creator of the series, being a supporter of the English football team West Bromwich Albion, named numerous characters after past and then-current players. The original three main male characters derived their names from the club's oldest stand, "The Halfords Lane Stand", at The Hawthorns football ground in West Bromwich. The theme tune of the programme is sung by cast member Dennis Waterman. The song is
Dennis Waterman which also starred George Cole. Waterman sang the theme tunes to three more programmes in which he appeared: the comedy drama "Stay Lucky" with Jan Francis (Yorkshire Television/ITV 1989), sitcom "On the Up" (BBC 1990) and crime drama "New Tricks" (Wall to Wall television for BBC, 2003). In 1997 he appeared as John Danson (the head of the largest UK smuggling network) in series 3 of the UK TV drama "The Knock". He was a regular cast member in every season of "New Tricks", from 2003 to 2014. After expressing his intent to leave the series during its final season