[Lord Snooty]

Aye, well done, lads.

I only mentioned the Halfords Lane one because the screenwriter for the TV series New Tricks was a Baggies fan and named all the detectives after the Halfords Lane Stand at the Hawthorns. Jack Halford, Brian Lane and Gerry Standing.

As well as the "cold case" in each episode, the series drew on the characters personal lives including Sandra's fast-tracked career, Brian's alcoholism and relationship with his wife Esther, Jack's bereavement from his wife Mary and Gerry's ex-wives.

Roy Mitchell supports football team West Bromwich Albion and so named numerous characters after their 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.[19]

Apart from the police station scenes, the series was filmed on locations across London.