Why did Dennis Waterman leave New Tricks?

Dennis Waterman is a British actor and singer whose acting career spanned over 60 years. He was born on 24 February 1948 and died at home in Spain beside his wife, Pam Flint on 8 May 2022.

He is also known to be a three times divorcee before staying in a marriage with Pam until his unfortunate demise. Dennis’s two daughters, Hannah Waterman and Julie Waterman came from his second marriage with Patricia Maynard.

Why did Dennis Waterman leave New Tricks?

Dennis was mostly involved in tough-guy leading roles in television series including Minder, New Tricks and The Sweeney. He is also on record to have featured in about 29 films, including Windy City comedy, Fair Exchange, Adventure Colditz, The World Cup: A Captain’s Tale, Up the Junction and the last being released in 2020.

BBC One’s New Tricks is among one of the most popular and enduring crime drama series aired on the channel of which Dennis Waterman happened to be part of the character. In fact, Nigel McCrery and Roy Mitchell were the brains behind New Tricks on BBC One’s New Tricks.

The series was first premiered in 2003 on BBC One, which produced an a12-year run before it ended in 2015. The whole story behind the series was about three retired police officers who were expected to solve cold cases, with a touch of comedy and drama.

Dennis Waterman was considered one of the outstanding actors on New Tricks who played the role of Gerry Standing for the 12 seasons of the series. Nevertheless, Dennis left the New Tricks series when he noticed that, there was a change in chemistry after the loss of all the original cast members.

Dennis also added his voice to the grievances of fellow cast members in an interview with Radio Times by stressing, “You have to remind yourself that people aren’t as stupid as writers think.

But that’s the way things are going in the industry.” He boldly stated.

The producers of the show also broke their silence on Dennis Waterman’s exit.

‘We sincerely thank Dennis Waterman for his immense contribution to his role within the 12 seasons of the series through hard work and dedication ”. They acknowledged.

“Viewers won’t be saying goodbye to Dennis until Autumn 2015, so there will be plenty of time to enjoy the slightly unorthodox antics of his character Gerry Standing on screens.” the producers assured.