Wikipedia: Series 8 Airs on 13th October!

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What I don't get about Spooks, Hustle and New Tricks previous series DVD releases just before the new series airs is if you've missed the series originally then you're not going to buy the DVDs just as the new series starts or if you do you're not going to watch the new series. I hadn't watched series 5 of New Tricks so I didn't watch series 6. Series 5 is now being shown again but I wasn't one of the statistics watching series 6 so unless series 6 is aired again before series 7 (assuming there is one) then the BBC are going to lose me again.

But Ashes to Ashes and Torchwood DVDs are released almost immediately