Anthony Stewart Head to star in BBC1 drama.

Buffy actor Anthony Stewart Head has kept himself busy since the series ended last year. Back in his native England, Head will follow up his recent appearances in Manchild and Little Britain with a role in a new detective drama for BBC1.

New Tricks is a six-part drama for BBC1 from Wall to Wall Television which follows the antics of three retired cops, Gerry Standing (Dennis Waterman), Jack Halford (James Bolam) and Brian Lane (Alun Armstrong) are recruited by Superintendent Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman) to reinvestigate unsolved crimes from the past.

Head will play Sandra Pullman's boyfriend in the series New Tricks which starts on 1st April at 9.00pm on BBC1.