The eighth series has been confirmed to air starting on Friday 6 January 2012 on BBC1 at 9pm. However creator Tony Jordan has said that this will be the last for at least a while and the last with the current cast. Guest stars featuring this season will include Sheila Hancock, Martin Kemp and Paterson Joseph.Peter Polycarpou and John Barrowman have also revealed on Twitter that they will have guest roles in series eight. This will be the third series to be filmed in Birmingham, the fifth in HD and the fourth series featuring all of the current cast. Adrian Lester is also set to direct an episode, in which Mickey is kidnapped.Other cons will see the team take on the world of slimming pills and pull off a gold heist. Jaime Murray reprised her role for the final episode.

由著名女笑匠Amy Poehler联手"The Office" 的 Michael Schur制作的喜剧《parks and recreation》已经昂首迈进了它的第五季。此片依然采用纪录片的拍摄手法，记录发生在虚拟的印第安纳州小镇Pawnee，公园与游憩部门里发生的 种种趣事。我们的Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler)，上季末她还是公园与游憩部门的副部长,如今已荣誉晋升为Pawnee的市议员了。这一季故事线有着多种悬念，比如我们的Leslie(Amy)和她的Nerd男朋友Ben Wyatt（Adam Scott）的远距离恋爱能坚持下去吗？Leslie史上最酷的前BOSS Ron Swanson（Nick Offerman）能迎来爱情的第“三”春吗？

本季故事从罗宾（寇碧·史莫德斯 Cobie Smulders 饰）和巴尼（尼尔·帕特里克·哈里斯 Neil Patrick Harris 饰）的婚礼说起。                                                                      　　时间回到2012的夏天，这是个充满爱的季节。巴尼和女友奎因，泰德（乔什·拉德诺 Josh Radnor 饰）和女友维多利亚，罗宾和男友尼克，以及马修（杰森·席格尔 Jason Segel 饰）、莉莉（艾丽森·汉妮根 Alyson Hannigan 饰）和儿子一家三口，每个人都非常幸福。马修夫妇忙于照料孩子，其他三对情侣和和美美。然而10月份一到，他们就迎来了传说中的“分手季”。经过一番折腾，巴尼和奎因分手了。不久后，泰德和维多利亚也因为一个不可调和的原因分手了。随后，巴尼宣布和罗宾订婚，这究竟什么怎么一回事……