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.

丹尼（马丁·弗瑞曼 Martin Freeman 饰）只是一介普通工人，日复一日的庸碌生活中，他的未来一片混沌。一次偶然中，丹尼被一道惊雷劈中陷入昏迷，醒来之后，丹尼吃惊的发现，自己竟然进入了一个名叫薇罗尼卡（蕾切尔·斯特灵 Rachael Stirling 饰）的女人的身体之中。薇罗尼卡是一名时尚杂志的记者，前途一片光明，就这样，丹尼以薇罗尼卡的身份开始了全新的生活。在薇罗尼卡的男友杰（佩特逊·约瑟夫 Paterson Joseph 饰）和情人阿里（詹姆斯·兰斯 James Lance 饰）的双重攻势下，丹尼意识到他必须找回自己的身体。丹尼重访了自己曾经工作过的地方，遇见了同事皮特（马绍尔·兰卡斯特 Marshall Lancaster 饰）与丹尼暗恋的女孩菲罗娜（Angela Griffin 饰），通过与两人的交往，丹尼发现了一个全新的自己。