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COLLECTION · Series · 2008

Ashes to Ashes

Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.

Source: TMDB
* 7.7 (115)ActionAdventureCrimeDramaFantasyScience FictionUnited Kingdom
Creators
Ashley Pharoah · Matthew Graham
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
BBC One · BBC · Monastic Productions · BBC Cymru Wales
Runtime
55–60 min/ep
Age rating
TV-14
Release
07/02/2008
Score
7.7 / 10 (115)

Awards and nominations

  • Winner at Geneva International Film Festival – Tous Écrans — Ashes to Ashes
  • Nominated at Monte-Carlo Television Festival — Dean Andrews
  • Nominated at Monte-Carlo Television Festival — Philip Glenister
  • Nominated at Monte-Carlo Television Festival — Marshall Lancaster
  • Nominated at Monte-Carlo Television Festival — Keeley Hawes
  • Nominated at Monte-Carlo Television Festival — Montserrat Lombard
  • Winner at Monte-Carlo Television Festival — Ashes to Ashes
  • Nominated at Monte-Carlo Television Festival — Ashes to Ashes
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
Specials
10 episodes · 2008
Ashes to Ashes meets Top Gear (Children In Need 2008)
Episode 1. Ashes to Ashes meets Top Gear (Children In Need 2008)
2008-11-17 · 3 min

Richard Hammond comes face-to-face with the Ashes team and the Audi Quattro for the 2008 Children In Need.

Ashes to Ashes does Sport Relief 2010
Episode 2. Ashes to Ashes does Sport Relief 2010
2010-03-19 · 10 min

The Ryder Cup has been stolen and rumour has it a celebrity has nicked it! DCI Gene Hunt, DI Alex Drake and the Ashes to Ashes team lead an undercover investigation for Sport Relief. With the help of a host of sports stars and celebrities…

Set Tour
Episode 3. Set Tour
8 min

Production designer Stevie Herbert gives a tour of the various sets of Ashes to Ashes

Episode 4. The car explosion
7 min

The Ford Escort explosion is a key scene in Alex Drake's flashbacks.

Episode 5. Life after Mars
30 min

No synopsis

Episode 6. Deleted Scenes Season 1
7 min

No synopsis

Episode 7. Outtakes Season 1

No synopsis

Episode 8. The Cast Quiz - 1982
6 min

Series 2 DVD Extra

Episode 9. Under The Ashes - Making Series 2
35 min

Series 2 DVD Extra

Episode 10. Dust To Dust - Making Series 3
23 min

Series 3 DVD Extra

Season 1
Season 1
8 episodes · 2008
Deja Vu
Episode 1. Deja Vu
2008-02-07 · 59 min

DI Alex Drake is taken hostage and shot, and wakes up in a brothel... in 1981. Rescued in a police raid, she quickly recognises DCI Gene Hunt and his team from detailed reports made by DCI Sam Tyler about his own trip to 1973. Gene is…

The Happy Day
Episode 2. The Happy Day
2008-02-14 · 59 min

DCI Hunt is determined to keep a lid on protests against the London Docklands development. When a suspected member of the London Liberation Front is arrested, Alex asks her mother, a lawyer, to defend him. Meanwhile, Prince Charles is…

Nothing Changes
Episode 3. Nothing Changes
2008-02-21 · 59 min

Fresh from a successful drugs bust, Gene and the team investigate a prostitute's rape allegation. A dangerous serial attacker may be at large, but the case is hampered by an unreliable witness and the suspect's connections.

The Missing Link
Episode 4. The Missing Link
2008-02-28 · 58 min

CID investigate a murder, and discover a plot to sell stolen nuclear secrets to the Revolutionary Workers Front. When Gene and Alex get trapped in a secret Government facility at Edgehampton, the temperature rises.

The Smoking Gun
Episode 5. The Smoking Gun
2008-03-06 · 57 min

Gene and Alex discover that a notorious pimp and drug dealer has a major firearms deal in the pipeline. In an attempt to locate him, the team go undercover in a gay club, and Ray goes beyond the call of duty to get his man.

Over the Hill
Episode 6. Over the Hill
2008-03-13 · 57 min

An armed robbery leads Gene to Chas Cale, a criminal he tried to bring down in Manchester. But when Chas reveals his alibi, Gene begins to wonder if he is past his prime as a DCI. Alex sends Ray and Chris undercover at the local pub in…

Charity Begins at Home
Episode 7. Charity Begins at Home
2008-03-20 · 59 min

The team investigates the armed robbery of a fundraiser who has been travelling across the country in a bathtub full of baked beans to raise money for Children in Need. Alex thinks that a crime reconstruction on Police Five will do the…

Alex's Big Day
Episode 8. Alex's Big Day
2008-03-27 · 59 min

Alex is determined to prevent the murder of her parents in a car bomb attack. Gene, meanwhile, is determined to give a good impression to a visiting Lord Scarman, but the station is still dealing with the aftermath of a Gay Pride…

Season 2
Season 2
8 episodes · 2009
Found in Soho
Episode 1. Found in Soho
2009-04-20 · 59 min

When a dead man is found in a Soho strip club, it looks like a sex game has gone wrong. So when the deceased is discovered to be a police officer, Gene and Alex are ordered to keep the case under wraps.

Reckless Driving
Episode 2. Reckless Driving
2009-04-27 · 60 min

The team is on the hunt for major vehicle thief Jed Wicklow, but when a car chase leads to his death, Gene stands accused of causing it through reckless driving. Alex is adamant that there was something wrong with Jed at the wheel and…

Fight for Their Rights
Episode 3. Fight for Their Rights
2009-05-04 · 59 min

Animal rights activists have threatened a series of attacks in London and the first victim, the daughter of a commercial laboratory owner, is in hospital. Gene orders his team not to sleep until those responsible are behind bars. Their…

Gene's Queen
Episode 4. Gene's Queen
2009-05-11 · 60 min

A face from Gene's old stomping ground of Manchester shows up called Jackie Queen. Jackie is a reporter who is investigating teenagers who traveled to London from the north and have disappeared.

Blood Staines
Episode 5. Blood Staines
2009-05-18 · 58 min

When a violent burglary occurs at Alex's in-laws' house, she comes face-to-face with their son Peter, the 14-year-old future father of Molly! Alex is desperate to help Molly's grandparents all she can, but Gene wants a big collar to bury…

Truth Canal
Episode 6. Truth Canal
2009-05-25 · 59 min

After a dead body is found in the canal it is identified as Colin Mitchell. Alex is certain that the dead man's wife Donna is not telling everything and she is determined to uncover the truth. Back in 2008, Alex has surgery to remove the…

Traitor
Episode 7. Traitor
2009-06-01 · 60 min

CID find a body buried in concrete as they investigate a drugs drop at a building site. Alex thinks she is getting better and will soon wake up in her own time. Working on the case though starts to clash with her wish to be back home.

Who Am I, Really?
Episode 8. Who Am I, Really?
2009-06-08 · 59 min

After Alex catches an infection back in 2008, she knows the doctors think she wont pull through. Distance grows between Alex and Gene and their relationship is put under the greatest strain yet.

Season 3
Season 3
8 episodes · 2010
Episode 1
Episode 1. Episode 1
2010-04-02 · 58 min

Alex soon realises she has not returned home after all, and wakes up in 1983. Gene is on the run, and DCI Jim Keats has arrived from Complaints to investigate CID following the shooting. Newly-promoted DI Ray Carling leads an…

Episode 2
Episode 2. Episode 2
2010-04-09 · 59 min

A severed hand is sent to Fenchurch station. Discovering that several women have been murdered, Alex decides to join the dating agency they all used. Alex tries to discover the truth about Sam Tyler's death, but Gene is obstructive.

Episode 3
Episode 3. Episode 3
2010-04-16 · 59 min

Gene and the rest of CID are feeling the pressure to stop a series of politically motivated arson attacks in the lead up to the 1983 General Election, after a military compound and a polling station are set alight. DCI Jim Keats announces…

Episode 4
Episode 4. Episode 4
2010-04-23 · 60 min

Gene discovers that an undercover operation to catch several drug dealers is taking place on his patch without his knowledge. Determined to take control Hunt blows the cover of an undercover operative who turns up at CID and is eventually…

Episode 5
Episode 5. Episode 5
2010-04-30 · 59 min

When DCI Gene Hunt's former Manchester colleagues, DCI Litton and DI Bevan, turn up on his patch he immediately smells a rat. They're in pursuit of northern comic Frank Hardwick who's wanted for stealing 2,000 pounds from the Police…

Episode 6
Episode 6. Episode 6
2010-05-07 · 59 min

All hell has broken loose at Fenchurch East prison; the inmates are rioting and DCI Gene Hunt is ready to go in all guns blazing to teach the lags a lesson. However, things don't go to plan; the riot team are hugely outnumbered, and in…

Episode 7
Episode 7. Episode 7
2010-05-14 · 59 min

DCI Jim Keats has almost finished his report into DCI Gene Hunt and his team, but he's still pushing DI Alex Drake to find out what really happened to Sam Tyler. When reports come in of a disturbance at an ANC illegal drinking den Gene…

Episode 8
Episode 8. Episode 8
2010-05-21 · 60 min

DCI Gene Hunt and his team are investigating a diamond heist following the murder of three London gang members. But DI Alex Drake is distracted and, with encouragement from DCI Jim Keats, she decides to pursue her own investigation to the…

Cast by season
Keeley Hawes
Keeley Hawes
Alex Drake
Philip Glenister
Philip Glenister
Gene Hunt
Dean Andrews
Dean Andrews
Ray Carling
Marshall Lancaster
Marshall Lancaster
Chris Skelton
Montserrat Lombard
Montserrat Lombard
Shaz Granger
Daniel Mays
Daniel Mays
Jim Keats
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VanVliet
★ 10.0 / 10
"Fire up the Quattro" and "Pronto Tonto"! Gene Hunt has to return to finish what was started in Life On Mars. It's takes two series which starts in the hunt for Sam Tyler and finishes with the classic battle of good versus evil and redemption. Lofty stuff but done very well with some great performances helped by superb scripts.
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london, englandplanet marstime travelpolicesequelfemale protagonistpolice detectivefemale detective1980s
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