Ashes to Ashes (2008)

Name: Ashes to Ashes
Rating: 7.7

Rating: 7.7

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2008-02-07

Last Air Date: 2010-05-21

Number of Seasons: 3

Number of Episodes: 24

Created By: Ashley Pharoah, Matthew Graham

Networks: BBC One

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Top Cast

Keeley Hawes as Alex Drake
Philip Glenister as Gene Hunt
Dean Andrews as Ray Carling
Marshall Lancaster as Chris Skelton
Montserrat Lombard as Shaz Granger
Joseph Long as Luigi
Geff Francis as Viv James
Amelia Bullmore as Caroline Price
Grace Vance as Molly Drake
Daniel Mays as Jim Keats

Seasons

None (2008)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: Deja Vu (2008-02-07)

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 determined to address London's growing drugs problem, and has targeted city playboy Edward Markham as the brains behind the operation. Alex suspects Arthur Layton, the man who kidnapped her in 2008. Could Layton be the key to her return to her own time?
Ep. 2: The Happy Day (2008-02-14)

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 marrying Lady Diana Spencer and the in-crowd is partying at the Blitz Club.
Ep. 3: Nothing Changes (2008-02-21)

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.
Ep. 4: The Missing Link (2008-02-28)

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.
Ep. 5: The Smoking Gun (2008-03-06)

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.
Ep. 6: Over the Hill (2008-03-13)

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 order to solve the case.
Ep. 7: Charity Begins at Home (2008-03-20)

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 trick, but Gene prefers some old-fashioned police work.
Ep. 8: Alex's Big Day (2008-03-27)

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 demonstration.