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Ashes to Ashes

  • TV-14
  • 2008–2010
  • 3 seasons
  • Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • 7.7

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.

Episodes

8 episodes
  1. 1Deja Vu

    59 minFeb 7, 2008

    DI Alex Drake is taken hostage and shot, and wakes up in 1981. 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?

  2. 2The Happy Day

    58 minFeb 14, 2008

    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 finds out her mother, a lawyer, will defend him. Meanwhile, Prince Charles is marrying Lady Diana Spencer and the in-crowd is partying at the Blitz Club.

  3. 3Nothing Changes

    59 minFeb 21, 2008

    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.

  4. 4The Missing Link

    58 minFeb 28, 2008

    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.

  5. 5The Smoking Gun

    57 minMar 6, 2008

    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.

  6. 6Over the Hill

    57 minMar 13, 2008

    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.

  7. 7Charity Begins at Home

    59 minMar 20, 2008

    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.

  8. 8Alex's Big Day

    59 minMar 27, 2008

    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.

Where to watch Ashes to Ashes

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Series cast

Keeley HawesAlex Drake24 episodes
Philip GlenisterGene Hunt24 episodes
Dean AndrewsRay Carling24 episodes
Marshall LancasterChris Skelton24 episodes
Montserrat LombardShaz Granger24 episodes
Joseph LongLuigi (credit only)23 episodes
Geff FrancisViv James15 episodes
Amelia BullmoreCaroline Price9 episodes
Grace VanceMolly Drake9 episodes
Daniel MaysJim Keats8 episodes
Stephen Campbell MooreEvan White8 episodes
Andrew CloverThe Clown/Tim Price8 episodes
Adrian DunbarMartin Summers7 episodes
Lucy ColeYoung Alex6 episodes
Roger AllamCharlie Mackintosh4 episodes
Charlie RoePathologist3 episodes
Nicole CharlesNina Akaboa2 episodes
Sean HarrisArthur Layton2 episodes

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