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Ashes to Ashes

Ashes to Ashes
★ 7.7/10•2008•1h 0m•TV-14•Crime•Sci-Fi & Fantasy•Action & Adventure
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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.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateFeb 7, 2008

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1E159m

Episode 1

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?

Feb 7, 2008

Episode 2 - Episode 2E258m

Episode 2

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.

Feb 14, 2008

Episode 3 - Episode 3E359m

Episode 3

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.

Feb 21, 2008

Episode 4 - Episode 4E458m

Episode 4

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.

Feb 28, 2008

Episode 5 - Episode 5E557m

Episode 5

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.

Mar 6, 2008

Episode 6 - Episode 6E657m

Episode 6

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.

Mar 13, 2008

Episode 7 - Episode 7E759m

Episode 7

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.

Mar 20, 2008

Episode 8 - Episode 8E859m

Episode 8

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.

Mar 27, 2008

Actors

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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