Series
Ashes to Ashes
CrimeSci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama
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.
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Seasons & episodes
1Episode 17 Feb 2008 · 59m · ★ 7.7DI 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?
2Episode 214 Feb 2008 · 58m · ★ 5.7DCI 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.
3Episode 321 Feb 2008 · 59m · ★ 7.5Fresh 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.
4Episode 428 Feb 2008 · 58m · ★ 7.5CID 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.
5Episode 56 Mar 2008 · 57m · ★ 7.5Gene 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.
6Episode 613 Mar 2008 · 57m · ★ 6.7An 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.
7Episode 720 Mar 2008 · 59m · ★ 7.5The 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.
8Episode 827 Mar 2008 · 59m · ★ 8.0Alex 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.
Details
- Created by
- Ashley Pharoah, Matthew Graham
- First aired
- 7 Feb 2008
- Last aired
- 21 May 2010
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 24
- Votes
- 124 on TMDB
Where to watch (US)
Amazon Prime Video
Britbox Apple TV channel
BritBox
BritBox Amazon Channel
Amazon Prime Video with Ads
The Roku Channel
Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads
Tubi TV
Amazon MX Player
Cast
Keeley HawesAlex Drake
Philip GlenisterGene Hunt
Dean AndrewsRay Carling
Marshall LancasterChris Skelton
Montserrat LombardShaz Granger
Daniel MaysJim Keats
