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"Ashes to Ashes" (2008): :  -- A clip from the U.K. series "Ashes to Ashes," airing in the U.S. on BBC America.
"Ashes to Ashes" (2008): :  -- A clip from the U.K. series "Ashes to Ashes," airing in the U.S. on BBC America.
"Ashes to Ashes" (2008): :  -- A clip from the U.K. series "Ashes to Ashes," airing in the U.S. on BBC America.
"Ashes to Ashes" (2008): :  -- A clip from the BBC series "Ashes to Ashes."

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Plot:
DCI Gene Hunt is back, but he's no longer the self-styled "Sheriff of Manchester." Flanked by his faithful sidekicks... more
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(37 articles)
BBC America brings back Van Helsing in Demons
 (From AOL - TVSquad. 20 December 2009, 10:29 AM, PST)

"Ashes" Explains "Life On Mars" End
 (From Dark Horizons. 9 December 2009, 8:18 AM, PST)

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Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 8 of 17)
Philip Glenister ... Gene Hunt (24 episodes, 2008-2010)

Keeley Hawes ... Alex Drake (24 episodes, 2008-2010)

Dean Andrews ... Ray Carling / ... (16 episodes, 2008-2009)
Marshall Lancaster ... Chris Skelton (16 episodes, 2008-2009)
Montserrat Lombard ... Shaz Granger / ... (16 episodes, 2008-2009)
Joseph Long ... Luigi (16 episodes, 2008-2009)
Geff Francis ... Viv James (16 episodes, 2008-2009)
Grace Vance ... Molly Drake (16 episodes, 2008-2009)
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60 min (16 episodes)
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The series is full of David Bowie references:- "Ashes to Ashes" is one of his songs, and features a Pierrot clown in its video, and one episode also features a "Laughing Gnome" (which is the name of another Bowie song). more
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Anachronisms: The Audi Quattro used by Gene Hunt was not available for sale in the UK in 1981. He would have had to order it from continental Europe, thus it would be left-hand drive. This is acknowledged to in the extras. (However, because this is an imaginary 1981 as Alex remembers it while in a coma, it is possible that she believed that the Quattro was available in 1981.) more
Movie Connections:
Spin off from "Life on Mars" (2006) more

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13 out of 20 people found the following review useful.
An great idea reduced, 28 March 2008
7/10
Author: paul2001sw-1 (paul2001sw@yahoo.co.uk) from Saffron Walden, UK

'Life on Mars' was an unexpected hit, the clever story of time-travelling policeman Sam Tyler who finds himself injected into an unreconstructed 1970s police force. 'Ashes to Ashes' is the sequel, although the plot is essentially separate: a different character is returned to a different period (in this case, the early 1980s); what's in common are the people who populate the former landscape, the team of detectives led by Gene Hunt. And at first, it feels like a poor substitute for its predecessor. There's a knowingness to its tone that is could be seen an acknowledgement that some of the freshness is gone; the new protagonist, played by Keely Hawes, is unsympathetic and irritating; and a lot of the early episodes appear to consist of little more than 80s pop music being played over footage of Hunt's Audi Quattro. Additionally, Hunt (played, as previously, by Philip Glenister) no longer seems quite so spectacularly outrageous; there's not the same intensity to his interaction with his new visitor as there was with his last. The series ends strongly, however: the idea of getting Geoffrey Palmer to play Lord Scarman is brilliant; but in spite of some strong moments and funny lines, one senses a formula that's starting to feel stretched. I still enjoyed the series; but I also had the sense that the basic idea has now been done, and might be better left to rest.

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