''
Ashes to Ashes'' is a British
science fiction/
police procedural
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drama television series, serving as a
spin-off
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from the original series, ''
Life on Mars''.
The transmission dates given below refer to the original UK broadcast on
BBC One.
Series overview
Episodes
Series 1 (2008)
In the first episode, Detective Inspector
Alex Drake (
Keeley Hawes), a 21st-century
police officer, is investigating the notes written by
Sam Tyler
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In the original British version of ''Life on Mars'', Tyler is played by John Simm and in the American version he is played by J ...
(
John Simm). While doing this, Drake is shot and awakes in 1981, where she meets
Gene Hunt (
Philip Glenister),
Ray Carling (
Dean Andrews) and
Chris Skelton (
Marshall Lancaster
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) whom she has read about in Tyler's notes.
Series 2 (2009)
The second series was confirmed to be in production in early 2008. This series takes place in 1982, and is the fourth British series overall in the ''Life On Mars'' franchise.
Series 3 (2010)
Series 3 consists of eight 60-minute episodes. The first episode of the series aired on 2 April 2010.
Episodes 7 and 8 were joined as the show's first "two-parter" (i.e. the two episodes form one direct narrative) and was advertised as such.
References
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Episodes, Ashes to Ashes
Lists of British crime television series episodes
Lists of British science fiction television series episodes