ASHES OF THE TOWER SERIES

Philip's wife, Beth Goddard, makes an appearance in the third series of Ashes.Ashes to Ashes reunited Philip with Life on Mars co-stars Dean Andrews and Marshall Lancaster as well as State of Play co-star Amelia Bullmore.The typeface used in the end credits are from a Commodore PET computer, which is also the same computer that is on DCI Hunt's desk.The metropolitan (London) police did not use these cars - they used Rovers. The police cars used in the show are Ford Granadas.This is acknowledged in the extras, with speculation that Gene could have gotten the car as 'a dodgy import'. He would have had to have ordered it from continental Europe, and even then it would probably have been left-hand drive. The Audi Quattro used by Gene Hunt was not actually available for sale in the UK in 1981.To a soundtrack of Duran Duran, The Clash, OMD and The Human League, sparks fly as Hunt and Drake grapple with each other and the world around them. She needs to do everything in her power to keep fighting, stay alive and to get back to her daughter Molly. When Alex is shot and wakes up in 1981, she realises she has assimilated Sam's fantasies with her own experience to create this world. Worse still, Hunt has finally met his match with the arrival of DI Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes), a sexy sophisticated police psychologist from 2008 who has studied the world of the now deceased Sam Tyler. Charles and Diana are about to marry, there's been rioting in Brixton and there are perms, pastel suits and cocktails all around him. Only this time it's 1981 and the world has changed. Joined in London by his faithful sidekicks DS Ray Carling (Dean Andrews), DC Chris Skelton (Marshall Lancaster) and a brand new red Audi Quatrro, Gene is ready to take on the 'Southern Nancy' criminal scum and show the Met at thing or two about policing. DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister), the Neanderthal copper last seen in Life on Mars is back.

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