"Ashes to Ashes" Episode #2.1 (2009)

Director:

Catherine Morshead

Writers:

Mathew Graham (creator) and
Ashley Pharoah (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Ashes to Ashes" (2008)

Original Air Date:

20 April 2009 (Season 2, Episode 1)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Thriller

Plot:

After a pep talk from new broom superintendent Mackintosh who is anxious to stamp out police corruption...

Plot Keywords:

New Romantic | 1980s | Urban Decay | British TV | East End

Cast

Philip Glenister	...	Gene Hunt
Keeley Hawes	...	Alex Drake
Dean Andrews	...	Ray Carling
Marshall Lancaster	...	Chris Skelton
Montserrat Lombard	...	WPC Sharon Granger
Roger Allam	...	Det. Supt. Mackintosh
Adrian Dunbar	...	Martin Summers
Shaun Evans	...	P.C. Kevin Hales
Pooky Quesnel	...	Ruth Irvine
Anna Nightingale	...	Sally
Joseph Long	...	Luigi
Geff Francis	...	Viv James
Grace Vance	...	Molly Drake
Diane Langton	...	Julia
Michael Gould	...	Pathologist

Runtime:

58 min

Filming Locations:

Tower Bridge Business Complex, Bermondsey, London, England, UK

Company:

Kudos Film and Television

Trivia:

There are numerous references to _Blade Runner (1981)_ throughout this episode. The killing of a prostitute wearing a PVC overcoat by a shot to the back, like Zahora, the chase through a neon lit street, and the use of magnification to reveal the identity of a person on a photograph, which Chris likens to "just like Harrison Ford".

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Hunt describes Princess Margaret "Sixth in line to the throne." Actually, she was seventh.

Quotes:

Alex Drake: My name is Alex Drake. I've been shot and that bullet's taken me back in time. Now I'm lost in 1982, and all I can do is fight, and search, and stay alive. Because, somehow, I will find a way back home.