Episode #3.6

Episode aired May 7, 2010
TV-MATV-MA
51m

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8.3/10

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Hunt heads a team sent in to quell a prison riot during which station officer Viv James is taken captive by scary lifer Jason Sacks. Sacks' cell-mate Paul Thordy escaped during the riot but ... Read allHunt heads a team sent in to quell a prison riot during which station officer Viv James is taken captive by scary lifer Jason Sacks. Sacks' cell-mate Paul Thordy escaped during the riot but is caught. He tells Alex he is Sam Tyler,though he was Sam's last arrest before he died.Ra... Read allHunt heads a team sent in to quell a prison riot during which station officer Viv James is taken captive by scary lifer Jason Sacks. Sacks' cell-mate Paul Thordy escaped during the riot but is caught. He tells Alex he is Sam Tyler,though he was Sam's last arrest before he died.Ray and Chris pose as journalists going in to interview Sacks and are also taken prisoner by... Read all

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Stanley Townsend in Ashes to Ashes (2008)

Keeley Hawes, Marshall Lancaster, Dean Andrews, Montserrat Lombard, and Charles Walters in Ashes to Ashes (2008)

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Trivia
Alex (Keeley Hawes) mentions a riot at Strangeways. On 1st April 1990 prisoners rioted at Strangeways Prison in Manchester t for 25 days. The prison and rooftop protest, in which prisoners hurled the slates off the roof, ended on 25th April 1990. One prisoner was killed and 147 prison officers and 47 prisoners were injured. It was the longest prison disturbance in British legal history. It also sparked off disturbances in prisons across England, Scotland and Wales. The reasons for the riot were investigated in the Woolf Report.

Goofs
When Gene Hunt's Audi catches up with the blue Dolomite driven by Thordy, the Quattro's windows are up until the final part of the chase where he does a 180 degree turn in front of the Triumph, in which scene the driver's window is half down. Then it's up again as he gets out, and then both front windows are down as Gene and Alex get in and head for the prison.

Quotes
Gene Hunt: Listen to me, you shit stick. This is DCI Gene Hunt. I am now taking charge of D Wing at Her Majesty's pleasure. If you so much as lay a finger on my colleague I swear to God I will come in there and rip your heart out. Do you understand me?
Alex Drake: That kind of talk is just going to agitate and encourage them.
Gene Hunt: I am negotiating!
Alex Drake: What, you mean like Hiroshima was negotiated?

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References Worzel Gummidge (1979)

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9/10

Ex-cell-ent episode

The plot thickens regarding Sam Tyler. Good writing and acting but not so music on the music front in this one. A regular character whom is a West Ham fan leaves in this episode, with only two episodes left. If only they had been a fan of Birmingham City then they might have been able to Keep Right On To The End Of The Road.

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