Episode #3.7 

The penultimate episode where the investigation of Gene Hunt is almost at an end, with Alex being pulled in two directions. Jim still wants to know whether Gene had anything to do with Sam ... See full summary »

Director:

David Drury

Writers:

Ashley Pharoah (creator), Ashley Pharoah

Stars:

Philip Glenister, Keeley Hawes, Dean Andrews

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Philip Glenister	...	Gene Hunt
Keeley Hawes	...	Alex Drake
Dean Andrews	...	Ray Carling
Marshall Lancaster	...	Chris Skelton
Montserrat Lombard	...	Shaz Granger
Daniel Mays	...	Jim Keats
Joseph Long	...	Luigi
Lucian Msamati	...	Tobias Ndbele
Estella Daniels	...	Tsitsi
Simon Kunz	...	Anders De Villiers
Charlie Roe	...	Pathologist
Gabriel Fleary	...	South African Man

Storyline

The penultimate episode where the investigation of Gene Hunt is almost at an end, with Alex being pulled in two directions. Jim still wants to know whether Gene had anything to do with Sam Tyler's death, and Alex is best placed to find out everything they need to know so he's leaning hard on her to get the information. Gene and his team are called to an ANC illegal drinking den where things are not as they first appear to be. Initially it's a simple case of a public disorder but things soon take a turn for the worse.

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Plot Keywords:

afterlife | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Daniel Mays and Keeley Hawes appeared together in all 8 episodes of Ashes To Ashes S3 as both appeared in Line Of Duty s3e2 and S2e5 but didn't do any scenes together in the latter show

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Goofs

DCI Keats mentions an attack on the office of the ANC in Patton Street. The location of the bombing was actually in Penton Street, Islington.

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Connections

References The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968)

User Reviews

Seeing stars

Still a quality episode but apart from the great music there did seem to be something lacking. The individual episode storyline seemed to be put in the background in favour of building up towards the final episode. Still a great watch though. Africa by toto might have bee a better song to play than Nelson Mandela which wasn't actually released until the following year.

Details

Release Date:

14 May 2010 (UK)

Filming Locations:

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

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kudos Film and Television, Monastic Productions, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

52 min