Ashes to Ashes: Season 3

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Season Details & Credits

BBC-1 | BBC | BBC America | BBC One | Season Premiere Date: April 2, 2010

Starring: Keeley Hawes, Philip Glenister, Montserrat Lombard

Summary: Welcome to the Ashes to Ashes guide at TV.com.

DI Alex Drake of the Metropolitan Police is taken hostage and shot, and wakes to find herself apparently thrown back in time to 1981. She quickly recognises DCI Gene Hunt and his team from detailed reports made by DCI Sam Tyler about his own trip to 1973. Initially sceptical about theWelcome to the Ashes to Ashes guide at TV.com.

DI Alex Drake of the Metropolitan Police is taken hostage and shot, and wakes to find herself apparently thrown back in time to 1981. She quickly recognises DCI Gene Hunt and his team from detailed reports made by DCI Sam Tyler about his own trip to 1973.

Initially sceptical about the surreal nature of her new environment, Alex, a modern, no-nonsense woman, clashed regularly with her sexist colleagues but had to learn to adjust while she strove to find her way back to 2008. As time passed, Alex started to accept her situation, and wonder whether her life in the future had been the dream. Executive Producer Jane Featherstone described this spin-off from Life on Mars as "a touch of Moonlighting teamed with a measure of Miami Vice." The show aimed to build on the success of its award-winning predecessor, resurrecting Philip Glenister's ever-popular detective while taking the opportunity to wink at 1980s fashions and attitudes.

Ashes to Ashes is a Kudos production in association with Monastic Productions for the BBC.… Expand

Creator: Ashley Pharoah and Matthew Graham

Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction

Season 3 Episodes

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S3:E8. Episode 8
Air Date: May 21, 2010
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S3:E7. Episode 7
Air Date: May 14, 2010
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S3:E6. Episode 6
Air Date: May 7, 2010

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drlowdon

Feb 13, 2021

It’s not very often that the last season of TV series is its best but in my opinion Ashes to Ashes has saved its best until last, and I include the two series of Life on Mars in that statement. Full of surprising twists and turns this provides a fittingly superb finale to one of the finestIt’s not very often that the last season of TV series is its best but in my opinion Ashes to Ashes has saved its best until last, and I include the two series of Life on Mars in that statement. Full of surprising twists and turns this provides a fittingly superb finale to one of the finest British drama series of all time and even those that were skeptical about Alex Drake, Sam Tyler’s replacement, will surely be one over by the end.… Expand

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TARDISlore7

Jun 18, 2012

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. An almost universally strong, well-made, orginal tv series comes to a close with this final series. The finest touches of Series 3 of Ashes to Ashes were the introduction of Jim Keats, a sinister and mysterious character played brilliantly by Daniel Mays, the episodes focusing on exploring and developing Chris, Ray or Shaz respectively, and, most importantly, the jewel on the Ashes/Mars crown, that astounding final episode. I still can't stop watching it. The tension and mystery that had been building up through Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes was finally relieved. Seeing the original deaths of Ray, Chris and Shaz was haunting and truly game-changing, and really made you feel a connection with the characters. However, for me, the shining moment was that final scene, where the writers confound expectations by sending Alex off to Heaven instead of waking her up, and Gene, now cast in his true role of an Angel-like 'guide', is left to his lonely, touching and heroic fate in purgatory as his friends leave for Heaven one-by-one. The juxtaposition between Gene's saint-like aura and Keat's devilish barking was fantastic. All together, an astonishing quasi-religious ending to a legendary, unique series.… Expand

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PolisKanin

Feb 8, 2014

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The ending is bad. They already revealed why everyone's there in Life on Mars, but for some reason, they decide to change it in Ashes to Ashes, and it doesn't make as much sense as Life on Mars'. However, the rest of the series is still great.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: April 2, 2010
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  S3:E8. Episode 8
  Air Date: May 21, 2010
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  S3:E7. Episode 7
  Air Date: May 14, 2010
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  S3:E6. Episode 6
  Air Date: May 7, 2010
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  S3:E5. Episode 5
  Air Date: April 30, 2010
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  S3:E4. Episode 4
  Air Date: April 23, 2010
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  S3:E3. Episode 3
  Air Date: April 16, 2010
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  S3:E2. Episode 2
  Air Date: April 9, 2010
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  S3:E1. Episode 1
  Air Date: April 2, 2010
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: April 20, 2009
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 7, 2009