Television

Ashes to Ashes 2008

Created by Ashley Pharoah, Matthew Graham

  • Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
  • 60 min episodes
  • 3 seasons
  • 24 episodes
  • Ended
  • TV-14

Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.

CrimeSci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDramalondon, englandtime travelpolicesequelfemale protagonistpolice detectivefemale detective1980sBBC One

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Nostalgic, resolved, grave and classical in form.

  • contemporarynostalgic
  • resolvedopen-ended
  • gravecomic
  • classical in formformally daring
  • character-ledplot-driven

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