Ashes to Ashes 1
2008-02-07 | Crime,Sci-Fi & Fantasy,Action & Adventure,Drama | 8 episodes4 Seasons
Episode
Deja Vu (2008)
DI Alex Drake is taken hostage and shot, and wakes up in a brothel... in 1981. Rescued in a police raid, she quickly recognises DCI Gene Hunt and his team from detailed reports made by DCI Sam Tyler about his own trip to 1973. Gene is determined to address London's growing drugs problem, and has targeted city playboy Edward Markham as the brains behind the operation. Alex suspects Arthur Layton, the man who kidnapped her in 2008. Could Layton be the key to her return to her own time?
Directed By
- Jonny Campbell
Writer
- Matthew Graham
The Happy Day (2008)
DCI Hunt is determined to keep a lid on protests against the London Docklands development. When a suspected member of the London Liberation Front is arrested, Alex asks her mother, a lawyer, to defend him. Meanwhile, Prince Charles is marrying Lady Diana Spencer and the in-crowd is partying at the Blitz Club.
Directed By
- Jonny Campbell
Writer
- Ashley Pharoah
Nothing Changes (2008)
Fresh from a successful drugs bust, Gene and the team investigate a prostitute's rape allegation. A dangerous serial attacker may be at large, but the case is hampered by an unreliable witness and the suspect's connections.
Directed By
- Bille Eltringham
Writer
- Julie Rutterford
The Missing Link (2008)
CID investigate a murder, and discover a plot to sell stolen nuclear secrets to the Revolutionary Workers Front. When Gene and Alex get trapped in a secret Government facility at Edgehampton, the temperature rises.
Directed By
- Catherine Morshead
Writer
- Mark Greig
The Smoking Gun (2008)
Gene and Alex discover that a notorious pimp and drug dealer has a major firearms deal in the pipeline. In an attempt to locate him, the team go undercover in a gay club, and Ray goes beyond the call of duty to get his man.
Directed By
- Bille Eltringham
Writer
- Mark Greig