Season three of Ashes To Ashes hits UK screens soon with Philip Glenister and Keeley Hawes reprising their roles as DCI Gene Hunt and DI Alex Drake.
The 8-episode third season remains rooted in the 1980s.
The final season also includes Dean Andrews as DI Ray Carling, Marshall Lancaster as DC Chris Skelton and Montserrat Lombard as WPC Sharon ‘Shaz’ Granger. Daniel Mays (The Street, Plus One) joins the series as Discipline and Complaints officer, Jim Keats, in what promises to be an unsettling twist to the team dynamic.
The series will also answer questions about Sam Tyler (John Simm).
“The end of Ashes to Ashes will also bring in some of the mythology of Life on Mars. So it will be the end of a 5 year journey really,” writer Ashley Pharoah told TV Tonight last August.
No word yet when ABC will air this in Australia.
Source: BBC
My wife and I just finished watching the final episode of Ashes to Ashes (season 3 episode
from the U. K. What a magnificent ending. Yes, all the questions about Sam Tyler, Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes are answered in a logically compelling way. Also very moving. Anyone who has had doubts about the series, watch season 3 until the end. Superb British television.
I hope the ABC don’t trim season 3 like they did with seasons one and two. Don’t think we didn’t notice ABC!
I think we’re going to discover how Sam Tyler died in 1980!
The article already clarified the current state of play.
Please please please if anyone knows an air date for the awesome show, speak now or forever hold your peace!!!!!!!!
“No word yet when ABC will air this in Australia.”
Not many people know when it will air in the UK yet. Dean Andrews tweeted a couple of hours ago that the date has been set and an announcement will be made soon.
I expect it will be eons before we get it here. *hopes Aunty will fast track it*
Initially I was a bit lukewarm on the show by comparison with its predecessor Life On Mars. But a few eps into s.1 the storylines improved and I’ve been hooked since. It will be worth waiting for to find out how the background ‘mythology’ to both shows is resolved.
Although a similar concept as Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes like most of all sequels suffers in comparison but for me in its own right is a big success.
And how great is Keeley Hawes! She has got around some tricky story lines and excelled. Looking forward to series 3.
If anyone wants to catchup on series 1 abc2 is playing it on tuesday nights. I hope abc1 fast tracks it
Didn’t bother with this after about ep 3 of season 1. Not a patch on Life on Mars, jarring and not credible. They should have quit while ahead. However, season 3 might be worth sitting through if it ties up the mysteries surrounding Sam Tyler’s death back in the 70s.
I’m still to catch up on the 2nd season, better do so quickly before S3 comes.
Hope ABC can fast track this. Loved the first 2 series when they aired on ABC last year.
Soon! Please ABC don’t leave us in suspense!