There's spot on characterizations, the same types of cases that Sam Tyler faced in LoM (same formula - simplified mysteries that make room for the character development, and bizarre elements that characterized the first show, and which work perfectly), the same attention to detail of the era (the eighties rather than the seventies. Alex is haunted by a mysterious figure who seems to be the Clown from the music video of David Bowie's " Ashes to Ashes", reminiscent of the Test-Card Girl who bedevilled Sam Tyler in Life on Mars. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the Preloved Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy.

Furthermore, there is more Gene Hunt in it, who, similar to Ari Gold in Entourage, is the actual star of the show - despite the fact that the story is primarily about another person.With this episode, The Daily Telegraph stated that " Ashes to Ashes stepped out of the shadow of Life on Mars. While DCI Sam Tyler from Life on Mars woke up in the 70s after a car crash, DI Alex Drake wakes up in the 80s after she got shot.

The next writing she looks at is "Molly waz here", followed by "Gene loves Sam (the word "loves" is illustrated by a heart). A CD soundtrack, Ashes to Ashes (Original Soundtrack), from the first series of the show was released on 17 March 2008. DCI Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes) is also thrown into the mix after suffering a horrific accident in 2008 and finding herself in 1981 alongside Hunt and his team. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data.

Indeed, there are a few "Case of the Week" episodes, but the characters never lose sight of the big picture, the corruption scandal, and it all ends in a two-part episode with a huge cliffhanger. Philip Glenister was introduced to David Cameron, future UK Prime Minister, at the 2009 Police Bravery Awards. Continuing the theme of Life on Mars, throughout the series, it is ambiguous to both Drake and the audience whether the character is dead or alive in the present day and to what extent her actions influence future events. Costume designer Rosie Hackett explained the challenge in not using any eighties fashion not yet available in the year the respective series is set in (1981, 1982 and 1983 respectively). He is joined by his faithful sidekicks Ray Carling (Dean Andrews) and Chris Skelton (Marshall Lancaster).

I'd have probably felt the same way if I hadn't watched LoM, especially given the amount of references to it's predecessor. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.In an interview with SFX, series co-creator and executive producer Matthew Graham stated that he was considering making a 3D episode. The first episode of the series reveals that, in the present day, Drake has been studying records of the events seen in the series Life on Mars through reports made by Sam Tyler ( John Simm) after he regained consciousness in the present. Philip Glenister said that one of the reasons the series moved on to 1982 was due to running out of good songs and feared that they'd end up having to use Bucks Fizz's " The Land of Make Believe" (a brief snippet of the song is indeed used in the second series, as well as the same group's " Making Your Mind Up" being used in series one). Preloved, The Joy of Second Hand, Preloved People and The Second Hander are trademarks of Moo Limited.