Series 1 (2008)
The first series of Ashes to Ashes shows a 21st century police officer, Detective Inspector Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes) investigating the notes Sam Tyler (John Simm) wrote. While in the process of this, Drake is shot and awakes in 1981, where she meets Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister), Ray Carling (Dean Andrews) and Chris Skelton (Marshall Lancaster) whom she has read about in Tyler's notes.
| No. | Title | Writer | Director | Airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode 1" | Matthew Graham | Johnny Campbell | Thursday 7 February 2008 (2008-02-07) |
| DI Alex Drake wakes up in 1981 after being shot by an ex-criminal mastermind, Arthur Layton. After realising that she is experiencing a similar situation to that of Sam Tyler's, she enlists the help of Gene Hunt to bring down Layton believing that it will enable her to return to 2008. | ||||
| 2 | "Episode 2" | Ashley Pharoah | Johnny Campbell | Thursday 14 February 2008 (2008-02-14) |
| As the royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer approaches, an anti-Docklands redevelopment protest and bomb threats put CID under pressure. Realising that she is stuck in 1981, Alex is desperate to escape and meets her own mother, Caroline Price. Guest starring Rupert Graves and Steve Strange. | ||||
| 3 | "Episode 3" | Julie Rutterford | Bille Eltringham | Thursday 21 February 2008 (2008-02-21) |
| With a serial attacker at large, Gene and Alex investigate a rape allegation from a prostitute. Drake has a hard time convincing the team to take the allegation seriously and efforts are blighted by an unreliable witness and the status of the suspect. | ||||
| 4 | "Episode 4" | Mark Greig | Catherine Morshead | Thursday 28 February 2008 (2008-02-28) |
| When the body of a nuclear research centre worker goes missing, Drake believes it to be a cover-up. | ||||
| 5 | "Episode 5" | Mark Greig | Bille Eltringham | Thursday 6 March 2008 (2008-03-06) |
| Gene and Alex are on the trail of Simon Neary, a pimp and drug dealer. However, they discover that Neary is involved in a guns deal, leading Alex to believe that stopping the deal could stop her from being shot in 2008. To stop Neary, Alex must convince Neary's boyfriend, played by Russell Tovey, to snitch on him. | ||||
| 6 | "Episode 6" | Mick Ford | Catherine Morshead | Thursday 13 March 2008 (2008-03-13) |
| An armed robbery leads Gene to Chas Cale, a criminal he tried to bring down in Manchester. But when Chas reveals his alibi, Gene begins to wonder if he is past his prime as a DCI. Alex sends Ray and Chris undercover at the local pub in order to solve the case. But Gene is forced to come to the rescue when Alex's investigations end with her being tied up, gagged and left to die in an industrial freezer. Guest starring Phil Davis and Asa Butterfield | ||||
| 7 | "Episode 7" | Matthew Graham | Johnny Campbell | Thursday 20 March 2008 (2008-03-20) |
| A charity fund raiser is shot and robbed of all the money he raised, so Alex suggests a TV reconstruction to help find the shooter. However, Gene decides to start beating confessions out of people, which ends up putting one of CID in serious danger. Guest starring Matthew Macfadyen. | ||||
| 8 | "Episode 8" | Ashley Pharoah | Johnny Campbell | Thursday 27 March 2008 (2008-03-27) |
| With the day of her parents' car bombing fast approaching, Alex makes their deaths into a case – a crime that has yet to happen. With Ray's help, Alex crushes a blue four-door Ford Escort that she thinks her parents died in, as a way to prevent her parents' murders, and then, after planting a small amount of cocaine, arrests her parents for drug possession. Lord Scarman is due to visit CID for an inspection, so Gene releases all the station's prisoners and locks Chris up, so that the station can get a good review. However, Gene releases Alex's parents who in turn arrange for the release of a prisoner who is the last person Alex would want set free. Guest starring Geoffrey Palmer |
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