Category Archives: Ashes to Ashes
Lustbox: Keeley Hawes
Ah, Christmas. Despite my very best attempts to be a Good (Velocity) Girl this year, in return Santa’s Sack contained a broken speedometer and a chest infection. Thanks for that, Father Christmas – you really shouldn’t have! No, really. You … Continue reading
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Ashes to Ashes (3.7): And now the end is near…
Only in Ashes to Ashes could the funeral of a white-hat character be pretty much the most cheerful moment of the episode. When the motorised curtains fail to close around Viv’s coffin, Gene’s patience snaps and he stalks to the … Continue reading
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Ashes to Ashes (3.6): Braveheart in Paco Rabanne
With the end in sight the Ashes to Ashes team delivered a clenched fist of an episode tonight. Not even top-quality Huntisms (the rioting prisoners are “Scum de la scum – you name it, they raped it, robbed it, killed … Continue reading
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Ashes to Ashes (3.5): Giving me the SHIVERS
Raaah… we’re back firing on all four cylinders this week. There was nothing average about last night’s episode – from Alex’s dream about the lovely Sam Tyler, to the improved quality of Gene’s one-liners (“Not going to shoot him Bols? … Continue reading
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Ashes to Ashes (3.4): The early bird bags the bastard
It pains me to say that I found this episode of Ashes to Ashes distinctly average. Although average A2A is still a Himalayan mile better than a lot of TV drama. The main focus was on the case of the … Continue reading
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Ashes to Ashes (3.3): Ask not for whom the bell tolls
Normally British TV drama and a serious ‘issue’ are a bad mix. Of course, the normal rules can be pretty much suspended for Ashes to Ashes, so that even an episode taking a dark look at the realities of war … Continue reading
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Ashes to Ashes (3.2): The posh bird and the bit of rough
I watched the Sport Relief Ashes to Ashes sketch in gloom. I don’t know if it was just the audience laughter that killed the mood, but for me it really fell flat. I mention this only because tonight for a … Continue reading
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Ashes to Ashes (3.1): More questions than answers
So, we have eight weeks to finally unravel what’s been going on in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, and we got off to a cracking start last night. From Alex’s new introduction – “My name is Alex Drake … Continue reading
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Lustbox: Gene Hunt
What is it about television that makes relatively sane woman fantasise about men they wouldn’t want to share a postcode with in real life? Ladies and gentlemen, the defence calls DCI Gene Hunt. Continue reading
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