The end is in sight for fans of the BBC One hit Ashes to Ashes following actor Philip Glenister's decision to quit the show after one more series.
The DCI Gene Hunt actor will have played the character for 4 years by the end of the new run due to start in early April, and feels that he's almost reached the end of the road with the semi-mystical old school policeman who has somehow attracted not one but two time travellers in Sam Tyler (John Simm in Life on Mars) and Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes).
Sources report the programme makers are disappointed - but there's plenty left to see in the next series and the final one that will follow...
"Philip has loved playing Gene and knows a lot of fans would like him to carry on. But he feels he’s taken the role as far as he can. The makers were obviously disappointed, but they don’t plan to end it quietly. They will use the next two series to tie up all the loose ends – and go out with a bang.”
Philip Glenister's previous roles have seen him star in Demons (shhh!), Hornblower, Roger Roger, Cranford, Clocking Off and State of Play to name but a few, while the actor has harboured a ambition to star in Doctor Who.
Whatever is in store for the Gene Genie this series however, chances are Ashes to Ashes series 2 is going to be top notch, gripping stuff.
Join Gene Hunt, Alex Drake, Chris Skelton and Ray Carling for more "police time travel psychological drama" as the series moves on to a backdrop of the Falklands War in 1982 when Ashes to Ashes returns in April on BBC One!
jo-joxx
nnnnnnooooooooooooo !!!!!!! can be over i <3 da show
Jack Yan
The Mirror story in which this was originally reported contradicts itself if you read it carefully, and Ian Wylie of the Manchester Evening News thinks it’s a load of cobblers. Glenister, it seems, will see the story through to the end, and the only question mark is whether Ashes to Ashes gets a renewal for a third series.Post new comment