Ashes to Ashes is returning to BBC One soon - reuniting Philip Glenister as DCI Gene Hunt, the wonderful Keeley Hawes as DI Alex Drake as well as Dean Andrews as DS Ray Carling, Marshall Lancaster as DC Chris Skelton and Monserrat Lombard as WPC Shaz Granger.
The series moves on to 1982, with a change in backdrop - namely the Falklands Conflict in which Britain and Argentina fought over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
There's lots more of the usual intriguing Alex Drake story arc as well as more to learn about the amazing Gene Hunt it seems, as these hints reveal:
- Force legend Detective Superintendent "Supermac" Mackintosh (played by Roger Allam) takes charge of CID - could this break the fine equilibrium of DCI Hunt's team?
- Alex Drake settles into becoming much more a part of the team, but is a that the whiff of police corruption running throughout the series?
- A strange man keeps leaving Alex roses which she initially thinks is another puzzle.
- Could there be wedding bells for Chris and Shaz?
- Sounds and messages from the future suggest to Alex that her circumstances have changed...
So despite Alex uncovering the riddle of her parents' death at the end of Series 1, she remains trapped in the 1980s, still determined to return back to 2008 and survive the shooting in order to see her daughter again - but was it ever real? Keeley Hawes has revealed that things aren't so cut and dried when it comes to Alex Drake and her "real life"...
"I've found Alex really interesting to play this series," continues Keeley, "because the lines are blurring between what she thinks is real and what isn't. She is now beginning to wonder whether the 2008 part of her life, including her daughter Molly, only ever existed in her head. It's definitely been an interesting angle to explore rather than the story simply concentrating on her trying to get back to the present."
Ashes to Ashes looks set to continue the excellent tale of Alex Drake, the wonderful relationship with Gene Hunt and the nostalgic evocation of the 1980s in fine style.
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