How many seasons does Ashes to Ashes have?

Ashes to Ashes has 3 seasons with 24 episodes.

What network is Ashes to Ashes on?

Ashes to Ashes airs on BBC One.

When did Ashes to Ashes premiere?

Ashes to Ashes premiered on October 18, 2004.

Ashes to Ashes

7.6/10

BBC One Ended Drama • Crime • Fantasy

3 Seasons · 24 Episodes · Premiered October 18, 2004 · Ended May 21, 2010

Crime drama series featuring Life on Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

8 episodes

E01

Deja Vu

Thu, Feb 7 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

DI Alex Drake is shot and lands in 1981, coming face-to-face with Hunt.

E02

The Happy Day

Thu, Feb 14 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

The royal wedding looms, and it's up to Gene and a restless Alex to keep the streets quiet.

E03

Nothing Changes

Thu, Feb 21 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

With two faithful sidekicks, Hunt is drawn to the action and intrigue of the London Met, where he turns his attentions to taking on London's criminals.

E04

The Missing Link

Thu, Feb 28 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

When the body of a worker at a nuclear research centre disappears from the morgue, Alex smells a conspiracy.

E05

The Smoking Gun

Thu, Mar 6 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Simon Neary is a gangster Gene has wanted to nail for years. But is stifling his gun deal a way to keep Alex from getting shot in 2008?

E06

Over the Hill

Thu, Mar 13 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Alex thinks she's close to death and has to keep her brain alive by solving the case: a raid at a Post Office. Gene believes the culprit is Chas Cale, a blagger he once crossed.

E07

Charity Begins at Home

Thu, Mar 20 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

When thousands of pounds of charity money is stolen, Gene resorts to his 'fists first, questions later' method.

E08

Alex's Big Day

Thu, Mar 27 2008 9:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Alex believes that if she can go back to the day her parents were killed and prevent their death, she can leave the prison of 1981 and get back home to her daughter Molly.

Season 2

8 episodes

E01

Found in Soho

Mon, Apr 20 2009 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

The team must venture into dangerous territory when a fellow officer is found dead, while Alex's whole perspective on this world is threatened when she is kidnapped.

E02

Reckless Driving

Mon, Apr 27 2009 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

The team is on the hunt for major vehicle thief Jed Wicklow, but when a car chase leads to his death, Gene stands accused of causing it through reckless driving.

E03

Fight for Their Rights

Mon, May 4 2009 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

When animal rights activists threaten a series of attacks in London, placing the daughter of a laboratory owner in hospital, Gene is determined to track them down.

E04

Gene's Queen

Mon, May 11 2009 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

A visitor from Gene Hunt's old stomping ground of Manchester has a surprise in store. Alex is desperate to get to the bottom of the corruption she believes is in the force.

E05

Blood Staines

Mon, May 18 2009 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

When a violent burglary occurs at Alex's in-laws' house, she comes face-to-face with their son Peter, the 14-year-old future father of Molly.

E06

Truth Canal

Mon, May 25 2009 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

When a dead body in a canal is identified as a man reported missing by his glamorous wife, the investigation puts both Gene and Alex in danger.

E07

Traitor

Mon, Jun 1 2009 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

What looks like a simple drugs-drop at a building site turns into a murder case. And Alex is haunted by thoughts of her parents' death.

E08

Who Am I, Really?

Mon, Jun 8 2009 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Alex has caught a hospital infection, and the doctors in 2008 are losing hope for her. A wedge develops between her and Gene, and it threatens to tear the team apart.

Season 3

8 episodes

E01

Episode 1

Fri, Apr 2 2010 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Change is in the air at CID following Alex's shooting, as the team works on the kidnap of a young girl and Gene puts his career on the line.

E02

Episode 2

Fri, Apr 9 2010 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

When DC Chris Skelton opens CID's post and discovers a human hand, DCI Gene Hunt and his team find they have a murder to solve.

E03

Episode 3

Fri, Apr 16 2010 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

It's the run up to the 1983 General Election and pressure mounts on DCI Gene Hunt and his team as they investigate a series of politically motivated arson attacks.

E04

Episode 4

Fri, Apr 23 2010 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Gene and the team must protect an undercover policewoman investigating a drugs ring on their patch, while Alex continues to be haunted by the ghostly constable.

E05

Episode 5

Fri, Apr 30 2010 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

When DCI Gene Hunt's former Manchester colleagues, DCI Litton and DI Bevan, turn up on his patch he immediately smells a rat.

E06

Episode 6

Fri, May 7 2010 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

After an attempt to stop a prison riot goes badly wrong and one of their own is left behind, the team try everything they can to save their colleague.

E07

Episode 7

Fri, May 14 2010 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Having almost finished his report into Gene Hunt and his team, DCI Keats continues to push Alex to find out what really happened to Sam Tyler.

E08

Episode 8

Fri, May 21 2010 8:00 PM GMT+0000 60 min

Tension mounts in the final episode of the police drama as Alex pursues her investigation to the bitter end, and she and the rest of the team learn the truth about Gene Hunt.