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'm in theBlitz club, thatjoyousof new cmanticism-

smearcdmascaraandpouts. t'sLondon,It's1981. oyGeorge

ook my coat. SteveStmnge yes,SteveStrange is up on stag€ade o Grcy odesperalelyoo.oysandgirls.Bliss.Thenhours.Cutl thehouseights

up and I realisehat I'm in a dustymen's lub n Kilburn, nodhIn the middle of the moming.

And a burly man s staring atelling menot to standon the

For this s a ilm setand I amn the words of Talking

howdid gethere9on Mars tookplaceentirely nside

of comapatientSamTylerSimm),so when hejumpedoff that

rcof at the very endof thett fair to say hat wea1l hought

of our shange,wonderfulhadbeen cached.But, hugely

by thecritical andpopularandwitl time running out aswe

episode),heBBC asked s fwasany way we coulddo a spin-olf,

hey o saygoodbye o Geneand his Merry Men. To which the

wasno. Iil on MaN died,with

of us wanted o createersionof that showand ts

centml dynamic: hegrowling,

GeneHunt versus he clever,new-schoolSam.

hought it only right to spendanseeingf wecould keep he

Geniegoing.SomeonementionedVice. Ar.dsomeone lsementioned

A'j.d,then confessedoomantic.And where

,or during theRoyalWedding?GeneH$ti)st hate

and,uppies and Lord Scarmansay,by the end of the

we wercasexcitedabout

aswe'd.eyerife on MaN.

weaddeda smalln the ast episode

onMars,wherc

all the details70scomaexperience

a cassettendhandsitto send o Psych

Division, wherehis officercollecting

colleagues ho'verauma". In l.rre.r to

he ape s rec€ived ypsychiatristcalled

Hawes).s abrilliant,chaotic,

careerist ingl€mum who specialis€sntalking downarmedhostage-takers ndin srudyinghesuicides fofficers D hcMehopolitanPolice. hetparticularly

fascinatedby the maginingsof the ateSamTyler,because isstoriesof 70sManchesterand the monstrousGeneHunt areso vivid and ifelike.

So,aftera terrible ncidentbefallsher rn2008. he wakesup"in cityand ea rLondon, I 981 thatwercpivotal to herchildhood.But, evenmorc alamingly,shewakesup n a world populatedby thecharacters rom Sam's amblings!ThatrneansGene secondedo the Met aodspoiling or a fight. Thenews hat he's ohavea femaleDI doesnot bring a smileto his scowling ace.

As soon aswe hadthe dea hat Gene'snew adversarywasgoing o be a bird (I'mte ibly sorry, 've spent ar too much imem the companyof G€neHunt; I'11haveyouknow I moisturiseandcry at LittleHouseon thePru ie),weknew he extueof our newshowwasgoingto be verydrlferentftom Life onMars.

lexDrukq asportmyedby thebrilliant KeeleyHawes,ssexy,funrry,provocativgandpassionate. hehasa terrible

dilerma - som€how hehas o surviventhisst ange. xcitng.disconcen.ngwo ldof l98l and inda wavback o herdaughterMolbl A terrible eventshatteredher childhood n I 98 andAlex thinks thatif shecan somehow top hat happening,shejustmight furd herway home.Thattthe engineof herjoumey throughthisseries.f Molly represents lex'sfor lifq thenaparticularly unpleasantclown,seemingly refugee rom DavidBowie seminal ideo or Asher oAsher.

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appearso representdeath.e shergreatestoe.Nasty,nsidious, vilyou'llnever o o thecircus gain.

Alex's elalionship ith Gene s stormy,prickly,ntense ndcompellirg.Alex s,ob!iously. ongwayfromhome.ButGencsalso fishou tof water:missingManchester:ivorced: nowing hat heSc ama Rep''r r r on l. $ayand hdlh sway fpolicing il lsoon ea hing f thepast.Theysensehe onelinessnd ongingineachothe! anda mutualattraction(thatt sometimeserycloseo mutuailoathing!) immers s hese esprogresses.

he ook oflsles lo slres sverydiflerent 'romtspredecessor.too. f ZrP onMarswas

brownandgrey, worid of drabpubs,

ancientpickled eggsandwarm bitter.

Ashes o Ashes sred and yellow,a world

o[ ehromcwinebarsand ra-ra k rt r an d

cocktails called Sexon the Beachwilh

plastic umbrellas n thcm.

And London n 1981s.ofcourse, er y

dillerent from Manchester n 1973.The

moaewe rcsearched, he more important

theyearand thc city seenedto become,

a real "hinge"yearir British politics,

policing nd culture: heRoyr Weddrng.

the B xton riolsj theScarmanRepofi;

new omanticsjhe iseand iseof Thatcherism:he irstseedsl theDocklandsdevelopment.heworldwaschanging. .

It'snot allpolitics,policingandderangeddevil-clowns,f course.Wehavehenost crackingsor.rndtrack,lon DexysMidnightRunnerso JoyDivision; helet enoughhaimprayo takeoLltanarea f rainforesthesize f

Wales;ZippyandGeorgefrom Raiabou,makcaweird

appearance;ShawTaylor fiom

Polic? 5 uts in an evenweirder

ore; Rayt perm sizzles;Chris

wcars yelinero theBlitzclub;a$esarebared, ocktailsconsumed ndblaggers ashed.

So doD't be shy.Trowelon themascara. ackcomb ourhair(aDdhat'sjust heboys), lipinto something hortand edandhopeik ehellChris eBurghdoesn'twritea song boutyou.TheAudi

Quattro awaits,enginegrowling.Ashes o Asltesisonlhe car radio,

Gene Hunt is behind the wheel.

Come on. Lett go for a ride. You

know you want to. Ashley Pharoah

*" "o*u"!^#"'ir",.'i13",o*'".,'"1'"'"f;T"-:1'#1ii,""--"-':#'"'-"1,".

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Flreupt-heQuattro!It akesmorehan smart etof etrowheelsoconjurep he1980s

The creatorPs ten 8Os orrc.IrstonesItwasTS liots reation AlfredPrufrock ho aidwemeasureour

llvesncotfeespoons.Weon't, f

course.We easurethemnPoPsongs ndhairstyles,idthof

trouser ndheight fhem,sweets

and hildren'selevision, emorY

anddesires.lt'sotnostalgia,

exactly, orehe emembereddreams fayounger ou, adand

funnyand oreverentwinednYourmemory. ereareaew cons,

images ndpersonalitiestromhe

early os hatwejusthadto

includenAshesoAshes.l opetheymake ousmile nd ecallyourown.Ashl€ry hErcah

ATlreScarrnanReporilGeneHunt nowshatLord

Scarman'smpendingeport,in responsetoheBrixtonlots,

isnotgoingo begoodnewsfor hisstyle fpolicing.

Wineba,rsTheS0swerea atastroPhiceriodin hedrinking ulture fthisnation.

Cocktails ithsmutty ames. sk!

TlreRoyalWedding)WherewereouwhenLadyDiana pencermarriedhePrince fWales? lmost nbearable

to watchwith hedark hadow f hlndsight.

TlrenrrrsicEveryyearas tssou dtrack.Whocanorget

Spandau allet, uranDuran rHeavenlT?Who

couldever orgive oe shaddap ouFdce)Dolce?

GaycrrltrrreTherewas confidencend waggerinthegaymovement.TomobinsonangthathewasG/adoBeGay.na scenen

Asies o Ashet DCChris keltongetsto share cellwithRobinsonndLord

Scarmanallactors, f course.

ow best o resuffect

the80s?Simple,youd

imagine dress verything

in redandgreyandtbrowenoughhainpraYat t to tum

eNironmentalistswhite.But, of

cousq nothing s thateasy, s

theAsheso Ashes roduction

team discov€rcd.

"Wethought,'Yes! ondon!

1980s!' nd hen ookedaroundand

saw heGherkin andCanaryWharf

We d alreadydecidedo set t in the

Docklands,pre-developmcnt, o . ."

producerBeth Willis trailsofl

LocationmanagerMark

Grimwadehadto look further aield.

"The carthasey bitstheyused o doaroundihe Docklands, n thedaYs f

TheSweeney, re o longerpossible,"

he explains"Now, to fld a disused

warehouse ext o theriver,youhave

to gotenmilesbeyondCitYAtPort.

Onc€ hath deY€loped,don't

knowwhatwe'lldo."

Fortunately, his 1981s a

coostuct of DI Alex Drake's

confusedmind, so heproduction

could blur theedges. hrow in

someRubik'sCubes,giveGene

Hunt anAudi Quatto sored t

enrages assing ulls,g€ta Delorcaronset-eaahao80ssho cut-and

asdirectorJonnyCampbellexplaing

"You'd be amazedwhat effeat he

costumes anhaye.Therearc all sorts

of visuals n termsof the characters.

WitnessGeneHunt's tig a striped

creationsoghastlyyet gleat hat t

canprobably ecite he yricsto

SDardauBallet'sGold.Or Alex

Drake'sperm."Redbelt,red ig rcd

glasses that'sagoodequation,"says

costumedesignerRosieHackett,

"and c€rtainly f you'vegot to

dress ackgroundartistsuPquickly-high-waisted ,,.trousers,whiteor redbelt,

eYerlthing ucked n.

Nothingwasnot tuck€dn."

So he costumes, t east,

arecheapaad simple?

"No, it's all becomingquiteexpensive ecause

everyonewants o w€ar

80salothesagain.

Ridiculous!"l{lck Gdfflths

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AshestoAshesclorrrn)lrememberthefirst ime watchedthepreposterous,

brilliant ideoforDavid owie!Ashes o Ashes.I was eryverystrangeandtheclownwas

APolices ::j|,fi[Shawkeepempeeled" aylorGene cbwn sourHunt's ppearancenTaylor!show nomaoen

willbecomethetuffofegend. the eiies.Justhorrible.

{Rainborrv', Whenwas utdancingllnight it h irls/boys

(hardotellunder llthatmake-up), yAshes

toAslpsco-creator,latthew raham asn't

washino ehind isears ndwas cared fZippy.

ArrdiQualtroVI know bsolutelvothing bout ars, utevenknew

thatwhenMatthew rahameptshouting,Fireup

theQuattro!", ewere ntoawinner.

{TlreBHtzclubThecentreofaapolltical,ain ashionan dmusicmovementcalled ew omanticism.lloved veryminute.