Die 3. Staffel wird ja echt der Hammer! Seit August wird sie schon gedreht - Staffel 3 wird def. die letzte Staffel sein, da werden alle Geheimnisse um Alex und Gene Hunt gelöst - und man erfährt sogar endlich das endgültige Schicksal von Sam Tyler....
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A quick update on what's happening on the filming for the third and final series of Ashes To Ashes.
From the BBC Press Release on 25th September:
"The award-winning BBC One drama, Ashes To Ashes, is back as filming begins on the eagerly-awaited final series. The highly-anticipated finale sees Philip Glenister and Keeley Hawes reprise their roles as that most un-PC of policeman, DCI Gene Hunt, and his sassy partner DI Alex Drake, along with Dean Andrews as DI Ray Carling, Marshall Lancaster as DC Chris Skelton and Montserrat Lombard as WPC Sharon 'Shaz' Granger.
As well as the much-loved regular faces, Daniel Mays (The Street, Plus One) will also appear in the series as Discipline and Complaints Officer, Jim Keats, adding an exciting twist to the team dynamic.
With the last series' cliff-hanger leaving audiences with the frightening image of Alex lying shot on a hospital gurney, the questions on everyone's lips are "will Alex survive?" and "how will her colleague and accidental assassin Gene Hunt dig himself out of that hole?"
The smash hit drama, made by Kudos Film and Television in association with Monastic Productions, finally unravels many of the mysteries from the previous two series of Ashes To Ashes, as well as those first experienced by the initial time-travelling copper, Sam Tyler, in the groundbreaking BBC One series Life On Mars some four years ago.
Will Alex finally discover why she's been sent back to the Eighties? Does anything tie Alex and Sam Tyler together? And who exactly is Gene Hunt…?
Jane Featherstone, Executive Producer, Kudos Film and Television, says: "Everyone has their own theory about who Gene Hunt is, and why Alex Drake and Sam Tyler ended up in his world. Alex's journey is nearing its end and Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah have planned a fabulous finale. We're now at the point where we can finally reveal some of the answers and we can't wait to hear what the fans think about it all."
Ashley Pharoah, co-creator, writer and executive producer for Monastic Productions, adds: "Gene Hunt has delighted fans for almost five years. Matthew and I have loved writing the adventures of Gene, Alex and the rest of the team and will be really sad to finally have to say goodbye to characters that have become a great part of our lives."
Piers Wenger, Head of Drama, BBC Wales, says: "Series three of Ashes To Ashes will have the same combination of thrilling crime drama, outrageous Eighties outfits and cutting one-liners. We'll be sad to see Gene and the gang go but the journey that will take us to that finale will be one of the most exciting, compelling and edge-of-your seat rides on TV!"
One from the 7th October:
"Spotted filming in Richmond, south west London yesterday, actress Keeley Hawes perfected Eighties power-dressing in a grey blazer, an electric blue top and matching earrings. Fans will notice another new hairstyle for Alex - a straight short bob after her previous flicked, layered 'do in series two and her bubbly perm in the series one.
Keeley, 33, was joined on location by her co-star Montserrat Lombard, who plays Essex girl WPC Shaz Granger. Just like Alex, Shaz is also sporting a new longer bob in contrast to her short cropped styles in previous series.
Filming for the new series began last month and producers have promised Ashes To Ashes will finally answer the mystery behind why Alex time-travelled and who Gene (Philip Glenister) really is. The final series will also explain the link between Alex and Sam Tyler, who was transported from 2006 to 1973 in Life On Mars.
"Sporting a distinctly eighties outfit and quiff, the actress - who plays DI Alex ‘Bolly Knickers’ Drake - was snapped on the set of Ashes to Ashes' third and final series in London this weekend. Also on set were Philip Glenister, who plays unlikely sex symbol DCI Gene Hunt, Marshall Lancaster, who plays the naive DC Chris Skelton - and, of course, that infamous red Quattro.
Simon Crawford Collins, executive producer at Kudos, said: 'Will Alex make it back home, why is she living in this parallel '80s world, what will become of bullish Gene Hunt and will we ever discover what actually happened to Sam Tyler?
'Viewers will not be left disappointed because the series promises to finish with a bang.'"
Thanks to Matrix Photos, Sky TV and the Daily Mail and the very fabulous Blu Jackal over at the equally splendid A2A forum Welcome To Luigi's for all the latest images.And a special thanks to all the lovely reporters over at The Railway Arms.
