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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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."ne,Ln, 1i5m;:::l$,T*TJ..:i#:l:{i:"T*"*:i:.L:,___:r:"*;;i;1",]ffT;i:":,;;,,:.;,,:.m:y'",=11,',::"":':""'
. : : ' !2, co'irs l.ro' th e *;; : '. ' i . i1"l '1rlto hl s role.
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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.