Ashes to Ashes

I mean, it's interesting, that bunch of shows that... kudos had in the late noughties and early 2010s.

Spooks, Hustle, Life on Mars, going into Ashes to Ashes, MI High, Law and Order UK.

They were all kind of made and financed a bit like Grantchester, which is a sort of a UK broadcaster, ITV or BBC, pays the lion's share of the budget And there's a bit of a distribution advance, an advance on future sales that comes from a financier.

In those days, there were some DVD sales as well.

options.

It has that actress in it who's in Time Heist and she also plays Alex Drake who's in Ashes to Ashes.

Can't remember.

The main actor? No, I think she's in series three.

My guest this evening is an actress who has an extensive career from stage to film and television.

Her credits include Red Dwarf, Game On, Ashes to Ashes, and Downton Abbey.

You may also remember her amazing parents, Ann Davis and Richard Briars.

Here tonight to talk about what TV and film means to her, and to honor her parents, I am delighted to welcome to the show Lucy Briers.

But this is how it gets into the zeitgeist of popular culture.

The true culprits were never officially identified, though a fictionalised version of the event was featured in the TV series Ashes to Ashes, suggesting that Gene Hunt had vandalised the Blue Peter car.

Brilliant.

Which I do remember watching the episode.

Yeah.

But, um, oh yeah, he was also in Ashes to Ashes.

He's in one of the episodes of Ashes to Ashes as well, which is not bad.

Yeah.

He's actually pretty good in Ashes to Ashes, I have to say.

[sighs] Yeah.

Um, also we've got Clive Swift, who's cast as Mr.