ASHES TO ASHES- SERIES I EPISODE 2

   

 

                                         Spotty useless anarchic twat nil...Royal Family and Gene Hunt one

 

The episode opens with Alex Drake seeing her mother (Caroline Price) on television, and concluding that she will meet with her before she dies. Meanwhile Gene Hunt informs CID that they are about to witness the 'joyous union' of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles getting married - however over at the docklands Gene and Alex go to talk to David Bonds who is protesting in his pub on the refurbishment of the East End. He agrees to not cause any trouble until after the royal wedding. A message comes in from an apparent bomber after a stray dog is blown up by dynamite. The message says that 'next time it's Moore' and although everyone else assumes it to be a spelling mistake, Alex notices the note's perfect grammar and says if they can get that right then they can spell correctly. Chris says Moore might refer to Bobby Moore but is dismissed. Shaz suggests Daniel Moore, a man who is redeveloping parts of the East End. Hunt assign Chris to find which magazines the letters in the note came from.

Gene and Alex go to visit Moore who declines their offer of protection. Alex is immediately attracted to him. Back at CID, Chris has found the source of all the letters except the O's. Moore appears at the station and takes Alex for a drive in his De Lorean. When they park, Alex says she hears a ticking sound and they both struggle to get out of the locked car. The bomb turns out to be a fake to scare Danny and asks if the offer of protection still stands. Alex is visibly shaken by the fake bomb. Gene sends Alex saying she is no good to them being in the state she's in. At a restaurant Alex asks if Danny will be able to surprise her and he takes he to the Blitz, a famous London nightclub of from the era. They meet Shaz and Chris there and Alex is having a great time. She sees the Clown on the stage and follows him only to find him gone. The next day Alex tells Gene she recognises the weird 'O's in the letter and that they were on the shirt of Bonds' son. Gene is reluctant to bring the boy in until Alex agrees to let him stamp her bottom. He is arrested and questioned but doesn't say anything. Whilst Gene is trying to stamp Alex, the Bonds' representative arrives: Caroline Price, Alex's mother.

Chris comes back from Bonds' pub with another stick of dynamite and they question George again with Price in the room. The suspect is charged and Caroline asks Alex for a drink. She asks Alex to spy on her fellow male workers and when she refuses Caroline says she's glad the only thing Alex shares with her daughter is her name because she would be ashamed to have Alex as a daughter. In revenge Alex goes to sleep with Danny but when reaching his office discovers him having sex with someone else. Gene suspects that George's father, David Bonds, is the actual bomber and brings him in for questioning. George confesses to protect his father. As George is being booked, Hunt pulls out a plastic bag and tosses it to Mrs Bonds and Mr. Bonds ducks under a desk thinking it to contain dynamite. Mr. Bonds was the actual bomber (having previously been an explosive expert serving in North Africa during the Second World War). At Danny's party to celebrate the wedding however Alex notices Bonds' son acting suspicious. Alex and Gene shout to everyone to run and Bonds shouts "we are all prostitutes", a reference to his favorite song by The Pop Group, before blowing himself up......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Episode No. Season 1
Episode 2
Directed by Johnny Campbell
Written by Ashley Pharoah
Starring

Phillip Glenister Gene Hunt

Keeley Hawes Alex Drake

Dean Andrews Ray Carling

Marshall Lancaster Chris Skelton

Montserrat Lombard Sharon Granger

Amelia Bullmore Caroline Price

Stephen Campbell Moore Evan White

Joseph Long Luigi

Geff Francis Viv James

Music

Swords of a Thousand Men - Tenpole Tudor

The Prince - Madness

Body Talk - Imagination

Money (That's What I Want) - The Flying Lizards

Fade To Grey - Visage

Steve Strange appears in this episode playing himself performing the number on stage at The Blitz

Souvenir - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark

We Are All Prostitutes - The Pop Group

(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang - Heaven 17

I Hear You Now - Jon & Vangelis

Show Me - Dexys Midnight Runners

Gertcha - Chas and Dave

Original Airdate 14 February 2008

 

 

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