TV Ashes to Ashes Ashes to Ashes 7.7/10 by 111 users Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company. Details Casts Posters Images Title Ashes to Ashes Alternative Titles First Air Date 2008-02-07 Last Air Date 2010-05-21 Number of Episodes 24 Number of Seasons 3 Genres Crime, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama, Networks BBC One, Casts Keeley Hawes, Philip Glenister, Dean Andrews, Marshall Lancaster, Montserrat Lombard, Daniel Mays Plot Keywords , Alex Drake Keeley Hawes Gene Hunt Philip Glenister Ray Carling Dean Andrews Chris Skelton Marshall Lancaster Shaz Granger Montserrat Lombard Jim Keats Daniel Mays