Having previously awarded its predecessor "Life on Mars" a well deserved 10 rating, I thought it was high time I rewatched "Ashes" a decade after first seeing it. In so doing, I realised that I had previously done it a disservice in 'only' scoring it a 9 - undersold it for sure. This second viewing has clearly confirmed to me that a top of the shop 10 is fully deserved and it not only ranks, but possibly even out-ranks its marvellous precursor.
Once again, it is brilliantly written with (thank goodness) a complete lack of political correctness, the acting is superb all-round, with top honours going to the magnificent Keeley Hawes in a series which knocks spots off her later way overrated show "Bodyguard".
Good to see here that the co-star characters played by Dean Andrews and Marshall Lancaster are given more air time than they had before so that all-in-all this becomes a tour-de-force and an all-time tv great.
Review of Ashes to Ashes
