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45-452: The song was first recorded by Jim Lowe , whose version reached number one on the US pop chart. The lyrics describe the allure of a mysterious private club with a green door, behind which "a happy crowd" play piano, smoke and "laugh a lot", and inside which the singer is not allowed. "Green Door" was backed by the orchestra of songwriter Davie, with Davie also playing piano , and by the vocal group

90-600: A comic book published by Marvel Comics . In that issue (and other issues of the same comic), a particular green door is an integral part of the story. Jim Lowe Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.132 via cp1112 cp1112, Varnish XID 390868279 Upstream caches: cp1112 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:36:49 GMT Ashes to Ashes (British TV series) Ashes to Ashes

135-479: A factor in its success. Critical reception to the first episode of the series was mixed, with positive reviews from The Daily Telegraph , The Herald , The Spectator , and the New Statesman , and negative reviews from The Times , The Sunday Times , Newsnight Review , The Guardian , and The Observer , which criticised the episode's direction, structure, and tone (although it did praise

180-408: A psychologist copper, she's very unconvincing." Philip Glenister defended his co-star, stating, "It's a hellishly difficult thing to come into and I've seen how hard she works and how brilliant she is. To all those detractors, they're just plain wrong." Hawes sent all her critics flowers. Entertainment news website Digital Spy praised the show's return, with cult editor Ben Rawson-Jones describing

225-410: A white leather coat, perm and very, very tight jeans", other critics were negative; Ross blamed the character of Alex Drake for "ruining nearly every scene". Wollaston went further, writing "Keeley Hawes, as DI Alex Drake, is awful. She may be totally shagworthy and have a cracking pair of puppies (those are one of Hunt's sidekick's words, not mine, before you start complaining), but, as a copper, even

270-526: Is a British fantasy crime drama and police procedural drama television series, serving as the sequel to Life on Mars . The series began airing on BBC One in February 2008. A second series began broadcasting in April 2009. A third and final series was broadcast from 2 April to 21 May 2010 on BBC One and BBC HD . The series tells the story of Alex Drake ( Keeley Hawes ), a police officer in service with

315-402: Is a form of limbo or purgatory , for "restless dead" police officers. These restless dead include Drake, Sam Tyler and the main characters Gene, Ray, Chris, and Shaz ( Montserrat Lombard ), all of whom died in violent circumstances. The revelation of their deaths comes as a surprise to all except Gene, who knew they were all dead but who had forgotten the circumstances of his own death, due to

360-663: Is again denied admission to the club. After the Great Chicago Fire , the Green Door Tavern opened in the city. During the Prohibition era in the United States , it was a popular place to get illicit libations. Because the door of the tavern was green, the color became a symbol for a speakeasy . During Prohibition, many restaurants painted their doors green to indicate the presence of a speakeasy. Another suggestion about

405-548: Is found in present-day 2008. Gene finds himself confronting a corrupted force and Alex begins receiving a string of phone calls from a man called Martin Summers, another patient at the hospital to which she has been moved, and a key figure in the web of corruption Hunt is trying to bring down. Summers proves to be a formidable adversary, whose actions eventually lead to a murder and an extremely tense confrontation between Alex and Gene. The series ends with Alex awakening in what seems to be

450-504: Is surprised to meet the returning characters of Gene Hunt ( Philip Glenister ), Ray Carling ( Dean Andrews ) and Chris Skelton ( Marshall Lancaster ), all of whom she has learnt about from her research, the trio having transferred from the Manchester setting of Life on Mars ( Manchester and Salford Police ) to Fenchurch CID, London. Tension between Drake and Hunt is built through the unsatisfactory explanation of Sam Tyler's absence and

495-498: Is tied up. You get all of the answers from Life on Mars and Ashes To Ashes ." When interviewed by SFX Magazine in May 2010, Matthew Graham spoke of teasing the BBC with a third set of series called The Laughing Gnome (the title, an early song by David Bowie , suggests a prequel set in the 1960s), and claimed that they made "the whole title page and copyrighted it and everything". He said

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540-618: The Conservatives posted a slightly modified version of the image with the words "Fire up the Quattro. It's time for Change. Vote for Change. Vote Conservative." Subsequently, Kudos Productions—which owns the copyright to the Gene Hunt character—wrote to both parties requiring them to cease using the image. Philip Glenister was introduced to David Cameron, future UK Prime Minister, at the 2009 Police Bravery Awards. Glenister explained that Gene Hunt

585-667: The Lynda La Plante police procedural Trial & Retribution , which fell to a series low on ITV . The fifth episode, broadcast 6 March 2008, attracted 6.6 million viewers according to overnight returns. With this episode, The Daily Telegraph stated that " Ashes to Ashes stepped out of the shadow of Life on Mars ." Keeley Hawes' performance was singled out by critics such as The Sun ' s Ally Ross, The Daily Mirror ' s Jim Shelley and The Guardian ' s Sam Wollaston. While Robert Maclaughlin, writing for Den of Geek , praised Hawes for "the ability to pull off

630-416: The 7 February 2008 broadcast of the first episode—in a 9 pm slot on the flagship channel, BBC One—were 7 million: about 29% of viewers. The figure was "in line with the final episode of Life on Mars in April last year, though well up on the earlier show's second series debut of 5.7 million two months earlier", but The Guardian noted "the heavy publicity blitz this week for Ashes to Ashes " as

675-583: The BBC responded well to the joke, replying "Yeah, it's commissioned!". The series three finale was watched by 6.45 million viewers. In 2010, the Labour Party used an edited image of Gene Hunt on the Quattro with David Cameron 's face as part of its general election campaign, with the words "Don't let him take Britain back to the 1980s". The slogan links the Conservative leader with memories of social unrest and youth unemployment. In response to this,

720-608: The Green Door: the Sequel was released, and in 2012, New Behind the Green Door was released. There are bars, taverns and saloons named The Green Door in many American locations, including Cheyenne, Wyoming , New York City , Park Hall, Maryland , Chicago, Illinois and Lansing, Michigan . Within the American intelligence community, "green door" is a slang verb and adjective, relating to

765-606: The High Fives. The track was arranged by Davie, who added thumbtacks to the hammers of his piano and sped up the tape to give a honky-tonk sound. Released by Dot Records , the single reached #1 on the Billboard charts for one week on November 17, 1956, replacing " Love Me Tender " by Elvis Presley . Outside the US, Lowe's version reached #8 on the charts in the United Kingdom . The singer cannot get any sleep each evening, due to

810-478: The London Metropolitan Police , who is shot in 2008 by a man named Arthur Layton and inexplicably regains consciousness in 1981. The first episode of the series reveals that, in the present day, Drake has been studying records of the events seen in the series Life on Mars through reports made by Sam Tyler ( John Simm ) after he regained consciousness in the present. Upon waking in the past she

855-539: The Long Way Home " from Supertramp 's Breakfast in America 1979 album. Episode 2 also contains the classic Madness song " The Prince ". The final episode of Series 3 plays out to David Bowie 's " Heroes ". Philip Glenister said that one of the reasons the series moved on to 1982 was due to running out of good songs and feared that they'd end up having to use Bucks Fizz 's " The Land of Make Believe " (a brief snippet of

900-577: The Test-Card Girl who bedevilled Sam Tyler in Life on Mars . (The clown's identity is revealed in the last episode of the first series.) The second series of eight episodes is set in 1982, against the political background of the Falklands War . The first episode, written by Ashley Pharoah, deals with the cover-up of the killing of a police officer in a nightclub. As the series progresses, Alex's comatose body

945-537: The United Kingdom in 1981, only in left-hand drive . The car shown in the TV series is the 1983 model, with slight changes to the headlights and other features. Costume designer Rosie Hackett explained the challenge in not using any eighties fashion not yet available in the year the respective series is set in (1981, 1982 and 1983 respectively). One reason for moving the sequel to London, from Life on Mars' Manchester setting,

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990-503: The charts for four weeks in August 1981. Shipments figures based on certification alone. "The Green Door" is the name of a letter written by David Berg , the former leader of the cult once called the Children of God , later renamed The Family. He used it as a metaphorical door to hell. Behind the Green Door is a 1972 pornographic film starring Marilyn Chambers . In 1986, Behind

1035-427: The costumes and art direction). The national free sheet, Metro , gave the episode four stars as "a vote of faith" on what it described as "a dodgy start". The Guardian reported on 15 February 2008 that, with 6.1 million viewers and a 25% audience share, the ratings for the second episode, shown on 14 February, were down by almost one million on the first, comparing overnight returns. It still did well against

1080-513: The opening episode of the second series as "greatly promising". It was watched by 7.01 million viewers. The second series was nominated for The TV Dagger at the 2009 Crime Thriller Awards . Keeley Hawes and Philip Glenister received nominations in the Best Actress and Best Actor categories respectively. The finale of Ashes To Ashes , which finished in 2010, has been described by Dean Andrews as "genius". He explained on GMTV: "Everything

1125-400: The passage of time. All except Hunt "move on" as he is a psychopomp (a spirit guide), an Archangel Michael -like figure, to all of his officers, helping them on their way to The Railway Arms pub (standing for heaven ). During the final series, the character of DCI Jim Keats was introduced, originally appearing to be assessing the capabilities of Gene's division. However, in reality, Keats

1170-409: The perceived underhandedness and shoddy work of Hunt in contrast to the methodical, ethical and modern Drake. Continuing the theme of Life on Mars , throughout the series, it is ambiguous to both Drake and the audience whether the character is dead or alive in the present day and to what extent her actions influence future events. The final episode reveals that the Life on Mars / Ashes to Ashes world

1215-737: The period such as punk period survivors the Clash and the Stranglers , New Romantics such as Duran Duran and Ultravox , synthpop such as Jon & Vangelis , OMD , later period Roxy Music and the Passions ' sole hit single, " I'm in Love with a German Film Star ", from 1981. A scene in the second episode, " The Happy Day ", set at The Blitz features Steve Strange playing himself performing " Fade to Grey " by Visage . The last episode in Series 1 ends with " Take

1260-442: The present) and asking where his office has gone, in a very similar manner to the arrival of Sam Tyler in the first episode of Life on Mars . In fact, Gene's last words – "A word in your shell-like, pal" – are the same as his first words to Sam Tyler in the first episode of Life on Mars . First series episodes were directed by Jonny Campbell , Bille Eltringham and Catherine Morshead. Filming for

1305-413: The present, but she is horrified to find Gene's face on monitors, pleading for help. In the third and final series, set yet another year forward in 1983, DCI Gene Hunt, DI Alex Drake and the rest of the team all return, joined by a new addition, DCI Jim Keats , a discipline and complaints officer. Alex returns to the 1980s after being brought round by Gene, and she comes to believe the 2008 she woke up in

1350-421: The restriction of an individual's or organization's access to information and/or locations: "We green doored them," or "The situation has been highlighted by the 'Green Door' compartmentation and exclusion". This meaning was alluded to in episode 4 of Ashes to Ashes , set in 1981, when Shakin' Stevens' cover played whilst the protagonist police detectives sneaked out of a top-secret MOD research centre. The song

1395-720: The role Gene played in Sam Tyler's death following his return to the past, and, urged on by Jim, she eventually discovers the truth of Gene Hunt, her colleagues and the world she has been transported to. In addition, the main cast appeared in short sketches for Children in Need 2008 (with Richard Hammond as himself) and Sport Relief 2010 (with Dickie Davies , Daley Thompson , Duncan Goodhew , Steve Cram , David Gower , Michael Parkinson , Sam Torrance , Tony Hadley , Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee as 1983 versions of themselves). The soundtrack features contemporary songs by British groups of

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1440-572: The second series began in 2008. The second series takes place six months after the first, set in 1982 during the Falklands War . The episodes were shot on Super 16 film and mastered in 576p standard definition. A third, and final, series was commissioned, and filming of the eight 60-minute episodes began in late 2009 This final series was shot in Super 16 again but telecined and mastered for high definition. In an interview with SFX , series co-creator and executive producer Matthew Graham stated that he

1485-460: The second series shown directly after. The third series commenced on 13 January 2011 on ABC1. In Denmark , series 1 was shown for the first time on DR2 at 19.05 each weekday evening from 25 November 2011 under the title En hård nyser: Kommissær Hunt . In Portugal , the show was broadcast by Fox Life , while in Latin America, the series is shown on HBO Plus . In Italy , Ashes to Ashes

1530-460: The show) was available to UK digital TV viewers by using the red button immediately after the show. Clips from Top of the Pops , The Old Grey Whistle Test and other 1980s BBC TV music programmes, introduced by Philip Glenister in his guise as DCI Gene Hunt, were looped for the remainder of the evening of transmission. Based on overnight returns, The Guardian reported that audience figures for

1575-461: The song is indeed used in the second series, as well as the same group's " Making Your Mind Up " being used in series one). A CD soundtrack from the first series of the show was released on 17 March 2008; one from the second series of the show was released on 20 April 2009. A CD soundtrack from the third series of the show was released on 12 April 2010. During the second and third series, 1980s background music (some of which had been used during

1620-540: The song refers to London's first lesbian club, Gateways (1930–1985), which was in Bramerton Street , Chelsea . It had a green door and was featured in the film The Killing of Sister George . But aside from that there is no substantive connection between the 1950s American song and the British club. Welsh singer Shakin' Stevens covered the song in 1981 for his album Shaky . It became his second UK number 1, topping

1665-619: The song's origins is that it was inspired by an afterhours club in Dallas, Texas , to which lyricist Moore had been refused entry because he did not know the correct password. At the time of the song's initial popularity in the 1950s, many believed it was inspired by a green-doored restaurant and bar called The Shack in Columbia, Missouri , where singer Jim Lowe had attended university . However long-time Shack owner Joe Franke doubts that theory. An oft-repeated urban legend has developed, claiming that

1710-476: The sound of the music coming from a private club, or possibly the singer is a G-man attempting to infiltrate the club. He tries to gain entry by knocking once on the green door, telling the person behind the door that he has been there before, only to have the door slammed immediately ("hospitality's thin there"). Then, through the keyhole, he says the possible secret password, "Joe sent me" (the password for Hernando's Hideaway ), which only results in laughter as he

1755-608: Was because the iconic eighties fashion would not have reached smaller cities at the time. Throughout the first series, Ashes to Ashes was broadcast weekly on Thursdays on BBC One at 9:00 pm. The second series began airing on 20 April 2009 in the same timeslot. The third and final series premiered on 2 April 2010. The programme premiered in America on 7 March 2009, available on both cable and satellite . The second series began broadcasting on BBC America on 11 May 2010 at 10:00 pm ET . In Australia , Series 1 of Ashes to Ashes commenced on 10 August 2009 on ABC1 , with

1800-446: Was broadcast by Rai 4 . In Europe , Ashes to Ashes was broadcast by BBC Entertainment . The first series, set in 1981, consists of eight episodes, written mainly by creators Ashley Pharoah (episodes 2 & 8) and Matthew Graham (episodes 1 & 7). Other writers for the series were Julie Rutterford (episode three) and Mark Greig (episodes 4 & 5), who worked on the parent series, Life on Mars . The remaining episode (6)

1845-504: Was considering making a 3D episode. Once again, the series moved on a year, this time to 1983. Philip Glenister, speaking on the BBC One Breakfast TV programme on 8 June 2009, announced that the third series would be the last. Producers revealed the climax of the show would reveal who the character of Gene Hunt really is. The third series concluded on 21 May 2010. The Audi Quattro was not available in right-hand drive in

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1890-586: Was featured in Quentin Tarantino 's 2019 film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , sung by Leonardo DiCaprio (playing the character of fictional actor Rick Dalton ), during a segment on Hullabaloo . The lyrics "Green door, what's that secret you're keepin ' " get a full-page quote (with a smaller attribution text: "Marvin Moore - Lyrics to 'The Green Door ' ") in the first internal page of The Immortal Hulk #10,

1935-427: Was only a dream. Her connection to the present seems weaker than before, while Hunt is trying to stop his department crumbling from within due to Keats' presence. Although Jim is ostensibly friendly with Hunt's officers, he makes no effort to conceal his hatred of Gene when the two are alone, and attempts to turn Alex against him. Prompted by the haunting of a dead policeman and visions of stars, Alex becomes suspicious of

1980-405: Was the devil who was attempting to bring down Gene and his world, dragging Hunt's colleagues down to 'his department' ( hell ). When he is finally defeated, Keats slinks into the night, laughing insanely and singing to Gene " We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when. " Finally Gene returns to his office, where a newly dead officer arrives, demanding his iPhone (implying that he is from

2025-449: Was written by freelance writer Mick Ford . In this series Alex tries to figure out what happened to her parents, whose lives are connected to the political unrest of the time, especially Margaret Thatcher 's campaign and Lord Scarman 's attacks on the police. Alex is haunted by a mysterious figure who seems to be the Clown from the music video of David Bowie's " Ashes to Ashes ", reminiscent of

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