Over at our sister site Den Of Geek, they’ve been chatting with the one of the men behind Ashes To Ashes, its co-creator and writer Matthew Graham. He’s been dropping some hints about the forthcoming third series of the show, that starts later this month, and here are some of the things he had to say.
On picking up from the series 2 cliffhanger:
“Of course we can’t be too spoilerific. Yes, we do go back to ’83. Yes, the show isn’t going to take place in 2008. But, and I hope that people don’t feel it’s too much of a cheat, but it’s not going to be Gene Hunt coming forward in the 21st century. I think that’d be a bad move, and it really wouldn’t work.
There will be people thinking that we’ve created an artificial cliffhanger, but we haven’t. Because the things that Alex learned and her experiences in the first 10-15 minutes of the new series are the kickstart to the entire series. They are threads that are very front and centre”
On the ultimate ending of the show:
“We have promised answers, and we do intend to deliver answers. We’ll leave some ambiguity, because I think a little bit of mystery doesn’t do any harm. You can’t sit down with a blackboard and explain the whole thing like Doc Brown”
On the tone of the new series:
“There’s a little bit less of the things from the 80s. It’s a little bit more now about the characters and the journeys. I suppose it’s a little bit more like Life On Mars in that regard. There are blasts from the pasts, but we bring back blasts from our own pasts. There’ll be plenty of weird shit!”
You can read the full interview HERE:
Ashes To Ashes returns later this month.
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