Ashes To Ashes Starts In The Uk On Thursday

I never done good things, I never done bad things…

As we told you back in April of last year, the BBC time-warp 1970s cop show that was Life On Mars? has hit the fast forward button to the 1980s and mutated into Ashes To Ashes. The first episode is to be broadcast on Thursday 7th February at 9.00pm on BBC One in the UK.

This week’s Radio Times magazine has a six-page cover feature wherein co-creator/writer Ashley Pharoah talks about the influences that went into the making of the new show, including David Bowie’s Ashes To Ashes pierrot character, which takes on an altogether more sinister role for this production.

Here’s Ashley: “I remember the first time I watched the preposterous, brilliant video for David Bowie’s Ashes To Ashes. It was very, very scary. This clown is our homage in the series.”

You can view the trailer for Ashes To Ashes along with the synopsis and other stuff by clicking on the image above.

If you miss this first episode, don’t forget that if you’re in the UK you are now able to use the BBC iPlayer where you can watch BBC programmes from the last seven days on your computer.

Failing that, the 4-disc region 2 DVD set of Ashes To Ashes will be available from May 12th 2008.