Throughout the first series, Ashes to Ashes was broadcast weekly on Thursdays on BBC One at 9:00pm. The second series began airing on 20 April 2009 in the same timeslot. The third and final series premiered on 2 April 2010.

Keeley Hawes Interview". Tv.sky.com. Archived from the original on 6 June 2010 . Retrieved 22 May 2010. Doggett, Peter (2012). The Man Who Sold the World: David Bowie and the 1970s. New York City: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 978-0-06-202466-4. Last night on television: Ashes to Ashes (BBC1) – Cutting Edge: Who Killed the Playboy Earl? (Channel 4) by Gerard O'Donovan, The Daily Telegraph, 8 February 2008 Trynka, Paul (2011). David Bowie – Starman: The Definitive Biography. New York City: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-31603-225-4. Entertainment | Ashes to Ashes gets third series". BBC News. 8 June 2009. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009 . Retrieved 8 June 2009.Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. " Best of Bowie – David Bowie". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019 . Retrieved 15 March 2020. In Denmark, series 1 was shown for the first time on DR2 at 19.05 each weekday evening from 25 November 2011 [17] under the title En hård nyser: Kommissær Hunt. Male, Andrew (23 July 2013). "David Bowie and Kenny Everett's 'Space Oddity' ". Mojo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019 . Retrieved 18 March 2018.

Welch, Chris (1999). David Bowie: We Could Be Heroes: The Stories Behind Every David Bowie Song. Boston: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-1-56025-209-2. The devil tempts, after all, as does Keats as he tries to lure Alex Drake to his side. And let’s not forget too that the two police officers we’ve seen die in this series have both been in Keats’ arms as they’ve done so. The death of Viv in episode six, and Keats’ reaction, makes a lot more sense right now. In Australia, Series 1 of Ashes to Ashes commenced on 10 August 2009 on ABC1, with the second series shown directly after. The third series commenced on 13 January 2011 on ABC1. [16] Ashes to Ashes", in both its single edit and full-length forms, has made appearances on compilation albums. The single edit is included on Changestwobowie (1981), [63] Best of Bowie (2002), [64] The Platinum Collection (2006), [65] Nothing Has Changed (2014) and Legacy (The Very Best of David Bowie) (2016), [66] [67] while the album version is included on the Sound + Vision box set (1989), [68] Changesbowie (1990) and The Singles Collection (1993). [69] [70] The single edit was also included on Re:Call 3, part of the A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982) compilation, in 2017. [71] An unreleased extended version, allegedly 13-minutes long and featuring additional verses, a longer fade-out and a synthesiser solo, is rumoured to exist, although a 12-minute version that appeared on bootlegs was fake, simply repeating and splicing the verses. [5] [19] In 2020, Visconti said that no additional verses were recorded nor is he aware of any other versions of the song existing. [72] The vocal melody also matches the piano riff through its use of contrasting beats, such as "funk" on the downbeat and "fun-ky" on the off-beat. [3] Visconti called the beat "a mind-bender". [9] Additionally, the vocal melody features contrasting phrasing, meaning the verses consist of unrelated sections, singing through bars ("Major To-om's"), key changes, large vocal register changes and contrasting singing styles. [3] [16] O'Leary comments: "It's as if the conductor of an orchestra is also the lead tenor." [3]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 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."

The final episode reveals that the Life on Mars/ Ashes to Ashes world 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 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 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.

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Life after Mars". The Guardian. 7 January 2008. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019 . Retrieved 16 November 2022. Ashes to Ashes Final Episode". Tv.sky.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010 . Retrieved 22 May 2010. Described by the artist as "a story of corruption", [10] Bowie wanted to see where Major Tom ended up in the 1970s: [3]

A perfectly smooth change of gear, by Robert Hanks, The Independent, 8 February 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2008. Nissim, Mayer (11 January 2016). "David Bowie 1947–2016: 'Life on Mars' is named Bowie's greatest ever song in reader poll". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016 . Retrieved 23 January 2016. O'Leary, Chris (2019). Ashes to Ashes: The Songs of David Bowie 1976–2018. London: Repeater. ISBN 978-1-91224-830-8. Ashes to Ashes – Season 2 The highly anticipated second season premieres May11th at 10/9c". Archived from the original on 24 April 2009 . Retrieved 3 May 2009. Entertainment | Arts & Culture | One more series for TV's Ashes". BBC News. 8 June 2009. Archived from the original on 12 June 2009 . Retrieved 8 June 2009.Bowie only performed "Ashes to Ashes" once in 1980, on 3September for an appearance on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. In subsequent decades, Bowie performed the song on the 1983 Serious Moonlight, 1990 Sound+Vision, 1999 Hours, 2002 Heathen, and 2003–2004 A Reality tours. [5] We, frankly, loved it. It was a tough episode to watch at times, and it demanded a level of concentration we’re simply not used to seeing from the usual television dramas we get. a b "Ashes to ashes in Irish Chart". IRMA. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009 . Retrieved 24 June 2013. 3rd result when searching "Ashes to ashes"