BBC's Ashes to Ashes is the sequel to the critically acclaimed time-jumping cop show Life on Mars, which aired on BBC One 2006-'07 and was adapted by ABC in late '08, and it's traveling to the United States this spring. Like the original series, Ashes to Ashes features a time-travel element, but in this case, the protagonist is a 21st-century woman cast back to 1981. Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes) is a police psychologist who has been studying the case of Sam Tyler (John Simm) and his recollections of life as a detective in 1973 (he was actually in a coma). During a hostage situation, Drake is shot and suddenly finds herself transported to 1981, dealing with the same group of detectives about whom Tyler spoke in his recordings. Series co-creator Ashley Pharoah and star Philip Glenister, who portrays the popular Gene Hunt, joined press via satellite from the show's U.K. set on Saturday to discuss the highly anticipated sequel series as part of the Television Critics Association's winter press tour in Universal City, Calif. Below is an edited version of the TCA panel discussion with Pharoah and Glenister. Ashes to Ashes debuts Saturday, March 7, on BBC America. http://scifiwire.com/2009/01/ashes-to-ashes-comes-to-america-and-weve-got-a-first-look.php
