Shaw Taylor praises 'Ashes To Ashes'

Shaw Taylor has praised the quality of Ashes To Ashes after a cameo appearance on the BBC One show as himself.

83-year-old Taylor, best known for fronting crime-solving programme Police 5 for three decades, told Radio Times: "When you get to my age, you've seen an awful lot of police dramas. This - and Life On Mars - is one of the best things I've seen in years. Very funny, very sharp... very different."

Taylor also joked: "You can't help but feel that, had he actually been around at the time, Gene Hunt is the sort of character that would have turned up on Police 5."

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