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'Spooks' actress to star in 'Ashes To Ashes'
Published Tuesday, Jul 3 2007, 18:07 BST | By Alex Fletcher
Former Spooks actress Keeley Hawes is to play a lead role in the BBC drama Ashes To Ashes, the sequel to the highly successful Life On Mars.
Hawes left the MI5 drama in 2004, where she found fame as the character Zoe Reynolds.
Ashes To Ashes is expected to follow a similar story structure to that of Life on Mars, except it will be set in the 1980s, a decade on from the previous series.
She will play Alex Drake, an up-and-coming member of the police force in 2008, who finds herself trapped in the '80s alongside Life On Mars character DCI Gene Hunt, played by Philip Glenister.
Hawes said of her role: "I'm thrilled to be playing Alex. She's a fantastic character and will be a force to be reckoned with as far as Gene Hunt is concerned; the two of them locking horns in the Eighties will certainly be a sight to behold, never mind the shoulder pads."
Ashes To Ashes is being written and created by Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah, the pair behind Life On Mars, and will be broadcast on BBC1 in 2008.
Hawes left the MI5 drama in 2004, where she found fame as the character Zoe Reynolds.
Ashes To Ashes is expected to follow a similar story structure to that of Life on Mars, except it will be set in the 1980s, a decade on from the previous series.
She will play Alex Drake, an up-and-coming member of the police force in 2008, who finds herself trapped in the '80s alongside Life On Mars character DCI Gene Hunt, played by Philip Glenister.
Hawes said of her role: "I'm thrilled to be playing Alex. She's a fantastic character and will be a force to be reckoned with as far as Gene Hunt is concerned; the two of them locking horns in the Eighties will certainly be a sight to behold, never mind the shoulder pads."
Ashes To Ashes is being written and created by Matthew Graham and Ashley Pharoah, the pair behind Life On Mars, and will be broadcast on BBC1 in 2008.
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