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The 31-year-old actor, who recently starred alongside Anna Friel on The Street, will reportedly play a Discipline and Complaints Officer called Jim Keats.
The BBC's Piers Wenger said of the third and final series: "Series three of Ashes To Ashes will have the same combination of thrilling crime drama, outrageous '80s outfits and cutting one liners.
"We’ll be sad to see Gene and the gang go but the journey that will take us to that finale will be one of the most exciting, compelling and edge-of-your seat rides on TV!"
The eight-episode third series begins filming this Autumn for transmission in 2010.
> Lancaster: 'Ashes has no more mileage'
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