'Ashes To Ashes' stars refuse screen snog

A planned snog between two regular characters on Ashes To Ashes was scuppered after the actors refused to lock lips.

Speaking to Digital Spy, Marshall Lancaster and Montserrat Lombard, who play DC Chris Skelton and WPC Sharon 'Shaz' Granger respectively, explained their reasons for adopting their stance.

"It was written in," said Lancaster, with Lombard adding that the pair immediately "complained".

"We said no," reiterated Lancaster, who previously played Skelton on Life On Mars. "I must have been an idiot, but I was thinking that it's good that you don’t always see it. Tension is a good thing. If it’s full-on snogging and this, that and the other, sometimes that's not quite as good as a ‘Go on, go on’ sort of thing."

"It was more romantic not doing it, wasn't it?" suggested Lombard, who previously starred in BBC One's Love Soup.

> Click here for our interview with Marshall Lancaster and Montserrat Lombard from Ashes To Ashes