Started on BBC1 tonight! Back to 1981...Fingers crossed for some OMD tracks! Anyone got any info if there might be some?

Doh!! I saw this advertised.. but I watch so little TV I forgot about it... Is it worth watching?

Same thing as Life on Mars i think. Turned it off when I heard Relax by Frankie.

Quoted from Lego man

Same thing as Life on Mars i think. Turned it off when I heard Relax by Frankie.

Yes it is a 1980s version of Life on Mars. Just watched it on BBCiPlayer, but never heard Relax    But personally I loved the program and can't wait for the next episode.

Quoted from NeilT

Doh!! I saw this advertised.. but I watch so little TV I forgot about it... Is it worth watching?

Me too.... and I even had a reminder on for it...dont know what happened to that.  

Quoted from Elfi

Me too.... and I even had a reminder on for it...dont know what happened to that.  

If you go to the BBCiplayer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/p.....version_pid=b008y6gv

you can watch the whole episode again for the next 6 days only.

Having never seen Life on Mars, I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it (mind you that may have had something to do with the female DI spending almost half the program in a rather sexy red leather mini and black stockings).  

I'll be tuning in next week and have now vowed to watch all of Life on Mars.

Lol.... just for the red leather???  

Thanks Nige.... will watch it tonight.  

Ah, we all have our fetishes Elfi - mind you, she had nice legs.

My friend came up to me in College today and said "I have a feeling there is going to be some OMD on Ashes to Ashes"lol

Red leather  

I found it a bit slow, I guess that's what you get when put your expectations to high!  Good music though

Quoted from Lego man

Same thing as Life on Mars i think. Turned it off when I heard Relax by Frankie.

That's going to be a bit hard seeing as it's set in July 1981...

I think according to this website OMDs Souvenir is in episode 3 Quote "The music tracks are, again, very well chosen, including an evocative song which you can check out at the bottom of this blog"

http://blogs.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ianwylie/2008/02/ashes_to_ashes_dont_be_distrac.html

Souvenir was on tonight, I got excited...How sad lol

I sat down and watched this... Have I missed something here, but thought that Ashes to Ashes was crap? Maybe because I missed the first episode?

Wasn't much of a story was there? Still I liked the spaced-out mood of it and the girl is very likeable, even to a girl...  

It doesn't appeal to me. Best thing about it is the music.
I'd rather go watch re-runs of 'The Sweeney'    

Quoted from liam8910

Souvenir was on tonight, I got excited...How sad lol

Join the club Lol.... I always get excited when theres OMD music on tv or the radio  

Quoted from NeilT

I sat down and watched this... Have I missed something here, but thought that Ashes to Ashes was crap? Maybe because I missed the first episode?

My thoughts exactly.... I was expecting something great but it fizzled out after the first 5 mins  

well, after 30 minutes, I was going to turn off, but thought, I would watch it all.. And, well, I will not be making any effort to watch next week

Im not as patient as you..  

Quoted from Sandra

Wasn't much of a story was there? Still I liked the spaced-out mood of it and the girl is very likeable, even to a girl...  

I was going to write something, but decided it might just be easier if I reposted the same message I just put on the Extreme Voice forum:

I think it's working quite well this time and is a completely different show to Life On Mars, albeit with continuity from the first.

I completely agree that the scene between Ray and Gene Hunt puts a different complexion on the whole thing. As well as the fact that Gene Hunt keeps telling Drake that she'll be around until he says otherwise.

What struck me about episode 2 is that Drake makes mistakes based on her future training and memories and ends up affecting those she meets. Notice the subtle change in her mum's behaviour by the end of the episode, but more importantly how her speech about young men strapping bombs to themselves for a cause inadvertently gives Moxey's son the inspiration to blow himself up. Thing is, when will she realise the effect she's having and where will it lead?

Oh, and quite inventive use of Fascist Groove Thang as well...

I found this episode a bit better than the last, but was it because OMD was played on it?!   I still can't get into the Drake character, finding her a wee bit irritating to say the least, but I will continue to watch it to see how the series develops, but it's not like LoM where I was totally into it and didn't want to miss an episode.

Quoted from TheAviator

I'd rather go watch re-runs of 'The Sweeney'  

Me too. I think Ashes to Ashes is dross I'm afraid   

Enola Gay tonight!

Maid of Orleans was the big finale on the very last episode

Quoted from treble99

Maid of Orleans was the big finale on the very last episode

On this year's yes - and funnily enough, I really enjoyed this series!  

I thought they were collectively a great series, and really looking forward to series 3 next year!

Quoted from corky100

I thought they were collectively a great series, and really looking forward to series 3 next year!

Have to agree, have loved both Life on Mars and A2A. Can see myself buying the DVDs one day.

See the stars are getting around now, see the new face in Corrie this week?

No. Who?

Curry? what curry is that?

I keep getting all confused whenever 'Slug' is in corrie though... I keep expecting Gene and the gang to turn up... and his hair's still getting over the 'looks like a bird's mess on it' colouring from the last series of A2A.

I love LoM, but I've enjoyed A2A much more. I did find it all a bit too self-aware for the first few episode of S1, but I think it started to get over that when Alex decided to just go with the flow, although I do like her little moments when she refers to the others as 'constructs' and to the fact that - as far as she's aware - they're not real, none of it is.

I was a bit dubious about the thought of S3 when it was first announced, as I wondered if they could really spin out another series, but the final episode was a corker... left a lovely big cliffhanger that not only made me wonder about everything I'd come to accept in the 2 series of A2A, but also made me reconsider both series of LoM! Very cleverly done... I can't wait for S3! I wonder which way they're going to take this? And in the end will we find out that both Alex and Sam before her were actually from our era and in a coma, or is it all much more complicated than that?

Hope they don't go down the total cop out route that the US version of LoM took though... that was just plain awful! I know that they had to wrap things up quickly as they had the plug pulled (not surprised really, from what I saw - especially as the originals have a massive following in the states anyway), but it was so contrived and trite, it just made a mockery of the whole thing. Believe me, if they do that over here there will be a massive number of fans who will be up in arms and suddenly feel they've wasted the years of discussion and viewing (and re-viewing!)! I for one will feel very cheated!

So no pressure on the writers then

And of course, I have to confess to being a Gene Hunt fan... top copper, and I wouldn't say no Yes, he's a Jack Regan rip-off, but that's the whole point! Doesn't anyone else find themselves wishing that the police of today could get away with some of that sort of thing now? Not the corruption and all that side of things, but there seems to be so little that they can do these days, they even say themselves that it's all about raising revenue so they're too busy concentrating on persuing the motorist for a quick fine to do any real policing...

Oh dear, seems I've ended up on another rant there!