Ashes to Ashes

Alex is desperate to return to the 1980s, where Gene is on the run accused of trying to kill her, and the team is in disarray while investigating a child's kidnapping.

A serial killer is found to be targeting women members of a dating agency, so Alex goes undercover - but it becomes clear Shaz more closely matches the profile of previous victims.

A serial arsonist targets sites related to the 1983 general election, prompting Ray to risk his life in a burning building and forcing him to face his traumatic past.

Gene jeopardises a covert operation into a drug cartel, and Chris falls for an undercover officer, while Alex gathers more clues about why she remains in the 1980s.

Gene distrusts two former colleagues claiming to have travelled from Manchester on the hunt for an aged stand-up comedian who has allegedly stolen cash from the Police Widows' Fund.

Viv is captured during a prison riot and taken hostage by the violent criminal leading the revolt, but when Ray and Chris go undercover to free him, all three officers face danger.

A body is found in an illegal ANC drinking den and Gene quickly decides a girl is guilty of the murder. However, the group's leader refuses to stand by as she is deported.

Tension mounts in the final episode of the police drama as Alex pursues her investigation to the bitter end, and she and the rest of the team learn the truth about Gene Hunt.