Episode 5 (Ashes to Ashes)

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Episode 5
Ashes to Ashes episode

Is The Clown any closer to claiming Alex?
Episode no. Episode 5
Written by Mark Greig
Directed by Bille Eltringham
Guest stars Russell Tovey
Original airdate 6 March 2008
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The fifth episode of the British science fiction television series Ashes To Ashes was first broadcast by BBC One on 6 March 2008.

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[edit] Synopsis

Gene and Alex are on the trail of Simon Neary, a pimp and drug dealer. However, they discover that Neary is involved in a guns deal, leading Alex to believe that stopping the deal could stop her from being shot in 2008. To stop Neary, Alex must convince Neary's boyfriend (Russell Tovey), to snitch on him.

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[edit] Cast Notes

Andrew Clover's website describes his role as "the Angel of Death". [1]

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Although the first "sample" gun supplied to Neary is a identified as a Colt 1911 and this is verbally linked to the death of an informer shot with a 9mm calibre bullet, the pistol is actually .45-inch calibre.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Andrew Clover's website, "This autumn, however, I've been playing the Angel of Death in Ashes to Ashes, and have felt more comfortable." accessed 11 February, 2008