Talk:List of Ashes to Ashes episodes
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[edit] Episode titles?
Where are the episode titles taken from? The BBC just seems to number them, i.e., "Episode 1" etc. —Naddy Lazyguythewerewolf . Rawr. 22:17, 21 February 2008 (UTC) 14:53, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
- I'd assume the scripts or production notes, but I don't see how these would be released to the general public. Unless it's a crew member editing this page :p But it's not like they're malicious, so I don't see the problem in keeping the titles until we get new information :) ~~Lazyguythewerewolf . Rawr. 22:17, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
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- The episodes are not titled, nor were they ever supposed to be. I write from a position of authority as one of the series writers , and I'm very irritated that the editor of these articles has taken it upon himself to give them spurious titles. If I knew how to do it, I'd delete them, but my attempts have so far failed. Maybe someone can help me out and make these entries more accurate? The Other MG, 13/03/08
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- Without being funny, you're talking bollocks, if anyone is interested last time I checked these episode titles were available on the Radio Times website, which we can assume is pretty official as it is part of the BBC's commercial branch. Benv-b92 03:47, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
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I will not change these yet as each episode has its own page, but these un-screened titles need sourcing in the same way as the Life on Mars episodes are. U-Mos (talk) 18:42, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
- The titles should all be changed back to just "Episode #" as used on the BBC sites. Even the Life on Mars episode titles are currently wrong. They source a site called DigiGuide, but that site is fan made and in no way official. —MJBurrage(T•C) 04:47, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
- It looks like the source for the "episode names" for Ashes to Ashes is DigiGuide.com, and apparently they were just made up by a fan. They have since also been used on torrent sites, and here in Wikipedia, but there is nothing on any BBC related site that uses them. I.E. they are not official. —MJBurrage(T•C) 18:44, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
I've begun cleaning up the titles as has been done on Life on Mars. Unless someone gets to it before I do, I'll finish cleaning up the articles and links tomorrow. --Phoenix Hacker (talk) 11:25, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Table without episode names
I have moved the episode pages away from the unofficial names, and so to me it seems that it would be better if the table on this page did not refer to names at all, and simply used links from episode numbers to link to the episode pages. The best I can manage is this:
| # | Writer | Director | Airdate |
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| 1 | "Matthew Graham" | Johnny Campbell | Thursday February 7, 2008, 9–10pm |
| 21st-century DI Alex Drake seemingly wakes up in 1981 after being shot by a has-been criminal mastermind, Layton. Quickly deducing that she is in the same position as Sam Tyler, she enlists the help of Gene Hunt and the rest of the team to hunt down Layton and his drug-dealing ring. She believes arresting Layton will be her escape route back to 2008 - only to find herself mistaken. | |||
which treats the writer as an episode title. Obviously this is not ideal. Is there a better way to achieve the desired effect? U-Mos (talk) 13:41, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- The way it is now actually works fine, "Episode 1" etc are the names of the episodes as used by the BBC. One small problem is that there is going to be a second series, which will reuse the same names. For this reason I moved the Life on Mars episodes to names such as Series 1: Episode 3 (Life on Mars). We may want to do the same here. —MJBurrage(T•C) 15:45, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- I considered that, but decided that there was no need to include the series name yet, as right now there is only one series. They can be moved once the second series is officially confirmed, I say. U-Mos (talk) 15:57, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- I appreciate the trouble you've taken to correct the information. I increasingly rely on Wikipedia's veracity, so am keen to correct misinformation where I see it. Particularly when it refers to a project in which I have an interest, I'm not ashamed to admit! The Other MG, 04/04/08
- I considered that, but decided that there was no need to include the series name yet, as right now there is only one series. They can be moved once the second series is officially confirmed, I say. U-Mos (talk) 15:57, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
