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The Best Episodes of Ashes to Ashes Season 3

Every episode of Ashes to Ashes Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Ashes to Ashes Season 3!

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Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Ashes to Ashes Season 3 Episode 8 - Episode 8
    9.1/10(539 votes)

    S3:E8

    DCI Gene Hunt and his team are investigating a diamond heist following the murder of three London gang members. But DI Alex Drake is distracted and, with encouragement from DCI Jim Keats, she decides to pursue her own investigation to the bitter end - did Gene Hunt murder Sam Tyler? When Gene discovers that Alex has gone, he races after her leaving Ray Carling, Chris Skelton and Shaz Granger to plan an ambitious sting operation. As Gene desperately tries to reach Alex before she discovers the truth, Chris, Shaz and Ray's world completely falls apart. It's time for Alex and the rest of the team to find out the truth about Gene Hunt...

    Director:David Drury
    Writer:Matthew Graham

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  2. Ashes to Ashes Season 3 Episode 7 - Episode 7
    8.3/10(276 votes)

    S3:E7

    DCI Jim Keats has almost finished his report into DCI Gene Hunt and his team, but he's still pushing DI Alex Drake to find out what really happened to Sam Tyler. When reports come in of a disturbance at an ANC illegal drinking den Gene heads in all guns blazing. The men at the club are quick to dismiss the disturbance as nothing, but when DI Ray Carling spots blood on the floor and discovers a dead body, it leads Gene into a murder investigation.

    Director:David Drury
    Writer:Ashley Pharoah

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  3. Ashes to Ashes Season 3 Episode 6 - Episode 6
    8.2/10(286 votes)

    S3:E6

    All hell has broken loose at Fenchurch East prison; the inmates are rioting and DCI Gene Hunt is ready to go in all guns blazing to teach the lags a lesson. However, things don't go to plan; the riot team are hugely outnumbered, and in the chaos of the retreat someone is left behind.

    Director:Jamie Payne
    Writer:James Payne

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  4. Ashes to Ashes Season 3 Episode 2 - Episode 2
    8.1/10(301 votes)

    S3:E2

    A severed hand is sent to Fenchurch station. Discovering that several women have been murdered, Alex decides to join the dating agency they all used. Alex tries to discover the truth about Sam Tyler's death, but Gene is obstructive.

    Director:David Drury
    Writer:Ashley Pharoah

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  5. Ashes to Ashes Season 3 Episode 5 - Episode 5
    8.0/10(279 votes)

    S3:E5

    When DCI Gene Hunt's former Manchester colleagues, DCI Litton and DI Bevan, turn up on his patch he immediately smells a rat. They're in pursuit of northern comic Frank Hardwick who's wanted for stealing 2,000 pounds from the Police Widows Fund. However, their desperation to track him down leaves Gene and DI Alex Drake suspicious of their real motive.

    Director:Jamie Payne
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Ashes to Ashes Season 3 Episode 3 - Episode 3
    7.9/10(279 votes)

    S3:E3

    Gene and the rest of CID are feeling the pressure to stop a series of politically motivated arson attacks in the lead up to the 1983 General Election, after a military compound and a polling station are set alight. DCI Jim Keats announces his plans to monitor the way Hunt and his team work while trying to turn each member of of the team against Gene. Elsewhere, Alex continues to mount her investigation into what really happened to Sam Tyler in 1980 and is struggling to work out why she is being haunted by the young police officer.

    Director:Alrick Riley
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Ashes to Ashes Season 3 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    7.8/10(308 votes)

    S3:E1

    Alex soon realises she has not returned home after all, and wakes up in 1983. Gene is on the run, and DCI Jim Keats has arrived from Complaints to investigate CID following the shooting. Newly-promoted DI Ray Carling leads an investigation into the kidnapping of a young girl, and sets up a sting operation. Alex decides that she will have to discover the truth about Gene if she is ever to get back to her own time.

    Director:David Drury
    Writer:Matthew Graham

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  8. Ashes to Ashes Season 3 Episode 4 - Episode 4
    7.7/10(272 votes)

    S3:E4

    Gene discovers that an undercover operation to catch several drug dealers is taking place on his patch without his knowledge. Determined to take control Hunt blows the cover of an undercover operative who turns up at CID and is eventually placed under his protection, yet it seems someone on the inside is twisting things to help the drug dealers stay out on the streets. Meanwhile, the deceased police officer continues to haunt Alex. Could he actually be her key to getting home?

    Director:Alrick Riley
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Episode 8" is the best rated episode of "Ashes to Ashes" season 3. It scored 9.1/10 based on 539 votes. Directed by David Drury and written by Matthew Graham, it aired on 5/21/2010. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Episode 7".