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Ashes to Ashes :: Nothing Changes (01x03)

 
Episode Information
 
Title: Nothing Changes
Episode #: 01x03
Production Number: 103
Original Airdate: Thursday February 21st, 2008
7.8/10 (4 Votes cast)
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Country: Aired On:
NL (NPS) Sep 04, 2008
US (BBC America) Mar 21, 2009
Episode Crew
Director: Bille Eltringham
Writer: Julie Rutterford
 
Episode Summary
 
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Drake and Hunt come to blows as a prostitute begins making strong rape allegations and a serial killer becomes a crucial threat...
 
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Guest Stars
 
Guest Stars
Amelia BullmoreplayedCaroline PriceRecurring (third appearance)
Andrew CloverplayedThe ClownRecurring (third appearance)
Geff Francis (1)playedViv JamesRecurring (third appearance)
Grace VanceplayedMolly DrakeRecurring (third appearance)
Joseph LongplayedLuigiRecurring (third appearance)
Stephen Campbell Moore (1)playedEvan WhiteRecurring (third appearance)
Callum DixonplayedGnome Thief 
Claire RushbrookplayedTrixie Walsh 
Leanne LakeyplayedStreet Girl 1 
Leo BillplayedRyan Burns 
Lorna GayleplayedMrs Parkes 
Nicole CharlesplayedNina Akaboa 
Oliver ColemanplayedCity Boy 
Simon MolloyplayedRoseberry-Sykes 
Tracey WilesplayedStreet Girl 2 
 
Main Cast
 
Philip GlenisterplayedDCI Gene Hunt
Keeley HawesplayedDI Alex Drake
Dean AndrewsplayedDS Ray Carling
Marshall LancasterplayedDC Chris Skelton
Montserrat LombardplayedWPC Sharon 'Shaz' Granger
 
Featured Songs
 
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
Altered ImagesHappy Images 
The BeatDoors of Your Heart 
Bucks FizzMaking Your Mind Up 
The BuzzcocksAutonomy 
Duran DuranPlanet Earth 
Joe JacksonIt's Different for Girls 
Modern RomanceAy Ay Ay Ay Moosey 
Roxy MusicLet's Stick Together 
Roxy MusicOver You 
The RutsStaring at the Rude Boys 
 
Episode Quotes
 
Gene: He has about as much chance of getting convicted as Michael Foot does of becoming the next Prime Minister.
 
Chris: Steady on, Guv! Nearly lost me breakfast then!
Gene: What is that?
Chris: It's a kebab.
Gene: Looks like a bloody pasty with its arse hanging out!
 
Ryan: I am the vine! You are the branches! John, Chapter 15, Verse 5!
Gene: You're nicked for the murder of Delphine Parks, the rape and attempted murder of Nina Akiboa. Anything you say will be taken down, ripped up and shoved down your scrawny little throat until you're choked to death. Gene Hunt, Chapter 1, Verse 2.
 
Alex: Be honest, Viv. How do I look?
Viv: Uh, fine.
Alex: Thank you. Word of advice? Don't bother with poker.
 
Gene: An agency girl that accuses a client of rape, that's going to go down about as well as a pork pie at a Jewish wedding.
 
Alex: When they say it's difficult for rape victims to be believed, I wonder why?
Gene: She gets paid for having sex.
Alex: It's not about sex, is it? It's about control and power and revenge.
Gene: Maybe tell me about it some other time, like when I'm in a coma or when I'm dead.
Alex: To the interview room? Where's the rape suite?
Gene: Rape suite? Is that with or without a minibar?
 
Alex: This requires a cognitive interview procedure.
Gene: We're fresh out of cognitives. What say we just talk to her?
Alex: I don't think she'll open up with a man present.
Gene: Plenty of women have opened up to me without so much as a shandy down their necks.
 
 
Cultural References
 
Gene: He has about as much chance of getting convicted as Michael Foot does of becoming the next Prime Minister.

Michael Foot was the leader of the Labour Party and, consequently, Leader of the Opposition from 1980 to 1983. He is widely regarded as the most ineffectual leader of the party since World War II. Already 67 years old when he assumed the position, his extreme left wing views damaged the public's faith in the Labour Party considerably, particularly as his leadership came in the wake of the Conservative landslide victory at the 1979 general election. At one point during his tenure, his personal approval rating was 13%, the lowest recorded for the leader of a major party since the practice began. Labour's manifesto for the 1983 general election reflected his beliefs and called for the abolition of the House of Lords and the withdrawal of the UK from the European Economic Community (now called the European Union). His fellow Labour MP Sir Gerald Kaufman described the manifesto as "the longest suicide note in history." Shortly after the election, the second of four consecutive Conservative victories, Foot resigned and was succeeded by the considerably younger Neil Kinnock. Now 95, Foot is notable as being the longest lived leader of any British political party and, having first been elected in 1945, one of the earliest surviving former MPs.
 
 
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