Ashes to Ashes

Change is in the air at CID following Alex's shooting, as the team works on the kidnap of a young girl and Gene puts his career on the line.

When DC Chris Skelton opens CID's post and discovers a human hand, DCI Gene Hunt and his team find they have a murder to solve.

It's the run up to the 1983 General Election and pressure mounts on DCI Gene Hunt and his team as they investigate a series of politically motivated arson attacks.

Gene and the team must protect an undercover policewoman investigating a drugs ring on their patch, while Alex continues to be haunted by the ghostly constable.

When DCI Gene Hunt's former Manchester colleagues, DCI Litton and DI Bevan, turn up on his patch he immediately smells a rat.

After an attempt to stop a prison riot goes badly wrong and one of their own is left behind, the team try everything they can to save their colleague.

Having almost finished his report into Gene Hunt and his team, DCI Keats continues to push Alex to find out what really happened to Sam Tyler.

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.