List of characters in the Life on Mars franchise

This is a list of fictional characters that have appeared in BBC One's science fiction/police procedural drama, Life on Mars, and the following series Ashes to Ashes.

Main characters

Cast table

Character	Portrayed by	Life on Mars		Ashes to Ashes
		1	2	1	2	3
Gene Hunt	Philip Glenister	Main
Sam Tyler	John Simm	Main		Does not appear
Annie Cartwright	Liz White	Main		Does not appear
Ray Carling	Dean Andrews	Main
Chris Skelton	Marshall Lancaster	Main
Phyllis Dobbs	Noreen Kershaw	Recurring		Does not appear
Nelson	Tony Marshall	Recurring		Does not appear		Guest
Alex Drake	Keeley Hawes	Does not appear		Main
Shaz Granger	Montserrat Lombard	Does not appear		Main
Viv James	Geff Francis	Does not appear		Recurring
Luigi	Joseph Long	Does not appear		Recurring
Martin Summers	Adrian Dunbar/Gwilym Lee	Does not appear			Recurring	Does not appear
Jim Keats	Daniel Mays	Does not appear				Main

Introduced in Life on Mars

Gene Hunt

Main article: Gene Hunt

Sam Tyler

Annie Cartwright

Ray Carling

Chris Skelton

Introduced in Ashes to Ashes

Alex Drake

Shaz Granger

Jim Keats

Detective Chief Inspector James "Jim" Keats is a fictional character in BBC One's science fiction/police procedural drama, Ashes to Ashes. The character is portrayed by actor Daniel Mays.

DCI James "Jim" Keats claimed to have been sent from the Discipline and Complaints department of Scotland Yard to assess the Fenchurch East division of the London Metropolitan Police (led by DCI Gene Hunt) as part of Operation Countryman. In reality, Keats was a malevolent spirit, if not Satan,[1] who aimed to destroy the division and bring its members to his department.

Supporting characters

References

1. Ian Wylie's 23 May 2010 interview of co-creator and show-runner Matthew Graham at [1]