DAVID ROLINSON Screenplay Writer: Arthur Ellis, Producer: Brenda Reid, Director: Guy Slater Transporting a character from one era of policing to another, and asking us to consider how both policing and its television representation had changed: these are some of the reasons why Life on Mars (2006-7) and Ashes to Ashes (2008-2010) were rightly acclaimed, … Continue reading From The Blue Lamp to The Black and Blue Lamp: The Police in TV Drama