Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes
A typical hard-nosed 70's copper, Gene rules his town like a sheriff, whether it's Manchester or London. Seen as a dinosaur by many in 1981, still his colleagues look up to him and his no nonsense attitude to policing. Gene is smart, yet he still makes mistakes. Luckily Sam and, later on, Alex are there to pull him back into line.
