Ashes to Ashes

When a body encased in concrete is uncovered at a construction site, Detective Hunt clashes with the property’s owner over the find. Further, the disappearance of crucial evidence suggests that a mole may be operating within Hunt’s own investigative team.

The programme is a single‑episode drama that follows a gritty police investigation. It centres on Detective Hunt, who is called in after a shocking find at a construction site. The story is set against the backdrop of a building project, turning an ordinary work zone into the centre of a criminal enquiry. While the site is being cleared, workers uncover a body that has been sealed inside a concrete slab. The discovery immediately thrusts Hunt into a complex case, as he must piece together how the victim ended up encased in the structure. The episode builds its tension around the forensic challenge of extracting clues from such an unusual crime scene. The find quickly pits Hunt against the property’s owner, whose interests clash with the detective’s pursuit of the truth. Their confrontation escalates as each side tries to protect their own agenda, creating a palpable standoff that drives much of the episode’s conflict. The owner’s resistance adds another layer of difficulty to Hunt’s already demanding investigation. Complicating matters further, key pieces of evidence go missing, suggesting that someone inside Hunt’s own team may be feeding information to the opposition. This hint of a mole raises suspicion among the detectives and forces Hunt to question the loyalty of those closest to him, adding an internal struggle to the external battle over the concrete‑encased corpse.