Second series—and possible honours—for Ashes to Ashes

As predicted (though you hardly needed to be a psychic medium to do so), Ashes to Ashes will get a second series, The Daily Telegraph reported today. It might not get a third, even though the BBC has an option for it: star Philip Glenister was quoted as saying, ‘We’ll start shooting a second series sometime in August. They’ve got an option for up to a third series.
   ‘But you tend to get an instinct about when something should finish. And I certainly wouldn't want to drag it on and on.
   ‘The character’s too good for that. I care about the character too much.’
   I know I am reading too much into this but remember, during Life on Mars, Glenister was also the one who said that they didn’t people to begin thinking, ‘Do you remember when Life on Mars was good?’ That, and Simm’s family commitments, saw that series end after two seasons.
   Meanwhile, in the tabloids: