Flowers to ashes

Ally Ross has wasted no time in pitching for a fresh present from Keeley Hawes. Monkey told earlier this week how the star of Ashes to Ashes had sent him a bouquet thanking him for "keeping my feet on the ground" after he ripped into her acting on the time-travel show, which he otherwise loved. Monkey has subsequently been told that Hawes in fact sent flowers to all the national newspaper TV critics who slagged off her Ashes to Ashes performance. Anyway, in his Sun column today, after Ashes to Ashes' second episode pulled in another hefty audience for BBC1, he accuses her character Alex Drake of "ruining nearly every scene". A touch harsh, Ally? Maybe Keeley will send something rather less generous than flowers this time.