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Release Date:
9 January 2006 (UK)
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Two cops in the same town at the same time... 33 years apart
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After being involved in a car accident in 2006, DCI Sam Tyler (Simm) wakes up to find himself in 1973, the era of 'Sweeney' type policing, Mark III Cortinas, and flared trousers.
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8 wins
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This Week on DVD: Funny People, Angels & Demons, Gomorrah
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TV on DVD: "Life on Mars: Series 2"
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TV on DVD: "Life on Mars: Series 2"
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Witty, Subtle, and Compelling
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 7 of 19)| John Simm | ... | Sam Tyler (16 episodes, 2006-2007) | |
| Philip Glenister | ... | Gene Hunt (16 episodes, 2006-2007) | |
| Liz White | ... | Annie Cartwright (16 episodes, 2006-2007) | |
| Dean Andrews | ... | Ray Carling (16 episodes, 2006-2007) | |
| Marshall Lancaster | ... | Chris Skelton (16 episodes, 2006-2007) | |
| Noreen Kershaw | ... | Phyllis Dobbs (16 episodes, 2006-2007) | |
| Tony Marshall | ... | Nelson (12 episodes, 2006-2007) |
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Also Known As:
Ford Granada (UK) (working title)
Hronopagida (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Life on Mars (France) [fr]
Life on Mars - Gefangen in den 70ern (Germany) [de]
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Hronopagida (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Life on Mars (France) [fr]
Life on Mars - Gefangen in den 70ern (Germany) [de]
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USA:42 min (16 episodes) (cut) | 60 min (16 episodes)
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1.78 : 1 more
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Australia:MA (some episodes) |
USA:TV-14 (most episodes) |
UK:12 (most episodes) |
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UK:15 (some episode) |
Australia:M (some episodes)
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Sam is given messages by the girl off Test Card F, who comes out of the television with her clown doll. At the end of the series, she can also be seen running down the street and switching off the television from the inside. ("Ashes to Ashes" also refers to her with the clown motif.) The real life Test Card girl, Carole Hersee is estimated to have been on British television for 70,000 hours, equivalent to nearly eight years, and so is in the "Guinness Book of World Records" for the longest television appearance in history.
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Featured in "TV Burp: (#6.5)" (2007)
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Stumbled on this series on BBC America and miss it terribly now that the first season is over.
Great over-arching conflict (Is Sam imagining he's from the future? Is he living inside his coma-induced reality? Or did he really travel back in time?) intermingles well within each episodes crime to solve. Loved when promises a witness complete anonymity if the guy will agree to finger the perpetrator in a line up; handled in a way that recognized the humor without diminishing the seriousness.
Plus, even though it's promoted as Sam's story, the series would suffer greatly without the Guv (DCI Gene Hunt). In the US, Philip Glenister's character would too easily be a cardboard-flat, corrupt, irredeemable cop. Here he's written and played with many shades letting you cheer for him at times, loathe him at others, pity his neanderthal ways, respect his desire to be a "good cop" while shaking your head at his twisted definition of a "good cop." He's a smart and unpredictable foil for Sam. They're each a better man for having to deal with the other even as they resent the complication and will never fully agree on their methods. There's a grudging respect building between them.
It's Sam's and Hunt's push me-pull you relationship that makes this must-see for me.