Life on Mars

TV-14

16 episodes2 seasons

US Release

~ Is he mad, in a coma… or has Detective Sam Tyler really travelled back in time? ~

Overview:

A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car. Waking up, he finds himself mysteriously transported back in time to 1973. Initially struggling to come to terms with his situation, he has to come to terms with the old-fashioned technology and attitude of the day, while figuring out how he came to be trapped in the past.

Created by:

Ashley Pharoah & Matthew Graham & Tony Jordan

Status:

Ended

Language:

English

First air date:

1/9/2006

Last air date:

4/10/2007

Key words:

1970s
time travel
northern england
police
police detective
manchester

Seasons

Specials

17 Episodes

Series 1

8 Episodes

Series 2

8 Episodes

Cast

John Simm

~ as ~

Sam Tyler

Philip Glenister

~ as ~

Gene Hunt

Liz White

~ as ~

Annie Cartwright

Dean Andrews

~ as ~

Ray Carling

Marshall Lancaster

~ as ~

Chris Skelton

Noreen Kershaw

~ as ~

Phyllis Dobbs

Tony Marshall

~ as ~

Nelson

Joanne Froggatt

~ as ~

Ruth Tyler

Rafaella Hutchinson

~ as ~

Test Card Girl

Ralph Brown

~ as ~

Frank Morgan

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Reviews (1)

VanVliet
Written 8 year(s) ago
9
It's rare that you get anything that's original but here's a great example. In times where we are subjected to rebooted series that were popular when most of the advertisers important demographic weren't even born here we have a series that you'll have never seen anything like it before. I know people who read this will never experienced that but with this in mind here's a classic. Being original isn't, of course, going to make it a success so the scripts are top class and the characters allow the superb actors to create something very special.