Life On Mars is the smash-hit cop show starring John Simm as a detective who is involved in a car accident and wakes to find himself transported back to 1973, a world dominated by Ford Cortinas, sheep-skin jackets and very hard coppers.
Not another police drama I thought, and I was right! It is nothing like the other police dramas that are on tv. Come with me back to the 1970s and Sam Tyler (who was in the middle of investigating his fiance's disappearance in the present day) has mysteriously been transported back there after a 'hit and run' accident. The episodes in this first series cover his coming to terms with life in the 1970s and trying to figure out why he is there and issues such as meeting people he knows - eg his mother as she was. On top of all this he has to learn to deal with the way that his colleagues tackle crime and especially his boss's attitude, as well as cracking cases. He does make a female friend and there is an obvious romance there, although they never quite get it together. At the end of the series it seems like he will find the reason why he is there, but he doesn't return to the future as he expects too, leaving it open for the second series. It is a fantastic bit of drama and the relationship between the charcters make for some explosive scenes. Every episode is watchable and enjoyable and I would highly recommend this to just about everyone - enjoy.
The show that has everything....nostalgia, action, romance, humour, mystery, brilliantly under acted with
one-liners to die for.
Not a weak episode in the whole collection.
Guaranteed you will watch over and over again.
THE BEST TV SERIES EVER !!!
Do you remember flares, Ford Cortinas, platforms, swirly wallpaper, spangles, big collars, kipper ties and the days before political correctness? This series takes you right back to the 1970s. John Simm and Philip Glenister are fabulous as the two cops trying to see where each is coming from. Set to a great 70s soundtrack, each episode is full of twists and turns with a good slice of comedy thrown in. Let me make a prediction for 2070 - this series will be a cult classic which will be spoken about in years to come!
Watched the series on TV and it is just as good second time around, very true to life!
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Complete first series of the acclaimed BBC police drama, starring John Simm and Philip Glenister. Detective Sam Tyler (Simm) is a professional 21st century cop, keeping the streets of Manchester clean. But when he is run over in a near-fatal hit and run accident, he wakes up to find himself seemingly transported back in time to 1973. Trying to adjust to the archaic and sometimes brutal methods of Seventies police work, Sam frequently clashes with his abrasive, hard-drinking DCI, Gene Hunt (Glenister), but finds a sympathetic friend in WPC Annie Cartwright (Liz Smith). But is Sam just imagining all this? Is he in a coma? Or is he really back in time? In this series, Sam discovers that some of his colleagues are taking bribes from a local gangster, the murder of a Manchester City fan threatens to spark off a riot, and Sam finds himself investigating his own father after he becomes chief suspect in a murder enquiry. Includes all eight episodes.
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