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Life on Mars

Life on Mars

7,8 /10 (320 Votes)
2006 EN 2 Seasons

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.

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First air date

09/01/2006

Votes

320

Popularity

10.3

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

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Created by

Matthew Graham, Ashley Pharoah, Tony Jordan

Networks

BBC One

Language

EN

Last air date

2007-04-10

Episodes

16

Episode runtime

60 min

Website

www.bbc.co.uk
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Specials

17 episodes

Series 1

Series 1

8 episodes • 2006 • ⭐ 7,7

The first series of Life On Mars focuses on Sam's life following the crash and his arrival in 1973. Elements are thrown …

Series 2

Series 2

8 episodes • 2007 • ⭐ 8,0

Sam learns that an operation is to be conducted on him in 2006 to try and revive him from his coma. However, he believes…

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VanVliet

VanVliet

2017-11-09

⭐ 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.

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