Life on Mars is a British science fiction/police procedural drama television series. It was first broadcast on BBC One between January 2006 and April 2007, lasting for two series in total.
A sequel to the series, Ashes to Ashes, began transmission on BBC One in February 2008. Also, a US remake of the show was produced, running from October 2008 to April 2009.
Life on Mars tells the fictional story of DCI Sam Tyler (John Simm), a police officer in...
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Life on Mars is a British science fiction/police procedural drama television series. It was first broadcast on BBC One between January 2006 and April 2007, lasting for two series in total.
A sequel to the series, Ashes to Ashes, began transmission on BBC One in February 2008. Also, a US remake of the show was produced, running from October 2008 to April 2009.
Life on Mars tells the fictional story of DCI Sam Tyler (John Simm), a police officer in service with the Greater Manchester Police. After being hit by a car in 2006, Tyler awakens in 1973, 33 years in the past. There, he finds himself working for the predecessor of his police force in 2006, the Manchester and Salford Police as a Detective Inspector one rank lower than his 2006 rank of Detective Chief Inspector. While under the command of Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister), the character faces various culture clashes, most frequently regarding his modern approach to policing and the traditional un-scientific methods of his colleagues....
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