Life on Mars (2006)
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.
- Matthew GrahamCreator
- Ashley PharoahCreator
- Tony JordanCreator
StatusEnded
TypeScripted
Original LanguageEnglish
Network
Seasons
Specials
1970 | 17 Episodes
Specials of Life on Mars premiered on January 1, 1970
Series 1
2006 | 8 Episodes
Series 1 of Life on Mars premiered on January 9, 2006
The first series of Life On Mars focuses on Sam's life following the crash and his arrival in 1973. Elements are thrown in to suggest he is mad, in a coma, or travelled back in time. Also during the first series run, Sam is informed that he is DI (Detective Inspector) to DCI Gene Hunt and the rest of the CID department in Manchester in 1973. This revelation is something that Sam finds hard to understand; he spends most of the series working alone, against his team and Gene.
Series 2
2007 | 8 Episodes
Series 2 of Life on Mars premiered on February 13, 2007
Sam learns that an operation is to be conducted on him in 2006 to try and revive him from his coma. However, he believes that to return to the twenty-first century, he has to betray his colleagues in 1973 — but can he regard them as imaginary, or are they real - at least for him?
Casts
John Simm
Sam Tyler
Philip Glenister
Gene Hunt
Liz White
Annie Cartwright
Dean Andrews
Ray Carling
Marshall Lancaster
Chris Skelton
Noreen Kershaw
Phyllis Dobbs