Life on Mars
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- 2006-2007
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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. An American version of the series was produced by ABC, and ran for one series from October 2008 to April 2009. Also, a Spanish version of the show was broadcast from April to June 2009 A sequel to the series, Ashes to Ashes, began transmission on BBC One in February 2008, followed by a second series in 2009 and a third and final series in 2010. Life on Mars tells the fictional story of Sam Tyler (John Simm), a police officer in service with the Greater Manchester Police. After being hit by a car in 2006, Tyler awakes in 1973 and finds himself working for the predecessor of the GMP, the Manchester and Salford Police at the same station and location as in 2006. Early on in the series, it becomes apparent to Tyler that he awakes as a Detective Inspector, one rank lower than his 2006 rank of Detective Chief Inspector. As part of the CID, Tyler finds himself working under the command of Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister). Throughout the two series, the central plot centres on the ambiguity concerning
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Witty, haunting, incomprehensible.
April 17, 2009 at 9:31 p.m. UTC
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