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Life on Mars

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

Rating7.7/10

First Air2006

Seasons2

Episodes16

Votes301

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 Aired

January 9, 2006

Last Aired

April 10, 2007

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BBC

Red Planet Pictures

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Episodes

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.