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Life on Mars
Overview
Quirky crime drama. After being involved in a car accident, 21st-century detective chief inspector Sam Tyler awakens to find himself trapped in the 1970s. Has he travelled back in time, is he in a coma, or is he simply losing his mind? Sam's determined to get back to 2006, but until then he must contend with a maverick superior officer, casual prejudice - and Seventies fashion!
Features
- Was Life on Mars robbed at the Baftas?
- Did you spot the clues?
- Matthew Graham's series two episode guide
- Philip Glenister interview 2007
- Creating the Camberwick Green dream sequence
- Lucky few find Hunt's handbook
- Mars spin-off faces no-smoking challenge
- Series two introduction
- John Simm Q&A
- Philip Glenister interview 2006
- Writing the racism storyline
- Series one introduction
- Cortina had a rough ride
- How the police force has changed
- Finding the Cortina
- Music from the series
- John Simm's career
- John Simm's big break
- Philip Glenister on Calendar Girls
- John Simm in Never Never
Cast and Crew
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Sam Tylerplayed by
John Simm -
Gene Hunt played by
Philip Glenister -
Annie Cartwrightplayed by
Liz White
Links
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BBC site
Find out more about the show, with video clips and character profiles.
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The Best...cop show
A nostalgic blogger welcomes the return to old-fashioned policing
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Viideo footage
Is he mad? In a coma? Or being photographed for Radio Times? Enjoy our exclusive footage.
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Moustache gallery
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BBC iPlayer
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When It's Next On
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Life on Mars
Mon 25 August 10:00pm, BBC4
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Life on Mars
Mon 01 September 8:00am, National Geographic
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Life on Mars
Mon 01 September 9:00am, National Geographic +1
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Life on Mars
Mon 01 September 10:00pm, BBC4
Trivia
Did you know?
"If Sam Tyler were a flavour, he'd be spearmint" - so says the first description of Sam in the script for Life on Mars's first episode. There's no equivalent description for Gene Hunt.

