Life on Mars

TV Series

2006–2007

TV-14
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
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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.

Tue, 10 Apr, 2007
S2.E8Episode 8
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 real or imagined?
8.5/10
Tue, 03 Apr, 2007
S2.E7Episode 7
A water-tight court case fails to put away a local gangster. Unable to cope with a guilty man walking free, DCI Hunt turns to alcohol but soon finds himself in a spot of bother. When it appears as though Hunt may have killed someone, it's up to Sam, torn between Gene and his replacement, a DCI who actually uses Sam's modern police techniques and vocabulary, to help him out.
8.2/10
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John Simm
Sam Tyler
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Liz White
Annie Cartwright
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Dean Andrews
Ray Carling
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Marshall Lancaster
Chris Skelton
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Noreen Kershaw
Phyllis Dobbs

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Release date

January 9, 2006 (United States)

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Language

English

Production companies

BBC
Red Planet Pictures

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