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COLLECTION · Series · 2006

Life on Mars

Sam Tyler wakes up in 1973 after a car accident in 2006, just after his girlfriend's abduction. As a police officer, he joins the Manchester and Salford force, grappling with the era's different policing methods. The series adds a surreal touch: Sam converses nightly with a woman through his TV. The mystery deepens: did Sam truly time-travel? Is he in a 2006 coma, dreaming this? Or, is he mentally unstable in 1973, seeing visions of the future? Answers unfold throughout the series.

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* 7.7 (311)CrimeDramaFantasyMysteryScience FictionUnited Kingdom
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Creators
Matthew Graham · Ashley Pharoah · Tony Jordan
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
BBC One · BBC · Red Planet Pictures
Runtime
60 min/ep
Age rating
TV-14
ViolenceStrong LanguageDrug Use
Release
09/01/2006
Score
7.7 / 10 (311)

Awards and nominations

  • Winner at Banff Television Festival — Life on Mars
  • Winner at International Emmy Awards — Best Drama Series
  • Nominated at International Emmy Awards — Best New Drama
  • Winner at International Emmy Awards — Visual Effects – Picture Enhancement
  • Winner at International Emmy Awards — Life on Mars
  • Nominated at International Emmy Awards — John Simm
  • Nominated at International Emmy Awards — Philip Glenister
  • Winner at International Emmy Awards — Writer's Award
  • Nominated at BAFTA Television Awards — John Simm
  • Nominated at BAFTA Television Awards — Life on Mars
  • Winner at BAFTA Television Awards — Pioneer Award
  • Nominated at BAFTA Television Craft Awards — Bharat Nalluri for Episode 1
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Seasons and episodes
Specials
17 episodes
Episode 1. The Return of Life on Mars
45 min

Season 2 extra on the return of.

Episode 2. Behind the Scenes The Bombing
60 min

No synopsis

Episode 3. Behind the Scenes of The Kidnapping
60 min

No synopsis

Episode 4. Behind the Scenes of The Shooting
60 min

No synopsis

Episode 5. Behind the Scenes of Tufty's Cameo
4 min

No synopsis

Episode 6. The End of Life on Mars
28 min

No synopsis

Episode 7. Take a Look at The Lawman: The Making of Life on Mars Part 1
32 min

Behind The Scenes interviews with the cast and crew

Episode 8. Take a Look at The Lawman: The Making of Life on Mars Part 2
32 min

Part 2 of the Behind The Scenes interviews

Episode 9. Ed's Thing: The Music of Life on Mars
14 min

No synopsis

Episode 10. Get Sykes: An interview with Production Designer Brian Sykes
8 min

No synopsis

Episode 11. Series 1 Outtakes

No synopsis

Episode 12. Behind the Scenes of S02E3 - Car Bomb
22 min

No synopsis

Episode 13. Behind the Scenes of S02E05 - Camberwick Green
15 min

No synopsis

Episode 14. Behind the Scenes of S02E07 - Courtroom
3 min

No synopsis

Episode 15. Behind the Scenes of the CID Set
4 min

No synopsis

Episode 16. 360 2 l’après-midi
3 min

Episode 1 & 2 director Bharat Nalluri discusses the use of computer graphics in the show.

Episode 17. Behind the Scenes of The Courtroom
3 min

No synopsis

Series 1
Series 1
8 episodes · 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…

Episode 1
Episode 1. Episode 1
2006-01-09 · 59 min

After a car accident in 2006, Sam Tyler wakes up in 1973. Sam's 21st Century attitudes make him a fish out of water in this world of clunky technology and old fashioned policing. And nothing seems more alien than his new boss, DCI Gene…

Episode 2
Episode 2. Episode 2
2006-01-16 · 58 min

Sam decides he has to embrace this world - for now. But then he discovers Gene is planning to plant evidence to secure the conviction of Kim Trent, an elusive criminal. Shocked by Gene's attitude to crime-solving, Sam releases Trent. But…

Episode 3
Episode 3. Episode 3
2006-01-23 · 59 min

When Sam responds to a fatal stabbing at Crester's Textiles he's shocked to discover that it's the converted mill where he lives in 2006. Sam sets up a forensic investigation but Gene already has a hunch about the murderer. Sam believes…

Episode 4
Episode 4. Episode 4
2006-01-30 · 59 min

Gene believes that local gangster Stephen Warren and the police can co-exist and that the streets are safer as a result. But Sam knows that in the future, dodgy deals like this will irrevocably change the relationship between the public…

Episode 5
Episode 5. Episode 5
2006-02-06 · 59 min

Sam and Gene go undercover in a local pub to solve the murder of a local Manchester United fan. As Gene looks like he's set to drink the pub dry, Sam worries about their chances of finding the killer before Saturday's big match. With the…

Episode 6
Episode 6. Episode 6
2006-02-13 · 59 min

When his mother's voice bleeds through from 2006 and he hears her say goodbye to him, Sam is desperate - he's alive and determined to make himself heard. But then the call comes in that a man has taken people hostage at the Manchester…

Episode 7
Episode 7. Episode 7
2006-02-20 · 59 min

Sam demands a transparent investigation into the death-in-custody of small-time drug dealer Billy Kemble. He believes that if the police don't police themselves, the public will never trust them. When the explosive evidence of what…

Episode 8
Episode 8. Episode 8
2006-02-27 · 59 min

Sam is finally accepting of this world - until he comes face to face with his 29 year-old dad, Vic. Vic Tyler is a small time gambler who unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a murder enquiry. As Sam moves to protect his father, he…

Series 2
Series 2
8 episodes · 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?

Episode 1
Episode 1. Episode 1
2007-02-13 · 59 min

Tyler has visions of someone disrupting his life support system in 2006, and encounters who he thinks is the same assailant in 1973, running a gambling syndicate and protection racket. Recognising the man as a killer he failed to stop in…

Episode 2
Episode 2. Episode 2
2007-02-20 · 58 min

After collecting a career safe breaker from prison for further questioning, Tyler, Ray and Chris are attacked by armed men enabling the escape of the prisoner. Is a local gangster to blame, or was the crime actually arranged by Gene's old…

Episode 3
Episode 3. Episode 3
2007-03-06 · 58 min

The team receives a warning, claiming the IRA has planted a car bomb in Manchester. Sam realises the warning doesn't conform to IRA techniques. However, when Sam's knowledge backfires, nearly killing Ray, the department shuns his line of…

Episode 4
Episode 4. Episode 4
2007-03-13 · 59 min

The body of a young woman is found on wasteland. The investigation takes the team to suburbia, where a local car dealer is throwing private parties, employing make-up girls from a local company to “help out” when the wife-swapping begins.…

Episode 5
Episode 5. Episode 5
2007-03-20 · 59 min

The team investigates the abduction of a young woman and her daughter, who are being held prisoner by somebody who wishes the team to release a prisoner arrested on a murder charge a year ago. At the same time, Sam faces a life or death…

Episode 6
Episode 6. Episode 6
2007-03-27 · 58 min

As heroin hits the streets of Manchester for the first time, CID and DCI Hunt want culprits for the smuggling, the dealing and ensuing violence, which becomes difficult when Annie is kidnapped by the smugglers. As Sam tries to get to the…

Episode 7
Episode 7. Episode 7
2007-04-03 · 59 min

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…

Episode 8
Episode 8. Episode 8
2007-04-10 · 60 min

Sam learns that an operation is to be conducted upon him in 2006 to try and revive him from his coma. However, he believes that to return to the 21st century, he has to betray his colleagues in 1973 - but can he regard them as real or…

Cast by season
Philip Glenister
Philip Glenister
Gene Hunt
Liz White
Liz White
Annie Cartwright
Dean Andrews
Dean Andrews
Ray Carling
Marshall Lancaster
Marshall Lancaster
Chris Skelton
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★ 9.0 / 10
It's rare that you get anything that's original but here's a great example. In times where we are subjected to rebooted series that were popular when most of the advertisers important demographic weren't even born here we have a series that you'll have never seen anything like it before. I know people who read this will never experienced that but with this in mind here's a classic. Being original isn't, of course, going to make it a success so the scripts are top class and the characters allow the superb actors to create something very special.
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