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Life On Mars - Series 1
2006
LIFE ON MARS is a throwback to the crime-fighting style of the 1970s, drawing its inspiration from such TV series as THE SWEENEY and THE PROFESSIONALS. As was characteristic of classic 60s fantasy, the creators have taken some risks with the show�s politically incorrect references, daring to be slightly subversive. While .. Read more
| Starring | John Simm, Philip Glenister, Liz White, Dean Andrews |
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| Director | John Alexander, John McKay |
| Genres | Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Television |
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Life On Mars - Series 1
LIFE ON MARS is a throwback to the crime-fighting style of the 1970s, drawing its inspiration from such TV series as THE SWEENEY and THE PROFESSIONALS. As was characteristic of classic 60s fantasy, the creators have taken some risks with the show�s politically incorrect references, daring to be slightly subversive. While its creators are quick to brush off comparisons to fellow time-travelling TV series QUANTUM LEAP, there are obvious thematic similarities, however unconscious. John Simm (HUMAN TRAFFIC) ably stars as Sam Tyler, the fish-out-of-water detective who must piece together the mysteries of his own predicament, while solving the crime du jour. The show takes its title from David Bowie�s haunting theme song.
| Starring | John Simm, Philip Glenister, Liz White, Dean Andrews, Marshall Lancaster |
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| Director | John Alexander, John McKay |
| Studio | E1 ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 7 hrs 52 mins Blu-ray: 7 hrs 52 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Television |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 15 May 2006 Blu-ray: 27 Oct 2008 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
Life On Mars - Series 1 (4 discs) (2006)
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44 out of 52 people found this review helpful
Policing at it's best!!
This is how policing should be!!
Well, some of it.....no red tape, no bloody human rights....
Oh, and it is a fantastic series, John Simm & Philip Glenister are brilliant actors....it's just a shame it can't go on for more and more series.
It would be good for Sam to go back to his year and meet DCI Hunt as an old man, and they have one of those 'deja vu' moments....
Get it, watch it and fully enjoy it!! -
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
The best TV in years!
Excellent TV. Different from the norm, zany, gritty, funny, thought-provoking, and as another reviewer said, so far-out that you wonder if it could actually happen.
The fact that the only real negative reviews for this series are by people who sound like they had two minutes to spare before they switched their PCs off for the night, and thought that they'd write something contentious says a lot for the quality and depth of Life On Mars......and look at how many poeple found those reviews 'useful'....nobody!
Some of the 'political incorrectness in the script seems outrageous by todays debatably sometimes 'over cautious' approach, but it can be seen in the same way as 'Til Death Us Do Part', in that it's totally tongue in cheek and funny for pretty much all who watch it.
Great stuff! -
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