Starring
John SimmPhilip GlenisterLiz WhiteDean AndrewsMarshall LancasterNoreen Kershaw
Ratings per Episode
Votes per Episode
| E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.6 |
| S2 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.9 |
About
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.
"Is he mad, in a coma… or has Detective Sam Tyler really travelled back in time?"
All Seasons
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Series 12006
8.16K86h 56m
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.
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Series 22007
8.25K87h 2m
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?
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
John Simm DI Sam Tyler
Philip Glenister DCI Gene Hunt
Liz White DC Annie Cartwright, PC Annie Cartwright
Dean Andrews DS Ray Carling
Marshall Lancaster DC Chris Skelton
Noreen Kershaw Phyllis Dobbs
Tony Marshall Nelson
Rafaella Hutchinson Test Card Girl
Joanne Froggatt Ruth Tyler
Archie Panjabi Maya Roy
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