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Life on Mars

Drama: Crime

Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

Is he mad, in a coma… or has Detective Sam Tyler really travelled back in time?

Series 1

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The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

BBC One South West

The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

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The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

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The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

BBC One North East & Cumbria

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Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region that included London and part of the South region. Separated from BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One South East

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BBC One Scotland

Scotland

BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

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Life on Mars: Series 1

John Simm

Philip Glenister

Liz White

Dean Andrews

Marshall Lancaster

Tom Mannion

Life on Mars: Series 1: Episode 4

Episode 4

BBC One - Life on Mars, Series 1, Episode 4

Sam discovers corruption in CID when he takes on a local crime boss.

Sam uncovers corruption in CID when he takes on a local crime boss. When the crime boss takes steps to stop Sam's investigation, will Gene do what is right?

Drama series about a Manchester detective who suffers a near-fatal car crash and wakes up in what seems to be 1973. Sam's principles call into question the ethos of his whole department as he takes on a local gangster in an attempt to stamp out police corruption. Gene believes that criminals and the police can co-exist and that the streets are safer as a result, but Sam knows that in the future police corruption will irrevocably change the relationship between the public and the police.

BBC One

Drama about a detective who, after suffering near-fatal injuries, finds himself in 1973

Drama about a present-day Manchester detective who, after suffering near-fatal injuries in a car-crash, awakes to find himself living in 1973

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