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Life on Mars is a British science fiction and police drama television series. It was first broadcast on BBC One between January 2006 and April 2007.
The programme tells the story of DCI Sam Tyler of the Greater Manchester Police (played by John Simm), who, after being hit by a car in 2006, finds himself in the year 1973. There, he works for Manchester and Salford Police CID as a DI under DCI Gene Hunt (played by Philip Glenister). Over the course of the series, Tyler faces various culture clashes, most frequently regarding the differences between his modern approach to policing and the more traditional methods of his colleagues. Mixing the genres of science fiction and police procedural, the series centres on the ambiguity concerning Tyler's predicament: it is unclear whether he is insane, in a coma, or if he really has travelled back in time.Each episode begins with a monologue from Tyler reflecting this uncertainty. This is reproduced on the
A sequel to the series, Ashes to Ashes, began transmission on BBC One in February 2008. Also, a US remake of the show was commissioned by ABC, and ran from October 2008 to April 2009, with Jason O'Mara as Sam Tyler and Harvey Keitel as Gene Hunt.
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DCI Gene Hunt Quotes
'He's got fingers in more pies than a leper on a cookery course.'
'Hiya love. DCI Hunt. How're you feeling? Just come to talk to you about how your brother copped it.'
'Do you know, I once hit a bloke for speaking French!'
'Always trust the Gene Genie!'
'You so much as belch out of line and I'll have your scrotum on a barbed wire plate.'
'My idea of a dream is Diana Dors and a bottle of chip oil.'
'I'm Gene Hunt, your DCI and its 1973. Almost dinnertime. I'm having hoops!'
'Now. Yesterday's shooting. The dealers are all so scared we're more likely to get Helen Keller to talk. The Paki in a coma's about as lively as Liberace's dick when he's looking at a naked woman, all in all this investigation's going at the speed of a spastic in a magnet factory.'
Links
- BBC - Drama - Life On Mars
- The official website for the BBC Drama Life On Mars. Get the inside story on the show's production, find out who's who, play the 1970s quizzes, and read the latest reviews and theories on the show's storyline.
- Life on Mars IMDb
- Created by Mathew Graham, Tony Jordan, Ashley Pharoah. With John Simm, Philip Glenister, Liz White. After being involved in a car accident in 2006, DCI Sam Tyler (Simm) wakes up to find himself in 1973, the era of 'Sweeney' type policing, Mark III Cortinas, and flared trousers. Visit IMDb for Photos
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