Life On Mars: Complete BBC Series 1 (DVD) Reviews

Life on Mars tells the stroy of Detective Chief Inspector Sam Tyler (John Simm). After a motoring accident where he is stuck by a car, he wakes up at the side of the road in 1973; 33 years in the past (the show was set & shown in 2006). After waking up he returns to the Police Station in which he works. He finds on arrival that he ...  Read the complete review

Life On Mars is a British drama series focusing on the peculiar circumstance of DCI Sam Tyler (played brilliantly by John Simm) who after being involved in a car accident in 2006, wakes up 33 years ago, in 1973 Manchester where he is a confused Detective Inspector and clueless as to how he arrived. In itself, it's a fairly original plot ...  Read the complete review

"My name is Sam Tyler. I had an accident, and I woke up in 1973. Am I mad, in a coma, or back in time? Whatever's happened, it's like I've landed on a different planet. Now, maybe if I can work out the reason, I can get home." This is a 15 rated TV series that was made for BBC1. The series is 8 episodes long and each episode ...  Read the complete review

Life on Mars is a big part of the reason I still trust the BBC. In the few years before 2005's reboot of Doctor Who, Aunty had been happy to spit out whatever grubby little reality show or daytime tripe it could cook up. Fortunately the return of Doctor Who showed people that there was still an interest in well written, original ideas. A year ...  Read the complete review

Typically, I have never really been on the edge, when it comes to new era television. It seems as though I have been stuck in my own little time zone. I dont know whether I am mad, have been in a coma, or if I am back in time, but it seems that I have been missing out on some great tv. Where was I when Heroes was first out, and it was all the ...  Read the complete review

It's a God awful small affair I clearly remember when Life on Mars first hit our screens. Heavily promoted by the BBC there were posters everywhere; bus stops, on the underground and in the papers and I have to say first impression were positive. First up was the star, John Sims. One of our best young actors, hugely underrated I'd seen ...  Read the complete review

Life on Mars series one is a great buy and if your thinking of buying this i would recommend this. If you were born in the 70's then you'll find this series very memorable because it is set in 1973, and it looks like 1973 and is very realistic. My favourite character in this DVD set is John Simm who plays Sam Tyler. He is a brilliant actor, you ...  Read the complete review

I watch very little TV, but back in 2006 one thing that become required viewing was Life on Mars, one of the most fun, innovative TV shows in years. Although it only ran for two series, it has already established itself as a classic. The series kicks off with Sam Tyler, a present-day cop suffering a car accident. He wakes to find ...  Read the complete review

My name is Sam Tyler i was in an accident and i woke up in 1973 am i mad in a coma or back in time? Whatevers happened its like i've landed on another planet now if i can figure out the reason i can get home! The opening lines to the best sci fi programme the bbc has put out well ever arguably [alongside doctor who] Sam ...  Read the complete review

One of the most watched and most popular BBC series of the last few years: WHATS IT ABOUT? DI Sam Tyler is involved in an accident and wakes up in the early 70s in the same role he had in 2006 when the accident happened but with a different police force. Head of the force is DCI Gene Hunt, the alpha male who every man wants ...  Read the complete review

I'm actually quite giddy as I write this because I have just finished watching the first series on dvd and have the second series to watch tonight yipee!!! Life On Mars series one first appeared on our tv screens back in 2006 (apparently) but I missed it first time round as I 'didn't fancy it'. I was working behind a bar at the time, and did the ...  Read the complete review

This is an outstanding show in which a modern city copper gets hit by a car and suddenly finds himself in the 1970s, and it is quite literally as if he has landed on Mars. He is still a copper, but in a completely different world, in which modern rules of political correctness and policing just don't apply and the cops have a far more common sense ...  Read the complete review

DCI Sam Tyler is working on a case in 2006, when his girlfriend is kidnapped by a serial murderer. Sam is devastated, and, following a car accident, gets mown down by another driver. When he comes to, he has somehow become a Detective Inspector in 1973...even worse, he has the boss from hell in DCI Gene Hunt, who rules CID with a rod of iron, both ...  Read the complete review

Written by Matthew Graham, Tony Jordan, Ashley Pharaoh and Chris Chibnall Introduction I was living abroad when Life on Mars first came out in the UK in 2006 and only heard of it when a friend mentioned she had been working in the BBC's art department and had spent some time on the set. I made a note to watch it, mainly to ...  Read the complete review

Creators: Matthew Graham, Ashley Pharoah, Tony Jordan and Chris Chibnall Directors: S.J. Clarkeson, John Alexander, John McKay, Bharat Nalluri, Richard Clark and Andrew Gunn. Producers: Jane Featherstone, Mathew Graham, Claire Parker, Marcus Wilson, Cameron Roach and John Yorke. Stars: John Simms, Philip Glenister, Liz White, ...  Read the complete review

One of my all time favourite television programmes! It is about Detective Chief Inspector Sam Tyler, of Greater Manchester Police. It starts off in 2006 when he gets hit by a car and wakes up in 1973 where he has to try and figure out what has happened to him whilst working as DI for the infamous Gene Hunt, who is a classic character, very ...  Read the complete review

Life on mars starring john simm and philip glenister is the story of a cop in the modern day who has a acciendent and wakes up in the 1970's and think he has travelled back through time. In his wallet he ID says he is still a cop etc so he goes to work thinking at first that its all just some eleberate hoax, During the series you ...  Read the complete review

This BBC series is one of the best ever!!! Before i started watching, i thought that it would be complete rubbish, with something similar to Doctor Who mixed together with the Bill. However i was completly wrong and it turned out to be very good. The man who has gone back in time- Sam Tyler gets flashbacks through Television, radio ...  Read the complete review

To most people, the production company Kudos are a mark of quality within the world of British television. Over the years, they have offered viewers some of the most carefully directed and well written but quirky dramas, including the long running, Dr. Who, its spin off Torchwood and the lovable rogues series, Hustle. Yet, to me, there ...  Read the complete review

(NOTE: In the interests of the environment, this title has been recycled from one I used when reviewing a James Blunt album. Well, we've all got to do our bit, haven't we?) LIFE ON MARS - Series 1 DVD BOX SET I only saw a few bits of the first series of Life on Mars when it was on TV. Hubby watched all the episodes and ...  Read the complete review