The Rules of Modern Policing: 1973 Edition - Gene Hunt

The Rules of Modern Policing: 1973 Edition - Gene Hunt: Oi! You Ponce! Buy This! (192 words)
by Claire Muncaster - written on 11/06/09
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This book is nice to look at. It's got lots of photos, mainly stills from the show, which I could look at all day. It even smells old; the "blood" on some of the pages smells real. It's very expensive for what it is, & there's not much to read in it, but what there is is so funny it's worth it. It's just the thing to cheer you up on a bad day - it made me laugh until my eyes watered, especially the bit about the false suspect. Of course there was no need for it, but you could say there was no need for the [brilliant] TV show either If you do buy it, make sure you've seen 'Life On Mars' first - otherwise this won't make much ...  Read the complete review

Fire up the Quatro - and get as far away from this book as y ... (691 words)
by - written on 16/11/08 (Very useful, 262 readings)
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The Rules of Modern Policing: 1973 Edition (Rules of Policing) is a book to accompany the BBC series, Life on Mars, first shown in 2005. I'll explain a little about the television program before reviewing the book itself. ---------- Life on Mars ---------- Detective Inspector Sam Tyler, a member of the CID in Manchester, is hit by a car during an investigation. He wakes up, still in Manchester, but in 1973. He cannot decide whether he has gone back in time, died, or in a coma. In trying to answer this riddle, he encounters Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt, a non-politically correct Rottweiler of a police man. Hunt and his team have an ...  Read the complete review