What is Life on Mars (TV series)?
{{Infobox television |image = |caption = |runtime = 60 minutes |creator = [[Matthew Graham]]<br />[[Tony Jordan]]<br />[[Ashley Pharoah]] |starring = [[John Simm]]<br />[[Philip Glenister]]<br />[[Liz White (actress)|Liz White]]<br />[[Dean Andrews]]<br />[[Marshall Lancaster]] |country = [[United Kingdom]] |language = English |network = [[BBC One]] |producer = [[Kudos (production company)|Kudos Film & Television]] |first_aired = {{start date|2006|01|09|df=y}} |last_aired = {{end date|2007|04|10|df=y}} |num_episodes = 16 |list_episodes = List of Life on Mars episodes }} '''''Life on Mars''''' is an award winning [[United Kingdom|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 [[Manchester]] Police (played by [[John Simm]]), after being hit by a car in 2006, he is in the year 1973. There, he works for Manchester Police CID as a DI under DCI Gene Hunt (played by [[Philip Glenister]]). Over the course of the series, Tyler faces various problems, most frequently regarding the differences between his modern approach to policing and the more old-fashioned way of his colleagues. It is unclear whether he is [[insane]], in a [[coma]], or if he really has travelled back in time. == Other websites == *{{imdb title|0478942}} [[Category:2006 British television series debuts]] [[Category:2007 British television series endings]] [[Category:2000s British drama television series]] [[Category:2000s British workplace television series]] [[Category:2000s workplace drama television series]] [[Category:BBC Television programmes]] [[Category:British crime drama television series]] [[Category:British science fiction television series]] [[Category:British workplace drama television series]] [[Category:Police television series]] [[Category:Television series set in Manchester]] [[Category:Time travel television series]]