Life on Mars (Complete Season 2) - 4-DVD Box Set ( Life on Mars - Complete Season Two (8 Episodes) )

Life on Mars (Complete Season 2) - 4-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Life on Mars - Complete Season Two (8 Episodes)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
416 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
S.J. Clarkson

Written By:
Tony Jordan
Ashley Pharoah

Actors:
John Simm ..... Sam Tyler
Philip Glenister ..... Gene Hunt
Liz White ..... Annie Cartwright
Dean Andrews ..... Ray Carling
Marshall Lancaster ..... Chris Skelton
Noreen Kershaw ..... Phyllis Dobbs
Tony Marshall ..... Nelson
Jonathan Wright ..... Reporter
Kevin McNally ..... Harry Woolf (as Kevin R McNally)
Craig Cheetham ..... Russell Askey
Steve Garti ..... Andy Eddows
Yasmin Bannerman ..... Eve Olawi (as Yasmine Bannerman)
Marc Warren ..... Tony Crane
Michael Atkinson ..... McKee
Gemma Wardle ..... Nurse
Julian Kay ..... Doctor

Synopsis:

It's hard to believe it's over. Life On Mars shot out of nowhere at the beginning of 2006 to become a vital, gripping drama, and this second series more than maintains the sky high standards that the first so memorably set. What makes it even more surprising is that all the ingredients were there for it to go so tragically wrong. The central premise, that for unknown reasons modern day police detective Sam Tyler wakes up in the 1970s, is fraught with potential potholes, yet the creators of Life On Mars twist it very much in their favour, delivering a skilful, taut comparison between policing then and policing now. It's this clash of approach that provides many of Life On Mars' sparks, but nonetheless, it has much more than that going for it. It boasts, for instance, a terrific level of attention to detail, and weaves in quality narrative too, with Tyler frequently caught between unravelling his predicament, the crimes before him, and his 1970s' colleagues with their 1970s' tactics. This second, and final, series wraps things up surprisingly well, and consistently delivers laughs, action and plenty of pub talk off the back of it. It's also a delight to revisit Life On Mars, and that makes this collected boxset of the episodes of season two an absolute must for any fan of gritty, interesting and terrifically entertaining British drama. Quite, quite brilliant.

Sam is experiencing visions and pains that suggest that his life is in danger in 2006. At the same time, he runs into the younger version Tony Crane, a twenty-first century killer who Sam helped to convict. Sam comes to believe that Crane has escaped justice in 2006 and has come to wreak revenge on his comatose nemesis by torturing him...to death.
# Disk 1
# The Return of Life on Mars
# Disk 2
# Behind The Scenes of Episode 3 - Car Bomb
# Disk 3
# Behind The Scenes of Episode 5 - Camberwick Green
# Behind The Scenes of the CID Set
# Disk 4
# The End of Life On Mars
# Behind the Scenes of Episode 7 - Courtroom
# Behind the Scenes of Tuffy's Cameo

Season 2
Season 2, Episode 1: Episode #2.1
Original Air Date-13 February 2007
Sam is experiencing visions and pains that suggest that his life is in danger in 2006. At the same time, he runs into the younger version Tony Crane, a twenty-first century killer who Sam helped to convict. Sam comes to believe that Crane has escaped justice in 2006 and has come to wreak revenge on his comatose nemesis by torturing him...to death.
Season 2, Episode 2: Episode #2.2
Original Air Date-13 February 2007
Sam receives messages from 2006 saying that his mentor, Glen Fletcher (Ray Emmet Brown) has died. He's shocked to meet a younger version of Fletcher in 1973, especially when he finds that his mentor has not yet grown into the man who he looked up to. Meanwhile, a prisoner's escape triggers Sam's suspicions about crooked dealings within the CID.
Season 2, Episode 3: Episode #2.3
Original Air Date-20 February 2007
Manchester is beset with bomb threats that Gene readily pins on the IRA, but Sam's knowledge of history makes him doubt Gene's assertion. However, messages from 2006 and a grave mistake in 1973 are giving Sam reason to question his own judgment.
Season 2, Episode 4: Episode #2.4
Original Air Date-13 March 2007
Sam and Annie investigate a world of suburban swingers' parties to investigate a murder.
Season 2, Episode 5: Episode #2.5
Original Air Date-20 March 2007
A very ill Sam Tyler has reason to believe that he's been given an overdose of medication in 2006. While struggling with this, he's called into CID to assist with a troubling kidnapping case. With Sam not quite himself, it's up to the rest of the team to solve the case and save the lives of a mother and daughter.
Season 2, Episode 6: Episode #2.6
Original Air Date-27 March 2007
Sam hears the voice of his girlfriend Maya (Archie Panjabi) from 2006, asking him to let her go. At the same time, an investigation of the burgeoning Manchester heroin trade leads him to meet an unexpected acquaintance from his twenty first century life.
Season 2, Episode 7: Episode #2.7
Original Air Date-3 April 2007
DCI Gene Hunt (Phillip Glenister) finds himself on trial for murder and soon all of CID are after him. But DI Sam Tyler (John Simm) believes otherwise. He goes to find his innocence. Even if that means making Gene dress as a road safety squirrel.
Season 2, Episode 8: Episode #2.8
Original Air Date-10 April 2007
The CID investigates the murder of a miner, and determine that a cop killer is behind it.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 26 October, 2015.