Life on Mars (Complete Series) - 8-DVD Box Set

Life on Mars (Complete Series) - 8-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
938 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Biographies
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2006 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Bharat Nalluri

Written By:
Tony Jordan
Ashley Pharoah

Actors:
John Simm ..... Sam Tyler (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Philip Glenister ..... Gene Hunt (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Liz White ..... Annie Cartwright (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Dean Andrews ..... Ray Carling (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Marshall Lancaster ..... Chris Skelton (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Noreen Kershaw ..... Phyllis Dobbs (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Allan Gentleman ..... Policeman / ... (16 episodes, 2006-2007)
Tony Marshall ..... Nelson (12 episodes, 2006-2007)
Rafaella Hutchinson ..... Test Card Girl (4 episodes, 2006)
Joanne Froggatt ..... Ruth Tyler / ... (3 episodes, 2006)
Archie Panjabi ..... Maya Roy (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Kevin McNally ..... Harry Woolf (2 episodes, 2007)
Ralph Brown ..... Frank Morgan (2 episodes, 2007)
Lee Ross ..... DCI Litton (2 episodes, 2006)
Georgia Taylor ..... Denise Williams (2 episodes, 2006-2007)

Synopsis:

Life on Mars wallows in glorious 1970s fashion and music as it follows Sam Tyler (Jason O'Mara), a police detective who gets hit by a car in 2008 and wakes up in the same spot in 1973. The local police precinct, headed by Lieutenant Gene Hunt (Harvey Keitel, who fits seamlessly into the period surroundings), is expecting Tyler, but Tyler doesn't know why or how he's there--or why he's receiving messages from his previous life, as well as mysterious phone calls from the beyond. Life on Mars blends this science-fiction premise with story lines that would fit in some classic '70s cop show, but Tyler's future knowledge (and his past life) are essential to solving every case, even if it features a missing rock star groupie or a murdered newspaper columnist. Many episodes focus on the mystery surrounding Sam, including meeting his own mother, father, and childhood self, as well as tiny robots, strange men on TV screens, and a hippie chick who speaks in ambiguous koans. The supporting cast includes Michael Imperioli (rocking a serious '70s 'stache) and Gretchen Mol (fetching in Farrah Fawcett wings); guest stars range from Wallace Shawn to Gina Gershon to an uncredited Whoopi Goldberg.

John Simm stars as Sam Tyler, a driven and ambitious young detective, determined to keep the streets of 21st Century Manchester safe. But after a near fatal car accident, he wakes up, dazed and confused, in 1973. Has he gone back in time? Is he in a coma? Or has he simply gone insane? What follows is Sam's 21st century account of 1970s life, where he feels like a fish out of water. He must come to terms with an unfamiliar environment and an archaic CID unit. There, using his modern know-how, he becomes integral to the unit. But he must adapt to their old-fashioned technologies and etiquettes. Sam works on some of the hardest cases he's ever been involved with. It's a world where witnesses are regularly intimidated, it takes two weeks to process forensics, and his colleagues will nail their suspect whether they have the evidence or not... Created and written by Mathew Graham, Tony Jordan and Ashley Pharoah (who all worked on Hustle), directed by Bharat Nalluri (Spooks, Hustle), John McKay (Canterbury Tales), John Alexander (Cutting It) and SJ Clarkson (Footballers' Wives).

Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: Episode #1.1
Original Air Date-9 January 2006
A DCI from 2006 wakes from a car crash in 1973 and must figure out how he got there in order to get back and save his girlfriend.
Season 1, Episode 2: Episode #1.2
Original Air Date-16 January 2006
Sam and Gene are at loggerheads when tragedy results from Sam's ethics.
Season 1, Episode 3: Episode #1.3
Original Air Date-23 January 2006
A murder at a factory brings some nostalgia to Sam -- it's where is flat is in the future, and he and Hunt each have a tenner on which is best: Hunt's instincts or Tyler's forensics.
Season 1, Episode 4: Episode #1.4
Original Air Date-30 January 2006
After discovering most of the police force is on the take, Sam must decide how to handle it and figure a way to get DCI Hunt on board. The fact the mob boss is responsible for terrorizing his mother only firms his resolve.
Season 1, Episode 5: Episode #1.5
Original Air Date-6 February 2006
The death of a Manchester United fan may send the city into a riot when a City fan is suspected, so Sam, Gene and Annie go undercover at a pub to get clues as to the murderer.
Season 1, Episode 6: Episode #1.6
Original Air Date-13 February 2006
A hostage situation becomes increasingly more nerve-wracking for Sam when he discovers the hostage taker's deadline coincides with the time that his life support machine is due to be turned off in 2006. Meanwhile Annie gets sent into the room with the hostage taker, dressed as a nurse, in an attempt to gain information about the situation.
Season 1, Episode 7: Episode #1.7
Original Air Date-20 February 2006
Sam believes exposing a dirty cop will make his tests in 2006 show a response, but will the sacrifice of the unit be worth it?
Season 1, Episode 8: Episode #1.8
Original Air Date-27 February 2006
Sam's encounter with his father brings back memories and challenges his belief of his purpose for being in 1973.
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.

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