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Life on Mars (US)

Life on Mars (US)

Description: Adapted from a hit BBC programme, this genre-bending crime drama/buddy comedy/sci-fi fantasy revolves around modern-day police detective Sam Tyler, who awakens after a near-fatal car accident to discover that he has been thrown back through time to 1973, where he has to pursue police work with none of the 21st-century digital gadgets he's used to employing. Complicating things further, his boss is gruff Gene Hunt, a politically incorrect old-school cop who never hesitates to bend the rules when he deems it necessary - or even just convenient. Is Sam in a coma, or is something more fantastic behind his new reality?
Genre: Sci-fi
Year Released: 2008
Number of seasons: 1
First episode air date: October 9, 2008
Adapted From: Life on Mars
Program Creators: Ashley Pharoah, Matthew Graham, Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Tony Jordan
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