Crack out your bell-bottoms and fire up the Ford Cortina because one of the best British shows ever made is now streaming on Amazon Prime.
What’s the TV series in question? Well, it’s Life on Mars, of course!
This sensational series follows Sam Turner (John Simm), a cop in Manchester who, after a car accident, finds himself thrown back in time to 1973.
As Sam struggles to make sense of his new surroundings, he must work out if he’s dead, in a coma, or really time-travelled.
Still, the real drama comes from Sam’s complicated relationship with his new commanding officer, the irascible DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister).
Can Sam get back home? Well, you’ll have to watch to find out.
Created by Matthew Graham, Tony Jordan, and Ashley Pharoah, Life on Mars first aired on BBC One back in 2006 and ran for two seasons.
The show was a smash hit with critics at the time of release, with SFX’s Steve O’Brien declaring that BBC One has a ‘monster hit on its hands’ while The Daily Telegraph’s review called it a ‘thumpingly enjoyable piece of television’.
Both seasons of Life on Mars have 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it’s not just professional critics who enjoyed it.
On Google, more than a hundred people have given the series a positive write-up.
‘This Drama is simply magnificent! It’s so well written, the casting is superb,’ wrote Steve Bowness.
‘Simply put, “Life On Mars” is one of the greatest and cleverest TV shows EVER produced for British Television,’ added Damian Boyce.
While Scotland Scotland claimed: ‘Oh wow! This is the best British drama I’ve seen in years. Keeps you guessing all the way through.’
Life on Mars didn’t just impress nostalgic UK audiences, either; it managed to scoop the International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series in 2006 and 2008.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, then, the show did get a US remake, which was well reviewed but hampered by an unexpected hiatus and was cancelled after one season.
Here in the UK, however, the show got a sequel series titled Ashes to Ashes, which followed another cop sent back in time.
Ashes to Ashes told the story of Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes), who was sent back to 1981 after being shot.
Like Sam, Alex found herself working with Gene Hunt but this new show explored a different side of the grumpy DCI.
Despite Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes bringing Gene’s story to an end, there have been whispers of a reboot in recent years.
Supposedly, it was set to be called Lazarus, but funding for the project fell through.
Still, could we see Sam and Gene again one day? It’s more likely than scientists finding life on Mars…
Life on Mars is available to stream now on Amazon Prime Video and BBC iPlayer now.
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