Life on Mars

"Is he mad, in a coma… or has Detective Sam Tyler really travelled back in time?"

A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car. Waking up, he finds himself mysteriously transported back in time to 1973. Initially struggling to come to terms with his situation, he has to come to terms with the old-fashioned technology and attitude of the day, while figuring out how he came to be trapped in the past.

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Created By	Ashley Pharoah Matthew Graham Tony Jordan
Status	Ended
Original Name	Life on Mars
First Air Date	January 9, 2006
Last Air Date	April 10, 2007
Seasons	2
Episodes	16
Episode Runtime	1h 0min
Language	English
Original Language	English
Production Countries	United Kingdom
Production Companies	BBC Red Planet Pictures
Networks	BBC One

S02E08

Episode 8

Sam learns that an operation is to be conducted on him in 2006 to try and revive him from his coma. However, he believes that to return to the twenty-first century, he has to betray his colleagues in 1973 - but can he regard them as real or imagined?

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