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Life on Mars

  • Watchlist
  • 79   Metascore
  • 2006-2007
  • 2 Seasons
  • AcornMedia
  • Suspense, Drama, Science Fiction
  • TV-14
  • Watchlist

After being involved in a car accident in 2006, DCI Sam Tyler wakes up in 1973. Lost and demoted, will he find his way home?

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Cast & Crew See All

John Simm
DI Sam Tyler
Philip Glenister
DCI Gene Hunt
Liz White
DC Annie Cartwright

Season 2 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Episode 9

Tue, Dec 11, 200752 mins

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.

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Awards

  • 2007 - Broadcasting Press Guild Award - Best Drama Series - winner
  • 2008 - Broadcasting Press Guild Award - Best Actor - winner
  • 2007 - National Television Award - Most Popular Drama - nominated
  • 2007 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Drama Series - nominated

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