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'''''Life on Mars''''' is a British TV drama set in [[Manchester]], [[England]]. There are a total of sixteen episodes, split into two series, which aired originally in the United Kingdom in 2006 and 2007 respectively. ''Life on Mars'' follows the story of Sam Tyler, a contemporary police officer who, after being hit by a car, awakes to find himself in 1973. A lot of the show's dramatic elements are derived from the fact that Sam does not know exactly what's happened to him; in the opening of each episode, he lists three possibilities: "Am I [[mad]], in a [[coma]] or back in time?"
'''''Life on Mars''''' is a British TV drama set in [[Manchester]], [[England]]. There are a total of sixteen episodes, split into two series, which aired originally in the United Kingdom in 2006 and 2007 respectively. ''Life on Mars'' follows the story of Sam Tyler, a contemporary police officer who, after being hit by a car, awakes to find himself in 1973. A lot of the show's dramatic elements are derived from the fact that Sam does not know exactly what's happened to him; in the opening of each episode, he lists three possibilities: "Am I [[mad]], in a [[coma]] or back in time?"
'''''Life on Mars''''' proved to be a breakaway success in the United Kingdom, and both a second series and then a sequel series (''Ashes to Ashes'', named for another Bowie song) was commisioned.
'''''Life on Mars''''' proved to be a breakaway success in the United Kingdom, and both a second series and then a sequel series (''Ashes to Ashes'', named for another Bowie song) was commisioned.
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==Name==
==Name==
The name ''Life on Mars'' refers to a David Bowie song which is playing in Sam's car after the accident, both in 2006 and and in 1973. It also refers to the fact that Sam finds 1973 as being "like I've landed on another planet"; his modern, by-the-book methods contrasting sharply with Gene Hunt's outdated policing.
The name ''Life on Mars'' refers to a David Bowie song which is playing in Sam's car after the accident, both in 2006 and and in 1973. It also refers to the fact that Sam finds 1973 as being "like I've landed on another planet"; his modern, by-the-book methods contrasting sharply with Gene Hunt's outdated policing.