Series 1
(2006)
Overview
The first series of Life On Mars focuses on Sam's life following the crash and his arrival in 1973. Elements are thrown in to suggest he is mad, in a coma, or travelled back in time. Also during the first series run, Sam is informed that he is DI (Detective Inspector) to DCI Gene Hunt and the rest of the CID department in Manchester in 1973. This revelation is something that Sam finds hard to understand; he spends most of the series working alone, against his team and Gene.
Cast
as Sam Tyler
as Gene Hunt
as Annie Cartwright
as Ray Carling
as Chris Skelton
as Phyllis Dobbs
Episodes
Episode 1 8.0
January 9, 2006
After a car accident in 2006, Sam Tyler was up in 1973. Sam's 21st Century attitudes make him a fish out of water in th…
Episode 2 7.3
January 16, 2006
Sam decides he has to embrace this world - for now. But then he discovers Gene is planning to plant evidence to secure …
Episode 3 6.9
January 23, 2006
When Sam responds to a fatal stabbing at Crester's Textiles he's shocked to discover that it's the converted mill where…
Episode 4 8.0
January 30, 2006
Gene believes that local gangster Stephen Warren and the police can co-exist and that the streets are safer as a result…
Episode 5 7.2
February 6, 2006
Sam and Gene go undercover in a local pub to solve the murder of a local Manchester United fan. As Gene looks like he's…
Episode 6 7.0
February 13, 2006
When his mother's voice bleeds through from 2006 and he hears her say goodbye to him, Sam is desperate - he's alive and…
Episode 7 7.2
February 20, 2006
Sam demands a transparent investigation into the death-in-custody of small-time drug dealer Billy Kemble. He believes t…
Episode 8 7.4
February 27, 2006
Sam is finally accepting of this world - until he comes face to face with his 29 year-old dad, Vic. Vic Tyler is a smal…