Life On Mars is the smash-hit cop show starring John Simm as a detective who is involved in a car accident and wakes to find himself transported back to 1973 – a world dominated by Ford Cortinas, sheep-skin jackets, flares, silly haircuts, glam rock and very hard coppers. In his altered state of reality Sam must prove himself to his 'new boss', the hot-headed DCI Gene Hunt, all the while unsure whether he is awake or dreaming. In Episode 1 he hunts a serial killer and in Episode 2 he attempts to find out more...

The death of a ManU fan after leaving a pub means Simm (ManU), Hunt (City) and WPC White must infiltrate a ManU pub to survey the clientele, and in a pub...what else can you do; this episode is great, has a decent script and is funny. In the second episode all three coppers end up inside the offices of the local rag as hostages in a rather drawn out siege, and in sieges everybody can get rather bored.... find out more...