Life on Mars - it's back!

[upsidedownwalrus]

Good episode. Better than the last series I though, much more structured rather than, as someone else said above, endless meandering. Am now downloading episode 2, can't wait to see it

 

[Allan]

The telephone call wasn't from the future as he was able to trace it to an actual number. It was from someone in 1973.

 

[bigbry]

Recorded this ('cos I'm working lates this week) and just watched it - I liked the time loop idea were he got the gangsta sent to a psychiatric unit so he couldn't be a real evil bastard in the future only to find that's how he was interfering with his life support machine in the future. Good twist.

Looking forward to next week's now.

 

[colbhoy]

I watched the BBC4 one as well, 2nd episode even better than the first - great to have it back. One of the few shows that has dramatic tension but can also make you laugh out loud.

 

[Balbi]

Argh! My housemate is watching the cocking football so i'm trying to tap a mates telly for the evening!

e2a: found telly, tapped it

 

[Balbi]

Right. Theory time.

His boss in the future mentioned Hyde, and that Sam had done something that he couldn't remember. The number Sam dialed was from Hyde also. I reckon that 1973 Sam is into something, internal affairs or summat. Either that or he's with Harry Wolf and it's all a proper wrongun setup tonight.

Anyone else feel similar?

 

[Sunspots]

Sam Tyler: 'Guv, I think he's suffering from P.T.S.D.'

Gene Hunt: '-The man's a bloody hero, but all you can do is accuse him of having a sexually-transmitted disease!?!?!'

*boom-tish!*

 

[Ranu]

Why isn't it on next week?

Edit: Ah, Reading v ManU

 

[editor]

I loved the bit of a dialogue when they were transporting the sheep shagging bloke. One of the cops pointed out of the window at a field and said something like, "look lambs for you" and he responded, "I'm not a nonce."

 

[Bomber]

"Just go & detect me a packet of Garabaldi will you love !"

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

Why isn't it on next week?

Edit: Ah, Reading v ManU

Sport ruins all good TV: Fact.


Why do they always cancel the good stuff but leave shite like eastenders on?

 

[Balbi]

It's Back Tonight

 

[moose]

Doh! a mistake
They mentioned Rotters' Nightclub, which didn't open till at least 1974.
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[madzone]

Last episode next week?

 

[Balbi]

can't be? i'm sure we're only three in?

First one back.
Episode with his boss dying in the future.
This episode.

Five left!

Remember we had a break last week.

 

[madzone]

can't be? i'm sure we're only three in?

First one back.
Episode with his boss dying in the future.
This episode.

Five left!

Remember we had a break last week.

Hopefully I misheard the blokey who (I thought) said 'For the last episode of Life on Mars tune into BBC 4 (or 3? )

 

[MikeMcc]

Hopefully I misheard the blokey who (I thought) said 'For the last episode of Life on Mars tune into BBC 4 (or 3? )

Next weeks episode is shown on BBC4(?) straight after the showing on BBC1. Does anybody know if it's repeated during the week, ! missed last nights!?

 

[Griff]

Next weeks episode is shown on BBC4(?) straight after the showing on BBC1. Does anybody know if it's repeated during the week, ! missed last nights!?

It wasn't last night, last night they showed the second episode on BBC4.

 

[madzone]

It wasn't last night, last night they showed the second episode on BBC4.

Aha! So he might have been saying last weeks as opposed to last? Hurrah!! I'd be disproportionately bereft if I couldn't watch a few more episodes

 

[Sunspots]

*bump*

They're posing as swingers called Tony & Cherie Blair...

 

[Groucho]

This is good TV. Innovative and fun.

 

[Sunspots]

*bump*

They're posing as swingers called Tony & Cherie Blair...

...and DCI Gene Hunt posing as 'Gordon Brown'.

 

[marty21]

...and DCI Gene Hunt posing as 'Gordon Brown'.

with his wife


.....suki

 

[diond]

I just had to download The Strawbs - Lay Down track from Limewire. The very second I had downloaded it, I had 3 or more other people latching on to my connection downloading it off me too. Guess who else was watching Life On Mars!!

 

[hassan]

lol, liking it so far. how many episodes this season?

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

...and DCI Gene Hunt posing as 'Gordon Brown'.

Hilarious!

A certain aesthetic resemblance there, maybe...?

 

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

lol, liking it so far. how many episodes this season?

Eight, apparently. And then it's all over - John Simm has confirmed that he won't be making any more, as the workload is so intense for his character...plus they've auctioned off the car for Comic Relief.

I nominate this as best UK drama of the '00s so far - I don't know how they can justify the existence of tepid, formulaic toss like 'New Street Law' and 'Hotel Babylon' when this pisses over them like a Tyrannosaurus Rex over molluscs in the schedules.

 

[marty21]

aren't the planning a sequel with gene hunt in it?, he's the real star afterall

 

[Dan U]

I nominate this as best UK drama of the '00s so far - I don't know how they can justify the existence of tepid, formulaic toss like 'New Street Law' and 'Hotel Babylon' when this pisses over them like a Tyrannosaurus Rex over molluscs in the schedules.

i think that might be over-egging it slightly. I can think of two off my head which have been better Shameless and State of Play.

Life on Mars is really rather good fun though and in my top 5 good UK made things on TV in the last few years.

re sequels - Phillip Glenister said on Jonathon Ross's radio show a few weeks back there *may* be an 80s spin off show with Gene Hunt as the lead.

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

re sequels - Phillip Glenister said on Jonathon Ross's radio show a few weeks back there *may* be an 80s spin off show with Gene Hunt as the lead.

Working title is 'Ashes to Ashes'.