Life on Mars (2006–2007)

1. S01E01Episode 1January 9, 2006 7.2Unsure whether he's in a coma, has really time-travelled or has just gone mad, Tyler's 21st-century attitudes make him a fish out of water i
2. S01E02Episode 2January 16, 2006 6.7Sam's faith in the criminal justice system brings him head to head with Gene Hunt. Sam decides to embrace his new world but discovers that G
3. S01E03Episode 3January 23, 2006 6.7As Sam starts to feel at home in 1973, doctors in 2006 worry that he's losing the will to live. When Sam responds to a fatal stabbing at Cre
4. S01E04Season's bestEpisode 4January 30, 2006 7.4Sam's principles call into question the ethos of his whole department as he takes on a local gangster in an attempt to stamp out police corr
5. S01E05Episode 5February 6, 2006 7.2The murder of a football fan results in a clash of methods as Sam and Gene go undercover in a local pub to solve the crime. As Gene looks li
6. S01E06Episode 6February 13, 2006 6.3A hostage situation becomes personal for Sam when the hostage-taker's deadline coincides with the deadline for switching off his life-suppor
7. S01E07Episode 7February 20, 2006 6.9The death in custody of drug dealer Billy Kemble pits Sam against CID as he tries to uncover the truth. Sam demands a transparent investigat
8. S01E08Episode 8February 27, 2006 6.6Sam is finally accepting of this world, until he comes face to face with his 29-year-old dad, Vic Tyler. Vic is a small time gambler who unw

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1. S02E01Episode 1February 13, 2007 7.1Sam encounters the young incarnation of Tony Crane, a nasty villain he put away in 2006. He realises he is faced with the chance every coppe
2. S02E02Episode 2February 20, 2007 7.8A spate of armed robberies lead the CID unit to prison, to escort notorious safe-cracker Dickie Fingers for interview back at the station. H
3. S02E03Episode 3March 6, 2007 7.5When a bomb warning is reported, A-Division go on red alert. According to the caller, the IRA have brought their mainland bombing campaign t
4. S02E04Episode 4March 13, 2007 7.8When the body of a young woman is found in wasteland, DCI Gene Hunt fears a serial killer he thought he'd sent down in the late '60s may sti
5. S02E05Episode 5March 20, 2007 7.8Sam learns a man's wife and daughter have been kidnapped, and are being held hostage. Knowing that time is ticking away on the women's lives
6. S02E06Episode 6March 27, 2007 7.9As heroin hits the streets of Manchester for the first time, CID and DCI Hunt want culprits for the smuggling, the dealing and ensuing viole
7. S02E07Season's bestEpisode 7April 3, 2007 9.0Sam is awoken in the middle of the night by a drunk DCI Hunt, who thinks he's killed someone. While Sam gets to work on proving his colleagu
8. S02E08Episode 8April 10, 2007 7.4As Sam questions the dubious ethics behind their methods and motives, he meets Morgan one-on-one - and Morgan has something to tell him. But

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