television series Life on Mars
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British television series
crime drama television series
science fiction television series
television series
Life on Mars is a British science fiction crime drama television series that follows a modern-day detective who mysteriously wakes up in the 1970s after a car accident.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| television series Life on Mars canonical | 1 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British television series
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crime drama television series ⓘ science fiction television series ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| basedOn | Life on Mars (song) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkBy | David Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator |
Ashley Pharoah
NERFINISHED
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Matthew Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Jordan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2006-01-09 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Ashes to Ashes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime drama
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police procedural ⓘ science fiction ⓘ time travel fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Life on Mars (South Korean TV series)
NERFINISHED
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Life on Mars (Spanish TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ Life on Mars (U.S. TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
coping with trauma
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culture clash between 1970s and 2000s policing ⓘ questioning reality ⓘ |
| lastAired | 2007-04-10 ⓘ |
| leadActor | John Simm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Sam Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | time travel ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 16 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 2 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| originalRunEndYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| originalRunStartYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A modern-day detective wakes up in the 1970s after a car accident and works in a police unit while questioning his reality. ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
BBC Wales
NERFINISHED
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Kudos Film and Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | detective ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
1973
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early 1970s ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Manchester NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spinOff | Ashes to Ashes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Dean Andrews
NERFINISHED
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John Simm NERFINISHED ⓘ John Simm as Sam Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ Liz White NERFINISHED ⓘ Marshall Lancaster NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Glenister NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Glenister as Gene Hunt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | named after the David Bowie song "Life on Mars?" ⓘ |
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