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Life on Mars (2006-07), is one of the most talked-about television drama events of the last decade. Centring on Sam Tyler, a DI in 2006 who is inexplicably catapulted back to 1973 after an accident, the series mixes science fiction with police drama. This collection, the first e…
Insights from the creators of the British television drama Life on Mars (2006-7) combine with critical perspectives from academic experts to reveal the significance of this successful British tv drama.Set in 1973 the story concerns the fate of detective inspector Sam Tyler catap…
This is the first full-length academic study of Life on Mars (and its successor, Ashes to Ashes), and seeks to account for the series' innovative form and popular appeal. Paying attention to issues of genre and hybridity, the book examines televisual and cultural memory, press a…