 Sam Tyler, a driven and ambitious young detective is determined to keep the streets of 21st Century Manchester safe. However, the hunt for a serial killer becomes a personal vendetta when Sam suspects his girlfriend and colleague Maya has been kidnapped by the very man he’s tracking down.
But after a near fatal car accident, Sam wakes up, dazed and confused, in 1973, struggling to understand what’s real; Has he gone back in time? Is he in a coma? Or has he simply gone insane?
What follows is Sam’s 21st century account of Seventies’ life feeling like a fish out of water. He must come to terms with an unfamiliar environment and an archaic CID unit where, using his modern know-how, hse is integral to the unit’s investigation process as he learns how to adapt to their old-fashioned technologies and etiquettes.
 Throughout the eight part series, Sam works on some of the hardest cases he has ever been involved with, not least because he’s faced with a world where witnesses are regularly intimidated, it takes two weeks to process forensics and his colleagues will nail their suspect whether they have the evidence or not.
Sam’s new boss is hard-nosed DCI Gene Hunt who gets results by trusting his gut instinct and, all to often, sheer brute force. The rest of his team have similar attitudes towards their work but WPC Annie Cartright, an educated and open minded woman helps Sam in his quest to find the truth about his new circumstances, as well as battling to lock up the criminals of 1970’s Manchester.
John Simm and Philip Glenister star in the BBC drama hit of the year. Seven million viewers watched the final episode.
 Metrostar is pleased to announce five new products in the Life On Mars range for 2007. In addition to the new DVD box set from Contender, there are badges, posters and a calendar from Pyramid Posters and an exceptional second ‘Official Companion’ book based on series two from Simon & Schuster. ‘The Rules Of Modern Policing, 1973 Edition’ is a fabulous spoof 1970’s police rule book written by DCI Gene Hunt. Published by Transworld, it is already being tipped by retailers and the media as a bestseller.
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