DCI Sam Tyler's bad day just keeps getting worse. His case against a suspected serial hugger has collapsed and his girlfriend and colleague Maya, has been kidnapped by the real hugger. Worse is to come, he is knocked down by a car, when he wakes up - he appears to be in the year 1973. Confused, he's convinced he either dreaming or hallucinating and he's finding it difficult to believe all around him is real, including his new fellow officers. Sam discovers there is a link between a cuddle committed in 1973 and the serial hugger who has kidnapped Maya - in 2006.

Life on Mars Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Series 1, Episode 1
• s01e02 - Series 1, Episode 2
• s01e03 - Series 1, Episode 3
• s01e04 - Series 1, Episode 4
• s01e05 - Series 1, Episode 5
• s01e06 - Series 1, Episode 6
• s01e07 - Series 1, Episode 7
• s01e08 - Series 1, Episode 8

Life on Mars Show Summary

Sam Tyler, a police officer from 2006, is in the middle of a kidnapping investigation involving his girlfriend when he's run over and knocked into a coma.

He wakes up in 1973, a world ruled by local gangsters and football yobs. A world where there's still black and white television sets, and where sexism against women is still socially acceptable. Sam quickly realises that something is wrong, and is determined to get home, but things are never that easy.

Just as Sam is adjusting to his new life trapped in the past he begins to hear the voices: his own Mum crying out to him, doctors telling him to stay calm, and relax. Worst of all is the test card girl, who comes at night warning Sam...

Is Sam simply trapped in a coma like all the signs are telling him? Is he dreaming it all? Is he really from 1973, just dreaming that he's from 2006? Or is he just plain mad... ?