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Sam Tyler

1973 – that was the year that was
While we may now think of it mainly as the year where Sam Tyler got trapped in Life On Mars, the real 1973 was slightly less knockabout and jolly. It began with the UK entering the European Economic Community (what would eventually become the EU). Throughout the year, terrorist attacks hit the British mainland regularly, […]
US Life On Mars cast set?
Will Colm star in Life On Mars? Layer Cake star Colm Meaney is apparently in final talks to appear in the US version of Life On Mars. The Irish-born actor, 54, who has also starred in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, is set to play the politically incorrect Detective Hunt. Colm will co-star alongside fellow […]
Life On Mars star takes over Tardis
John took over the Tardis Life On Mars star John Simm used his time travelling expertise to good effect at the weekend by getting his hands on Doctor Who’s Tardis. John, who plays mysterious Prime Minister Harry Saxon, took over the time-and-space-ship at the end of the latest instalment, Utopia. His plans for the machine […]
Hit drama up for two Baftas
John has been nominated for a Bafta The smash-hit series Life On Mars has been nominated for two TV Baftas. John Simm is up for best actor for his role as time-travelling cop Sam Tyler – but there is no nomination for his co-star, Philip Glenister (Gene Hunt). The BBC1 series, which came to a […]
Life On Mars to do Eighties sequel
Philip Glenister will star in Ashes to Ashes The BBC has announced an Eighties sequel to the TV smash hit Life On Mars. Ashes To Ashes will once again star Philip Glenister, 44, as unreconstructed chauvinist DCI Gene Hunt. But the series will move from the 1970s to the “New Romantic” 1980s and from the […]
Life after Mars
The sequel to the hit TV show Life On Mars will jump from the 1970s to the 1980s, the BBC revealed yesterday. The new time-travel detective drama, called Ashes To Ashes, will also relocated from Manchester to London. Millions of viewers have enjoyed the clash of cultures and the retro outfits and cars on Life […]
No more Life On Mars
The mystery of Life On Mars will be revealed in the final episode Millions of viewers will tune in tonight to find out if policeman Sam Tyler makes it home in the final episode of Life On Mars. Over two series fans have watched Detective Inspector Tyler, played by John Simm, struggling to come to […]
Who is the coolest man on TV?
David Tenant has come out top in a ‘cool league’ David Tennant’s incarnation as Doctor Who has been voted the coolest TV character. The time-travelling doctor beat federal agent Jack Bauer, played in the hit US show 24 by Kiefer Sutherland, to second place. Christopher Eccleston, 43, the actor Tennant, 35, replaced as the doctor […]
Mars car for sale
The car from Life On Mars is apparently for sale on eBay The iconic Ford Cortina from Life On Mars has apparently been put up for sale on eBay to raise funds for Comic Relief. The car – used in the retro time-travelling police drama by hero Sam Tyler (John Simm) and his boss Gene […]
‘Two endings’ for Life On Mars
Fans are going to be left in the dark over the ending of Life On Mars BBC drama Life On Mars will be hitting our screens for a final series tomorrow but it seems everyone will be kept guessing what the outcome will be until the final hour – with producers recording two endings. The […]