Life on Mars News

As the parade of summer blockbusters rounds the bend toward a post- Harry Potter midsummer meltdown, home-entertainment options promise to fill the vacuum at the cineplex.

The BBC One series Life on Mars , which started a two-season run in 2006, comes with a great gimmick: A modern Manchester cop named Sam Tyler get slammed by a speeding car; when he wakes up, he finds himself in 1973, 30 years in the past.

Life on Mars and Doctor Who star John Simm is set to star in the West End later this year opposite Ian Hart and Kerry Fox.

Simm will star in the West End premiere of Australian playwright Andrew Bovell's 1996 emotional thriller Speaking in Tongues , which opens at the Duke of York's Theatre on September 28, 2009 .

London, Life On Mars star John Simm takes the stage to be near his children Family time: John Simm will be appearing in thriller Speaking In Tongues in the West End Life On Mars actor John Simm is returning to the theatre to spend more time with his children.

The actor Philip Glenister, of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes, narrates The Secret Life of the Airport , which in last night's programme seemed fitting, for it was nothing if not an exercise in time travel, whisking us back to the days when 14 days on the Costa Brava, all-inclusive, cost a curiously un-round 46.13. I confess that I approached this ...

As ABC continues to air the final episodes of its many canceled series - "Eli Stone'' began its final four last night at 10 - it's time to take a stand.

In Stephen Frears's film version of Nick Hornby's bestseller, Bruce Springsteen appears to John Cusack in a dream and advises him to contact his top five ex-girlfriends to find out what went wrong.

Public Address - Radiation It was all a dream Jun 13, 2009 16:47 I really hope that Lost doesn't turn out to be the collective fantasy of a bunch of hippies on spiked Kool-Aid , because after the Life on Mars hibernation-sleep ending, and House's Vicodin hallucinations, I don't think I could take it.

Police chiefs are preparing to say goodbye to Lincoln's rundown office which they say is like a TV set from Life on Mars.

Warning, the next section contains spoilers, so if you haven't seen the whole series, don't click As with Sam Tyler in the second series of Life on Mars , Alex moved from being simply exasperated with her situation and desperate to leave to a place where she was beginning to feel quite at home.

ANGLERS are getting the chance to fish with celebrities and raise money for a children's hospice appeal.

PC Nate Roberts and nurse Maria Joseph lock horns on The Bill . Gordon Farrer The Bill, ABC1, 8.30pm IN THE first of tonight's double dose of "Plods in Love" a young woman covered in blood is found in a park but she has no wounds.

Life on Mars Series 1 & 2 In early March, we brought you Acorn Media's announcement for their July 28th DVD release of the original U.K. version of Life on Mars - Series 1 . At the time we passed along to you Acorn's word that they had the "second and final series being planned for release in 2010." But the great news is that fans won't actually ...

Springwatch 2009 BILL Oddie may be gone but the show he helped make popular continues without him.

Remember when Sam Tyler met his mum and his younger self in Life On Mars? This episode harks back to that when a middle-aged couple is burgled and Alex comes face-to-face with their 14-year-old son, Peter, who will one day be the father of her child.

CURRENT favourite moment on Jarvis Cocker's second solo album? That'll be the one 40 seconds into the fourth song, Leftovers.

This 2003 documentary tackles a central contradiction in the US's pop culture industry.

How to bomb in Hollywood -- and still be a top star ... It happens all the time - which is why Jason O'Gara is still smiling after his TV setback, writes Declan Cashin Wednesday May 13 2009 Irish actor Jason O'Mara must have thought he'd finally cracked Hollywood when he was cast in a lead role in the high-profile US remake of the British TV series ...

By Chris Bond I'M greeted at the front door of Dean Andrews' house by a couple of excitable dogs, called Pepsi and Boo.