Watched in 2006 and in 2015 then again in 2023. Brill!!! Oh to be back there in 73...

@playasadonejoe

25 күн бұрын

Trust me, you take your problems with you.

I love how you can hear 'Life On Mars' through the iPod speaker before Sam is hit by the car but it's tinny and distant - he wakes up in 1973 and suddenly there it is, a wall of vibrant noise, the song up to full volume

@randomedits8337

Жыл бұрын

I love how they did it. It makes it such an impactful scene

@atk2597

Жыл бұрын

Till he reaches thru the window of the car in 1973, and it’s playing on a cassette 😂. But yea, all of that adds to the scene, frfr

@thegrimmretails3777

Жыл бұрын

I love how we're at the point where ipods and mp3 players are as archaic as the 8track player.

@thegrimmretails3777

Жыл бұрын

​@atk2597 that's an 8 track kiddo

@timonsolus

11 ай бұрын

@@thegrimmretails3777 : Kids have no idea what an 8-track is.

Scary that he went back 33 years, and we are over halfway that into the future from 2006. This series really was iconic, I couldnt wait for the next weeks episode, I was really gripped. No chance to binge watch the series back then!

@OscarOSullivan

5 ай бұрын

It makes you wonder how todays fashion will be perceived in 33 years

@timonsolus

5 ай бұрын

@@OscarOSullivan : It makes me wonder if the world as we know it will still exist in 2039… we’ll be lucky to avoid WW3

@Valisk

3 ай бұрын

@@OscarOSullivan Put it this way, there's going to be a lot of odd looking pensioners after the current craze of plastic surgery, lip filler and botox. At least you can change your clothes...

@teecee1567

2 ай бұрын

@@OscarOSullivan Doesn't matter really...I'm still wearing my stuff from 1973. Underwear included.

@simonealexander7313

2 ай бұрын

I remember at the time it aired, 1973 was about halfway between the end of WW2 and 2005-6. Just to put it in perspective. Now 1973 is 50+ years ago.

One of the best shows of all time

@simonpearn479

11 ай бұрын

Too true Mate, such a Brilliant TV series!

@OscarOSullivan

5 ай бұрын

Shows that Chris Chibnall can actually do superb writing for shows.

@user-qd2hl9lu3h

3 ай бұрын

With the greatest tune ever made.

@teecee1567

2 ай бұрын

@@user-qd2hl9lu3h FUN FACT. Rick Wakeman played keyboards on that..and is STILL waiting to be paid for it!

@davidedwards3408

Ай бұрын

No doubt about that. Ashes to Ashes was excellent to. Bring back the old days

The final scene - I remember like if it was yesterday. The crescendo, the look on his face, the song... One of the most memorable scenes in tv history

An outstanding series. Simms nailed this and is an icon for my generation :-)

That Bobby in the opening scene is (was) my dad. Random I know 😅

@johnchurch4705

2 ай бұрын

Proper policeman in proper uniform 👍🏻.

@Thekalistor

2 ай бұрын

Ah that's so cool, it's on the border between no one having a clue what you mean, and everyone knowing 😂

@nialldemarshwell5566

2 ай бұрын

Brilliant. He's superb.

@mkprocter882

2 ай бұрын

he nailed it Brother 👌

@iepictic5489

2 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss ❤

Every few years I watch this and Ashes to Ashes back to back for my Gene Hunt fix. Probably the best cast character in TV history. "Oi, pal! A word in yer shell, like!"

@maryanneelliott97

2 ай бұрын

One of the best series ever made. Love, love it.

@martinpawley647

2 ай бұрын

Yea, and I'm havin' oops fa dinna'

One of the best endings of a TV series ever. Love that 'Life on Mars' played at the start and the end.

@christopherdean1326

2 ай бұрын

Honestly, I thought the ending was the worst part of the series. I enjoyed the series, and took some time before I could make up my mind over whether it was a dream/coma or if he had really gone back in time. Eventually I realised it had to be a "dream", so the ending made no sense to me. Firstly, the chance that jumping off that building would put him in a coma rather than just killing him outright was slim at best. Secondly, the chance that his coma dream would even be remotely related to what was going on before, let alone pick up exactly where he left off was too ridiculous to believe. The second series, where a different person "goes back" to the same group of people later in time was just laughable.

@Veritas1164

2 ай бұрын

@@christopherdean1326 kzread.info/dash/bejne/c5auuJiYqqSoYNY.html

@lesigh1749

2 ай бұрын

@@christopherdean1326 Its not a dream though, he has time traveled into at least a purgatory version of the 1970s if not actual history, due to being in a coma on the verge of death. When he jumps from the building he is once again on the verge of death until he reaches the ground, where he actually dies, the few seconds he is falling give him years in that past. They explain this in the sequel, Ashes to Ashes.

@christopherdean1326

2 ай бұрын

@@lesigh1749 Sorry, but that "explanation" sounds like even more BS. You say it is not a dream, but if he's only going there in his mind, not physically, then it is by any reasonable definition, a dream...

@lesigh1749

2 ай бұрын

@@christopherdean1326 Its the explanation given in the show and its sequel. Its canon to the show. The 1970s time period he goes to and the 1980s one the character in the sequel go to are a kind of purgatory that looks like their own past from childhood. Gene Hunt and other characters are present in both. Its just where they go to when they are at the point of dying. Its not simply a dream.

Back when the BBC made quality series. Whatever happen to the talent they had before.

@sambarker7930

2 ай бұрын

Lazarus (the newest show in the Life on Mars universe) has recently been mothballed because it couldn’t get funding (they had a script, all the cast from both Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes were up for it, but nothing really came of it)

@TheKlink

2 ай бұрын

@@sambarker7930 thats a shame

@ambivalentonion2620

2 ай бұрын

​@@Phoebus_Apollothis show was still quite heavy in its agendas and propaganda in the background but it was an incredible show, now the agenda is front and centre and it ruins it all

@Gothic_Owl

2 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Phoebus_Apolloand what agenda(s) would that be, exactly?

@skapunkno1

2 ай бұрын

@@maud8392 Well said.

I remember sitting in a Bar In Bath Somerset when two blokes (writers) came up with this crazy idea for a show. No one thought anything of it then, and one day a lot longer in the future it came out on TV. That was a long time ago and how time has flown!

@joebees21

2 ай бұрын

Wow you were there when they came up with it? Tell me more.

One of the best programmes I've ever watched; always find myself coming back to it (and Ashes to Ashes) over a decade later

That big panel with "coming soon" is very Back to the Future-like.

@amberoodsen1404

3 ай бұрын

There are quite a lot of references to back to the future and other time travel TV and films references.

@carlbirtles4518

2 ай бұрын

Imagine if Sam was able to bring 1 or 2 items to 1973…

I've seen this series so many times, I've lost count. Thanks BBC for bringing it too us in the first place.

Very dark ending. Incredible tv show, really underrated.

@LA-cv9eq

2 ай бұрын

It's a multi-award winning, critically acclaimed underrated germ

@AmandaClowes-sg9rw

2 ай бұрын

Dark but beautiful ending

@demonicsquid7217

2 ай бұрын

Overrated comment. The show won multiple awards and was acclaimed by many, that's not underrated.

Great, great series, so clever, shouldnt have worked but did, simm and glenister fantastic, i will never forget end of series ,2, jumping of the roof, stunning, what a finale , total class, loved this show , fabulous , never been anything like it before or since

Life on Mars was Lightning in a Bottle.

@randomedits8337

Жыл бұрын

I agree! Fantastic show

I just watched this show for the first time I just finished it 10 mins ago and damn I was so hurt by the ending. He was so wanted to go back to 2006 but once he did he felt out of place, felt like he did not belong and wanted to go back to 1973 😭. But at least he saved everyone. There's been talk about this coming back and I hope to God it does coz it was BLOODY WICKED

@randomedits8337

9 ай бұрын

Have you seen ashes to ashes? It's a direct sequel but with a new main character. Sam isn't in it but the rest of the cast is and the end tells yiu what happens to sam

@Untitled_Novel

9 ай бұрын

@@randomedits8337 I started that last night too. I really wish Sam was in it 😞

@randomedits8337

9 ай бұрын

@-Dark.Wolf_ I do too. It's not the same without him

@user-kl4bh4lq6r

3 ай бұрын

I want to go back to 2006 From The Woke Hell Of 2024

@Untitled_Novel

3 ай бұрын

@@user-kl4bh4lq6r frfr same bro

Love this!!! Please, if you can find it, I would love to see the clip when Sam and Gene talk about the rules a police officer must follow. It goes something like - GENE “Alright then smart-arse, what does a police officer have to do?” SAM “Protect the innocent. Serve the public trust. Uphold the law.” GENE “Where did you learn that? Back in Hyde?” SAM “No. Robocop.” I’ve been looking for it for ages. Makes me laugh every time!

@randomedits8337

Жыл бұрын

Nice suggestion, I love this quote! Here you go! kzread.info/dash/bejne/pYem09aeoLKfibg.html

@LionheartNh

7 ай бұрын

Actually...the first rule of any police officer is to protect life.

I absolutely love this show been a fan since aged 9 (2006)

@randomedits8337

Жыл бұрын

Thats awesome! I just discovered the show a couple years ago and it instantly became of of my favorites

@darraghgregory1269

Жыл бұрын

​@@randomedits8337 its just such a good show

@OscarOSullivan

5 ай бұрын

9 is too young to be watching the likes of Life on Mars and Ashes to ashes

@darraghgregory1269

5 ай бұрын

@@OscarOSullivan no it's not ,I was watching with my parents

@darraghgregory1269

5 ай бұрын

@OscarOSullivan no it's not I was watching with my parents

Bloody brilliant show

Thank you for posting. This series were my favorite. Times goes so FAST, it's almost surreal. Just ask Sam Tyler...

Absolutely amazing show. Also, though not included here, I love how they got the office sounds of the song to fit in with him going into the police station.

I think watching this as a kid sparked the dream to live a life in the past, better music, no phones, better people and bigger dreams

@guitarman7600

Жыл бұрын

Of course the 70s has been glamorised a lot but I’d much rather deal with the shit back then than the stuff that’s going on now

@OMARA.OFFICIAL

Жыл бұрын

It’s why I’m a writer today

@thefurrybastard1964

Жыл бұрын

And an outward looking world, instead of this increasingly inward looking one we live in now.

@thefurrybastard1964

Жыл бұрын

@@guitarman7600 Speaking as someone who grew up through the 60s and 70s, so would I.

@FerretKibble

11 ай бұрын

The world hasn't changed, and neither have the people.

Him saying "I can't feel anything" at the end is seared into my mind

1973-2006 The Change's In That Space Of Time Is Amazing In 33 Years🤯

@krashd

2 ай бұрын

It's now been more than half that since the show aired. 18 years...

Such a perfect show

Wow!!! Guess I will be watching this now!

@randomedits8337

Жыл бұрын

If you haven't seen it then you're in for a treat. If you live in the US its on britbox. It's such a fantastic show.

@iainansell5930

2 ай бұрын

@@randomedits8337 and they carried it on with ashes to ashes with a policewoman who went back in time to the 80's to gene hunt... you kinda get to find out what its all about and who gene hunt is at the end of ashes to ashes..

Folge es seit kurzen. Das ist eine wunderschöne Musik. Passt sehr gut zu dem Schauspieler John Simm.

Don't forget.The story went further in the eighties. Under the name of ASHES TO ASHES.(Bowie again).

@alidabaxter5849

2 ай бұрын

Which I also adored.

If only that was actually the last scene the show would’ve been more ambiguous and might have actually made sense

2039 is still some time away - that's the year when 2006 will be 33 years in the past. I'm not sure what's scarier - that 2039 will be around in no time at all or that Manchester in 2006 looks much more like Manchester in 1973 than it does in 2024.

They used to film scenes for this around the corner from my old music studio college on Tarif St. Great days & superb TV.

A time when building sites used corrugated iron to fence off construction sites, funny how things like that stick in the memory.

I don't know this man, but he does look like a Master of his fate

Just watching it on Netflix now. I had forgotten so much of it. Absolutely cracking series.

@ziejackson6236

Ай бұрын

Have you seen ashes to ashes it's a follow up/ sequel set in the 80s it's on iplayer

@martynanstis1620

Ай бұрын

@@ziejackson6236 yes watched it first time round, now watching again

@ziejackson6236

Ай бұрын

@martynanstis1620 me too I might give the usa life on mars a try as apparently the ending is different

RIP BBC These good days of great shows are long gone

What's funny is I have nostalgia from 2006 instead

@SpahGaming

2 ай бұрын

the first known story, the epic of gilgamesh literally began with "In those ancient times" Everyone's always nostalgic for the past. Hell for me and my generation, we're getting nostalgic about pop culture and life of the late 2010's, anything before covid realy. Edit, hell, people younger than me are talking about getting nostalgic for covid, less than 5 years ago

Just finished this show God what i would give to end up in a coma, go back in time, and go on an adventure to get this at least a couple more seasons

@acciid

5 ай бұрын

I've been in a coma. It was terrifying. And yes, I did go back in time, to the 1960s and 1970s. Those bits were actually not too bad and it was weird playing in the back garden again as a kid. It got pretty horrible later on. Really abstract stuff like the universe imploding, being in purgatory, seeing friends and family die, including my kids. Three years on and I still get flashbacks. Really don't recommend it. Word of advice - if you start getting really bad headaches and lose your vision, ignore your GP. You don't just have a migraine. You've got a blood clot and if it's not dealt with you're going to die.

@acciid

5 ай бұрын

Oh, it took me about 8 months to work up the courage to watch this again. It's really realistic. The stuff Sam sees, the interactions he has, the people he conjours up. Whoever wrote it has been in a coma or they at least worked with someone who had.

Don't you wish that you could go and live a life that you never actually knew?

@thegrimmretails3777

Жыл бұрын

Go back to when I couldn't legally marry my husband? Nah, I'm good.

@alisonwilliams4862

Жыл бұрын

Apart from the lack of gay rights etc. It just seemed like it was a more fulfilling life back then somehow with a stronger sense of community, plus the music, fashion, cars etc were more interesting! And no Internet or social media which although being a blessing at times is also one of the worst things created for a number of reasons.

Every couple of years go all the way through from this episode to the last of Ashes to Ashes, and it always, somehow, has something new for me... maybe just something that I had not noticed on screen before, or makes me have some realisiation of my life that I had never considered. I had always wished that it was Gene in the Cavaliar...

I've often wondered if David Bowie watched ❤

What a show this was.

@peterharrington8709

2 ай бұрын

You could say a dozen amazing things about it, but yeah... you summed it up perfectly.

One cast plastered my bedroom a few months back, a certain Mr Lancaster is a neighbour of mine..

Great script, great acting, one of our best series, and one of THE best lines?.....ya surrounded by armed bastards !

@randomedits8337

Жыл бұрын

Such an amazing show!

@judet5426

2 ай бұрын

"Surrounded by ARMED BASTARDS" 😂😂😂😂 I didn't blame them for reusing that line in "Ashes to Ashes!"

I'm having hoops!

Wow I didn't realise they shot that scene near my parents house ha ha 😂 what a brilliant series

incredible series loved every minute of it

This series is synonymous with me leaving High School. So much sentimental value. 05/06 was such a scary time for me.

Life is all memory

A poignant ending, a man out of time who would rather live in a world inside of his own head, I can relate.

WOW THIS IS HUGE! I USED TO WATCH THIS GREAT REAL COLD ATMOS FILMING, I WAS A SENIOR LIGHTING CAMERAMAN AND LIGHTING DIRECTOR LWT, CENTRAL AND THEN CARLTON TV ALL THE TOP STUFF 35 YEARS, IMDb

@randomedits8337

Жыл бұрын

Oh neat!

I’d be thrilled to be able to drive a P6 again. Major automotive upgrade.

The opening scene wasn't him getting run over, and there is around another 5 minutes after he jumps off the building.

@The_10th_Doctor.

2 ай бұрын

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@csb7376

2 ай бұрын

​@@The_10th_Doctor.I'm far too busy to do that😁

What a fantastic tv series! I liked life on mars so I asked my mum to order the boxset for me it's so funny I can't stop watching it!

Filmed just around the corner from Manchester Mayfield, now redeveloped into a park

I liked this series, the characters as well as the stories were very interesting, and the actors were great.It's just the weird ending that disturbed me, dying to return to the past, I found that kind of dark. I would have opted for a more traditional time travel ending, something more positive. I wonder if, one day, someone will think of continuing the story.

@randomedits8337

Жыл бұрын

Have you seen Ashes to Ashes? It's a sequel with all the same characters (except Sam) and the last episode adds a more positive spin (although still very dark). They did want to continue it with a third series called Lazarus but unfortunately that just got cancelled

@junosugi7466

Жыл бұрын

@@randomedits8337 No, I didn't know about Ashes To Ashes. I was in living in China when I saw Life On Mars, they had a lot of (underground) dvds but not that one, so I was out of touch with everything shown in the UK. I haven't been back long.

I never realised how silly it looks to have Simm sort of, slowly blink himself into a coma at the start.

Wasn’t he someone’s former Prime Minister?

Gosh imagine going back to 2006, times have changed now for sure.

I'd love to wake up back in '73

Thats the roof of St Christopher house on the A6 in Stockport. Is that significant? Probably not.

I watched the American version and just found this on Britbox. Exactly the same so far. Excellent.

@user-po2qb6cm9q

3 ай бұрын

It's really good but for the absolutely terrible tacked on ending.

@iainansell5930

2 ай бұрын

@@user-po2qb6cm9q yah, it got cancelled

Id happily go back to 1973 right now

Before he was The Master he was Sam Tyler

@muazo9916

2 ай бұрын

The drums the drums the never ending drums the drums the drums THE DRUMS THE DRUMS THE DRUMS CANT YOU HEAR THEM DOCTOR THE DRUMS CANT YOU HERE THEM ?!!!?????!!!!!!!!!

@coinucopia6936

2 ай бұрын

And he was named after Rose Tyler. FACT.

@Kylemck424

2 ай бұрын

@@coinucopia6936 that’s interesting never knew that to be honest

a masterpiece

Best Cop show ever. And it's based in Manchester

I got hit by a car listening to life on mars 😭

@_B.M_

2 ай бұрын

Which year did you go back to? Or r u here from 2039?

Never watched this. Will have to give it a watch

Anyone realise this was an isekai series all along?

I'm a DCI (Delayed Cerebral Ischemia).

@MurufaSPL

Жыл бұрын

smart joke

@hamu_sando

Жыл бұрын

@@MurufaSPL thanks, Idk why but I'm always looking for some kind of deeper meaning/symbolism. Probably mental illness or smth...

I love this

Regression genre is very very big in South Korean dramas! Plenty of going back in time stuff! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

73-08 is 35 years. But, 88-23 is also 35 years, so, would it be the same impact to go to 1988 now, or would it be more culture shock to go from ‘08 to ‘73? Like, they’re both 35 years apart, but, would it be more easy to adapt to going back to 1988 now, than it would be to go from 2008, to 1973? Even tho they’re both a 35 year difference? Am I making sense?

@randomedits8337

Жыл бұрын

I understand what you mean! That's a great question and I hope more people answer their opinions. I think it depends on how much has evolved over the years. How much technology has changed, the law has changed, etc. For Sam it was hard because the police haven't adapted most of their techniques and procedures yet. I think the further you go back the harder it is because we have evolved so quickly over time and the 70s much more different then the late 80s. It would be hard either way though because if we jumped back we've have to live in a world with no computers or wifi. No social media, etc.

@thegrimmretails3777

Жыл бұрын

I was in kindergarten then. I can't imagine living in 1988 as an adult.

@ikagura

Жыл бұрын

I cannot wait to watch this show again in 2043!

@thefurrybastard1964

Жыл бұрын

Having lived through the 70s and 80s, I think it'd be just as hard for someone from today to adjust to 88 as it would be to adjust to 73. And yes, you made perfect sense.

@DJ5PILLZ

Жыл бұрын

This is a fabulous question, personally I think it would be easier for somebody to adapt from 23 to 88 simply because a lot of technological advances were beginning to come into play in the late 80s, which is a sad way to put it because people rely so much on tech now I think that would be the hardest adaptation for most people. However being born in 93 I’d do anything to go back to a time before the technology we have now, I’d love to have the chance to experience the 70s, 80s and even 90s as a conscious teenager / adult. Although I’m glad I’m only 30 I always feel like I’m a soul trapped in an era I don’t belong in.

the doctors after spending so long tryna save him when he kills himself at the end o_o

@randomedits8337

Жыл бұрын

I thought that too lol. Same for his mom, who was probably very happy to have her son back.

This show was made 20 years ago. The show is set 30 years before it was set. Somehow he seems so much further in the past in the 70s than in the 2000s from now.

Damn he put himself back into a coma to return to his fantasy.

@Alex58399

11 ай бұрын

He died

@fbheavymetalgamer5455

10 ай бұрын

He commits suicide here.

@margaretflounders8510

8 ай бұрын

They were all dead..@@Alex58399

@iainansell5930

2 ай бұрын

if you watch ashes to ashes, you find out who gene hunt is, and what the 'coma' world was all about..

Not that many comeback😊😊😊😊😊a silver lining for the fortunate few

Couldn't believe it at the end when he jumped, i Couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks after. Just shows how much we invest when the programme and actors are exceptional. Didnt find the follow up as good.

that opening bit felt like the master from doctor who like its from his pov

David Bowie, that's all I got!

That opening scene ignores an important historical detail: David Bowie's early music wasn't popular until he got the proper publicity from the release of the rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust and the spiders from Mars. His record company screwed up over so much that he was only selling a few hundred copies per album if he was lucky, and if I recall correctly, life on Mars only sold about 51.

@pbxwareteleconsultant1472

10 күн бұрын

"Life on Mars?" is a song by David Bowie. Originally released on his 1971 album Hunky Dory, it became a top 10 hit in the UK when it was released as a single in 1973. Somehow I suspect that it must have sold more than 51 copies to achieve that, certainly was played on the airwaves a lot and at 12 yes of age, I bought a copy from County Records in Bangor North Wales

@deafmetal7370

8 күн бұрын

@@pbxwareteleconsultant1472 Thanks Google, giving half the story as usual.

I thought the last scene was when there was a gun shot out under a tunnel and he was walking away then gene was shouting at him to tell him to come back, thats where he could of chosen to stay or go back to the present day

@randomedits8337

6 ай бұрын

The description says the last scene with this song. There is indeed more scenes after this

The actor of Sam appear as the master

Good TV programme but I wasn't sure about the ending to be honest. When he was in the past it was mostly a traumatic experience for him and they were hints that the characters around him knew. Like when he walks into the office in the first episode and gene pushes him up against the wall and tells him the year. I thought he was going to go back and he'd be reunited with Maya. Morgan told him his life there was a lie as well when he walked him around the cemetery.

3:52 there's a mirror on the other feckin side!

That is sooooo Cool!!!

Me a whovian: *sees John Simms* OH DEAR GOD THE MASTER IS BACK

Goddamit. ALL the storytelling happening here is Bowie. It's all fucking Bowie.

❤

John Simm hat viel Ähnlichkeit mit Rico Greetz ( Musiker Keyboardspieler) aus den Niederlanden. Könnten Zwillinge sein.

Born 1969, died in 1980, age 38🙂

I've watched this twice and cant wait to watch it again, who does that with a TV show? It is that good. Bit disappointed with the DVD box set as some of the music is changed. Blew me away when I Heard the Strawbs Lay Down in the 2nd season. The track is different now!

Nobody knows what the show is about, so I'm filing it under Mystery Box sheeeeet.

I really wish Sam had more variety in his outfits in the show

Whenever I see that final scene I think what those people in the meeting must be thinking, and what they’d think after Sam jumped off the roof

I can't not see harold saxon

If you slow it down, at 0:13 you can see the dummy they replace John with that gets hit.

John Simms got run over by a car going the wrong way on an exit slip road with a packed Mancunian Way above it - could not happen.

Much better than the us version i watched cause of gene hunt theu should a show abount gene hunt

@iainansell5930

2 ай бұрын

he returned in ashes to ashes, which was set in the 80's, you find out who he is and what its all about..