2 Season
16 Episode
Life on Mars - Season 2 Episode 3
Is he mad, in a coma… or has Detective Sam Tyler really travelled back in time?
The team receive a bomb warning, claiming the IRA has planted a car bomb in Manchester. Being from 2006, Sam realises the bomb warning reported doesn't fit with his understanding of IRA methods. However, when Sam's modern know-how fails and nearly kills Ray, the rest of the department shun his line of investigation to focus on an Irish socialist group. At the same time, Sam's visions of the future suggest that he may have suffered brain damage, affecting his higher reasoning, from having been in a coma for so long.
- Year: 2007
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Studio: BBC One
- Keyword: 1970s, time travel, northern england, police, police detective, manchester
- Director: Ashley Pharoah, Matthew Graham, Tony Jordan
- Cast: John Simm, Philip Glenister, Liz White, Dean Andrews, Marshall Lancaster, Noreen Kershaw