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Life on Mars 'Rules of Modern Policing'

by Martin Conaghan, posted Feb 11th 2007 11:15AM

Life on MarsThe second (and final) series of Life on Mars starts on Monday, with John Simm returning as time-travelling detective Sam Tyler, who finds himself stuck in the 1970s, solving crime with modern police methods and trying to find a way back to 2006.

The BBC ONE trailers have been running for the past week, making use of a 1970s-style voice over, blue-hued segments from the forthcoming series, and the 'BBC Colour' logo -- from when BBC shows were differentiated in quality by being either plain old 'BBC' (ie. black and white) or 'BBC Colour' (ie. in glorious eye-popping reds and blues).

The BBC has also issued a promo booklet to all staff entitled 'The Rules of Modern Policing'.

It's a pocket-sized, coffee and blood-stained manual from 1973 on how to be a good policeman, including such gems as: "guilty until proven guilty", "never fit up anyone who doesn't deserve it" and, my personal favourite: "never, ever dismiss a hunch just because the facts don't fit. Keep digging and they soon will."

Don't miss it: BBC ONE (UK only), Tuesday 13 February at 2100GMT. Reviews to follow on TV Squad.

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Jacq, Manchester UK

In reply to ACE's question, Series 2 will be 8 episodes long.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/03_march/01/mars.shtml They'll be shorter than 60 mins when aired in the US as they cut time out for commercial breaks & censor some of the material, so best download eps to get it all. In Canada at least they're planning on showing it uncut without breaks this time.

As to John Simm's future roles, the rumours are true and you can read all about it in link below :)
It also has news about a planned spin off series set in the 1980's starring Philip Glenister (but not Simm unfortunately)
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article2258800.ece

I'm so glad it's back on air, too short a season but wonderful while it lasts...

February 14 2007 at 1:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
hiki


i ask a favor, could you not recap the show until later in the week? there are those of us who do watch the show who are located in the UK and it takes time to receive the show, so any extra time allowed for us to view the show with an unbiased eye would be appreciated.

the main thing i enjoy about watching foreign programming is having no idea what i am getting into. i was surprised and relieved this site chose to ignore "Primevil."

February 12 2007 at 5:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Richard Yokley

I just got this from BBC America, good news for us on this side of the pond but unfortunately no date as to its arrival.....

Thank you for taking the time to contact us. We're delighted to hear you've
been enjoying "Life on Mars." You'll be pleased to know that BBC America
plans to return to 1973 with Sam Tyler for a second season of "Life on
Mars," although at this time, we are unable to provide specific scheduling
information. We encourage you to check with the 'TV Schedule' page on our
website, BBCAmerica.com/tvschedule.jsp, occasionally for schedule updates.

We thank you again for your continued dedication to "Life on Mars."

Regards,
Barbara
Viewer Relations
BBC America

February 12 2007 at 1:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
richardyokley

Well, It is coming to BBC America according to this I just recived, but not sure when

Thank you for taking the time to contact us. We're delighted to hear you've
been enjoying "Life on Mars." You'll be pleased to know that BBC America
plans to return to 1973 with Sam Tyler for a second season of "Life on
Mars," although at this time, we are unable to provide specific scheduling
information. We encourage you to check with the 'TV Schedule' page on our
website, BBCAmerica.com/tvschedule.jsp, occasionally for schedule updates.

We thank you again for your continued dedication to "Life on Mars."

Regards,
Barbara
Viewer Relations
BBC America

February 12 2007 at 1:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ace

Do we know how many episodes the second series will have?

February 12 2007 at 11:41 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
EnglishInvader

In the US&A here, so does anyone know where one could get copy of "Rules of Modern Policing" booklet to download (pdf, torrent etc.)?

That is a quality rumor about Simm! Time will tell.

February 11 2007 at 10:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Scotty Ice

I saw it on the Outpost Gallifrey website....gallifreyone.com.....

I have not seen his work but word of mouth has it that Simm is a marvelous actor.....I hope the rumors are true.

February 11 2007 at 9:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
erroneous_nick

I don't know where I read about them, scotty, but I did read about both an American version of LOM and about Mr. Simm's possible new role. I can't speak for the veracity of either rumor, but I hope both are true.

February 11 2007 at 8:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John Frost

So when does this come to BBC America? I loved season one... good to hear we'll be seeing more of John Simm too.

February 11 2007 at 8:16 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Akbar Fazil

That is an awesome rumor Scotty. Would be nice if it was true.

February 11 2007 at 5:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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