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Out of this world
Western Morning News (Saturday)
|January 31, 2026
MARION MCMULLEN remembers the launch of quirky police drama Life On Mars two decades ago
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LEAD DUO: John Simm as DCI Sam Taylor and Philip Glenister as DCI Gene Hunt
"MY NAME is Sam Tyler. I had an accident and I woke up in 1973. Am I mad, in a coma or back in time? Whatever's happened, it's like I've landing on a different planet.
It was back to the era of glam rock, platform shoes and disco as Life On Mars took off on the BBC twenty years ago.
This story is from the January 31, 2026 edition of Western Morning News (Saturday).
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