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Life On Mars: Series 1-any good?

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Old 26-06-2007, 6:30 PM   #1
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Life On Mars: Series 1-any good?

Thinking about blind buying Life On Mars: Series 1-is it any good? I haven't seen any episodes
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Old 26-06-2007, 6:33 PM   #2
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Re: Life On Mars: Series 1-any good?

I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Sometimes I found the actual weekly stories a bit weak, but the characters and dialogue easily make up for that. I'd definitely recommend it. The humour is pretty much always spot on.
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Old 26-06-2007, 6:34 PM   #3
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Absolutely Brilliant series! One of the best shows the BBC have done!! 1970's sound track is excellent
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Old 26-06-2007, 6:49 PM   #4
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Re: Life On Mars: Series 1-any good?

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Absolutely Brilliant series! One of the best shows the BBC have done!! 1970's sound track is excellent
I agree, great series.

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Old 26-06-2007, 7:24 PM   #5
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Re: Life On Mars: Series 1-any good?

Life on Mars (both S1 and S2) has been the only UK produced series I've watched in the last 2 years. Just wish they were longer. I think S2 was only about 7 or 8 episodes!

Characters are great.
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Old 26-06-2007, 8:22 PM   #6
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Re: Life On Mars: Series 1-any good?

One of the best British series of recent years
- You'll be 'avin hoops!


series one and two are both 8 episodes long btw
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Old 26-06-2007, 9:16 PM   #7
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Re: Life On Mars: Series 1-any good?

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Thinking about blind buying Life On Mars: Series 1-is it any good? I haven't seen any episodes
its excellent, series 1 can be found dead cheap now also.
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Old 26-06-2007, 10:27 PM   #8
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Re: Life On Mars: Series 1-any good?

It's great. I do believe it's being repeated on one of the BBC digital channels at the moment too.
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Old 27-06-2007, 8:59 AM   #9
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its excellent, series 1 can be found dead cheap now also.
Price checking @ www.find-dvd.co.uk/CTD10365.htm
shows that its £14.99 @ www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=505609
... with 10% cashback (£1.50) going through www.quidco.com/hmv
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Old 27-06-2007, 11:04 AM   #10
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Re: Life On Mars: Series 1-any good?

If you want to try it out first, it is currently being repeated on BBC4, they are showing all 16 episodes.
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Old 27-06-2007, 11:33 AM   #11
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Re: Life On Mars: Series 1-any good?

Just to go against the flow I got three or four eps in and gave up. Just seemed so amateurish compared to, say, American police dramas like CSI and Criminal Minds. But different strokes, an' all that. As you can see I'm in a minority.

But it's not always like that. For example, the UK version of Cracker was much better than the American remake.

Regards

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Old 27-06-2007, 11:44 AM   #12
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Re: Life On Mars: Series 1-any good?

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Just seemed so amateurish
You should try watching Doctor Who or Torchwood if you want to see amateurish!

I just found it to be something a little different and light hearted compared with other "police" shows.
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Old 27-06-2007, 11:46 AM   #13
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Re: Life On Mars: Series 1-any good?

for a british show i thought it was really well made, stuff like doctor who looks a bit shoddy compared to it.
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Old 27-06-2007, 11:56 AM   #14
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Re: Life On Mars: Series 1-any good?

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You should try watching Doctor Who or Torchwood if you want to see amateurish!
Cut from the same cloth, as far as I could see.

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