[Ewan154]

Thinking about blind buying Life On Mars: Series 1-is it any good? I haven't seen any episodes

[SeedyR]

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.

Absolutely Brilliant series! One of the best shows the BBC have done!! 1970's sound track is excellent

[Saggy]

Originally Posted by dirk26

Absolutely Brilliant series! One of the best shows the BBC have done!! 1970's sound track is excellent

I agree, great series.

Mart

[Rob100]

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.

[krish]

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


series one and two are both 8 episodes long btw

[andytabor]

Originally Posted by Ewan154

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.

[Goooner]

It's great. I do believe it's being repeated on one of the BBC digital channels at the moment too.

[krish]

Originally Posted by andytabor

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

[Andrew Mogford]

If you want to try it out first, it is currently being repeated on BBC4, they are showing all 16 episodes.

[Mark_a]

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

Mark

[Rob100]

Originally Posted by Mark_a

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.

[andytabor]

for a british show i thought it was really well made, stuff like doctor who looks a bit shoddy compared to it.

[Mark_a]

Originally Posted by Rob100

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.

Regards

Mark