Topic: Sam Tyler

Life on Mars

The ABC series Life on Mars premiered on Thursday, October 9, 2008 . On March 2 , 2009 , ABC announced Life on Mars was canceled. An Out-of-this-World Life on Mars Series Finale (April 2, 2009) First aired: ABC's Life on Mars falls back ...

TV show reviews: Ashes to Ashes

If you have read any of my previous reviews you will have seen the ones I did for 'Life on Mars' series one and two. Sadly the brilliant John Simm was not back in this series after his character Sam Tyler has ...

Life on Mars: Combo DVD Review

Series 1 of the British Life on Mars (Review) concerned itself with the existential question faced by Detective Sam Tyler (John Simm) - namely, is he really policing in Manchester in 1973, or going mad and/or in a coma in the present ...

"Life on Mars: Series 1" DVD Review

Is he or isn't he? Is Detective Sam Tyler (John Simm) mad, bad, or dangerous to know - which is to say, is he delusional, disjointed, or actually in a coma imaging Manchester circa 1973? Regardless, the cerebral, modern-minded Tyler frequently butts ...