Life on Mars - Complete BBC Series 1-2 (New Packaging) [DVD]

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An affordable, self-contained set with a satisfying selection of extras, it's a lot easier to get into than most TV drama DVDs.

Working for 14 hours on the show's final episode, O'Mara is made up, beats up a stuntman, and gets shot (with plastic) doing his own stunt. Get Sykes” – Featurette with Production Designer Brian Sykes lasts 8 minutes and we get an interview about the recreation of the seventies, and the different design ethic between then and the modern day. Matthew Graham stated: "We decided that Sam's journey should have a finite life span and a clear-cut ending and we feel that we have now reached that point after two series". John Simm (HUMAN TRAFFIC) ably stars as Sam Tyler, the fish-out-of-water detective who must piece together the mysteries of his own situation, while solving the crime du jour. There were times I felt like Peter Jackson making The Lord of the Rings Trilogy – like him, I have to appeal to the hard core fan, the semi-fan, the part-time fan, and the casual passing punter who's never even heard of the thing.

Because I originally come from the Manchester area, I know that this refers to the Mancunian Way, which was actually long established by 1973 (it was built in the 60s and officially opened in 1967). It was like the director’s cut of Donnie Darko, making explicit what was originally implied, a Dummies Guide to Life on Mars.

They’ve actually mastered those discs at 24fps 1080p, which is 4% slower than the native frame rate, each episode runs some three minutes longer.It follows Sam Tyler ( John Simm), a Manchester policeman in 2006 who wakes up after a car accident to discover that he has time-travelled to 1973, where he works the same job in the same location under the command of Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt ( Philip Glenister) while attempting to solve the mystery of what has happened to him.