life on mars - season one

I've enjoyed all eight episodes of Life On Mars first season this weekend. It's bloody brilliant! British TV at its best. Modern-day policeman Sam Tyler is hit by a car in 2006 and wakes up in 1973. There he tries to understand what is happening to him. He finds out that he's working for the Manchester Police under DCI Gene Hunt and makes an attempt to continue as usual. But sometimes he hears strange voices from radios and TV:s that seems to be from the hospital in 2006 where he's in a coma. He is also haunted by a very creapy girl and her freaky clown doll from the 1973 BBC test card. She's one of the scariest girls I've seen since the girls in the Shining. The series is both fun, exploiting the many culture clashes that occur between a 2006 policeman in 1973 Manchester. No computers, no mobile phones, sexism, racism etc. It's also a great police drama set in the 70's and a very spooky drama about a mans search in his own childhood and subconcious. As I said - it's brilliant! The 70's soundtrack is perfect and so is the photography and the actors. Especially Philip Glenister as Sams boss Gene Hunt (Is that intentional? Gene Hunt? Sam revisiting his own past as an adult?). Since I'm 41, turning 42 soon, I had constant flashbacks watching it. Sam Tyler walks into a small record store back in 1973 and says that he bought his first single there - Cars by Gary Numan! The child Sam , who's also in the series, plays with exactly the same kind of old school north sea diver doll (with a heavy diving helmet) as I had as a kid. I just waited for him to watch an episode of Catweaszle since he also was a time traveller! This series is a perfect combination of Get Carter and The Singing Detective. It starts 21.20 tonight (Sunday) in Sweden at SVT 2. Do your self a favour and check it out.