Great telly tonight
When people talking about BBC made drama, the first thing jump up in my head is that old "coronation street".
Life on Mars is quite different, though.
It's about police procedure, but with a bizarre twist: a 21st century DCI found himself woke up in 1970s after a car crash, become a DI, and confused whether he is really back in time or just in a deep comma that everything he experiences is not real.
It has a right mix of policing, fun, history, love and self discovery. The modern DCI, Sam Tyler, is in the journey to discover what happened to his family, and himself in the past.
The drama is not an attempt to portrait the 70s accurately, but has a quite wide range of music and references to current affairs and events in the 70s.
I usually only watch documentaries and news on telly, but this one is too good to miss. Season one of the series finished airing on TV ONE last year, Season two starts tonight at 8.30pm.
Highly recommended.
