Life On Mars...

[Bren]

The way i look at it is that it could have gone the way of Star Trek (seasons one and two never less than very good, occasionally brilliant but season three had some complete turkeys in it, and only one or two good ones).

I thought Life on Mars was excellent. Gene Hunt was the best UK TV cop since Jack Regan in the Sweeney, or the guy in Edge of Darkness.

Hopefully the spinoff will have Gene in it. Sam was a bit wet.

Nice how the two bowie song titles are "era specific" too: Life on Mars for 73, then Ashes to Ashes for the '80's.

I will watch at least the first couple episodes: the goodwill engendered by LOM will last that long even if the spinoff is crap.

There were only ever 12 episodes of Fawlty Towers too, and only three years of Black Books.

At least the Poms know when to stop stuff. (except Corrie which should have had a bullet in the head in 1973)

Yup, it has most of the crew....missing is Sam Tyler and WPC Annie Cartwright

[peasea]

Blimey three posts and I agree with everything that's been said so far.

Cracker, brilliant.

Life on mars, brill.

American versions of pretty much anything.

I must admit; the American version of "Whose line is it anyway?" wasn't toooo shabby. Ryan Stiles, funny man....