Not 'another bloody cop show' - article about Life on Mars

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Hi everyone. Just wanted to link you all to article I found about Life on Mars. It is called Not 'another bloody cop show': Life on Mars and British television Drama. It is written by James Chapman and is from a journal called Film International. First here is a few quotes to whet your appetite:

...........illustrates a significant historical moment in the evolution of the police series on British television.

An interesting comparison can be made between Life on Mars and the classic British film A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell, 1946).

The major theme of Life on Mars is the contrast between two very different methods and styles of policing. To this extent the time-travel/ coma narrative is really only a device to enable the series to provide a contrast between past and present.

There is a sense of Gene Hunt's Manchester, like Jack Carter's Newcastle, being a wild frontier town - a motif enhanced by Gene's habit of referring to himself as 'the sheriff'.

Anyway here you go: Follow the link.

Hope you find it interesting. I am very sorry if anyone tries the link and can’t access it.