10 Great Shows To Watch On Britbox UK
8. Life On Mars
The late David Bowie asked in 1971 whether there was life on Mars; NASA is still working on a definitive answer to that, and the BBC's 2006 police drama did nothing to help. The name is merely in reference to a lyric in the song, and despite sharing a dress sense with Christopher Eccleston's Doctor, John Simm does not encounter any aliens- unless the people of the 1970s count.
Hit by a car in contemporary Manchester, Sam Tyler awakens to find himself in 1973, in a much more painful means of time travel than Back to the Future's DeLorean. It's a novel twist to the crime drama format which had already been wrung within an inch of its life back in 2006; nowadays it's just a husk with barely anything new to offer.
Tyler must adjust to life in the 70s at the same time as the viewer, without the luxury of mobile phones, social media or even widespread CCTV- although that doesn't stop the odd camera from showing up in glaring continuity errors. Even if the crime itself doesn't interest you, it's fun to play "spot the anachronisms".