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Is he mad, in a coma… or has Detective Sam Tyler really travelled back in time?

Overview

A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car. Waking up, he finds himself mysteriously transported back in time to 1973. Initially struggling to come to terms with his situation, he has to come to terms with the old-fashioned technology and attitude of the day, while figuring out how he came to be trapped in the past.

  1. Ashley Pharoah

    Creator

  2. Matthew Graham

    Creator

  3. Tony Jordan

    Creator

Series Cast

  1. Cast 1

    John Simm

    Sam Tyler

  2. Cast 1

    Philip Glenister

    Gene Hunt

  3. Cast 1

    Liz White

    Annie Cartwright

  4. Cast 1

    Dean Andrews

    Ray Carling

  5. Cast 1

    Marshall Lancaster

    Chris Skelton

  6. Cast 1

    Noreen Kershaw

    Phyllis Dobbs

Last Season

Poster

Series 2

2007 | 8 episodes

Sam learns that an operation is to be conducted on him in 2006 to try and revive him from his coma. However, he believes that to return to the twenty-first century, he has to betray his colleagues in 1973 — but can he regard them as imaginary, or are they real - at least for him?

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It's rare that you get anything that's original but here's a great example. In times where we are subjected to rebooted series that were popular when most of the advertisers important demographic weren't even born here we have a series that you'll have never seen anything like it before. I know people who read this will never experienced that but with this in mind here's a classic. Being original isn't, of course, going to make it a success so the scripts are top class and the characters allow the superb actors to create something very special.

Facts

Status Ended

Network Network

TypeScripted

Original LanguageEnglish 

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