Life on Mars promo shot with Phillip Glenister, John Simm and Liz White

Life on Mars – sequel series Lazarus has been scrapped

Lazarus would have reunited Gene Hunt and Sam Tyler, but it hit insurmountable financial hurdles.  A proposed follow-on series to the BBC’s terrific Life on Mars have been in the works for a number of years. The original show burst onto our screens in 2006, mysteriously transporting the modern day police officer Sam Tyler (John … >

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Life on Mars promo shot with Phillip Glenister, John Simm and Liz White

Take a look at the lawmen: David Bowie and ‘Life on Mars’

It’s only a few weeks since David Bowie fans woke up to the news that the musician, artist, actor, visionary and more besides had passed away from cancer just two days after the release of his 25th album, Blackstar. Few had expected it and there has been reams written since on how the great man … >

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Colin Morgan to lead cast of BBC One’s ‘The Living And The Dead’

Merlin star Colin Morgan will take the main role in BBC One’s new supernatural drama, The Living and the Dead. Written by Ashley Pharoah and Matthew Graham, co-creators and writers of Life On Mars, Eternal Law and Ashes To Ashes, the six-part series is currently filming in the West Country, directed by Alice Troughton (Merlin, … >

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ITV orders ghost hunter drama based on true story

Ashes to Ashes writer Jack Lothian has penned Harry Price: Ghost Hunter, a new one-off drama for ITV. The two-hour film will be set in 1920s London and based on Britain’s most famous real life ghost hunter and sceptic, Harry Price, who investigated tales of the paranormal and supernatural. Based on the novel The Ghost … >

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