Masterpiece series with 100% score available to | UK News

There aren’t many TV reveals on the market that can say they’ve achieved a excellent score. It’s an extremely uncommon feat, and only some of the best series ever made have managed it. Getting both the critics and the public to agree is even more durable. But one show has accomplished just that, touchdown a 100% ranking on Rotten Tomatoes and a 99% viewers score.

What’s more, it’s available to stream for free on BBC iPlayer proper now. Originally broadcast between 2006 and 2007, the series follows a detective who wakes up in the Seventies after a crash in modern-day Manchester. He finds himself working the same job in the same place, but under the command of a no-nonsense DCI with very different strategies.

That show is called Life on Mars, and viewers still can’t get enough of it virtually twenty years later.

One individual said: “Life on Mars is a rare beast, a TV show that gripped me from the first episode and never let go. The writing, acting and production design are superb. It’s a masterpiece.”

Another added: “Life on Mars is a brilliant blend of police drama and psychological mystery that stands out as one of the best British TV shows ever made.”

A 3rd commented: “Life on Mars is the best program I’ve ever watched! Every episode has a great story, and it’s really good quality.”

The show stars John Simm as Sam Tyler, a modern-day detective who all of a sudden finds himself transported to 1973 after being hit by a car.

He begins working under DCI Gene Hunt, performed by Philip Glenister, as he tries to determine whether or not he’s in a coma, lifeless, or has actually time-travelled.

The series is a combine of all the things from crime and thriller to sci-fi and historic drama.

Among many issues it turned well-known for, what followers and critics called, “its unpredictable twists and bold storytelling”.

It even impressed a number of worldwide remakes, including American, Spanish, South Korean and Russian variations.

Life on Mars was named after the David Bowie track of the same identify and later adopted up by a sequel series called Ashes to Ashes.

The show gained two International Emmy Awards for Best Drama Series and obtained widespread acclaim from critics.

Alison Graham from the Radio Times called it “a genuinely innovative and imaginative take on an old genre,” while The Guardian said it was “more than just a jolly, tongue-in-cheek romp into the past.”

You can watch Life on Mars now on BBC iPlayer.